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ATTORNEY OF THE MONTH
David Sherlin
THE HUMAN ELEMENT
THE ELEVATOR IN THE WAKE COUNTY COURTHOUSE EMPTIED LEAVING ONLY TWO RIDERS. IT WAS 2010 AND THEN-WAKE COUNTY ASSISTANT DA DAVID SHERLIN FOUND HIMSELF RIDING ALONE WITH THE MOTHER OF AN 18-YEAR-OLD RALEIGH MAN WHO HAD RECENTLY BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON FOR
A 2008 GANG-RELATED MURDER. SHERLIN WAS ONE OF THE PROSECUTORS, AND HE HAD SEEN HER IN THE COURTROOM THROUGHOUT THE TRIAL.
“I turned to her and said, ‘Ma’am I’ve been pray- ing for your family.’ A few minutes later, the elevator stopped at her oor. As she got o the elevator, she touched me on the arm and said, ‘I’ve been praying for
you too,’” recalled Sherlin who is now a partner at the Raleigh-based personal injury law rm, Holt Sherlin.
“It was one of those moments as a lawyer, you step back and think about the human element of our jobs.”
Written by Bob Friedman
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