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Trevor V. Hanzeli

Counsel of record in 15 courts-martial in the Military Trial Results data
(15 as defense counsel, 0 as trial counsel)
Oct 2020 to Jun 2022

15Cases
15As defense counsel
0As trial counsel
7Contested (not guilty or mixed plea)

As Defense Counsel (Defending)

Average Contests Per Year: 4.3

15Cases
7Contested
0%Acquitted, contested cases (0 of 7)
100%Partial acquittal, contested cases (7 of 7)

Pleas When Defending

  • Guilty8 (53%)
  • Not Guilty5 (33%)
  • Mixed Plea2 (13%)

Plea Agreements

  • Plea agreement8 (53%)
  • No plea agreement5 (33%)
  • Not reported2 (13%)

Who Decided the Case

  • Judge Alone9 (60%)
  • Enlisted Panel5 (33%)
  • Officer Panel1 (7%)

Contested Panel Cases: 6 of 7

  • Enlisted Panel5 of 7
  • Officer Panel1 of 7

Findings When Defending, All Cases

  • Convicted7 (47%)
  • Partial Acquittal7 (47%)
  • No Result Posted1 (7%)

Contested Findings (Defending)

Decided ByCasesConvictedPartialAcquitted
Judge Alone1010
Enlisted Panel5050
Officer Panel1010

Sentences When Defending

Enlisted (14 Convictions)

  • BCD6 of 14
  • DD2 of 14
  • No Punitive Discharge6 of 14

No Punitive Discharge

6 of 14 Enlisted Convictions

  • Plea agreement3 of 6
  • No plea agreement3 of 6
57%Punitive discharge, enlisted (8 of 14)
93%Confinement (13 of 14 convictions)
8 moMedian confinement
16.5 yrsLongest confinement

UCMJ Articles When Defending

ArticleCasesContestedConvictedAcquitted
Art. 128 Assault8766
Art. 120 Rape and sexual assault6534
Art. 134 General article4422
Art. 90 Willfully disobeying superior officer4240
Art. 92 Failure to obey order or regulation4240
Art. 115 Communicating threats3312
Art. 121 Larceny3231
Art. 128b Domestic violence3121
Art. 80 Attempts3130
Art. 107 False official statements2211
Charges not listed in the record1000

Opposing Counsel, Most Cases

Where

  • Joint Base Lewis-McChord 14
  • Fort Huachuca 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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