William E. Cassara

-Military Law Attorney

Courts-Martial
Discharge Upgrades
Court Martial Appeals
Boards of Inquiry
Records Correction

About Us

At William E. Cassara, PC, we devote our firm's resources to representing current and former military members in military related matters. Mr. Cassara has nearly thirty years of experience in military law. If you or your loved one is facing a court-martial, Mr. Cassara is well versed in the Uniformed Code of Military Justice, and has been defending service members around the world his entire career. If a service member has been convicted at court-martial, Mr. Cassara has extensive experience in court-martial appeals, and has represented service members before all service courts of criminal appeals, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, and the U.S. Supreme Court. Mr. Cassara's expertise has lead to the reversal of numerous court-martial convictions, as shown here in our representative cases.

In addition to representing service members at courts-martial and court-martial appeals, Mr. . Cassara also draws on his extensive experience to protect your rights in a variety of other military matters. These matters can include corrections of military records, discharge upgrades, security clearance revocations, MEBs and PEBs proceedings before Boards of Inquiry/Administrative Separation Boards and a variety of other military legal matters to include disenrollment from ROTC or service academies, adverse fitness report appeals, GOMOR and other reprimand appeals and other related matters..

Call Mr. Cassara at 800-511-9293 to discuss your case. You will not speak to a legal assistant, "chat box" or answering service. If he is not in, he will return your call, and you will speak directly with an experienced attorney.

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Highest Military Court Issues Important Decision on Sexual Assault Prosecutions

October 9, 2024

Last year, the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces [CAAF] agreed to consider the case of United States v. Mendoza. We discussed the case here. Mendoza was a sexual assault case involving a Soldier who woke up the morning after becoming extremely intoxicated and did not recall most of what had happened the night … Read more

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Court of Appeals Reaffirms Constitutionality of Service Discrediting Offenses

September 30, 2024

Article 134 of the Uniform Code of Military Justice creates three different types of criminal offenses. First, it criminalizes “disorders and neglects” that are prejudicial to good order and discipline in the armed forces. Second, it criminalizes conduct of a nature to bring discredit upon the armed forces. Third, it allows the prosecution of existing … Read more

Top Military Appellate Court Sets Aside Lower Court Factual Sufficiency Test

September 18, 2024

The power granted to the individual service Courts of Criminal Appeals is one of the ways in which military criminal justice is unique. Article 66 of the UCMJ has historically established the service-level appellate courts and charged them with affirming only the findings and sentence that they find correct in law and fact. This is … Read more