Tennessee Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
 

State of Tennessee v. Travis Weatherly

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual battery committed against his nine-year-old victim.

On appeal, the petitioner argues trial counsel was ineffective for failing to prepare the petitioner for trial, failing to pursue a defense, and failing to argue for a lower range at sentencing. The State contends the post-conviction cour... More...
   $0 (11-14-2025 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Niketa Jenkins

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with attempted reckless homicide.

Niketa Jenkins was accused of shooting her boyfriend in the leg on South Seventh Street. ... More...
   $0 (11-14-2025 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Keviana Thomas

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with aggravated assault

Keviana Thomas was apprehended for allegedly shooting a woman on 17th Avenue North.... More...
   $0 (11-14-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Jaylen Simpson

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cartjacking resulting in serious bodily injury and discharging a firearm during the carjacking.

On May 16, 2024, at around 7:45 a.m., Jaylen Simpson, 23, of Memphis, shot a 60-year-old victim in the stomach as the victim stepped outside his home to mow the lawn. Simpson, who had been hiding in the victim’s... More...
   $0 (11-14-2025 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Kejuan King

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a /firearm and second-degree murder.

On the afternoon of January 13, 2017, Adarrell Anderson arrived at the Grizzly Mart gas station and store with two friends, Anthony Holloway and Julin Sanders. As the trio pulled into the parking lot, they noticed a silver, four-door Hyunda... More...
   $0 (11-14-2025 - TN)

Rebecca Edwards v. Shelby County, Tennessee

Memphis, Tennessee civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on e Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violation theory.

Rebecca Edwards, a former Shelby County Health Department employee, brought this action under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), asserting three claims. She alleed that the County (1) discriminated against her based on her
night blindness, (2) ... More...
   $0 (11-14-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Keno Lane

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

In January 2022, the district court had revoked Lane’s supervision, imposed a six-month custodial sentence, and ordered him to serve fifteen months of supervision upon his release. After his release, the probation office filed yet another petition alleging two violations: that Lane (i) was charged wi... More...
   $0 (11-13-2025 - TN)

Cody Jacobs and Dana Jacobs v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company

Tulsa, Oklahoma, insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.... More...    $1 (11-05-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Bradden Kyle Brown

Chattanooga, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing a controlled substance.... More...    $0 (11-05-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Stephanie Rae Teroy

Winchester, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling, distributing or dispensing drugs.
... More...
   $0 (11-05-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Amanda Hickman

Winchester, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ... More...    $0 (11-06-2025 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Brandon Isabelle

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant charged with murder.
by Kent Morlan

Brandon Isabelle is accused of killing his daughter so that take up with a new girlfriend. So, he killed Kenndey Holy.

“This verdict is the result of the hard work of our trial team — who presented nearly two weeks of testim... More...
   $0 (11-06-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Benjamin Alan Carpenter, aka Abu Hamza

Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with providing translation and other services to a terrorist organization, ISIS, to permit its propaganda videos to be understood in English.

Benjamin Carpenter admired the work of ISIS, more formally known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. To that end, he founded Ahlud-Tawhid Publications (ATP), an o... More...
   $0 (11-05-2025 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Tajee Turnage

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Tajee Turnage was accused of shooting an killing Timothy Echols who was abusing his roommate. The Defendant claimed that Echols had a gun.... More...
   $0 (11-05-2025 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Niketa Jenkins

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendant charged with attempted reclsss homicide.

Niketa Jenkins is accused of shooting her boyfriend in the leg.. ... More...
   $0 (11-05-2025 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Trevon Blair

Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder.

Trevon Blain is accused for killing his mother Ngina Blair.... More...
   $0 (11-05-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Kate Carson

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping.

Kate Carson, 38, of Lewisburg, Tennessee was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for international parental kidnapping.

“Protecting vulnerable children from harm is the highest priority of our office,” said Acting United States Attorney Robert E. McGuire... More...
   $0 (09-29-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Mervin Anderson

Memphis, TN criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Shanks While in Federal Prison.

Today, a federal jury in Memphis convicted Mervin Anderson, 40, of Memphis, Tennessee, of one count of possession of contraband in prison, including two homemade knives, or shanks.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Anderson was observed... More...
   $0 (09-30-2025 - TN)

Jessica Clippinger v. State Farm Automobile Insurance Company

Memphis, Tennessee, insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.

The district court certified a class of Tennesseans insured by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) who, after their cars were totaled, received a payout from State Farm that was calculated utilizing car valuation data generated by an... More...
   $0 (10-15-2025 - TN)

Diego Pavia v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

Nashville, Tennessee, antitrust lawyers represented the parties in a sports law dispute over the impact of eligibilty rules.

ter a breakout year in 2024, Diego Pavia wanted to continue playing quarterback for Vanderbilt University during the 2025 football season. But National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) eligibility rules barred him from playing. So he sued the NCAA. After he wo... More...
   $0 (10-15-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Jeffrey Bilyeu and Jessica Bilyeu v. UT-Battelle, LLC

Knoxville, Tennessee, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who objected on religious grounds
to a coronavirus vaccine mandate imposed by their employer, UT-Battelle, during the pandemic.

* * *

A reasonable juror could conclude that that this type of interview process “could well
dissuade a reasonable worker from making” a request for accommodations. Bur... More...
   $0 (09-29-2025 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. LaJeffrey Romane Sparks

Chattanooga, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, possession of a firearm during a felony, and unlawful possession of a weapon by a felon.



Jeffrey Romane Spark, age 49, was accuse of killing a 42-year-old man in October 2024.... More...
   $0 (10-03-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Shaun Steven Kidd

Chattanooga, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing four violations of the conditions of his supervised release.... More...    $0 (09-26-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Mervin Anderson

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession of contraband in prison.

