By Tim Bilecki | Published 6 March 2026 | Updated 6 November 2026 A U.S. Air Force graphic for Domestic Violence Awareness Month. The graphic is illustrative and is not connected to any case. (U.S. Air Force graphic by Airman 1st Class Gaspar Cortez.) The appearance of U.S. Department of War (DoW) visual information does […]
Not every case in the military justice system ends in a courtroom. Some end with paperwork. And that paperwork can change your life. I’m talking about administrative separation boards. If you’re a service member accused of misconduct that doesn’t rise to the level of a court-martial, there’s a good chance you’ll hear those three words. […]
No Resupply. No Backup. Just the Attorney Who Showed Up to Win No Resupply. No Backup. Just Your Military Defense Attorney Ready to Win Here’s the hard truth about defending court-martials and administrative separations overseas: once you’re in it, no one’s coming to save you. No resupply plane. No last-minute rescue team. You have to […]
Overseas Military Defense Takes a Toll – But Never on the Client You can’t log over two million miles and not feel it. Traveling halfway around the world to defend court-martials isn’t glamorous. It’s not a vacation. No matter how many times I make the trip, cross multiple time zones, endure overnight flights, and navigate […]
When Overseas Court-Martial Plans Fall Apart, Bilecki Law Firm Won’t Court-martials never go as planned. Especially overseas. You can prepare for every angle, cross every T, and still get blindsided by chaos you never saw coming. I’ve lived it. More than once. Because when you’re defending service members stationed thousands of miles away from home, […]
OCONUS Court-Martials? This Is My Home Turf Now I’ve built a law firm around a challenge most attorneys try to avoid. Defending service members facing court-martial overseas, especially in Asia and Europe, isn’t easy. It’s not convenient. And it’s definitely not glamorous. But after more than 15 years and hundreds of flights across the Pacific […]
Lost Luggage, Foreign Hospitals, and Fighting Court-Martials Overseas Everyone sees the courtroom. What they don’t see is what it took to get there. They don’t see the jet lag. The chaos. The malls in Istanbul. The medical logistics. The suitcase full of suits that never made it. They don’t see me showing up to fight […]
Military Trials Overseas: The Work Starts Before I Ever Land People see the photos, boarding passes, airport terminals, maybe the skyline of Seoul or Frankfurt behind me – and they think it’s glamorous. “Must be cool to travel for work,” they say. What they don’t see are the 20-hour travel days, the time zone whiplash, […]
Military Trials Abroad: Why You Don’t Want an Attorney on Vacation I’ve seen it more times than I care to count. A service member stationed overseas gets charged with a serious offense. They retain a civilian attorney, maybe even one with some courtroom experience. That lawyer books a flight, packs a bag, maybe brings the […]