Ian Wallach
{{Short description|American lawyer}}
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Ian Wallach is an American lawyer and founding partner of the Law Offices of Ian Wallach, P.C.{{cite web|title=Official Website|url=http://www.wallachlegal.com/|website=The Law Offices of Ian Wallach}} He is a legal news commentator who has appeared on regional, national, and international television and radio shows speaking on current legal issues.{{cite news | last =Wood| first =Daniel B. | title =Michael Jackson Wrongful Death Trial Opens: Were Tour Organizers to Blame? | newspaper =The Christian Science Monitor| via =HighBeam | date =29 April 2013| url =http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-328081805.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160805164232/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-328081805.html | url-status =dead | archive-date =5 August 2016 | access-date =19 December 2013 }}
Early life and education
Wallach earned his J.D. from U.C. Hastings in 1999.{{cite news | title =Guest Ian Wallach | newspaper =It's A Crime Radio with Margaret McLean| url =http://www.itsacrimeradio.com/guests/Ian-Wallach | access-date =19 December 2013 }} During his time at U.C. Hastings, he was enrolled in an International Law concentration which led him to clerk with the Office of the Prosecutor for the International Tribunal for Yugoslavia.{{cite news | title =Attorney Ian Wallach and the Sentencing of Bradley Manning | newspaper =KTLA | date =21 August 2013 | url =http://ktla.com/2013/08/21/attorney-ian-wallach-and-the-sentencing-of-bradley-manning/#axzz2cnvrPzLX | access-date =20 December 2013 }} He also participated in drafting the indictment of Slobodan Milošević which contributed to his overthrow in 2000.
Career
File:Ian Wallach Courthouse Image.png
Wallach previously worked as an associate at Luce, Forward, Hamilton & Scripps in their New York office. He left the firm in 2005 and moved to California to join the Office of the Public Defender.{{cite book | last =Chupack | first =Cindy | title =The Longest Date: Life as a Wife | publisher =Viking Adult | date =2 January 2014 | url =https://archive.org/details/longestdatelifea0000chup | isbn =9780670025534 | url-access =registration }} He co-founded Feldman & Wallach, LLP in 2010 with Jason Feldman, an attorney he previously met while transitioning to the public defender's office in 2005. In 2015 he founded his own firm, The Law Offices of Ian Wallach, PC, with offices in Los Angeles and New York.
In 2018, Wallach was nominated to serve on the board of directors for the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL), a professional bar association founded in 1958 advancing the mission of the nation's criminal defense lawyers to ensure justice and due process for persons accused of crime or other misconduct.{{cite web|title=2018 NACDL Election|url=https://www.nacdl.org/Elections/|website=National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers}}{{Cite web |title=NACDL - Ian M. Wallach |url=https://www.nacdl.org/People/IanMWallach |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=NACDL - National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers |language=en}}
=Stevie Wonder extortion=
Wallach represented Alpha L. Walker who was accused along with his girlfriend in 2012 of extorting Stevie Wonder.{{cite news | last =Dietsch | first =Kevin | title =Stevie Wonder's cousin accused of trying to blackmail him by selling film ranting against how singer treats his family | newspaper =New York Daily News | date =12 July 2012 | url =http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/stevie-cousin-accused-blackmail-selling-film-ranting-singer-treats-family-article-1.1113526 | access-date =17 December 2013 }} Walker was accused of threatening to sell a video with him talking about Wonder's treatment of his family if Wonder did not pay him $5 million. Walker later pleaded no contest to a misdemeanor under a plea deal and was sentenced to time served.{{cite news | title =2 Plead No Contest to Extorting Stevie Wonder| newspaper =CBS Local Los Angeles | date =24 September 2012 | url =http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2012/09/24/2-plead-no-contest-to-extorting-stevie-wonder/ | access-date =17 December 2013 }} The plea included the charge to be expunged if Walker complies with the terms of his release.{{cite news | title =Two Plead No Contest to Extorting Stevie Wonder| newspaper =Billboard Magazine | date =25 September 2012 | url =http://www.billboard.com/articles/news/474943/two-plead-no-contest-to-extorting-stevie-wonder | access-date =17 December 2013 }}
