About John B

John B. Gately is a former Coast Guard judge advocate who specializes in military incapacity and veterans’ rights troubles, representing energetic responsibility provider contributors, Reservists, and Guardsmen before numerous forums and businesses. A former Coast Guard choose advocate, John B. Gately has effectively represented customers in loads of courts-martial, clinical boards, and administrative lawsuits. With a focal point on navy incapacity and veterans’ rights troubles, he concentrates on representing active responsibility carrier contributors, Reservists, and Guardsmen earlier than the Physical Evaluation Boards of the various armed and uniformed offerings. This consists of representing customers earlier than the various Boards of Correction for Military and Naval Records on both incapacity and nonmedical issues. He also represents veterans on stages of claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs nationwide. John B. Gately has been provided the coveted AV rating on nameless peer overview by Martindale-Hubbell, signifying that he is considered to be preeminent in his discipline with the aid of other prison experts nationwide. He is indexed within the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers in America alongside other nationally recognised AV-rated practitioners including Plato Cacheris, Gerry Treanor, and Brendan Sullivan. In addition to his prison practice, John B. Gately enjoys hobbies consisting of kayaking, marine archaeology, fossil searching, gold dredging, and sniping, naval history, and volunteering with INGOs distant places combatting human trafficking and battle diamond/gold problems. Practice Areas include Admiralty and Maritime Law, Criminal Defense, Drug Testing Law, Disabilities Law, Military Law, General Practice, and Federal Practice.

Education

New England Law | Boston

J.D. (1988) | Law

1984

Northeastern University

M.S. (1984) | Economic Policy and Planning

1983

Accepted Jurisdictions

Massachusetts
Virginia
District of Columbia

Professional Associations

National Organization of Scoial Security Claimants Representatives

has membership 2019 - Current

Virginia State Bar

has membership 1995 - Current

DC Bar

has membership 1995 - Current

Massachusetts State Bar

has membership 1988 - Current

Office Locations

Main Office

 2332 Croix Drive Virginia Beach VA 23451