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 &
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