Tennessee Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kilmar Abrego García </h2> <center>
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to unlawfully transporting illegal aliens for financial gain. Reported by Kent Morlan Immigration authorities sought to deport Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, age 31, but was blocked from doing so by a Federal Judge in Maryland. The Government they indicted him in Tennessee for human smuggling.... More...
$ (05-23-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> Larry Gene Bushart, Jr. v. Perry County, Tennessee and Nick Weems </h2> </center> </h2> </center>
Jackson, Tennessee personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on civil rights violation theories. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/about" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Larry Gene Bushart, Jr., age 61, and a retired published some comments about Charlie Kirk after he was shot and killed that apparently offended Nick Weems, the Sheriff of Perry County... More...
$835000 (05-21-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dakota A. Smith </h2> </center>
Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail Fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Dakota Smith, age 35, and his co-conspirator defrauded investors by misrepresenting to them that PEG owned small, profitable companies in e-commerce and aviation. Smith solicited investments based on promises that the investors would obtain o... More...
$ (05-16-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> State of Tennessee v. Shaquille Taylor </h2> </center>
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second Degree murder. Reported by Kent Morlan Shaquille Taylor, age 32, was accused of gunning down 18-year-old Belmont University freshman in 2023. Jillian’s parents, Matthew and Jessica, gave powerful victim impact statements after the guilty plea. “There is no worse pain than a father who loses ... More...
$ (05-16-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> State of Tennessee v. Gary Palmer, III, Latrego Lewis, Eric Fletcher and Daequan Moore </h2> </center>
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with possession of stolen vehicle and eluding. Report by Kent Morlan Gary Palmer III, 20, Latrego Lewis, 18, Eric Fletcher, 19, and Daequan Moore, 18, were all charged with motor vehicle theft. Palmer was additionally charged with reckless driving and felony evading arrest.... More...
$ (05-16-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Gabryele “Gabby” Watson </n2> </center>
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking and interstate communications containing a threat to injure. Reported by Kent Morlan From May to June 2023, Gabryele “Gabby” Watson cyberstalked a married couple living in the Middle District of Tennessee, who had been trying to adopt a baby for eight years. She assumed the identity of a re... More...
$ (05-16-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ryan Glidewell, Alyssa Glidewell, Edward Zanes, et al. </h2> </center>
Greeneville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Ryan Glidewell, Alyssa Glidewell, Edward Zanes, and others, conspired to file false tax returns seeking refunds based on the Employee Retention Credit and paid Sick and Family Leave Credit, both of which were created by Congress to aid struggling businesses during the COVID... More...
$ (05-16-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> Margaret Daniel, et al. v. Rick's Barbeque, Inc., et al. </h2> </center>
Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs in a premises liability theories. On July 7, 2018, Margaret Daniel and her husband, Jerry Daniel and two other family members ate at Rick’s Barbeque, a restaurant owned by Richard and Karen Lanning at in a booth located on an elevated platform that required patrons to step up to be seated and to step down to exit th... More...
$ (05-07-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. LeSeam Johnson, aka LeSean Wallace </h2> </center>
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs and possession of a machine gun. By Kent Morlan Leseam Johnson also known as Lesean Wallace made multiple sales of 1/2 oz. to 2 oz. quantities of fentanyl to an undercover agent. During one of the sales, Johnson also sold an AR-style pistol and on a separate occasion sold fake narcotics t... More...
$ (05-07-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kasey Lynn Skaggs </h2> </center>
Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with interstate travel for the purpose of engaging in sexual contact with a minor and tampering with a victim to destroy evidence. By Kent Morlan Kasey Lynn Skaggs, 27, of Jacksonville, Florida, was indicted on two counts in the indictment charging her with one count of interstate travel for the purpose of engagi... More...
$ (05-07-2026 - TN)<H2> ,<center> State of Tennessee v. Ladarryl Martin </h2> </center>
Chattanooga, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged attempted second-degree murder and possession of a firearm during a dangerous felony. Ladarryl Martin, 38, accused of stabbing when he became upset with the victim, punched him, stabbed him and fired several rounds from a gun.... More...
$ (04-27-2026 - tn)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Adrienne Rosse </h2> </center>
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking. Adrienne Rosse, 37, of Arlington, Tennessee, Adrienne Rosse’s husband, Charles Rosse, is being prosecuted by the Shelby County District Attorneys’ Office for charges of rape and sexual battery. A 2023 trial on those charges resulted in a mistrial due to a hung jury. The Assistant District Attor... More...
$ (04-27-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mari Alexander </h2> </center>
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with failure to account for and pay over employment tax and failure to account for and pay over employment tax. Mari Alexander, 52, was the sole owner and president of a mental-health counseling center with multiple locations throughout Tennessee. Alexander controlled the counseling center’s financial affairs and ... More...
$ (04-27-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Echelon Fitness Multimedia, LLC </h2> </center>
Chattanooga, Tennessee commercial litigation qui tam lawyer represented the the Plaintiff who sued on a false claims act violation theory. Echelon Fitness Multimedia, LLC (Echelon), a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based company that sells connected fitness equipment, such as smart bikes, treadmills, and rowers and provides digital memberships that offer live and on-demand classes, sued on a False Cla... More...
