With a legal career devoted entirely to criminal law, Addison Waid brings valuable insight from both sides of the courtroom. As a former prosecutor, he understands how cases are built. As a defense attorney, he knows how to challenge them strategically and effectively. He approaches each case with focus, care, and the goal of securing the best possible outcome. From traffic tickets, misdemeanors to major felonies, Attorney Waid has successfully handled a wide range of criminal cases.

I am passionate about the law and interpreting it for the benefit of my clients in real life situations. Excellence and integrity in practice are the foundation of my ethics, whether I am providing high-level counsel to international companies, or legal support to business operational teams at a granular level. As the founder of Wakhariya & Wakhariya, a full-service international law firm, I lead a team of skilled attorneys in providing critical, strategic and practical advice to clients, specifically in the United States, United Kingdom, Europe, India, and East Africa. As a senior attorney, I act as outside general counsel to my clients, and have the ability to take a holistic view, while offering legal advice across multiple businesses on commercial, legal, compliance, and regulatory issues. I have a unique combination of education, knowledge, and professional qualifications and memberships, which make me a highly sought-after cross-border transaction specialist.

Kim concentrates her practice in commercial litigation, including breach of contract, business torts, shareholder disputes, class action defense, construction litigation, zoning litigation, commercial lease disputes, enforcement of restrictive covenants, trust litigation and Section 1983 civil rights litigation. Kim has defended the City of Chicago and the Chicago Police Department in multiple class actions alleging due process violations based on the purported deprivation of money and other personal property. She has achieved successful resolutions of these cases at the district court level, involving issues which have been appealed and affirmed by the United States Supreme Court. Kim has also represented the Chicago Park District against opponents of the relocation of the Chicago Children’s Museum from Navy Pier to Grant Park. She successfully defended the Park District’s position at both the circuit court and appellate court levels, taking on legal precedent from the 1800’s concerning Chicago’s Lakefront. Kim is a pioneer in Illinois video gaming litigation, setting the industry precedent in the area of the enforceability of pre-licensure contracts between video terminal operators and establishments. She also represents Chicago’s premier financial institutions in various litigation matters relating to bank practices and owned real estate.

Jack Waldman is Executive Vice President and General Counsel for SwimUSA, a leading specialty apparel company focusing on the global swimwear market. At SwimUSA, Jack oversees the company’s legal affairs, including corporate governance, litigation, IP-portfolio management, labor and employment law and regulatory compliance. Jack sits on the company’s Executive Committee as well as its Board of Directors, and regularly counsels and advises the company’s executive team on strategic matters including mergers and acquisitions, real estate, and financing/capital markets. Before joining SwimUSA in 2012, Jack was a litigation associate with New York law firm Oved & Oved LLP. Jack joined Oved & Oved LLP in 2009 as a summer associate where his practice focused on commercial litigation in both state and federal court. While at Oved, Jack assisted with and second-chaired many trials and gained extensive experience representing clients in and out of court.

Mr. Walker established his own practice in 1979, in Newport Beach, California, where he emphasizes business and real property litigation along with the representation of businesses, partnerships and corporations and the defense of employment matters for employers. Mr. Walker acts as outside general counsel for several small and medium size businesses. In the past several years, Mr. Walker has litigated cases involving commercial leases, real property, partnership dissolutions, quiet title, breaches of commercial contracts and real property financing. He has also handled matters that have been resolved without the need for trial, relating to real property bankruptcies, foreclosures, real property financing, finder’s fees, and creditors’ bankruptcy rights. He also litigates in the probate courts, handling trust disputes, will contests and assorted other probate issues.