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On Wednesday, Patterson Harkavy attorney Burton Craige submitted an amicus brief in Orange County Superior Court, urging Judge Allen Baddour to set aside the Consent Judgment under which UNC would pay the Sons of Confederate Veterans (SCV) $2.5 milli… Read More

Today, the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit unanimously ruled in favor of Patterson Harkavy client Julian Betton, who was shot nine times in his own home by police officers, leaving him paralyzed from the waist down. Mr. Betton w… Read More

In late September, Patterson Harkavy and Arnold & Porter filed suit on behalf of plaintiffs challenging North Carolina’s congressional districts as an extreme partisan gerrymander, designed to benefit Republicans at the expense of Democrati… Read More

This morning, Patterson Harkavy and Arnold & Porter filed suit in Wake County Superior Court, challenging North Carolina’s congressional districts as unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders. The lawsuit follows a decision earlier this month… Read More

On September 18, 2019, the Fourth Circuit United States Court of Appeals heard oral arguments in Julian Betton’s lawsuit over a police raid of his home in the City of Myrtle Beach in 2015. The trial court ruled in Betton’s favor on the qu… Read More

This week, Jon Harkavy published two articles. The first, “2019 Supreme Court Commentary: Employment Law,” summarizes and comments on all decisions of the Supreme Court of the United States from its most recent term that affect employment… Read More

The North Carolina Advocates for Justice presented Patterson Harkavy attorney Burton Craige with the organization’s Thurgood Marshall Award at its annual convention in Wilmington, North Carolina. NCAJ established the award “to recognize e… Read More

Patterson Harkavy has obtained an additional $2.16 settlement on behalf of Willie Grimes, who spent 24 years in prison for crimes he did not commit. Combined with Mr. Grimes’ 2016 settlement with the City of Hickory, Mr. Grimes’ total rec… Read More