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Secret Security Clearance

Locate a Lawyer is pleased to announce that The Marbury Law Group, renowned expert security clearance lawyers, have recently joined the Locate A Lawyer directory.

Marbury Law offers one of the few full service security clearance practices available nationwide. They  realize that their clients, as a normal part of the performance of efforts for the government, require security clearances for facilities and personnel.

In support of this need to smoothly obtain security clearances, Marbury Law has established a distinct practice in security clearance law.  This practice provides clients with the following services:

• Pre-clearance counseling to acquaint employees with the
  process and what to expect.
• On-Call assistance to answer questions concerning the
  responses to DoD or  other agency security clearance
  forms
• Interview support for those individuals who may be
  subject to Defense Security Service interviews.
• Appeal of denial of access to assist individuals in
  overcoming an adverse determination of fitness for
  access to classified material.
• Representation in administrative hearings before the
  Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA), or
  other agencies, for those exceptional cases where a
  hearing with witnesses is required to obtain the
  necessary clearance.

It has become equally clear that the security clearance process has many pitfalls that can prevent an otherwise trustworthy employee from obtaining a necessary security clearance.  Failure to obtain and maintain a security clearance costs the employer a great deal of money in lost productive time or contracts and jeopardizes the career of the employee.

These services result in a greater percentage of employees being cleared and a more rapid start on contractual efforts due to a larger cleared-employee pool, together with savings to the employer in overhead due to fewer employees being in an uncleared status for an extended period of time.

When looking for  security clearance attorneys, look for an attorney who has extensive experience with the issues that can arise in the clearance process.  The Marbury Law Firm has successfully counseled many employees on all phases of the security clearance procedure. Counseling of the type offered by their firm will prevent costly mistakes from being made by the applicant that can damage the chances of the company obtaining the cleared workforce it needs to obtain and perform classified work for the government.