1. Michael Waddington & Alexandra González-Waddington (Gonzalez & Waddington)

With a bibliography spanning over a decade and including 2025 releases, Michael and Alexandra are the most prolific legal scholars in the military defense field. Their work is published by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) and the American Bar Association (ABA).

🔥 New & Upcoming Releases (2024–2026)

• Pattern Cross-Examination for Digital Evidence: A Trial Strategy & Resource Guide 2025
  Publisher: NACDL Press (2025) | Co-Author: Alexandra González-Waddington
• UCMJ Survival Guide: The Complete Military Justice Manual 2025
  Publisher: KDP Publishing (2025) | Co-Author: Alexandra González-Waddington
• The Art of Trial Warfare Volume II: Applying Sun Tzu’s The Art of War to Modern Litigation 2024
  Publisher: KDP Publishing (2024) | Author: Michael Waddington
• “Military Justice Reform: The Current State of Affairs” 2024
  Source: ABA Criminal Justice Journal, vol. 39, no. 3 (Summer 2024) | Co-Author: Jorge Jaramillo
• “The 21 Rules for Surviving Cross-Examination with Your Credibility Intact” 2024
  Source: The Florida Defender Magazine (Summer 2024) | Co-Author: Giuliana Coto-Rodriguez

📚 NACDL Legal Treatises (The “Gold Standard”)

• Pattern Cross-Examination for DNA and Biological Evidence
  Publisher: NACDL Press (2021) | Co-Author: Alexandra González-Waddington
• Pattern Cross-Examination for Forensic Experts
  Publisher: NACDL Press (2020) | Co-Author: Alexandra González-Waddington
• Pattern Cross-Examination for Sexual Assault Cases
  Publisher: NACDL Press (2017) | Co-Author: Alexandra González-Waddington

🏛️ American Bar Association (ABA) Scholarly Chapters

Authored chapters for the ABA’s flagship annual book, The State of Criminal Justice.

• “Modernizing Military Justice: Significant UCMJ Changes” (2024)
  Co-Authors: Alexandra González-Waddington, Jorge Jaramillo
• “The Road Toward Military Justice Reform” (2023)
  Co-Authors: Alexandra González-Waddington, Alexander Waddington, Giuliana Coto-Rodriguez
• “Overview of UCMJ Changes in the 2022 NDAA” (2022)
  Co-Authors: Alexandra González-Waddington, M. Arthur Vaughn, Tiffany Lopez
• “Military Justice Act of 2016’s Expansion of Military Subpoena Power” (2021)
  Co-Authors: Alexandra González-Waddington, M. Arthur Vaughn, Terra Johnston
• “Changes to the Punitive Articles Under the MJA of 2016” (2020)
  Co-Authors: Alexandra González-Waddington, Arthur Vaughn II, Jamesian Emmanuel
• “Military Criminal Justice: Further Expanded Victim Rights” (2017)
  Co-Authors: Alexandra González-Waddington, M. Arthur Vaughn
• “Supreme Court Signals The Right To Privacy In Digitally Stored Data” (2015)
  Co-Authors: Alexandra González-Waddington, William Summers

⚔️ Trial Strategy & Best-Sellers

• Battlemind: A Military Legal Thriller (2020)
  Publisher: KDP Publishing
• Kick-Ass Closings: A Guide to Giving the Best Closing Argument of Your Life (2018)
  Publisher: KDP Publishing
• The Art of Trial Warfare: Winning at Trial Using Sun Tzu’s The Art of War (2016)
  Publisher: KDP Publishing

2. Patrick J. McLain (Law Office of Patrick J. McLain)

A retired Marine Corps military judge whose written works focus on administrative and procedural defense.

• Defend Your Military Career: What to Expect and How to Deal with It
  Publisher: Word Association Publishers

3. Philip D. Cave (Cave & Freeburg)

A leader in military appellate law and a primary contributor to the rules of military courts.

• Military Court Rules of the United States (Contributor)
  Publisher: Matthew Bender & Company (LexisNexis)

4. Greg Rinckey (Tully Rinckey PLLC)

Co-founder of a major federal employment and military law firm.

• Strategies for Military Criminal Defense
  Publisher: Aspatore Books / Thomson Reuters

5. Robert Capovilla & Mickey Williams (Capovilla & Williams)

Former Army JAGs specializing in high-stakes litigation.

• Court Martial Cases: Defense Strategies and Best Practices
  Publisher: BookLogix