Shandor S. Badaruddin

Birth Place:
East Point Georgia, 1965

Education:

  • University of Chicago (B.A., 1987)
  • Emory University School of Law (J.D., 1990)
  • Trial Lawyers College (Class of 1994)

Honors:

  • Emory International Law Review, Staff Editor
  • Approved for Death Penalty Appeal Appointments by Montana Supreme Court

Bar Admissions:

  • State of Georgia (1990)
  • State of Illinois (1992)
  • State of Montana (1998)
  • State of Utah (2004)
  • State of Wyoming (2004)
  • Georgia Supreme Court (1992)
  • United States Supreme Court (1996) 
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit (1996)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (1998)
  • United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit (2004)
  • Georgia Court of Appeals (1992)      
  • U.S. District for the Northern District of Georgia (1991)
  • U.S. District for the Middle District of Georgia (1995)   
  • U.S. District for the Southern District of Georgia (1994)     
  • U.S. District for the District of Montana (1998)   
  • U.S. District for the District of Utah (2004)
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (2005)
  • U.S. District for the District of Wyoming (2005)

Memberships:           

  • Montana Trial Lawyers Association
  • Montana Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • Western Montana Bar Association
  • Association of Trial Lawyers of America
  • Georgia Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers
  • National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Brief Description of the Legal Career of Shandor S. Badaruddin
I worked during law school for the firm of Baker & McKenzie researching issues related to International Trade, as well as the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation researching issues related to ERISA. I graduated from Emory University School of Law in 1990 and was admitted to practice law in Georgia that same year. I had the privilege of serving as Assistant Public Defender at the Fulton County Public Defender’s Office in Atlanta, Georgia, where I was a staff attorney defending indigent citizens accused of felony offenses. During my three years at the Public Defender’s Office, I was counsel for the defendant in countless trials and appeals. In 1993, I opened my own office and continued to defend criminal cases in the state and federal trial, appellate, and habeas courts in the Atlanta metropolitan area. I also represented plaintiffs in personal injury cases. In 1994, I attended the Trial Lawyer’s College in Dubois, Wyoming. In 2002, I moved to Missoula, Montana, and represented plaintiffs in civil actions, such as professional negligence, products liability, and civil rights violations. In 2005, I became a founding member of the law firm of Moriarity, Badaruddin & Booke, LLC.