Military Command Investigations [AR 15-6, C.D.I.] – Military Defense Lawyer
MILITARY COMMAND INVESTIGATIONS CAN HAVE SERIOUS NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR MILITARY MEMBER’S CAREER AND FUTURE
If you are a military member facing an military investigation, you need a strong military defense lawyer as your advocate. Attorney Richard V. Stevens is a civilian court-martial defense lawyer and military defense lawyer. He began handling military cases in 1995 and he has been handling military cases for over 30 years. This has included numerous military investigations of his three decades of military legal practice. Attorney Stevens, and the military defense law firm he founded, are here to provide you with the zealous defense you are seeking to protect you from the potential consequences of a military investigation.
Civilian defense attorney Richard V. Stevens may be best known for military court-martial trial defense successes. This includes high profile/media involved military justice cases, and other serious military criminal cases that have resulted in dropped charges/cases and acquittals (not guilty of all charges and specifications). While general court-martial (and sometimes special court-martial) successes may result in more public recognition, there are many other military adverse actions that our law firm handles that can have a dramatic impact on a military member’s career, future, and family. Our military defense law firm handles these other military adverse actions, including military investigations conducted by various offices.
Military discipline, including courts-martial, can be preceded by investigations conducted by military “law enforcement” investigators, such as:
- NCIS: Naval Criminal Investigative Service (Navy and Marine Corps)
- USMC CID: U.S. Marine Corps Criminal Investigation Division (Marine Corps)
- CID: U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command (Army)
- OSI: Air Force Office of Special Investigations (Air Force)
- CGIS: Coast Guard Investigative Service (Coast Guard)
Military investigations resulting in discipline or court-martial can also begin, however, with other types of military investigations, such as Command Directed investigations. These investigations include:
- Army AR 15-6 Investigations
- Air Force CDI (Command Directed Investigations)
- Navy Command Investigations (“JAGMAN Investigations”)
- Marine Corps Command Directed Investigations
Attorney Richard V. Stevens represents and defends military members facing military investigations of all types, including command directed investigations. Particularly given the military adverse and disciplinary actions available to commanders after a military investigation has concluded – including Article 15, administrative discharge or separation, and court-martial trial – these investigations can be extremely serious and have a significant impact on the military member’s career (promotion and assignments) and future (retirement and military benefits). Because of this, having an experienced and aggressive defense attorney on your side is absolutely vital in these military cases.
Mr. Stevens is a civilian criminal defense attorney and former active duty military JAG lawyer who exclusively practices military law and defends military members stationed around the world who are facing military trials, disciplinary actions, appeals, adverse actions, board hearings, and investigations.

If you’re under any type of military investigation, don’t hesitate to seek the legal help you’re going to need. For a free initial case consultation, please contact us.
No attorney can guarantee the outcome you seek in your military case. What we can promise is that we will apply our decades of experience to the defense of your military case. This includes our extensive experience in military law, military regulations, military investigations, military disciplinary actions, military adverse actions, and/or military court-martial trials and cases.
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