Sunhee Kwan
Founding partner
Tries felony assault and drug cases before juries, and takes the ones other lawyers expect to plead.
Criminal defense / Memphis
Charged is not convicted.
Kwan & Lattimore is four criminal defense lawyers on Union Avenue, downtown. One of us takes your case from the first call to the last hearing, and answers to you the whole way.
Who answers
Four lawyers. Pick yours.
Read how each of us works, then call the one whose cases look like yours. Or call the main line and we'll put you with the right one.
Renard Lattimore
Founding partner
Handles DUI arrests from the license hearing through trial, on both sides of the state line.
Cyrus Pettigrew
Partner
Takes drug cases apart at the search. Writes the firm's motions to suppress.
Odalys Fontenot
Of counsel
Clears old records and handles misdemeanor charges. Meets clients in English or Spanish.
What we defend
Four kinds of case, and nothing else.
No wills, no divorces. Criminal charges are the whole practice.
A first arrest, a repeat charge, a crash with injuries. The license hearing and the criminal case run on separate clocks, and we watch both.
Possession, intent to distribute, paraphernalia. Most of these cases turn on how the police found the drugs.
Simple and aggravated assault, fights outside bars, and charges that started as an argument.
Dismissed charges, old convictions that now qualify, records that keep turning up on background checks.
Sample matters
How cases like these have ended.
Dismissed
DUI, first arrest
The video showed no traffic violation before the stop.
Not guilty
Aggravated assault
Jury trial. A second witness put our client across the room.
Suppressed
Drug possession
The search went past the warrant. Without the evidence, the case was dropped.
Expunged
Old theft charge
A dismissed charge from years back, cleared from the public record.
Illustrative sample matters. Every case turns on its own facts, and past results don't guarantee a similar outcome.
Arrested or under investigation
Say nothing about the case. Call us first.
Tell us what happened and what paperwork you were given. We'll tell you what comes next and what it will cost.