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For decades, our high-profile criminal defense work has drawn international media coverage. We are frequently quoted on major military justice issues and know how to use the media strategically for our clients. In most cases, we keep clients out of the spotlight to prevent embarrassment—such as persuading outlets to withhold names in sensitive cases like a Naval officer rape trial and the Secret Service Colombia scandal. When the media does focus on your case, you need a lawyer with the experience and connections to turn coverage to your advantage.

For more than two decades, Gonzalez & Waddington has defended service members in some of the most closely watched military cases in the country. Our cases have been covered by national and military news outlets, including The Washington Post, The New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, USA Today, Stars and Stripes, Navy Times, and CNN. Our attorneys’ work has also been featured on 60 Minutes, Nightline, ABC News, Fox News, the BBC, and in Rolling Stone.

In most cases, our goal is to keep clients out of the news. When a case does draw media attention, we know how to protect the client’s reputation and keep the focus on the evidence. Clients are identified below by initials only.

Selected Media Coverage

2026 – Stars and Stripes: At Yokota Air Base, Japan, an Air Force captain charged with strangling his daughter was cleared at court-martial. Read the article
2020 – Stars and Stripes: At Fort Bragg, Army Special Forces Col. K.R. was acquitted of all five sexual assault charges after a contested court-martial. Read the article
2019 – Navy Times: Coverage of our defense of a SEAL Team 6 member in a catfishing case, including claims of unlawful command influence. Read the article
2018 – San Diego Union-Tribune: A Navy SEAL officer accused of sexually assaulting two women in San Diego was acquitted of all charges by a Navy jury. Read the article (archived)
2012 – The Washington Post: We represented a U.S. Special Forces soldier caught up in the Secret Service misconduct scandal in Cartagena, Colombia. Read the article
2008 – The Washington Post and USA Today: All court-martial charges against U.S. Naval Academy Midshipman M.C., who was accused of rape, were dismissed. The Washington Post | USA Today (archived)
2007 – The Washington Times: Army SFC T.D., accused of beating detainees with a baseball bat in Iraq, was acquitted of aggravated assault and obstruction of justice and kept on active duty. Read the article (archived)
2007 – Los Angeles Times: Army Spc. C.S., charged with murder after a raid near Kirkuk, Iraq, was acquitted of murder. His remaining conviction was later reduced to simple assault. Read the article (archived)
2007 – The New York Times: We represented Spc. W.H. in the Operation Iron Triangle case, one of the most widely reported war-crimes prosecutions of the Iraq War. Read the article
2006 – Military.com: Army Sgt. A.D., accused of abusing detainees at Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, was acquitted of all charges at Fort Bliss. Read the article (archived)

Documentaries and Film

Killings at the Canal (CNN, 2009): Michael Waddington appeared in this CNN documentary about the killing of Iraqi detainees in Baghdad.
Taxi to the Dark Side (2007): The Academy Award–winning documentary on the Bagram detainee-abuse cases, including the case in which our client Sgt. A.D. was acquitted of all charges.

Facing a High-Profile Military Case?

If your case is drawing attention from the media, your command, or investigators, talk to a lawyer before you talk to anyone else. Request a confidential consultation or call 1-800-921-8607.

Past results do not guarantee a similar outcome. Every case turns on its own facts.