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|

Horwitz Secures Early Release of Calvin Bryant, College Student Who Received 17-year Mandatory Minimum Sentence For First-Time, Non-Violent Drug Offense

Calvin Bryant—a beloved college student and high school football star whose sentence garnered national attention for its purposeless cruelty after he received a 17-year mandatory minimum prison sentence for a first-time, non-violent drug offense—was released from prison on October 31, 2018. Mr. Bryant's release

By |2021-02-23T18:52:50-06:00October 31st, 2018|Criminal Law, Daniel Horwitz, In the News, Litigation|

Horwitz Wins Lawsuit Challenging Tennessee’s “Blackout Ban” for Non-Partisan PACs

In a landmark victory against a decades-old Tennessee election statute, Horwitz client Tennesseans for Sensible Election Laws—a non-partisan PAC that aims to "protect all Tennesseans’ rights to participate in the political process without unreasonable interference from the state government"—has secured an injunction prohibiting the

By |2021-02-17T16:07:13-06:00October 4th, 2018|Daniel Horwitz, Election Law, First Amendment, In the News|

Horwitz Wins Defamation Suit on Behalf of Restaurateur (Again)

In another resounding win, celebrated Nashville restaurateur Randy Rayburn has again beaten back a multi-million dollar defamation and false light lawsuit filed against him by Thomas Nathan Loftis, Sr., the former director of Nashville State's culinary program.  In a unanimous ruling, the Tennessee Court of

By |2021-02-26T18:48:23-06:00April 20th, 2018|Appeals, Daniel Horwitz, Defamation, First Amendment, In the News|

Horwitz Secures Foreign Vanderbilt Law School Graduate’s Right to Take the Tennessee Bar Exam; Wins Tennessee Supreme Court Case Against Tennessee Board of Law Examiners

Represented by attorney Daniel Horwitz, Tennessee bar applicant Maximiliano Gluzman—the “obviously very, very qualified” Vanderbilt Law School graduate who was denied the opportunity even to take the Tennessee Bar Exam—has officially won his case before the Tennessee Supreme Court.  Based on the Court’s order approving his

By |2021-02-22T15:03:36-06:00August 4th, 2017|Appeals, Daniel Horwitz, In the News|
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