RLSO - 2020 Year in Review

Region Legal Service Office (RLSO) EURAFSWA, Detachment Sigonella

Region Legal Service Office (RLSO) EURAFSWA, Detachment Sigonella forged through an unprecedented operating environment, providing legal support services to more than over 30 tenant commands and personnel at NAS Sigonella in 2020. Although the RLSO is more than just numbers, these figures will provide a glimpse at the work that happens day in and day out to serve the Sigonella community.

The RLSO’s local national language specialists successfully processed more than 900 sojourner’s permits with the Catania Immigrations Office, and our claims professionals investigated and adjudicated more than 30 cases. In the legal assistance department, the RLSO’s legal assistance attorney and paralegal staff drafted over 300 powers-of-attorney and notarized more than 500 documents. The department’s attorneys also advised nearly 200 clients on areas including family law, consumer fraud/protection, taxation, and estate planning, while the civil law staff also supported 20 clients through immigration and nationalization processes.

Command services attorneys at the RLSO provided command advice to more than 30 tenant commands as well as the installation itself. The department processed documents supporting 25 non-federal entities in the community, and the staff judge advocates provided standards of conduct and ethics advice on 156 separate matters.

Through a uniquely challenging year, RLSO EURAFSWA, Det. Sigonella was proud to support the commands and community at NAS Sigonella, and looks forward to providing high quality legal services to you, the Navy, and the nation in the coming year. Happy Holidays!