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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  • Thomas Viloria

    Thomas E. Viloria

    • Viloria, Oliphant, Oster & Aman L.L.P.
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • James Voyles

    James H. Voyles

    • Voyles Vaiana Lukemeyer Baldwin & Webb
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Member, Board of Managers, Indianapolis Bar Assn.President, Indianapolis Bar Assn.Vice-President, Indianapolis Bar Assn.President-Elect, Indianapolis Bar Assn. (2009)Member, Board of Directors, NACDL (2007)Member, The Amer. Coll. of Criminal LawyersMember, Indiana Supreme Ct. Comm. on Character and FitnessFellow, American Coll. of Trial LawyersRecipient,Best Lawyers in America (1985-Present)
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Illinois College, , 1965
    • Law School: Indiana University School of Law, 1968
    Practice Areas
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • White Collar Crime
  • Michael Waddington

    Michael S. Waddington

    • Gonzalez & Waddington, LLC
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    Social Media
    Biography
    Michael is a criminal defense lawyer and former Army JAG attorney. He has defended cases in courtrooms worldwide, including in Japan, South Korea, Germany, Iraq, Bahrain, Italy, England, and the United States. He has defended some of the highest-profile court-martial cases from the “War on Terror" and has been reported on and quoted by hundreds of major media sources worldwide.
    Michael is a Life Member of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and a Fellow of the American Board of Criminal Lawyers (ABCL). He is licensed to practice law in Florida, Georgia, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and South Carolina. He has lectured on trial strategy and cross-examination at national CLE events, including NACDL, the National Trial Lawyers Summit, and Gideon’s Promise.

    Michael has provided consultation services to CNN, 60 Minutes, ABC Nightline, the BBC, CBS, and the Golden Globe-winning TV series, The Good Wife. He appeared in a CNN documentary, Killings at the Canal. Some of his cases have inspired books and movies, including the Academy Award-winning documentary Taxi to the Dark Side, the documentary The Kill Team, and Brian De Palma’s Redacted. Since 2013, Mr. Waddington has written chapters in the American Bar Association's annual publication, The State of Criminal Justice. He authored the following books: 
    • Pattern Cross-Examination Questions for DNA & Biological Evidence
    • Pattern Cross-Examination Questions for Sexual Assault Cases
    • Pattern Cross-Examination for Expert Witnesses
    • Exposing Toxic Manipulators
    • Pattern Cross-Examination for Digital Forensic Experts
    • The Art of Trial Warfare: Winning at Trial Using Sun Tzu’s The Art of War
    • The Art of Trial Warfare Volume II: Applying Sun Tzu’s The Art of War to Modern Litigation
    • Kick-Ass Closings: A Guide to Giving the Best Closing Argument of Your Life
    • Battlemind: A Military Legal Thriller
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Duquesne University, BA, 1997
    • Law School: Temple University School of Law, JD, 2000
    Bar Information
    • FL, PA, NJ, GA, SC - All military courts worldwide
    Practice Areas
    • Federal Practice
    • International
    • Military Defense
    • Military Justice
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • Ian Wallach

    Ian M. Wallach

    • Law Offices of Ian Wallach, PC
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    Social Media
    Biography

    Ian Wallach practices nationally but predominantly in Los Angeles (he is licensed before the states of California, Colorado, and New York). About 90% of his practice is state and federal criminal defense, and the remainder is devoted to (usually two) criminal defense related civil rights actions. Ian is a member of the CJA panel for the Central District of California and also devotes substantial time providing pro bono representation. 

     

    Ian is a life member of NACDL and presently serving his third three-year term on the Board of Directors. He is a co-chair for the NACDL Task Force for Police Accountability and also serves on NACDL’s membership committee, and co-chairs NACDL’s annual “Defending Modern Drug Crimes” seminar in Las Vegas. Ian is also a frequent presenter at CLE events, focusing on how to use inherent police officer bias against defendants to that client’s advantage. 

     

    In the late 1990s, Ian served as a law clerk in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia where he participated in drafting the indictment of Slobodan Milosevic. He subsequently represented Guantanamo Bay detainees in connection with the Center for Constitutional Rights challenging their unlawful detention. He then spent 5 years in general commercial litigation, predominantly with the firm of Luce, Forward, Hamilton, and Scripps, LLP (now Venable, LLP). Realizing that trial practice and representing the disenfranchised was his calling, he left the corporate world in 2005 to join the Los Angeles County Office of the Public Defender. In 2010 he returned to private practice to be able to work in both federal and state court and on criminal defense and civil rights matters. 

