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Stevens Martin Vaughn & Tadych, PLLC

A full service, client-friendly, A-rated law firm focused on Media and First Amendment law.

04/10/2026

SMVT is proud to represent a coalition of media outlets trying to spread a little sunshine on the $1.2M investigation of UNC-CH’s School of Civic Life and Leadership.

WRAL and local media outlets sue UNC for access to $1.2M secret report

The University of North Carolina declined to make public its report into the School of Civic Life and Leadership. Local media outlets argue that the document is a public record.

11/19/2025

Today, SMVT prevailed in a jury trial on behalf of a general contractor client who added an addition and did a complete house renovation for a dentist living in Chapel Hill who refused to pay for lavish spending. HGTV unplugged.

A blended North Carolina family makes their home bigger and better — and more stylish.

04/16/2024

Along with our co-counsel Bob Orr, SMVT had a big day today. While a long time coming, we're thrilled for our bar clients today.

NORTH CAROLINA — Though the world has moved on from the lethal health threat of the Covid-19 virus, its aftereffects still linger in other ways. In North Carolina, three Republican judges with the…

01/09/2024

SMVT partner Mike Tadych recently represented WRAL-TV seeking a court order for the release of law enforcement recordings of a Durham Police stop, fight, and arrest involving a DPD officer and his ride along chaplain whose jujitsu skills may have prevented serious harm.

Thanks to WRAL for pursuing these recordings which demonstrate just how dangerous police work can be.

A chaplain who happened to be riding along with a Durham police officer may have ended up saving his life when that officer was involved in a fight with a suspect. Body and dash camera video obtained exclusively by WRAL Investigates shows the fight, and what came before and after it.

11/30/2023

SMVT partner Mike Tadych recently represented ABC News in obtaining law enforcement recordings from the Cabarrus County Sheriff's Office. This powerful piece aired for the first time last night. It demonstrates why recordings like these are so important. In this instance, they show, first hand, the trauma of gun violence and the lifesaving heroics of these Cabarrus County Sheriff's Deputies.

Aalayah Fulmore has spent over a year recovering physically and emotionally after a single bullet struck her in her bedroom, nearly killing her.

07/19/2023

SMVT Attorney Amanda Martin is featured in this week's NC Lawyers Weekly!

By Ross Chandler When a journalist calls for help on legal issues such as public meetings or access to public records, Amanda Martin answers the phone. Martin, the counsel for the N.C. Press Association, wears several hats for the professional organization. But the largest demand is for advice sough...

01/31/2023

SMVT partner Mike Tadych weighs in on cumbersome process for release of body cams in NC.

In North Carolina, a judge has to agree to release any law enforcement body camera footage.

12/22/2022

Part of SMVT's work with the North Carolina Press Association is responding to inquiries to their legal "hotline." Reporters, editors, and publishers from around the state (and sometimes beyond) can call or email us when they're encountering difficulty in getting access to public records, meetings that are required to be open, court proceedings that have been closed or court records that have been sealed or if they have other newsgathering and advertising questions. It's rewarding work and has the air of media law street fighting with us helping journalists get to the bottom of a story.

This article by Holly Kays at the Smoky Mountain News is a great example of how the NCPA Hotline works. It also demonstrates how a reporter can explain the legal backdrop when those in government don't adhere to notions of transparency and access.

Great work, Holly!

Update: Shortly after press time Dec. 20, the Jackson County Clerk of Court released an order sealing the 911 records for an additional 30 days. The order was filed at 3:18 p.m. Dec. 20, 31 hours after the previous sealing order had lifted and The Smoky Mountain News had submitted a renewed request....

12/20/2022

SMVT partner Mike Tadych gladly assisted WRAL in obtaining the recordings for this piece.

Following a tip, WRAL investigates obtained dash camera videos from several North Carolina state highway patrol cruisers following a high speed chase and high intensity arrest back in October.

08/23/2022

SMVT is proud to represent the Winston-Salem Journal and the Greensboro News & Record in their petition to obtain release of the law enforcement recordings of a fatal police shoot-out in Clemmons, NC on August 5, 2022.

The Winston-Salem Journal and the News & Record are seeking the public release of body-camera footage and any other recordings that would show what happened Aug. 5 when five law-enforcement

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Tuesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 5:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 5pm

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