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Military Defense Litigator Military Lawyer - prior JAG - Experienced in court martial and administrative separation defense.

Military Lawyer representing service members in Jacksonville, NC (Camp Lejeune), Fayetteville, NC (Fort Liberty), CONUS, and worldwide.

05/21/2026

The military's legal system is getting a long-overdue overhaul.

For years, JAG lawyers have been pulled away from commanders and buried in bureaucratic roles that have nothing to do with winning wars. Overlapping offices.
Inconsistent standards. Slow decisions when speed matters most.

Defense Secretary Hegseth is changing that.

A sweeping new reform - launched May 8, 2026 — puts military lawyers back where they belong: embedded with commanders, advising on real operations, trained for the battlefield not the boardroom.

The standard is simple: does it make the military more lethal? If not, it goes.

Swipe through all 5 slides to see exactly what's changing and why it matters for every service member.




Attorney Steven Goralski
Military Lawyer Jacksonville, NC
Military Lawyer Fayetteville, NC

Military Lawyer representing service members in Jacksonville, NC (Camp Lejeune), Fayetteville, NC (Fort Bragg), CONUS, and worldwide.

She served 16 years in the United States Air Force.In 2008, a general court-martial convicted her of two counts of makin...
05/05/2026

She served 16 years in the United States Air Force.

In 2008, a general court-martial convicted her of two counts of making a false official statement. She lost her career. She fought back — through boards, petitions, and appeals — for nearly two decades.

In 2020, the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records granted her an honorable discharge. A recognition of her service. A measure of justice.
But not exoneration.

On April 27, 2026, the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals denied her writ of error coram nobis — one of the rarest and most difficult legal remedies in the military system. The court drew a hard line: a Board’s clemency upgrade and a court’s vacatur of a conviction are fundamentally different things. One cannot become the other.

After 18 years, the conviction stands.
Swipe through all 5 slides to understand what coram nobis is, why this ruling matters, and what it means for every service member navigating the military appeals system. ➡️

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Attorney Steven Goralski
Military LawyeD Jacksonville, NC
Military Lawyer Fayetteville, NC

Military Lawyer representing service members in Jacksonville, NC (Camp Lejeune), Fayetteville, NC (Fort Bragg), CONUS, and worldwide.

She served 16 years in the United States Air Force.In 2008, a general court-martial convicted her of two counts of makin...
05/05/2026

She served 16 years in the United States Air Force.
In 2008, a general court-martial convicted her of two counts of making a false official statement. She lost her career. She fought back — through boards, petitions, and appeals — for nearly two decades.

In 2020, the Air Force Board for Correction of Military Records granted her an honorable discharge. A recognition of her service. A measure of justice.
But not exoneration.

On April 27, 2026, the Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals denied her writ of error coram nobis — one of the rarest and most difficult legal remedies in the military system. The court drew a hard line: a Board’s clemency upgrade and a court’s vacatur of a conviction are fundamentally different things. One cannot become the other.

After 18 years, the conviction stands.
Swipe through all 5 slides to understand what coram nobis is, why this ruling matters, and what it means for every service member navigating the military appeals system. ➡️

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Attorney Steven Goralski
Military LawyeD Jacksonville, NC
Military Lawyer Fayetteville, NC

Military Lawyer representing service members in Jacksonville, NC (Camp Lejeune), Fayetteville, NC (Fort Bragg), CONUS, and worldwide.

05/05/2026

You lost both your legs to a roadside bomb in Iraq. You were medically retired — forced out before your 20 years were up. And when you got home, the government docked your retirement pay, dollar for dollar, for every disability check you received.

That’s not a hypothetical. That’s the reality for 54,000 combat-wounded veterans right now.

It’s called the “wounded warrior tax” — and this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly pledged to end it.

The Major Richard Star Act has 323 House co-sponsors and 79 in the Senate. It has been blocked twice by Senate Republican leadership over a $9.75 billion price tag. With 400+ new Iran war wounded now entering the same broken system, advocates say the window to pass this before Veterans Day has never been more urgent.

Swipe through all 5 slides for the full story. ➡️



Attorney Steven Goralski
Military LawyeD Jacksonville, NC
Military Lawyer Fayetteville, NC

Military Lawyer representing service members in Jacksonville, NC (Camp Lejeune), Fayetteville, NC (Fort Bragg),
CONUS, and worldwide.

You lost both your legs to a roadside bomb in Iraq. You were medically retired — forced out before your 20 years were up...
05/05/2026

You lost both your legs to a roadside bomb in Iraq. You were medically retired — forced out before your 20 years were up. And when you got home, the government docked your retirement pay, dollar for dollar, for every disability check you received.

That’s not a hypothetical. That’s the reality for 54,000 combat-wounded veterans right now.

It’s called the “wounded warrior tax” — and this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly pledged to end it.

