We are pleased to announce that our founding attorney Raymond Tarlton has been named to Business North Carolina’s Legal Elites, for his work in Criminal Law. This list is selected by peer ballots made by other active lawyers in North Carolina. #criminaldefense #civilrights

not your lawyer Forget the mahogany offices and tailored suits. This guy operates on grit, not image. He's built a reputation on substance, not swagger. That 'Sent from my iPhone' is shorthand for 'I cut through the BS.'

Fire’s in the house #PaulTyson

The Coach 😎!

This horrific case involves a cop shooting plaintiff's non-threatening, 40lb bulldog right in front of him AFTER tasing it into immobility. The officer's actions can fairly be described as psychotic, and it appears he's still roaming around with a gun and a badge. Terrifying.

After ~ 14 years of doing federal work, I finally won something in SCOTUS 🤣. Just a GVR (grants/vacates/remands—so the cert petition)-& followed a path set out by smarter legal minds , but I’ve heard it said the G still stands for Grants !@raytarlton

Average length of federal criminal prison sentences in 2023, by crime type. ussc.gov/sites/default/…

nytimes.com/2024/08/05/us/… via The New York Times

We are proud that Raymond Tarlton is recognized again by peers for 2025 in Best Lawyers for Civil Rights, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, and Criminal Defense: General Practice !

Farewell to a legend 🫡💔 “This nearly naked defendant, seeking a reprieve from the death penalty, caused McMillan to sprint [] to buy a pair of gray-flannel slacks and a striped blue shirt — [] “Joe’s color blind and I have poor taste[] “but we got some nice stuff.”

Cops brutalizing people for sport is common Randomly punching NFL star Tyreek Hill, while Hill is handcuffed and compliant, over a "traffic violation" Initial arrest: Post-handcuffing punch:

🚨 Institute for Justice CERT ALERT 🚨 An FBI SWAT team executed a #WrongHouseRaid in Atlanta, terrorizing a family. The family sued under the FTCA, which Congress extended to cover such raids. But the 11th Cir. granted #SovereignImmunity in Martin v. U.S. Why? 1/ ij.org/wp-content/upl…

Our firm-based out of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, NC-recognized in 15th Edition of Best Law Firms by Best Lawyers , metro: Criminal Defense: White-Collar & Civil Rights Law for our small but mighty and tech forward team, Raymond Tarlton , Joe Gilbert, Russell Tarlton aka the Coach

2025 is expected to be a year of major challenges for defense attorneys in our federal courts Raymond Tarlton tarltonfirm.com/federal-grand-…

Today we pause to honor the brave who sacrificed so much for our freedom. Their courage remind us that liberty isn't free—it's protected by those willing to give everything for it. We are forever grateful #MemorialDay

This Independence Day, we celebrate the freedoms that define our nation. Happy 4th of July! 🇺🇸

Can confirm it’s Bongino or Bondi - and the pick is obvious. Bondi must go.

Dogs are family. Being shot repeatedly demands sunlight on what happened. Shaping First Amendment right of access to info in the public interest arguments-Raymond Tarlton and co counsel Melissa Hill won the contested hearing to get the body cams youtu.be/2n4SEG6k34I?si…

drew on history/enlightenment thinkers our founders relied on—including fear of the English crowns’s open ended writs of assistance used to ransack colonial homes and businesses—to advocate 4A warrant clause extends to big tech cloud email and data storage ca4.uscourts.gov/OAarchive/mp3/…

We have been fortunate to have worked on interesting things in different cities, but spring in the south is just the best!