Tarlton Law PLLC

01/10/2026

Dogs are family. Being shot repeatedly demands sunlight on what happened. Shaping First Amendment right of access to info in the public interest arguments, including right of voters to scrutinize retention decisions by those holding office, paved way for our attorney Raymond Tarltonand co-counsel Melissa Hill at Tharrington Smith, LLP to prevail in a contested hearing where they secured copies of crucial body camera footage in this case.

A cop walks up to the front door of a family’s home. Nobody answers the door, so he just lets himself in and begins to look around. About a minute later, sho...

05/26/2025

Today we pause to honor the brave who sacrificed so much for our freedom. Their courage remind us that liberty isn't free—it's protected by those willing to give everything for it. We are forever grateful

01/02/2025

In 2025 we expect a massive influx of challenging litigation in our federal courts https://www.tarltonfirm.com/federal-grand-jury-investigations-subpoenas

11/16/2024

Tarlton Law PLLC —based out of Chapel Hill and Raleigh, NC—is recognized in the 15th Edition of Best Law Firms by Best Lawyers for Metropolitan Tier 1 (Raleigh): Criminal Defense: White-Collar and Metropolitan Tier 2 (Raleigh): Civil Rights Law and Criminal Defense: General Practice. We are proud of our small but mighty and tech forward team, Raymond Tarlton, Joe Gilbert, Russell Lee Tarlton aka the Coach !

08/18/2024

We are proud that Raymond Tarlton is recognized again by peers for 2025 in Best Lawyers for Civil Rights, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, and Criminal Defense: General Practice !

04/09/2024

The Coach !

11/21/2023

Our attorney Joshua Dafydd recently returned a client to their family, having got their extradition case dismissed.

We are proud of the work that we do for our clients, and are delighted that the client is now back where they belong. Read more below:

Our attorney Joshua D. Xerri recently returned a client to his family, having got an extradition case dismissed. The warrant under which the client was held did not comply with the statutory essentials, and therefore the warrant was quashed and the proceedings dismissed.

09/06/2023

Our attorney JD Xerri was recently featured in an article by his alma mater, Cardiff Law, discussing his historic swearing in at the North Carolina Court of Appeals.

You can read it here:

A Cardiff law graduate recently brought the green, green grass of home to the USA when qualifying to become a lawyer.

09/04/2023

Celebrating workers this long weekend !

08/18/2023

We are proud to announce that Raymond C. Tarlton was recently included in the 2024 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® for Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White Collar, and Civil Rights law.

As the oldest and most respected peer-review publication company in the legal profession, Best Lawyers lists are compiled based on peer-review evaluation, with almost 94,000 lawyers from around the world eligible to vote.

This inclusion recognizes the hard work and creative talent that the whole team at Tarlton Law brings to its clients.

06/19/2023

We have come a long way and yet have so far to go