Miami Criminal Appellate Lawyer, one of few “certified” by the Florida Bar as a Criminal Appellate Specialist. Born and raised in Milwaukee and a graduate of the University of Miami Law School with honors in 1983. He is a member of the Florida and Colorado Bars and is also a member of, and has argued cases in, nearly all federal appellate courts.

In 1994 argued and won in United States Supreme Court in Williamson v. United States reversing client’s 25 year sentence and narcotics trafficking conviction as well as establish important precedent safeguarding defendant’s constitutional right to confrontation. Waxman is one of a select group of Florida Criminal Appellate Attorneys who have argued before the United States Supreme Court.

Florida Supreme Court victory in Peart v. State, 2000, supporting the recognition of an immigrant client’s right to seek the vacation of their criminal convictions if they were not advised of the possibility their conviction may result in deportation.

Benjamin Waxman has had numerous significant victories in federal criminal appellate cases and his practice involves a significant amount of postconviction and habeas corpus litigation, several which have resulted in the vacation and reversal of life sentences and convictions in federal and Florida state court capital sexual battery, robbery, burglary and aggravated assault cases.