Charns Personal History

Alex Charns interviewed about his practice:
youtu.be/CqaMcPsntBI

My name is Alex Charns. If you want a giant law firm with lots of young, inexperienced associates just out of law school, a large staff of secretaries and paralegals, you’ve come to the wrong place.

Do you want a lawyer that plays golf with prosecutors? Again, wrong firm for that. (I do play hockey.)

I am active in my parish, Immaculate Conception Catholic Church. For twelve years, I helped coach my kids’ hockey teams and I play myself. I write non-fiction and fiction, and do some blogging about law and hockey.

Why do I practice criminal and police misconduct law? As a law student, late one night, I witnessed firsthand the result of a police beat-down on a lonely N.C. road surrounded by soybean fields. I drove hours to go to court for that victim of police brutality, but the judge convicted him anyway. That is something I will never forget.

It was an honor to be selected to be a member of the North Carolina Racial Equity Network, a state-wide group of attorneys dedicated to working inside and outside the legal system for racial equity through individual casework, training and mentorships.

I take seriously the awesome responsibility for the life and welfare of my clients that comes with being a criminal defense attorney, and work to preserve the liberties embodied in our Constitution. I hope and pray to God that I succeed in that more than I fail.

What did I get after a decade of litigating against the FBI? The records are archived at UNC-CH and Villanova: http://www.lib.unc.edu/mss/inv/c/Charns,Alexander.html

https://www1.villanova.edu/villanova/law/library/specialcollections/alexandercharnscollection.html