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About Daniel Horwitz

Daniel A. Horwitz is a graduate of Cornell University and Vanderbilt Law School. He has been recognized by the American Bar Association as one of the top 40 young lawyers in the United States, and the Nashville Post has repeatedly recognized him as one of the “Best of the Best” lawyers in Nashville. Horwitz law's practice consists primarily of First Amendment law and speech defense, appellate litigation, constitutional, post-conviction and innocence litigation, campaign finance and election law, criminal record expungement, and personal injury representation of victims of crime. If you would like to purchase a consultation from Horwitz, you can do so here.

Horwitz Client Wins Sixth Circuit Appeal, Upholds District Court Order Dismissing SLAPP-Suit

In the last chapter of year-long saga, the dismissal of Déjà Vu Showgirls's SLAPP-suit against Linda Schipani—previously dismissed outright for failure to state any cognizable claim for relief—has been unanimously upheld by the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals. Said Daniel Horwitz, Schipani’s attorney: “Deja

Horwitz Declared Among “Best of the Best” Lawyers in Nashville by The Nashville Post Again

Prestigious legal list cites Horwitz's "high-profile client roster," litigation success against powerful litigants Once again, Daniel Horwitz, a constitutional lawyer and impact litigator, has been named to The Nashville Post's "Legal in Charge" list for 2020, which recognizes "Middle Tennessee’s cream of the crop" for

By |2021-02-17T16:06:58-06:00February 29th, 2020|Uncategorized|

Horwitz Secures Grant of First-Ever Anti-SLAPP Petition In Tennessee in Lawsuit Regarding Negative Yelp Review

On July 1, 2019, the Tennessee Public Participation Act—Tennessee's first meaningful anti-SLAPP statute—took effect. The statute dramatically expanded the scope of speech that receives heightened legal protection in Tennessee. It also equips people targeted by Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation ("SLAPP-suits") with important tools

The “Tennessee Public Participation Act,”⁠ Tennessee’s First-Ever Meaningful Anti-SLAPP Law⁠, Takes Effect Today

By Tennessee First Amendment, Speech Defense, and Anti-SLAPP Lawyer Daniel Horwitz: If you woke up this morning feeling freer to speak your mind, there's a reason: A little-noticed law with huge free speech benefits takes effect today. As of July 1, 2019, the "Tennessee

By |2021-02-17T16:07:01-06:00July 1st, 2019|Daniel Horwitz, Defamation, First Amendment|

White County, Tennessee Inmate Sterilization Program Terminated By Historic Order

Federal court orders that controversial sterilization program be rescinded; White County officials to pay Plaintiffs’ attorney’s fees, permanently enjoined from making or enforcing any sentencing determination that is based "in whole or in part upon a defendant's consent—or refusal to consent—to becoming permanently or

By |2021-02-17T16:07:03-06:00May 20th, 2019|Constitutional Law, Daniel Horwitz, In the News|

Horwitz Wins Sixth Circuit Reversal Against Judge Who Instituted Inmate Sterilization Program

In 2017, three inmates in White County, Tennessee sued White County General Sessions Judge Sam Benningfield, alleging a variety of constitutional violations arising from a coervice sterilization-for-sentencing-credits program instituted in the county jail. Among other things, the inmates' lawsuit sought injunctive relief that would

By |2021-02-17T16:07:04-06:00April 4th, 2019|Appeals, Daniel Horwitz|

Horwitz Secures First-Ever Reinvestigation of Nashville Murder Conviction By District Attorney’s Conviction Review Unit

After a years-long effort to secure a review of Joseph Webster's conviction for a 1998 murder, the Davidson County District Attorney's Office has officially authorized a reinvestigation into the case. It is the first investigation into a potential wrongful murder conviction in Nashville's history.

By |2021-02-17T16:07:07-06:00February 8th, 2019|Criminal Law, Daniel Horwitz|

Horwitz Wins Speech Defense Claim, Secures Full Dismissal of Lawsuit Filed By Strip Club Over Witness Testimony

In a Memorandum Opinion and Order issued on February 4, 2019, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Tennessee has dismissed a lawsuit filed by Deja Vu of Nashville, a local strip club, against business owner Linda Schipani. The lawsuit arose out of

By |2021-02-17T16:07:09-06:00February 4th, 2019|Daniel Horwitz, First Amendment, Litigation|

Horwitz Secures Appellate Victory Upholding Validity of Election that Established Nashville’s Police Oversight Board

Nashville's first-ever Community Oversight Board—a committee that will review and investigate complaints of police misconduct that voters approved by an overwhelming margin in a November 2018 referendum—will stand, according to a unanimous opinion from the Tennessee Court of Appeals. The Fraternal Order of Police

By |2021-02-17T16:07:10-06:00January 11th, 2019|Appeals, Daniel Horwitz, Election Law, Litigation|
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