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.

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.

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