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United States of America v. Eugene Christopher Acuff

Statesville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Gene Christopher Acuff, 62, was employed as a senior manager by Company A, a large retailer with stores throughout the United States, Canada, and Mexico. As part of his duties, Acuff was responsible for reviewing property tax assessments on Company A’s stores and retaining real estate appra ... More $0 (02-14-2026 - NC)

U.S. ex rel. Downs v. Insect Shield LLC, et al.

Charlotte, North Carolina, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a False Claims Act violation theory. The United States filed its complaint-in-intervention in December 2023 alleging that Insect Shield LLC, located in North Carolina, and the Estate of Richard Lane, a co-founder and co-owner of Insect Shield, a subcontractor to multiple defense contractors who manufacture Army unif ... More $0 (02-14-2026 - NC)

United States of America v. Isidro Arcenio Alvarado

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with naturalization fraud. Alvarado confessed to having knowingly made materially false statements under oath and penalty of perjury on his naturalization application and during a naturalization interview with U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (CIS). He answered “No” to the following questions “Wer ... More $0 (02-14-2026 - NC)

United States of America v. Mario Valencia-Birruetta

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute drugs. Mario Valencia-Birruetta, 35, of Corning, California, distributed large quantities of cocaine. As a result of their investigation, in July 2023, investigators learned Valencia-Birruetta was a member of this DTO, so law enforcement placed him o ... More $0 (02-14-2026 - MD)

United States of America v. Ali Ahmad

Greenville, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child porn. ... More $0 (02-14-2026 - MS)

United States of America v. Eleview International, Inc., Oleg Nayandin, and Vitaliy Borisenko

Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 and the Export Administration Regulations. Eleview International, Inc., Oleg Nayandin, age 54, of Fairfax, and Vitaliy Borisenko, age 39, of Vienna, Virginia, operated an e-commerce website that allowed Russian customers to order U.S. goods and techn ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - VA)

United States of America v. Justin Steven Boileau

Abingdon, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Justin Steven Boileau, 30, a former resident of Reston, Virginia, engaged in the exploitation of children. “While social media is a powerful tool for keeping us connected, it can also be a dangerous weapon criminals use to take advantage of our kids. In bringing justice for t ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - WV)

State of West Virginia v. Derek Arbogast and Larry Talkington

Montrose, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with attempted first-degree murder. Derek Arbogast and Larry Talkington accused for shooting a man in a residence on Mule Hollow Road in Montrose. ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - WV)

United States of America v. Brittaney Allura Hall

Martinsburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and fraud with identification documents. Brittaney Allura Hall, 36, was charged with one count of wire fraud. Hall was an office manager and accountant for a business in Martinsburg and had access to the company’s financial information and accounts. As part of her unlawful scheme, Hall cond ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - WV)

Delbert Kevin Cordle v. Resurgent Capital Services, L.P. et al.

Charleston, West Virginia, consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq., is a U.S. federal law enacted in 1970 that regulates the collection, dissemination, and use of consumer credit information. It promotes the accuracy, fairness, and privacy of information in consumer reporting agency ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - WV)

United States of America v. Christian Gale Biles

Charlesotn, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs. On March 4, 2024, Christian Gale Biles, 21, of Vienna, West Virginia, took possession of a package delivered to his residence by the United States Postal Service. As part of his guilty plea, Biles admitted that he knew the package contained methamphetamine in adv ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - WV)

United States of America v. Gerald Desean Jarrett

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - MI)

United States of America v. Vincent Lee Galicia

Flint, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms. ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - MI)

Koren Wagner v. Hanon Systems USA, LLC

Ann Arbor, Michigan labor law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes national standards for minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor. Enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor (.gov), it applies to most private and public employees. Key provisions include a ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - MI)

United States of America v. Samer Kammo

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a multi-million-dollar Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud scheme. Samer Kammo, 46, and his co-conspirators tried to cheat the system by exploiting a federal relief program meant to help Americans in need. Let this case send a clear message: crime does not pay,” said Jennifer Runyan, Special Agent in C ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - MI)

United States of America v. Justa Dawn Richardson

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting the possession of stolen mail in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1708, which provides: Whoever steals, takes, or abstracts, or by fraud or deception obtains, or attempts so to obtain, from or out of any mail, post office, or station thereof, letter box, mail receptacle, or any mail route or other auth ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Cale Michael Mitchell Persinger

criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault of a spouse by strangling and attempting to strangle in Indian Country. ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. R.A.B.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and domestic assault and battery against a pregnant woman. 21 O.S. 741, provides: Any person who, without lawful authority, seizes, confines, inveigles, decoys, kidnaps, abducts, or carries away another, with intent, either: 1. To cause such other person to be confined or imprisoned in this state a ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - OK)

United States of America v. Summer Heather

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to federal agents, wire fraud, and Financial Transactions Involving Proceeds of Specified Unlawful Activity. ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - TX)

State of Colorado v. Yvonne “Missy” Woods

Golden, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with mishandling of DNA evidence dating back to 2008. Former Colorado Bureau of Investigation forensic scientists Yvonne “Missy” Woods, age 65, accused 48 counts of attempting to influence a public servant, 52 counts of forgery of a government-issued document, one count of perjury, and one count of cybercrime, ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - CO)

State of Iowa v. Sie Jones

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with willful injury causing serious injury, assault on a police officer, third-degree criminal mischief, and interference with Official Acts. Sie Jones, age 25, was accused of assault and battering a 61-year-old man and polic officers. ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - IA)

