Ohio Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Deniss Zolotarjovs </h2> </center>
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charge with money laundering and mail fraud. By Kent Morlan Deniss Zolotarjovs, 35, was accused of conspiring to commit both money laundering and wire fraud in one of the most notorious ransomware groups in the world, known as Karakurt, TommyLeaks and SchoolBoys Ransomware. Ransomware is a type of cybercrime that typicall... More...
$ (05-07-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Barry Anderson </h2> </center>
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Barry Anderson, was a 20-plus year employee with a multinational company specializing in industrial explosives and technical and blasting services, who served in various roles throughout the years. In his role as regional president, Anderson embezzled approximately $400,000 through a... More...
$ (04-27-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. James Thomas Hurt </h2> </center>
Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. James Thomas Hurt, 25, of Dayton, possessed a machinegun during the shooting at the bus hub during the morning of Sept. 26, 2025. Surveillance video allegedly showed Hurt being assaulted by other individuals before running and returning fire. Hurt allegedly discarded his firearm in a ... More...
$ (04-27-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ahmod Talley </h2> </center>
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute fentanyl and cocaine.... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. James Strahler </h2> </center>
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making obscene or harassing phone calls, engaging in interstate domestic violence, and selling/transferring obscene matter. James Strahler II, 37, of Columbus, installed more than 24 AI platforms and more than 100 AI web-based models on his phone. The defendant used telephone calls, voicemails, text messages and web ... More...
$ (04-09-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. John Jay Kersey </h2> </center>
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. John J. Kersey was a long-time, trusted financial advisor to friends and relatives. For approximately two decades, from 2003 through 2023, he convinced his clients to move their existing investments from his company to purportedly invest in other funds. Kersey then stole the funds and used the money to ... More...
$ (04-07-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Antonio Guice </h2> </center>
Akron, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tong Chen </h2> </center>
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Tong Chen, residing in Hudson, charged with Receipt and Distribution of Visual Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually Explicit Conduct, and Possession of Child Pornography or Child Sexual Abuse Materials (CSAM). In May... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Johnathan Brown </h2> </center>
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with secretly recorded young girls nude and committed hands-on offenses of a teenager. Johnathan Brown, 34, hid outside bedroom windows and placed cameras inside a laundry basket to record minors after they exited from showers. He told victims he needed to see their bodies for “medical reasons.” Brown also groomed ... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> Chelsea Walsh v. Total Quality Logistics </h2> <center>
Cincinnati, Ohio personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful death theory. Chelsea Walsh was ordered by her employer Total Quality Logistics to work at the office rather than at home. She claimed that her baby died in her arms as a result. She claimed that her employer wrongfully refused to accommodate her high risk pregnancy.... More...
$22000000 (03-19-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> Shawn D. Cooley, et al. v. Joseph E. Foreman, aka "Afro Man," et al. </h2>
West Union, Ohio personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on tort theories and equity theories seeking and injunction.... More...
$ (03-19-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jaime Ortega-Urquidi </h2> </center>
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, with Notice of Prior Serious Drug Felony Conviction; and illegal Reentry of Alien Following Removal, with Notice of Prior Aggravated Felony Conviction. On May 28, 2025, Lorain police officers conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle in which Jaime Ortega-Urquidi, 63, was a ... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Thomas G. Thompson </h2> </center>
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with civil contempt. This case originated as part of consolidated civil actions filed in 2005 and 2006 against Thompson and numerous other business-entity defendants. SeeCiv. R. 3 (Compl.), 2:06-CV-00292 (S.D. Ohio)1; Williamson v. Recovery Ltd. P’ship, 731 F.3d 608, 616–17 (6th Cir. 2013) (di... More...
$ (03-14-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Thomas Thompson </h2> </center>
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt to evade or defeat the obligation to pay tax.... More...
$ (10-10-2025 - OH)<h2> <center> State of Ohio v. Aliyah Henderson <h2> </center>
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with two counts of murder. Aliyah Henderson was accused of murder after the bodies of two you girls were found in a suitcase near Ginn Academy in Cleveland,... More...
$ (03-06-2026 - OH)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Anicleto Olvera-Sanchez </h2> </center>
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children and possession of pornography.... More...
$ (03-06-2026 - OH)State of Ohio v. Justin Davis, et al. </center
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with committing violent crimes and dealing narcotics to further a human trafficking. The Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force, which is organized under Yost’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission (OOCIC) and led by the Columbus Division of Police, began its investigation in January 2025 after investigator... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Dustin Jagger
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government property. Dustin Jagger, 41, of Canton, Ohio, and Damarco McKinley, 26, of Cleveland, worked for the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), where he used his position as a logistics employee to purchase $198,183.84 worth of iPads, iPhones, and other electronics and goods. Jagger kept s... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Xiangyang He
Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in wire and bank fraud. Ohio – Xiangyang He, 41, a Chinese national and illegal alien living in Los Angeles, engaged in a fraud scheme that targeted elderly Americans. He personally picked up more than half a million dollars in cash and gold from older victims, including at least one victim in ... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Anita Green and Amanda Hovaec
Toledo, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Amid their divorce proceedings, Amanda Hovanec killed her husband, T.H., by injecting him with etorphine, a large-animal tranquilizer. Anthony Theodorou, a man with whom Hovanec was romantically involved, shipped the etorphine to Hovanec from South Africa at her request. Hovanec and Theodorou disposed of the... More...
