Georgia Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
 

United States of America v. DeWayne Allen McGill, a/k/a “Domino”

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting a federal officer.

DeWayne Allen McGill, a convicted felon and methamphetamine dealer who bit two law enforcement officers and unlawfully possessed a firearm, was sentenced to prison.

"Caught red-handed with almost three-quarters of a pound of methamphetamine, McGill violently—but unsucc... More...
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United States of America v. Allen Brown

Augusta, GA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud conspiracy

On September 25, 2025, a Richmond County man who operated a “ghost” tax preparation business in Augusta, Georgia, has been sentenced to federal prison and ordered to pay restitution for defrauding the IRS.

Allen Brown, 41, of Augusta, Georgia, was sentenced to 46 months in prison ... More...
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Lashonda Peeples v. National Data Research, Inc. and Background Information Group, LLC d/b/a Integrascan, et al.

Atlanta, Georgia, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.

In 2021, Lashonda Peeples applied to a pre-medical program at the
American International College of Arts and Sciences – Antigua
(“AICASA”) for which prospective students had to submit a crimi-
nal background report. AICASA required that the backgro... More...
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United States of America v. Ramiro Contreras-Sandoval

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing over 135 kilograms of a liquid methamphetamine mixture and possessing firearms as an illegal alien and in furtherance of his drug trafficking crimes.

Following a five-day federal trial, a jury convicted Ramiro Contreras-Sandoval, 41, an illegal alien originally from Michoacan, Mexico, of distrib... More...
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State of Georgia v. Angel Marie Thompson

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.



Angel Marie Thompson had been previously charged with concealing the death of her 24-year-old girlfriend Nicole Alston and stealing her iden... More...
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United States of America v. Alhaji Jewru Touray

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

On May 3, 2023, a grand jury returned a superseding indict-
ment charging Alhaji Jewru Touray and two codefendants with sev-
eral counts related to a marijuana-trafficking conspiracy. The in-
dictment charged Touray with one count each of conspiracy to
commit money laundering,... More...
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Emma Jane Prospero v. Deputy Ryan Sullivan, et al.

Brunswick, Georgia pro se Plaintiff representing herself without a lawyer on a civil rights claims.

Emma Jane Prospero has, by her own account, called 911 “a
gazillion times.” Among the issues she complained about,
Prospero often called to report gunshots coming from behind a gas
station near her home that the Camden County Sheriff’s Office
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United States of America v. Ephren Taylor, II

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant petitioning for a writ of habeas corpus.

When it comes to federal habeas petitions, finality matters.
Without it, applications for habeas relief can quickly become un-
wieldy. To promote finality, the Antiterrorism and Effective Death
Penalty Act of 1996 (“AEDPA”), 28 U.S.C. §§ 2244(b) and 2255(h),
pr... More...
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United States of America v. Alexis Carreon Bocanegra

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with alleged distribution of fentanyl and possession of firearms.

Illegal Alien Who Concealed Kilos of Fentanyl in a Diaper Box and Hid Firearms Under a Bed Faces Federal Charges


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State of Georgia v. Treton Harris

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Trenton Dillon Harris is being charged with first-degree murder in a shooting death that happened August 22 outside a Cordova business.

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United States of America v. Alexis Carreon Bocanegra

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with alleged distribution of fentanyl and possession of firearms.

Illegal Alien Who Concealed Kilos of Fentanyl in a Diaper Box and Hid Firearms Under a Bed Faces Federal Charges


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Esean Edwards v. Wayne Stewart Trucking Company, et al.

Macon, Georgia pro se Plaintiff attempted to represent himself without a lawyer.

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United States of America v. James Frank Austin, Jr.

Macon, Georgia Criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

James Frank Austin Jr., a former state House candidate who established the Austin Smith Center for Community Development in Macon, pleaded guilty in front of Judge Marc Treadwell on Wednesday to bank fraud, money laundering and conspiring to comm... More...
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United States of America v. William Charles Franklin

Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obstruction of the mails, assault upon a federal officer and aggravated assault and on a federal officer and making threats and racial slurs against a letter carrier and then six months later escalated his threats when he hit the letter carrier.

William Charles Franklin, 37, of Tennille, Georgia, was sentenced t... More...
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Brandon Joseph Phillips v. Barron hall

Macon, Georgia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.

