Timothy K. Ford David J. Whedbee

MHB's criminal defense lawyer, Tim Ford, has broad experience in both trial and appellate work. He has been listed for years in The Best Lawyers in America and as "Super Lawyers" of criminal defense by Washington Law and Politics magazine.  He has been nationally recognized for his work in capital defense and post-conviction litigation, and he has handled capital murder cases and lectured on criminal defense and habeas corpus issues across the country. He has successfully defended people, and people's rights, in major federal and state criminal cases, from trial through appeal, up to the Supreme Court of the United States.  He received a United Nations Human Rights award in 1996 for his capital punishment work, and now has experience and an emphasis in his practice on death penalty cases involving international law, treaty and human rights issues. 

Tim Ford's principal current focus in the criminal area is on appellate and post-conviction litigation in both state and federal court, and on consultation and testimony as an expert witness on criminal defense standards and issues.  He has argued and won scores of criminal appeals, many of them in landmark decisions, in Washington, several other states, the six federal circuits in which he is a bar member, and the Supreme Court of the United States.