Philip D. Cave

I have extensive experience as a prosecutor, defense counsel, appellate advocate, and legal advisor in military cases. I have served tours of duty in the U.S., Gulf-I, in USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV 67), and overseas in Spain, Portugal, and Bahrain. While on active duty I also gained experience as a member of the Navy Clemency & Parole Board, the Joint Service Committee on Military Justice, and in regulatory and legislative matters. I have provided testimony at both Cox Commissions on military justice, on behalf of the Bar Association of the District of Columbia. I regularly participate as a moot court judge for several national moot court competitions held in the Washington, DC, area. I am regularly consulted by print, radio, and TV media for commentary on significant military justice cases and issues.

• Sole Practitioner

• Navy-Marine Corps Appellate Defense Division, Deputy Director, 1992 - 1994
• Naval Legal Service Office, Chief Trial Defense Counsel, 1990 - 1991
• Naval Legal Service Office, Trial Counsel (Prosecutor), 1988 - 1990
• Naval Legal Service Office, Trial Defense Cousel, 1980 - 1982
• Metropolitan Police Force, New Scotland Yard, London, England, Police Cadet and then Police Constable, 1965 - 1972
• U.S. Navy, Judge Advocate General's Corps.
• U.S. Forces, Azores, Portugal, Assistant Staff Judge Advocate (Legal Advisor), Commander
• The Staff Judge Advocate (Senior Legal Advisor) to, USS JOHN F. KENNEDY (CV-67)
• Naval Logistics & Support Force, in support of Operations DESERT SHIELD/ DESERT STORM (Gulf I), Staff Judge Advocate to, Commander
• Naval Legal Service Office Detachment, Rota, Spain, Officer-in-Charge
• Judge Advocate General of the Navy, Deputy Director, Criminal Law Division

• Military Sexual Assault Cases US Commission on Civil Rights, Report and Briefing on Sexual Assault in the Military, 2013
• Moot Court, PAD-International Moot Court, 2013
• Moot Court, George Washington University Law School National Moot Court, 2013
• Military Justice Seminar – Mental Health Defenses, The Judge Advocate Generals’ School of the Army, 2013
• Sexual Assault in the Military: Fixing a Broken System: Rape and Sexual Assault in the Military , Hastings University Law School, 2012
• Military Law and Media, Military Editors & Reporters Conference, 2010
• Military Law Reform: Cox Commission, National Institute of Military Justice, 2010
• Military Law Reform: Cox Commission, National Institute of Military Justice, 2001
• Continuity and Change in Military Justice, London Conference, National Institute of Military Justice, 1998
• Court-Martials and the Media, ABA Annual Conference, 1998

• United States v. Trew
• Citation: 68 M.J. 364 (C.A.A.F. 2010)
• United States v. Dorman
• Citation: 58 M.J. 295 (C.A.A.F. 2003)
• United States v. Lee
• Citation: 54 M.J. 285 (C.A.A.F. 2000)(amicus)
• United States v. Smith
• Citation: 43 M.J. 390 (C.A.A.F. 1996)
• United States v. Saylor
• Citation: 40 M.J. 715 (N-M Ct. Crim. App. 1994)
• United States v. Collins
• Citation: 39 M.J. 739 (N-M Ct. Crim. App. 1994)
• United States v. Clemons
• Citation: 39 M.J. 865 (N-M Ct. Crim. App. 1994)

• Ohio, 1979
• Virginia, 2000
• District of Columbia, 2000
• U.S. Court of Appeals Federal Circuit, 2000
• U.S. Supreme Court, 1992
• U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces, 1982
• U.S. District Court Eastern District of Virginia, 2000
• U.S. Court of Federal Claims, 2001

• National Institute of Military Justice, 2000 - Present (Director)
• Judge Advocates Association (Board of Directors)
• Bar Association of D.C, 2000 - Present (Member)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) (Member)
• Federal Bar Association (FBA)
• Virginia State Bar (Military Law Committee)
• Virginia Association Criminal Defense Lawyers (VACDL)
• Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity, International
• American Legion
• Fraternities and Sororities
• Phi Kappa Tau
• Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity