About Us

Civilian court-martial defense lawyer Richard V. Stevens is a former active duty military JAG attorney, having previously served in the military both as a base level and as a senior regional level military defense lawyer. He has handled military cases since 1995, and has served as a civilian defense counsel since 2001.

As a civilian defense attorney, Attorney Stevens established his military defense law office because, as former military officer, he cares deeply about protecting and defending the rights of military members and their families, and ensuring they are treated with fairness and respect in the military justice system.

Attorney Richard V. Stevens’ law firm includes Mr. Stevens and Attorney Mike Coco (who is “of counsel”). Attorney Frank Spinner is not employed by the Law Offices of Richard V. Stevens. Mr. Spinner has his own, independent, military law practice. He does, however, have space on this website to identify himself and his practice.

The criminal defense attorneys in the Law Offices of Richard V. Stevens only represent military members and only handle military cases. That includes military investigations, military disciplinary actions, military discharge/separation, and military court-martial trials. We represent members of all military branches. Please note that we are not legal assistance attorneys and we do not represent military members in civilian courts and cases, nor do we handle, for example, family law or property law issues. As criminal defense lawyers, we only represent military members facing military cases.

Our Attorneys

Attorney Richard V. Stevens is a former military JAG attorney and the founder of this law firm. He has extensive experience in the most complex, serious military 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 handling military cases since 1995.

Attorney Michael J. Coco has associated with the Law Offices of Richard V. Stevens, P.C. in an “of counsel” capacity. Mr. Coco recently retired from the Air Force, after spending sixteen of his twenty-plus years of active duty service as an Air Force JAG. While in the Air Force JAG Corps, Mr. Coco served as a military trial judge, a military defense counsel at both the base and regional levels, and as a prosecutor at the regional level. Mr. Coco and Mr. Stevens have over four decades of combined military law experience to draw on in defending their military clients.

Attorney Frank J. Spinner has his own, independent, military law practice. He retired from active duty military service in the early 1990s, and has defended some of the most highly publicized cases in recent military justice history. These cases have included: Capt James Wang, SSG Delmar Simpson, Lt Kelly Flinn, MG David Hale, Capt Richard Ashby, Cadet Douglas Meester, SPC Sabrina Harmon, CWO Lewis Welshofer, SFC Trey Corrales, SrA Andrew Witt, MSG Tim Hennis, and SPC Jeremy Morlock.

Attorney Richard V. Stevens and attorney Frank J. Spinner have completely separate and independent law practices, with no common clients, offices, or personnel.

Mr. Stevens and Mr. Spinner travel around the world, to wherever their military clients are stationed or serving, to represent and defend them. They advise, represent, and/or defend military members in the following locations across the globe.

Mr. Stevens has the extensive military law, criminal defense and trial experience necessary to fight for you. He has fought for, and defended, military members of all ranks, in all service branches, who have faced military adverse actions ranging from administrative discipline and board hearings through courts-martial alleging the most serious offenses. This includes “war crimes,” crimes arising out of combat or in theater, national security cases, murder, manslaughter, homicide, rape, sexual assault, consensual sex offenses, drug offenses, computer crimes (pornography), larceny, fraud, conduct unbecoming, military academy offenses, senior officer cases, AWOL/desertion, and all types of the most serious criminal charges and military offenses.

Mr. Stevens and his law firm pledges to provide proven trial skills, extensive knowledge of the military and military law, experienced representation, aggressive defense and straight forward advice to members of all military branches stationed around the world.