ATTORNEYS

ATTORNEY RICHARD V. STEVENS

Attorney Richard V. Stevens has extensive experience in complex, serious military (and civilian) trials, and all types of adverse military administrative actions, discipline and investigations. He has served as an active duty base military defense counsel, active duty regional military defense counsel, civilian state and federal trial attorney and civilian criminal defense and military defense attorney.

Mr. Stevens has been involved in cases dealing with the most serious military offenses, including allegations of "war crimes", murder, manslaughter, homicide, rape, sexual assaults, other sex related offenses, drug offenses, computer crimes, conduct unbecoming, military academy offenses, offenses within combat zones, senior officer cases and other military specific offenses around the world.

Many of the cases defended by Mr. Stevens have involved the use of expert witnesses and consultants and many have received local, regional and national press coverage, requiring experience in dealing with the press and how this can impact a client's defense.

While serving as an active duty defense attorney in the military, attorney Richard V. Stevens became a military defense legal expert in the area of attacking client confessions, false confessions, and police interrogation methods. Since that time, he has given countless presentations on this issue to military defense attorneys around the world. In addition to cases he has defended, Mr. Stevens has acted as a trial preparation consultant for defense attorneys – military and civilian – in several high profile trials, including several murder cases. Many of these cases have had successful outcomes not expected by the prosecution.

Mr. Stevens continues to be an invited speaker on military trial defense issues at military defense counsel conferences, which he has lectured and instructed at since 1997. Presentation topics have included defending high profile/media cases, defending complex trials, working with experts, military interrogation tactics and false confessions, preparing trial strategy and case file, defending against military sex offense allegations and working with civilian defense counsel.

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ATTORNEY FRANK J. SPINNER

Since the early 1990s, attorney Frank J. Spinner has perhaps been the most widely recognized name in the legal specialization of defending military members. Some of the most highly publicized cases in military justice have been defended by Mr. Spinner. Beyond his renowned trial record, Mr. Spinner is also recognized as a leading appellate attorney before all military appeals courts, to include the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (C.A.A.F.).

Mr. Spinner retired from the United States Air Force having served in military defense positions such as Chief Circuit Defense Counsel (the chief military defense attorney over all military defense attorneys in the geographic region) and two tours with the Appellate Defense Division, one tour as Chief Appellate Defense Counsel.

Since he established his civilian legal practice in military defense, Mr. Spinner has made multiple guest appearances on 60 Minutes (interview by Mike Wallace), 20/20, Dateline, Nightline, the Today Show, Good Morning America, Meet the Press, CNN Crossfire, Oprah, Larry King Live and NPR. His work was featured on the History Channel in a program entitled "Real JAGs." Many of his cases have received front page coverage in national news periodicals, including the cover of Time Magazine and features in the New Yorker magazine.

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