Drew Findling

Drew Findling (born December 21, 1959) is an American criminal defense lawyer known for trying cases in state and federal courts across the country as well as other well-known clients, including Donald Trump. He was awarded a track scholarship to study at Oglethorpe University, earning a BA degree in 1981. He then earned a JD degree from the Emory University School of Law in 1984.

Career Findling was admitted to the Georgia Bar in 1984 and spent the first three years of his career as a Fulton County public defender during which time he was the first attorney in the nation to successfully present a battered woman syndrome defense, including on 27 felony counts, based only on verbal abuse.

During 2018–2019, Findling was president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers (NACDL). In 2023, he was appointed as a trustee of the NACDL Foundation for Criminal Justice, and appointed to Board of Advisors for the National Clearinghouse for Science, Technology and the Law.

In 2022, former U.S. president Donald Trump hired Findling to represent him in the ongoing criminal investigation into election interference in Georgia. In 2023, Findling was replaced by Steven Sadow.

Findling doesn't "...choose cases or not take cases because of the race of our client, the ethnicity of our client, the sexual orientation of our client, the substantive charge of the client, the political views of the client.” In 2018, he was the recipient of the NACDL's Robert C. Heeney Memorial Award, presented each year to only one criminal defense attorney in the country. Findling was presented the NAACP’s Civil and Human Rights Award. and they have three children, calling himself and them “a family of left-wing liberals.” He has been given the nickname #BillionDollarLawyer, originally conferred by client Young Dolph.