During the Stevie Wonder trial, microphones were discovered hidden at counsel table by the tabloid magazine/show enterprise TMZ. Ian Wallach brought an action in federal court against TMZ alleging a violation of his client's right to privacy and counsel. TMZ has a record of never settling actions and not losing Anti-Slapp suits, but this matter was settled shortly after it was filed.{{cite news|last=Sinberg|first=Stan|title=TMZ's Troubleshooter|url=http://www.callawyer.com/clstory.cfm?eid=932265&wteid=932265_TMZ%27s_Troubleshooter|access-date=15 February 2014|newspaper=California Lawyer|date=December 2013}}
=Guantanamo Bay pro bono work=
Wallach performed pro bono work for the Center for Constitutional Rights, representing Guantanamo Bay detainees. He most notably represented Alla Ali Bin Ali Ahmed, a 23-year-old Yemeni citizen arrested in Pakistan in 2002 and transferred to Guantanamo Bay detention camp.{{cite news | last =Yost | first =Pete | title =Judge Orders Release of Detainee Data| agency =Associated Press | via =HighBeam | date =4 March 2006 | url =http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-119331507.html| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20150924172721/http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1P1-119331507.html| url-status =dead| archive-date =24 September 2015| access-date =17 December 2013 }} Wallach obtained a court order for the Bush administration to turn over information regarding Ahmed, the first time the government had been ordered to do so after the passage of the Detainee Treatment Act.{{cite book | last =Cutler | first =Leonard | title =Developments in the national security policy of the United States since 9/11: the separate roles of the president, the Congress, and the Supreme Court | publisher =Edwin Mellen Press | year =2008 | isbn =9780773449978 }} Ahmed was later ordered to be released from Guantanamo.{{cite news | last =Worthington | first =Andy | title =Judge Gladys Kessler Releases Yemeni Detainee, Slams "Mosaic" of Guantanamo Intelligence and Unreliable Witnesses| newspaper =The Huffington Post | date =14 May 2009 | url =http://www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-worthington/judge-condemns-mosaic-of_b_203382.html| access-date =17 December 2013 }} Wallach also received a special thanks for his habeas corpus work in Guantanomo in the book Poems From Guantánamo.{{cite book | last =Falkoff | first =Marc | title =Poems from Guantanamo: The Detainees Speak | publisher =University of Iowa Press | year =2007 | isbn =9781587297182 }}
In March 2006, Ian Wallach authored an article for "The Jurist", the legal newspaper for the University of Pittsburgh, titled
"No Habeas at Guantanamo? The Executive and the Dubious Tale of the DTA"{{cite news|last=Wallach|first=Ian|title=No Habeas at Guantanamo? The Executive and the Dubious Tale of the DTA|url=http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2006/03/no-habeas-at-guantanamo-executive-and.php|access-date=15 February 2014|newspaper=The Jurist|date=March 6, 2006|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701154019/http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/forumy/2006/03/no-habeas-at-guantanamo-executive-and.php|archive-date=1 July 2013}} asserting that the US Executive Branch likely engaged in questionable acts, and disseminated inaccurate information, to encourage Senate passage of provisions in the Detainee Treatment Act, in an effort to prevent federal judges from seeing that the evidence allegedly supporting indefinite pre-trial detention was problematic and, sometimes, nonexistent.
