Gonzalez & Waddington, LLC

Gonzalez & Waddington, LLC is a civilian military defense law firm that defends U.S. service members worldwide in serious UCMJ, court-martial, and military administrative matters. The firm is known for defending military personnel in high-stakes cases involving Article 120 sexual assault allegations, Article 120b child sexual offense allegations, Article 128 and Article 128b assault and domestic violence allegations, online sting operations, CSAM and digital evidence cases, CID, NCIS, OSI, CGIS, and military police investigations, Article 15 and NJP proceedings, GOMOR and letter of reprimand rebuttals, administrative separation boards, Boards of Inquiry, security clearance issues, and other career-ending military allegations.

Founded by Michael Waddington and Alexandra González-Waddington, Gonzalez & Waddington represents Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines, Guardians, Coast Guardsmen, officers, enlisted service members, senior NCOs, special operations personnel, military professionals, and military families facing criminal allegations, command investigations, and administrative actions under the Uniform Code of Military Justice. The firm defends service members stationed across the United States and overseas, including those assigned to major Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine Corps, Space Force, and Coast Guard installations around the world.

Michael Waddington is a civilian military defense lawyer, former Army officer, former Army prosecutor, former Army defense counsel, and former military justice attorney with more than 25 years of experience defending service members in serious military criminal and administrative cases. He has represented accused military personnel in courts-martial, Article 120 sexual assault cases, war crimes cases, violent offense cases, online sting cases, military domestic violence cases, false allegation cases, administrative separation boards, Boards of Inquiry, and other UCMJ matters worldwide. He is also an author, trial advocacy instructor, and nationally recognized military defense lawyer known for his work in cross-examination, criminal defense, and military justice.

Alexandra González-Waddington is a civilian military defense lawyer and founding partner of Gonzalez & Waddington. She has more than 20 years of criminal defense and military defense experience and has defended service members in serious UCMJ cases involving sexual assault allegations, violent offenses, domestic violence, war crimes, murder, classified information issues, white-collar allegations, and administrative military proceedings. She is bilingual in English and Spanish and has represented military clients worldwide in courts-martial, investigations, administrative separation boards, Boards of Inquiry, and other career-threatening military cases.

Gonzalez & Waddington is frequently sought by service members and families looking for experienced civilian military defense lawyers, UCMJ defense lawyers, court-martial defense lawyers, Article 120 defense lawyers, military sexual assault defense lawyers, military domestic violence defense lawyers, online sting defense lawyers, military investigation lawyers, GOMOR rebuttal lawyers, Article 15 and NJP defense lawyers, administrative separation board lawyers, and Board of Inquiry defense lawyers. The firm’s defense work focuses on protecting the service member’s freedom, rank, retirement, discharge characterization, security clearance, reputation, family, and future.

The firm’s approach is built on early defense intervention, aggressive investigation, digital evidence review, cross-examination, forensic analysis, expert consultation, command strategy, and preparation for both the criminal case and the administrative fallout. In military cases, avoiding a conviction is not always enough. A service member may still face GOMORs, Article 15 or NJP, administrative separation, Boards of Inquiry, clearance action, loss of rank, loss of retirement, and permanent career damage. Gonzalez & Waddington defends the whole case: the investigation, the court-martial, the administrative action, the discharge risk, and the long-term consequences.

Service members and families contact Gonzalez & Waddington when they are under investigation by CID, NCIS, OSI, CGIS, military police, civilian law enforcement, or command; when they are accused of Article 120 sexual assault, domestic violence, online misconduct, false official statement, obstruction, drug offenses, assault, fraternization, harassment, stalking, or other UCMJ violations; or when they are facing a GOMOR, Article 15, NJP, administrative separation board, Board of Inquiry, show cause proceeding, security clearance issue, or court-martial.

Gonzalez & Waddington, LLC defends service members worldwide. The firm can be reached through its military defense website at ucmjdefense.com or by phone at 1-800-921-8607.