NACDL - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
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.
Licensed in California, Nevada, and Utah, Jeremy Delicino graduated with honors in Italian literature from Yale University in 1998. After working for Roche Pharmaceuticals in Milan following graduation, he returned to the United States and received his juris doctorate from UCLA in 2003. Since that time, Jeremy has concentrated his practice on the representation of individuals and companies faced with criminal charges or potential investigations.
Honors & Accolades
Jeremy was the youngest lawyer in Utah to be named a Rising Star by Super Lawyers Magazine just three years after graduating from law school. A few years later, he was named a Super Lawyer for the Mountain States region, an honor he has received annually for the last 7 years. In addition, Jeremy was the youngest member selected to serve on the Utah Supreme Court’s Criminal Rules Committee, serving alongside prosecutors and judges to consider proposed amendments to the Utah Rules of Criminal Procedure.
In 2012, Jeremy was named Utah’s Non-White Collar Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year by Best Lawyers Magazine, and he was soon after honored as Utah’s White Collar Criminal Defense Lawyer of the Year in 2014.
Jeremy has lectured frequently on criminal justice issues, giving his first lecture on the United States Sentencing Guidelines to CJA attorneys only two years after finishing law school. He has since lectured on a wide range of criminal justice issues on behalf of the National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws (NORML), the Utah Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (UACDL), the Utah State Bar, and the Utah Criminal Justice Act panel. Jeremy has also been a guest lecturer at the University of Utah School of Law, and he lectured at law schools throughout Ukraine last year.
Trials & AppealsÂ
An experienced trial lawyer, Jeremy has obtained acquittals in city, state, and federal courts on cases ranging from minor misdemeanors to capital homicide. In 2012, he was counsel in a highly publicized death penalty case involving allegations that his client murdered a female police officer with an AK-47. Despite an alleged confession, Jeremy’s client was acquitted of murder on the first day of jury deliberations. Weeks after that victory, Jeremy convinced the Salt Lake County District Attorney’s Office to dismiss a murder case against another client that had been pending since before Jeremy had finished law school.
Although most of his cases are at the trial court level, Jeremy is also an experienced appellate practitioner. In addition to prevailing on a host of appeals in the Ninth and Tenth Circuits, Jeremy won an appeal before the en banc Tenth Circuit in 2015. Notably, the appeal was decided 10-1 in the defendant’s favor and was authored by now Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch. The appellate victory is believed to be the only en banc defense win from Utah in at least the last two decades.Â
In addition to his trial and appellate experience, Jeremy is qualified in Utah to handle death penalty cases as lead counsel. He has been co-counsel on three death penalty cases, including two that went to trial. No defendant was given the death penalty, and one client was acquitted of capital murder.
Memberships
Jeremy was recently elected to serve as an Affiliate Representative for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. In this position, he will represent the Northeast affiliates of NACDL. In addition, Jeremy is a life member of NACDL, the California Attorneys for Criminal Justice, and NORML. He is also a member of UACDL, and is admitted to practice in the states of California, Nevada, and Utah.Â
Education
Undergraduate: Yale University, BA, 1998
Law School: University of California Los Angeles, JD, 2003
Member, National Coll. for DUI DefenseFormer Adj. Prof., Univ. of DaytonDirector and Lecturer, OACDLDATAMASTER OperatorSFST InstructorBarrister of the Month, Dayton Bar
Member, PACDLAuthor, Cloaked in Doubt Instructor, NITA Program, Hofstra Univ. Sch. of LawInstructor, Recent Trends Involving the Law of Arrest, Search and Seizure, CLEAsst. Dist. Attorney, Philadelphia Dist. Attorney's Office (1996-2000)Listed, Top 100 Trial Lawyers for Pennsylvania, The American Trial Lawyers Assn. (2007)
Education
Undergraduate: Ithaca College, , 1992
Law School: Widener University School of Law, 1996
Michael Diaz, Jr. is a skilled, business lawyer,multilingual litigator, trial lawyer, and arbiter with over 30 years ofexperience advising clients, trying cases, and negotiating complex civil andcriminal disputes, including visa recovery and defense of OFAC violations andSpecially Designated Nationals classifications. He represents U.S. andinternational clients in business matters including, joint ventures,acquisitions, and other commercial transactions, where he is deeply experiencedin domestic and international trade, customs, finance, and banking.Additionally, he counsels on preventative litigation strategy and conductsparallel investigations in complex, high-stakes regulatory and compliancematters, including instances of financial fraud, international assetrecoveries, white-collar crimes and the recovery of U.S. visas and legalstatus. While acting as special counsel on behalf of U.S. receivers, financialinstitutions, foreign government entities, and individual victims of financialfraud, his sophisticated asset recovery techniques have netted millions ofdollars in stolen proceeds. He is qualified to represent clients before U.S.administrative and governmental agencies, arbitral bodies, U.S. state, federal,and appellate courts, and frequently serves as advisory co-counsel outside theU.S. in international litigation and arbitration matters in Latin America, theMiddle East, and China. He is a Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialist(ACAMS) and is admitted to practice before U.S. federal courts andadministrative bodies, Florida courts, and the Dubai International FinanceCenter (DIFC).
Professional Memberships:
Florida Bar • American Bar Association • International BarAssociation • Cuban American Bar Association, Past-President, officer, anddirector • Litigation Counsel of America, Fellow • Dubai InternationalFinance Center (DIFC) • International Association of Lawyers and ProfessionalAdvisors • Miami International Arbitration Society • National andFlorida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers • Florida International BankersAssociation • Association of Certified Anti-Money Laundering Specialists
Past President, ACDL NJ - 2009-2010Master/Past President, Richard J. Hughes Amer. Inn of Court -2003-2005; President of Union County Bar Association - 2018; Former Chairman, Union County District XII Ethics Committee; Special Ethics Master, appointed by Supreme Court of New Jersey, 1998-Present; Former Adjunct Professor, Seton Hall Law School; Recipient Lawyer of the Year Award in Union County, 2004, and ACDL-NJ - 2010; Recipient-First Annual Walter R. Barisonek, J.S.C. Criminal Attorney of the Year Award-2016; Recipient-Equal Justice Award-2017; Member, American Board of Trial Advocates, 2005-PresentCertified, Criminal Trial Atty. Civil Trial Atty.Publications, "New Jersey Trial and Evidence: Relevancy, Prejudice or other Countervailing Factors in Criminal Cases"; Member, Supreme Court Criminal Practice Committee-2004-2006 and 2010-2014; Vice Chair-New Jersey Sentencing and Disposition Commission-2018-2021. Â
Education
Undergraduate: St Peter's College, B.A., 1973
Law School: Fordham University Law School , J.D., 1976
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
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
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
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
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
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
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.Â
