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Alana M. O.'Reilly

Counsel of record in 21 courts-martial in the Military Trial Results data
(21 as defense counsel, 0 as trial counsel)
Aug 2021 to May 2023

21Cases
21As defense counsel
0As trial counsel
6Contested (not guilty or mixed plea)

As Defense Counsel (Defending)

Average Contests Per Year: 3.4

21Cases
6Contested
50%Acquitted, contested cases (3 of 6)
33%Partial acquittal, contested cases (2 of 6)

Pleas When Defending

  • Guilty15 (71%)
  • Not Guilty5 (24%)
  • Mixed Plea*1 (5%)

Plea Agreements

  • Plea agreement16 (76%)
  • No plea agreement5 (24%)

Who Decided the Case

  • Judge Alone19 (90%)
  • Enlisted Panel2 (10%)

Contested Panel Cases: 2 of 6

  • Enlisted Panel2 of 6
  • Officer Panel0 of 6

Findings When Defending, All Cases

  • Convicted16 (76%)
  • Partial Acquittal2 (10%)
  • Acquitted3 (14%)

Contested Findings (Defending)

Decided ByCasesConvictedPartialAcquitted
Judge Alone4022
Enlisted Panel2101

Sentences When Defending

Enlisted (17 Convictions)

  • BCD12 of 17
  • DD3 of 17
  • No Punitive Discharge2 of 17

Officers and Warrant Officers (1 Conviction)

  • Dismissal1 of 1

No Punitive Discharge

2 of 17 Enlisted Convictions

  • Plea agreement1 of 2
  • No plea agreement1 of 2

Member Retained: 0 of 1 Officer Conviction

  • No dismissal0 of 1
88%Punitive discharge, enlisted (15 of 17)
94%Confinement (17 of 18 convictions)
8 moMedian confinement
3.7 yrsLongest confinement

UCMJ Articles When Defending

ArticleCasesContestedConvictedAcquitted
Art. 128 Assault7170
Art. 128b Domestic violence6251
Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances5150
Art. 115 Communicating threats5141
Art. 134 General article3130
Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation3030
Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault2211
Art. 121 Larceny2111
Art. 131b Obstructing justice2020
Art. 90 Willfully disobeying superior officer2121

Opposing Counsel, Most Cases

Where

  • Fort Bliss 21

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Counsel of record means this lawyer is listed as defense counsel or trial counsel in the public record of the case. Most cases list more than one lawyer on each side, and the records do not say who led or who argued, so the numbers describe cases this lawyer was counsel on, not individual wins or losses. Pages cover military counsel only; civilian counsel appear in lists by name. Percentages are shown for every count, however small, so check the number of cases behind each one. The Army records say whether there was a plea agreement, not what it said; Air Force records do not report plea agreements, and many Air Force records from 2016 to 2020 do not list the plea. In the article tables one case counts under each article charged, and Air Force records rarely list the charges in cases that ended in acquittal (those show as Charges not listed in the record). Member Retained means the sentence did not include a punitive discharge; it does not rule out a later administrative separation. Mixed Plea* means the record lists a guilty plea but the case ended in a partial acquittal, so at least one charge was contested (a mixed plea, or a guilty plea to a lesser offense). Contested cases are those with a not guilty or mixed plea, plus any case that ended in an acquittal or partial acquittal even when the record does not list the plea.

Source: public records of trial published by each service under Article 140a, UCMJ, as collected for the Military Trial Results page (data updated October 29, 2026). Counts reflect only the cases in this data and may be incomplete. Names are shown as published in the source records.

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