LtCol Gary S. Barthel, USMC, Ret. Military Defense Attorney

Continuing a 40 plus year career and remarkable service to this country, Military Criminal Defense Lawyer LtCol Gary S. Barthel, USMC, Retired continues to honor our nation by providing legal services for Military Members in both the military and civilian criminal justice systems.

Gary’s twenty-year career with the U.S. Marine Corps is the foundation of his legal career.  Gary Barthel earned high accreditations for his service as both an enlisted Marine and Marine officer.  After enlisting in the Marine Corps in ‘75, he served with the U.S. Department of State at the U.S. Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Athens, Greece. He was also assigned to Secret Service details for the U.S. Secretary of State and the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, and provided personal security for numerous U.S. Ambassadors.

In furtherance of his Marine Corps career, Gary obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Russian Area Studies, a Juris Doctor degree and a Masters in Law degree in Military Law.

As a “Mustang” officer, Gary provided distinguished legal services to clients of all ranks from young enlisted to Commanding Generals. As a Marine Judge Advocate, Gary was responsible for providing legal advice on a variety of legal issues to service members of every rank from the lowest enlisted rank to Commanding Generals. Gary’s billets included serving as a prosecutor with the U.S. Attorney’s Office, the Senior Defense Counsel at Camp Pendleton, and as a Staff Judge Advocate (General Counsel) at Marine Corps Base, Camp Pendleton and Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar.

Mr. Barthel has continued to practice military and civilian criminal law following his Marine Corps career. Succeeding the Marines, Gary became a partner at Higgs Fletcher & Mack LLP where he spent ten years focusing his practice in both the military and civilian judicial systems before starting his own firm in 2013. Mr. Barthel’s extensive experience in both the military and civilian judicial systems allow Mr. Barthel to bridge the gap between these two different court systems. Today, The Military Law Center has become the “go to” firm because it provides legal services to service members pending allegations in both the military and civilian legal systems.

Gary’s education, extensive experience and grasp of these two different legal systems provides him with unique qualifications and legal authority that is unmatched. Gary remains to be a leading national military law expert who is called upon by media and attorneys around the globe because of his extensive experience within both legal systems.

US Military Defense Lawyer, LtCol Gary S. Barthel, USMC, Retired, is renowned for his knowledge and experience in military justice, defense and litigation. Throughout Gary’s Marine Corps career, he gained extensive litigation experience as a prosecutor and criminal military defense lawyer. Gary’s military litigation experience also includes extensive experience with Physical Evaluation Board where he represented military clients who disputed their military disability ratings.  He also gained litigation experience through jury trial experience involving a variety of offenses including capital murder, homicide, rape, sexual assaults, sexual harassment, fraud, assaults, hazing, drug offenses and DUI’s.  As a Staff Judge Advocate (general counsel) to Commanding Officers and Commanding Generals, Gary was responsible for providing legal advice on a variety of legal issues including criminal investigations, court-martials, disciplinary proceedings, administrative separation proceedings, civil claims including death investigations, personal injury and property damage claims made against the government, as well as a variety of legal issues related to military civilian employees.  Gary was also responsible for the management of a command law office comprised of 15 military lawyers and 40 support staff.

Gary’s civilian litigation experience includes a variety of cases including cases involving real and personal property damage, domestic violence, DUI, drug offenses, sexual assaults, debt collection and personal injury.  Moreover, while serving with the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Alexandria, Virginia, Mr. Barthel not only gained experience prosecuting international drug importation and bank robbery cases, he also gained appellate litigation experience briefing and arguing criminal appellate cases before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit.

LtCol Gary S. Barthel, USMC, Retired, provides support as a civilian military criminal justice consultant and an expert witness. Gary is a qualified expert witness with unmatched experience to provide a bridge for the civilian and military court systems.

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