National Capital Region Military Defense Attorney
Serving Fort Belvoir, Quantico, Joint Base Andrews, Fort Meade, Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall, and Washington Navy YardNo other region packs more military headquarters into a smaller footprint. Six installations, four branches, and one common thread — a service member connected to any of them answers to the same Uniform Code of Military Justice as anyone deployed overseas.
Nelson Robles co-founded Corrao & Robles Law after gaining experience as a Judge Advocate General’s Corps officer in the U.S. Army, and he represents soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors, and their families connected to the military commands that make up the National Capital Region.
Expertise That Matters for Military Members
Attorney Robles spent years navigating that kind of scrutiny as an active-duty Army JAG Major, completing the Judge Advocate Officer Course, the Military Trial Advocacy Course, and the Complex Victim Unit Course, and earning the Army Commendation Medal and the Joint Service Commendation Medal. That experience translates directly to clients stationed anywhere in the National Capital Region, regardless of branch.
Where Attorney Robles Steps In Across the National Capital Region
Fort Belvoir and Fort Meade anchor the Army’s intelligence and cyber missions, home to INSCOM, the Defense Threat Reduction Agency, the NSA, and U.S. Cyber Command. Quantico trains and evaluates the Marine Corps’ newest officers. Joint Base Andrews flies the nation’s most visible airlift missions, including Air Force One. Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall provides ceremonial support to Arlington National Cemetery and houses Marine Corps administrative functions. The Washington Navy Yard hosts Naval Sea Systems Command. Attorney Robles represents clients connected to all six.
A commission earned at Officer Candidates School or The Basic School can be lost before it’s ever finalized. Honor violations, conduct issues, and evaluation failures move through Marine Corps boards on a compressed timeline, and a negative outcome can end a career that hasn’t technically started yet. Attorney Robles represents candidates and new officers facing disenrollment, honor boards, or administrative separation at Quantico.
Fort Belvoir and Fort Meade sit at the center of the nation’s intelligence and cyber missions, and the clearance adjudication process for personnel connected to NSA, INSCOM, DTRA, or U.S. Cyber Command can matter more than the allegation that triggered it. A suspended top-secret or SCI access can end an entire specialty overnight. Attorney Robles represents clients through DOHA hearings and clearance appeals tied to the region’s intelligence commands.
A National Capital Region case might open with Army CID at Belvoir, Meade, or Myer, NCIS at the Navy Yard or Henderson Hall, or Air Force OSI at Andrews, depending on the installation and the branch involved. Attorney Robles gives clients the same instruction no matter which agency shows up: no statement, no interview, and no explanation without a lawyer present.
Non-judicial punishment moves quickly across every installation in the region, and a finding can still cost rank, pay, and standing heading into the next evaluation or assignment — a real risk given how many NCR postings already sit under close scrutiny from senior staff. Attorney Robles reviews the allegation, weighs accepting NJP against demanding a court-martial, and prepares the stronger case either way.
A general court-martial conviction carries a dishonorable discharge, forfeiture of pay, and years of confinement whether it’s convened at Belvoir, Quantico, Andrews, Meade, Myer–Henderson Hall, or the Navy Yard. Attorney Robles represents clients from the Article 32 hearing through trial, and, when warranted, through an appeal to the Army, Navy-Marine Corps, or Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals, or the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces.
Sexual assault allegations draw intense command attention throughout the region’s headquarters commands, and reputational damage can begin well before a case reaches trial. Attorney Robles investigates independently and holds the government to its burden rather than accepting the initial account.
Plenty of career risk in the National Capital Region never reaches a courtroom or a clearance board. Attorney Robles also represents clients in:
- Involuntary separation and administrative discharge boards
- Honor board and disenrollment appeals
- Security clearance revocations and DOHA hearings
- Record correction petitions (ABCMR, BCNR, AFBCMR)
- Evaluation report rebuttals
- GOMOR and letter of reprimand responses
- AWOL and desertion allegations
- VA disability appeals
- USERRA reemployment disputes
Visibility Cuts Both Ways in the National Capital Region
A posting in the National Capital Region often comes with more scrutiny, not less — ceremonial duty connected to Arlington National Cemetery, a headquarters staff assignment, or work tied to a classified program all draw a closer look from command than a comparable role elsewhere. That scrutiny doesn’t slow the clock on a legal deadline: an Article 15 rebuttal, a clearance appeal, or a records-correction filing still moves fast, and it tends to move faster when senior leadership is already paying attention. Getting a lawyer engaged as soon as an issue surfaces is usually what keeps the most options open.
Frequently Asked Questions
Serving the National Capital Region’s Military Community
Attorney Robles represents soldiers, Marines, airmen, sailors, veterans, and military families connected to Fort Belvoir, Marine Corps Base Quantico, Joint Base Andrews, Fort Meade, Joint Base Myer–Henderson Hall, and the Washington Navy Yard, throughout Alexandria, Springfield, Woodbridge, Fairfax, and Arlington, Virginia, the District of Columbia, and Prince George’s and Anne Arundel Counties in Maryland, and service members who have since transferred to installations elsewhere.