     

    In December of 2023, along with NACDL Board Member Katherine (“Kacey”) McBroom, following a three and a ½ month pro bono trial in Joshua Tree California, Ian and Kacey secured full acquittals in People v. Pedro Martinez, an eleven-count life case with allegations reminiscent of McMartin and Stoll, where a completely innocent and randomly targeted high school janitor was charged with multiple counts of child sexual assault and alleged to have committed hundreds of such acts. The acquittal received international media attention. Ian and Kacey are now bringing the federal civil rights action on behalf of Mr. Martinez against the prosecutor and officers who fabricated the evidence that resulted in Mr. Martinez’ almost five years of extended pre-trial detention. At present, the court has determined that – for the time being – the absolute immunity protections usually afforded to all prosecutors may not be applicable and the case against the prosecutor and the police officers goes forward. 

     

    Ian has had substantial success in the civil rights arena, settling the cases of In Re Dontre Hamilton v. Milwaukee Case (in Milwaukee, Wisconsin) and Barry Montgomery v. LASD (In Los Angleles, Calfornia) (both with Jovan Blacknell of California) and Raul Martinez v. LASD (in Los Angeles, CA) (as co-counsel with Neufeld, Scheck, Brustin. Hoffmann &, Freudenberger, LLP), all for record-setting recoveries. 

     

    Ian successfully argued the case of Edison v. United States, 822 F.3d 510 (9th Cir. 2016), securing the rights of inmates to sue the United States for harms arising in custodial settings at facilities contracted out to third parties, and was the first lawyer to obtain a substantial settlement for claims arising out of Valley Fever infections in Eastern California, where the Government knew of the danger such housing posed to individuals of certain ethnic groups but disregarded those dangers.  

     

     Ian is ever-thankful to NACDL and its efforts to ensure the values and goes enshrined in its mission statement.

    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Oregon, Bachelor of Arts, 1996
    • Law School: U.C. Hastings College of Law, Juris Doctor, 1999
    Bar Information
    • Many
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • International
    • Sex Crimes
  • Sanford Wallack

    Sanford A. Wallack

    • Wallack Law
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Life MemberGeorgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (Life Member)National Criminal Defense College
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Florida, B.A., 1991
    • Law School: Emory University School of Law, J.D., 1994
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Capital Defense
    • Controlled Substances
    • Federal Practice
    • White Collar Crime
  • Lawrence Walsh

    Lawrence A. Walsh

    • Lawrence A. Walsh, Law Offices
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Education
    • Undergraduate: St. Mary's University at San Antonio, BA, 1976
    • Law School: St. Mary's University School of Law, JD, 1978
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • Federal Practice
    • Forfeiture Reform
    • International
    • White Collar Crime
  • Harry Warden

    Harry Warden

    • Law Office of Harry Warden
    Contact Information
    Social Media
    Biography
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Controlled Substances
    • Corporate Compliance
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Forfeiture
    • White Collar Crime
  • Michael Warren

    Michael W. Warren

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Lead counsel, 2002 - vacating convictions of Central Park Five; member of legal team that secured $41 million settlement against City of New York- Kings County (NY), Judicial Friends award- National Lawyers Guild award- Finalist - Public Justice Righting Wrongs 2015 "Lawyer of the Year" award, based on work in Central Park Five case
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Duquesne University School of Law, JD, 1973
    • Law School: Duquesne University School of Law, JD, 1973
    Practice Areas
    • Federal Practice
  • Robin Waters

    Robin V. Waters

    • Loeb & Loeb
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Federal Practice
    • Juvenile Defense
    • White Collar Crime
  • Herman Watson

    Herman A. Watson

    • Watson Law Office P.C.
    Contact Information
    Biography
  • Herman Watson

    Herman A. Watson

    • Watson Law Office P.C.
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Fellow, American Board of Criminal LawyersPresident Emeritus (1999-2000) and Founding Life Member, Montana Assn. of Criminal Defense LawyersFormer Chairman, Criminal Section, Montana State Bar Assn.Provisional Member, Former member: American Assn. of Forensic Sciences
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Berry College, , 1981
    • Law School: Mercer University School of Law, 1984
    Practice Areas
    • White Collar Crime
  • Robert Watson

