Our Results

At Tharrington Smith LLP, we pride ourselves on delivering exceptional legal representation for clients facing complex and high-stakes litigation. Our team’s depth of experience in white-collar criminal defense and intricate federal investigations was recently demonstrated in the high-profile United States v. Agee case. Our attorney Douglas E. Kingsbery played a critical role in securing a

At Tharrington Smith LLP, we are committed to providing exceptional legal representation, and our recent victory in the United States v. Stover case is a testament to our dedication to protecting our clients’ rights.  Background  The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals recently ruled in favor of Arthur and Gigi Stover, vacating a summary judgment that

After three different lawyers advised him to plead guilty to felony tax charges, a North Carolina businessman finally found an attorney who believed the man had a defensible case. After months of pretrial wrangling, prosecutors decided to drop all felony charges in exchange for a misdemeanor plea and a suspended sentence. The businessman was represented

The Tharrington Smith criminal defense section, including Howard Cummings and Roger W. Smith, Jr., recently assisted in achieving a ‘not guilty, verdict for Nancy Errichetti, a former school administrator. Errichetti was accused of contributing to the neglect of a minor but was acquitted after a unanimous decision from the jury. Read more  about the case

Tharrington Smith’s Family Law section recently won two cases in the North Carolina Court of Appeals after hard-fought battles on behalf of their clients. One family was represented by Jeffrey R. Russell and Evan B. Horwitz and the defendant in case two was represented by Jeffrey R. Russell, Alice C. Stubbs, and Casey Fidler.  

The Tharrington Smith Education team scored a huge verdict recently when Wake County Public Schools went to court and recovered $1.2 million from an illegal bail bond scheme. Read more here!

A United States District Judge sentenced a North Carolina man to three years of probation for his role in a five-year-long tax evasion scheme. The man used false federal identification numbers to conceal more than $700,000.00 in taxable income from the Internal Revenue Service. The defense persuaded the Judge that a downward variance under the

A North Carolina man is sleeping a little easier tonight after Special Agents from the Criminal Investigations Section of the North Carolina Department of Revenue advised his attorney that they were ending their investigation with no criminal charges. The man was suspected of failing to report millions of dollars of taxable income and overstating his

Special Agents from the IRS Criminal Investigation Division have notified a North Carolina woman that they are dropping their criminal investigation of her tax preparation business. The agents had investigated the case for more than eleven months and had served multiple federal grand jury subpoenas. The woman was represented by Douglas E. Kingsbery of Tharrington

The U.S. Treasury Department advised a North Carolina taxpayer today that it was dropping its criminal investigation of his personal income tax returns for the years 2013-2017. Special Agents with the Criminal Investigation Division of the IRS had suspected that the taxpayer had concealed taxable income from the IRS during tax years 2013-2017. The taxpayer