Psycho-Sexual Evaluations A psycho-sexual evaluation is a structured interview and a battery of psychological assessments designed to evaluate sexual interests and sexual behavior. Attorney Patrick Korody is an experienced sex crimes attorney. If you are charged with a military sex crime or a state or federal sex crime in or around Jacksonville, Florida, call Attorney …
The Department of Defense and its military departments are moving all security clearances for military members, civilian employees, and contractors to a continuous evaluation (CE) investigative process. This means that the DoD will be doing continuous vetting – that is searching commercial and government records databases – for adverse information about security holders. No longer …
DoD’s New Level of Review for Military Discharges: The Discharge Appeals Review Board (DARB) On April 7, 2021 the Department of Defense (DoD) announced a new level of review for those discharged after December 20, 2019: The Discharge Appeal Review Board (DARB). The DARB is not run by the military departments – i.e. the Department …
Do character references actually help? It is easy to read a Security Clearance Statement of Reasons (SOR) or Security Clearance Letter of Intent (LOI) and assume that your character is being called into question. In certain cases, the listed “concern” or the “factors that may raise a security concern” listed in the SOR or LOI …
Security Clearance Guideline B: Foreign Influence The Security Adjudicative Guidelines (often referred to collectively as “The Guidelines”) are outlined in Security Executive Agent Directive 4 (SEAD 4). They have been adopted within the U.S. Government as the primary source for determining security clearance eligibility. Guideline B of the security clearance Guidelines specifically addresses concerns surrounding …
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Responding to a Security Clearance Statement of Reasons (SOR) handling security clearancecases since 2009 A Statement of Reasons (SOR) is a document informing a security clearance applicant or holder that a preliminary decision has been made to deny or revoke a security clearance. This Article focuses heavily on Department of Defense (DoD) contractor Industrial Security …
Korody Law has defended sexual assault cases at court-martial and in state courts. Both the military and state courts have been forced to pursue sexual assault cases that they would not have pursued 10 or 15 years ago because of the political pressures related to sexual assault and sexual harassment and the victims’ rights movement. …
Do police have a right to stop me if I have done nothing wrong? Whether the police have a right to stop you depends not on what you know but on what the police believe. Obviously the police can stop you if you have committed a traffic violation or a crime a in their presence. …
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In this video, Attorney Patrick Korody, former Navy JAG who currently practices criminal defense and military defense, discusses how DNA Evidence is used in criminal and military cases. DNA evidence is often admitted during state, federal, and military trials to prove crimes were committed by the defendant. DNA evidence has been a very large part …
How to FightEnlisted Administrative Separation what is an enlisted administrative separation board? An enlisted administrative separation board (also called a chapter board or adsep hearing) is a formal legal proceeding where a hearing panel of three members determines whether the military member should be separated from the military service. The board normally takes place in …