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RE: JWV this weekend



Neil,

 

Thanks so much. See you on Friday. Call me when you get to the hotel.

 

Cheryl Waldman

National Programs/PR Coordinator

JWV of the USA

1811 R St., NW

Washington, DC 20009

202-265-6280 (p), 202-234-5662 (f)

cwaldman@jwv.org

 

 

 

From: Neal Puckett [mailto:neal@puckettfaraj.com]
Sent: Tuesday, March 02, 2010 1:38 PM
To: Cheryl Waldman
Subject: Re: JWV this weekend

 

Cheryl,

I took this right from the website:  www.puckettfaraj.com.  Photo attached at the bottom.

Neal A. Puckett is a nationally renowned military criminal defense attorney practicing from Alexandria, Virginia. He has represented military service members in Afghanistan, England, Germany, Hungary, Iraq, Japan, Kuwait, Spain and throughout the United States. He defended Army LTC Allen West against charges of detainee abuse in Iraq in 2003, and in 2004 represented former Army BG Janis Karpinski in the Abu Ghraib prison abuse scandal in 2004.  LTC Allen West is currently a candidate for Congress in Florida's 22nd District.  In 2008, he represented CPT Roger Hill, who was accused of war crimes after staging a mock execution to convince Taliban spies working inside his camp to confess to avoid violating an arbitrary NATO limitation on holding detainees and to prevent their release by the Afghan Army.  CPT Hill's story was featured on Anderson Cooper 360 on CNN.  Currently he represents SO2 Matthew McCabe, a Navy SEAL accused of abusing an Iraqi detainee responsible for the slaughter and mutilation of four American contractors in Fallujah, Iraq, in 1994.  His firm still represents Marine SSgt Frank Wuterich, who faces court-martial for the deaths of Iraqi civilians following a fatal IED attack on his squad in Haditha, Iraq in 2005.  They appeared together on CBS 60 Minutes, broadcast on three occasions in 2007, and won a prestigious Peabody Award for CBS and Scott Pelley.  Mr. Puckett has appeared on all major cable and broadcast networks numerous times either on behalf of his clients or as an expert commentator on military law.

Mr. Puckett was commissioned in 1977 through the Platoon Leaders Class program after earning a B.A. degree, magna cum laude, with a double major in Psychology and Speech Communication from Indiana University, where he was also a Phi Beta Kappa. He holds a J.D. degree from Indiana University School of Law (1984); an LL.M. degree in Criminal Law from the University of San Diego School of Law (1989); and an M.A. degree in National Security and Strategic Studies from the U.S. Naval War College (1993).

Second Lieutenant Puckett graduated from The Basic School in 1977 and was designated an Intelligence Officer. Ordered to the 2nd Marine Division at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, he was reassigned to the 4th Marine Amphibious Brigade in Norfolk, VA and deployed to Northern Europe for a NATO Exercise. Upon his return he was assigned to 1st Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment where he served as the Battalion Intelligence Officer. After completion of a six month deployment to the Mediterranean Sea, then First Lieutenant Puckett assumed command of the 4th Counterintelligence Team. In 1981 he was selected for the Funded Law Education Program for three years to earn a law degree at Indiana University, where he was promoted to Captain in March 1982.

Completing the Naval Justice School in 1984, Captain Puckett served as a military defense counsel, chief prosecutor and Deputy Staff Judge Advocate at Camp Pendleton, California. While serving as a prosecutor, he was selected to join the National Security Task Force as a member of a trial team prosecuting Marine Security Guard cases arising from allegations of espionage at the U.S. Embassies in Moscow and Vienna. In 1988, he was selected for the Special Education Program to earn a post graduate law degree in Criminal Law.

Promoted to Major and transferred to Okinawa, Japan in July 1989, he served as a military trial judge. He was President of the Okinawa Bench and Bar Association, composed of American and Japanese judges. In 1992, he was selected to attend the College of Naval Command and Staff at the U.S. Naval War College in Newport, RI. Major Puckett returned to the bench as a military trial judge at the 29 Palms, in July 1993. He was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in February 1995.

Lieutenant Colonel Puckett’s last tour on active duty was as the Officer in Charge of the Legal Service Support Section (LSSS) of the Third Force Service Support Group on Okinawa, Japan. The LSSS provides military justice, review, legal assistance and administrative military law services to Marine units throughout Japan. During that tour, he also defended a military capital murder case.

Mr. Puckett retired from the Marine Corps on April 1, 1997. He was twice awarded both the Meritorious Service and Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medals. Immediately upon his retirement from the Marine Corps, he served a year as an Assistant Federal Public Defender in Pensacola, Florida. He has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Creighton University School of Law, and has taught numerous trial advocacy courses, as well as college and graduate courses in political science, government, sociology, criminal justice and the legal process. He is admitted to practice in the State of Indiana, the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Eastern District of Virginia and the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces. He also currently chairs the Board of Governors of the Military Law Section, Virginia State Bar. Mr. Puckett is married to retired U.S. Air Force Colonel Marcelyn Atwood. He has a son, Sean, a graduate of the University of San Diego, who is married to the former Catherine Tyberg. They have a son, Connor.  Both are bank vice presidents in San Diego. He also has a daughter, Jocelyn, a graduate of Indiana University, who resides with her husband, LtCol(sel) Christopher Kean, USAF, in Omaha, NE. Major and Mrs. Kean have three children, Harper, Violet and Iris.

Will look forward to reading the announcement.

 

Sincerely,

Neal

Neal A. Puckett, Esq

LtCol, USMC (Ret)

Puckett & Faraj, PC

Washington DC | Virginia

888.970.0005

 

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