    Robert J. Watson

    • Robert J. Watson, PA
    Contact Information
    Biography
    See, robertwatsonpa.com
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Biscayne College, B.A., 1976
    • Law School: University of Florida, J.D., 1979
    Practice Areas
    • Capital Defense
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Juvenile Defense
    • Mental Health Defense
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • Lisa Wayne

    Lisa Monet Wayne

    • Executive Director, National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
    Contact Information
    Social Media
    Biography

    Lisa Monet Wayne was appointed Executive Director of NACDL and the NACDL Foundation for Criminal Justice by the Board of Directors and assumed the role full-time in February of 2022. Prior, Wayne had been an attorney in private practice in both state and federal courts around the country since 1985. She has represented hundreds of individuals and corporations in both the investigation phase and criminally accused capacity. Previously, Wayne was a Colorado State Public Defender for 13 years where she served as office head, training director, and senior trial attorney. She lectures nationally with NACDL, National Criminal Defense College, National Institute of Trial Advocates, American Bar Association, numerous State Bar Associations, Public Defender Organizations, and many other legal organizations. Wayne has served as an adjunct law professor at the University of Colorado where she taught trial advocacy for 22 years, she serves on faculty at the Trial Practice Institute at Harvard Law School, The National Criminal Defense College, and Cardoza Law School.


    Ms. Wayne has been an advocate in all venues of the media addressing important issues confronting the criminally accused. She has been a legal analyst for numerous media outlets including, ABC, CBS, CNN, Al Jazeera, World Radio and Fox regarding high profile cases around the country. She is frequently quoted in print media such as the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Washington Post, Detroit Free Press, and the AP wire. Ms. Wayne testified before the United States Sentencing Commission in 2012 against the implementation of the Federal Sentencing Guidelines as mandatory. In 2005, Wayne was honored with the Robert J. Heeney Award, NACDL’s most prestigious recognition. Wayne is the Past President of NACDL, Past President of the National Foundation of Criminal Justice, and serves on numerous committees’ around criminal justice issues. Wayne is a member of the Colorado Supreme Court Standing Committee on Ethics. She is also a member of The Colorado Sentencing Reform Task Force. Wayne is a law graduate of Pepperdine University Law School, and an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Colorado.

    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Colorado, , 1981
    • Law School: Pepperdine University Law School, 1985
    Bar Information
    • Dist. Ct., 10th Cir. , Supreme Court
    Practice Areas
    • Capital Defense
    • Controlled Substances
    • Corporate Compliance
    • Federal Practice
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • Robert Wayne

    Robert J. Wayne

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Past Chairperson, NACDL Strike Force (1993-94)Recipient, President's Commendation, NACDL (1994)President's Award, WACDLPast Chairman, Criminal Law Section, State Bar of WashingtonPast Program Director, Natl. Institute for Trial Advocacy (Northwest Regional)Adjunct Trial Advocacy Prof., University of Washington (1977-2007)Board of Governors & Founding Member, WACDLKing Co. Bar, Chair Judiciary Committee (2008 - 2012)
    Education
    • Law School: UCLA Law School, JD, 1974
    Bar Information
    • California & Washington
  • John Webb

    John S. Webb

    • Webb Law Firm LLC
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Practice Areas
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
  • Martin Weinberg

    Martin G. Weinberg

    • Martin G. Weinberg P.C.
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Former Member, Board of Directors, NACDLCo-Chair, NACDL Money Laundering Comm.Co-Chair, NACDL Lawyer's Asst. Strike Force Comm.Strike Force Coordinator, Massachusetts Assn. of Criminal Defense LawyersFrequent CLE and Seminar Lecturer, NACDL
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Wisconsin, , 1968
    • Law School: Harvard University Law School, 1971
    Practice Areas
    • Forfeiture
    • White Collar Crime
  • Jeff Weiner

    Jeff S. Weiner

    • Jeffrey S. Weiner, P.A.
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Professional Achievement Award 2005Past President, NACDL (1991-92)Recipient, Robert C. Heeney Award, NACDL (1985)President, Florida Criminal Defense Attorneys Assn. (1981-82)Board Certified Criminal Trial Lawyer, Natl. Board of Trial Advocacy Fellow, American Board of Criminal LawyersFormer Regent & Faculty Member, Natl. Criminal Defense CollegeTrustee, Riverside Military Academy
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Miami, ,
    • Law School: Ill. Inst. of Tech Kent College of Law, 1974
    Bar Information
    • US Supreme Ct.
  • Charlene Weinstein

