Some people believe an armed security guard used excessive force outside a bar on Demonbreun Street and now there’s question about whether this guard will face criminal charges.

Along with shoppers and security, dressed in dark navy, walking the halls of Opry Mills mall on Friday, April 21, was Nick Jordan. He strolled among side other security, many wearing the word “police” on vests or patches. Jordan, wearing a gun like his peers, also wore one of the...

“Holly Lamar, a master falconer and owner of a Nashville ‘bird experience’ business, has a story to tell about each one of her 13 captive-bred birds of prey.” Read more here.

We are pleased to announce that all charges have been dismissed against Ben Raybin’s client, who had been arrested for regulatory violations regarding her birds of prey. Read Here.

A Davidson County judge ruled the Tennessee Wildlife Resources Agency illegally searched the home of a Davidson County woman. Read more here.

Attorney Ben Raybin of Raybin & Weissman, Attorneys at Law, was recently elected by fellow lawyers across the city to the Nashville Bar Association’s Board of Directors. Mr. Raybin will serve a four-year term beginning in 2023. He had previously served as co-chair of the Criminal Law and Justice Committee...

Read David Raybin’s article “The Truth About Truth in Sentencing: Tennessee’s Experience” published in Tennesse Bar Journal here.

“Nashville airport officials refuse to answer questions after officers threaten arrests” Read more here.

“Congratulations to Ben Raybin’s client, who was among 13 people granted pardons on Thursday. A pardon restores civil rights lost after a felony conviction and allows for the record to be completely expunged. Only about 5% of applicants receive clemency in Tennessee.” Read more here.

“Raybin & Weissman, P.C. discuss the Tennessee Supreme Court decision that juvenile life sentences are unconstitutional” Read more here.

“When seconds count, some people in the Midstate must go an extra 17 miles to get emergency care. For this reason, a Clay County hospital owner is taking the city and county to court.” Read more here.

“Why Tennessee juveniles sentenced to life for murder now have path to release.” Read more here.

“Man, who killed gym owner with ax in Nashville, sentenced with murder.” Read more here.

Attorney Ben Raybin is representing former Putnam County Sheriff’s deputy Micheal Hoover in an excessive force case against another deputy. See the Channel 5 news report here

“Ex-officer convicted in fatal shooting out of Nashville jail.” See the ABC news report here.

“‘There is no exception’ Nashville attorney breaks down Tennessee’s trigger law.” Read more here.

“Tennessee’s abortion battleground changes after Roe.” Read more here.

Attorney David Raybin gives his thoughts after handling similar cases. Read more here.

“Top legal expert calls truth in sentencing law ‘a disaster’.” Read more here.

“Jury Selection Starting in Nashville Waffle House Shooting.” Read more here.

Natalie Allison Nashville Tennessean 4.27.2021 category: In The News A major criminal justice reform initiative pushed for years by advocates has finally passed a significant milestone in Tennessee. It’s a measure that would offer a life-altering second chance for inmates serving life in prison to prove they have been rehabilitated. Currently, a...

The Tennessee Supreme Court issued a unanimous decision today in favor of attorney Ben Raybin’s client, who had been charged with a drug offense. In the case, law enforcement surrounded Ben’s client home while looking for a wanted suspect. She finally came out at gunpoint and eventually agreed to let...

Adam Tamburin – Nashville Tennessean  2.18.2021 Tennessee’s criminal justice system increasingly relies on life sentences, a new analysis shows, a phenomenon straining the state’s prisons and budget. The population of so-called “lifers” in Tennessee prisons has grown by 87% since 1970, according to the report released Wednesday by Washington D.C. nonprofit The Sentencing Project. An...

David Raybin speaks on self-defense laws in recent interviews with WKRN and WSMV. Read more about this fake robbery incident & David’s input: https://www.wkrn.com/news/crime-tracker/self-defense-laws-could-protect-man-who-killed-prankster-during-fake-robbery/ https://www.wsmv.com/news/fatal-youtube-prank-gone-wrong-would-have-violated-platforms-policies/article_40ac0806-6b57-11eb-ba93-db6704dbf84d.html  

David Raybin provides insight on a local case in which he is not representing. Read more about David Raybin’s input in this WZTV news article: https://fox17.com/news/local/violent-robbery-suspect-was-out-on-supervised-probation-based-off-of-judges-decision

Potential for civil unrest has helped for David Raybin to act in the best interest of his client. Read more in this Associated Press article: https://apnews.com/article/nashville-trials-shootings-police-coronavirus-pandemic-3fcd4da94696f92a9c7635f7d862e817

Raybin & Weissman is pleased to announce the acceptance of the award for “Best Lawyers in America” for 2021. Read more about this prestigious award: https://www.wfmj.com/story/42654448/raybin-weissman-will-appear-in-the-best-lawyers-in-america-2021

“High-profile Nashville attorney David Raybin asked the board to “accelerate the release of already-paroled prisoners” in a letter Friday. The Tennessee Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers endorsed Raybin’s letter.” Read more in this Tennessean article about expediting necessary releases: https://www.tennessean.com/story/news/politics/2020/03/27/attorneys-tennessee-parole-board-release-requirements/  

Tennessee State University quarterback Demry Croft faced rape charges against him in court Wednesday, when he pleaded not guilty. Croft, 22, is accused of raping a female student on campus in December, according to court and university documents. He was indicted on six felony counts of rape and two counts...