$ (02-16-2026 - OH)Pamela J. Follen v. Social Security Administration
Akron, Ohio, social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS of her application for social security benefits. Pamela J. Follen filed a complaint for judicial review in the district court because the SSA denied her application for disability benefits. After answering, the Commissioner of Social Security “further reviewed [Follen]’s case and de... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Kevin Deramus and Dorian Freeman,
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. Kevin Deramus, 46, was the head of the drug trafficking organization. He obtained, cut, processed and distributed large quantities of drug mixes made with heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, xylazine and other drugs. He was sentenced on Feb. 11 to 294 months in prison. Throughout this inve... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - OH)Julie Daley v. Dr. Barry Mitchell and Physician Assistant Michelle Porembka
Wheeling, West Virginia, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a medical malpractice claim. Julie Daley, 64, who arrived at the hospital’s emergency department in June 2022 with abdominal complaints. She claimed that she substandard care and, as a direct result, she suffered a perforated colon and tissue damage, which resulted in her needing a permanent colostomy.... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Lamont Johnson
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs and felony possession of a firearm. Lamont Johnson, 43, was sentenced to 210 months (17.5 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge John R. Adams after pleading guilty last October to the following charges in an indictment: Possession with Intent to Distribute a Contro... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Harrison Michael Barton
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and sexual exploitation of children. In February 2025, Harrison Michael Barton, 38, of North Detroit, Texas, took a Greyhound bus from Texas to Ohio to meet a 15-year-old approximately one month after connecting with the victim on the Call of Duty mobile game. At the time, Barton was wanted on an outst... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - OH)State of Ohio v. Michael McKee
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with two counts of murder. Michael McKee, age 39, accused of killing Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39. McKee is the ex-husband of Monique.... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - OH)State of Ohio v. Hakeem-Ali Shomo, Anthony Bryant, and Brittany Smith
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Hakeem-Ali Shomo, 34, Anthony Bryant, age 22, and Brittany Smith, age 36, Destiny Henderson, Nathaniel Poke, and Portria Williams, tortured and killed 21-year-old Alishah Pointer in East Cleveland.... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - OH)State of Ohio v. Aaron L. Sharp
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder. Aaron L. Sharp, who turned 24 years old, shooting a total of four people, including two East Cleveland Police officers.... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Cuellar Montufa
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after removal. Cuellar Montufa, 39,illegally reentered the country after being deported following his convictions for sex crimes and is now wanted for murder in Guatemala. The defendant was convicted in Warren County in January 2006 for attempted unlawful sexual conduct wit... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Darnell Kief Beckham Bell
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer Rodger Pelagalli represented the Defendant charged with possess with intent to distribute drugs.... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - OH)United States of America v. Robert Craig
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involvement with online groups dedicated to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys. Robert Craig, of Charlotte, conspired with others to create and distribute so-called “animal crush videos” which depicted acts of sadistic violence against baby and a... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - OH)State of Ohio v. William Brock
Springfield, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged murder, felonious assault and kidnapping. William Brock, age 83 fatally shot Lo-Letha Toland-Hall, age 61, in 2024 after wrongly assuming she was involved in plot to rob him Brock claimed self defense.... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - OH)<H2> State of Ohio v. Misty Porter
Cooksville, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with DUI. Misty Porter, 45, accused of being behind the wheel and reportedly under the influence of alcohol when hit a school bus.... More...
$ (01-17-2026 - OH)<H2> State of Ohio v. James Delverne
Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involvement in a scheme to deceive and defraud investors of millions of dollars over two separate cases over 10 years. James Delverne was accused of money laundering, theft, telemarketing fraud, and engaging in a pattern of corrupt activities.... More...
$ (01-16-2006 - OH)<H2> State of Ohio v. Michael McKee
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Michael McKee accused of fatal shooting of 37-year-old Spencer Tepe, a dentist, and 39-year-old Monique Tepe. Both were found dead with gunshot wounds in their Columbus, Ohio, home.... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. Kelly Richard, aka Scorpio
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of sex trafficking minors, sexually exploiting children and illegally possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon. Kelly Richards, 44, drugged, raped, abused, photographed and sold two teenage girls. He held them for days in a one-bedroom apartment the appeals court called “a house of horrors... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. Daniel H. Rodriguez-Andrade
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of a deported alien and distributing drugs. Daniel H. Rodriguez-Andrade, 52, of Mexico, has been deported from the United States on four previous occasions. In July 2024, law enforcement officials encountered Rodriguez-Andrade in Pataskala, Ohio. The defendant possessed nearly two and a half kilograms of b... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. Timothy Sutton
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyerS represented the Defendant charged with healthcare billing conspiracy scheme that was intended to fraudulently bill Medicare for more than $14.5 million. imothy Sutton, 44, of North Ridgeville, Ohio, deliberately lied about performing patient examinations and then used his role as a trusted medical professional to line his pockets at the expense of taxp... More...
$ (01-14-2026 - OH)<H2> United States of America v. Jonathan Leissler
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud after defrauding his employer, a police organization, and an online fundraising company out of millions of dollars. From about March 2022 to November 2024, Jonathan Leissler, 44, of Stow, Ohio, worked at an industrial supply company in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, as its chief financial officer (CFO). This... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - OH)<H2> State of Ohio v. Torri Byrd
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with operating a vehicle impaired (OVI).... More...
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