Case Results

Chris Fialko represented a businessman who received a subpoena to testify in a federal criminal trial in Charlotte.  Fialko reviewed hundreds of emails and documents in order to understand the facts involving the client, and then met with him for many hours preparing for both the direct testimony and likely cross-examination.  Chris helped the client...Read More

  Chris Fialko was hired to try to limit the damage in a corporate bribery scheme. The client had already pled guilty in federal court and hired Chris Fialko to help at the sentencing hearing. Fialko traveled to Kansas to meet with the client’s wife, children, brothers, and sisters in order to learn more about...Read More

Chris Fialko of Charlotte, NC defended a UNC-Charlotte student accused of sexual misconduct. He thoroughly investigated the case and fought for his client at a two-day long-contested hearing. The school’s hearing officer found the client not responsible for all charges.Read More

The Fialko team defended a young man who was charged with felony obtaining property by false pretenses. The charges were issued after the client found a gig-work job for an online re-shipping electronics company. We subpoenaed in-store video and online sales records that helped us show our client had no criminal intent. In addition, using...Read More

Chris Fialko of Charlotte, NC defended W.C., a college student who was accused of misdemeanor sexual battery after what might be described as a drunken hookup.  Although this was a misdemeanor charge, North Carolina mandates sex offender registration if convicted. Chris thoroughly investigated the case for many months, interviewing witnesses and examining text messages and...Read More

Small businessmen sometimes get grand jury subpoenas or requests for documents and freak out because they think they’re in trouble but have no idea why. For example, in 2019 Chris Fialko was called in to help a small company that was served with a federal grand jury subpoena seeking documents about a sales broker the...Read More

Chris Fialko, and fellow local criminal defense attorney Missy Owen defended a husband and wife charged in federal court with conspiracy to commit wire fraud involving short sales of residential homes. Over a two-year period, we fought hard, interviewing witnesses and preparing multiple pretrial motions. After all this work fighting the 11-count indictment, we obtained...Read More

Chris Fialko defended a husband who was accused by his wife of assault on a female. Chris compiled photos, videos, and text messages showing the inaccuracies of the accuser’s story. At trial, Chris effectively cross-examined the state’s witnesses and presented the testimony of the responding police officers. The judge found our client not guilty.Read More

In the summer of 2019, Chris Fialko defended a young man charged with felony possession with intent to sell and deliver marijuana in Mecklenburg County. The charge was issued after a private police guard hired by a nightclub did not like the client mouthing off to him, and searched the client’s car and trunk. We...Read More