Representative Cases

We represent people accused of criminal offenses and professional misconduct who risk losing everything.

We work to get them their best possible results and back to leading productive lives.

During 2022:

• Tom Maher successfully represented a medical student in a Title IX investigation where UNC’s Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office concluded there was insufficient evidence a violation of UNC’s policy.
• Amos successfully defended two separate murder cases at trial. A capital murder case ended in a hung jury after six weeks of trial. After the start of a non-capital murder case, the prosecution dismissed the murder charge.

Between November 2019 and February 2020, Amos successfully defended three homicide cases in trials.

• A Chinese national student was acquitted of death by motor vehicle. (Orange County, 19 CR 51680, November 2019)
• An Orange County Judge declared a mistrial in the case of an Orange County man accused of voluntary manslaughter after a jury was unable to reach a verdict. (Orange County, 18 CRS 50069, December 2019)
• A Lee County jury found Amos’ client not guilty of first-degree murder. (Lee County, 17 CRS 645 February 2020)

Other recent cases include the following:

• Amos successfully argued on appeal for a reversal of his client’s sentence. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals vacated a sentence and remanded the case for a new sentencing hearing. (No. 19-4182)
• Amos defended a client accused of sexual assault during an investigation by the UNC’s Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office, which concluded there was insufficient evidence a violation of UNC’s policy. (December 2019)
• Amos defended a client accused of sexual assault during an investigation by the UNC’s Equal Opportunity and Compliance Office, which concluded there was insufficient evidence a violation of UNC’s policy. (March 2020)