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Sixto Gerardo Zuniga v. Pamela Bondi, U.S. Attorney General

Dallas, Texas, immigration lawyer represented the Petitioner seeking review of the order that his conviction for possession of cocaine with intent to distribute, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-401 constituted an aggravated felony. ... More $0 (12-24-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Rashon Jermaine Harris

Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. ... More $0 (12-24-2025 - MS)

United States of America v. Daniel Ray Garica

Lubbock, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mailing a threatening communication. ... More $0 (12-24-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James Swint, and Nicolas BeltreTaylor

Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with identity theft and bank fraud conspiracy scheme. Jaivon Davon Taylor, Jadin Winfield, Dennis James Swint, and Nicolas Beltre, all residents of New York state, conspired with each other to use false passports in a scheme to fraudulently obtain money from banks in the Jackson, Mississippi area. These defendants ... More $0 (12-25-2025 - MS)

United States of America v. Terry Dewayne Macon

Greenville, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of transporting a minor across state lines to engage in sex. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Terry Dewayne Macon met a Mississippi teen online in July of 2024. Over the next month, Macon drove from Tennessee to Mississippi on three occasions where he picked up the m ... More $0 (12-20-2025 - MS)

United States of America v. Keith Blake Clifton

Greenville, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing images of a child during his sexual assault of the victim and distributing child sexual abuse material through a mobile messaging application. The investigation began after the National Center of Missing and Exploited Children alerted law enforcement authorities that a mobile messaging application ... More $0 (12-04-2025 - MS)

United States of America v. Docterance Atkins

Aberdeen, Mississippi, one count of Wire Fraud, and a separate count of Money Laundering. The investigation began after IRS Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI) received a tip Docterance Atkins, 32, had committed COVID-19 Fraud. IRS-CI conducted a thorough investigation unveiling Atkins’ scheme. In essence, Atkins recruited unsophisticated individuals in the community, and convinced them to fraud ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - MS)

United States of America v. Leessa Augustine

New Orleans, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud schemes while employed as a Sewerage & Water Board of New Orleans (“S&WB”) Senior Special Agent, a position that tasked her with investigating the alleged misconduct of other Sewerage & Water Board employees. LEESA AUGUSTINE sentence was imposed on her guilty pleas to three counts of Wire Fraud and ... More $0 (12-22-2025 - LA)

United States of America v. Dennis Loyd Sizemore and Gregory Brazell

Baton Rouge, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to transport a stolen motor vehicle; altering, removing and obliterating a vehicle identification number; possession of fifteen or more unauthorized access devices; and conspiracy to sell or dispose of a firearm and the transfer of a firearm to a prior convicted felon. Between October 2021 and Marc ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - LA)

United States of America v. Gary Haynes

Lafayette, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in bribery, bribery, use of a facility interstate commerce in aid of bribery, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and obstruction of justice. “Mr. Haynes betrayed the trust of the people of Louisiana when he traded his sacred honor for bribes,” said Special Agent in Charge Jonathan ... More $0 (12-17-2025 - LA)

United States of America v. Jose Angel Capetillo

Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. On March 8, 2024, Jose Angel Capetillo, 23, was stopped for a traffic violation in Lufkin. A search of the vehicle revealed three firearms and suspected controlled substances. On April 12, 2024, Capetillo was stopped for a traffic violation in Hudson and admitted to havin ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - OK)

United States of America v. Ivan Alexys Oseguera Vara

Laredo, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with smuggling a stolen weapon and other firearms out of the country. On June 3, Ivan Alexys Oseguera Vara, age 21, of San Antonio, Texas, drove a gray Honda Civic to the Colombia Solidarity International Bridge. He claimed to not have any firearms, ammunition or large amounts cash and was just traveling from his San Anton ... More $0 (12-22-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Dustin Jay Ammons

San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of firearms and explosives. Dustin Jay Ammons was identified as an individual who placed pipe bombs at the external ATMs of two San Antonio banks on Sept. 12 and Sept. 26. The suspect had attempted to breach the machines with the explosives and a field analysis of the white powder residue found ... More $0 (12-24-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Alfonso Avellaneda Chavarrieta

Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with importing and trafficking methamphetamine. Alfonso Avellaneda Chavarrieta, 25, drove into the Eagle Pass Port of Entry on Nov. 17, 2021, and was referred to secondary inspection, where a canine alerted U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers to 64 bundles of methamphetamine in the vehicle’s rear tires. The meth ... More $0 (12-17-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Dr. Mark Malone, et al.

Austin, Texas, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a False Claims Act fraud claim. Dr. Mark Malone, Advanced Pain Care, and related entities have agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas $13,625,000 to resolve allegations they submitted false claims for urine drug testing to federal and state healthcare programs. The United States will receive $13,590,544.88 and Texas will ... More $0 (12-18-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Alexis Aldair Chavez

San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering activity and multiple acts relating to the sexual exploitation of children. ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Hernando Manuel De La Cruz Rivera Orjuela, also known as Hernan, also known as Manuel, also known as El Patron, and Luis Enrique Linero Pinto, aka El Calvo

El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit human smuggling. In October 2024, a federal grand jury in the Western District of Texas returned an indictment against Hernando Manuel De La Cruz Rivera Orjuela, also known as Hernan, also known as Manuel, also known as El Patron, 53, and Luis Enrique Linero Pinto, aka El Calvo, 41, of Colombia for ... More $0 (12-24-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Corey Dashun Holloway

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by robbery, aiding and abetting. Cory Dashun Holloway, age 38, of Houston, admitted that, during the early morning hours of July 3, 2024, he traveled from Houston, Texas to the Dallas metroplex in a rental car with the intent to commit robbery. Holloway further admitted that after arriving ... More $0 (12-22-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Raymond Lee Trejo

