Texas Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Carlos Ivan Toledo-Gomez </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after deportation following a felony conviction.... More...
$ (03-23-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Robert Carlos Cerrillo </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Cerrillo argued that the district court erred in applying the U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(c)(1)(A) cross-reference to the attempted second-degree murder guideline provision at U.S.S.G. § 2A2.1 because there was insufficient evidence that he intended to kill the victim when... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jeterron Williamson </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Relying on New York State Rifle & Pistol Ass’n, Inc. v. Bruen, 597 U.S. 1, 24 (2022), and United States v. Diaz, 116 F.4th 458 (5th Cir. 2024), cert. denied, 145 S. Ct. 2822 (2025), Williamson contended that § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment as applied to hi... More...
$ (03-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Justin Martinez </h2> </center>
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with engaging in deceptive trade practices. Justin Martinez, age 37, was wanted on a criminal warrant tied to an alleged $3,000 loss.... More...
$ (03-23-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Brusli Romero Bejarano and John Giraldo-Cortes. </h2> </center>
Amarillo, Texas, criminal defense lawyers are representing the defendants charged with credit card fraud. Brusli Romero Bejarano age 28, and John Giraldo-Cortes, age 33, were arrested for fraudulent use/possession/tampering with gift cards.... More...
$ (03-19-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Tomas Lee Balicia </h2> </center>
Amarillo, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and eluding.... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Edwin Fernando Perez </h2> </center>
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault of a young girl. Edwin Fernando Perez, 54, was charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child The testimony at trial reflected that, in 2022, the victim reported to a school counselor that she had been assaulted by the Defendant several years earlier at a sleepover at his house. At the time of th... More...
$ (11-17-2025 - TX)<h2> <center> Ted Groesbeck v. Fry Construction Company, Inc. </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas commercial litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract case. Ted Groesbeck sued Fry Construction Company, Inc. on a breach of contract theory seeking $185,920 for work performed.... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Martel Devante Gilliam </h2> </center>
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth. Former corrections officer Martel Devante Gilliam, 22, of Beaumont, was charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in a federal prison. In March 2024, Gilliam, a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Beaumont, was identi... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Johnny Quoc Tran </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and meth. an investigation began in March 2019 when authorities identified a Houston-based drug trafficking organization with additional operations in Dallas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Authorities determined Tran led the organization and operated a pill press lab... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Rodolfo Daniel De Hoyos aka “Rufles” </h2> </center>
Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens causing serious bodily injury and placing lives in danger. Rodolfo Daniel De Hoyos a/k/a "Rufles<" was arrested on Nov. 22, 2021, in Kinney County. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper observed three passengers in De Hoyos’s vehicle, each wearing dirty clothing, hiking boo... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jeremiah Christopher Arguijo </h2> </center>
Lubbock, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of meth. Jeremiah “Chris” Arguijo, 40, of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested and charged after the execution of a search warrant produced a large quantity of meth. Arguijo was located near one of the search locations. He attempted to flee using a vehicle and the... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Idress Vinay Solomon </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assaulting and battering TSA officers and Dallas cop. Idress Vinay Solomon, 33, of Oakland, California, was ticketed for a Southwest Airlines flight to the Oakland International Airport in California on March 10, 2026. Solomon approached the security checkpoint at Dallas Love Field Airport without any identification. ... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Abel Velasquez </h2> </center>
El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with fraud. Velasquez was arrested March 7 by the Texas Department of Public Safety on a charge of deceptive business practices.... More...
$ (03-14-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, and Daniel Sanchez-Estrada </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, attempted murder of a officers and employees of the United States, and discharging a firedarm in relation to the furtherance of a violent crime. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Mo... More...
$ (03-14-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Genise Kincannon, et al. v. American Airlines< </center> </h2>
Dallas, Texas, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs, claiming that their rights were violated. Several United Airlines employees allege that United failed to offer reasonable religious and medical accommodations to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, thereby unlawfully discriminating against them and all others sim- ilarly situated.Plaintiffs moved to certify three classes of employees ... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Heriberto Mendez-Lozano </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with thirteen counts: conspiracy to harbor aliens, five counts of concealing or harboring aliens, conspiracy to take hostages, five counts of hostage taking, and one count under the felon-in-possession statute, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Benjamin Jacob Perez </h2> </center>
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Benjamin Jacob Perez, age 32, accused with Rogelio Guillermo Suarez, age 19.... More...
$ (03-09-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Jeffrey Wallace </h2> </center>
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault on a family member.... More...
$ (03-06-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> State of Texas v. Andrew Orlando De La O </h2> </center>
El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of a controlled substance. Andrew Orlando De La O was pulled over for running a stop sign. The Defendant had an outstanding warrant.... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Manuel Najera </h2> </center>
Del Rio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to traffic firearms to the Sinaloa Cartel. Jose Manuel Najera, 54, of Elon, North Carolina, arrived for outbound inspection at the Del Rio Port of Entry on Oct. 31, 2024, driving a gray pickup truck. U.S. Customs and Border Protection recognized that an alert had been placed on the vehicle for suspicious bo... More...
$ (03-05-2026 - TX)<h2 <center> United States of America v. Judy Terecia Sanchez </h2> </center>
Lubbock, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Judy Terecia Sanchez, 60, was accused of fraudulently obtaining, forging, and cashing Texas Medicaid checks payable to a former health worker for her quadriplegic son. “The defendant inflicted unimaginable suffering on her son by ffraudulently pretending he received the care he needed and deserved,” said U... More...
