Born in Chicago, raised in San Francisco, educated in Atlanta and Washington DC.  Licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia (inactive), and in the state and federal courts of North Carolina.  Based in downtown Durham on "Black Wall Street" in the historic M&F Bank Building.  Main territory: the Piedmont counties (central North Caroina), but willing to go where needed.  Committed to zealous defense of individual rights, at even the most basic level.  From traffic infractions to major felonies.  Helping North Carolina drivers with "impossibly" suspended drivers licenses recover full driving privileges. Committed to fight against mass incarceration and overcriminalization of under privileged youth and the historically oppressed.