Jury Acquits and Frees Pedro Martinez After Wrongfully Charged with Child Sexual Abuse
December 12, 2023 (Joshua Tree, Calif.) – Yesterday, a jury in the Superior Court of San Bernardino County, Joshua Tree District, acquitted Mr. Pedro Martinez of Hesperia, California, finding him not guilty on all 10 counts of child sexual and abuse while serving as a custodian at Maple Elementary in Hesperia. An 11th...
Breaking News: Case Victory
BREAKING NEWS: Case Victory, November 7, 2023. Los Angeles to pay $8M to man who spent 12 years in prison for armed robberies he didn't commit. Read article from AP News.
Presidential Commendation from NACDL
On August 6, 2023, Ian Wallach was awarded a Presidential Commendation from the President of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (“NACDL”) for his work on Police Accountability and the NACDL Task Force on Police Accountability.
LA County Pays $2.75M To Compton Man With Mental Illness
December 7, 2021, Ian Wallach, along with Jovan Blacknell and Martin Kaufman, settle the Barry Montgomery, Jr. case for $2.75 million dollars. The case involved injuries sustained when three LASD officers beat a young man. See :"LA County Pays $2.75M To Compton Man With Mental Illness," Click HERE for...
“Cross-Examination of the Law Enforcement Officer” CLE
March 17, 2021 Ian Wallach presented a CLE seminar to the Office of the Public Defender for the County of Los Angeles titled “Cross-Examination of the Law Enforcement Officer”.
November 1, 2019. Former Commissioner Mark Zuckman (Ret.) Joins The Law Office of Ian Wallach, PC as Of Counsel.
Commissioner Mark Zuckman (Ret.) has become of counsel to the Law Office of Ian Wallach, PC. Mark Zuckman graduated Magnum Cum Laude and Phi Beta Kappa from USC and obtained his JD from UC Davis in 1980. He was a Deputy Public Defender in Los Angeles for 21 years, where he was both...
May 3, 2019. Ian Wallach presents at the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (“NACDL”)
2019 Spring Meeting & Seminar: "Walking The Line: Advanced Cross-Examination Techniques"; May 1-4, 2019, Loews Vanderbilt Hotel, Nashville, TN, titled "Cross-Examining the Police Officer: Asking the Questions That Let the Jury See Bias."
NACDL’s 11th Annual “Defending Modern Drug Cases”
October 10, 2018. Ian Wallach chairs NACDL's 11th Annual "Defending Modern Drug Cases", Las Vegas, Nevada, October 11 - 13, 2018 .
NACDL’s “Defending Modern Drug Cases”
October 10, 2018. Ian Wallach chairs NACDL's 13th Annual "Defending Modern Drug Cases", Las Vegas, Nevada, September 17-- 20, 2019 .
July 20, 2018. Ian Wallach elected to the Board of Directors of the National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys (“NACDL”).
The National Association of Criminal Defense Attorneys is the foremost legal association protecting the rights of the accused and convicted. The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL) is an American criminal defense organization whose members include private criminal defense lawyers, public defenders, active U.S. military defense counsel, law professors, judges, and defense...
