Michigan Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Gerald Desean Jarrett </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Vincent Lee Galicia </h2> </center>
Flint, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms.... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> Koren Wagner v. Hanon Systems USA, LLC </h2> </center>
Ann Arbor, Michigan labor law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes national standards for minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor. Enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor (.gov), it applies to most private and public employees. Key provisions include a... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Samer Kammo </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a multi-million-dollar Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud scheme. Samer Kammo, 46, and his co-conspirators tried to cheat the system by exploiting a federal relief program meant to help Americans in need. Let this case send a clear message: crime does not pay,” said Jennifer Runyan, Special Agent in C... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andrial Ortiz </h2> </center>
Lansing, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearm. Andrial Ortiz was a felon who was not allowed to possess a gun, and the moment he did he used it to shoot a police officer. My office was happy to prosecute this case. We accept the 15-year sentence as a just response. I hope everyone reading this will take a minute to remembe... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kyle Wagner </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, Zcriminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with making Federal threats and cyberstalking following alleged murder and assault threats against ICE. Kyle Wagner escalated his opposition to ICE operations, including conspiring and threatening to assault federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis. In January 2026, Wagner repeatedly posted on Facebook and Insta... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jabari Long </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer Steve Fishman represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Long submitted fraudulent loan applications to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for businesses that did not exist. Specifically, Long received $2,187,000 in federal loans for Priceless Preservations Construction, a company that Long claimed h... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - MI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Brandon Sims </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking and committing a crime of violence with a machine gun. Brandon Sims, 35, of Detroit, Michigan, committed the carjacking on October 18, 2023, in Detroit, Michigan. Sims carjacked a man who was assisting a young woman move out of Mr. Sims’s residence. Sims entered the male victim’s SUV and brandished ... More...
$ (01-14-2026 - MI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Rita Shaba </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) wire and bank fraud. Rita Shaba, 40, and her co-conspirators caused fraudulent PPP applications to be submitted for several business entities. Those applications misrepresented payroll information for the business entities and falsely certified that PPP loan funds would be u... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - MI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Brandon Lemar Baines </h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute over 12 pounds of methamphetamine. On January 23, 2025, officers with the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET), a multijurisdictional narcotics enforcement team working in the Kalamazoo County area, stopped a van carrying over 12 pounds of methamphetamine as it returne... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - MI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Brandon Lemar Baines </h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. On January 23, 2025, officers with the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET), a multijurisdictional narcotics enforcement team working in the Kalamazoo County area, stopped a van carrying over 12 pounds of methamphetamine as it returned from Det... More...
$ (01-05-2026 - MI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Martin Daryl Waskowski </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with exploitation of children and possession of porn. On December 3, 2025, Martin Daryl Waskowski, 38, of Royal Oak. was traveling from Canada back to the United States when he was stopped by Customs and Border Protection inspections at a border crossing in Vermont. Waskowski’s digital devices, including a cell phone... More...
$ (12-10-2025 - MI)<H2> <center> State of Michigan v. John Doe </h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with murder. Detroit Jones, 38, died after Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD) officers found him in the area of Southeast Lafayette Avenue and Sycamore Street at 1:30 a.m. with critical injuries from being shot. The GRPD arrested a man believed to be the shooter.... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - MI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath </h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing and intending to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl. During a search of Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath's Battle Creek, residence in March 2025, officers found over 1 kilogram of fentanyl, two firearms, thousands of dollars of cash, and what appeared to be an area designed to manufacture counterfe... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - MI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Ceratizit USA, L.L.C. and Mark Alan Stover </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act. Ceratizit USA LLC (Ceratizit), a Charlotte, North Carolina-based distributor of tungsten carbide products, has agreed to pay $54.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly and improperly failing to pay duties owed on tungsten carbide product... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> People of Michigan v. Kardasz </h2> </center>
Mount Clemens, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged first-degree criminal sexual conduct for the sexual assault of his five-year-old daughter.... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - MI)<H2> <center> Rhonda Hehrer v. County of Clinton, Michigan, et al. </h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a deliberate indifference civil rights violation wrongful death theory. This case’s tragic facts took place during Joseph Hehrer’s detention at a county jail. After Hehrer showed signs of illness (including vomiting), medical staff repeatedly evaluated him. Yet they failed to uncover that he suffered f... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MI)<H2> <center> State of Michigan v. Teenager John Doe </h2> </center>
Grand Rapid, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represents Defendant charged with attempted murder for shooting at police officers. The Defendant, age 18, was walking on a sidewalk when he was recognized by officers as wanted in connection with the theft of a firearm. The Officers ordered him to stop, but he turned an pointed a gun at them. A number of shots were fire by the suspect and th... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath </h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. During a search of Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath’s Battle Creek residence in March 2025, officers found over 1 kilogram of fentanyl, two firearms, thousands of dollars of cash, and what appeared to be an area designed to manufacture counterfeit fentanyl pills i... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Kevin Lavon Giles </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking children by force, fraud or coercion. Kevin Lavon Giles, 59, of Detroit, was convicted of two counts of sex trafficking children and through force, fraud, or coercion, and one count of sex trafficking an adult through force, fraud, or coercion. The testimony at trial proved Giles exploited his f... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MI)<H2> <center> State of Michigan v. Sherrone Moore </h2> </center>
Ann Arbor, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with home invasion, stalking in a domestic relationship and breaking and entering in a domestic relationship. Former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore and the victim had an "intimate relationship" for a number of years.... More...