Abilene, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender. ... More $0 (12-15-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Nathan Reis

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Nathan Reis, 47, of Rio Grande, Puerto Rico, and previously of Arizona, conspired with others to submit false and fraudulent PPP loan applications to receive loan funds for which they were not eligible. In April 2020, Reis co-founded Blueacorn, purportedly to help small businesses and ... More $0 (12-18-2025 - TX)

State of Maine v. Denis Lemieux

Augusta, Maine, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant contesting the revocation of his probation. On October 17, 2023, the trial court (Kennebec County, Daniel Mitchell, J.) entered a judgment of conviction after Denis Lemieux pleaded guilty to domestic violence terrorizing (Class C), 17-A M.R.S. § 210-B(1)(B)(1) (2025). Lemieux argues that before re ... More $0 (12-24-2025 - ME)

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 $0 (12-18-2025 - MD)

Commonwealth of Virginia v. Omari Andrew Green

City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with maliciously shooting at a vehicle resulting in death and participating in a criminal act for the benefit or at the direction of a gang. ... More $0 (12-16-2025 - VA)

State of West Virginia v. Jason Colt Jarrell

Glenville, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of brandishing,[2]three counts of assault,[3] one count of destruction of property, and one count of shooting within 500 feet of a dwelling. ... More $0 (11-25-2025 - WV)

Nelson Rigg, et al. v. Monore Darrow Eads, et al.

Hinton, West Virginia, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in an easement dispute. On March 31, 2021, the Piggs acquired two parcels of property, an 11-acre parcel and what they understood to be an 80-acre parcel in Summers County from Thomas H. Walls, Jr. On November 30, 2021, the Eads acquired an abutting 106.45-acre parcel of land from the White family. In January 2023, at t ... More $0 (12-22-2025 - WV)

United States of America v. John Paul Miller

Florence, Souht Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking and making false statements to federal investigators. Beginning in November 2022, John Paul Miller, 46, of Myrtle Beach, sent unwanted and harassing communications to his estranged wife until her death on April 27, 2024. The harassing behavior included Miller posting a nude photo of the victi ... More $0 (12-18-2025 - SC)

United States of America v. Pasqual Perez Duckett

Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl which resulted in the death of a 28-year-old Columbia woman. In July 2023, agents with the Drug Enforcement Administration, in collaboration with the City of Columbia Police Department and the Richland County Sheriff's Department, initiated an investigation into Pasqual Perez Ducket ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - SC)

United States of America v. Brentton Timmons

Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Aug. 24, 2024, deputies with the Chester County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic safety check point and saw Timmons attempt to evade the check point by turning onto a dirt road. Deputies conducted a traffic stop on Brenton Timmons’ vehicle and saw an open ... More $0 (12-22-2025 - SC)

United States of America v. Christian Wolfe Daniels

Greensboro, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with threatening the President and communicating threats using a means of interstate communication. The criminal complaint against Christian Wolfe DANIELS alleges two counts of making threats against the President on November 13 and 14, 2025, in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 871(a), and on ... More $0 (12-18-2025 - NC)

United States of America v. Kenneth Orlin Simmons

Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. In July 2022, Kenneth Orlin Simmons, Jr., age 36, sold over a kilogram of methamphetamine to a confidential informant in Nash County. The Nash County Sherriff’s Office along with the DEA later obtained a search warrant for Simmons residence. During that searc ... More $0 (12-17-2025 - NC)

United States of America v. Yolanda Baker

Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Yolanda Baker, age 51, defauded the North Carolina Department of Commerce, Division of Employment Security (NCDES) by submitting false pandemic unemployment benefits (UI) applications intended for more than $365,000 in federal benefits. From in or about May 2020 to June 2021, Yolanda Baker carr ... More $0 (12-23-2025 - NC)

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 $0 (12-22-2025 - MD)

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 $0 (12-23-2025 - MD)

State of West Virginia v. Louis David Smith State of West Virginia v. Louis David Smith

Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted robbery, attempted burglary, and third-offense domestic battery. Louis David Smith age 43, is accused of attempting to rob a woman. ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - WV)

United States of America v. Mark W. Stuckey

Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportatoin of firearms. ... More $0 (12-17-2025 - WV)

United States of America v. Dustin Allen Wayne Plants

Wheeling, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms. Unlawful firearm transport involves violating federal/state laws, like carrying loaded firearms where prohibited (e.g., Oklahoma), transporting across state lines without following rules (e.g., GCA 922), or prohibited persons (felons, fugitives) possessing firearms. Key e ... More $0 (12-12-2025 - WV)

United States of America v. Michael Robinson-Brown

Clarksburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking operation in Monongalia County. Law enforcement received several complaints about suspected drug activity at an apartment complex in Morgantown. Investigators determined Michael Robinson-Brown, 27, of Detroit, Michigan, was transporting large quantities of methamphetamine and fentanyl from ... More $0 (12-19-2025 - WV)

United States of America v. Quanda Kiev Wilborne

Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of methamphetamine, its salts, isomers, and salts of its isomers. ... More $0 (12-24-2025 - WV)

United States of America v. Jeremiah Telmon_Isaiah Hand

Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing meth. ... More $0 (12-16-2025 - WV)

United States of America v. Quanda Kiev Wilborne, also known as “Quan” and “Queso”

Charleston, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Wilborne obtained methamphetamine from co-conspirator Amanda Marie Mace and fentanyl from multiple sources and distributed both controlled substances in and around Charleston between June 2024 and May 2025. As part of his plea agreement, Wilbo ... More $0 (12-22-2025 - WV)