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Susan S. Lee

Counsel of record in 19 courts-martial in the Military Trial Results data
(0 as defense counsel, 19 as trial counsel)
Mar 2021 to Jun 2025

19Cases
0As defense counsel
19As trial counsel
8Contested (not guilty or mixed plea)

As Trial Counsel (Prosecuting)

Average Contests Per Year: 1.9

19Cases
8Contested
38%Acquitted, contested cases (3 of 8)
25%Partial acquittal, contested cases (2 of 8)

Pleas When Prosecuting

  • Guilty10 (53%)
  • Not Guilty8 (42%)
  • Not Reported1 (5%)

Who Decided the Case

  • Judge Alone13 (68%)
  • Enlisted Panel3 (16%)
  • Officer Panel3 (16%)

Contested Panel Cases: 6 of 8

  • Enlisted Panel3 of 8
  • Officer Panel3 of 8

Findings When Prosecuting, All Cases

  • Convicted14 (74%)
  • Partial Acquittal2 (11%)
  • Acquitted3 (16%)

Contested Findings (Prosecuting)

Decided ByCasesConvictedPartialAcquitted
Judge Alone2110
Enlisted Panel3210
Officer Panel3003

Sentences When Prosecuting

Enlisted (16 Convictions)

  • BCD10 of 16
  • DD1 of 16
  • No Punitive Discharge5 of 16

No Punitive Discharge

5 of 16 Enlisted Convictions

  • No punitive discharge5 of 16
69%Punitive discharge, enlisted (11 of 16)
81%Confinement (13 of 16 convictions)
3 moMedian confinement
1.3 yrsLongest confinement

UCMJ Articles When Prosecuting

ArticleCasesContestedConvictedAcquitted
Art. 112a Wrongful use, possession of controlled substances5151
Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation3230
Art. 113 Drunken or reckless operation of vehicle2020
Art. 120c Other sexual misconduct2120
Art. 86 AWOL2211
Art. 107 False official statements1010
Art. 109 Property other than military; waste, spoilage, destruction1010
Art. 115 Communicating threats1010
Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault1101
Art. 121 Larceny1010
Charges not listed in the record4313

Opposing Counsel, Most Cases

Where

  • Kadena AB, Japan 5
  • Nellis AFB, Nevada 2
  • Dover AFB, Delaware 2
  • Robins AFB, Georgia 1
  • Cannon AFB, New Mexico 1
  • Minot AFB, North Dakota 1
  • Aviano AB, Italy 1
  • Shaw AFB, South Carolina 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. The records also write this name as Susan Lee, Susan Sochung Lee; those cases are counted here.

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