We have found that many Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) soldiers, especially those who are being recalled to active duty for a second or third tour, are not aware of the process for requesting an exemption from or a delay of their orders.  The Law Firm of Puckett and Faraj, PC, has been successful in achieving those types of results for its clients who have legitimate reasons for not returning to active duty.  We collect all of your personal information and put it into a persuasive package designed to achieve your goals.  We know the law, and we know what works and what doesn’t.  Allow us to be your advocates to have the best possible chance of delaying or avoiding that second or third tour in combat.

Our client, a young female Naval Officer, was charged with making a false official statement, making a false civilian criminal complaint, conduct unbecoming an officer and damage to personal property.  This all as a result of a verbal altercation in a public parking lot with a Marine LtCol and lawyer, who became enraged when our client unintentionally slowed his own progress through the lot one morning on his way to work.  Though dressed in civilian clothes, he approached our client to “adjust her attitude.”  Oddly, though, she hadn’t done anything wrong.  He just saw her wearing a Navy uniform with LTjg rank insignia and decided to walk over and dress her down.  He harassed her all the way to the bus stop.  She called the cops.  Then later he accused her of swearing at him, filing a false complaint in civilian court, and damaging his vehicle.  She was asked to accept non-judicial punishment and refused.  At her court-martial last week, we won a full acquittal for her on all charges.  Her career is now back on track and the Marine LtCol lawyer, whose testimony was not believed by the military jury, was defeated in his effort to abuse the military justice process for his own private, selfish concerns over parking lot etiquette.