$ (04-27-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> State of Tennessee v. Brian Howard </h2> </center>
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder, attempted second degree murder, felony possession of a firearm, and employing a firearm during the commission of a felony. After a domestic dispute turned deadly, a Shelby County Grand Jury indicted Petitioner on one count each of (1) second degree murder, (2) attempted second degree murder... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> State of Tennessee v. Lacy Frank Walls, III </h2> </center>
Pulaski, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with evading arrest and three counts of possession of a firearm after being convicted of a felony.... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cameron Treon Banks </h2> </center>
Jackson, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms.... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> Untied States of America v. American Health Companies, LLC, dba American Health Partners </h2> </center>
Nashville, Tennessee, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act. American Health Companies, LLC (“AHC”), doing business as American Health Partners (“AHP”), was accused to violating the False Claims Act allegations related to billing Medicare and TennCare for grossly substandard nursing home services from Lewis County Nursing and R... More...
$2090309 (04-03-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ryan Patrick Garrett </h2> </center>
Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted enticement. on March 13, 2025, detectives with the Knoxville Police Department (KPD) and agents of the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested 41-year-old Ryan Patrick Garrett on a federal complaint of Enticement of a minor for the purposes of an illegal sexual act. ... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cody Ray Brewer </h2> </center>
Jackson, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Cody Ray Brewer, age 30, of Saulsbury, Tennessee, engaged in various illegal sexual acts with a minor at a residence in Hardeman County, Tennessee in early January 2025, and that he set up a camera in the minor’s bedroom to record those acts. Following the execution of a search ... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tiffany Haney, Anne Warren, and Tina Roper </h2> </center>
Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Tiffany Haney, 43, Anne Warren, 45, and Tina Roper, 40, all of Knoxville, were accused of engaging in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. The jury also convicted Haney and Warren of committing specific acts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tyrell Wallace </h2> </center>
Jackson, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing and selling controlled substances. Tyrell Wallace, a guard at the Dyer County Jail, reported to work on October 24, 2024. Investigators stopped Wallace and announced an administrative search. Inside Wallace’s waistband, investigators recovered 53 grams of actual methamphetamine with a purity level of... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> State of Tennessee v. Danell Jarvis Maxwell </h2> </center>
Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder for killing a police officer. Danell Jarvis Maxwell accused of killing Officer Torres-Molina,... More...
$ (03-05-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cordney Campbell </h2> </center>
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm.... More...
$ (03-05-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> State of Tennessee v. Alexander Donahoe </h2> </center>
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.... More...
$ (03-05-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. LaGarrion Lamontez Blacksmith </h2> </center>
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. LaGarrion Lamontez Blacksmith, age 36, of Nashville, accused with killing C.E. in a nightclub.... More...
$ (03-05-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Amado Magallon Guerrero
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, drug trafficking, and money laundering. Guerrero's motion to suppress evidence were overruled. The Fifth Amendment guarantees that “[n]o person . . . shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” U.S. Const. amend. V. In the seminal decision of M... More...
$ (03-03-2026 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Alexander Franklin Rodriguez, et al.
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a kilo of cocaine. Alexander Franklin Rodriguez, age 33, was driving a pickup truck that was stopped on Murfreesboro Pike. He consented to a search of his truck and the drugs were found in the console.... More...
$ (02-24-2026 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Alexander Franklin Rodriguez
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Alexander Franklin Rodriguez, age 33, was found to have possession of a kilo of cocaine.... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Oleksandr Didenko
Washington, D.C. criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant wire fraud and identity theft. Oleksandr Didenko, 29, of Kyiv, Ukraine, fraudulently inflicted systemic and deliberate financial harm on U.S. companies and American citizens to benefit not only himself, but a hostile nation state,” said Assistant Director Roman Rozhavsky of the FBI’s Counterintelligence and Espionage Divisio... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - TN)United States of America v. James Lafayette Moore
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. On August 24, 2025, James Lafayette Moore, age 51, of Nashville, Tennessee, shot an unarmed man four times in the face, neck, and upper body at point blank range on the balcony of My Town Extended Stay on Antioch Pike in Nashville. The shooting was captured on... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Shaneika Seymore
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud and bank fraud.... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Jared Goodman
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate domestic violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2261, which provides: (a) Offenses.— (1) Travel or conduct of offender.— A person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce or enters or leaves Indian country or is present within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United State... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Edward Allen and Deandre Rodgers
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murdering by gunshot a fellow gang member who they suspected of betraying the gang. Edward Allen, also known as E-Money, 42, and Deandre Rodgers, a.k.a. Dre, 29, both of Memphis, were high-ranking members of a criminal enterprise that controlled territory throughout the entire city of Memphis and extended beyond... More...
$ (02-16-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Mark Janbakhsh
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Mark Janbakhsh, 51, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was with multiple multiple federal fraud charges, including Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Bank Fraud, Making False Statements to a Bank, Bankruptcy Fraud, and Making False Statements Under Oath Three other co-conspirators, each of ... More...
$ (02-16-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Jonathan D. Frost
Chattanooga, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, and Conspiracy to Defraud the United States. Jonathan D. Frost, 42, of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, participated in a scheme in which investments were solicited for the purpose of building and operating a facility that would use solar power to... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Andrew Worrall
Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child and enticement. Andrew Worrall, 56, a British national currently residing in Knox County, Tennessee, Worrall contacted a 17-year-old minor female on the Snapchat application using the internet in July 2025. Knowing the age of the child, Worrall requested nude pictures of the ... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Bryce Grant-Martin
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated battery. Bryce Grant-Martin was arrested and charged with aggravated battery, intimidation with a deadly weapon and pointing a firearm.... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Andrew Bauer
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Andrew Bauer, 49, was arrested after stabbing a woman in the hand Sunday night in southwest Louisville.... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Nathan Lee Westbrook
Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2). On February 21, 2025, investigators with the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations – Internet Crimes Against Children (HSI-ICAC) Task Force received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited ... More...
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