A federal jury in Memphis convicted Mervin Anderson, 40, of Memphis, Tennessee, of one count of possession of contraband in prison, including two homemade knives, or shanks.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Anderson was o... More...
   $0 (09-30-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Kate Carson

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Parental Kidnapping

Kate Carson, 38, of Lewisburg, Tennessee was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison today for international parental kidnapping, announced Robert E. McGuire, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.

“Protecting vulnerable children ... More...
   $0 (09-29-2025 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Reginald Jordan

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with eluding and crashing into two Metro police patrol cars.

Reginald Jordan, age 25, was driving a stolen vehicle when, while attempting to get away he ran into the cop cars.... More...
   $0 (09-26-2025 - Tn)

United States of America v. Myshun Jefferson

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling, distribution, or dispensing drugs and commission of a violent crime with a machine gun.

In May 2023, Bartlett Tennessee Police Department (BPD) officers met with a confidential source (the CS) who said that Jefferson was selling fentanyl from two addresses in Memphis, Tennessee: 2846 Baywood Drive ... More...
   $0 (09-25-2025 - TN)

Thomas Michael Smith and Monaleto Sneed v. P.A.M. Transports, Inc.

Nashville, Tennessee, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a 42 U.S.C. § 2000e adn Tennessee Human Rights Act (THRA) violation theories.

Plaintiffs Thomas Michael Smith and Monaleto Sneed brought this action against their former employer, P.A.M. Transport, Inc. (“P.A.M. Transport”), under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.; 42 U.S.C. ... More...
   $0 (09-25-2025 - TN)

Michael Hoover v. Justin Due

Cookeville, Tennessee personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory claiming unlawful entry and excessive force.

Defendant Deputy Justin Due received a 911 dispatch call, reporting a domestic dispute at Plaintiff Michael Hoover’s house. The 911 caller stated that Hoover had threatened her with a gun. When Due arrived at the sce... More...
   $0 (09-25-2025 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Leopold Mpawinayo

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape of a child.

Leopold Mpawinayo was accused of picked up the victim, who was a stranger to him and who was 12-years-old, and raped her. Although the victim reported the crime immediately, the DNA didn’t hit CODIS (the national DNA crime database) until five years later. Mpawinayo was then connecte... More...
   $0 (07-15-2025 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Daireus Ice

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnnapping and rape of a 4-year-old girl.

The victim, now 12-year-old, testified, recounting the assault and its enduring impact. Her mother and brother also provided testimony, while family members remained present throughout the proceedings, steadfast in their pursuit of justice.

“Although... More...
   $0 (09-19-2025 - TN)

Moms for Liberty - Wilson County, Tennessee, et al. Wilson Coounty Schools, et al.

Nashville, Tennessee Civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs First Amendment violation.

The Wilson County Board of Education is charged with administering public schools in
Wilson County, Tennessee. In line with its Policy Manual, the Board holds monthly school
board meetings. Tennessee law dictates that the Board’s Chair preside over all school board
meetings, ... More...
   $0 (09-15-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Spencer Allen Bradley

Greeneville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine And Cocaine Conspiracy, And Money Laundering

Last Defendant Of Johnson City Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 262 Months For Methamphetamine And Cocaine Conspiracy, And Money Launder... More...
   $0 (09-15-2025 - TN)

State of Tennessee v. Fisher Wise

Chattanooga, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer will be representing the defendant charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and assault.

Fisher Wise approached the brother-in-law and male homeowner, attempting to fight them.... More...
   $0 (09-12-2025 - TN)

Matthew Howell and Alisha Brown v. Justin McCormick, et al.

Nashville, Tennessee personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fourth Amendment violation theory.

This case about feuding housemates raises a host of Fourth
Amendment questions. A woman called 911 from outside her residence claiming that her
housemate, Matthew Howell, had pointed a gun at her and refused to give her access to (what
she said was) her car. In respons... More...
   $0 (08-25-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to unlawfully transport illegal aliens for financial gain.

"Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador only to be brought back to the U.S. to face smuggling charges, asked a federal judge in Nashville on Tuesday to dismiss his indictment, calling it a "vindictiv... More...
   $0 (08-01-2025 - TN)

Will McLemore, et al. v. Roxanna Gumucio, et al.

Nashville, Tennessee civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a declaratory judgment that Tennessee's Auctioneering license law was unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment.

In 1967, the Tennessee General Assembly passed a state law to define and regulate the
auctioneering profession. See 1967 Tenn. Pub. Acts ch. 335. Under this law, the TennesseeMore...
   $0 (08-16-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Jaquan L. Bridges

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a machinegun in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(o).

Bridges was driving on a highway in Memphis, Tennessee, when he almost struck a
police vehicle. As police tried to stop him, he slowed his car, rolled down the window, and fired
several gunshots—one bullet hit the police car and narrowly... More...
   $0 (08-15-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Yosiah Awomolo, Alexander Legeza, Kelly White

Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Road Rage

Three Ohio Residents Arrested For Road Rage Shooting In Great Smoky Mountain National Park




... More...    $0 (08-01-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Jeffrey L. Scales

Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of heroin,
marijuana, and other evidence related to drug trafficking.

"It is a basic principle of the Fourth Amendment that for a search warrant to issue there
must be probable cause.” United States v. Laughton, 409 F.3d 744, 747 (6th Cir. 2005). “An issuing
judge may find proba... More...
   $0 (07-25-2025 - TN)

Find a Lawyer
Find a Case
AK Morlan
Kent Morlan, Esq.
Editor & Publisher