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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  • Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma

    Zachary Margulis-Ohnuma

    • ZMO Law PLLC
    Contact Information
    Biography
    NYC Bar Association, Federal Bar Council, NYS Bar Association
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Columbia College, B.A., 1989
    • Graduate: New York University, J.D., 1999
    • Law School: New York University, J.D., 1999
    Bar Information
    • SDNY, EDNY, NDNY, 2d Circuit, Supreme Court of the United States
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Federal Practice
    • White Collar Crime
  • Matthew Marin

    Matthew T. Marin

    • Partner, Marin & Murphy Law Firm
    Contact Information
    Social Media
    Biography

    Attorney Matthew T. Marin is a dedicated Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer and founding partner of Marin & Murphy Law Firm. For more than fifteen years, he has represented individuals facing criminal charges across Rhode Island, combining aggressive advocacy with a compassionate understanding of the people he defends. Known for his courtroom skill, responsiveness, and commitment to client success, Attorney Marin has built his career on protecting the rights and reputations of those accused of crimes.

    Attorney Marin represents clients in cases involving DUI and chemical test refusals, domestic violence, assault and battery, drug possession and distribution, larceny, disorderly conduct, and serious felony offenses. His experience spans every stage of the criminal process—from investigation and arraignment through trial, sentencing, and post-conviction relief. Whether defending a first-time offender or an individual facing life-changing felony allegations, Matthew brings the same level of preparation, determination, and respect to every case.

    As a trial lawyer, Attorney Marin has successfully handled thousands of criminal cases before Rhode Island’s District, Superior, and Traffic Tribunal courts. He has achieved countless dismissals, acquittals, and reduced charges through strategic negotiation and meticulous preparation. His in-depth knowledge of Rhode Island’s courts, prosecutors, and judges allows him to anticipate challenges and position his clients for the best possible results. Clients and peers alike describe him as a strong advocate who combines confidence in the courtroom with clear communication and sound judgment.

    Beyond his courtroom success, Attorney Marin is known for his hands-on approach. He understands that being charged with a crime can be one of the most stressful experiences a person will ever face. For that reason, he ensures each client receives direct access to their attorney, not just to paralegals or staff. Matthew takes the time to explain every option, answer every question, and guide clients step-by-step through the legal process. His goal is not only to win cases but also to give clients peace of mind knowing that their rights and future are in capable hands.

    Attorney Marin earned his Juris Doctor from Roger Williams University School of Law, where he developed a strong foundation in criminal law and trial advocacy. Since opening his practice, he has dedicated his career to defending the accused and upholding the constitutional principle that every individual is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Over the years, his firm has grown into one of Rhode Island’s most respected criminal defense practices, serving clients statewide from offices in Providence, Warwick, and Newport.

    When he is not in the courtroom, Matthew remains active in the Rhode Island legal community, frequently consulting on criminal law developments and mentoring younger attorneys. His professionalism, experience, and unwavering commitment to justice have earned him the trust of thousands of clients and the respect of his peers.

    Education
    • Undergraduate: Clark University, B.A., 2004
    • Graduate: University of Rhode Island, M.B.A., 2008
    • Law School: Roger Williams University School of Law, J.D., 2008
    Bar Information
    • RI | CT | MA | SC
    Practice Areas
    • Capital Defense
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Forfeiture
    • Juvenile Defense
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • Joseph Marino

    Joseph A. Marino

    • Marino & Ehle LLC
    Contact Information
    Social Media
    Biography
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • Forfeiture
  • Anastase Markou

    Anastase Markou

    • Levine & Levine
    Biography
  • Murry Marks

    Murry A. Marks

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Board Member, Missouri Assn. Criminal Defense Lawyers (1986-88)Vice Chairman, Criminal Law Comm., Missouri Bar Assn.Chairman, Criminal Law Committee, Bar Assn. of Metropolitan St. Louis (2006-08)Recipient, Super Lawyers of Missouri and Kansas, (2006-2007)Recipient, Biography: Who's Who in American Law & Who's Who in America (1993-2015)
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Washington Univ. St. Louis, MO, BA, 1954
    • Law School: Washington University, JD, 1963
    Bar Information
    • 8th Cir., Fedl. Dist. Cts., United States Tax Court, US Supreme Court
    Practice Areas
    • Federal Practice
  • Mack Martin

