“I think it’s important in today’s sort of divisive world that all of these people from different walks of life and experiences are willing to give their time to try and get things right,” Attorney Hoyt Tessener said about the GCC.
RALEIGH, N.C. (PRWEB)
October 24, 2019
After fighting to protect people for decades, Hoyt Tessener, an attorney-shareholder at Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, was recently appointed by North Carolina Speaker of the House, Tim Moore, to serve on the Governor’s Crime Commission (GCC) — an honor entrusted only to a select handful of individuals. His term began August 2019 and will end on February 28, 2021.
Governor Roy Cooper said, “New members will make a real difference by directing resources in ways to help victims, but also by bringing the best ideas that can really get results.”
The goal of the GCC is to help improve law enforcement strategies, find ways to reduce crime rates, and improve criminal laws in the state. The GCC also gives federal block grants each year to different agencies in order for them to start new and innovative programs to further the GCC’s mission, and to continue efforts to reduce crime rates in North Carolina.
Tessener believes he brings a unique perspective to the table because he is not a prosecution or defense attorney, like many other attorneys on the committee – although he does have experience working on both sides of the aisle, and he has tried a capital murder case, which very few lawyers have defended. A well-known litigator in North Carolina, he has tried over 100 cases across the state during the past 30 years, and is admitted to practice before the United States Supreme Court.
“I think it’s important in today’s sort of divisive world that all of these people from different walks of life and experiences are willing to give their time to try and get things right,” Tessener said about the GCC.
One goal of Tessener’s during his appointment on the GCC is to explore other solutions besides just incarceration. Tessener has seen various studies proving that mediation between the victim and criminal can help the criminal get started on the right path. He stressed that this would not be a possibility in every case, but only the ones where the accused is very remorseful and the victim is amenable to an alternative solution. He believes it would be interesting and worthwhile to explore other alternative options to incarceration, which can be not only a drain to the American taxpayer, but also an ineffective solution to recidivism.
Tessener noted that the values of the GCC, his personal values, and the values of his firm, the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin, are all aligned. Tessener’s entire career has been based on getting justice for victims, in both civil and criminal court. The goal he has set for himself is to make sure that the victims are heard and those responsible are properly charged, prosecuted, and sentenced.
About the Law Offices of James Scott Farrin
The Law Offices of James Scott Farrin is headquartered in the American Tobacco Historic District, adjacent to the Durham Bulls Athletic Park, in Durham, with 14 additional offices statewide: Asheville, Charlotte, Fayetteville, Greensboro, Greenville, Goldsboro, Henderson, New Bern, Raleigh, Roanoke Rapids, Rocky Mount, Sanford, Wilson, and Winton-Salem. Their nearly 50 attorneys focus on Personal Injury, Workers’ Compensation, Social Security Disability, Eminent Domain, Whistleblower, Civil Rights, Mass Torts, and Products Liability. Nine attorneys are North Carolina Board Certified Specialists in Workers’ Compensation Law and one is a North Carolina Board Certified Specialist in Social Security Disability Law. The firm is involved in the community, including sponsorship of philanthropic organizations.
Contact Information:
David Chamberlin
280 S. Magnum Street, Suite 400
Durham, NC 27701
866-900-7078
http://www.farrin.com
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