Stewart Riley

Author Stewart Riley lives in Seattle with his wife and Nova Scotia duck tolling retreiver. He graduated from the University of Washington Law School in 1969. He practiced law in Seattle as a Senior Deputy Prosecutor in the King County Prosecutor's Office for three years before embarking on a lifetime career as a criminal defense attorney, specializing in cases having international aspects and implications. During his career, he represented individuals from over 40 foreign countries. Mr. Riley has been admitted to practice law before the United States Supreme Court as well as three international criminal tribunals located in Europe and Africa, including the International Criminal Court in The Hague, Netherlands. He is well-known for his successful defense of a Blackwater security contractor investigated for the shooting and killing of a bodyguard for the Vice President of Iraq in 2006. He is an avid outdoorsman and tennis player.