    Mack K. Martin

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Oklahoma Bar Association Vice President (2010); Oklahoma County Bar Association President (2010-2011); President, Oklahoma City Chapter of the Federal Bar Assn. (1992-93); President, Oklahoma Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn. (1988); Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers; Fellow, American College of Trial Lawyers; Recipient, Lord Erskine Award for Career Achievement, OCDLA (2000); Oklahoma Bar Association Criminal Law Section Professional Advocate Award (2006)
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Cameron University, Bachelor of Arts, 1976
    • Law School: Oklahoma City University, Juris Doctorate, 1978
    Bar Information
    • 4th & 10th Cir., US Supreme Ct.
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Capital Defense
    • Federal Practice
    • White Collar Crime
  • J. Mason

    J. Cheney Mason

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Former Member, Board of Directors, NACDL Fellow, American Board of Criminal LawyersLecturer, Univ. of Florida Coll. of Law Annual WorkshopFlorida Bar and NBTA Board CertifiedPast President, Florida Assn. of Criminal Defense Lawyers (1997)Recipient, NACDL Robert C. Heeney Award (2004)
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Florida, , 1968
    • Law School: University of Florida College of Law, 1970
    Bar Information
    • 5th, 11th Cirs., Trial Bars, Middle, Southern and Northern Dists., FL, US Supreme Ct.
    Practice Areas
    • Capital Defense
    • Controlled Substances
    • Federal Practice
    • White Collar Crime
  • William Massey

    William Dennis Massey

    • Senior Partner, Massey McClusky Fuchs & Ballenger
    Defender Circle
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Parliamentarian, NACDL (2003-04)
    Member, NACDL Board of Directors (2002-08) Executive Committee, NACDL (2006-07)

    Past President, TN Assoc. of Criminal Defense Lawyers
    Sr. Instructor at Tennessee Criminal Defense College (2000-2019)

    Listed, Best Lawyers in America (2008-2025)
    Listed, Mid-South Super Lawyers (2007-2025)
    Listed, Top 100 Lawyers, Lifetime Achievement

    Certified Criminal Trial Advocate, National Bd. of Trial Advocacy
    Criminal Trial Specialist in TN

    Fellow, American Board of Criminal Lawyers
    Fellow, American Bar Foundation
    Fellow, Memphis Bar Association
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Tennessee, Bachelor of Arts, 1978
    • Law School: University of Memphis Law School, JD, 1981
    Bar Information
    • Tennessee, 6th Cir., 8th Cir., US Supreme Ct.
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • Federal Practice
    • Juvenile Defense
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • nicholas matassini

    nicholas Gianni matassini

    • The Matassini Law Firm, P.A.
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer and owner of family-run criminal defense and personal injury law firm in Tampa, Florida. 
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of South Florida
    • Graduate: South Texas College of Law
    Bar Information
    • Florda Bar 2004
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Forfeiture Reform
    • Juvenile Defense
    • White Collar Crime
  • K.C. Maxwell

    K.C. Maxwell

    • Maxwell Law PC
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Practice Areas
    • Corporate Compliance
    • Federal Practice
    • International
    • White Collar Crime
  • Jacqueline Mayer

    Jacqueline Marguerite Mayer

    • Attorney
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Ohio University, Economics BA, 2012
    • Law School: University of Kentucky College of Law, JD, 2015
    Bar Information
    • Kentucky Bar Association
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Juvenile Defense
    • Sex Crimes
  • John Mays

    John Edmond Mays

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Certified in Criminal Trial Advocacy by the National Board of Trial AdvocacyAuthor: "Defending Death Penalty Cases in Alabama" Ed. 2Author: "Defending Child Sex Abuse Cases in Alabama"Author: "The Defense of Not Guilty by Reason of Mental Disease or Defect in Alabama"Author: "Drug Crimes, Drug Searches & Drug Forfeitures in Alabama"
  • Sean McAllister