=Valley Fever - California prisons=
Wallach and his partner Jason Feldman were the lead attorneys representing Arjang Panah, a former inmate in the federal prison system who sued the United States federal government over contracting Valley fever in 2006 while incarcerated at Taft Correctional Institution in Kern County, California.{{cite news | last =Plevin | first =Rebecca | title =Just One Breath: Valley Fever turns short prison terms into lifelong penalties | newspaper =The Bakersfield Californian | date =24 November 2012 }}{{cite news | last =Scott | first =Anna | title =Former inmate sues prison over Valley Fever| newspaper =Los Angeles Daily Journal| date =15 September 2011 }} Prior to Panah's case, eleven inmates had filed claims with the California Victim Compensation and Government Claims Board related to Valley Fever, all of which were denied. U.S. District Court Judge Gary Feess refused to dismiss the lawsuit at the request of the government, allowing the case to move forward to trial.{{cite news | title =Judge Allows III Inmate To Sue Calif. Prison | newspaper =CBS Sacramento | date =27 August 2011 | url =http://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2011/08/27/judge-allows-ill-prison-to-sue-calif-prison/ | access-date =19 December 2013 }}
The lawsuit was settled out of court, with Panah receiving $425,000 from the government.{{cite news | last =Adlin | first =Ben | title =US, inmate settle Valley fever lawsuit for $425,000 | newspaper =Los Angeles Daily Journal | date =23 August 2012 }} In May 2013, the CDC began an investigation into deaths at 2 California state prisons related to Valley Fever.{{cite news | title =State Will Obey Order to Move Inmates Amid Valley Fever Outbreak | newspaper =California Health Line | date =3 July 2013 | url =http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2013/7/3/state-will-obey-order-to-move-inmates-amid-valley-fever-outbreak | access-date =19 December 2013 }} This was after medical receiver J. Clark Kelso ordered the move of over 3,000 inmates susceptible to the illness from the federal prison system in California.{{cite news | last =St. John | first =Paige | title =State to move at-risk inmates | newspaper =Los Angeles Times | date =30 April 2013 | url =https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2013-apr-30-la-me-prisons-valley-fever-20130430-story.html | access-date =19 December 2013 }} U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson later ordered the state of California to move 2,600 inmates from certain California state prisons that were susceptible to the illness.{{cite news | title =California Inmates Sue State After Contracting Valley Fever | newspaper =California Health Line | date =15 July 2013 | url =http://www.californiahealthline.org/articles/2013/7/15/california-inmates-sue-state-after-contracting-valley-fever | access-date =19 December 2013 }} Since the Panah action, hundreds of other inmates have brought similar claims against the United States related to Valley Fever at Taft Correctional Institution.{{cite court |litigants =Samuel Mercado, et al., Pltfs. vs. The United States of America, et al. |vol = |reporter = |opinion = |pinpoint = |court =Eastern District of California U.S. District Court, California, Case No. 113CV01535AWISKO |date =2013 |url= }}{{cite news | last =Thompson | first =Don | title =Valley Fever Prison Outbreak Sweeps Through California Prisons| newspaper =Huffington Post | date =29 April 2013 | url =http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/04/29/valley-fever-prison-outbreak_n_3178843.html| access-date =21 December 2013 }}
Feldman & Wallach, LLP, along with the Raymond Boucher and the class action law firm Arias Ozello & Gignac, LLP, brought a class action against the State of California, Governor Jerry Brown, and other California State officials arising out of exposing hyper-susceptible inmates to Valley Fever at the Pleasant Valley State Prison.{{cite news | last =Thompson | first =Don | title =Inmates sue California over valley fever exposure | newspaper =Bakersfield Now| date =12 July 2013 | url = http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/Inmates-sue-California-over-valley-fever-exposure-215293661.html | access-date =21 December 2013 }}{{cite news | title =California inmates sue over potentially fatal fungus | newspaper =The Telegram | date =2 July 2013 | url =http://www.telegram.com/article/20130702/APN/307029643/0 | access-date =21 December 2013 }} Other similar actions have since been filed.{{cite news | title =Inmates file class-action suit over valley fever exposure | newspaper =The Bakersfield Californian | date =11 July 2013 | url =http://www.bakersfieldcalifornian.com/local/x693651002/Inmates-file-class-action-suit-over-valley-fever-exposure | access-date =21 December 2013 }}{{cite news | last =Pierce | first =Sarah | title =California Inmates File Class Action lawsuit Over Valley Fear Threat| newspaper =Top Class Action | date =19 July 2013 | url =http://www.topclassactions.com/lawsuit-settlements/lawsuit-news/4535-calif-inmates-file-class-action-lawsuit-over-valley-fever-threat/ | access-date =21 December 2013 }}
Ian Wallach argued the 9th Circuit consolidated cases of Edison v. USA, et al. & Nuwintore v. USA, et al., presently available at 2016 U.S. App. LEXIS 9250 (May 20, 2016), reinstating the rights of present and former inmates of African descent to sue the US for claims arising out of Valley Fever infections at Taft Correctional Facility. The decision details the limits of sovereign immunity under the "Independent Contractor Exception" to the Federal Tort Claims Act: the consolidated cases of Edison v. USA, et al., No. 14-15472 and Nuwintore v. USA, et al., No. 14-17546 (9th Cir. 2016) - the decision is available [https://cdn.ca9.uscourts.gov/datastore/opinions/2016/05/20/14-15472.pdf here].
