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Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:18:00 GMT

What is the name of your state? Georgia
My son is a Staff Sargeant in the USMC and was arrested last week in Okinawa and is facing very serious charges. Would like recommendations or referral for both a Military Attorney that he can request and in addition a Civilian Attorney with Military Experience. Research has turned up several names, Phil Cave, Charlie Gittins, Neil Puckett and Frank Spinner. If anyone has any experience and can make any recommendations it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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  • Mon, 26 Mar 2007 16:35:00 GMT(1)
  • First of all, this post is over one year old. These charges are likely resolved by now, and the need for an attorney is probably well over with.
    Now on a totally separate note, I know of NEITHER of the attorneys you have listed.
    That could be because the first attorney you listed has only been licensed since 2 , most likely served active duty as a prosecutor from 2 -2 4, and, I suppose, has only been in private practice for 3 years tops. It could be because this firm has not handled any appellate work that I am aware of, and has no cases at CAAF. But the bottom line is that this attorney does not have a reputation that has caused me to take notice of him.
    I also have no information about the second attorney. Which leads me to the same conclusion -- he has no solid reputation in the military lawyer community that would cause me to take note of him.
    And this is from a current reserve wing SJA and former appellate defense counsel who, by and large, knows the regular civilian practioners.
    I do not mind attorneys plugging themselves, but I do feel that they should not do so on a post that is over one year old, and they should expect, if they feel the need to shamelessly advertize, for me to come back and point out the fact that they are largely inexperienced and virtually unknown.
    --badapple, COL, JA, USAFR.
  • Mon, 26 Mar 2007 17:19:00 GMT(2)
  • Right on Col. Badapple4 pirate Sir.
  • Mon, 28 Feb 2005 10:40:00 GMT(3)
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    Originally Posted by theron

    What is the name of your state? Georgia
    My son is a Staff Sargeant in the USMC and was arrested last week in Okinawa and is facing very serious charges. Would like recommendations or referral for both a Military Attorney that he can request and in addition a Civilian Attorney with Military Experience. Research has turned up several names, Phil Cave, Charlie Gittins, Neil Puckett and Frank Spinner. If anyone has any experience and can make any recommendations it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

    Here is a list previously posted in this forum you already have heard of 2 of them:
    Originally Posted by badapple40
    .....
    Let me give you a short list:
    1. Charles Gittens
    Law Offices of Charles W. Gittins
    P.O. Box 144
    Middletown, VA 22645
    phone: 540-868-0949
    fax: 540-868-0976
    eMail: cgittins@lawknowledge.org.aol.com
    2. Frank Spinner
    Law Offices of Frank J. Spinner
    7035 Campus Drive, Suite 904
    Colorado Springs, Colorado 80920
    phone: (719) 598-6494
    3. David Sheldon
    Law Offices of David P. Sheldon
    Barracks Row, 512 8th Street, S.E.
    Washington, D.C. 20003
    Tel (202) 546-9575
    Toll free (866) 546-9575
    Fax (202) 546-0135
    Charles Gittens and Frank Spinner have been known to take cases where there has been an injustice and represent the client for free. "
  • Mon, 28 Feb 2005 12:44:00 GMT(4)
  • Rmet hit it right on the head. What, exactly, are the charges, as I may be able to focus you in a bit more on 1 specific attorney?
  • Mon, 26 Mar 2007 12:48:00 GMT(5)
  • Two other attorneys that handled serious military cases at a reduced rate are:
    Michael Waddington
    114 Pleasant Home Road, Suite B
    Augusta, GA 30907
    706-664-1395
    706-210-6420 (fax)
    E-mail: msw@lawknowledge.org.wgmlawfirm.com
    Web Site: http://www.ucmjdefense.com/index.html
    Paul Bergrin
    572 Market Street, Suite 1
    Newark, New Jersey 07105
    Telephone: 973-344-4405
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