Need help with a Military Law matter?

You've come to the right place.  If you are an active-duty military personnel, military reservists, or former military personnel with “veteran” status, a military law lawyer can help with your legal matters.

Use FindLaw to hire a local military law attorney to help you with matters like military divorce, court-martial proceedings under the Uniform Code of Military Justice, and re-employment rights of reserve military personnel who are called to active duty. 


Military Definitions

Uniform Code of Military Justice: (n) the body of law that governs military persons in their conduct as military personnel.

Military Commission: (n) a military court organized in time of war or suspension of the civil power to try offenses by persons (as civilians) not subject to trial by a court-martial.


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