Noteworthy Cases Page 5

May

State v. T.B.

Matthew Pruden secured an acquittal at trial of his client, a public school employee, against a charge of criminal neglect of a disabled student. ...

May

John Gresham represented a female police sergeant on a sex discrimination claim that her termination from employment was based on her gender. Ms. Rhinehart received a settlement of $390,000 after the federal district court denied the City's summary judgment...

May

Partee v. City of Salisburyaz

Jake Sussman represented Wayne Partee, who was injured by a Salisbury Police Officer following a routine traffic stop. The case was successfully resolved for a $60,000 settlement following mediation. ...

May

United States v. T.K.

As co-counsel with legendary attorney James E. Ferguson, II, Jake Sussman represented an attorney who was charged in federal court with multiple counts of obstruction of justice and witness tampering. The defense successfully severed the six charges into three sep...

May

Jones v. Graham County Board of Education

In 2009, Luke Largess represented employees of the Graham County Board of Education in a challenge to the Board's policy mandating the random, suspicionless drug and alcohol testing of all Board employees. The Court of Appeals held that the policy violated t...

May

United States v. D.D.

Noell Tin and Matt Pruden represented a defendant convicted of federal firearms offenses. Over the government's objection, they successfully argued that several of the felony convictions should be reduced to misdemeanor convictions. The court then reduced al...

May

Paylor v. Town of Elon Police Department

While with the ACLU of North Carolina, Katy Parker successfully resolved a federal lawsuit on behalf of her client, John W. Paylor, who was repeatedly shot with a Taser by Elon Police officers while unarmed in his underwear and presenting no threat to the officers...

May

State v. C.G.

Matthew Pruden secured an acquittal of his client, a public school employee, against a charge of sexual battery of a student. ...

May

State of Georgia v. Nichols

Brian Nichols was being tried for the rape of his former girlfriend on March 11, 2005 in the Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia, when he escaped from custody. He shot and killed the judge presiding over his trial, a court reporter, a sheriff's depu...

May

United States v. Saxon

Missy Owen and Noell Tin represented Sallie Saxon, who ran what federal prosecutors called “the most successful prostitution business in the United States. ” Nicknamed “the Southpark Madame” by the media, Saxon employed a high-end ring of...

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