=Dontre Hamilton=
Ian Wallach was counsel to the family of Dontre Hamilton who was shot 14 times by police officer Christopher Manney who woke Hamilton from a nap in Red Arrow Park Milwaukee.{{cite news|last1=Ross|first1=Jeremy|title=California attorney takes interest in Dontre Hamilton's death, flies to Milwaukee|url=http://fox6now.com/2014/05/08/california-attorney-takes-interest-in-dontre-hamiltons-death-flies-to-milwaukee/|agency=Fox 6 News|date=May 8, 2014}}{{cite news|last1=Luthern|first1=Ashley|title=Dontre Hamilton family retains attorneys to gain information|url=http://archive.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/dontre-hamilton-family-retains-attorneys-to-gain-information-b99265869z1-258518521.html|issue=Milwaukee News|publisher=The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=May 8, 2014}} No charges were brought against Christopher Manney for killing Dontre Hamilton.{{cite news|last1=Luthern|first1=Ashley|title=No charges in Dontre Hamilton shooting; Edward Flynn seeks external review|url=http://archive.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/dontre-hamiltons-family-to-meet-with-federal-officials-may-learn-of-charges-b99613433z1-344675532.html|issue=Milwaukee News|publisher=The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=November 11, 2015}} But Christopher Manney was fired for engaging in an unlawful pat-town of Hamilton.{{cite news|last1=Sachs|first1=Jenna|title=Officer who fatally shot Dontre Hamilton fired from the Milwaukee Police Department|url=http://fox6now.com/2014/10/15/breaking-mpd-fires-police-officer-who-fatally-shot-dontre-hamilton/|agency=Fox 6 News|date=October 15, 2014}} Manney appealed that decision to the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission, who upheld the decision to terminate him.{{cite news|last1=Luthern|first1=Ashley|title=Panel upholds firing of police officer Manney in Hamilton case|url=http://archive.jsonline.com/news/milwaukee/retired-cop-defends-manney-pat-down-of-dontre-hamilton-b99467680z1-297289891.html|issue=Milwaukee News|publisher=The Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=March 24, 2015}} Christopher Manney sought judicial review of the Fire and Police Commission's review. On June 26, 2016, Judge Richard Sankovitz of the Milwaukee County Circuit Court in Wisconsin upheld the decision of the Fire and Police Commission that the termination was appropriate.{{cite news|title=Milwaukee officer fired in death of black man loses appeal|url=http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/sdut-milwaukee-officer-fired-in-death-of-black-man-2016jul27-story.html|publisher=The San Diego Union Tribune|date=July 27, 2016}} Ultimately, in April 2017, in the civil action brought by the estate of Dontre Hamilton, the Court granted summary judgment to Plaintiffs and United States District Court Judge Stadtmueller held that these proceedings precluded Manney from again litigating whether or not the search was unreasonable, and held that, as a matter of law, the search was unreasonable.{{cite news|last1=Barton|first1=Gina|last2=Luthern|first2=Ashley|title=Family of Dontre Hamilton, Milwaukee man fatally shot by police, prevails in early legal round|url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2017/04/12/family-dontre-hamilton-milwaukee-man-fatally-shot-police-prevails-early-legal-round/100391404/|publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=April 12, 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Johnson|first1=Raina|title=Stunning victory for Hamilton family|url=https://www.wiscindy.com/2017/04/stunning-victory-hamilton-family/|publisher=Wisconsin Independent|date=April 13, 2017}} Ian Wallach contributed to the brief [Motion for Summary Judgment by All Plaintiffs, J.M. et al v. City of Milwaukee et al, 2:16-cv-00507-JPS, ECF No. 45, 2/01/2017]. As of May 9, 2017, the parties had reached a tentative settlement of 2.3 million dollars — which may have constituted the largest settlement in the history of Milwaukee for a civil rights case.{{cite news|last1=Luthern|first1=Ashley|title=City of Milwaukee reaches tentative $2.3 million settlement in Dontre Hamilton case|url=http://www.jsonline.com/story/news/crime/2017/05/09/city-milwaukee-reaches-tentative-23-million-settlement-dontre-hamilton-case/101487358/|publisher=Milwaukee Journal Sentinel|date=May 9, 2017}}
= Barry Montgomery, Jr =
