Jacksonville, Florida Military Lawyers
The military defense lawyers at Korody Law have the experience, training, and skills to ensure that your rights as a member of the military and a citizen of the United States are protected. Our Jacksonville, Florida attorneys are all former or retired JAG officers who served on active duty defending and prosecuting members of the military and advising commanders on how to dispose of misconduct. Mr. Korody (Navy Captain/O-6) and Mr. Crow (Navy Captain/O-6) are part of the elite few who has been certified by the Judge Advocate General as specialists in Military Justice Litigation. The military defense lawyers at Korody Law haves handled hundreds of General and Special Courts-Martial, Article 32 Preliminary Hearings, Non-Judicial Punishment (Article 15) hearings and appeals, administrative separation hearings and appeals, and Boards of Inquiry.
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And while we have represented – and do represent – servicemembers worldwide, we are the “go-to” law firm for the Jacksonville, Florida military community.
We also Represent Military Members in State Court
We represent military members in Florida state courts (Duval, Nassau, Clay, St. Johns counties): theft, DUI, child abuse, assault, disorderly conduct, drug charges – fall misdemeanors and felonies. Check out our state and federal Jacksonville (Duval County) criminal defense practice.
Offices - Downtown Jacksonville, Florida
Korody Law has defended Sailors and Marines stationed at NAS Jacksonville, Florida facing the spectrum of UCMJ allegations including: drug abuse; domestic violence; sexual assault; desertion; mishandling of classified information; larceny; and many other UCMJ offenses. NAS Jacksonville is home to the region’s pretrial confinement facility (PCF), formerly referred to as the NAS Jacksonville brig. The NAS Jacksonville PCF holds military members pending trial by court-martial who have either waived their right to seek release or who have sought release and were found to have been a flight risk or at risk to commit serious misconduct.
Korody Law has defended Sailors stationed at Naval Station Mayport, Florida facing the spectrum of UCMJ allegations including: drug abuse; domestic violence; sexual assault; desertion; mishandling of classified information; larceny; and many other UCMJ offenses. Naval Station Mayport is home to many surface ships and helicopter squadrons. It is also where the region’s Navy Office of Special Trial Counsel (OSTC) maintains its offices. The OSTC is responsible for determining whether felony-level offenses like domestic violence, sexual harassment, and sexual assault should be charged at court-martial.
Korody Law has defended Sailors and Marines stationed at Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay, GA facing the spectrum of UCMJ allegations including: drug abuse; domestic violence; sexual assault; desertion; mishandling of classified information; larceny; and many other UCMJ offenses. Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is home to the east coast’s ballistic missile submarine fleet. It also has the Marine Corps Security Force Battalion, which guards the nuclear weapons for the submarines. Military misconduct and UCMJ cases out of Navy Submarine Base Kings Bay are handled by the legal officers at NAS Jacksonville and Naval Station Mayport.
JACKSONVILLE, FLORIDA'S ONLY LAW FIRM COMPOSED EXCLUSIVELY OF FORMER JAG OFFICERS.
- Former Navy and Marine Corps JAG Officers with 70+ years military law experience
- Hundreds of Military Clients Served
- All UCMJ Charges
- Court-Martial Defense
- Board of Inquiry Defense / Officer Misconduct Defense
- Article 15 / Non-Judicial Punishment (NJP) Defense
- Administrative Separation Defense
- Security Clearance Defense
- Domestic Violence / Family Advocacy Program (FAP) Defense
- Criminal Investigation (NCIS, command investigation) Defense
- ROTC Disenrollment Defense
Military Defense Lawyers Who Work Outside of the System.
If you are accused of something you didn’t do – or the military has exaggerated what actually happened – you need legal firepower. Korody Law is outside the system. As civilian military lawyers, we bring superior experience and knowledge – more than 70 years of military law and litigation (trial) experience. We have represented hundreds of military members – active duty, reservist, national guard. We are not beholden to the command or the military. We arenot looking for promotions or a next set of orders. We are hired to do one thing – fight for our client, and win.
When so much is at stake, do you really want to take a chance with an inexperienced lawyer?
Or, do you want someone in your corner who has fought the fight, and won?
