Georgia Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Brittany Hudson </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy and intent to commit fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349, fraud by wire in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957, and wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" ta... More...
$ (08-26-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Sharon Henderson </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government funds in violation of 18 U.S.C. 641. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Sharon Henderson, 67, of Covington, Georgia, while holding elected office in the Georgia House of Representatives, illegal... More...
$ (08-06-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Brandy Marie Gill </h2> </center>
Waycross, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of visual depictions of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251(b). In August 2025, Brandy Marie Gilll persuaded a minor child to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing material to be distributed electronically.... More...
$ (08-06-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> State of Georgia v. Colt Gray </h2> </center>
Winder, Georgia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with four counts of first degree murder and nine counts of assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Digested by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Colt Gray, age 14, was given a gun by his father for Christmas. Colt took the gu... More...
$ (07-25-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Luke Andrew Westefeld </h2> <center>
Macon, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of malicious use of fire. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Luke Andrew Westefeld, 35, of North Augusta, South Carolina, approached a few Byron United Methodist Church (now Byron Heritage Church) members wh... More...
$ (07-14-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of Americans v. Torrance Urban Miller </h2> </center>
Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail theft. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> From January 2023 to January 2024, the Torrance Urban Miller, 49, of Miami, took part in a mail theft scheme in which he and others would steal mail from Augusta area U.... More...
$ (07-14-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Amjad Ibrahim </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Amjad Ibrahim, an attorney since 1994, willfully evaded paying federal income taxes for tax years 2016, 2017, 2018, and 2019, resulting in nearly $1.5 million in unpaid... More...
$ (06-15-2026 - GA)<h2? <center> United States of America v. Shevoy Brown </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with depriving another of civil rights and charging records. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Shevoy Brown, a former officer with the Hapeville, Georgia Police Department, abused his power to violently and unnecessari... More...
$ (06-11-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joshua M. Holmes </h2> </center>
Augusta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail theft, bank fraud, and identity theft. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Joshua M. Holmes, age 21, of Miami, Florida, was charged with taking part in a mail theft scheme in which they would steal mail from Aug... More...
$ (06-10-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> State of Georgia v. Jahmare Brown </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Reported by Kent Morlan Jahmare Brown, age 21, accused of stabbing 23-year-old Alyssa Paige on the Atlanta Beltline.... More...
$ (05-23-2026 - GA)<h2> ,center> United States of America v. Tracy Jones </h2> <center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Section 8 housing fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Starting in April 2017 Tracy Jones served as Senior Vice President over the Housing Choice Voucher Program at the Atlanta Housing Authority, overseeing one of the largest Section 8 programs in the country. The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development fund... More...
$ (05-23-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Edwin Brant Frost IV </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Report by Kent Morlan Edwin Brant Frost IV, the founder of First Liberty Building & Loan, was accused of perpetrating a $140 million Ponzi Scheme that bilked mostly wealthy Georgia Republicans out of millions.... More...
$ (05-14-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tamekia Mumford </h2> </center>
Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson resulting in personal injury. By Kent Morlan... More...
$ (05-12-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Indian Oaks Apartments LTD, Russell Management Services LLC, H.J. Russell & Company, and The Russell Realty LP </h2> </center>
Macon, Georgia, civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendants accused of violating the the Fair Housing Act by refusing to grant a mother’s requests for a ground-floor unit because her son had been diagnosed with a genetic disorder that causes permanent mobility impairment. By Kent Morlan On October 23, 2024, in the Department of Justices sueed the owners and property managers of ... More...
$ (05-12-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Poul Thorsen </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering charges after his extradition from Germany. By Kent Morlan “Poul Thorsen allegedly stole more than $1 million in federal grant money by submitting fabricated invoices and diverting funds to ... More...
$ (05-11-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Shanda Goode, Carnisha Hamilton, Juantez Sutton and Tonya Bailey </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with stealing valuable items from the mail. “Francina Sutton worked with two corrupt U.S. Postal Service mail carriers to steal dozens of checks, credit cards, and gift cards from the mail and separately conspired with an assistant bank manager to launder a stolen $4.9 million U.S. Treasury check,” said U.S. Attor... More...
$ (05-01-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mira Stallings </h2> </center>
Augusta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care and wire fraud. Mira Stallings, 41, of Thomson, Georgia, is a licensed behavioral therapist and owner of ABAscape LLC, a Thomson, Georgia, agency that provided behavioral therapy services to individuals with developmental disabilities. A parent of patients who received services from ABscape reported co... More...
