Noteworthy Cases

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...

Jul

United States v. Petraeus

On April 23, 2015, General David Petraeus, former military commander in the U.S. Army and former director of the Central Intelligence Agency, was sentenced to probation for the unauthorized removal and retention of classified information, a misdemeanor. Jake Sussm...

Jul

Loy v. City of Salisbury

Jake Sussman and Salisbury attorney Randy Reamer brought an excessive force lawsuit on behalf of Rev. J.W. Loy against the Salisbury Police Department and one of its officers. Rev. Loy, who was 91 years old at the time, was injured after Officer C. Hamm tackled hi...

Jul

State v. J. R.

Noell Tin persuaded a Superior Court judge to dismiss all charges against J. R., including two counts of attempted first degree murder, due to J.R.’s severe mental illness which rendered him unable to stand trial for over seven years. ...

Jul

United States v. Bernard von NotHaus

Mr. Von NotHaus, described by some as “the Rosa Parks of the constitutional currency movement,” hired Noell Tin to represent him at sentencing after a jury convicted him of various counterfeiting offenses based on his minting and distribution of the Li...

Jul

Inadequate Security Case Against Apartment Complex

Sam McGee represented a family in a case for the death of their adult son who was gunned down at his apartment complex. The details of this settlement are confidential, including the names of the parties and the venue in which the case was pending. However, we can...

Jul

Cook v. Turlington

Sam McGee and co-counsel Mac Sasser represented Michael Cook, who sustained a severe spinal injury in a motor vehicle accident. Mr. Cook was waiting on his motorcycle for a fire truck to clear an intersection when he was hit from behind by an SUV and thrown throug...

Jul

General Synod of the United Church of Christ v. Reisinger

In a landmark civil rights ruling, U.S. District Judge Max G. Cogburn, Jr. ruled in favor of Tin Fulton Walker & Owen and co-counsel at Arnold & Porter and struck down Amendment One, the ban against same-sex marriage in North Carolina. Judge Cogburn ruled...

Jul

State v. M.S.

Noell Tin successfully challenged the City of Charlotte’s “dancehall” ordinance as being unconstitutionally overbroad and vague, resulting in the dismissal of criminal charges against M.S. Noell’s client was arrested and charged with operat...

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