Stephen Jewell

Stephen, a Senior Associate, practices military law in Tully Rinckey PLLC’s Austin office. He zealously represents clients through all stages of courts-martial and administrative separation hearings, as well as advising clients on issues involving pre-trial investigations, Article 15s, and other adverse actions.

Prior to joining Tully Rinckey, Stephen served honorably as a judge advocate in the United States Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps for nearly 10 years, practicing in many areas of military law. In addition to his legal training at the Judge Advocate General’s Legal Center and School, Stephen also attended and graduated from the U.S. Army Engineer School in Fort Leonard Wood, Missouri.

After graduating from the U.S. Army JAG basic course, Stephen’s judge advocate career began in Heidelberg, Germany where he served in positions such as international and operational law attorney, administrative law attorney, and claims judge advocate for which his office was awarded the Judge Advocate General’s Excellence in Claims Award. He then deployed to Afghanistan as the legal advisor to the commander of Task Force Medical-Afghanistan in charge of all medical assets in country. While deployed, Stephen spearheaded an investigation into allegations of unauthorized live-tissue training on local animals that resulted in a massive overhaul of the U.S. Army’s policy and regulation of such practices in Afghanistan. Upon redeployment, Stephen spent one year at Fort Hood, Texas as a contract law attorney before deploying again in support of the Army’s contracting mission in Afghanistan.

After returning from his second deployment, Stephen became a trial defense attorney for Southwest Region Trial Defense Services in Fort Hood, Texas, the most active court-martial jurisdiction in the Army, where, in only two years, he represented over 50 clients going through the court-martial process and more than 25 clients at administrative separation hearings.

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