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Military Expert: Retired General Officer

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If you have a case involving a military service member or issues relating to the military, we can likely be of help. Our team is the most diverse and most seasoned you will find and has an in-depth understanding of complex military human resources, promotion and disability issues from multiple perspectives. It is a combination of attorneys, personnel experts, and operational leaders, from each military service, bringing you the most comprehensive, well-rounded advice in the market -- with credibility that is unmatched. Our experts are senior service members to include General and Flag officers and have recently retired from active service and possess current knowledge of regulations, policy and standards. We holistically look at the individuals involved in the case and apply our expert and individual judgement to the facts to arrive at our opinions, to a reasonably degree of certainty, based on the information provided to us. We use proven frameworks and financial models, combined with years of experience at the highest levels of each Service, to reach sound, logical and defensible conclusions. Areas of expertise include: • Personal Injury and Its Financial Impact • Promotion Potential Assessments • Security Clearance Issues • Personnel Record Reviews and Assessments • Disability Claims, Line of Duty Investigations, VA Disability Levels • Economic Damage Calculations • Military Operations, Training and Deployment • Retirement Pay and Pension Calculations • Healthcare Costs and Benefits Our CEO/primary expert is MG (Retired) James "Boe" Young. Boe was a Distinguished Military Graduate and received his commission from Davidson College in 1983. He has commanded all ranks from Second Lieutenant through Major General. He served as Commander of the 203d Military Intelligence Battalion (TI) where he deployed the battalion to combat operations in Iraq for Operation Iraqi Freedom and served as the co-CJ3 of a joint command, consisting of Army, Army, Navy, and Air Force, as well as allied partners. In Iraq, then LTC Young organized and/or led well over a hundred missions throughout Iraq searching for weapons of mass destruction and other weapons that were brought into the country in violation of UN sanctions, often in some of the most contested and violent areas of Iraq. As a General Officer, he commanded all military intelligence formations in the Army Reserve to include those deploying to Iraq and Afghanistan and served as the Human Capital Enterprise Director, Army Reserve, where he had day to day oversight over all human capital/resource activities in the Army Reserve to include pay, promotion, benefits, retirement, recruiting, medical health and readiness/disability policy and leadership development. He worked on numerous Army and DoD personnel and policy working groups dealing with training, medical readiness, recruiting, retention, military pay and benefits. Promoted to Major General, he was selected as the Chief of Staff of the Army Reserve, where he was the senior staff officer in the Army Reserve, responsible for all human capital policy and program issues, intelligence, training, operations, logistics, medical readiness, and resourcing, before being selected for Division-level command. His awards and decorations include the Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Bronze Star Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Ranger Tab, Parachutist Badge, Royal Australian Parachutist Badge, Air Assault Badge, Army Staff Badge, and Joint Staff Identification Badge. MG Young retired in May 2019 and has successfully provided expert witness analysis and testimony in over 25 cases.