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Kimberly Olsinski has experience representing client in the Charlotte and Concord area with their criminal defense and personal injury matters. If you have been arrested for a DWI, drug possession, assault, trespassing or any other criminal offense, contact Kimberly Olsinski today. If you have been injured in an accident of any kind, contact Kimberly Olsinski to find out if you have a case. Kimberly Olsinski always offers a free, no obligation consultation.

Daniel P. Roberts joined GCLLG as a partner in 2011.  Since being licensed to practice law in 2004, Mr. Roberts has practiced criminal law in State and Federal Courts.  He has extensive jury trial experience having tried offenses ranging from Misdemeanors to First Degree Murder.  Recently,Mr. Roberts was certified by the North Carolina State Bar as a specialist in the area of State Criminal Law. Mr. Roberts has also been a speaker at Continuing Legal Education programs (CLEs) concerning topics in criminal law litigation.. Mr. Roberts holds licensures to practice law in the following jurisdictions:  the State Courts of North Carolina, the State Courts of California, Federal Court for the Western District of North Carolina, Federal Court for the Middle District of North Carolina, and the United States 4th Circuit Federal Court of Appeals.. Prior to entering into private practice, for 3 years Mr. Roberts practiced as an Assistant District Attorney in Union County (North Carolina).  During that time he prosecuted cases in both District and Superior Court.. Mr. Roberts received his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, in 2001, and his law degree from the Norman Adrian Wiggins School of Law at Campbell University in 2004.. Mr. Roberts enjoys spending time with his wife and son.  He is a native of Charlotte, and he loves to attend Charlotte’s pro-sports events – especially Carolina Panthers football games.  Due to his interests in history, and his appreciation for other cultures, Mr. Roberts also enjoys traveling abroad with his family .

Taylor represents people charged with all types of crimes. She primarily focuses her work in state court, and in the last year alone defended a wide variety of cases including:. Taylor also defends kids charged with crimes in juvenile court. She has helped young people charged with these offenses in juvenile court:. Goodnight also defends men and women accused of violating their federal supervised release or probation conditions in the Federal Western District of North Carolina. She also works with Chris Fialko on many of his cases, including high-level state felonies, federal white-collar crime and drug cases, college Title IX sexual misconduct allegations, and post-conviction matters. Just recently, in Raleigh, Taylor made a thirty-minute presentation to a North Carolina parole commissioner on behalf of a post-conviction client. In preparation for the meeting, Taylor compiled a 50-page packet for the parole commissioners detailing all of the reasons the parole board should release her client.. Taylor began working in the criminal defense field when she 18 as an intern, and went to law school at UNC-Chapel Hill specifically to become a criminal defense attorney. She has the passion and tools necessary to fully investigate every case by gathering all key information, interviewing law enforcement and other witnesses, and negotiating with and advocating for her client with the appropriate people. Taylor likes to fight for her clients and believes in thorough and zealous representation, no matter the client or the charge.

I worked as an Assistant District Attorney for approx. 12 that time I had approx 60 felony jury trials ranging from robbery, embezzlement,  rape and 1st degree murder.  My experience allows me to help those charged with serious criminal offenses find the best solutions for them, whether that means negotiating a lesser sentence or going to trial.

