Jeff Liebenguth is a retired Marine Corps Judge Advocate and former enlisted member of the United States Coast Guard.
Jeff Liebenguth is a retired Marine Corps Judge Advocate and former enlisted member of the United States Coast Guard. He is a graduate of Amherst College, Emory University School of Law, and the Marine Corps University Resident Command & Staff College, where he received a Master’s Degree in Military Studies.
In 2003, he deployed with 2d Battalion, 3d Marines—“Island Warriors”—to Haditha, Iraq, with a follow-on assignment at the Pentagon. Jeff has taught military law at the United State Naval Academy and spoken at military criminal-law conferences in California and Washington, D.C.
Because of his success, in 2011 Jeff was recognized as the “Silver C.A.A.F. Tongue” award winner for arguing more cases before the military appellate courts than any other appellate defense counsel. He was also a 2010 nominee for the Office of the Judge Advocate General Headquarters Legal Excellence Award for Military Justice.
As a defense counsel and prosecutor, Jeff has litigated an impressive spectrum of felony-level cases, including but not limited to: murder, attempted murder, rape, sexual assault, assault and battery, burglary, child endangerment, fraud, and drug use, possession, and distribution. He also has vast experience with military-specific offenses and punitive administrative matters such as fraternization, orders violations, unauthorized absence, non-judicial punishment (NJP), Boards of Inquiry (BOI), and Administrative Separation Boards.
Jeff has been accepted for publication on a wide range of military topics, including alcohol-related sexual assault and the Servicemembers’ Civil Relief Act. His professional affiliations and licensing include the Supreme Court of the United States, the Court of Appeals of the Armed Forces, the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals, the Hawaii State Bar Association, and the District of Columbia Bar Association.
Military Appeals Success Stories
Military law and appeals attorney, Jeff Liebenguth, discussing some of his more memorable military appeals cases.
Since he began his law career in 2003, Jeff has litigated high-stakes military criminal cases from every perspective possible: as a defense counsel, as an appellate defense counsel, and as a prosecutor. As an appellate defense counsel from 2009 to 2012, he successfully petitioned the Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces and the Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals for oral argument in a remarkable 17 cases, including:
Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces (C.A.A.F.)
United States v. Stewart, 71 M.J. 38 (C.A.A.F. 2012)
United States v. Hayes, 70 M.J. 454 (C.A.A.F. 2012)
United States v. Bradley, 71 M.J. 13 (C.A.A.F. 2012)
United States v. Norwood, 71 M.J. 204 (C.A.A.F. 2012)
United States v. Watson, 71 M.J. 54 (C.A.A.F. 2012)
United States v. Fosler, 70 M.J. 225 (C.A.A.F. 2011)
United States v. Sullivan, 70 M.J. 110 (C.A.A.F. 2011)
Navy-Marine Corps Court of Criminal Appeals (N-M. Ct. Crim. App.)
United States v. Parker, 71 M.J. 594 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. 2012) (Capital-Murder Case)
United States v. McGuire, 2012 CCA LEXIS 458 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. 2012)
United States v. Warren, 71 M.J. 505 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. 2012)
United States v. Hackler, 70 M.J. 624 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. 2011)
United States v. Fosler, 69 M.J. 669 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. 2010)
United States v. Hayes, 2010 CCA LEXIS 364 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. 2010)
United States v. Saxman, 2010 CCA LEXIS 68 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. 2010)
United States v. Soucie, 2010 CCA LEXIS 703 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. 2010)
United States v. Warner, 2010 CCA LEXIS 55 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. 2010)
United States v. Wood, 2010 CCA LEXIS 24 (N-M. Ct. Crim. App. 2010)
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