Ian Wallach practices law in Los Angeles at the Law Office of Ian Wallach, P.C. Ian’s practice is substantially devoted to criminal defense, with much of it involving the representation of indigent accused persons through court appointment. He also devotes substantial time to providing pro bono representation to inmates with civil rights claims. Ian has worked in numerous practice settings, including serving as a deputy public defender in Los Angeles County, as a law clerk in the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (where he participated in drafting the indictment of Slobodan Milosevic), and as pro bono counsel to three Guantanamo Bay Detainees in association with the Center for Constitutional Rights. Ian is a frequent legal commentator on radio and television segments nationwide. Ian represented an individual accused of blackmailing Stevie Wonder (obtaining a misdemeanor) and was the first lawyer to get a substantial judgement against the United States for failing to protect an inmate from Valley Fever exposure. Ian successfully argued the seminal case of Edison v. United States before the 9th Circuit — securing the rights of inmates to sue the United States for harms arising in custodial settings, even when the operation of those settings has been delegated to private contractors (and is a frequent participant in webinars addressing the scope of the Federal Tort Claims Act). He also recently authored an article for the Champion addressing the offensive use of “ultra-particularity” to invoke the application of Qualified Immunity. Along with NACDL Member Jovan Blacknell, Ian represented the estate of Dontre Hamilton against the City of Milwaukee and others following the killing of Dontre Hamilton by Milwaukee Police Department Officer (now terminated) Christopher Manney. He is admitted to practice in New York, Colorado and California, the U.S. Supreme Court, the Second and Ninth Circuit Courts of Appeal, and numerous districts courts. Ian is very active in NACDL, serving as a member of the Corrections Committee and the Membership Committee, as a presenter at a recent seminars, and as a current member of the Board of Directors. Ian Wallach earned his undergraduate degree, magna cum laude, from the University of Oregon, and his law degree from the University of California, Hastings College of Law. He is a NACDL Life Member.

Kacey McBroom is a founding partner of California law firm Kaedian LLP. She focuses her practice on white collar and general criminal defense and certain civil matters, particularly when they intersect or overlap with criminal concerns. She represents defendants throughout California in a wide variety of federal and state cases. Prior to forming Kaedian LLP, Ms. McBroom was a senior level associate with a respected Los Angeles defense firm where she practiced both criminal and civil defense litigation. She has handled pretrial negotiations, investigation, case analysis, trial preparation and multiple trials from inception to verdict. Ms. McBroom’s impressive caseload has varied across the criminal and quasi-criminal spectrum. Her state criminal practice has ranged from DUI to grand theft to attempted murder. Her white collar practice has included defending individuals charged with securities fraud, insider trading, Medicare fraud, wire fraud, obstruction of justice, RICO violations and insurance fraud. Ms. McBroom has also handled civil and quasi-criminal matters, defending businesses, entrepreneurs and individuals across multiple industry sectors in the civil context. She left the firm to pursue a lifelong dream of having her own practice and to represent the clients who would benefit most from her undivided attention and wide-ranging experience. Ms. McBroom first honed her criminal defense skills as an associate with The Law Offices of Randolph & Associates and then as a Deputy Public Defender for the San Bernardino County Public Defender’s Office. Both opportunities gave her a depth and breadth of experience that few attorneys can match, and exposed her to cases involving armed robbery, battery, sexual assault, white collar crime and DUI defense.