Robert DeCurtins has lived in Charlotte since 1984 where he and his wife have raised their three children and he began his legal career.  Over the past 25 years he has successfully represented many thousands of clients in state criminal court in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County and nearby counties.  He enjoys his relationships with his clients, past and present, and looks forward to getting to know his future clients.. Robert was born in Miami Beach, Florida on March 20, 1954, and grew up in Dayton, Ohio .  He attended college at Eastern Kentucky University where he graduated in 1976 with a Bachelor’s degree in Criminal Justice and a minor in Psychology.. His first job out of college was with Montgomery Ward as a security director for a new location.  Responsibilities included hiring and training a staff of store detectives to apprehend shoplifters and all internal investigations of employee theft and embezzlement.. While working in that capacity Robert was introduced to the field of polygraph (or lie detector) and later graduated from the Lincoln Zonn Institute of Polygraph in Miami, Florida where he graduated 2nd in his class, which consisted mostly of police officers from around the country.  He was hired by the Zonn Security Corporation upon graduation and trained in New York city for a period of time under a nationally renowned polygraph examiner and interrogator who had conducted polygraph testing on witnesses surrounding the President Kennedy assassination.. Eventually, Robert accepted a position in Dayton, Ohio with Takkon Polygraph Firm which was owned and operated by Dayton Police Department homicide investigators and was the largest private firm in the Ohio/Kentucky/Indiana area.  While there he testified in criminal court as a polygraph expert.  Robert believes his polygraph and interrogation experience has been invaluable in his career as a criminal defense lawyer, having personally conducted approximately 8,000 polygraph examinations.  He also was eventually granted a state license to administer polygraphs in North Carolina .  Robert is possibly the only lawyer in North Carolina to have held such a license.. With an educational and job background in the criminal justice area, Robert began law school at the University of Dayton School of Law in 1980, obtaining his law degree in 1983.  Mr. DeCurtins then moved his family to Charlotte, North Carolina and began his legal career as an Assistant Public Defender.  In 1985 he left that office and went into private law practice.  At that time, Mr. DeCurtins helped prosecute child support arrearage cases in Charlotte .  In addition, he also represented the City’s interest in front of the Civil Service Board where his job was to have the board uphold punishments, i.e. suspensions or termination, handed down by the Charlotte Police Department for officer misconduct.. Throughout his career Robert has probably defended clients charged with almost every type or category of criminal case in North Carolina .  Of his most memorable cases to date were two separate instances where he defended Charlotte teachers who were accused of having sex with a student.  In one of the cases his client was a male teacher and in the other a female teacher.  The case involving the female teacher generated significant media interest on a national level because of the rarity of a female teacher being charged and several television shows, i.e. 20/20, sought interviews and or appearances.. Mr. DeCurtins also represented a NFL Carolina Panthers player during the Rae Carruth murder investigation and prosecution in Charlotte, North Carolina .  At that trial, approximately one year after the investigation started, both Robert and his client were called to testify.. Areas of Practice:. Bar Admissions:. Education:. Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, Kentucky, 1976Bachelor of ScienceMajor: Criminology. Professional Associations and Memberships:. Mecklenburg County BarMember. North Carolina Academy of Trial LawyersMember

Missy Owen always wanted to be a criminal defense lawyer. The daughter of Pittsburgh defense attorney John Knorr, Missy grew up with the practice of criminal law in her blood. Missy has practiced criminal law exclusively since moving to Charlotte in 2002, where she met Noell Tin and joined what was then his solo practice. Their legal partnership was the first brick laid in the building of Tin Fulton Walker & Owen.. Missy represents clients in state and federal courts across North Carolina, handling cases ranging from misdemeanors to homicides. Missy has particular expertise in white collar and sex offense cases, where she has represented clients in the pre-indictment phase, at trial, and on appeal. She also represents clients in regulatory proceedings involving the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission (SEC).. In white collar matters, Missy’s keen ability to analyze and digest complex business arrangements and transactions enables her to quickly assess a client’s circumstances and provide immediate guidance. In sex offense matters, she regularly works with forensic experts and consultants to aggressively investigate allegations. As a consequence of her approach to these challenging cases, some of Missy’s clients are never ultimately prosecuted.. Missy is a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church, serves on PTO Board at Saint Patrick Catholic School, and is an active member of the Dilworth Neighborhood Development Association. In 2013, Missy joined the board of the Federal Defenders of Western North Carolina, Inc.

I have spent my entire legal career as a Criminal Defense Attorney in Charlotte.  Although my office is located in Charlotte, I can accept cases in any of the 100 counties of North Carolina.. I presently focus on the defense of Felony Criminal Charges.  If the State of North Carolina has charged or accused you of any Felony Criminal matter, I would be happy to talk with you about your case.. I handle a wide variety of Felony Criminal Offenses at the State Level:Felony Drug charges, Sex Offenses, Property crimes, Violent Assaults, Robbery, Embezzlement, etc.. I handle Misdemeanor Criminal Offenses, as well as Traffic and DWI Cases.. I also handle Expunctions of Criminal Records.. My goal is to fight for your legal rights in a professional, kind, and caring manner.. If I can be of any assistance to you, please do not hesitate to contact me.

