About

John B. Gately is a former Coast Guard judge advocate who specializes in military disability and veterans’ rights issues, representing active duty service members, Reservists, and Guardsmen before various boards and agencies. A former Coast Guard judge advocate, John B. Gately has successfully represented clients in hundreds of courts-martial, medical boards, and administrative proceedings. With a focus on military disability and veterans’ rights issues, he concentrates on representing active duty service members, Reservists, and Guardsmen before the Physical Evaluation Boards of the various armed and uniformed services. This includes representing clients before the various Boards of Correction for Military and Naval Records on both disability and nonmedical issues. He also represents veterans on levels of claims before the Department of Veterans Affairs nationwide. John B. Gately has been awarded the coveted AV rating on anonymous peer review by Martindale-Hubbell, signifying that he is considered to be preeminent in his field by other legal professionals nationwide. He is listed in the Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers in America alongside other nationally known AV-rated practitioners such as Plato Cacheris, Gerry Treanor, and Brendan Sullivan. In addition to his legal practice, John B. Gately enjoys hobbies such as kayaking, marine archaeology, fossil hunting, gold dredging, and sniping, naval history, and volunteering with INGOs overseas combatting human trafficking and conflict diamond/gold issues. Practice Areas include Admiralty and Maritime Law, Criminal Defense, Drug Testing Law, Disabilities Law, Military Law, General Practice, and Federal Practice.

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Military Law

Veteran s Benefits

Gov & Administrative Law

Administrative Law

• Military Disability Law
• Military Discharge Upgrades
• Correcting Military Records

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