MLM 93 - Attorney Patrick Hughes - Suing the Armed Forces - A Servicemember's recourse when denied Military Entitlements

Patrick Hughes is the co-founder of Patriots Law Group, a law firm he started with his friend and former active duty Air Force JAG colleague, Michael Lyons. Pat served nearly seven years on active duty, and then transferred to the Reserve as he formed Patriots Law Group in 2017. He started as a prosecutor and his next assignment was as a defense counsel,  where he was ranked the #1 of 84 area defense counsel globally. In his  final assignment on active duty, he shifted his focus to civil litigation, and defended the Air Force in federal courts pertaining to  matters involving, among other things, military pay disputes. There, he represented the Air Force in lawsuits brought by servicemembers  involving claims where the  military had unlawfully denied entitlements. Many of these cases involved claims of six or seven figure money demands and multiple class-action lawsuits. These cases were usually filed after a servicemember sought relief through the Board for Corrections  of Military Records but was denied. Pat also defended the Air Force  against federal civilian employees who brought discrimination claims  before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and when  challenging their adverse personnel actions before the Merit Systems  Protection Board (MSPB).

In his private practice, Pat now represents servicemembers, primarily  in the civil realm, including administrative claims brought in the  boards for corrections of each military department, claims for military  pay brought in the Court of Federal Claims or claims taken up in Federal  District Courts.

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