Elisa Cyre Salmon
Top rated Criminal Defense attorney in Lillington, North Carolina
The Salmon Law Firm, LLP
Practice Areas: Criminal Defense, White Collar Crimes, Appellate; view more
Licensed in North Carolina since: 2006
Education: Duke University School of Law
Selected to Super Lawyers: 2025 
Selected to Rising Stars: 2015 - 2016 The Salmon Law Firm, LLP
101 E. Front St.PO Box 185
Lillington, NC 27546 Phone: 910-984-1012 Email: Elisa Cyre Salmon Visit website
Details
Elisa Salmon is a defense lawyer. She has extensive experience in federal and state courtrooms, fighting for the rights of her clients. Ms. Salmon's work provides her the opportunity to help people every day doing something she believes in.
After graduating from Duke Law School in 2006, Ms. Salmon worked in a federal district court on the southern border for the Hon. William Wayne Justice. In these busy Texas courtrooms, Ms. Salmon decided she too would dedicate her practice to fighting for the futures of defendants and their families.
Ms. Salmon returned to North Carolina and in her first years of private practice worked for and learned from the State's very best criminal and trial lawyers. In 2012, Ms. Salmon was a founding partner in the predecessor to her current firm in Lillington, North Carolina. Ms. Salmon continues her work in North Carolina's state and federal courtrooms. She is a member of the EDNC and Fourth Circuit CJA panel and multiple federal and state bars. She is proud to be a rural North Carolina lawyer. She has tried multiple jury trials with successful outcomes, including not guilty verdicts in federal court.
Practice areas
Criminal Defense, Criminal Defense: White Collar, Appellate, General Litigation, Professional Liability: DefenseFirst Admitted: 2006, North Carolina
Professional Webpage: https://www.salmonfirm.com/attorney/salmon-elisa-june/
- US v. H.H. [EDNC]: Not Guilty Verdict [Jury Trial]; Money Laundering Indictment arising from Theft of Government Property , 2023
- United States v. T.C.E.; [EDNC] Secured Dismissal of All Drug Charges/Federal Indictment following Briefing on Motion to Suppress/Franks v. Delaware Issues re Pen-Register and GPS Location Monitoring [Client Faced 10-life on Multiple Drug Counts], 2022
- United States v. P.G.; [EDNC]; Secured Dismissal of All Charges/Criminal Complaint Due to Lack of Probable Cause following Probable Cause hearing; Theft of Government Property Allegations., 2022
- US v. L.H.: [EDNC]; Not Guilty Verdict on Count 1 [Jury Trial] (Drug Conspiracy Carrying 10 year man. min.); Guilty As to Lesser Included of Possession With Intent to Distrib. < 5 g. of Meth.; 37 month sentence imposed. , 2022
- United States v. B.M.; [EDNC]; Defendant Indicted on 10-life Drug Conspiracy; Pled to Federal Misdemeanor and Sentenced to 12 Days Time Served., 2022
- United States v. D.B.; [EDNC] Obtained Dismissal of Felon in Possession of Firearm Charge on eve of trial; Client pled guilty to Misprision of Felony (capping sentencng exposure @ 36 month maximum sentence)., 2022
- United States v. H.K.; [EDNC]; Obtained Order Suppressing All Evidence from Search Warrant; Secured Dismissal of all Charges in Federal Drug/Gun Indictment [Defendant Indicted as 924(c) career offender facing potential life imprisonment]., 2021
- United States v. R.H.; [EDNC] Obtained Order Vacating Judgment under 2255 (setting aside 35 year sentencing following jury trial and ordering new trial)., 2019
- United States v. E.V.; [EDNC] Order Suppressing All Evidence from Warrantless "Probation Search" of Defendant Home; Resulted in Dismissal of All Charges [Gun]/Federal Indictment, 2018
- United States v. R.P.; [EDNC]; Not Guilty Verdict; Drug Conspiracy Charges [Jury Trial] (Client faced 10 to life if convicted)., 2017
- United States v. J.A.; [EDNC]; Not Guilty Verdict; Tax Prosecution [Bench Trial] Second Chair., 2009
- Legal Elite - Business North Carolina (businessnc.com) Selected by Business NC as "Legal Elite" in Field of Criminal Law 2024., Legal Elite [Criminal Law], Business North Carolina, 2024
- Duke Law School, 2003-2006
- Augustana College, Sioux Falls S.D.; B.A. Government; B.A. Sociology, 1999-2003
Office location for Elisa Cyre Salmon
101 E. Front St.
PO Box 185
Lillington, NC 27546
Selections
- Super Lawyers: 2025
- Rising Stars: 2015 - 2016