Maryland Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> State of Maryland v. Edgar Christopher Bradford </h2> </center>
Rockville, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with third-degree sex offense.... More...
$ (03-23-2026 - MD)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Anika Bywter </h2> </center>
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in illicit sexual contact in foreign places. While living in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, Anika Bywater, 29, formerly of Gonzalez, Texas, and another person created two separate videos of themselves sexually abusing a young child. Law enforcement officers learned of the conduct when they... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - MD)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jason Michael Leidel </h2> </center>
Greenbelt, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2261. Jason Michael Leidel, 45, of Silver Spring, Maryland, engaged in berstalking his ex-wife and her boyfriend. on multiple occasions, Leidel sent emails with false allegations to get Victim 1, his ex-wife, fired from her job as a special education teacher at a publ... More...
$ (03-14-2026 - MD)State of Maryland v. Bryan Betancur
Rockville, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery. Bryan Betancur, 28, of Silver Spring, Maryland, setting fire to a female passengers’ hair on Metro trains in the D.C. area. The Defendant was charged, convicted and pardoned for his participation in the January 6, 2021, Capitol riot.... More...
$ (03-04-2026 - MD)United States of America v. Tammy Barcus
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. From 2016 through 2024, Tammy Barcus, age 57, of Berlin, Maryland, a former office manager and bookkeeper for an Ocean City-based home builder, embezzled approximately $1.79 million from her former employer. Barcus used her position of trust to embezzle funds from her em... More...
$ (03-04-2026 - MD)United States of America v. Clifton Mosley
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with witness-murder and marijuana trafficking. During trial, the Government presented evidence that Mosley was friends and drug-trafficking partners with Davon Carter and Matthew Hightower. Hightower had been indicted for healthcare fraud and extortion, due to information provided to the authorities by his co-wo... More...
$ (02-24-2026 - MD)Kilmar Ábrego García v. United States of America </centern>
Baltimore, Maryland, immigration law lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a declaratory judgment and injunction to prevent the government from deporting him. Kilmar Ábrego García was mistakenly deported to his home country last year. He sought a decision of the Federal District Court that the government had no viable plan for deporting him.... More...
$ (02-18-2026 - MD)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...
$ (02-14-2026 - MD)United States of America v. Lawrence Nathanial Harris
Greenbelt, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a machine gun and possession with intent to distribute drugs. Lawrence Nathanial Harris, 33, of Temple Hills Maryland, admitted that on November 16, 2022, while law enforcement executed a residential search warrant at his home, he threw a firearm and a bag of marijuana from his room. He possessed ... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - MD)<H2> United States of America v. Duane Watts
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer David Walsh -Little represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Beginning in May 2020, and continuing through at least May 2021, Duane Watts, 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, engaged in a conspiracy to defraud and obtain money through materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and ... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - MD)<H2> State of Maryland v. Ashlee Nicole Scott
Salisbury, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with twenty-three counts stemming from her involvement in an August 2023 assault, robbery, and shooting in Salisbury, Maryland. . Whether the evidence was insufficient to support Ms. Scott’s convictions? II. Whether the instruction to the jury on accomplice liability was erroneous? IV. Whether the court vio... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - MD)<H2> State of Maryland v. Daquwan Hicks
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm with a nexus to a drug trafficking crime.... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - MD)<H2> State of Maryland v. Reginald Lincoln Leo, Jr.
Hagerstown, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed carjacking, two counts of first-degree assault, two counts of armed robbery, two counts of reckless endangerment, car theft, two counts of theft under $1,000, and use of a firearm in the commission of crime of violence.... More...
$ (12-31-2021 - MD)<H2> United States of America v. IAP Worldwide Services, Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant on a False Claims Act action. The U.S. alleged that on November 4, 2015, IAP undertook the performance of a contract awarded by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Air Systems Command at Patuxent River, Maryland (the Contract). The Contract, among other things, required IAP to maintain and support a certain military aircraft, wh... More...
