Georgia Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Edward Kelvin Pope, et al. </h2> </center>
Rome, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Edward Kelvin Pope, David Wilson, and Kevin Josue Campos Rivera coordinated with Jose Santos Isaola Cisneros, a federal inmate at the Federal Correctional Institution in Atlanta, were accused of distributing methamphetamine to couriers and customers throughout north Geo... More...
$ (03-11-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Nimesh Vijay Desai </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer Don Samuel represented the Defendant charged with possession and drug trafficking of meth, marijuana, cocaine, and fentanyl. Nimesh Vijay Desai, was charged with one count of possession of methamphetamine, one count of possession of fentanyl, one count of possession of heroin, one count of possession of a firearm and one count of possession of firearm an... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Gerald Scott Collins </h2> </center>
Athens, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Gerald Scott Collins, 56, of Monroe, Georgia, was accused of possessing CSAM, including 2,754 images of previously identified victims of child exploitation and abuse from across the world. Law enforcement became aware of Collins’s possession of CSAM in 2022. Homeland Security ... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Robin Stell </h2> </center>
Savannah, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. “This defendant abused the trust placed in her by a local law firm and its clients and betrayed that trust for her own personal benefit,” said U.S. Attorney Heap. “Crimes like this harm not only the direct victims, but also the public’s confidence in the honesty and integrity of the legal profe... More...
$ (03-11-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> State of Georgia v. Maleik Woods
Lawrenceville, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with malice murder and possession of a firearm during the commission of a felony. Maleik Woods shot and killed his friend Francisco Dwayne Zapata.... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Jamarcus Mosley
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with computer fraud, extortion, and cyberstalking. Jamarcus Mosley, ate 22, of Mobile, Alabama, tricked hundreds of young victims into giving him control to their social media accounts, accessing their private images and videos, and threatening to release those items if they did not comply with his demands, including se... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Bradley Love
Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distribution of child pornography. A HSI undercover agent joined a “teen chat” room on a website called “chat-avenue.com” on Dec. 7, 2023, and posted “Dad of 2 8yro and 10yro.” Soon after, the agent received a private message from an individual with a screenname of “Whiteranger,” who was... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Robin Stell
Savannah, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Robin Stell, age 55, of Savannah, GA, was charged in August 2025 with one count of Wire Fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. Stell was the office manager of a local law firm from 2021 to 2024. During that time, she routinely used company credit cards to make unauthorized purchases for her own u... More...
$ (02-27-2007 - GA)United States of America v. Hassan Pimentel
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in cocaine, possession of MDMA, and possession of drug-related objects.... More...
$ (02-17-2026 - GA)Statham V. Quang
Atlanta, Georgia, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a tort claim. Is the employer vicariously liable for the actions of its employee? The case involved the appellate review where the Court of Appeals vacated its prior decision and adopted the opinion of the Supreme Court after the Supreme Court reversed the Court of Appeals' judgment, subsequently directing a reversal of p... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Felecia Ingram
Atlanta, Georgia, Defendant charged with stealing gift cards from The Home Depot. Criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant employed by The Home Deport accused of stealing over $4 million in gift cards from her employer. While employed at The Home Depot, the Felecia Ingram abused the trust placed in her and stole a staggering $4 million from the company. “She engaged in a calculat... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Tomario Richardo Hicks
Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession with intent to distribute meth, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. On January 28, 2022, Georgia State Patrol pulled Hicks over after Hicks committed a traffic violation. While stopping Hicks, the patrol officer saw him throw item... More...
$ (02-21-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Malachi Mullings
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. Malachi Mullings pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to his involvement in laundering millions of dollars for an African fraud scheme. About a month later, while awaiting his sentence, Mullings’s bond was revoked after he punched his girlfriend in the face. After ... More...
$ (02-21-2026 - GA)C.B. et al. v. Henry County School District
Atlanta, Georgia, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an ndividuals with Disabilities Education Act violation theory. C.B. is a student with Down syndrome who attends school in the Henry County School District in Georgia. Because C.B. has Down syndrome, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act required Henry County to develop an individualized education program ... More...
$ (02-21-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Tomario Richardo Hicks
Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, possession with intent to distribute meth, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. On January 28, 2022, Georgia State Patrol pulled Hicks over after Hicks committed a traffic violation. While stopping Hicks, the patrol officer saw him th... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Malachi Mullings
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering and seven counts of money laundering. Malachi Mullings pleaded guilty to criminal charges related to his involvement in laundering millions of dollars for an African fraud scheme. About a month later, while awaiting his sentence, Mullings’s bond was revoked... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Christopher Upshaw, aka “Troub”
Columbus, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Christopher Upshaw, aka “Troub,” 26, of Columbus, and co-defendants Johnathon Swift, aka “JB,” aka “John Boy,” 34; Dontavis Williams, aka “Turk,” 41; and Donterious Sparks, 37, all of Columbus, were accused for engaging in mail fraud. “The defendants devised a scheme to illegally ... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - GA)United States of America ex rel., et a.l v. Arthritis & Rheumatology Center, P.C., et al.
Atlanta, Georgia, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of using medical assistants to perform infusion services in violation of Georgia law and submitted claims for those services to Medicare in violation of the False Claims Act. “Physicians who disrega... More...
$2180000 (01-30-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Ricky Hill
Valdosta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer Chauntilia Adaway represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Ricky Ill, age 39, of Lakeland, Georgia had prior drug and assault convictions before being arrested and charged with felony possession of a firearm.... More...
