If you need the assistance of a defense attorney, please contact us for more information. Be prepared to provide an email and/or phone number where you can be reached for scheduling an appointment or to set up an initial consultation. You will also need to complete a Request for Services.

Please review the Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) and Defense / Personal Representative Services Addendum for more information about defense services.

If you need assistance with any of these issues, download the Request for Services and contact us.

• Administrative Separations
• Article 31b Rights
• Article 32 Investigations
• Attorney-Client Relationship
• Confinement
• Convening Authorities
• Complaints of Wrongs
• Non-Judicial Punishment (NJP)/Office Hours
• Post-Trial Matters (Appeals, Clemency)

Contact the closest office to you by phone or e-mail. If you do not know the closest office, contact our headquarters location. We will ask for a phone number where you can be contacted. If you do not have access to a place where you can have a conversation privately, you will be instructed where to go on base in order to do so. You will need to complete a Request for Services prior to the initial consultation.

ALL PERSONNEL MUST PRESENT IN UNIFORM TO RECEIVE SERVICES.

Appointments are optimal. However, defense clients (suspected or accused of misconduct or being subjected to administrative proceedings) may walk in for a consultation with defense counsel during "walk-in hours" which vary by location. Walk-in hours for each DSO North office are posted below. During walk-in hours, service members have the opportunity to consult with defense counsel regarding pre- and post-nonjudicial punishment advice, summary court-martial advice, Article 138 and 1150 complaints, administrative separation processing, hardship discharges, and suspect's rights. Although a defense counsel is available for consultation, the attorney and service member will not form an attorney-client relationship except in unusual circumstances.

If you are coming to see an attorney as a walk-in, be sure to bring any documents given to you related to the reason you are seeking advice. Simply come to our office and complete an intake form. Every effort will be made for you to speak with an attorney as quickly as possible.

Commands requesting defense counsel services for their members should send requests along with required enclosures and information via encrypted email or DoD Safe to dsonorthcounselrequest@us.navy.mil.