In June 2019, the Jones County Sheriff’s Office and several
law enforcement agencies initiated Operation Lone Ranger, an ex-
tensive narcotics investigation that involved the wiretapping of
phones of several individuals believed to be involved in the distri-
bution and pur... More...
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United States of America v. Royce Cobb, a/k/a “Rapp”

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cocaine trafficking and illegal possession of a loaded semiautomatic firearm

Violent Drug Dealer Sentenced to 23 Years in Federal Prison


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United States of America v. Corey Boyer, a/k/a Baby Joker, Antonio Smith

Atlanta, Ga. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Selling Drugs and Machineguns

GoodFellas Gang Members Sentenced to Prison for Selling Drugs and Machineguns



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United States of America v. Omari A. Nicks

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking methamphetamine

Armed Atlanta Drug Dealer Sentenced to More than 12 Years in Federal Prison



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Russell Junior McCray, III v. Bowlero Atlantic Station, L.L.C.

Atlanta, Georgia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a negligence claims.... More...    $0 (08-22-2025 - GA)

United States of America v. Tequila L. Brown

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States. ... More...    $0 (08-04-2025 - GA)

Stephanie Walker v. Gregory D. Coleman and Nancy J. Whaley

Atlanta, Georgia bankruptcy lawyer represented the Debtors in a bankruptcy appeal.... More...    $0 (08-22-2025 - GA)

Gregg Stephen Harrison v. Equifax Information Services, L.L.C., et al.

Atlanta, Georiga consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.... More...    $0 (08-22-2025 - GA)

Nubia Lisbon v. Teva Pharmaceuticals USA, Inc., et al.

Atlanta, Georgia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a product liability claim.... More...    $0 (08-22-2025 - GA)

Wilver Catarion and Kenia Soriano Banks County Sheriff Carlton Speed

Gainesville, Georgia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.... More...    $0 (08-22-2025 - GA)

United States of America v. Demariee Foster

Newnan, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of a machine gun in a violent crime.

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Roderick Geter v. AAA Cooper Transportation, Inc.

Newnan, Georgia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a h Martin May
Cause: 42:12101 et seq. Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 violation theory.... More...
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United States of America v. Kevin Josue Campos Rivera

Rome, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled durgs.
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State of Georgia v. Christopher Wolfenbarger

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with charged with murder.

Christopher Wolfenbarger was accused of killing and dismembering his wife's body in 1998.

Melissa disappeared in late 1998. At the time, Christopher claimed she left on her own accord and never returned, according to court documents obtained by Court TV. He told investigators he ... More...
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United States of America v. Nicholas Grindle

Rome, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substance.... More...    $0 (08-20-2025 - GA)

United States of America v. Connie Thompson

Rome, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Enticement

Coweta County Sex Offender and Bartow County Man Plead Guilty to Child Enticement Crimes



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United States of America v. Cedrick Demon Robinson

Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexually Abusing a Child and Requesting a Sexually Explicit Photograph of a Different Child

Former Army Soldier Sentenced to Life Imprisonment for Sexually Abusing a Child and Requesting a Sexually Explicit Photo... More...
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United States of America v. Nicholas Grindle

Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a mixture containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 846, 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C), and conspiracy to commit bribery, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 371, 666(a)(1)(B).

Plea agreements “are like contracts and should be inter... More...
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Felissa Grissett v. AVIS

Atlanta, Georgia pro se Plaintiff attempt for filed a civil rights claim without a lawyer. ... More...    $0 (08-19-2025 - GA)

Adam Sindell v. Latonya Coach, et al.

Macon, Georgia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Civil Rights Act violation theory.

In June 2020, Sindell was a pretrial detainee in the Houston
County Jail.1 He resided in the L-Pod section of the jail, which
housed roughly eighty pretrial detainees. Jail officials checked de-
tainees’ cells three times per day for contraband and rule violation... More...
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State of Georgia v. Alton Olvier

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Alton Olvier was charge with shooting and killing off-duty Fulton County Deputy James Thomas Jr., in 2022.

Olvier claimed self defense.

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United States of America v. Gabriel Brown

Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a felon,
in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2).

In December 2021, someone fired eleven gunshots into Gabriel Brown’s house while Brown and some guests were inside. In response Brown jumped out of his chair, grabbed a firearm, went on his front porch, and saw the ta... More...
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United States of America v. Christopher Robertson

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threats to Kill Jews and Blacks

Suburban Atlanta Man Faces Federal Charges After Posting Social Media Threats to Kill Jews and Blacks


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United States of America v. Malik Javier McKenzie

Augusta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug, firearm, and jury tampering

Convicted Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Nearly 50 Years Imprisonment




A Savann... More...    $0 (08-01-2025 - GA)

United States of America v. Robert Scott Kennedy

Albany, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Convicted Felon.
After a three-day jury trial, Robert Kennedy was convicted of possessing a firearm as a convicted felon, see 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2); possessing heroin with the intent to distrib-ute it, see 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(C); and possessing a firea... More...
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