Mark A. Amador

Mark Amador is one of California’s top trial attorneys, having conducted over 100 trials in his prestigious career including numerous high-profile cases. He joined Wingert Grebing Brubaker & Walshok following a distinguished career in public service as a prosecutor in the Office of the San Diego District Attorney. Mr. Amador’s accolades include San Diego County Prosecutor of the Year (2012), California Prosecutor of the Year (2015),  Distinguished National Prosecutor of the Year (2025), and two-time recipient of the prestigious FBI Director’s Award for Excellence.  He was lead counsel in the longest criminal trial in San Diego Superior Court history, a 15-month multiple defendant death penalty case. Mr. Amador has secured over 25 murder convictions in jury trials.  In his final case as a prosecutor in 2025, Mr. Amador successfully prosecuted a 20+ year old cold case homicide solved utilizing the cutting-edge technique of Investigative Genetic Genealogy.

Moreover, as an executive in the 6^th largest prosecutorial agency in the country, Mr. Amador led the District Attorney’s Appellate and Training Division for five years, including supervision of its renown Ethics program. He is a leading expert and instructor in several components of trial advocacy, including Constitutional law, discovery, ethics, trial skills, and evidence. He regularly presents at seminars around the country on these topics. From 2023 through 2025, Mr. Amador was the Chief of New Legislation Implementation, in which role he led the gargantuan task of re-sentencing thousands of offenders based on new laws enacted in California.

Mr. Amador’s trial skills and jury experience are invaluable assets to our firm’s general civil litigation and trial practice. As such, his expertise litigating matters of legal ethics, procedure and the rules of professional conduct distinctly position him to continue Wingert Grebing Brubaker & Walshok’s storied tradition of legal malpractice defense.