$ (04-30-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Lester T. Jones, Jr. </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Lester T. Jones, Jr., joined the Accounting and Finance Department of ATL Hawks, LLC (“the Hawks”) in 2016. Following his promotion to Senior Vice President of Finance in August 2021, Jones became the most senior accounting executive for the Hawks after the Chief Financial Officer. Beginning in e... More...
$ (04-29-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Adam Schlueter </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually and physically abusing two minors while he was stationed overseas with the U.S. Army. Adam Schlueter was stationed in Grafenwöhr, Germany from 2009 until 2013, while enlisted in the U.S. Army. In Germany, he physically, emotionally, and sexually abused two minor victims. At trial, both minors described be... More...
$ (04-20-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jonathan Lamar Wooten </h2> </center>
Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. There was a bank shooting in Tallahassee, Florida, on May 5, 2023, in which Jonathan Lamar Wooten, aka “Chico,” 53, of Thomasville, was allegedly involved and now is facing state charges in Florida for attempted murder, aggravated battery and possession of a firearm ... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Philip Charles Smith and Antonio J. Evans, Sr. </h2> </center>
Savannah, Georgia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with wire fraud. Philip Charles Smith, 41, of Richmond Hill, Georgia, and Antonio J. Evans Sr., 41, of Sylvania, Georgia were accused of engaging in a conspiracy to create fake invoices to defraud the Port of Savannah. Smith previously was employed by a national logistics and transportation company that served the... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> State of Georgia v. Charles Moore, III </h2> </center>
Lawrenceville, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with grooming and sexual exploitation of a minor. Charles Moore III, a former coach, was accused for sexual exploitation of a former cheerleader.... More...
$ (04-06-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dr. Jitesh Patel and Advanced Urology, Inc. </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia commercial litigation lawyers represented Advanced Urology, Inc. and Dr. Jitesh Patel accused of violation the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and Medicaid for services that were either unnecessary or never performed. The government’s investigation began after a former Advanced Urology employee filed a whistleblower complaint alleging that Advanced Urology performed unn... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Alexis Beatles </h2> </center>
Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate communications with intent to threaten or injury another. Alexis Beatles, age 40, of Hinesville, was charged with two counts of Interstate Communications with Threats to Injure Another. “Alexis Beatles directed threats of death and violence to VA employees, U.S. citizens and even the families of pol... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jacques Lamar Hill aka “Jac DaDon </h2> </center>
Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Jacques Lamar Hill aka “Jac DaDon,” 27, of Thomasville, was arrested and charged with felony possession of a firearm.... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Traon Turk </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute. Traon Turk, an armed felon and drug dealer led police on a car chase in Marietta, Georgia, to avoid being arrests. On April 4, 2020, the Cobb County Police Department observed an SUV that reportedly had bee... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Eijroghene Okuma </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer Warrent Lietz represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Eijroghene O. Okuma also known as Eijro O. Okuma abused a position of trust to carry out a calculated scheme that stole millions from an elderly victim,” said Peter Ellis, Acting Special Agent in Charge of FBI Georgia. “The FBI is committed to protecting older Americans from financial... More...
$ (03-21-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Juan Carlos Popoca </h2> </center>
Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine Juan Carlos Poppa, 38, of Tifton, was accused of operating a drug ring out of prison. Haley Maria Sumner, 34, was sentenced to serve 78 months in prison on Jan. 29, 2026, after she pleaded guilty to one count of distrib... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> State of Georgia v. Victor McArthur Oatman </h2> </center>
Augusta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary in the second-degree. Richard Oatman, age 48, accused for burglary of a downtown Augusta business.... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Alexander Paul Travis, Jason Salazar, and Audricus Phagnasay </h2> </center>
Augusta, Georgia, criminal Defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with engaging in a wire fraud conspiracy. Alexander Paul Travis, 35, of Augusta, Jason Salazar, 30, of Clovis, California, and Audricus Phagnasay, 25, of Fresno, California, for engaging in a nationwide scheme that enabled North Korean workers to access U.S.-based computer networks. The Defendants were contacted b... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Brittany Hudson </h2> </center>
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with fraud, laundering the fraudulent proceeds from that scheme, lying to a franchising company while on pretrial release, and forging the signature of former Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy C. Batten, Sr. on fake court documents Brittany Hudson and her literal partner in crime brazenly stole nearly $10 million from ... More...
$ (03-19-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> State of Georgia v. Garrett Thompson </h2> </center>
Lawrenceville, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with engaging in a jury duty scam. Garrett Thompson reportedly said that he was "Officer Sheperd" who said that the victim had to pay $1,350 or turn himself in to the Gwinnett County Sheriff’s Office. he victim sent the money to the phone number provided by the caller, and authorities used the number to identi... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - GA)<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)