W. Rob Heroy
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Experience :18 Years
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Featured Practice Areas :Criminal Defense, Immigration Law
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Office Location :Charlotte, NC, USA
Biography
Rob Heroy solves problems. Big problems. He believes that standing up to the Government provides his clients with the best possible results. He is aggressive and has significant trial experience in state and federal court. He joined Goodman Carr as a partner in January of 2012. Previously, he was a partner at the law firm of Tin, Fulton, Walker & Owen and served as an assistant district attorney in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Mr. Heroy handles high-stakes criminal matters such as white-collar criminal, often involving millions or billions of dollars, large-scale drug trafficking conspiracies, environmental offenses, weapons violations, serious assaults, and homicides. He tries several jury and bench trials a year, and has experience contesting wire taps, subpoenas, and search warrants.
He represents individuals and companies who are the subject of criminal investigations or have received grand jury subpoenas. Mr. Heroy advises them on what steps can be taken to protect themselves out of the gate to avoid charges. Recently Mr. Heroy and Mr. Greene obtained the first not guilty verdict in the country on a PPP fraud case. Within the last year, Mr. Heroy has secured a dismissal in a first-degree murder case, obtained the dismissal of a federal stolen property indictment, and negotiated a deferred prosecution in a multi-billion dollar case.
Business North Carolina named him the Criminal Lawyer of the Year in 2023. His cases have been prominently featured in local and national media. He provided commentary to the BBC for the El Chapo trial, as well as the New York Times. He has been recognized in media, and in a recent novel, for his expertise in white collar offenses and organized crime.
He is experienced in state and federal criminal appeals. He has had success overturning decades-long sentences for clients. He obtained reversal of a 35-year sentence based on insufficient evidence of intent, and, in 2019, obtained reversal of a synthetic drug conspiracy conviction based on improper venue. In 2018, he overturned a 50-year murder sentence based on the ineffective assistance of the client's trial lawyer, and overturned another conviction on direct appeal where the client had not been properly advised of his rights to counsel. Working with legal scholar Eugene Volokh, he overturned a jury intimidation conviction in the North Carolina Supreme Court where they challenged the conviction under the First Amendment.
Rob also litigates immigration matters in federal district court and federal courts of appeal. In some cases, he has obtained court orders compelling immigration to grant relief to individuals or release them from detention, and in others he has obtained relief by appealing immigration decisions to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals. He has presented at continuing legal educations seminars before other attorneys on the subject of immigration law and has been accepted as an expert witness in the area of immigration law in North Carolina Superior Court.
Rob is the current president of the Criminal Law Section of the Mecklenburg County Bar. He served as the president of the Mecklenburg County Criminal Defense Bar for over 5 years and as the president of the Mecklenburg County Bar Foundation. He puts on the annual criminal law CLE for the North Carolina Bar Association and has received pro bono recognition from the State for years and years.
Rob is the current president of the Criminal Law Section of the Mecklenburg County Bar. He served as the president of the Mecklenburg County Criminal Defense Bar for over 5 years. He also served as the president of the Mecklenburg County Bar Foundation. He puts on the annual criminal law CLE for the North Carolina Bar Association and has received pro bono recognition from the State for years.
Personal Information
Outside of the law, he was a finalist in the World Series of Poker and has run ultramarathons. He is married to Katie Heroy, and they have three little boys who love spending time in the mountains. He is also the founding member of The Adventure Club, which explores the world and whose members are limited to Rob, Katie, and their boys.