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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|
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