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Partner Elliot Sol Abrams won a landmark asset forfeiture decision by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit in United States v. Chamberlain, No. 16-4313. In a unanimous en banc opinion, the Fourth Circuit overruled its prior prece… Read More

Elliot Abrams named Trial Lawyer of the Year for securing largest civil rights verdict in U.S. history in wrongful conviction case. Read More

A recent article by asset forfeiture defense lawyer Elliot Abrams was featured in The Champion, a magazine published by the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. Read More

A victory by Raleigh white collar criminal defense lawyer Elliot Abrams in asset forfeiture case the subject of NC Lawyers Weekly article. Read More

Election season has just ended, so investigations into campaign donations are likely to begin. Politically-active people and companies should be aware that these investigations often result in serious federal criminal charges. Elections laws are comp… Read More

The New York Times has published a fascinating op-ed on the irrationality of life sentences. (Link) The author, Jennifer Lackey, argues that such sentences prohibit future consideration of the most important information bearing upon the appropriatene… Read More

Eleven years after informing a reporter at the New York Times about possibly illegal spying by the NSA on American citizens–reporting that ultimately won the NY Times a Pulitzer–the whistleblower has been accused of ethical violations by… Read More

A N.C. State Professor has launched a site, http://kingsfirstdream.com/, that contains a newly discovered audio recording of a speech by King in Rocky Mount, NC, in which he used the refrain “I have a dream.” Here is the UNC School of Gov… Read More