Law Offices of William S. Aramony

LAW OFFICES WILLIAM S. ARAMONY

703-299-8496

BillAramony@gmail.com

For more than 30 years and today, we have helped and still help clients with security clearance and federal employment, military, contractor, and select business issues, worldwide. For clients with private sector employment issues, we tend to focus on employees located in Virginia and the District of Columbia. Background of William S. Aramony follows next. Scroll past the background for personal comments and practical concerns.

Commander, American Legion Post 24, June 2011-June 2012

U.S. Navy Reserves, Judge Advocate Corps, 1982-2012 (CAPT,JAGC, USN)

Co-Chair Military Law Committee, Bar Association of the D.C. (2006-2012)

Board of Directors, Judge Advocates Association (2009-2012)

Member of the bars to the following Courts: U.S. District Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia, District of Columbia, and Maryland. The Federal Claims Court. The Appellate Courts of the Federal, District of Columbia, and Fourth Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.

Work experience includes: Kenkel and Barnard, broadcast law, and Kator and Hill, employment law (simultaneously employed at both firms 1979-1980). Kator, Scott, and Heller, 1981-1997. Kator and Scott, 1998. Law Offices of William S. Aramony 1998 to present.

Held different Reserve Officer positions for drills and annual work or training orders for short periods between 1982 and 2010. Examples are: Defense Attorney, Command Services, and Assistant Ethics Adviser among other assignments, Naval Legal Service Office (NLSO), San Diego, active duty recall March 1992-October 1992. Naval Reserves (NR) with Code 14, Federal Tort Claims and Code 15, General Litigation.

Other Reserve Assignments: Commanding Officer, NLSO Norfolk Naval Reserves Unit (NR) (1998-1999), VTU Law D.C. and Instructor/Facilitator for Reserve Officer (Line and Staff) Leadership Courses. Commanding Officer Voluntary Training Unit Law District of Columbia and legal mobilization readiness coordinator for REDCOMSIX (2001-2004), Staff Judge Advocate, Commander Naval Region Mid-Atlantic Command (2004-2007), Appellate Defense (2007-2008), Commanding Officer, NLSO New Orleans NR (included Reserves and offices in six States) (2008-2010). Presently Executive Officer in VTU Law D.C. doing some orders with plans to retire June 2012.

Educated at the University of South Carolina, J.D. 1978, and the University of Notre Dame, B.A., 1974.

ARTICLES

“Need to Know?" (The Security Clearance Process), the Judge Advocate Association news letter, August 2011.

"Adjudicating Federal Defense Contractor Employee Security Clearances," Navy Redcom Juris, October, 1986.

"Legal Developments" column, Regulatory Eye, 1981-1983. "Harlow v. Fitzgerald, U.S. Constitutional Tort Suits," USNR Ex Parte Journal, October 1982.

Various lecture handouts, pamphlets.

TRAINING PROVIDED AND LECTURES.

2000-2004 –- Instructor/Facilitator, Naval Reserve Officer Leadership Course (two-day courses).

2000 -- Violence in Workplace, Common Law perspective (For GWU graduate-degree "Security Manager" seminar).

1999 & 2000 -- Violence in the Workplace (corporate manager training).

1998 -- Panel member with Government officials discussing security clearances and mental disabilities.

1998 -- Panel member with EEOC official discussing disability employment law before section 501 (c) (3) mental disability organization.

1996 -- Individual Liability of Federal Managers (federal personnel official training).

1991 -- Conflict of Interest (Navy training).

1982 –Legal Use of Deadly Force (Navy training)

YOUR ISSUE?

I insert personal comments here. Ask for a consultation with me if your problem or career is important to you.

If you now need legal assistance or advice, call me. If you are shopping attorneys or have time, please check your limitation periods and time to respond and within that window, take the time to do what you need to do before asking for a consult. I start work on concerns when consulted, and charge for services and do not want you or me wasting time if an issue is important to you.

If you do need legal help, make the appointment with me personally. I work personally with clients. Before visiting me, do a time line (see below for what you need).

I also associate independent contractors or other attorneys for their needed expertise. Two are Uniform Code of Military Justice defense attorneys. One non-attorney has worked with me for 10-years on special issues within my practice. For business and China questions, I work with a West Coast, Ohio, and Republic of China attorney (he has offices in each locale) who also owns a company that manufactures and sells products. He and I also litigate. I am close to a San Diego attorney for litigation. I work with a non-attorney who has his own company and assists with Government contract and security related issues for a large company, and me.

If you seek my expertise, for your particular legal issue, check the biography tab and scroll down to compare your problem to past cases which I may have adjudicated.

PRACTICAL POINTERS.

I give a few practical pointers for purposes of general education. Each case is different and each person is different. These are general pointers.

When I advise a person, I like to see time lines of events in chronological order using for each event Noun-verb, not adjectives or opinion. You may tie an event on the time line with reference to a relevant document cited as document date, subject, and to and from.

At the top of the time line, state the adverse event (e.g., fired, debt or other event or act causing clearance issues) clearly so I may be able to advise what law applies to potential relief or mitigation of that event.

State the adverse event factually, not in legal or general terms. I first mentally checklist facts against directives, regulations, burdens of proof, past cases I have handled, and so forth, looking for issues and patterns. I need clearly stated, accurate facts.

A clear statement of the adverse events within the time line assists in knowing limitation periods, particularly when there is more than one bad event. It also helps me to see patterns or potential causes in retaliation and security clearance cases, and potential motivations of third parties in other type cases.

Ask yourself why this problem is important to you and to your career, and state the why, simply and to point.

Ask yourself and then state what money was lost out of pocket because of the adverse event.

Ask yourself and than state what impact will this event have on your future career.

Do not miss limitation periods. You can find most limitation periods on the web or will have notice from your employer.

See me earlier rather than later, particularly with security clearances and potential clearance issues.

Legal problems in my line of work can be complex, and solutions vary by the person. Go slow. Be factual. Do not lie. Ask yourself how you can correct whatever problem you face, if you are able. Let the facts and evidence, not opinions, take me, and any later adjudicator where he or she needs to go.

For any case but particularly security clearances, get an attorney with credibility and who knows what he or she is doing. Most civil and criminal law defenses do not fare well in the clearance areas.

In most cases, specific responses and evidence tailored to the particular individual and problem. The example I use are security clearance cases because they vary tremendously and thus individualized responses with evidence fare far, far better in security clearance cases than general defenses or responses. This same approach applies to many other legal problem. In any case, START EARLY seeking a solution. For example, sometimes you can act to mitigate the damage if you act early and before getting formal notice of the problem.

Thank you