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Hailey E. Manfredi

Counsel of record in 21 courts-martial in the Military Trial Results data
(20 as defense counsel, 1 as trial counsel)
May 2021 to Jul 2025

21Cases
20As defense counsel
1As trial counsel
7Contested (not guilty or mixed plea)

As Defense Counsel (Defending)

Average Contests Per Year: 5.1

20Cases
7Contested
14%Acquitted, contested cases (1 of 7)
43%Partial acquittal, contested cases (3 of 7)

Pleas When Defending

  • Guilty13 (65%)
  • Not Guilty4 (20%)
  • Mixed Plea1 (5%)
  • Mixed Plea*2 (10%)

Plea Agreements

  • Plea agreement14 (70%)
  • No plea agreement4 (20%)
  • Not reported2 (10%)

Who Decided the Case

  • Judge Alone16 (80%)
  • Enlisted Panel3 (15%)
  • Officer Panel1 (5%)

Contested Panel Cases: 4 of 7

  • Enlisted Panel3 of 7
  • Officer Panel1 of 7

Findings When Defending, All Cases

  • Convicted16 (80%)
  • Partial Acquittal3 (15%)
  • Acquitted1 (5%)

Contested Findings (Defending)

Decided ByCasesConvictedPartialAcquitted
Judge Alone3120
Enlisted Panel3111
Officer Panel1100

Sentences When Defending

Enlisted (18 Convictions)

  • BCD12 of 18
  • DD2 of 18
  • No Punitive Discharge4 of 18

Officers and Warrant Officers (1 Conviction)

  • Dismissal1 of 1

No Punitive Discharge

4 of 18 Enlisted Convictions

  • Plea agreement4 of 4
  • No plea agreement0 of 4

Member Retained: 0 of 1 Officer Conviction

  • No dismissal0 of 1
78%Punitive discharge, enlisted (14 of 18)
84%Confinement (16 of 19 convictions)
4 moMedian confinement
4.3 yrsLongest confinement

UCMJ Articles When Defending

ArticleCasesContestedConvictedAcquitted
Art. 134 General article7371
Art. 128 Assault6351
Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances5352
Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation5250
Art. 128b Domestic violence4040
Art. 115 Communicating threats3221
Art. 120b Rape and sexual assault of a child3230
Art. 107 False official statements2120
Art. 109 Property other than military; waste, spoilage, destruction2111
Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault2211

As Trial Counsel (Prosecuting)

Average Contests Per Year: 0

1Cases
0Contested
—Acquitted, contested cases (none)
—Partial acquittal, contested cases (none)

Pleas When Prosecuting

  • Guilty1 (100%)

Plea Agreements

  • Plea agreement1 (100%)
  • No plea agreement0 (0%)

Who Decided the Case

  • Judge Alone1 (100%)

Findings When Prosecuting, All Cases

  • Convicted1 (100%)

Contested Findings (Prosecuting)

No contested cases

Sentences When Prosecuting

Enlisted (1 Conviction)

  • BCD1 of 1

No Punitive Discharge

0 of 1 Enlisted Conviction

  • No punitive discharge0 of 1
100%Punitive discharge, enlisted (1 of 1)
100%Confinement (1 of 1 convictions)
5.0 yrsMedian confinement
5.0 yrsLongest confinement

UCMJ Articles When Prosecuting

ArticleCasesContestedConvictedAcquitted
Art. 128b Domestic violence1010
Art. 90 Willfully disobeying superior officer1010

Opposing Counsel, Most Cases

Where

  • Fort Bragg 20
  • Fort Knox 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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