Double Take

UDGE Lawrence Waddington, a former deputy district attorney for Los Angeles County, an assistant attorney general of the state of California, and a judge of the Los Angeles Superior Court, has authored numerous articles for publication in legal journals and newspapers. As an attorney, he has tried hundreds of cases and, as a trial judge, presided over an equal number during the twenty-one years of his tenure. After his appointment as a judge, he served as a faculty member of the California Judges College, who awarded him as an outstanding lecturer. He has served on the California Court of Appeals as a pro tem justice. During the time Judge Waddington worked in the office of the district attorney, he also served as head of research and training. He was appointed to provide legal guidance in criminal and constitutional law to the Los Angeles Police Department and the Los Angeles County Sheriff's Department. Upon his appointment to the attorney general's office, he produced a legal training series with a local television station and traveled throughout the state, advising police and sheriff officers on search and seizure, lineup regulations, and Miranda admissions. He has authored two books on criminal law entitled Fourth Amendment and Evidence. During his career, Judge Waddington wrote numerous training manuals for prosecutors and his colleagues. The National Center for State Courts appointed him faculty member to lecture judges from other states on criminal and constitutional law. A Fulbright scholar, he has lectured to judges in Italy and Russia. After his retirement, Judge Waddington served as an arbitrator and mediator focusing on civil rights cases and civil cases with criminal law components. An adjunct professor at the University at Pepperdine Law School, he has published under the auspices of the law school website. As a visiting adjunct professor at Fordham Law School in New York City, the judge lectured student classes. The judge also writes a blog on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals entitled titled Ninth Circuit Watch.