Life Member Directory

Life members are attorneys who have made an extraordinary commitment to support the work of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. By supporting NACDL at the highest dues level, they are accorded a lifetime membership as long as they continue to meet the standards for NACDL membership. In addition, they are listed in this special expanded life member directory, including bio and photograph, and receive a special award in recognition of their support for NACDL’s work.

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  • Liam Dixon

    Liam Dixon

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
  • Roger Dodd

    Roger J. Dodd

    • Dodd & Kuendig
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Former Member, Board of Directors, NACDL (1990-92)Past President, Georgia Assn. of Criminal Defense LawyersFaculty, Natl. Criminal Defense Coll.Co-Author, "Cross- Examination: Science and Techniques" and "Cross-Examination for Depositions"
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Bucknell University, BA, 1973
    • Graduate: Stetson University, LLM-Advocacy, 2015
    • Law School: University of Pittsburgh School of Law, JD, 1976
    Bar Information
    • State Bar of Georgia, State Bar of Florida, State Bar of Utah, State Bar of Montana, State Bar of Oklahoma
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
  • Daniel Dodson

    Daniel Dodson

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    Biography
    Member, Board of Directors, NACDL (2004-07)Board of Directors, Missouri Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers (1997-99, 2005-2010)NORML Legal CommitteeNACDL Public Affairs Director (2000-2004)Champion Advisory Board (2008-present)
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Univ. of Missouri Sch. of Journalism, B.J., 1983
    • Law School: University of Illinois Champaign, J.D., 1987
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • White Collar Crime
  • John Dolan

    John Patrick Dolan

    • Dolan Law Offices
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    Biography
    California State Bar Certified Specialist in Criminal Law
    Education
    • Undergraduate: California State University Fullerton, , 1971
    • Law School: WSU College of Law , 1977
    Bar Information
    • Central, Southern, Eastern Dist. of CA, 9th Cir., US Supreme Ct.
    Practice Areas
    • Capital Defense
    • DUI
  • Daniel Donahue

    Daniel P. Donahue

    • Donahue Law Firm, PLLC
    Contact Information
    Social Media
    Biography
    Practice Areas
    • Capital Defense
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Juvenile Defense
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • Arthur Donato

    Arthur T. Donato

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Practice Areas
    • Corporate Compliance
    • Federal Practice
    • White Collar Crime
  • Daniel Donovan

    Daniel Donovan

    • Daniel Donovan, PC
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    Biography
    President, MTACDL (2006-08)Member, Montana Innocence Project Board of Directors Recipient, The Charles F. (Timer) Moses Award, Montana State Bar (1997)Montana Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year(2009)Counsel of Record for the Petitioner, Old Chief v. United States, 519 US 172 (1997)
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of California Berkeley, B.S., 1971
    • Law School: Univ. of Cal. Hastings College. of Law, J.D., 1976
    Bar Information
    • 9th Cir., US Supreme Ct.
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Controlled Substances
    • Federal Practice
    • White Collar Crime
  • Robert Draskovich

    Robert M. Draskovich

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    Biography
    Panel Member, Nevada Criminal Pattern Jury Instruction CommitteeMember, Clark Cty. Bar Assn., Nevada Attorneys for Criminal JusticeFrequent news legal analyst and lecturer on various criminal defense and trial advocacy subjects
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Nevada Las Vegas, , 1994
    • Law School: Brigham Young University School of Law , , 1997
    Bar Information
    • 9th Cir.
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
  • Joshua Dratel

    Joshua L. Dratel

    • Dratel & Lewis
    Contact Information
    Biography
    NACDL Delegate to ABA Criminal Justice Section Council, 2011-presentMember, Board, NACDL (2003-2009)Parliamentarian, NACDL (2005-06)President, NYSACDL (2005)Co-Chair, NACDL Amicus CommitteeMember, Advisory Board, The ChampionCapital Punishment Committee, Assn. of the Bar of the City of NYRecipient, Robert C. Heeney Award, NACDL (2005) Co-Author, "Practice Manual: the Fedl. Sentencing Guidelines", 2003 Supplement Chapter One (Aspen Law Publishers)Co-Editor, "The Torture Paper
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Columbia College, , 1978
    • Law School: Harvard Law School, 1981
    Bar Information
    • 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th. 5th , 8th, Cir., E., So., & No. Dist. NY
  • S. Dray

