The Pritchard Firm

The Pritchard Firm is an Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense firm founded in January 2024 by John Pritchard, a former state and federal prosecutor, serving clients throughout Western North Carolina, including Buncombe, Henderson, Haywood, McDowell, Avery, Yancey, Mitchell and Rutherford counties. A graduate of UNC Chapel Hill and Wake Forest University School of Law, he served as an Assistant District Attorney in Washington, North Carolina and in Asheville, prosecuting thousands of cases and handling hundreds of jury and bench trials, and later as an Assistant United States Attorney in the Western District of North Carolina. He is Board Certified as a Specialist in Federal and State Criminal Law by the North Carolina State Bar and has been recognized by The National Trial Lawyers Top 100. The firm handles DWI, drug crimes, federal offenses, firearms charges, theft, assault and violent crimes, sex offenses, white collar crime, homicide, expungements, criminal appeals, domestic violence restraining orders and Title IX defense in North Carolina state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Western District of North Carolina. Clients work with Mr. Pritchard personally and receive a candid early assessment of their case. The Pritchard Firm is located at 22 South Pack Square, 12th Floor, Asheville, NC 28801 and can be reached by phone at 828-518-6007.