GUY E. COUSINS is a Founding Partner of The Freedmen Law Group. Partner Cousins will head up the Business Law Division of the Firm. The Business Law Division, through Guy’s leadership, will assist our community with creation of unitary wealth, where long-term sustenance becomes ingrained in the minds of those entrepreneurially minded. He is fully committed to providing the necessary assistance to this end, and to the continuous improvement of those in the community both personally and professionally.

 Guy is a proud native of Richmond, Virginia. Partner Cousins completed his undergraduate studies at Virginia Commonwealth University, earning his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Management and Administration. He subsequently completed his post-graduate degree studies at Charlotte School of Law, obtaining his J.D., and passing the North Carolina State Bar Exam the same year. Guy has been in private practice since becoming a licensed attorney, as an Associate Attorney with the Camm Law Offices, PLLC. The focus areas of his practice with the firm included primarily transactional work involving Landlord/Tenant matters, Business Formation, Business Consulting, Document Drafting and Review, Trademarks and various other Civil matters.

 Outside of practicing law, Partner Cousins, has an immutable passion for ensuring the upward mobility of the youth. Currently living in the Charlotte-Metro area, he mentors youth, between the grades of 7 through 12, as a Board Member of the non-profit organization the T.I.M.E. Foundation. Additionally, he engaged as a Board Member of the Black Law Students Association in his final year studying law, and professionally has continuous engagement with the John S. Leary Bar Association of Black Attorneys.

DOMINIQUE L. CAMM is a Founding Partner of The Freedmen Law Group. Partner Camm will use his vast experience to serve as the Managing Attorney of FLG’s Criminal Law Division. With his proven litigation record, and consistent presence as a freedom fighter throughout the State of North Carolina, he has positioned himself to serve as an anchor for the FLG’s business and social endeavors.

 Dominique is a Virginia native who graduated from the North Carolina A&T State University with a Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science with a concentration in African American History. He received his J.D. from North Carolina Central School of Law. While at NCCU, he served as the Editor-in-Chief of the Law Review, as the Black Law School Association (BLSA) Trial Team Coach, and was a participant on the BLSA Trial Team. Before becoming the Editor-in-Chief, his piece “Reversing the Standard the Difficulty in Proving Selective Prosecution,” was selected for publication. While in private practice, he later had an editorial published in the Durham Herald, “What is Driving While Black These Days?”

 After graduation, and while serving as an independent contractor researcher for the Center for Death Penalty Litigation, Partner Camm began his own practice handling criminal defense work and traffic tickets in Raleigh and Durham. He also did collaborative research and brief writing for several firms. He served as the Texas Young Lawyers Association Trial Team Coach in 2012, for the North Carolina School of Law team that advanced to the final eight teams in the competition. After relocating he now serves multiple counties in the Greater Charlotte Area. As always, Partner Camm has focused on zealous representation in criminal defense advocacy, which includes federal criminal defense work, felonies, misdemeanors, traffic tickets, and expungements. Partner Camm, has also taken on various civil litigation matters, including Landlord/Tenant, and competency guardianships. He has served as the Treasurer and Co-Vice Chair on the John S. Leary Bar Association of Black Lawyers.

Attorney Erin Rozzelle is originally from Fort Wayne, Indiana and relocated with her family to Charlotte, NC in the early 90s, attending elementary, middle, and high school in Charlotte-Mecklenburg County School System.

After graduating from Harding University High School in 2000, she attended college at the University of North Carolina at Wilmington, earning a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Criminal Justice and Sociology in 2004. She then attended Law School at North Carolina Central University School of Law located in Durham, N.C. and received her J.D. degree in 2007. After passing the July
2007 North Carolina Bar Examination, she moved back home to Charlotte and worked with the Law Office of Harold Cogdell, Jr., P.C. as an Associate Attorney from September 2007-April 2009.

Following that, she launched her own law office, The Law Office of Erin Rozzelle, PLLC in 2009. She has been working as a solo-practitioner in Charlotte, N.C. since then practicing in the areas of family law, criminal defense, real estate, and foreclosure defense.

In addition to practicing law, she is an educator
(teaching college courses and various workshops), a motivational speaker, and a soon to be author. In her downtime she enjoys exercising, travelling, and spending time with her husband and children.

DeAnna Taylor is a Charlotte native and North Carolina licensed attorney with nearly 15 years of experience. A proud graduate of North Carolina Central University School of Law, she excelled on the school’s trial team, where she remained undefeated in competitions during her tenure. Current practice areas include: criminal defense, personal injury, traffic, as well as contract review, drafting and negotiation.

Additionally, DeAnna is a well-respected journalist who covers a range of topics, from matters affecting her communities to sitting down with some of today’s most popular celebrities and influencers. Her work can be found in outlets like: Essence, EBONY, Condé Nast Traveler and The Charlotte Observer, to name a few.