Originally published on Jacksonville.com Experienced Attorney and Navy JAG Veteran, Patrick Korody, Represents Members of the Military Facing Involuntary Administrative Separation (ADSEP)   Jacksonville, Florida (August 15, 2016) – Though they get a free military attorney, many Sailors, Marines, and Coastguardsmen in the Jacksonville, FL area are turning to local attorney and Navy veteran Patrick […]

Positive urinalysis for Codeine caused by poppy seed bread. I recently, and successfully, defended a service member who tested positive on a military urinalysis for codeine.  The immediate reaction to such a urinalysis is to screen the member’s medical record for prescription medication that contains codeine.  If the record contains no such prescriptions, the command

PRETRIAL CONFINEMENT IN THE MILITARY The military does not have prisons or jails.  Rather it has “brigs” for the Navy and Marine Corps and “stockades” or “disciplinary barracks” in the Army and Air Force.  The most notorious military confinement facility is the United States Disciplinary Barracks (USDB) at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas.  In recent years, the

  Adultery allegations in the military, without any other misconduct, are normally dealt with at non-judicial punishment (NJP, Captain’s Mast, Office Hours, Article 15).  Many members of the military believe that consensual sexual intercourse with or by a married person with another not his or her spouse is enough for the military to pursue the

DEFENSE OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS NOTICE OF HEARING INDUSTRIAL SECURITY CLEARANCE (ISCR) Hearings Scheduled in Jacksonville, FL in July 2016 The Department of Defense, Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) recently issued the Notice of Hearing to all security clearance applicants in the Jacksonville, FL area who have pending hearings for July 2016. 

Military Officers in the Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, Army, and Coast Guard will be provided a military JAG lawyer, free of charge, to represent him or her at a a Board of Inquiry (BOI).  A BOI is similar to an enlisted administrative separation board, with one key difference: a members vote for retention closes

People think that hiring an attorney to handle a traffic ticket is a waste of money.  Nothing could be farther from the truth. Korody Law charges $120 to handle a Jacksonville traffic ticket in most cases.  That is in addition to any fine or court costs that could otherwise be imposed.   So, in the short

The military’s urinalysis program is institutional – and there is institutional resistance to believing that it is fallible; that is, until it’s you who is pulled into an office and read your Article 31b rights for a positive drug test. Although over the years there have been numerous instances where military drug labs have sent

While updating my book, Trying the Military Case: Court-Martial Advocacy, I spent some time reviewing recent developments in court-martial litigation over child pornography offenses in the military, which are charged under Article 134, UCMJ. In 2012, the President prescribed a child pornography offense under Article 134 prohibiting the possession, receipt, viewing, distribution, and production of

Korody Law represents federal employees, military members, and federal contractors facing security clearance denials and revocations in and around Jacksonville, Florida. I recently completed a security clearance hearing in Jacksonville and was asked in the hallway by a pro se contractor from Blount Island, who was about to have a hearing, what he should do.