Gary Myers (lawyer)

Myers became a member of the Pennsylvania Bar Association in 1968 and the District of Columbia Bar in 1972.^{[citation needed]}

After passing the bar, Myers volunteered during the Vietnam War and was a captain in the Judge Advocate General's Corps from 1969 to 1973.^[5] He was among those who participated as defense counsel in the court-martial of Captain Ernest Medina.^[6] His work in the My Lai Trials, a result of the My Lai Massacre, was portrayed in the book Medina by Mary McCarthy.^[7][8][9]

Following his years in JAG Corps, Myers spent three years as an adjunct professor at the Georgetown University Law Center from 1974 to 1976.^[10] In 1977, he was elected to the Virginia House of Delegates, where he represented the 21st district for one term.^[11][12]

In 1987, in the case of the United States v. Scott, Myers became the first lawyer in American history to use DNA evidence in a military court-martial.^[13] Cpl. Lindsey Scott, a member of the United States Marine Corps who was accused of rape, was eventually found not-guilty.^[14] Myers' work was portrayed in the Ellis Cohen book, Dangerous Evidence, published in 1995.^[15] In 1999, the book was adapted into a made-for-television film, Dangerous Evidence: The Lori Jackson Story, and Myers was portrayed by Canadian actor Geordie Johnson.^[16][17][18]

Later, Myers represented clients in the Abu Ghraib Detention Center case stemming from an incident during the Iraq War.^[19][20][21] His work in the Abu Ghraib case was recounted in the Philip Zimbardo book, The Lucifer Effect.^[22]

Myers also represented Marines in the Haditha Killings, which occurred in 2005.^[23][24] Mr. Myers' work in the Haditha case was featured in the PBS documentary, Frontline.^[25]

Myers is a partner at the Military Law Practice of Gary Myers, Daniel Conway & Associates in Weare, New Hampshire.^[26]

In March 2022, Myers ended his 52-year career as an attorney at Ramstein Air Base, Germany.^{[citation needed]}

In 1968, his article, Industrial Protection of Pre-Production Disclosures,^[27] earned him the award for the Most Outstanding Law Review Article in the nation in the field of preventive law.