Cheyenne N. Chambers

Cheyenne opened The Chambers Law Office in 2026, after working as a Senior Trial Attorney within the Civil Rights Division of the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, DC. With over a decade of complex litigation experience in state and federal court, Cheyenne practices appellate, civil rights, criminal defense, and estate planning law. Cheyenne’s civil rights practice includes constitutional law, education rights, employment discrimination, and police misconduct.

Cheyenne has been mentioned by The Charlotte Observer twice as a potential judicial nominee to the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina (2022 and 2023). Cheyenne also has been selected by her peers as a Rising Star in civil rights in Super Lawyers (2018 to 2021), and as a Top 40 Under 40 recipient for The National Black Lawyers (2020 and 2021). Moreover, Cheyenne is best known for successfully arguing Tully v. City of Wilmington, 810 S.E.2d 208 (N.C. 2018), before the Supreme Court of North Carolina, a landmark case which created a new cause of action for government employees under Article I, Section 1, of the North Carolina Constitution.

Cheyenne graduated cum laude from The Ohio State University Moritz College of Law, where she served as the Executive Editor of the Ohio State Law Journal, and Parliamentarian of the Black Law Students Association. After law school, Cheyenne clerked for the Honorable Paul J. Watford of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, and years later, became a Partner at a civil rights law firm in North Carolina. Cheyenne joined the Civil Rights Division of the Justice Department under the Biden Administration, where she focused her practice on employment discrimination and assisted the Office of Legal Policy with the vetting of candidates for federal judgeships.

Outside of seeking justice for her clients, Cheyenne enjoys mentoring law students and young attorneys, serving it up on the tennis court, playing the violin, and traveling to new destinations.