Lawyers representing a Nashville police officer charged with murder want the trial to be moved out of the city. Officer Andrew Delke, 26, appeared in court Thursday when his attorney David Raybin asked for a hearing to be set to debate a new trial location. Judge Monte Watkins agreed to...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — A Nashville judge has scheduled a hearing to decide whether there will be a change of venue in the case of a Metro police officer who’s been charged with murder. Decommissioned officer Andrew Delke appeared in court Thursday morning for a brief motions hearing. His attorney,...

Numerous publications around the world assess the credibility of those who practice law. Best Lawyers is one of the most well-known legal peer reviews, and it has been in rotation since 1983. In 2008, Best Lawyers expanded its global reach. Today, the review is published in seventy-five countries, has over...

Editor’s note: This story explores suicide, including details of how people died by suicide. If you are at risk, please stop here and contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline for support at 1-800-273-8255. Sasha Putala’s parents knew their son was in a poor mental state when he was arrested on...

By Jonathan Mattise | AP February 14 NASHVILLE, Tenn. — The attorney for a white police officer charged with fatally shooting an armed black man in Tennessee is calling for legal discovery documents to be sealed from members of the public. Meanwhile, a police union has launched a digital ad campaign seeking...

Legal arguments are heating up in the murder case against a Nashville police officer, with the officer’s defense attorney accusing the city’s top prosecutor of hypocrisy in a legal filing Thursday. Officer Andrew Delke, 25, was charged with first-degree murder after he shot Daniel Hambrick during a foot chase in...

Nashville police officer Andrew Delke’s defense attorneys said Monday that District Attorney Glenn Funk has “declared war on the police department.” Nothing, Funk’s office said, “could be further from the truth.” Delke, 25, who is white, fatally shot Daniel Hambrick, also 25, who was black, during a July 26 foot...

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The lawyer defending a police officer charged with homicide says the district attorney has “functionally declared war on police,” due to the DA’s comments during a court hearing on Saturday. Decommissioned Metro Nashville police officer Andrew Delke faces criminal homicide charges in the shooting death of...

Fatal rear-end truck accident a reminder of the need to slow down and exercise caution in construction zones. Earlier this month a 32-year-old Goodlettsville man suffered serious injuries when his car struck the back of a UPS tractor that was stopped due to construction-related traffic on I-24 West near the...

Nashville Pedestrian Accidents According to the Tennessee Department of Homeland Security, there were nearly 300 pedestrians involved in accidents in Davidson County last year. Worse yet, 2017 was the deadliest year for pedestrians in Nashville history, with nearly two dozen individuals killed on Music City’s roads. Nashville’s population is growing...

Raybin & Weissman recently filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of their client, a female inmate who was repeatedly raped and impregnated by a guard at the Moore County Jail. Said lead attorney Ben Raybin: “Jessica Fowler is just one of many women who have been sexually abused by a...

Wrong-way Car Accident on New Year’s Day The New Year was just a few hours old when the Nashville metropolitan area witnessed its first wrong-way crash of 2018. According to WKRN, a black Nissan collided head-on with a silver Chrysler near I-24 West’s Maxey Road exit, just before the Montgomery...

Last month, a Schuyler County, Illinois, resident brought a lawsuit against the Schuyler County Sheriff’s Department in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of Illinois, alleging that excessive force was used against her and that her Fourth Amendment rights were violated. Specifically, the victim alleged that a male...

Fatal Crossville Pedestrian Truck Accident On November 20th, an elderly man was killed by a semi tractor-trailer truck at an intersection in Crossville, a town of 12,000 people found approximately two hours east of downtown Nashville. According to the Crossville Chronicle, the accident occurred at the corner of Main Street...

MTA Bus Accidents in Nashville Earlier this year, I wrote about an incident in which an MTA bus hit a 64-year-old woman and dragged her more than 50 yards at the intersection of Charlotte Avenue and 5th Avenue North in downtown Nashville. The Murfreesboro resident life suffered life-threatening injuries but...

Hit and run accidents have become all-too-common in Nashville. On a Sunday night late last month, three co-workers from India who had traveled to the United States to attend an employer-sponsored training program were walking along Elm Hill Pike in Donelson when they were struck by a red Ford pickup...