United States of America v. Don Lemon

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendant charged with conspiracy agains rights of religious freedom at a place or worship and injuring, intimidating and interfering with the exercise of a right of religious worship. 18:241 provides: If two or more persons conspire to injure, oppress, threaten, or intimidate any person in any State, Territory, Commonwealth, Po ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - MN)

United States of America v. Sylvester Green Bryd

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of first-degree grand theft and over 50 counts of fraudulent use or possession of personal identification information. Sylvester Green Byrd, 35, accused of stealing U.S. Treasury checks. ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - FL)

United States of America v. Burhan Mirza and Kashif Iqbal

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with health care fraud and money laundering. In 2023 and 2024, BURHAN MIRZA and KASHIF IQBAL, along with several co-schemers, used nominee-owned laboratories and durable medical equipment providers to submit fraudulent claims to Medicare and private healthcare benefit programs for items and services that were not prov ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - IL)

Madelyn Marina Quiroz, et al. v. Eduardo Hernandez, et al.

Beaumont, Texas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on auto negligence and civil rights violation claims. Before Southwick, Higginson, and Douglas, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam: The petition for rehearing is DENIED. We withdraw the prior opinion, reported at 163 F.4th 222 (5th Cir. 2025), and substitute the following. This case arises out of a serious car accident involving th ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - TX)

State of Oklahoma v. Wilburt (Wilbert) Tyrone Moore

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Wilburt (Wilbert) Tyrone Moore accused of shooting and killing 41-year-old Kenneth Maywald on November 28, 2020. ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - OK)

United States of America v. Jorge Alberto Santamaria-Cortes

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien. Alberto Alberto Santamaria-Cortes, age 47, a Mexican national who was residing in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, illegally reentered the United States sometime after he had been deported in July 2014. Santamaria-Cortes was found again in the United States after being arreste ... More $0 (02-13-2026 - PA)

State of Oklahoma v. Vincent Oscar Marks

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted larceny of an automobile in violation of 21 O.S. 1720, which provides: Any person in this state who shall steal an aircraft, automobile or other automotive driven vehicle, construction equipment or farm equipment shall be guilty of a Class D1 felony offense and, upon conviction, shall be punished by impri ... More $0 (02-12-2026 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. V.M.B.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to possess required license under the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Act in violation of 37A O.S. 6-117, which provides: Any person who shall knowingly engage in any activity or perform any transaction or act for which a license is required under the Oklahoma Alcoholic Beverage Control Act, not having such lic ... More $0 (02-12-2026 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Larry William Plant

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902, which provides: A. It is unlawful and punishable as provided for in this section for any person to drive, operate, or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this state, whether upon public roads, highways, streets, tu ... More $0 (02-12-2026 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. B.S.F. and Q.A.C.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree burglary and malicious injury to property. ... More $0 (02-12-2026 - OK)

United States of America v. Von Allen Randall

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm after a felony conviction, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He argues that § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment on its face.Randall also asserts that his prior Texas convictions for burglary are not violent felonies under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). No. 25-10841 2 ... More $0 (02-12-2026 - TX)

Cherokee Nation v. Elizabeth Poteete

Tahlequah, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. izabeth Poteete is accused of fatally shooting her husband, former Cherokee Nation Supreme Justice Troy Wayne Poteete, on Feb. 6. ... More $0 (02-12-2026 - OK)

United States of America v. Justin Floyd Qualls, a/k/a Jay Qualls,

Muskogee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a minor in Indian country. Justin Floyd Qualls, a/k/a Jay Qualls, age 40, of Muldrow, Oklahoma, was charged with one count of Aggravated Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country. ... More $0 (02-12-2026 - OK)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Terrie Lawson

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of theft by deception, a count of access device fraud, forgery and tampering with records or identification. Terri Lawson, age 52, of Edgewood, Pennsylvania, accused of misused a credit card when she was manager of one of the district's boroughs. ... More $0 (02-12-2026 - PA)

United States of America v. Bryce Hill

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute drugs. Bryce Hill, age 28, of Seattle, Washington, was a member of the Phoenix-based Monarrez Drug Trafficking Organization—a transnational criminal organization responsible for the distribution of millions of fentanyl pills, hundreds of pounds of methamphe ... More $0 (02-12-2026 - PA)

United States of America v. Ja’Shon Spencer

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Ja’Shon Spencer, 22, possessed a Glock semiautomatic pistol equipped with a machinegun conversion device (MCD) or “Glock switch.” A MCD is a device that converts a semiautomatic firearm into a fully automatic firearm. Under federal law, both the MCD itself as well as th ... More $0 (02-12-2026 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Randolf Simmons

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 35 total charges relating to trafficking, involuntary servitude, kidnapping, sexual assault and drug-related offenses. Randolf Simmons, 46, of Collegeville, Pennsylvania, accused for drug and human trafficking. ... More $0 (02-12-2026 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Yujun Ren

Doylestown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Yujun Ren accused of killing Yuan Yuan Lu. Lu had told police Ren carried a gun with him everywhere, and she was scared of him. Lu was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head inside her car. Police said Ren has a concealed carry permit and a firearm registered to him in Pennsylvania. ... More $0 (02-12-2026 - PA)

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Chris Byard, Daquan Bishop

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with first-degree murder and related charges. Chris Byard, 27, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and related charges. Daquan Bishop, 28, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The arrests were the result of a joint investigation between the Philadelphia Police Department, ... More $0 (02-12-2026 - PA)