When you are accused of a crime by the military, you should know two things. First, the military will turn on you. If you think that because you were previously in the good graces of your CO or XO or your Master Chief or Master Sergeant or NCO you’ll be “fine,” you are wrong. To be accused is to lose. Superiors will separate themselves from you. Peers will trash you to gain an advantage. Your commander will send you to trial or move to separate you just because it’s easier than finding the allegations to be baseless. And, with one misstep, that is how you lose your career and VA benefits and suffer the other consequences of being convicted of a crime.
Second, military defense counsel for the most part are junior JAGs. They often won’t help you until you are formally charged. You can’t call them in the middle of the night when NCIS or CID shows up at your door wanting to search your house or barracks room. They have a commanding officer. They have to worry about a service reputation and a next set of orders.
Free Military Defense Consultation
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If you are under investigation, facing court-martial, or facing administrative separation, contact the military defense lawyers at Korody Law for a free case consultation.
Military, Federal, Security Clearance, and Criminal Defense Services
Korody Law, P.A. - offices in downtown Jacksonville, Florida - represents service members, officers, federal employees, security-clearance holders, healthcare professionals, and licensed mariners facing criminal, administrative, professional, and national-security matters. Whether you are under investigation, responding to a proposed adverse action, preparing for a hearing, or trying to protect your career before formal charges are filed, we are the Jacksonville, Florida law firm with the experience and service to make a difference.
From our Jacksonville, Florida office, we handle matters worldwide involving court-martial defense, federal criminal defense, military investigations, administrative separation boards, Boards of Inquiry, security-clearance cases, GOMOR and LOR responses, DHA investigations and peer review hearings, and other career-threatening proceedings.
A Full-Service Jacksonville Defense Law Firm for High-Stakes Cases
The Korody Law Team has more than 70 years of combined military law and criminal defense experience. We have the experience, training, and knowledge to aggressively defend clients when everything is at stake.
Our services include the full spectrum of military defense (courts-martial, Article 32 preliminary hearings, non-judicial punishment proceedings and appeals, administrative separation hearings, Boards of Inquiry, military criminal investigations, sexual harassment investigations, security clearance cases, DHA QAI invesigations and peer review panels, GOMOR and LOR responses), nationwide federal criminal defense with a focus on the Middle District of Florida, and state criminal defense in and around Jacksonville, Florida.
Military Criminal Defense
Court-Martial Defense
Defense for enlisted members and officers facing special or general court-martial proceedings involving drug offenses, assault, Article 120 allegations, false official statements, larceny, fraud, dereliction, and other UCMJ charges.
Learn More About Court-Martial DefenseArticle 112a / Drug Offense Defense
Representation in military drug cases involving positive urinalysis results, wrongful use allegations, prescription issues, THC-related accusations, and separation or court-martial consequences flowing from alleged controlled substance use.
Learn More About Military Drug DefenseNJP / Article 15 / Captain’s Mast Defense
Advice and defense for nonjudicial punishment proceedings, including whether NJP should be refused, how to present evidence in mitigation and extenuation, and how to limit downstream administrative damage.
Learn More About NJP DefenseArticle 32 Preliminary Hearing Defense
Representation during the Article 32 preferral stage, including negotiations with OSTC, witness development, mitigation presentation, and Article 32 hearing representation.
Learn More About Article 32 DefenseMilitary Investigations and Pre-Charge Defense
Military Investigations
Early defense when NCIS, CID, OSI, CGIS, command investigators, or inspectors general start asking questions. Advocacy during investigation often impacts future charging decisions.
Learn More About Military InvestigationsArticle 31(b) / Rights Advisement Issues
Guidance on whether to speak with investigators, how Article 31(b) differs from Miranda, and how early mistakes during questioning can damage a future defense in a court-martial or administrative case.
Learn More About Article 31(b) RightsOfficer Misconduct Investigations
Representation for officers facing investigations, flagging actions, substantiated misconduct findings, reports to personnel command, show-cause processing, and career-threatening command reporting requirements.
Learn More About Officer Misconduct DefenseSexual Harassment / SHARP / Command Investigation Defense
Defense for service members and officers facing sexual harassment complaints, SHARP-related allegations, command investigations, inspector general complaints, and findings that may lead to reprimands, separation, or show-cause proceedings.