The Statutory Rape Law in Tennessee We have all heard about the “age of consent.” That is the age at which a person is considered to be able to consent to sexual relations. The offense of statutory rape is essentially when sex would otherwise be considered “consensual” except for the...

Excessive Force Lawsuit Raybin & Weissman recently filed a federal lawsuit on behalf of their client alleging excessive force. The suit alleges that Cheatham County Sheriff Deputies repeatedly Tased their client while he was restrained in a restraint chair and unable to resist. After he was released from jail, their...

If you or a family member has been hurt in an accident in Nashville or elsewhere in Tennessee, you’re probably considering filing a lawsuit. The first question you likely need the answer to is: “How do attorneys get paid?” Or, more specifically, “How do Nashville personal injury attorneys get paid?”...

At a bus stop on Charlotte Avenue near the Music City Terminal a routine day turned into a nightmare. A 64-year-old woman stepped off the bus near the intersection of Charlotte Avenue and 5th Avenue. As she began to walk in front of the bus to cross 5th Avenue from...

After you’ve been in a vehicle accident the unsolicited advice begins to pour in. What you should tell the insurance company, whether you should call a Nashville accident lawyer, which lawyer you should call, whether you should see a doctor, how much your case is worth, whether you should settle....

In almost every initial meeting with clients, we are asked some of the same questions. We have compiled a list of frequently asked questions and answered them below: 1. Who pays for my medical expenses? When you are involved in an automobile accident, you will inevitably incur medical expenses and...

Any life lost in a vehicle accident is horrible but the loss of toddler or baby is especially tragic. I urge everyone in Greater Nashville to make sure they use child car restraints properly each and every time they get behind the wheel. As the cold weather season approaches, be...

I had a conversation with a potential client in Nashville this morning who said something that I hear all too often. She said, “I thought I could handle this with the adjuster directly, but I realize I cannot.” She then went on to tell me about the difficulty and the...

Recently, a FedEx truck driver crashed on I-24 West causing multiple injuries. When I learned about this horrific accident, I immediately thought about the safety of Tennesseans who regularly use our roadways for commuting to work or visiting loved ones. According to reports from News Channel 5 and WKRN, the...

On the holiest day of each year three members of Temple Ohabai Sholom in Nashville are asked to address the congregation about their Jewish experiences. This day is our Day of Atonement – Yom Kippur – where we gather as a community and ask God for forgiveness and strength to...

Many people have questions about whether their firearm rights can be restored after a felony conviction. Unfortunately, Tennessee law makes it very difficult to regain firearm rights. A person convicted of a crime in Tennessee must obtain a pardon from the governor and fulfill other criteria. A person convicted in...

Employee theft is rarely something companies think about until it’s too late. However, taking the appropriate preventative measures to prevent embezzlement is far easier than the significant cleanup work required when victimized by employee theft. How to Prevent Employee Theft What are the steps that you can take to minimize...

The simple answer: expose it. Yet, the reality is that reporting fraud can be scary. You might fear losing your job or suffering harassment at work. Having filed numerous claims on behalf of whistleblowers, I can attest that coming forward is one of the most difficult decisions a person will...

As an employee, you would never expect that your employer is participating in fraudulent activities. However, if you work for a company that submits bills to government programs, such as Medicare, Medicaid, or Tri-Care, there is a real possibility you may be placed in this position. According to government audits,...

Your trusted bookkeeper of 20 years has been robbing you blind. Not with a pistol but with a pencil. She has been paying herself an extra paycheck every few weeks. He has been diverting funds to fictitious vendors – on paper at least – to cover his tracks. What do you...

If your employer is submitting false bills to the government, your company is participating in fraudulent activity. This is commonly seen in the healthcare sector when clinics, doctors and hospitals submit bills to Medicare or Medicaid. For example, a medical office might double bill for the same service or charge...

If you get into a traffic accident, your insurance company isn’t the only one who needs to know. Under Tennessee “hit and run” law, you may be required to take several different steps to notify the government and/or the other driver about the accident. Some of these requirements apply immediately,...

Viewers of WSMV-Channel 4 may have seen me interviewed on the evening news last Friday discussing the Vanderbilt Football rape case. The breaking development was that Vandy receiver Chris Boyd pled guilty to attempting to be an “accessory after the fact” in light of evidence that he had helped carry...

Can the police subpoena your emails to your spouse?  Can your emails be subject to a subpoena? _ Marital Privilege  Doctrine _ Are your emails to your spouse protected when written on a work computer?  According to one very recent federal court ruling, not necessarily so.  United States v Hamilton, -F.3d-,...

According to multiple local media sources this week, due to dry conditions in the area the Metro Nashville Police Department will have a zero tolerance for those that set off fireworks in Nashville this 4th of July week.  Nashville Police have indicated that those caught shooting off fireworks will be...