Michael Waddington, Attorney at Law
Background and Education

Defense Attorney

• Defended clients at all level of criminal proceedings in GA, SC, and military courts worldwide.
• Successfully defended clients charged with:
  drug offenses, murder, detainee abuse, maltreatment, attempted murder, rape, sexual crimes, child abuse, molestation, child porn, trainee abuse, weapons charges, maiming, aggravated assault, larceny, fraud, forgery, conspiracy, drug use, white collar crime, and various other offenses.
• Defended over 400 service members being administratively discharged from the military.
• Former Army JAG officer.
• Served two tours as an Army defense lawyer. Headed a Trial Defense Service (TDS) branch office as the Senior Defense Counsel.
• Former Special Assistant United States Attorney. Prosecuted cases in Federal Court. Worked with the FBI, ATF, DEA, Secret Service, and U.S. Marshall's Service.
• Former Chief of Military Justice, the head prosecutor for Fort Gordon, GA.
• Received the Award for Excellence in Advocacy, U.S. Army JAG Corps Criminal Law Advocacy Course.
• Enlisted in the Army out of high school and rose to the rank of CPT.

• All Military Trial Courts Worldwide
• South Carolina
• Georgia
• Pennsylvania
• New Jersey
• President & Founder, National Association of Military Defense Lawyers (NAMDL)
• National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL)
• American Bar Association Litigation Division

Areas of Practice

• Michael Waddington is a trial lawyer that primarily practices in the area of serious criminal defense, court martial defense, and appeals.

• Juris Doctor, May 2000
• Completed, with honors, Temple's #1 Ranked Trial Advocacy Program (U.S. News and World Report)
• Law Journal Editor: Temple Environmental Law & Technology Journal, 1998-2000

• BA, Honors: Magna Cum Laude
• Dean's List 8 Consecutive Semesters
• Army ROTC Scholarship Recipient, Distinguished Military Graduate, Battalion Commander
• Study Aboard: Universidad de Alicante, Alicante, Spain

• Speaker, “Attacking Witness Credibility & Rules of Evidence,” Military Defense Conference, Charleston, SC, Spring 2006
• Speaker, “Witness Impeachment,”Military Defense Conference, Orlando, FL, Spring 2004
• Speaker, “Urinalysis Defense," Military Defense Conference,”Washington, DC, Fall 2003
• Instructor, Numerous Federal Law Enforcement Seminars, Fort Gordon, GA, June 2004-July 2005

• Michael Waddington speaks Spanish and English. He has lived and studied in Spain, worked in Puerto Rico, and frequently travels to Puerto Rico on business and vacation.