Bilecki Law Group exists for the singular purpose of giving military service members the ability to fight back against the military justice system. We fight back against misuse and abuse of the UCMJ and we win military jury trials.
You Hire Tim and Ben. You Get Tim and Ben.
Every client gets both of us. Whether you are facing an investigation, a reprimand, a board or a court-martial, Tim Bilecki and Ben Gold build your defense together. We do not hand your case off to someone whose name you learned after hiring the firm.
Having two experienced lawyers working your case matters. Ben brings another set of eyes, another perspective and the judgment to challenge an assumption or see a different way to approach a witness. Together, we work through the government’s strongest arguments, test the defense theory and challenge each other’s thinking. We want to find the weaknesses in our preparation while we still have time to address them.
Tim leads the defense and personally handles the courtroom fight. He argues the motions and conducts panel selection, opening statement, cross-examinations, defense witness examinations, closing argument and sentencing. Both Tim and Ben travel for trials and boards.
Ben works through the discovery, builds timelines, interviews and prepares witnesses and develops the strategy with Tim. He puts the research, motions and written arguments behind that strategy. When a legal issue arises during trial, Ben can tackle the research and briefing while Tim stays focused on the witnesses and the courtroom.
That is the value of the team: two experienced lawyers who know your case, challenge each other and bring different strengths to the same fight.
Meet Tim Bilecki · Meet Ben Gold
Direct Access to the Lawyers Handling Your Case
Once you retain us, you receive Tim’s and Ben’s work cell phone numbers and a WhatsApp group chat with both attorneys.
When something happens in your case, you can contact the lawyers preparing your defense directly. When you have a question about the strategy, you can ask the people developing it. That access matters because we know the evidence, the decisions ahead and what is at stake for you.
We Want In Before the Charge Sheet
By the time charges are preferred, the government may have spent months interviewing witnesses, collecting records and building its version of what happened. We want to be working your side of the case while that is happening.
Video gets overwritten. Witnesses transfer. A message pulled out of context can start to become the government's version of events. We want time to find the witness, preserve the complete conversation, test the evidence and put the defense facts before the official who can stop or narrow the case. If charges follow, we take that work into the Article 32 hearing, motions and trial.
What we can do during an investigation · How our legal fees work
We Build the Team Your Case Requires
We deliberately work with independent investigators and experts. It gives us the freedom to choose the people your case needs. A phone extraction, a disputed DNA finding and a psychiatric issue call for different skills. Even two cases involving DNA may need different experts because the questions are different. We choose the specialist for the problem we need to solve.
We do not build the cost of an in-house investigator into every client's legal fee. We retain investigators for defined work on individual cases, and we can choose a different investigator when another case calls for different skills. We have the freedom to bring together the investigators and specialists that fit your evidence. Your case drives the team we assemble.
Your legal fee pays for Tim and Ben to build and lead your defense. We then pursue military funding to put the necessary investigative and expert work behind it. Approved services are paid for with military funds rather than billed to you. That can put substantial resources behind your defense without requiring you to privately finance the entire team.
The work is in identifying the right people, explaining why their expertise matters and bringing their findings into the defense. Tim and Ben direct that work. When private retention is needed, including during an investigation, we discuss the work and expense with you before those services are retained.
Your Defense Starts Before We Get on a Plane
We routinely represent service members around the world. We adjust our schedules for clients worldwide because working across time zones is part of how we practice.
Once retained, we start working through the allegations, deadlines, records and witnesses before travel is required. Tim and Ben both travel for trials and boards. The lawyers preparing your defense are the lawyers who come to represent you.
When appropriate and permitted, we use remote appearances for Article 32 hearings and some motion hearings to reduce travel expenses. We handle your military defense; representation in a host nation’s courts is separate.
Where we represent service members · How we handle travel expenses
A Firm Built to Fight
Bilecki Law Group, PLLC, is a military defense firm founded by trial lawyer Tim Bilecki on the simple philosophy of providing personal and aggressive representation to service members facing court-martial charges around the world.
The firm began in Honolulu, Hawaii, in 2010. Tim later moved his practice to his hometown of Tampa, Florida, in 2021. The move did not end the firm's work overseas. We continue to represent service members worldwide.
The allegation may involve sexual assault, a drug offense, financial fraud or a violent crime. The consequences may include a court-martial, a separation board or an Army GOMOR. Once retained, we investigate the case, develop the defense and prepare for the proceeding that will decide your future.
Court-Martial Defense · UCMJ Investigations · Administrative Separations · GOMOR Rebuttals
How the Representation Begins
You need to understand what you are facing and what to do next. Tell us what happened, where the case stands, and what is coming up. Tim or Ben will give you a straight assessment of the risks, your options, and whether we are the right lawyers to handle it.
We will listen to you and make sure your case is a good fit for the firm. The first attorney consultation we accept and schedule is free and ordinarily lasts 45 minutes. It may be with Tim Bilecki or Ben Gold, depending on screening and availability.
If the firm can take the case, the scope of the representation, fee and anticipated costs are addressed before you decide whether to retain us. A consultation request does not create an attorney-client relationship or mean that the firm has agreed to represent you.
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If you play the game by their rules and on their battlefield, you've handed them every advantage. Don't play by their rules. Give them the last thing they were looking for... a FIGHT!
Ready to Fight Back
Winning takes experience and tenacity. It also takes preparation. We will work our asses off on your defense. All we ask in return is that you are as willing to fight as we are.
Call 813-669-3500. If an interview, hearing or response deadline is approaching, tell the intake team when you call. Call before sending sensitive records so the firm can identify an appropriate secure channel.