Case Results

Over a career spanning Army courtrooms and Georgia courts, Scot Sikes has handled literally thousands of cases — from simple drug possession to attempted murder. The outcomes below are a representative sampling only. No attorney can ethically promise or guarantee a particular result, and prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.

Representative Outcomes

• Fort Benning, GA – Army Chaplain (CPT): National media case involving initial allegations of espionage and aiding the enemy; charged with adultery and mishandling classified information. All charges withdrawn by the Government before trial.
• Vilseck, Germany – SGT: Conspiracy to commit premeditated murder charge withdrawn after aggressive pretrial advocacy, sparing the soldier exposure to life without parole.
• Columbus, GA – SPC: Allegations of rape, forcible sodomy, and false imprisonment ended in a No Bill before the Muscogee County Grand Jury.
• Fort Stewart, GA: Total acquittals in two separate rape cases, including one alleging forcible sodomy.
• Columbus, GA – SSG: Domestic violence battery charge resolved through pretrial diversion and dismissal of all charges.
• Columbus, GA – E-6(P): Expungement of a domestic violence conviction saved a soldier’s career from mandatory separation under the Lautenberg Amendment.
• Camp Arifjan, Kuwait – SSG: Facing 32 years for child pornography offenses in a combat theater; sentenced to six months with no discharge.
• Hinesville, GA – SPC: Six counts of aggravated assault and related charges; persuaded the Superior Court to apply the First Offender statute, well below the State’s best offer.
• Fort Benning, GA: Numerous on-post and off-post DUIs negotiated down to reckless driving; a MAJ physician’s clinical privileges fully reinstated by a hospital credentials board.
• Auburn, AL – ROTC Cadet: Disenrolled cadet allowed to finish his degree and simply repay scholarship benefits after appeals to the Secretary of the Air Force.

In the News

Mr. Sikes’s cases have drawn coverage from national and international outlets, including Stripes.com (November 2007), Boston.com (December 2003), and Discourse.net (December 2003), with other matters covered by CNN, Fox News, The New York Times, ABC, NBC, and CBS. Learn more on the firm profile, or explore our criminal defense and military law practices.