$ (01-30-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Paul Anthony Nicholls
Brunswick, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to import and distribute controlled drugs and money laundering. Paul Anthony Nicholls, 47, of Great Britain, was convicted of one count of Conspiracy to Import Controlled Substances Resulting in Death and one count of Conspiracy to Distribute Controlled Substances Resulting in Death following a 4-day j... More...
$ (01-30-2026 - GA)State of Georgia v. Kenneth Moreno Guzman
Statesboro, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with rape, statutory rape, aggravated child molestation, aggravated sodomy, cruelty towards children, home invasion, false imprisonment, burglary, aggravated assault with a knife. ICE filed an arrest retainer on the Defendant.... More...
$ (01-28-2026 - GA)United States Securities and Exchange Commission v. Drive Planning, LLC et al. </center
Atlanta, Georgia commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendants accused of securities fraud.... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Roberto Najera Gutierrez, a/k/a Kunfu Panda and a/k/a La Gallina,
Atlanta, Georgie, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to manufacture and distribute cocaine that he knew would be imported into the United States. Agents identified Roberto Najera Gutierrez as a then-high-ranking member of the cartel who allegedly led and coordinated the transportation of multi-kilogram quantities of cocaine by boat from Colombia and Ec... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Hector Alejandro Alvarado Alvarez
Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being involved in a series of ATM “jackpotting” thefts across Georgia and additional states.. Hector Alejandro Alvarado Alvarez, 22, of Venezuela, and Cesar Augusto Gil Sanchez, 22, of Venezuela, and Co-defendants Javier Alejandro Suarez-Godoy, 20, of Venezuela, was sentenced to time served on Jan. 7, after he p... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Benjamin Michael Greene
Savannah, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. On February 12, 2024, while a man was putting air in the tires of his vehicle on Augusta Avenue, Greene jumped into the driver’s seat and took off with the vehicle. Officers with the Savannah Police Department were in the area and immediately responded. Benjamin Mi... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. D’Michael Jenkins
Macon, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. D’Michael Jenkins, age 22, accused of killing Ashanti Macon, age 30.... More...
$ (01-11-2026 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. Antonio Brown
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Antonio Brown was accused stabbing Eleanor Bowles, age 77, to death in her Buckhead townhome.... More...
$ (01-11-2026 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Michael Dwayne Banks and Victor Valente-Reynoso
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing controlled substances and possession of a machine gun. On August 23, 2022, Victor Valente Reynoso, an illegal alien from Mexico, sold 536 fentanyl pills outside a gas station in Clayton County, Georgia. Following that deal, Reynoso and his conspirators arranged to sell 5,000 fentanyl pills at a church ... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Donny Campbell
Rome, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement of federal government property. Donny Campbell, a former maintenance department employee at the Chickamauga and Chattanooga National Military Park, while working as maintenance staff for the National Park Service, submitted timesheets claiming overtime pay for hundreds of hours that he did not work. The f... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. Rylee Willis
Lawrenceville, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with child molestation. Rylee Willis, age 21, accused of sending "illicit messages" to a teenage girl.... More...
$ (01-11-2026 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. Quteavis Quayshon Simmons
Macon, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Quteavis Quayshon Simmons, age 30, charged with malice murdering Harriett Patrickin 2021. “Harriett Patrick was an innocent woman who had her life stolen from her,” said District Attorney R. Howard. “This senseless act of violence took a devoted wife, loving mother, proud veteran, and breast cancer survivor from her family... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. D’Michael Jenkins
Macon, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, D’Michael Jenkins, age 22, charged with murder. for killing Ashanti Macon, age 30.... More...
$ (08-02-2025 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Johann Rainer Nix
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child sexual abuse material. Nix used social media platforms to entice minors to send him sexually explicit images of themselves. “Johann Rainer Nix used popular social media platforms to lure and exploit minors,” said Theodore S. Hertzberg. “Parents should monitor their children’s social me... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - GA)State of Georgia v. Jeremy Marshall
Albany, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Marshall was a member of the Blockos, also known as the 4 Blickie Gang, described by prosecutors as a "hybrid criminal street gang based in the Albany area." Jeremy Marshall, age 18, is accused for shooting and killing 19-year-old Newnan resident De’Marion Tashawn Daniels. Marshall was a member of the Blockos, a... More...
$ (08-26-2025 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Dun Bradford
Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dozens of federal animal welfare charges, along with possessing guns and manufacturing drugs. The Mitchell County, Georgia, Sheriff’s Office and Code Enforcement Office responded to a citizen complaint of animal tethering and neglect at a 17-acre property owned by Dun Bradford in Sale City. Officers saw many pit... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Dantavious Jackson
Augusta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. On December 15, 2025, a truckdriver who operated a “ghost” tax preparation business on the side was sentenced to federal prison for making claims for refunds of false COVID-19 related employment tax credits. Dantavious Jackson, 39, Union City, Georgia, owned and operated a trucking business in Union Ci... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Lester Jones
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Lester Jones, a former top Atlanta Hawks finance executive had been a senior vice president of financial planning and analysis until last season but was indicted in October by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Georgia for using his position to enrich himself on the franchise’s ... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - GA)<H2> State of Alabama v. Mike Foley
Montgomery, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with to two misdemeanor counts of campaign solicitation violations. Mike Floey, the Montgomery County, Alabama, County Clerk, was accused of several crimes involving solicitation of campaign contributions.... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - GA)<H2> State of Alabama v. Mike Downey
Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer presents man under investigation for shooting and killing his neighbor. Mike Downey claimed that this neighbor was trying to kill him and acted in self-defense.... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. Zabria Bridges
Douglasville, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charted with torturing and beating her dog to death. Zabria Bridges, age 26, was arrested in Douglas County for aggravated animal cruelty.... More...
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