$ (12-29-2025 - MD)State of Maryland v. Denis C. Thomason
Hagerstown, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating a protective order. Legal issue What jurisdiction does a circuit court exercise when ruling on a motion to correct an illegal sentence after initially exercising appellate jurisdiction? APPELLATE PROCEDURE. JURISDICTION. The case addresses the jurisdiction of the circuit court when ruling on a moti... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - MD)<H2> United States of America v. Kamel Hay
Greenbelt, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter. On February 5, 2022, Kamel Hay, 26, of Houston, Texas, was driving his vehicle northbound on the BW Parkway at a high rate of speed as he wove through traffic. Eventually, Hay lost control of his car, striking two other vehicles, before his car left the roadway and struck a tree. His ... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - MD)<H2> United States of America v. Vanessa Valdez
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft in connection with an unemployment insurance (UI) fraud scheme. Beginning in at least May 2020, and continuing through at least September 2021, Vanessa Valdez, 42, of Burtonsville, Maryland, and other co-conspirators, engaged in a conspiracy and sch... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - MD)<H2> State of Maryland v. Christian Ramos
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and related offenses. Christian Ramos, 28, of Aurora, shootings on I-83 in Baltimore County.... More...
$ (12-14-2025 - MD)<H2> United States of America v. Thaddeus Lamont Wills
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with commercial armed robbery. After a nine-day trial, on October 25, 2024, a federal jury found Thaddeus Lamont Wills, 52, of Waldorf, Maryland, was found guilty of conspiracy to interfere with interstate commerce by robbery, two counts of interference with interstate commerce by robbery, and two counts of carjackin... More...
$ (12-14-2025 - MD)<h1> United States of America v. OJ Rashad Green </h1></h1>
Greenbelt, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl in the Accokeek, Maryland area. <br> <br> District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced OJ Rashad Green, 36, aka "Ice,†of Accokeek, Maryland, to nine years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl in the Accokeek, Maryland area. <... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - MD)United States of America v. Reginald Davis
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank theft.... More...
$0 (10-23-2025 - MD)United States of America v. Jemel Maurice Lyles, aka Mauricio Lyles
Greenbelt, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.... More...
$0 (10-22-2025 - MD)State of Maryland v. Christian Ramos
Baltimore, Maryand, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and related offenses.<br> <br> Christian Ramos, 28, of Aurora, Illinois was charged with three counts of attempted first-degree murder and related offenses. Ramos, who also faces a separate firearm charge in Cecil County.<br> <br> Shortly before midnight on June 18, 202... More...
$0 (10-23-2025 - MD)Carolyn Hall v. Sheppard Pratt Health System, Inc.
Baltimore, Maryland, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff title VII failure to accommodate theory.<br> <br> Under Title VII, an employer must provide for a religious accommodation unless doing so would impose an undue hardship on the employer, a standard that the Supreme Court recently clarified in Groff v. DeJoy, 600 U.S. 447 (2023).<br> <br> In this case, Carolyn Hall was terminated fro... More...
$0 (10-23-2025 - MD)United Stetes of American v. John Robert Bolton,II
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant eight counts of unlawful transmission of national defense information as well as 10 counts of unlawful retention of national defense information. <br> <br> 18:793(d) TRANSMISSION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION<br> (1-8) <br> 18:793(e) RETENTION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION<br> (9-18)<br> <br> Department of Justice Pre... More...
$0 (10-16-2025 - MD)State of Maryland v. Charles Anthony Boatwright
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> <img width="300" src="https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G21sbJMWMAAnAjK?format=jpg&name=small"><br> <br> Charles Anthony Boatwright, age 55, was accused of killing Randolph Smith, age 56. Smith was shot and killed on July 13, 2025 in the 3900 block of Frederick Avenue.... More...
$0 (10-12-2025 - MD)United States of America v. Jean Brown
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.<br> <br> From at least 2000 until 2010, Jean Brown ran a marijuana trafficking organization that transported large amounts of marijuana from Arizona and California to Maryland for distribution in Maryland, Pennsylvania, New York and Washington, D.C. Brown used tractor trailers and car carrier... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - MD)State of Maryland v. William Cook, Jr.