Born and raised in Charlotte, Ms. Laughrun graduated from Myers Park High School and went on to attended the College of Charleston, receiving a degree in business administration. While attending Charleston, she participated in the Honors Program, serving as a justice on the Charleston Honor Board, as well as, serving as judicial chair and elected treasurer of her sorority, Zeta Tau Alpha.. In 2009 Ms. Laughrun graduated cum laude with a certificate of concentration in Family Law from  T.C. Williams School of Law at the University of Richmond on a partial scholarship.. In 2009, Ms. Laughrun returned to her hometown of Charlotte and accepted a position with the Mecklenburg County Public Defender’s Office. During this time, Ms. Laughrun dedicated her practice to defending the rights of those individuals unable to afford counsel, giving a voice to the often overlooked and ignored.

Mr. Winiker is an experienced trial attorney who defends individuals and businesses in state and federal white-collar criminal cases. He counsels clients in pre-trial negotiations with the United States Department of Justice, counsels clients under investigation by the FBI, IRS, SEC and other federal and state agencies, and regularly defends people charged with felony and misdemeanor crimes in Charlotte, Mecklenburg County, North Carolina.He is a former federal and state prosecutor who is admitted to practice in North Carolina, the United States District Courts for the Western and Eastern Districts of North Carolina, and the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth and Ninth Circuits.He has successfully argued cases that have appeared in published decisions in both federal appellate circuits (See United States v. Goforth, 546 F.3d 712 (4th Cir. 2008)- Pre-trial release of person accused of federal crime)As a former Assistant United States Attorney with the U.S. Department of Justice, Mr. Winiker prosecuted a wide variety of federal crimes, represented federal agencies in civil litigation, and was responsible for tracing and seizing criminal funds nationally and internationally. He served as an Assistant Director for the Cybercrimes section of the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Legal Education and coordinated nationwide training on computer forensics, internet fraud, and computerized courtroom presentations and discovery management.Mr. Winiker is also a former Assistant District Attorney with the Charlotte Mecklenburg District Attorney’s Office.He is a graduate of Wake Forest University  – Gonzaga University School of Law, cum laude – and is a U.S. Army veteran who served in the Persian Gulf War.

Brittny Kaltenbach is a North Carolina licensed attorney who received her Juris Doctorate in May, 2016.  Brittny has a Bachelor of Arts degree in Legal Studies from Gannon University in Erie, Pennsylvania.. While studying at Gannon, Brittny was the vice president of the Legal Studies Club, a member of Kappa Gamma Pi National Catholic College Graduate Honor Society.  She also was an intern with the Honorable Judge Stephanie Domitrovich where she frequently researched for the Judge and assisted the Judge and her law clerk in editing opinions and orders.  Brittny was also an intern with the Erie County District Attorney's office where she observed and assisted in a homicide trial, multiple rape trials, and drug trials, participated in multiple jury selections, viewing and organizing evidence, assisted in opening and closing remark preparation, interviewing witnesses, reviewed depositions and interviews, prepared case memos, and performed legal research on multiple topics. Upon graduating Suma Cum Laude in May 2013 Brittny received the Founders' Day Award for Academic Excellence. While earning her law degree, Brittny was a member of Order of the Crown (merit based honors program), served as the elected pro-bono student ambassador, and volunteered at Kreitzer's Critter Corral Dog Rescue.  Brittny also became a Firm law clerk during her first year of law school and continued as a law clerk until graduation.  Brittny earned Dean's List honors in each semester of her law school career and graduated with pro-bono honors.. Upon graduating law school, Brittny passed the bar exam and became an associate attorney, focusing mainly on criminal law, traffic law, criminal expunctions, and family law.  Brittny now has the pleasure of working on corporate law cases as well.  In her free time, Brittny likes to walk her dog or relax by the lake.

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I have always had a strong interest in helping people. Growing up I discovered I was a natural leader with strong advocacy skills. Throughout high school and college, including law school, my friends and peers relied on me to get things done. I value individual rights and constitutional freedoms and strongly believe that protecting against infringement of those rights by the government or greedy corporations is of primary importance. My career in law has been a natural extension of my skills and interests.