Nathan Stuart Williams

Nathan Stuart Williams's Legal Cases (7)

Mount Pleasant, SC

Federal regulation Lawyer at Mount Pleasant, SC

Practice Areas: Federal Regulation, White Collar Crime, Criminal Defense

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White collar crime

United States v. Amir Golestan, Micfo

Nov 18, 2021

OUTCOME: Guilty Plea

Amir Golestan was the CEO of tech company Micfo, a business that provided services, such as server space or web hosting, to other web based platforms, such as VPN providers. In a first-of-its-kind pros ... ecution, Golestan and Micfo were convicted of wire fraud for making false statements to the American Registry of Internet Numbers (ARIN) in order to obtain IPv4 address resources. Golestan and Micfo then sold these resources for millions of dollars in profit on the open market. The innovative nature of the case, and the complex concepts underlying the fraud, case were featured in the Wall Street Journal, Bloomberg and several Charleston, SC news sources.

Civil rights

United States v. Michael Slager

Apr 26, 2021

OUTCOME: Upheld on Post-Conviction Relief

Slager was a North Charleston police officer who shot a fleeing motorist in the back following a traffic stop. Slager pled guilty to using excessive force and was sentenced to twenty years imprisonment ... . Nathan Williams was involved in the Slager’s sentencing and post conviction motions, including his appeal and ineffective assistance of counsel claims. The case was featured extensively in national and state news.

Federal crime

United States v. Brandon Council

Oct 03, 2019

OUTCOME: Death Verdict

On August 21, 2017, Brandon Council executed two employees of the CresCom bank in Conway, SC. , during a daylight robbery. Council went to trial in late 2019 and was sentenced to death on October 3, 2 ... 019. The case was covered extensively in the local media, and is just one of five federal death verdicts that have occurred since 2015. Nathan Williams has prosecuted two of these - this case, and the case against Dylann Roof.

Federal crime

United States v. Thomas Evans

Mar 06, 2019

OUTCOME: Guilty Plea

vans committed a day-time break in of a Johns Island, SC home where he brutally assaulted a mother of four and kidnapped a four-year old girl. The kidnapping send local police and the FBI on an nationw ... ide manhunt, with Thomas eventually being located and arrested in Mississippi. The four-year old girl was also located and returned to her family. The case drew national media attention and was the focus of the Charleston, SC community until Evans was sentenced to consecutive life terms in prison.

Federal crime

United States v. Dylann Roof

Jan 11, 2017

OUTCOME: Death Verdict

On June 17, 2015, Dylann Roof murdered nine parishioners during a church bible study at Mother Emanuel AME church in Charleston because of their race. Roof went to trial and was sentenced to death. The ... case garnered local, national and international attention, and was the first capital prosecution of a federal hate crime.

Federal crime

United States v. Dorothy Barnett

Feb 10, 2015

OUTCOME: Guilty Plea

n 1995 Dorothy Barnett disappeared from Isle of Palms, SC, in the midst of her divorce proceedings. When she disappeared, she took her infant daughter with her. Despite desperate international search ... es, Barnett and the infant were not found. Until 20 years later, when FBI agents acting on a tip found Barnett living under an alias in Australia. Nathan Williams led the extradition and prosecution of Barnett. The case, along with the reunifaction of the missing child with her South Carolina family, were featured on Dateline NBC, 48 Hours and was covered extensively in local and international news.

Federal crime

United States v. Moore et al

Feb 26, 2014

OUTCOME: Guilty Verdict

In United States v. Moore et al, ATF and FBI agents uncovered a plot by a Charleston banker and his secretary, whom he was having an affair with, to murder the banker’s wife. The case was covered in a ... feature episode of Dateline NBC, Crime Watch Daily and received exensive local media coverage. The case went to trial, where both the banker, Chris Latham, and his secretary, Wendy Moore, were convicted after two weeks of testimony.

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