$ (03-05-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Angel Arquimedez Coto-Martinez
Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after deportation. Angel Arquimedez Coto-Martinez has multiple previous convictions for illegal reentry. Authorities first removed him in July 2005 and again in December 2010, July 2016, and twice more in 2022. He returned illegally after each removal. Most recently, he was ordered removed Feb. ... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Celso Rivas-Gonzalez
Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously removed alien. In 2024, Rivas-Gonzalez was convicted of both illegal re-entry and indecency with a child. Prior to that, in 2021, he was convicted of a harassment felony that had been reduced from one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Rivas-Gonzalez... More...
$ (02-18-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Carlos A. Lopez and Barrett R. Howell
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with embezzlement of U.S. Property. Barrett R. Howell represented a client under investigation with others for federal healthcare fraud. Carlos A. Lopez was a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice and was the lead prosecutor in the healthcare fraud investigation. Between September 2021 and December 2022, ... More...
$ (02-25-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Alejandro Martinez
McAllen, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of controlled substance.... More...
$ (02-25-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Jorge Angel Rodriguez
Brownsville, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms, that is, approximately 155.5 kilograms of marihuana; 21 USC 841 (a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B) and 18 USC 2.... More...
$ (02-25-2026 - TX)Brian E. Vodicka, et al. v. Michael B. Tobolowsky, et al.
Dallas, Texas civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over American Airlines AAdvantage miles. Ira E. Tobolowsky filed a defamation suit against appellants in July 2015. Following Ira Tobolowsky’s death in May 2016, Michael Tobolowsky, as executor of the estate of Ira E. Tobolowsky, succeeded him as plaintiff. After a bench trial, the trial court found against the app... More...
$ (02-23-2026 - TX)State of Texas v. Andrew Wayne Roark
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the charged with child abuse. Andrew Wayne Roark, 48, for his 2000 injury to a child conviction after an extensive and careful re-evaluation of the evidence by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office’s Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU). Changes in science regarding the mechanism of the injury, which the Court of Criminal Appeals opined w... More...
$ (11-18-2025 - TX)State of Texas v. Sergio Naffarratte
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder. Sergio Naffarratte, age 27, accused for killing Alyshah Punjani, age 28, and Adrian Williams, Jr., age 30, during a fight on Floyd street in Dallas.... More...
$ (02-25-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Ivan Hernandez-Ortiz
Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegaly reentry. Ivan Hernandez-Ortiz, 36, residing in Dallas, Texas, illegally entered the United States approximately five times, was granted voluntary return on three occasions, and was formally removed twice. Previously, he was federally prosecuted for illegal reentry into the United States in the Southern Distr... More...
$ (02-25-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Dr. Michael Taba
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Dr. Michael Taba, 61, of McKinney, Texas, accepted bribes paid by pharmacy owners to prescribe medically unnecessary compound creams to injured federal workers. Taba’s co-defendants owned and operated three pharmacies located in Fort Worth and Arlington, Texas. Over the course of the scheme, the pharmacy owne... More...
$ (02-25-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Davin Ward Elder
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with wire fraud. From January 2023 to March 2025, Devin Ward Elder, 47, fraudulently raised more than $69.5 million from approximately 345 investor victims that participated in 17 real estate investments. Elder was the founder and CEO of the San Antonio-based investment firm, DJE Texas Management Group, LLC, which was ... More...
$ (02-18-2026 - TX)Vijayalakshmi Nadar v. Thinakar Nadar
Mckinney, Texas, family law lawyer represented the parties in a divorce. ppellee and appellant were divorced, and as pertinent here, the final decree of divorce awarded to appellee a Plano house as his sole and separate property and divested appellant of all right, title, interest, and claim in the property. Appellant was awarded a flat in Mumbai as her sole and separate property, and appell... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - TX)Caroline D. Edwards v. Ernest Latcher
Dallas, Texas, personal Injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory. On March 29, 2020, Latcher let his dog Winston out into the backyard to relieve himself. Winston is a fifty-five to sixty pound Labrador mix. The yard was fenced and had two gates, one of which was visible from the home. Unbeknownst to Latcher, the side gate (the gate not visible from the home) ... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - TX)<h2< State of Texas v. Abraham Emilio Carmona
El Paso County, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant deadly conduct discharge firearm and evading arrest or detention with a vehicle and a total bond of $270,000 was set. Abraham Emilio Carmona, age 18, accused with shooting at a home.... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - TX)State of Texas v. Manuel Vera Mendez
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with eluding. Manuel Vera Mendez, age 75, tried to escape from a traffic stop.... More...
$ (02-16-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Gerardo Chavez-Sanchez
McAllen, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit straw purchase of a firearm.... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Sohil Usmangani Vahora, a/k/a Sam, a/k/a Bapu
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and mail fraud.... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Mouzon Bass, III
Sherman, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and identity theft. Mouzon Bass, III, 60, of Highland Park, the sole owner and president of Vivature, a healthcare billing company, and Wilson, a senior executive at Vivature, were involved in conspiracies to defraud others in connection with COVID-19 testing and an athletic training billing scheme. ... More...
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