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Military Law

Sep. 25, 2010

L.A.'s First Ever Veterans Court: Aiming to Establish a National Model

Los Angeles' first veterans treatment court has the potential to emerge as the nations very best, by Ben Gales and Paul Freese of Public Counsel.

By Ben Gales and Paul Freese

On Monday Sept. 13, 2010, Presiding Judge of Los Angeles County Superior Court, Charles W. "Tim" McCoy, referred to the commencement of the Los Angeles Veterans Treatment Court as one of the most momentous occasions "in our court's history."

This was no overstatement, and the timing of this court's launch could not be more crucial as the nation braces for the return of many of the esti...

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