    S. Patrick Dray

    • S. Patrick Dray, P.A.
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Royal Military College of Canada, BA Honors History, 1989
    • Graduate: King'S College London, UK, MA War Studies, 1990
    • Law School: University of Miami School of Law, JD, 1999
    Bar Information
    • US Supreme Court , Since 2005
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Juvenile Defense
    • White Collar Crime
  • Patrick Duffy

    Patrick Duffy

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Governor, South Dakota Trial Lawyers Assn.Recipient, Trial Lawyer of the Year, South Dakota Trial Lawyers Assn. (2006)Editor in Chief, South Dakota Law ReviewGuest Lecturer, University of South Dakota Law SchoolCo-Author, South Dakota Law Review, "Jurassic Farce: A Critical Analysis of the Governmnet's Seizure of a Sixty-Five Million Year Old Tyrannosaurus Rex Fossil" (39 SD L. Rev.)
    Education
    • Undergraduate: South Dakota State University, , 1980
    • Graduate: University of South Dakota, , 1987
    Bar Information
    • US Ct. of App., 8th Cir., US Dist. Ct.
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • Federal Practice
  • Benjamin Durham

    Benjamin C. Durham

    • Benjamin Durham Law Firm
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Benjamin has been practicing criminal defense for more than 20 years and has extensive courtroom experience in both the federal and state courts. He has represented defendants in all types of criminal cases, including high-level drug trafficking, sexual assault, and murder. In the course of his career, Benjamin has defended several high-profile prosecutions in Las Vegas, including such defendants as the Hells Angels Motorcycle Club, Aryan Warriors, and Rolling 60's crips.  He has obtained dismissals of federal money laundering charges, drug trafficking charges, and he has won an acquittal in a first-degree murder trial. 
    Education
    • Law School: Brigham Young University, J.D., 2001
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Capital Defense
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Forfeiture
    • Immigration
    • White Collar Crime
  • Lisa Dwyer

    Lisa Dwyer

    • Law Office of Lisa Dwyer, P.C.
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Education
    • Undergraduate: St. Louis University, B.A., 1990
    • Law School: University of Detroit, JD, 1992
    Bar Information
    • EDMI, 6th Circuit, US Supreme Court
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Controlled Substances
    • Federal Practice
    • Mental Health Defense
    • White Collar Crime
  • Alberto Ebanks

    Alberto A. Ebanks

    • Partner, The Ebanks Law Firm PLLC
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Former Assistant District AttorneyFormer Counsel, NYPD Detectives, Lieutenants and Captains
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Syracuse University, , 1990
    • Law School: Hofstra University School of Law, 1993
    Bar Information
    • Northern, Southern and Eastern Dist. Cts. of NY, US Supreme Ct.
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • Federal Practice
  • Mark Edwards

    Mark Everette Edwards

    • Edwards & Trenkle, PLLC
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Legal Committee Member, NORML
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, B.A., 1982
    • Law School: Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, J.D., 1985
    Bar Information
    • 4th Cir. E. Mid., & W. Dists. of NC, US Supreme Ct.
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Capital Defense
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • White Collar Crime
  • Greg Eisenmenger

    Greg W. Eisenmenger

    Contact Information
    Biography
    AV rated by Martindale-HubbellBoard Certified Criminal Trial, The Florida BarListed, Top 100 Trial Lawyers, ATLA (2007-present)Listed, Nation's Top One Percent, National Association of Distinguished CounselPast Juris Consult, La Chaine des Rotisseurs des Etat-UnisRecipient, "Pro Bono" Award, Brevard Co. Legal Aid (2000-02)Recipient, Law and Leading Attorneys (1996-Present)Past Director, East Coast Zoological SocietyPast Director, YMCA
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Florida , , 1974
    • Law School: Univ. of Florida, Holland Coll. of Law, 1977
    Bar Information
    • Mid. Dist. FL, So. Dist. FL, U.S. Supreme Court
    Practice Areas
    • Capital Defense
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Juvenile Defense
    • White Collar Crime
  • David Elden

    David A Elden

    Contact Information
    Biography
  • David Eldridge

    David M. Eldridge

    • Eldridge & Cravens
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Editor-in-Chief, "Wake Forest Law Review",(1985-86)Past President, Knoxville Bar Assn.Past Chair, TBA Criminal Justice SectionListed, Best Lawyers in America (2005 - Present), Mid-South Super Lawyers Top 100 in Tennessee (2006-Present), Certified Criminal Trial SpecialistFellow, American College of Trial Lawyers, 2013Faculty Member, Tenn.Crim. Defense CollegeSpeaker, ABA, NACDL, TACDL, TBA, KBA
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Tennessee, BS Business, 1982
    • Law School: Wake Forest, JD, 1986
    Bar Information
    • US Supreme Ct., 5th, 6th and 7th Cirs., E. Dist. TN,, M. Dist. TN
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • Corporate Compliance
    • Federal Practice
    • White Collar Crime
  • Lauren Elenbaas

