Military Investigations
Investigations by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service and the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations
I can represent you if you are a military or civilian employee or a contractor stationed or working at Vandenberg Air Force Base, and you have received notice that you are to be or are being investigated by the United States Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI, or OSI).
I can also represent you if you are a military or civilian employee or a contractor stationed or working at the Naval Base Ventura County (NBVC) or one of its three operating facilities - Point Mugu, Port Hueneme and San Nicolas Island, and you have received notice that you are to be or are being investigated by the Naval Criminal Investigative Service (NCIS).
The first time I represented someone being investigated by one of these investigative services, I was surprised to learn from the investigator that most people who are investigated do not have an attorney representing them. If you consider the stakes – that you could be imprisoned, fined, or lose your security clearance – not being represented when you are being investigated is, frankly, nuts. It makes about as much sense as not having an attorney when you are dragged into a police station, read your Miranda rights, and then deciding to let the police question you without an attorney present.
You didn't surrender your constitutional rights when you enlisted or agreed to work for the military, either as a civilian employee or a contractor. You retain the right to be represented by counsel, to refuse to self-incriminate, and to not be subject to unlawful search and seizure. You retain the right to refuse to take a lie detector test.
But if you aren't represented by an attorney, investigators may tell you that they would see it as a gesture of good faith if you let them search your house or your personal belongings, including your computers, without getting a search warrant, or if you agree to take a lie detector test. Without an attorney present representing you, there is a good chance that you will cave in under such pressure, to your detriment even if you have nothing to hide.
You should not face an adversary who has training in the law and in investigative techniques without being represented by an attorney.
Contact Me
To schedule a free initial consultation, call me at (805) 845-8223, or email me at mjdeniro7cox.net (please replace the "7" with the "at symbol"), or Click to send me an e-mail.
During the initial consultation, I will gather the relevant facts from you to determine if I can offer legal services that might help you, and then, if you want me to, I will send you a fee agreement showing how much those services would cost you.
I will not offer affirmative advice - do this, don't do that - during the initial consultation. I only do that once you become my client. I don't review documents prior to the initial consultation, I only do that once you become my client. And finally, if your matter does not involve the application of California law or of Federal law to a matter that arose in California, I will inform you during the initial consultation that I cannot provide any advice because by doing so I would be engaging in the unauthorized practice of law, which is forbidden by the Rules of Professional Conduct of the California State Bar.
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