WE ARE BLACK HISTORY 2026: Takura Nyamfukudza | Partner & Litigator Chartier & Nyamfukudza, P.L.C. | A Chronicle News Community Spotlight
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There are lawyers.
And then there are Constitutional warriors.
Takura Nyamfukudza does not merely practice law, he defends liberty.
In 2017, alongside his partner and friend Mary Chartier, he co-founded Chartier & Nyamfukudza, P.L.C., a firm devoted exclusively to criminal defense and closely related matters. Their mission is not convenience. It is conviction.
Inspired by Clarence Darrow’s belief that protecting the rights of the “despised and damned” safeguards freedom for all, Takura embraces the difficult cases. The isolated moments. The ones that demand courage instead of comfort.
He calls himself a Constitutional Warrior. And he means it.
Sometimes that means policing the police.
Sometimes that means standing between a client and a system that has already decided their fate.
Always, it means protecting futures.
Before the courtroom, there was service. Takura spent twelve years in the United States Army, defending the Constitution in uniform. Today, he defends it in courtrooms across Michigan and throughout the country. Not symbolically. Not rhetorically. Literally.
His record reflects that commitment. He has secured not guilty verdicts in serious felony trials, including attempted murder and complex multi-count cases. He has helped free individuals who collectively lost 52 years to wrongful convictions.
That is not courtroom drama.
That is history corrected.
Takura practices in both state and federal courts, handling appellate arguments before the Michigan Court of Appeals and the Michigan Supreme Court. In 2026, he will once again stand before the state’s highest court. Pressure does not rattle him. It sharpens him.
Yet he understands something many overlook: the business of law and the practice of law are not the same. Neither succeeds without discipline. Neither thrives without a committed team. At C&N, teamwork is not branding. It is strategy.
When asked what “We Are Black History” means to him, his answer was clear:
“I am my ancestors’ wildest dreams.”
That is not ego.
That is awareness.
Born in a place many Americans could not find on a map, he now argues constitutional principles in institutions that once denied access to people who look like him. Awards have followed, including the State Bar of Michigan’s Regeana Myrick Outstanding Young Lawyer Award and recognition from multiple bar associations across the state. But accolades are not the driver. Impact is.
Beyond the courtroom, Takura mentors veterans, lectures on Fourth Amendment protections, serves on statewide justice reform taskforces, and volunteers his legal expertise to communities in need.
Because for him, defending liberty is not a job.
It is a calling.
This is Black history in motion.
Not confined to a month.
Not softened for comfort.
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