$ (12-13-2025 - MI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. John Allen Grayeski </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms.... More...
$0 (11-25-2025 - MI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Mary Smelter-Bolton </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.<br> ... More...
$0 (11-25-2025 - MI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Nabil Fakih,R.Ph. </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud.... More...
$0 (11-25-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Richard Charles Bartholomew, et al. </h2> </center>
Flint, Michigan, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with drug trafficking.... More...
$0 (11-15-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> LaNetra Kellar v. The Yunion, Inc. </h2> </center>
Flint, Michigan, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employment discrimination toery.<br> <br> aNetra Kellar sued her former employer, The Yunion, Inc. (“Yunionâ€), for discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination. <br> <br> Yunion is a nonprofit organization that provides educational programming and family services to at-risk youth in the Detroit are... More...
$0 (10-31-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. v. U.S. Department of Justice, et al.
Bay City, Michigan, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs seeking a declaratory judgment relating to Michigan firearm law.<br> <br> onald Roberts and Gun Owners of America sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. They aimed to prohibit the Bureau from enforcing a public-safety advisory that instructed gun sellers to reject a Michigan firearms license as a<br> satisfa... More...
$0 (11-05-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Darese Deandre Haile </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with car jacking.<br> <br> Darese Haile (and an unidentified individual) carjacked four Lyft drivers.... More...
$0 (11-05-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> State of Michigan v. Terrell Epel Youngblood </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer representing Defendant charged with econd-degree murder, felony firearm and carrying a concealed weapon. <br> <br> Terrell Epel Youngblood, 21, of Detroit, was accused for shooting and killing a 16-year-old boy. ... More...
$0 (11-04-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> Amos C. Johnson, M.D., etc. v. Rita Elizabeth Johnson, etc. </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, civil litigation lawyers represented the the parties in interpretation of a trust.<br> <br> In 2000, Amos G. Johnson and his wife, Marjorie Johnson, established the Johnson<br> Family Trust, naming their son, Appellant Amos C. Johnson, M.D., as the first successor trustee.<br> Amos G. Johnson died in 2007, and Marjorie Johnson died in 2020. This case involves the<br> proceedings... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> Alexandria Parrotta v. Island Resort and Casino </h2> </center>
Marquette, Michigan, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful termination theory.<br> <br> lexandria Parrotta sued her employer, the Island Resort and Casino, for allegedly forcing her to resign rather than accommodating her needs as a new mother. But it turns out that the Casino is owned and operated by the Hannahville ndian Community, a federally recognized Indian tribe. So... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael Osborn Thomas </h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute<br> methamphetamine. <br> <br> In 2017, Thomas pled guilty to several state charges, including the delivery of cocaine<br> and methamphetamine, and was sentenced to prison. In late 2019, he was released on parole.<br> Within a few weeks of his release, he had returned to drug trafficking... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Avery Logan </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm.<br> <br> Unlawful transportation of a firearm under federal law includes, but is not limited to, transporting a stolen firearm, a firearm across state lines when the person is a "prohibited person" (such as a felon), or shipping a firearm without notifying the carrier. It is also... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Carlos Pierre Butler </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant convicted and placed on probation.... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> Bertha Brown v. Target Corporation </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a premises liability claim.<br> <br> AI Overview<br> <br> Michigan premises liability law holds property owners accountable for injuries caused by a failure to maintain a safe property. To succeed in a claim, a person must prove the property owner was negligent, meaning they knew or should have known about a dangerous condition... More...
$1 (10-24-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> Kristine Roth v. UNUM Life Insurance Company of America </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an E.R.I.S.A. claim.<br> <br> Google A.I.<br> <br> ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, is a federal law that sets minimum standards for employee benefit plans in private industry, such as health and retirement plans. It was created to protect the interests of plan participants and beneficiaries by requiring plans ... More...
$1 (10-24-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> Marko Law, P.L.L.C. v. Alexander and Angelas, P.C. </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Circuit Court, Wayne County, Michigan and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> <br> ... More...
$1 (10-24-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> State of Michigan v. John Doe </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with auto theft.<br> <br> John Doe stole and ambulance from a crash scene with a patient inside and ran into another vehicle injuring the patient and the EMT who was in the ambulance.... More...
$0 (10-25-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> Danny Higgins v. Social Security Administration </h2> </center>
Detroit, Michigan, social security disability law lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)<h2> <center> Charles Bozzo v. Jennifer Nanasy, et al. <h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> rles Bozzo was fired from his job as a correctional officer with the Michigan Department of Corrections after a coworker accused him of making harassing comments. Years later, he sued two MDOC employees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that<br> the p... More...
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