Re: Possible Joint Case

Guys –

I spoke to a Lt Col in the Army today about a situation he is in. The description was sent to me as follows:

I asked Amy for your email because I’m looking for a unique type of lawyer, on behalf of a friend, and was hoping you may have a lead on someone he could speak with. Here is a summary of his issue: He is a 20+ year Army officer who was up for a promotion to Colonel about a year or so ago. He had a superior record, all the recs from three and four stars, etc and was seen as a no brainer for promoting. But they did not promote him and the reason is, according to him and the colleagues he’s been able to confidentially speak with about it, because he gave a bad evaluation to one of his subordinates who happened to be Muslim and that soldier said it was him discriminating, reported him, etc. An investigation insued at the time and my friend was found not to have discriminated – he was cleared of the charges. But, apparently just having been accused has made him be passed over (twice now, I think) for Colonel. He has the support of all his superiors, they’ve recommended him for Colonel and it is unclear who at the Pentagon is holding it up since it’s no one who knows or has worked with him. He’s a very good guy and has tried everything to resolve this but now realizes his career is completely at a hault unless he does something more aggressive to defend his honor. So he wants to hire a private attorney to pursue options, including action against the Army.

This case is related to the Hassan situation and the Secretary of the Army is personally involved. This will require some finesse with Congress and DoD, but I would prefer to have someone with military experience involved to help navigate the actual promotion process.

Interested?

Mark

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