    Sean T. McAllister

    • McAllister Law Office, P.C.
    Biography
    Sean McAllister is one of Colorado's leading marijuana lawyers. Sean is driven by a passion to ameliorate the injustice of the so called War on Drugs. He assisted in drafting Colorado's marijuana legalization law. After a decade of representing criminal defendants, he is now primarily a marijuana business lawyer. His Firm continues to handle serious felony and federal marijuana criminal defense matters. He is licensed in Colorado and expects to be licensed in California in 2016.
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Georgia, B.A., 1995
    • Law School: University of Colorado School of Law, J.D, 1999
    Practice Areas
    • DUI
  • Mark McBride

    Mark A. McBride

    • Attorney at Law, Law Offices of Mark McBride, P.C.
    Contact Information
    Social Media
    Biography
    Website:  https://www.gototrialnow.com/
    - Father of three children. Fluent in French and Spanish. Trial Lawyer of the Year--the Private Defenders. Certified Criminal Law Specialist (CBLS). Who's Who of Celebrity Attorneys.
    - Commentary in local and national media in high profile cases.
    - Other practice areas:  the defense of cases involving national security, homicide, international narcotics trafficking and, on a pro bono basis, cases involving the First Amendment, Civil Disobedience and the defense of protesters.
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Marquette University, Honors College (Magna Cum Laude), 1997
    • Graduate: University of Strausbourg (France), Politics, Philosophy, Economics, 1995
    • Law School: Brigham Young University, J.D. (Magna Cum Laude), 2000
    Bar Information
    • CA and Utah. Plus: numerous state and federal jurisdictions nationwide.
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Capital Defense
    • Controlled Substances
    • Federal Practice
    • International
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • Katherine McBroom

    Katherine McBroom

    • Kaedian LLP
    Defender Circle
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Brown University, BA, 1997
    • Law School: USC Law School, JD, 2002
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Forfeiture
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • Chad McCabe

    Chad R. McCabe

    • McCabe Law Firm
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Trial Lawyer's Coll. (2000)Trial Lawyer's Coll. Graduate School (2002)State Delegate, National College for DUI DefenseRecipient, Thomas J. Clifford Most Outstanding Freshman Award, Univ. of North Dakota (1990)
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of North Dakota, B.S.P.A., 1992
    • Law School: University of North Dakota Law School, J.D., 1995
    Bar Information
    • 8th Cir. and 7th Cir.
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
  • Timothy McCarthy

    Timothy F. McCarthy

    • McCarthy & Hamrock
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Board Member IACDLLegal Committee for NORMLDrake University Top 150 attorneys
    NACDL Board of Directors member
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Kansas/Drake University, B.A., 1980
    • Law School: Drake University, J.D., 1983
    Bar Information
    • 1986 U.S. District Court,Northern and Southern Districts of Iowa 1987, U.S. Court of appeals
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Juvenile Defense
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • Samuel McCloud

    Samuel A. McCloud

    • The Law Office of Samuel A. McCloud
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    Biography
    Life Member of NACDL, Life Member and founding member of Minnesota Society for Criminal Justice, Member of Minnesota Asso. of Criminal Defense Lawyers.  I have tried more cases to Jury Verdict than any other private Lawyer in Minnesota and I have more Appeals to the Appellate Courts of MN. than any other private attorney.  Eg:  Judges cannot order that bail be posted in Cash only; Prosecutors cannot certify a Misdemeanor as a Petty Misdemeanor, over the objection of the Defendant, in order to take away a Defendant's right to a Jury Trial;  Judge cannot use high bail in order to force a defendant to accept a Conditional Release; A DNR police officer cannot enter a person's Ice Fishing house without a Warrant or a recognized exception to the Warrant requirement of the 4th Amendment.  Finally, I once got a directed verdict of acquittal in a First Degree Murder case and, in one County, I won 12 DWI Jury Verdicts in a row before I lost in my first, apparently unlucky 13th Jury Trial, in that jurisdiction. 
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Minnesota, , 1968, Bus. Admin/Econ.
    • Law School: William Mitchell College of Law, 1977, JD
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Forfeiture
    • Juvenile Defense
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • Joseph McClusky

    Joseph McClusky

    • Law Office of Massey McClusky McClusky & Fuchs
    Contact Information
    Biography
  • Lorna McClusky

    Lorna S. McClusky

    • Law Office of Massey McClusky McClusky & Fuchs
    Contact Information
    Biography

    Lorna S. McClusky is a Senior partner and the managing partner in the law firm of Massey, McClusky, McClusky & Fuchs in Memphis, engaging exclusively in criminal practice. She is the Dean of The Tennessee Criminal Defense College which teaches effective trial advocacy at a week long program each year.

