A Marine Corps Captain accused of illegally selling military property was represented by military defense counsel at Board of Inquiry, which resulted in a recommendation for separation under other than honorable conditions. After the BOI, the Captain retained Tim Bilecki to appeal the results.
Bilecki’s defense team quickly reviewed the transcripts of the BOI as well as the evidence against our client and put together a strategy to appeal the result. The defense firmly believed that if Bilecki Law Group had been retained prior to the board, the members would have either found no basis or voted for retention.
Attorney Tim Bilecki then conducted extensive research and drafted a letter of deficiency highlighting the legal errors in Board of Inquiry, the highly suspicious nature of the evidence and the arguments that we believe should have been presented at the board.
The convening authority reviewed our letter of deficiency and approved a General discharge under honorable conditions. The Captain had retained us after the board recommended an other than honorable discharge; our work changed the characterization approved after that recommendation.
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