    Charlene Magen Weinstein

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Chairman's Circle, Brooklyn Academy of Music
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Bryn Mawr College, , 1964
    • Law School: Rutgers School of Law Newark , , 1976
    Bar Information
    • S.D.N.Y., E.D.N.Y., 2nd Cir. Ct. of Appeals
  • Sheldon Weisfeld

    Sheldon Weisfeld

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Board of Directors, TCDLAChair, State Bar of TX Fellow, Coll. of State Bar of TXRecipient, Presidential Award (2002), TCDLA
    Education
    • Undergraduate: University of Texas, , 1967
    • Law School: University of Houston Law Center, 1970
    Bar Information
    • Fifth Cir., Southern, Western, Eastern and Northern Dist. of TX, US Supreme Ct.
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • White Collar Crime
  • Josh Welch

    Josh T. Welch

    • Josh Welch Attorney At Law
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Member: NACDL, ATLA, OK Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn. Nominated, Outstanding Criminal Defense Lawyer, OK County Criminal Defense Lawyers Assn. (2005)
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Oklahoma State University, , 1992
    • Law School: Oklahoma City University School of Law , 1997
    Bar Information
    • OK
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Sex Crimes
    • White Collar Crime
  • Christopher Wellborn

    Christopher A. Wellborn

    • Christopher Wellborn PA
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Former President (Founder), South Carolina Assn. Criminal Defense LawyersBoard of Directors, York Co. Public Defenders Assn. (1990-2007)Former Chair (2001-02), Criminal Law Section, SC BarRecipient, Presidents Award (1999), South Carolina Assn. Of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Bates College, , 1983
    • Graduate: University of San Diego , , 1988
    Bar Information
    • 4th Cir., Dist. SC
    Practice Areas
    • Capital Defense
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Juvenile Defense
    • White Collar Crime
  • Steven Wells

    Steven M. Wells

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Alaska Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, Founding President, 2010NACDL, Board of Directors, 2009 - presentSpeaker, NACDL events
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Covenant College, BA, 1991
    • Law School: California Western School of Law , JD, 1994
    Bar Information
    • W.D. Washington
    Practice Areas
    • Controlled Substances
    • Federal Practice
    • Forfeiture Reform
    • White Collar Crime
  • Theodore Wells

    Theodore V. Wells

    Contact Information
    Biography
    Former Co-Chair, NACDL White Collar CommitteeTrustee, N.J. Affiliate of NACDLMember, American Coll. of Trial LawyersNamed One of 100 Most Influential Lawyers in America, National Law Journal
    Education
    • Undergraduate: College of the Holy Cross, , 1972
    • Graduate: Harvard Business School, MBA, 1976
    • Law School: Harvard Law School, , 1976
    Practice Areas
    • White Collar Crime
  • Mark Werksman

    Mark J. Werksman

    • Werksman Jackson & Quinn LLP
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Deputy District Attorney, Los Angeles County (1986-1988); Assistant United States Attorney, Central Dist. of California, Criminal Division (1988-1991); Designated "Southern California SuperLawyer" from 2006 through Present; Managing Partner of -lawyer firm devoted exclusively to criminal defense in all federal, state and local courts; Firm is AV-Rated by Martindale-Hubbell; Member, California Association of Criminal Justice; Member, ABA White Collar Bar Section
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Yale University, B.A., 1981
    • Law School: USC Law School, J.D., 1985
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Capital Defense
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Forfeiture Reform
    • Juvenile Defense
    • White Collar Crime
  • David West

    David S. West

    • David West & Associates
    Contact Information
    Biography
    Admitted to U.S.D.C. for Northern District of Georgia and Middle District of Georgia;Life Member - National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws;Contributing Member- Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers;Member - Georgia Bar AssociationMember - Cobb County Bar Association / Criminal Division;1,000 Lawyers For Justice;
    Education
    • Undergraduate: Berry College, BA, 1991
    • Law School: Georgia State University, JD, 1994
    Bar Information
    • United States District Court - Northern District of Georgia, United States District Court - Middle District of Georgia
    Practice Areas
    • Appellate Advocacy
    • Controlled Substances
    • DUI
    • Federal Practice
    • Forfeiture
    • Juvenile Defense
    • Sex Crimes

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