The Major Richard Star Act has 323 House co-sponsors and 79 in the Senate. It has been blocked twice by Senate Republican leadership over a $9.75 billion price tag. With 400+ new Iran war wounded now entering the same broken system, advocates say the window to pass this before Veterans Day has never been more urgent.

Swipe through all 5 slides for the full story. ➡️



Attorney Steven Goralski
Military LawyeD Jacksonville, NC
Military Lawyer Fayetteville, NC

Military Lawyer representing service members in Jacksonville, NC (Camp Lejeune), Fayetteville, NC (Fort Bragg),
CONUS, and worldwide.

You lost both your legs to a roadside bomb in Iraq. You were medically retired — forced out before your 20 years were up...
05/05/2026

You lost both your legs to a roadside bomb in Iraq. You were medically retired — forced out before your 20 years were up. And when you got home, the government docked your retirement pay, dollar for dollar, for every disability check you received.

That’s not a hypothetical. That’s the reality for 54,000 combat-wounded veterans right now.

It’s called the “wounded warrior tax” — and this week, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth publicly pledged to end it.

The Major Richard Star Act has 323 House co-sponsors and 79 in the Senate. It has been blocked twice by Senate Republican leadership over a $9.75 billion price tag. With 400+ new Iran war wounded now entering the same broken system, advocates say the window to pass this before Veterans Day has never been more urgent.

Swipe through all 5 slides for the full story. ➡️



Attorney Steven Goralski
Military LawyeD Jacksonville, NC
Military Lawyer Fayetteville, NC

Military Lawyer representing service members in Jacksonville, NC (Camp Lejeune), Fayetteville, NC (Fort Bragg), CONUS, and worldwide.

04/30/2026

🚨 A Special Forces soldier just made history — and not in a good way.

Master Sgt. Gannon Van D**e allegedly knew exactly what was going to happen in Venezuela. So he opened a Polymarket account, placed 13 bets totaling $33,000 — and walked away with $409,000 in winnings.

The mission? Operation Absolute Resolve. The one that captured Nicolás Maduro.

He was on the ship. He was part of the team. And according to federal prosecutors, he used classified intelligence to cash in before the world even knew the raid happened.

Now he faces 5 federal charges — including wire fraud, commodities fraud, and money laundering.

This is the first case of its kind in U.S. military history. And it raises a question nobody had to ask before: Should cleared personnel have access to prediction markets at all?
Swipe through all 5 slides for the full breakdown. ➡️



Military Lawyer Jacksonville, NC
Military Lawyer Fayetteville, NC

Military Lawyer representing service members in Jacksonville, NC (Camp Lejeune), Fayetteville, NC (Fort Bragg), CONUS, and world wide.

04/20/2026

Law-enforcement will take your phone if you tell them there is evidence on it. They will get a warrant and will seize your phone. You have to give them your phone, but you do not have to unlock it. Their default guidance is to never speak to law-enforcement without a lawyer.







Attorney Steven Goralski
Military Lawyer Jacksonville, NC
Military Lawyer Fayetteville, NC

Military Lawyer representing service members in Jacksonville, NC (Camp Lejeune), Fayetteville, NC (Fort Bragg), CONUS, and world wide.

04/13/2026

Positive Urinalysis - THC is detectable for up to 5 days for one time use, but it has a much longer detection window for chronic users. A study done in the 1980s, with chronic users, detected THC at or above 20 ng/mL for 67 days and took 77 days to fall below the 20ng/mL cut off level. We can assume that THC is detectable longer in DOD tests due to the lower cutoff level of 15ng/mL. THC is fat soluble so it deposits in fat cells and is gradually released into the urine, thus the long detection window for chronic users.



Attorney Steven Goralski
Military Lawyer Jacksonville, NC
Military Lawyer Fayetteville, NC

Military Lawyer representing service members in Jacksonville, NC (Camp Lejeune), Fayetteville, NC (Fort Bragg), CONUS, and world wide.

04/07/2026

Alleged victim interview allows the defense to fill in the gaps, identify new witnesses, better understand the timeline of the alleged incident and the fine details, allowing us to potentially identify fruitful areas for cross examination. It also helps, assess the demeanor of the alleged victim.







Military Lawyer Jacksonville, NC
Military Lawyer Fayetteville, NC

Military Lawyer representing service members in Jacksonville, NC (Camp Lejeune), Fayetteville, NC (Fort Bragg), CONUS, and world wide.

04/01/2026

Positive urinalysis for co***ne will result in administrative separation proceedings. If you have over six years in or the command recommends an other than honorable, you have a right to a board hearing. You should not waive that board hearing because you can fight for no basis (not guilty), retention, and a better characterization of service.

Don’t p**s hot, but if you do, reach out.



Military Lawyer Jacksonville, NC
Military Lawyer Fayetteville, NC

Military Lawyer representing service members in Jacksonville, NC (Camp Lejeune), Fayetteville, NC (Fort Bragg), CONUS, and world wide.

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