Wallach represented Barry Montgomery in the case Barry John Montgomery v. County of Los Angeles, et al., Los Angeles Superior Court Case No. BC692204.{{Cite web |title=BARRY JOHN MONTGOMERY JR VS COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES ET AL |url=https://unicourt.com/case/ca-la23-barry-john-montgomery-jr-vs-county-of-los-angeles-et-al-174020 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=UniCourt |language=en}} In July 2014, Barry Montgomery was confronted by deputies at the Enterprise Park for alleged possession or marijuana. Montgomery punched one of the deputies on the shoulder. The deputies then punched him several times in what they termed as getting him under control while fearing he was reaching for a weapon. At the time, Montgomery was on medication as he had been diagnosed as a schizophrenic with Tourette syndrome.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-08 |title=LA County Pays $2.75M To Compton Man With Mental Illness Beaten By Deputies - CBS Los Angeles |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/losangeles/news/la-county-pays-2-75m-to-compton-man-with-mental-illness-beaten-by-deputies/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=www.cbsnews.com |language=en-US}}
Montgomery suffered facial fractures, fractured eye socket, seven broken ribs among other injuries. The Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors agreed to a $2.75 million settlement for the case.{{Cite web |date=2021-12-09 |title=Pasadena Redistricting + Dog's GPS Foils Alleged Car Thief |url=https://patch.com/california/pasadena-ca/pasadena-redistricting-dogs-gps-foils-alleged-car-thief |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Pasadena, CA Patch |language=en}}
= Ruben Martinez, Jr. =
In the case of Martinez v. City of Los Angeles, Anthony Razo, Salvador Lizarraga, William Eagleson, Gilbert Silva, Jesus Linn and Marilyn Droz, Wallach was one of Martinez's attorney in subsequent accusations along with Nick Brustin and others. In the case, Martinez was alleged to have been at the workplace between 2005 and 2007 when the armed robbery was said to have happened. Ruben Martinez spent 12 years in prison and in 2019, Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge William Ryan found him to be innocent of the alleged crimes and dismissed his case with prejudice.{{Cite web |last=Williams |first=David |date=2019-11-13 |title=Wrongfully convicted man is freed after 11 years in prison for a string of armed robberies he didn't commit |url=https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/13/us/la-wrongful-conviction-trnd/index.html |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=CNN |language=en}} Martinez was released in 2019 after two of the victims testified at that trial that Martinez was not the robber. The review unit determined that Martinez was not the robber.{{Cite web |date=2023-11-09 |title=Los Angeles to pay $8M to man who spent 12 years in prison for armed robberies he didn't commit |url=https://apnews.com/article/ruben-martinez-jr-los-angeles-exoneration-settlement-cb7bdb6c93cf5c35d787fd512689de24 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=AP News |language=en}}
To avoid facing the jury, the city of the City of Los Angeles agreed to pay Martinez $8 million.{{Cite web |title=Los Angeles to Pay $8 Million to Ruben Martinez, Jr., Imprisoned 12 Years for Robberies He Didn't Commit |url=https://nsbhf.com/news/los-angeles-to-pay-8-million-to-ruben-martinez-jr-imprisoned-12-years-for-robberies-he-didnt-commit/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Neufeld Scheck Brustin Hoffmann & Freudenberger, LLP |language=en-US}}
= Pedro Martinez =
In 2023, Wallach and Katherine McBroom represented Pedro Martinez, a school janitor who was accused of sexually abusing multiple students. Pedro Martinez was arrested in January 2019 by San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputies.{{Cite web |last=AP |date=2023-12-13 |title=Southern California school janitor who spent years in jail acquitted of child sexual abuse |url=https://napavalleyregister.com/news/state-regional/southern-california-school-janitor-who-spent-years-in-jail-acquitted-of-child-sexual-abuse/article_ea80ab99-05e2-5e35-9da7-310e5b9f1b01.html |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=The Napa Valley Register |language=en}} He worked as a janitor at Maple Elementary School and was alleged to have molested several 6-year-old boys from the same school and one six-year-old girl. Martinez was charged with 10 counts of child sex abuse and one count of lewd conduct.