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Media & Press

Press mentions, interviews, and legal commentary featuring C. Patrick Ngwolo on Houston criminal defense matters.

Experience Beyond the Courtroom

C. Patrick Ngwolo, black-and-white editorial portrait

Composure under scrutiny is not something that can be manufactured for a client the first time it matters. C. Patrick Ngwolo has spent more than a decade appearing before local and national media, as a legal commentator, as counsel in cases that drew press coverage, and as a public voice during one of the most closely covered stories in recent American history.

For clients whose matters may attract attention (executives, public figures, professionals, and anyone facing a media-sensitive investigation or charge), that experience matters. It reflects an understanding of how reporters work, what they need, how quickly a story can move, and how to engage without losing control of the underlying message. Read more about how this translates into casework on the High-Profile & Media-Sensitive Matters page.

This page is an honest, categorized, dated archive of that record. Community and faith-related coverage is identified as such. It is not legal commentary, and this site does not present it that way.

Legal Commentary

DateOutletFormatTopicSource
Aug. 30, 2018Harris County Criminal Lawyers Association (HCCLA): Reasonable DoubtBroadcast guest appearanceGuest appearance on HCCLA's long-running criminal-justice broadcasthccla.org

Criminal-Case Coverage

DateOutletFormatTopicSource
Oct. 17, 2025KHOU (Houston)News articleRepresented Turkey Leg Hut co-owner Nakia Holmes at a Harris County court appearance on a felony hindering-apprehension chargekhou.com
Oct. 17, 2025Yahoo NewsNews article (syndicated)Coverage of the same Nakia Holmes court appearance and defense statementyahoo.com
Apr. 10, 2026KPRC2 / Click2HoustonNews articleReported the Harris County grand jury's no-bill decision clearing Nakia Holmesclick2houston.com

For full detail on this matter's disposition, see Selected Results.

George Floyd–Related National Coverage

C. Patrick Ngwolo is the founder and lead pastor of Resurrection Houston, a Third Ward congregation where George Floyd was a friend and congregant who helped establish the ministry's trust in the surrounding community. Following Floyd's death in 2020, Ngwolo was interviewed extensively by national and international media as someone who knew Floyd personally. This coverage is documented here as part of an honest public record. It is community and personal-history coverage, not legal commentary or case-related reporting.

DateOutletFormatTopicSource
June 2, 2020WBUR / NPR Here & NowRadio/podcast interviewReflections on George Floyd and marching in Houston following his deathwbur.org
June 3, 2020Democracy Now!Broadcast interviewDiscussion of the Houston memorial for George Floyddemocracynow.org
June 2020VICE NewsVideo interviewGeorge Floyd's ministry legacy in HoustonYouTube
May 29, 2020Religion News ServiceNews articleInterview describing George Floyd's role in the Cuney Homes communityreligionnews.com
June 7, 2020Washington TimesNews articleReporting referencing an interview about George Floyd's community rolewashingtontimes.com
2020Voice of America (VOA)News articleCoverage of George Floyd's life and community tiesvoanews.com
n.d. (2020 reporting)The Associated PressNews feature"For George Floyd, a complicated life and a notorious death"apnews.com
June 9, 2020The New York TimesNews featureProfile of George Floyd, including firsthand account of the ministry's community worknytimes.com
May 2021ABC NewsPrimetime special, Soul of a Nation"After Floyd: The Year that Shook the World," a reflection one year after Floyd's deathabcnews.go.com
Apr. 23, 2021WBUR / NPR Here & NowRadio/podcast interviewReaction to the Derek Chauvin guilty verdictwbur.org
May 2021UnivisionNews specialSpanish-language coverage of George Floyd's community legacy, one year laterunivision.com
May 25, 2021Religion Media CentreNews briefingOne-year reflection on racism and community, described as "the original sin"religionmediacentre.org.uk
May 25, 2021Premier Christian NewsNews articleOne-year anniversary interview on faith and George Floyd's legacypremierchristian.news
Updated May 23, 2025Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC)Institutional archive featureReferenced Resurrection Houston's community work with George Floyd in Cuney Homesnmaahc.si.edu

Community & Faith Leadership

This coverage reflects Ngwolo's community and pastoral work. It is character and community context, not a legal credential, and is identified honestly as such.

OrganizationFormatTopicSource
Resurrection HoustonChurch/ministry leadershipFounder and lead pastor of Resurrection Houston, a Third Ward congregation, since 2012resurrectionhouston.org
Kinfolk podcastPodcast (25 episodes, 2020–2022)Weekly conversations on faith, community, and the African diasporaApple Podcasts

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