Recent Verdicts and Judgements

United States of America v. Derik Carothers

Johnstown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawful Possession of Firearm Washington, Pa., Man Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Unlawful Possession of Firearm Derik Carothers, 29, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Onn or about October 20, 2019, in the Western District of Pennsylvania, Carothers possessed numerous firear ... More $0 (04-04-4025 - PA)

United States of America v. Leonardo Fernando Batz

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully being in United States Jury convicts illegal alien for unlawfully being in United States A Guatemalan national has been found guilty of illegally reentering the country without authorization, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei. The jury deliberated for less than one hour before findi ... More $0 (04-23-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Heladio Ruchon Rocha-Tellez

Del Rio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States Mexican national caught mid-burglary sentenced for immigration violation Heladio Ruchon Rocha-Tellez, 31, pleaded guilty to illegal reentry after removal and was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison. On December 19, 2023, local law enforcement responded to a b ... More $0 (04-23-2025 - TX)

900 John Does v. The Roman Catholic diocese of Buffalo, New York

Buffalo, New York personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on a corporate negligence theory. The plaintiff all claimed that they had been sexually abused by diocese priests. ... More $150,000,000 (04-23-2025 - NY)

United States of America v. Hardik Jayantilal Patel

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multimillion-dollar elder fraud Illegal alien sentenced in multimillion-dollar elder fraud ring The second ringleader in an international fraud scheme victimizing the elderly has been ordered to prison. Hardik Jayantilal Patel, 37, illegally resided in Lexington, Kentucky. He pleaded guilty Dec. 1, ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Edward Dean La Puma

El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to account for and pay over trust fund taxes El Paso Business Owner Sentenced to 18 Months in Federal Prison for Tax Violations An El Paso man was sentenced in a federal court in El Paso today to 18 months in prison for failure to account for and pay over trust fund taxes. According to court d ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Leonardo Estrada

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Del Rio Man Sentenced to 24 Years in Federal Prison for Drug Trafficking A Del Rio man was sentenced in federal court to 288 months in prison for one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine. According to court documents, Leonardo Estrada, 41, approa ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Talisha Cooper

Florence, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing false tax returns Florence Tax Preparer Indicted for Tax Fraud A federal grand jury in Florence returned a 43-count indictment against Talisha Cooper, 44, of Coward, for preparing false tax returns. The indictment alleges that Cooper was a tax return preparer and manager of Tax Fusi ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - SC)

Suzan Russell v. Westchester Community College, et al.

New York City, New York civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an employment discrimination claim. Suzan Russell sued Westchester Community College (“WCC”), Westchester County, and two WCC administrators (collectively, “Defendants”) after WCC decided not to offer Russell courses to teach during the fall 2014 semester. Russell brought claims under the Americans with Disabilities ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - NY)

The People of the State of California v. Jeffrey Ferguson

Santa Ana, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant accused of murder. Orange County Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Ferguson of intentionally killing his wife, Sheryl Ferguson, 65, in their Anaheim, California, home in August 2023. Ferguson claimed that he accidentally shot and killed his wife. ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - CA)

State of Arizona v. Lori Vallow Daybell

Phoenix, Arizona pro se defendant was charged with conspiracy to murder her estranged husband. Lori Vallow Daybell was acussed by the State of Arizona of conspiracy to kill Charles Vallow. Daybell whose doomsday religious beliefs led her to kill her two youngest children and engage in a plot to kill a romantic rival in Idaho was convicted Tuesday in Arizona for conspiring to murder her estranged ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - AZ)

United States of America v. Christopher Acevedao, aka Essay

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. After a jury trial, Defendant-Appellant Christopher Acevedo was convicted of murder in aid of racketeering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1959(a)(1), and causing the death of the victim through the use of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C.§ 924(j). Acevedo appeals, submitting both counseled and self-repres ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - NY)

United States of America v. Emmanuel Martimiano Leon-Soto

Greensboro, NC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy High-Ranking Sinaloa Cartel Member Arrested After Being Charged in Drug Trafficking and Money Laundering Conspiracy A Mexican national and high-ranking member of the Sinaloa Cartel was arrested in Nogales, Arizona after being indicted for allegedly helpin ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - NC)

