Noteworthy Cases

Jul

Tin Fulton Wins Exoneration for Pastor Wrongly Convicted

"I was blown away by the video of the press conference and celebration of innocence held last Saturday for Pastor Carmon at the Winterville courthouse. As a reminder, Pastor Carmon was exonerated (thanks to Abe) 28 years after being wrongly convicted for robbery with a dangerous...

Jul

D.D. v. Novant Health

Jury tells Novant pay $10M in NC reverse discrimination case. Read More...

Jul

State v. R.N.

Emily Gladden and Mark Kleinschmidt represented R. N. in a Motion for Appropriate Relief and secured their client's freedom saving him decades of time in prison...

Jul

State v. O.S

In May 2019, Emily Gladden and Noell Tin succeeded in getting a second-degree murder conviction overturned, securing their client's freedom a few years into his 15-19 year sentence. O. S. was convicted of second-degree murder for the death of his lifelong best friend after t...

Jul

State v. S.N.

In June 2020, Emily Gladden appeared before the Parole Commission and successfully argued for a release date for her client, who was serving a life sentence...

Jul

Tully v. City of Wilmington

In March 2018, S. Luke Largess and Cheyenne N. Chambers obtained a significant victory before the Supreme Court of North Carolina on behalf of Kevin Tully, a Wilmington police officer. The landmark case created a new cause of action for government employees under...

Jul

Tully v. City of Wilmington

Katy Parker successfully argued on behalf of Kevin Tully, a Wilmington police officer, in the North Carolina Court of Appeals. Mr. Tully filed a complaint that the city's promotion process violated his constitutional rights to substantive due process and equ...

Jul

United States v. N.R.

Matthew Pruden successfully overturned the conviction of his client whose original trial lawyer slept during portions of his trial. In a case presenting an issue of first impression, the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit held “that a defendant is...

Jul

NC State Bar v. G.E.

Lane Williamson helped secure a complete victory at the NC State Bar on behalf of a longtime and well respected capital defense attorney who was accused of professional misconduct in connection with her work on a historic Racial Justice Act case. Following a heari...

Jul

Kagonyera v. Buncombe County

Following the exoneration of Kenneth Kagonyera by the North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission, the law firm filed suit against Buncombe County and various current and former members of the Buncombe County Sheriff's Office for their respective roles in th...

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