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Gordon J. Stock

Counsel of record in 20 courts-martial in the Military Trial Results data
(0 as defense counsel, 20 as trial counsel)
Oct 2022 to May 2026

20Cases
0As defense counsel
20As trial counsel
8Contested (not guilty or mixed plea)

As Trial Counsel (Prosecuting)

Average Contests Per Year: 2.3

20Cases
8Contested
25%Acquitted, contested cases (2 of 8)
62%Partial acquittal, contested cases (5 of 8)

Pleas When Prosecuting

  • Guilty12 (60%)
  • Not Guilty5 (25%)
  • Mixed Plea*3 (15%)

Plea Agreements

  • Plea agreement15 (75%)
  • No plea agreement5 (25%)

Who Decided the Case

  • Judge Alone19 (95%)
  • Enlisted Panel1 (5%)

Contested Panel Cases: 1 of 8

  • Enlisted Panel1 of 8
  • Officer Panel0 of 8

Findings When Prosecuting, All Cases

  • Convicted13 (65%)
  • Partial Acquittal5 (25%)
  • Acquitted2 (10%)

Contested Findings (Prosecuting)

Decided ByCasesConvictedPartialAcquitted
Judge Alone7151
Enlisted Panel1001

Sentences When Prosecuting

Enlisted (13 Convictions)

  • BCD4 of 13
  • DD1 of 13
  • No Punitive Discharge8 of 13

Officers and Warrant Officers (5 Convictions)

  • Dismissal2 of 5
  • No Dismissal3 of 5

No Punitive Discharge

8 of 13 Enlisted Convictions

  • Plea agreement8 of 8
  • No plea agreement0 of 8

Member Retained: 3 of 5 Officer Convictions

  • Plea agreement3 of 3
  • No plea agreement0 of 3
38%Punitive discharge, enlisted (5 of 13)
78%Confinement (14 of 18 convictions)
3 moMedian confinement
35.0 yrsLongest confinement

UCMJ Articles When Prosecuting

ArticleCasesContestedConvictedAcquitted
Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation8272
Art. 93a Prohibited activities with recruit or trainee5151
Art. 128b Domestic violence3222
Art. 80 Attempts3321
Art. 120c Other sexual misconduct2121
Art. 128 Assault2020
Art. 133 Conduct unbecoming an officer2020
Art. 134 General article2121
Art. 120b Rape and sexual assault of a child1111
Art. 121 Larceny1110

Opposing Counsel, Most Cases

Where

  • Fort Knox 18
  • Central Command (CENTCOM) 2

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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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