Anapolis, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> William Cook, Jr., age 68, was accused of killing Garnet Elizabeth Griffith, 1989.<br> <br> Griffith was found dead in her apartment from a gun shot wound.... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - MD)State of Maryland v. Kamryn Andrews, James Lawson, and Travis Lissau
Centreville, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with manslaughter, assault and reckless endangerment.<br> <br> Kamryn Andrews, 19, of Seaford, Delaware; James Lawson, 20, of Queenstown, Maryland; and Travis Lissau, 27, of Centreville, Maryland, were accused of shooting of a 19-year-old at a house party in Maryland.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - MD)State of North Dakota v. Isiah Simms
Bismarck, North Dakota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault of a child.<br> <br> Isiah Simms was accused of sexually assaulting child on the state Capitol grounds.... More...
$0 (10-07-2025 - MD)<h1> United States of America v. Daniel Michael Harris </h1></h1>
Greenbelt, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four armed robberies while using, carrying, and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence. <br> <br> U.S. District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced Daniel Michael Harris, Sr., 44, of Waldorf, Maryland, to 14 years in federal prison for committing four armed robberies while using, carryi... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - MD)<h1> United States of America v. Rashad Green aka “Ice†</h1></h1>
Greenbelt, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl.<br> <br> District Judge Deborah K. Chasanow sentenced OJ Rashad Green, 36, aka "Ice,†of Accokeek, Maryland, to nine years in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, for distribution of fentanyl in the Accokeek, Maryland area. <br> <br> Kelly O. Hayes, U.S. A... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - MD)State of Maryland v. Amir Barnes-Henderso
Baltimore, Maryalnd, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with First-Degree Murder and multiple related charges in connection with the fatal shooting of Gary Lee Matthews, age 34. Assistant State's Attorney Elizabeth Stock prosecuted this case.<br> <br> On November 21, 2024, at approximately 5:22 p.m., a Northeast District Patrol Officer with the Baltimore Police responded t... More...
$0 (09-26-2025 - MD)<h1> United States of America v. Kamal Khalid, Fnu Shahrukh </h1></h1>
Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy and conspiracy and securities fraud and odometer rollback scheme. <br> <br> Chief Judge George L. Russell, III, sentenced Kamal Khalid, 44, of Pasadena, Maryland, to 36 months in federal prison, followed by three years of supervised release, after he pled guilty to conspiracy and securities fraud stemmi... More...
$0 (09-28-2025 - MD)United States of America v. Troy Spencer
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) (Count 1), and possession of a firearm in a school zone, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(q) (Count 2). <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - MD)United States of America v. Christopher Lawrence Stouffer
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child and possession of child pornography.<br> <br> <br> Federal law aggressively criminalizes and punishes the sexual exploitation of children, primarily through laws found in Title 18 of the U.S. Code.<br> <br> The key statute is 18 U.S.C. § 2251, which broadly prohibits the use, enticement, ... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - MD)Michael Rentshler v. Atlantic General Hospital Corporation
Baltimore, Maryland personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on a property damage theory.<br> <br> As a comprehensive healthcare services company, AGH collects, maintains, and<br> stores highly sensitive personal and medical information pertaining to its patients, including, but<br> not limited to: Social Security numbers, dates of birth, full names, addresses, telephone numbers,<br> dri... More...
$1 (09-12-2025 - MD)United States of America v. Marlow Bates, a/k/a Low
Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances (drugs).... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - MD)Keeley Olson and Dustin Olson v. A.R.T. Institute of Washington, Inc., et al.
Greenbelt, Maryland, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on medical malpractice claims.<br> <br> In Maryland, a medical malpractice claim requires demonstrating four elements:<br> a duty of care owed by the healthcare provider to the patient, a breach of that duty (deviation from the accepted standard of care), causation (the breach directly caused the injury), and damages (the pati... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - MD)A.A. vMontgomery County Public Schools, et al.
Greenbelt, Maryland, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Individuals With Disabilities Education Act theory. <br> <br> The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal law guaranteeing eligible children with disabilities a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment, ensuring access to necessary special education service... More...
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