ALC Judge Advocate office earns distinguished American Bar Association LAMP award Published Sept. 11, 2009 By Wayne Crenshaw 78 ABW/PA ROBINS AIR FORCE BASE, Ga. -- The Warner Robins Air Logistics Center's Judge Advocate office is one of only three in the Department of Defense to win an American Bar Association honor for providing legal assistance to military personnel. ABA representative John Odom Jr. presented the Legal Assistance to Military Personnel Distinguished Service Award in a ceremony here Wednesday. "Getting one of these awards as an office is a very, very big deal," Mr. Odum told those gathered for the ceremony. "We are grateful to you for the service that you do for your country." The award nomination stated that the Judge Advocate office here "developed several major, one-of-a-kind innovations to support legal assistance for warfighters and other eligible clients." For instance the office developed a guidebook for legal assistance attorneys in the office that addresses Georgia law as it relates to common legal assistance topics, including adoption, consumer law, legal residence and domicile, divorce, child custody, wills and estate planning. The nomination called the book "a model legal resource within the Air Force." The Judge Advocate office is made up of 25 attorneys, 10 military paralegals and six civilians. All personnel in the office participate in the Legal Assistance program. The program provides advice on personal legal matters to military personnel, retirees, and their dependents. Brig. Gen. Dwight Creasy, Air Force Materiel Command's staff judge advocate, attended the ceremony. "This is an all-in affair for you guys, and that is what is most impressive to me," he said.