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Andrew Lane

Counsel of record in 18 courts-martial in the Military Trial Results data
(18 as defense counsel, 0 as trial counsel)
Aug 2022 to Oct 2024

18Cases
18As defense counsel
0As trial counsel
9Contested (not guilty or mixed plea)

As Defense Counsel (Defending)

Average Contests Per Year: 4.1

18Cases
9Contested
11%Acquitted, contested cases (1 of 9)
56%Partial acquittal, contested cases (5 of 9)

Pleas When Defending

  • Guilty9 (50%)
  • Not Guilty5 (28%)
  • Mixed Plea2 (11%)
  • Mixed Plea*2 (11%)

Plea Agreements

  • Plea agreement13 (72%)
  • No plea agreement3 (17%)
  • Not reported2 (11%)

Who Decided the Case

  • Judge Alone14 (78%)
  • Enlisted Panel4 (22%)

Contested Panel Cases: 4 of 9

  • Enlisted Panel4 of 9
  • Officer Panel0 of 9

Findings When Defending, All Cases

  • Convicted11 (61%)
  • Partial Acquittal5 (28%)
  • Acquitted1 (6%)
  • No Result Posted1 (6%)

Contested Findings (Defending)

Decided ByCasesConvictedPartialAcquitted
Judge Alone5140
Enlisted Panel4111

Sentences When Defending

Enlisted (13 Convictions)

  • BCD5 of 13
  • DD1 of 13
  • No Punitive Discharge7 of 13

Officers and Warrant Officers (3 Convictions)

  • Dismissal1 of 3
  • No Dismissal2 of 3

No Punitive Discharge

7 of 13 Enlisted Convictions

  • Plea agreement6 of 7
  • No plea agreement1 of 7

Member Retained: 2 of 3 Officer Convictions

  • Plea agreement0 of 2
  • No plea agreement1 of 2
  • Not reported1 of 2
46%Punitive discharge, enlisted (6 of 13)
75%Confinement (12 of 16 convictions)
4 moMedian confinement
3.5 yrsLongest confinement

UCMJ Articles When Defending

ArticleCasesContestedConvictedAcquitted
Art. 128b Domestic violence9484
Art. 128 Assault4241
Art. 134 General article3121
Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation2211
Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances1010
Art. 115 Communicating threats1101
Art. 119b Child endangerment1010
Art. 121 Larceny1010
Art. 133 Conduct unbecoming an officer1101
Art. 86 AWOL1110
Charges not listed in the record2210

Where

  • Fort Hood 17
  • Fort Bliss 1

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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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