Dummit Fradin Blog
Careless & Reckless Driving Charge Dismissed
Attorney: Clarke Dummit Type of Case: Careless and Reckless Driving Case Result: Dismissed County: Yadkin County Our client in Yadkin County was in a single-car accident. She hydroplaned on some water, hit a guard rail, and flipped the vehicle. She was hospitalized and not interviewed about the wreck for several days. Eventually, the Trooper completed [...]
Working Mother Secures Alimony for 7 Years
Greensboro Family Law Team Type of Case: Equitable Distribution, Alimony, Child Custody, and Child Support. Case Result: Consent Order resolving all issues County: Guilford County Our family attorney helped a working mother in Greensboro who separated from her husband back in 2016. Our client and her husband did not file [...]
Rape Charges Dropped Against College Student
Attorney: Patrick Apple Type of Case: Criminal Pre-Charge on Felony Rape Accusation Case Result: Rape Charges Dropped County: Guilford County A young college-aged man was contacted by law enforcement. They asked to speak to him about a serious accusation from a young college-aged woman. The woman had filed a complaint with the police that our [...]
An Unexpected DWI Refusal Hearing Win
Type of Case: DWI Refusal Hearing at the DMV Case Result: Hearing Won! Attorney: Clarke Dummit When our firm takes on DWI defense cases we often look for the needle in the haystack. Many times, we find it and many times we don’t. Occasionally we find a defense we were not expecting, and a [...]
Client Wins Driver’s License Restoration Hearing
Type of Case: DMV Driver's License Restoration Hearing Result: License Reinstated Attorney: Clarke Dummit Dummit Fradin senior attorney Clarke Dummit represented a client on a driver's license restoration hearing at the DMV. Our client had his driver's license revoked for many years because of over 8 DWIs. Last year he had a DMV hearing for [...]
Single Mother Denied Asylum Gets Chance to Appeal
Type of Case: Fourth Circuit Petition for Review Case Result: Remanded to the Board of Immigration Appeals for Further Consideration One of our immigration clients is a single mother who was extorted and threatened by gang members in her home country. She submitted voluminous evidence to support her claim for asylum that [...]
2 Clients Ace the US Citizenship Test
Type of Case: Citizenship Case Result: US Citizenship Approved Location: North Carolina A Dummit Fradin Immigration Attorney expertly guided two clients through the US Citizenship Test and application process. Both clients successfully passed their US Citizenship Test interviews and were granted US Citizenship, one on Monday and one on Tuesday. Citizenship [...]
5 Counts of Obtaining Property by False Pretenses Dismissed
Dismissal of 5 Felony Charges for Obtaining Property by False Pretenses Winston-Salem Criminal Defense Team Charges: Obtaining Property by False Pretenses Case Result: Dismissal of all 5 felony charges County: Stokes What Happened One of our clients was facing 5 counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. Due to factors outside of her [...]
Fighting for Asylum Rights during a Trump Presidency
Volunteering at the Border: Defending Asylum Rights Against Trump's Illegal Rule Written by an Immigration Attorney I spent a week volunteering at the Mexican-U.S. border, working alongside other attorneys who came from all over the country to help people asking for protection in the United States. U.S. Federal law provides several [...]
Federal Judge Counters Trump’s Public Charge Rule
The Public Charge Rule: Navigating New Immigration Challenges Written by an Immigration Attorney For decades, the United States has denied permanent residency to anyone likely to rely primarily upon the government for their main source of support. This is the “public charge” bar to residency and is currently codified in the [...]