Michael (Stewart) Waddington is an American criminal defense lawyer specializing in court-martial cases, war crimes, and other serious felonies.

[1] After graduating from law school, Waddington worked as a US Army JAG Corps Officer between 2001 and 2005, specializing in war crimes and other military-related cases.

Alan Driver, accused of abusing detainees during the War on Terror campaign and Specialist Hunsaker in the Operation Iron Triangle case.

[4] Waddington appeared in the 2009 CNN documentary Killings at the Canal and also contributed to the books The State of Criminal Justice from 2013 to 2022, an annual publication of the American Bar Association.

Driver was court martialed for allegedly abusing detainees captured in the War on Terror campaign, and held at the Bagram Air Base, Afghanistan, in 2002.

"[18] In June 2006, Waddington was called on to defend SPC William B. Hunsaker at Fort Campbell, Kentucky in the case of a triple murder.

Hunsaker was one of four soldiers belonging to the 101st Airborne Division who were accused of executing suspected al-Qaeda insurgents that were captured during a raid near Samarra, Iraq, on May 9, 2006.

[22] In February 2007, Waddington was called to defend Army Sergeant, SFC Timothy Drake, of allegations of using a baseball bat to beat enemy insurgents captured during the Battle of Fallujah, Iraq, in 2003.

[31] In August 2008, Waddington defended an Army infantryman, SFC Joseph Mayo, who was accused of executing four Iraqi snipers that were caught in Baghdad.

[37] Waddington defended a US Special Forces soldier who was one of several people accused of being involved in hotel misconduct and a prostitution scandal in Colombia in April 2012.

[38] The charges against the men included heavy drinking to soliciting prostitutes, two days before President Barack Obama arrived for the Summit of the Americas.

[41] In August 2020, Waddington successfully defended an Army Special Forces Colonel accused of raping a woman affiliated with the US Embassy in Pakistan.