Category: Military Justice & Criminal Law

The Law Office of Will M. Helixon provides legal services, including military justice (court-martial defense, representation at boards, and other UCMJ action defense), administrative law (defense and rebuttals to GOMORs, OER & NCOER appeals, and assistance & responses to AR 15-6 Investigations), and legal assistance (consumer issues, landlord-tenant issues, and immigration/MAVNI issues) throughout Europe, including in Germany, Belgium, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Italy, Greece, Spain, Portugal, and for rotational units in Germany, Poland, and Eastern European nations.

Law Office of Will M. Helixon Grand Opening

Posted by Will Helixon on April 14, 2019 with 0 Comment

On April 13, 2019, the Law Office of Will M. Helixon in Europe, hosted its grand opening at its new office on Hans-Ohorn-Platz 7, Vilseck Germany. The event was attended by friends, colleagues, counsel, and expert consultants from Germany, including Rose Barracks, the United States, and Belgium. The European Office in Germany handles client’s needs in Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Italy, and the European rotational units. A few of the pictures from the European office grand opening are below.

Law Office of Will M. Helixon, military lawyer and court-martial defense lawyer providing representation in Germany [Vilseck, Grafenwoehr, Ansbach, Baumholder, Kaiserslautern, Wiesbaden, Stuttgart, Landsthul, Spangdahlem, Hohenfels, Ramstein], Italy [Vicenza, Aviano, Sigonella, Naples], the United Kingdom, The Netherlands, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, and Spain

Germany Office Opened by the Law Office of Will M. Helixon

Posted by Will Helixon on March 17, 2019 with 0 Comment

Office Located at Entrance to Rose Barracks, Vilseck

Starting April 1, 2019, the Law Office of Will M. Helixon will open an office outside the gate of Rose Barracks in Vilseck, Germany. The Germany office will provide representation and defense for courts-martial, boards of inquiry, separation boards, AR 15-6 Investigations, GOMOR rebuttals, Article 15s, administrative separations, legal assistance, MEB/PEB advice, and other adverse administrative actions. The Vilseck, Germany, office will provide representation for Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and their family members throughout Europe, including Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, Belgium, and the United Kingdom.

European Communities Served

The military lawyers and court-martial defense lawyers with the Law Office of Will M. Helixon in Germany will provide legal services throughout Germany, Italy, The Netherlands, the United Kingdom, Belgium, Greece, Portugal, and Spain. Having served eight years in Germany (Bamberg, Hanau, and Grafenwoehr), Will Helixon brings his first-hand knowledge of how things are done in Germany with him as he opens the Vilseck office less than 200 meters from the front gate of Rose Barrack.

German Military Communities Served

The Law Office of Will M. Helixon in Germany provides quality, competent, and superior legal services to the following German U.S. military communities: Rose Barracks, Vilseck; Tower Barracks, Grafenwoehr; Hohenfels Training Area; Ansbach/Katterbach; Smith Barracks, Baumholder; Kaiserslautern Military Community; Landstuhl Regional Medical Center; Ramstein Air Force Base; Spangdahlem Air Force Base; Stuttgart Military Community; George Marshall Center, Garmisch; and Clay Kaserne, Wiesbaden.

Italian Military Communities Served

When on active duty, Will M. Helixon served as the brigade judge advocate for the 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team in Vicenza, Italy, where he deployed to Afghanistan. Will brings his experience from his service in Italy to provide focused legal representation to those in Italy, as the Law Office of Will M. Helixon serves the following Italian U.S. military communities: Aviano Air Base; Vicenza Military Community; Naval Air Station Sigonella; Naval Support Activity Naples; and Naval Support Activity Gaeta.

Other European Military Communities Served

United Kingdom

The Law Office of Will M. Helixon provides military legal advice to service members stationed in the UK, including at the following installations: RAF Alconbury; RAF Croughton; RAF Fairford; RAF Lakenheath; RAF Menwith Hill; and RAF Mildenhall.

The Netherlands

The Law Office of Will M. Helixon provides military legal advice to service members stationed in The Netherlands, including at the following installations: USAG Schinnen and Joint Forces Brunssum.

Belgium

Military legal advice is also provided to U.S. personnel stationed in Belgium at USAG Benelux, USAG Brussels, and Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe (SHAPE).

Spain

The Germany office of the firm also provides legal services for those stationed in Spain at Moron Air Force Base and Naval Base Rota.

Portugal & Greece

The Law Office of Will M. Helixon, with its European location, also provides legal services to those stationed at Lajes Field (Portugal) and Naval Support Activity Souda Bay (Greece).