    Her involvement with local and state bar associations includes membership in the Memphis Bar Association, a Fellow of the Memphis Bar Foundation, a life member of TACDL and Past President of TACDL. She is a life member of the NACDL and served on several committees. Lorna is Fellow of the American College of Trial Lawyers and is on the Editorial Board of its publication, The Journal.

    An experienced trial attorney, she has taught trial advocacy skills at CLE’s throughout the United States and in Guam.

    Education
    • Undergraduate: Memphis State University, , 1991
    • Law School: Cecil C. Humphreys School of Law , 1994
    Bar Information
    • 6th Cir.
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • Federal Practice
    • Juvenile Defense
    • White Collar Crime
  • Robert McCoid

    Robert G. McCoid

    • McCoid Law Offices, P.L.L.C.
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Also Admitted: Northern District of West Virginia (1994)Southern District of West Virginia (1994)U.S. Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit (2005)U.S. Supreme Court (2010)Listed, Super Lawyers (2012-2017)AV Preeminent, Martindale Hubbell peer rating
    Education
    • Undergraduate: The American University, SPA, B.A., Poli Sci, 1989
    • Law School: West Virginia University College of Law, J.D., 1994
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • Arch McColl

    Arch C. McColl

    • Arch C. McColl & Associates, PLLC
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Director. Texas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn.President, Dallas Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn.Best Criminal Defense Attorney, "D" (Dallas) MagazineFirst in Dallas to negotiate a Federal prisoner exchange; Established right for Eyewitness Expert in the Fifth Circuit; First to obtain a protective order for a trade secrets case after a search warrant had been issuedCo-author, "Erisman's Reversible Errors in Texas Criminal Cases"
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Princeton University, AB, 1970
    • Law School: St. Mary's University School of Law, JD, 1974
    Practice Areas
    • Federal Practice
  • Greg McCollum

    Greg McCollum

    • Complete Legal Defense Team
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Former, Asst. Dist. Atty.,former DUI Special Prosecutor, former Asst. PDformer, Mock Trial Coach, Myrtle Beach H. S.former Member, Board of Directors, SCACDL former Member, former Board of Directors of Horry Co. Public Defender Corp.,former Chairman,Horry County Democratic Party,Current 15th Circuit Public Defender Selection Committee, former Myrtle Beach Area Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors, former Chairman Small Business Council, current Member Legislative Policy Council
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Clemson University, English-Political Sc, 1982
    • Law School: University of South Carolina, Juris Doctor, 1985
    Bar Information
    • US Dist. Ct., 4th Cir. Ct. of Appeals
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Juvenile Defense
    • White Collar Crime
  • Jonathan McConnell

    Jonathan W. McConnell

    • McConnell Law Firm, P.A.
    Contact Information
    Social Media
    Biography
    Missouri & Kansas Rising Stars, Super LawyersKentucky Colonel, Governor of Kentucky“Paul Harris FellowÂ, Rotary Foundation of Rotary International3 Best Criminal Defense Lawyers in Wichita KS, Three Best RatedTop 40 Under 40, National Trial LawyersTop 100 Trial Lawyers, National Trial Lawyers40 Under 40, Wichita Business JournalMan of the Year First Runner Up, Leukemia & Lymphoma Society10 Best for Client Satisfaction in KS, American Institute of DUI/DWI Attorneys
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Wichita State University, BS, 2004
    • Graduate: Wichita State University, MA, 2006
    • Law School: St. Thomas University School of Law, JD, 2010
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Capital Defense
    • Controlled Substances
    • Corporate Compliance
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Juvenile Defense
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • R. McCoy

    R. Burl McCoy

    • Nash Marshall, PLLC
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Former Asst. US Attorney, Eastern District of KentuckyBoard Certified Criminal Trial LawyerNational Board Trial AdvocacyAsst. Prof. of Law, Univ. of KentuckyListed, Best Lawyers in America
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Kentucky, , 1969
    • Graduate: University of Miami, LLM, 1973
    • Law School: University of Kentucky School of Law, , 1972

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