Samuel T. Cogley, Jr.

Samuel T. Cogley, Jr. was a lawyer serving Starfleet Command in the 24th Century.

Cogley was born in 2322 on Earth. As the son of famed Federation lawyer Samuel T. Cogley, Sr., Cogley, Jr. grew up in a house filled with books, not computers, as many children born in the early 24th Century were accustomed to, per his father's insistence. As Cogley grew up, he decided to follow in his father's footsteps and become a lawyer. He attended the Starfleet Court of Justice Academy and worked his way up the academic list through hard work and studying. Cogley then graduated from the Academy in 2351 and was assigned to Starbase 47 as a lawyer. During Cogley's first few months practicing, he went through many small cases before, none with much victory, until in 2369, he finally got to take on a difficult and ultimately very rewarding case.

In 2369, a Starfleet officer named Lieutenant Matthew MacTavish, chief engineer of the starship USS Livingston was arrested by the vessel's security chief, Lieutenant George Primmin, for giving highly classified material to the newly formed terrorist group, The Maquis. MacTavish had given the status of Starfleet vessels near the Cardassian DMZ, who were the species The Maquis were fighting, to Maquis leader, his best friend, former Starfleet officer Chakotay. Cogley met with MacTavish and decided, despite his deceitfulness and dishonor to Starfleet and the Federation, to take on his case. Cogely reviewed all the facts on the case. Cogley grimly told MacTavish that there was no way he could get out of the trial without serving prison time and possibly losing his Starfleet commission. MacTavish agreed and Cogley started a plea deal with the Judge in the case. The trial began on Starbase 47. As the trial began, Cogley pleaded to the Judge to consider MacTavish's service in Starfleet before he was caught and as a battle hardened soldier in the Cardassian Wars in the 2350s. The Judge agreed with Cogley and sentenced MacTavish to three years in the New Zealand Penal Settlement colony and he would lose his Starfleet officer rank and be demoted to a Senior Chief Petty Officer. Cogley had won a huge victory with the MacTavish case and became a highly respected lawyer, as his father was in the 23rd century, when he defended Captain James T. Kirk.

Cogley spent may years as a laywer, before finally retiring in 2383 at the age of 61.