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Military Matters

Military service is a unique experience, difficult to fully understand for those who have not served. Service members, their spouses and retirees share this common experience, and consequently they often see the world quite differently. Military service members, spouses and retirees frequently encounter common legal matters, such as family law matters or state court criminal charges, which become vastly more complicated by their military status. At other times, service members may become involved in legal matters unique to those in the military, such as administrative service discharge, trial by court martial or disputes over Veterans benefits.

Shewmaker & Lewis represents many active duty and reserve component service members, their spouses and retirees. The decades of military service the attorneys at Shewmaker and Lewis have provided is leveraged to understand our military client’s unique concerns and requirements and help them achieve the best possible outcome. Shewmaker and Lewis can represent military service members, retirees, spouses and families in the following areas of military-specific law:

Military divorce and family matters

Federal government divorce and family matters.

Veterans Administration benefits

Administrative Separation Board defense

Security Clearance revocation defense

Whistleblower employment defense

USERAA and SCRA matters.

Military records upgrades.

Contact Shewmaker and Lewis at 770-939-1939 or send us a message to speak with a lawyer that understands the unique needs of military families.

 

Military Pensions

Military Pensions

A service member is not eligible to receive retired pay until the service member has served at least 20 creditable years of service. ...

Military Pensions

Dividing Military Pensions

Dividing Military Pensions

The USFSPA allows state courts to divide military retired pay incident to divorce or legal separation pursuant to state law...

Dividing Military Pensions

Blended Retirement System

Blended Retirement System

The military launched the new Blended Retirement System on January 1, 2018...

Blended Retirement System