{{Cite web |agency=Associated Press |date=2023-12-14 |title=Elementary school janitor in Hesperia acquitted of child sexual abuse charges |url=https://www.sbsun.com/2023/12/13/elementary-school-janitor-in-hesperia-acquitted-of-child-sexual-abuse-charges/ |access-date=2024-02-22 |website=San Bernardino Sun |language=en-US}} The trial began in August 2023 at the Superior Court of California, San Bernardino County Joshua Tree Courthouse. The lewd conduct count was dismissed mid-trial. On December 11, 2023, Martinez was acquitted of all remaining counts by the jury, having spent over five years incarcerated awaiting trial.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-13 |title=School janitor accused of molesting students acquitted on all charges |url=https://ktla.com/news/california/school-janitor-accused-of-molesting-students-acquitted-on-all-charges/ |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=KTLA |language=en-US}}
Wallach, Martinez’s attorney, accused the San Bernardino County Sheriff’s Department deputy for not following appropriate protocols while conducting the investigations. He accused the deputy for interviewing a 6 year old child with leading and suggestive questions.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-13 |title=Southern California school janitor who spent years in jail acquitted of child sexual abuse |url=https://apnews.com/article/janitor-acquitted-child-molestation-california-9f2057b052779f494486529234c60bf2 |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=AP News |language=en}}
=Legal commentary=
Wallach has provided legal commentary for regional, national, and international media outlets and has been quoted in the press on current legal issues.{{cite news | last =Gornstein | first =Leslie | title =Why Justin Bieber Wouldn't Get Arrested for a Prank | newspaper = E! Online| date =12 October 2012| url =http://www.eonline.com/news/353617/why-justin-bieber-wouldn-t-get-arrested-for-a-prank | access-date =19 December 2013 }} He has appeared on Entertainment Tonight,{{cite video | people =Ian Wallach | title =Two Faces of Amanda Knox | medium =Television | publisher =Entertainment Tonight via YouTube | url =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HhRWsDAW7uo }} America Now with Andy Dean, KTLA, Valley Public Radio{{cite news | last =Plevin| first =Rebecca | title =For Some California Prisoners, Valley Fever Becomes A Life Sentence | newspaper =Valley Public Radio | date =26 November 2012| url =http://kvpr.org/post/some-california-prisoners-valley-fever-becomes-life-sentence | access-date =19 December 2013 }} and CCTV America{{cite video | people =Anand Naidoo & Ian Wallach | title =Ian Wallach Discusses Information Released About The Suspected Boston Marathon bombers | medium =Television | publisher =CCTV America via YouTube | url =https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kdz_F5tCxe0 }} discussing legal topics such as the Amanda Knox murder trial in Italy,{{cite news | last =Wood| first =Daniel B. | title =Amanda Knox Retrial: A Tale of Two Countries' Legal Systems | newspaper =The Christian Science Monitor| via =HighBeam | date =27 March 2013| url =http://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-323894460.html | archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20160223070530/https://www.highbeam.com/doc/1G1-323894460.html | url-status =dead | archive-date =23 February 2016 | access-date =19 December 2013 }} the Boston Marathon bombings, and Chelsea Manning.
Wallach is the host of "Wallach-On-Law", a talk show dedicated to issues of criminal justice reform.{{Cite web|url=http://www.blogtalkradio.com/wallachlaw|title=Wallach on Law Online Radio by Wallach on Law|date=10 October 2014 }}
Wallach maintains a blog titled "Renovate Justice" discussing issues on criminal justice reform.{{cite web |url=http://www.renovatejustice.com/ |title=Home |website=renovatejustice.com}} He also maintains a blog of trial commentaries.{{cite web |url=http://www.trialfiend.com/ |title=Home |website=trialfiend.com}}
Publication
Wallach writes on issues of fertility and loss and is the author of “A Father's Story: Mourning the Baby We Never Had”,{{Cite web |title=A Father's Story: Mourning the Baby We Never Had |url=https://www.oprah.com/spirit/men-and-miscarriage-mourning-after-losing-a-baby |access-date=2023-12-20 |website=Oprah.com}} reprinted in [https://www.amazon.com/The-Longest-Date-Life-Wife/dp/148056804X “The Longest Date, Life as a Wife”] by Cindy Chupack.
References
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External links
- [http://www.wallachlegal.com/ Law Offices of Ian Wallach Official Website]
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