Our Success Stories

Criminal Law Case – David Nacht was retained Monday, October 6, 2025, in a case to represent a man accused in federal court in Detroit of conspiring to commit kidnapping. The charge was a serious one, and the client had prior felonies in his record, although none in the last fifteen years. The prosecutor sought pretrial detention. With the assistance of a brief investigation by new NachtLaw attorney (and former prosecutor), Adam Dreher, Nacht persuaded the federal magistrate judge that the criminal complaint showed virtually no facts linking Nacht’s client to the kidnapping or its planning or the victims or the other defendants in the case.  “A lawyer’s first job is to secure the presumption of innocence and the right of liberty for his client.”  Nacht said. “In this case, we succeeded. ” Nacht had to return to court three separate times over two days to get his client released, but David Nacht’s client was released.

Age Discrimination Case –Attorney David Nacht successfully defeated a motion for summary judgment filed by Ann Arbor Public Schools in the case Carpenter v. Ann Arbor Schools, an age discrimination lawsuit. Mr. Nacht and his colleague, Grace Cretcher, represent a music teacher who alleges discriminatory treatment based on age. The case has been pending for over two years. U.S. District Judge Leitman found that inconsistent statements by the school manager who made scheduling decisions and the fact that older music teachers had undesirable schedules allowed a reasonable jury to find that age discrimination was at work. A trial date will now be set.

Title IX Defense – University employees can take advantage of Title IX complaint processes when experiencing sexual harassment at work. David Nacht won a sex harassment hearing for a 50-year-old female staff person resulting in the resignation of a dean at a midwestern public university. His client was a staff person who worked closely with the Dean. What makes the case particularly remarkable is that Nacht’s client felt too emotionally upset to participate, and Nacht won anyway. Sometimes, cross-examination can win a case– in hearings and in court.

Executive Severance Package Negotiations – Attorney David Nacht negotiated an increase in a severance and options package for an executive of $500,000 above the initial severance package.

University Professor – NachtLaw attorneys David Nacht and Grace Cretcher won a hearing and obtained a reversal of the non-renewal of a university professor by a grievance panel.

Reinstated within 24 Hours of Suspension – Our Client was suspended from his college after a Complainant reported unwanted sexual contact. He was not informed where or when the touching occurred and was suspended from school without an opportunity to defend himself. We wrote the college and had him reinstated within 24 hours. He meaningfully defended himself with our help and will complete his academic program with nothing on his record.

Text Record that Vindicated Our Client – We represented a graduate student instructor who was accused of sexually assaulting a student. When he failed to commit to a relationship with her, she accused him of sexually assaulting her and violating a do not contact order. Our team combed a text record with over 6000 texts and found evidence of her requesting and consenting to each of the alleged events where she was assaulted. Our client was found not responsible.

Group Sex and Proof of Sobriety – Our clients, male student athletes, had been accused of sexually assaulting another student athlete after she met them at a party. She alleged that she drank too much to consent. She filed a Title IX complaint with the college and filed a personal protection order in court against our clients. Video footage we secured from the college and testimony from several witnesses on the night in question vindicated our clients. Her behavior in the footage showed that she was sober and could consent. Our Clients were found not responsible and defeated the personal protection order.

Success in a Case of Alleged Assault from Years Ago – We represented a college student who had a long-term relationship with the Complainant and the two had plans of building a future together. When the plans fell apart, the Complainant accused him of assaulting her the first time the pair had sex, years prior. After being told we could not provide text evidence to the college, we fought back and were able to provide texts to the panel hearing the case. Our client was found not responsible.

Vulgar Doesn’t Always Mean Harassment – A supervisor we represented was accused of engaging in sexual harassment of her employees due to alleged jokes and comments. Although there had been unprofessional comments, we worked with our client to find numerous witnesses who said the comments were not offensive, sexual, or harassing in nature. After a hearing, our client was found not responsible, kept her job and returned to work.

$665,000 – Michigan Pre-Lawsuit Severance Negotiation

Criminal Law – Attorney David Nacht represented a federal court defendant facing fraud charges with a possible maximum sentence of over 20 years and obtained a sentence of approximately two years.

Criminal Law – Felony criminal sexual conduct case, Washtenaw County Michigan, NOT GUILTY verdict.

Criminal Law – Felony motor vehicle accident under the influence causing serious injury, Wayne County Michigan, case dismissed.

Criminal Law – Felony robbery in Washtenaw County, case dismissed.

$1.4 million – Business Fraud Collected for Ann Arbor business owner after trial and appeal
$825,000 – Michigan For a shareholder in a privately held company
$400,000 – Muskegon Woman Fired Retaliation Case for Civil Rights Complaint
$175,000 – Detroit Salesman Age Discrimination
$100,000 – Michigan Retaliation