Learn More About Sexual Harassment DefenseMilitary Administrative Defense
Administrative Separation Board (ADSEP) Defense
Defense in enlisted administrative separation proceedings involving misconduct, drug abuse, civilian convictions, patterns of misconduct, serious offenses, and characterization-of-service disputes.
Learn More About ADSEP DefenseBoard of Inquiry (BOI) Defense
Representation for officers facing show-cause proceedings and Boards of Inquiry, including misconduct, substandard performance, civilian arrests, investigative triggers, and adverse personnel recommendations.
Learn More About BOI DefenseReprimand Response Defense
Strategic response drafting and defense planning for career-threatening reprimands and censure actions (GOMOR, LOR, LOC) before they become permanent damage in a military record or trigger later separation or promotion consequences.
Learn More About USAF Reprimand DefenseSecurity Clearance Defense
Statement of Reasons (SOR) Response
Detailed written responses to Statements of Reasons in security-clearance cases involving personal conduct, criminal conduct, financial issues, alcohol, drugs, foreign influence, misuse of technology, and related concerns.
Learn More About SOR ResponsesSecurity Clearance Hearing Defense
Representation in clearance hearings, including witness preparation, documentary submissions, cross-examination planning, mitigation development, and case theory built around the adjudicative guidelines.
Learn More About Clearance HearingsSecurity Clearance Revocation / Denial Defense
Defense for military members, federal employees, and contractors facing suspension, revocation, denial, continuous evaluation reporting issues, or adverse suitability and credentialing consequences tied to national-security positions.
Learn More About Security Clearance DefenseFederal Criminal Defense and Investigations
Federal Criminal Defense Lawyer
Representation in federal criminal matters involving fraud, conspiracy, drug charges, firearms offenses, false statements, white collar allegations, and other cases investigated and prosecuted in federal court.
Learn More About Federal Criminal DefenseFederal Investigations
Defense for people contacted by the FBI, DEA, ATF, IRS-CI, HHS-OIG, DHS, DCIS, Postal Inspectors, or other agencies before charges are filed. The right move early is often silence, strategy, and immediate intervention.
Learn More About Federal InvestigationsMedical Staff, Peer Review, and Professional Defense
DHA Peer Review Hearing Defense
Defense for DHA physicians, dentists, advanced practice providers, and other professionals facing peer review proceedings, quality assurance inquiries, standards-of-care allegations, and hearing processes that threaten professional standing.
Learn More About Peer Review DefenseMedical Quality Assurance / QAI Defense
Defense in military medical investigations, QA and QAI matters, professional review processes, and administrative actions that can affect privileges, employment, reporting, and a provider’s long-term career.
Learn More About Medical Quality Assurance DefenseNROT and ROTC Investiations and Disenrollment Hearing Defense
ROTC / NROTC Disenrollment Defense
Representation for cadets and midshipmen facing disenrollment, recoupment exposure, misconduct allegations, performance review boards, scholarship-related separation consequences, and commissioned service implications.
Learn More About ROTC / NROTC DefenseDischarge Upgrades and Post-Service Defense
Discharge Upgrade Representation
Representation for former service members seeking discharge upgrades, changes in narrative reason, RE-code corrections, and stronger presentation packages for Discharge Review Boards and Boards for Correction of Military Records.
Learn More About Discharge UpgradesBCMR / Records Correction Petitions
Assistance with petitions to correct military records involving adverse findings, promotion issues, evaluation disputes, discharge-related errors, and other injustices that continue to affect benefits, careers, and reputation.
Maritime and Merchant Mariner Defense
Merchant Mariner Credential Defense
Representation for mariners facing denial, suspension, revocation, misconduct, sexual harassment, drug charges, security issues, and other threats to professional credentials and maritime careers.
Learn More About MMC DefenseOne Investigation, One Letter, One Hearing Can Change Everything
Many of these cases start quietly. A phone call from an investigator. A request for an interview. A proposed reprimand. A DCSA security-clearance notice. Adsep board notification paperwork. A DHA summary summary suspension. By the time most people realize how serious the matter is, the government or command aready has built its case.
Whether your case involves the military, federal law enforcement, or a national security law issue (security clearance, MMC credentials), Korody Law, a Jacksonville, Florida law firm, can help evaluate the threat, identify the procedural posture, and build a defense strategy fast.