    Lauren Elenbaas

    • The Shaw Firm
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Grand Valley State University, BS, 2008
    • Law School: UALR William H. Bowen School of Law, JD, 2013
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Forfeiture
    • Juvenile Defense
    • Mental Health Defense
    • Sex Crimes
  • Marissa Elkins

    Marissa L. Elkins

    • Zurn, Sharp, Heyman and Dolven, LLP
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Marissa Elkins is from western Massachusetts and focuses her practice on criminal law, civil rights litigation, and appellate advocacy. She began her legal career as a public defender and is a member of NACDL’s Indigent Defense and Mental Health Committees.
    Bar Information
    • 2007, MA; U.S. District Court Mass.
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Capital Defense
    • Federal Practice
    • Public Defense
  • Alan Ellis

    Alan Ellis

    • Law Offices of Alan Ellis
    Contact Information
    Biography

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    Alan Ellis is a  nationally recounized federal sentencing, prison and. post-conviction, appeal and 2255 motion attorney representing federal criminal defendants and inmates throughout the United States. and asbroad. He endeavors to obtain for his clients the lowest possible sentence and if it is one of incarceration, the best facility possible with release at the earliest opportunity. Alan , a Past President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) , a former Law Professor in both San Francisco and Shanghai, China, a Past Present of the ACLU of Cntral Pennsylvania  and  a Fulbright award recipient, has defended thousands of cases over more than 50 years. He has authored more than 175 articles and books, including the Federal Prison Guidebook:  Prison, Sentencing and Post-Conviction Remedies,  is a frequent speaker and has more than 85 lectures, presentations and speaking engagements to his credit, including interviewing over 40 Federal judges for a series of articles on Law 360 and for Federal Lawyer Magazine on What Federal Judges Want at Sentencing. Federal Lawyer has described  him as "one of this country's pre-eminent criminal defense lawyers." The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit has called Alan "a nationally recognized expert in federal criminal sentencing". 
     
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Penn State B.A. 1964
    • Law School: Villanova Law School, JD, 1967
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Controlled Substances
    • Federal Practice
    • International
    • Mitigation Specialist
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • Deborah Ellis

    Deborah K. Ellis

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Certified Criminal Law Specialist by Minnesota Bar Association; President Minnesota Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (MACDL) 1994; Distinguished Member Award from MACDL 2004; Member Board of Directors MACDL - various terms; Graduate Trial Lawyers College, Dubois, Wyoming 2005.
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Gustavus Adolphus College, B.A., 1973
    • Law School: William Mitchell College of Law, J.D., 1983
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Forfeiture Reform
    • Juvenile Defense
    • White Collar Crime
  • Jodie English

    Jodie English

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Private practice of criminal law representing capital and serious felony clients; mitigation specialist, jury consultant (2009-2020); Adjunct Faculty Crim Law and Crim Pro, Indiana University - Bloomington IN (2018-2020); NCDC Summer Trial Practice Faculty (intermittently between 1980-2020); Indiana Public Defender Council: Training Director (1998-2009), Chair, Executive Board (1994-1996); Trained defenders in 27 states and Moscow, Russia; Appointed Member: Indiana Supreme Court Rules Committee (1998-2006),Professor, GA State Univ. Coll. of Law (1985-89), Visiting Professor, LLM in Litigation, Emory Univ. Law School(1988),Faculty, Natl. Criminal Defense College (1981-date), NLADA Life in the Balance; CCDA Monterey; Darrow Death Penalty College; Bryan Schechmeister Death Penalty College.
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Princeton University, BA, 1975
    • Graduate: Butler University, MFA Creative Writing, 2014
    • Law School: Northeastern University Law School, JD, 1979
    Bar Information
    • Georgia, North Carolina
    Practice Areas
    • Capital Defense
    • International
    • Public Defense
  • Thomas Erker

    Thomas J. Erker

    • Erker Law Firm, PA
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Retired
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Long Island University, BA, 1979
    • Law School: Washburn Univ. of Topeka, Kansas, JD, 1982
  • Henry Escoto

    Henry A. Escoto

    • Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Henry A. Escoto, PLLC
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Bar Information
    • DC, USDC-DC, USDC-MD
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Forfeiture
    • Immigration
    • Mental Health Defense
    • Public Defense
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime

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