Anthony G. Scheer - Charlotte, NC
Attorney at Rawls, Scheer, Clary & Mingo
Criminal Defense Lawyers in Charlotte, NC
2333 Randolph Road Suite 100 Charlotte, NC 28207 - 2893
- 1 Super Lawyers®
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34
Years
Experience
Charlotte Criminal Defense Lawyer
Updated: 05/05/2026
Areas of Practice
- Criminal Defense
Attorney Information
Overview
Tony Scheer is a trial lawyer who focuses his practice in the areas of criminal defense. He is a former prosecutor and is a Board Certified Specialist in the areas of State and Federal Criminal Law. He represents defendants in courts throughout North Carolina and elsewhere around the United States. Mr. Scheer is also one of only a very few lawyers in North Carolina who maintains an active practice in representing people who blow the whistle on fraud against the Government. Read the news: Tony Scheer named to North Carolina Top 100 List 2019 Super Lawyers list along with 2019 Avvo Top Rating.
Professional
Mr. Scheer graduated from Duke University (with honors) in 1979. He owned and managed a water sports store in Durham, North Carolina for several years after college. As a certified scuba instructor, Tony trained several hundred people to dive and led dive expeditions all over the Western Hemisphere. After selling his interest in the store, Tony fulfilled a long-time desire and returned to school to study the law in 1989 at the age of 32.
Tony graduated with honors from the University of North Carolina School of Law in 1992. He was a member of The Law Review and concentrated his studies in the areas of criminal and administrative law. In 1992 and 1993, he was a law clerk for the Hon. Henry C. Morgan in the Federal Courts for the Eastern District of Virginia. There, he gained valuable experience in a wide array of federal law and had the opportunity to see the system from a judge’s perspective.
In 1993, Mr. Scheer moved to Charlotte to take a job as a prosecutor in the District Attorney’s Office. After a year during which he was the founding prosecutor in the new domestic violence court, he began handling felony cases. The final 3 years of his time in the DA’s office was spent prosecuting exclusively violent felonies such as robbery, rape, and murder.
In 1997, Mr. Scheer left the DA’s office and joined the law firm of Rawls & Dickinson in 1997. He became a partner of what is now Rawls, Scheer, Clary & Mingo in 2001. In his early years with the firm, Tony handled all crimes from traffic offenses to murder. Since 2008, his criminal practice has been exclusively major crimes and high profile cases in the State and Federal Courts.
Awards and Honors
Honors
- Martindale Hubbell – AV Preeminent Rated
- Business North Carolina – Legal Elite since 2009
- Selected to the North Carolina Super Lawyers List – since 2007
- Selected to the North Carolina’s Best Lawyers List
- North Carolina Top 100 List 2019 Super Lawyers list
- 2019 Avvo Top Rating
Other Sources of Feedback About Anthony G. Scheer
Included on the 2026 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
Past Lists
- 2025 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2024 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2023 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2022 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2021 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2020 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2019 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2018 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2017 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2016 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2015 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2014 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2013 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2012 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2011 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2010 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2009 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2008 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
- 2007 North Carolina Super Lawyers list
Education
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Legal Education
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University of North Carolina School of Law,
Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, 1992
J.D.
Honors: With Honors
Law Review: University of North Carolina Law Review, 1990 - 1991
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University of North Carolina School of Law,
Chapel Hill,
North Carolina, 1992
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Non Legal Education
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Duke University, 1979
B.A. in Zoology and Botany
Honors: cum laude
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Duke University, 1979
Current Employment Position(s)
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Partner
Bar Admissions
- North Carolina
- United States Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals 4th Circuit
- U.S. District Court Middle District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court Western District of North Carolina
- U.S. District Court Eastern District of North Carolina
Other Affiliations
- Board of Directors, Justice Initiatives, Inc., 2004 – Present
- American Bar Association, 2000-present
- National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, 1997-present
- North Carolina Academy of Trial Lawyers, 1997-present
- Board of Directors, Justice Initiatives, Inc., 2004-present
- Mecklenburg County Criminal Justice Advisory Board, 2009-2013
- Board of the Mecklenburg County Drug Treatment Court, 1997-2012
- Board of Directors, Summit House, 2004-2007
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Contact
2333 Randolph Road
Suite 100
Charlotte, NC 28207 - 2893
Phone: 704-879-2927
Fax: 704-332-2716
Email: Send a message
Hours: Mon-Fri: 9:00am – 5:00pm
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