Background of Law Office of Will M. Helixon

Will M. Helixon unveiled the Law Office of Will M. Helixon in February of 2016. Originally headquartered in Kansas City, Missouri, the firm’s original mandate was to defend members of the military in courts-martial, adverse administrative proceedings and other criminal proceedings. Today, the firm has advised commanders and defended Soldiers in multiple complex and high-profile military cases. The firm now handles most military matters, including medical issues involving the MEB/PEB process, adverse administrative matters, military justice matters, and legal assistance matters, including the correction of military records. No longer in Kansas City, the firm now has a presence in North Texas (Frisco) and a European office physically located in Vilseck, Germany. Call us today to assist with your legal issue in Europe.

All military lawyers at the Law Office of Will M. Helixon maintain licenses to practice before all military trial courts.

Law Office of Will M. Helixon – Germany, Hans-Ohorn-Platz 7, First Floor, 92249, Vilseck, Germany.

Law Office of Will M. Helixon – United States, 6136 Frisco Square Blvd., Suite 400, Frisco, Texas, 75034.

Germany +49 (0) 9662-293-8047

United States (512) 333-1967

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Loss of Credentials: The Investigation, Peer Review and Credentials Committee Process

Posted by Will Helixon on August 13, 2017 with 0 Comment

Tripler Army Medical Center was completed in 1948. The architecturally distinctive coral pink structure atop Moanalua Ridge was dedicated on September 10, 1948 and has been a familiar landmark on the south shore of Oahu ever since.

Twelve Steps Related to the Loss of Clinical Credentials

Virtually all health care providers, from doctors, to physician’s assistants, to dentists, to nurses, to psychologists, to social workers all require licenses from the state in which they practice. In the military, to qualify for credentials to practice in a military treatment facility (MTF), the provider must be licensed in one or more states. The quality assurance and licensing program in the military is governed by Department of Defense Manual 6025.13 (October 29, 2013). As with most DoD policies, the individual services are responsible for overseeing and the implementation and compliance of the health care providers quality assurance policy. In the Army, Army Regulation 40-68, Clinical Quality Management, is the controlling regulation. In the Air Force, AFI 44-119, Medical Quality Operations, governs. In the Navy, BUMEDINST 6010.31 covers adverse actions for privileged health care providers. Regardless of the service, the quality assurance program is designed to ensure competent providers administer safe and effective care to their patients.

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New Military Law Podcast: LEXLawRadio a Weekly Feature of Firm

Posted by Will Helixon on July 12, 2017 with 0 Comment

Law Office of Will M. Helixon starts military law podcast on September 2, 2017.

Law Office of Will M. Helixon Launches Military Law Podcast

30-minute Weekly Show to Discuss Military Legal Issues

Kansas City, Missouri — The Law Office of Will M. Helixon announced the launch of a weekly military law podcast focusing on legal issues that face servicemembers, military lawyers and veterans. LEXLawRadio will begin airing on September 2, 2017, and can be downloaded from Apple iTunes and Android Market. The thirty minute show will be hosted by the firm’s founder, Will M. Helixon, and his law partner, Jon M. Stanfield, with regular appearances by other members of the firm.

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MEB, PEB, IDES…and the Alphabet Soup of Medical Discharges (Part 1 of 4)

Posted by Will Helixon on May 30, 2017 with 0 Comment

MEB, PEB, IDES, disability rating, medical evaluations, disability evaluation, disability rating — A view of the Naval Medical Center San Diego aka Bob Wilson Naval Hospital in the Balboa Park in San Diego.

What is the Medical Evaluation Board Process?

Formerly, the Services and the VA Considered Disability Separately

If you are confused with the acronyms IDES, MEB, PEB, DBQs, C&P Exams, VASRD, PEBLOs, MSCs NARSUMs, SMEBCs, and VARRs, you are not alone. So what is an MEB anyway? Colloquially, servicemembers refer to the Integrated Disability Evaluation System (IDES) as an MEB. That common name comes from the fact that the IDES system was formerly two different systems. The Army/Navy/Air Force used one disability evaluation system and the Veterans Administration used a different system. The Medical Evaluation Board (MEB) and Physical Evaluation Board (PEB) served, and continues to serve, as the military services’ evaluation system . But now, the services and the VA work together; though sometimes they work together with the type of inter-service rivalries we know and love as servicemembers. Continue reading “MEB, PEB, IDES…and the Alphabet Soup of Medical Discharges (Part 1 of 4)” →

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