Geraldine Fenimore
Partner · Separations and boards
A board is a room, a table and a few people deciding about your career. I make sure it is a room you know.
Geraldine served as an Air Force judge advocate and has sat through separation boards from every chair, as adviser to the board, as government counsel and as counsel for the member. She prepares clients for the room, the questions and the quiet in between.
She also handles the paperwork that comes before a board, because it often decides how the hearing goes.
Handles
- Separation boards
- Boards of inquiry
- Show-cause notices
- Rebuttals
Admissions, courts and training
Bar admissions
Colorado
1997
Courts
Air Force Court of Criminal Appeals
1998
U.S. Court of Appeals for the Armed Forces
1998
U.S. District Court, District of Colorado
2006
Education
J.D.
1997
B.A.
1993
Military service
Judge advocate, U.S. Air Force
1997–2005
Languages
English
Matters like these, in outline
Plain examples of how matters like these can end.
Retained
Sample matter: show-cause notice
Board recommended retention.
Honorable
Sample matter: administrative separation
Characterization of service was honorable.
Withdrawn
Sample matter: notice of separation
Notice withdrawn after a rebuttal.
These are invented sample matters, shown to illustrate the kinds of outcomes possible. Every case is different, and past results don’t predict the outcome of yours.
Getting you ready for the room
Geraldine rehearses the hearing with clients: who sits where, what the first questions sound like, and what a long silence means.
She also prepares the people who speak for you. A witness who has practiced is calmer than one who hasn’t, and a board notices.