Sarah Palin v. New York Times

New York, New York personal injury lawyers represented the parties in a defamation case. Former governor of Alaska and candidate for Vice President of the United States sued the New York Times on a libel claiming the paper published an editorial in 2017 that linked her to political violence. The paper admitted that it made an error an promptly corrected the error. The New York Times editorial m ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - NY)

State of Oklahoma v. Kimberly Jo Vessells

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: LARCENY OF CONTROLLED DRUGS, in violation of 63 O.S. 2-403A MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers ready and willing to represent you if you have a legal problem and need hel ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - )

United States of America v. Myquan Taquil Houston, aka “Dirty,”

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with the intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl, and possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of a substance containing fentanyl and 500 grams or more of cocaine. here – A Wake County man was sentenced t ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - NC)

United States of America v. Dakota Henderson

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Cross-Country Drug Conspiracy Arizona Man Sentenced to 9 Years for Involvement in Cross-Country Drug Conspiracy An Arizona man was sentenced today to 9 years in prison for trafficking fentanyl pills in the Eastern District of North Carolina. Dakota Henderson, 26, pled guilty to Conspiracy to ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - NC)

United States of America v. John Charles Volungus

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a real-life pedophile. Sent to federal prison in 1999 for child-sex crimes (enticement and possessing child pornography) Volungus did his time but broke conditions of his supervised release in 2005 and so landed back behind bars. In 2006 (before his second jail stint ended) the government moved to civilly ... More $0 (04-22-2025 - MA)

United States of America v. Guillermo Hernandez-Gonzalez

Del Rio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens Mexican National Flew From California to Texas to Smuggle Aliens, Will Spend 5 Years in Federal Prison A Mexican national who had resided illegally in Vallejo, California was sentenced in a federal court in Del Rio to 66 months in prison for conspiracy to transp ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - TX)

State of Oklahoma v. DCA

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement. ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Jeshaun Dominque Shoats

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: OWPN, POSSESSION OF FIREARM AFTER JUVENILE ADJUDICATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 1283D Date of Offense: 03/05/2020 SHOATS, JESHAUN DOMINQUE Disposed: DEFERRED, 04/07/2020. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF FIREARM AFTER JUVENILE ADJUDICATION(OWPN) Violation of 21 O.S. 1283D S ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - ok)

State of Oklahoma v. Michael Leroy Fisher

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: ASSAULT & BATTERY UPON POLICE OFFICER, in violation of 21 O.S. 649 B MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers ready and willing to represent you if you have a legal problem and ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - ok)

State of Oklahoma v. Marbin Carballero-Henriquez

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: RAPE- FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1114(A) MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers ready and willing to represent you if you have a legal problem and need help. Sp ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Jerry Wayne Bitsko

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: OWPN, POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, AFCF, in violation of 21 O.S. 1283 Date of Offense: 03/17/2025 BITSKO, JERRY WAYNE Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/21/2025. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF A FIREARM, AFCF(OWPN) Violation of 21 O.S. 1283 Count # 2. Count as Filed: RCSP, RECEIVING/CON ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Rachel Lynn Houghtaling

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: DI6AM, DUI ALCOHOL - SECOND OFFENSE (MUNICIPAL ARREST), in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902(C) Date of Offense: 11/12/2024 HOUGHTALING, RACHEL LYNN Disposed: DEFERRED, 04/21/2025. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: DUI ALCOHOL - SECOND OFFENSE (MUNICIPAL ARREST)(DI6AM) Violation of 47 O.S. 11-902 ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Ashley Marie Manley

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABOFF, PRISONER PLACING BODILY FLUIDS ON A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE, in violation of 21 O.S. 650.9 Date of Offense: 01/15/2025 MANLEY, ASHLEY MARIE Disposed: DEFERRED, 04/21/2025. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: PRISONER PLACING BODILY FLUIDS ON A GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE(ABOFF) Violation of 21 O.S ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - ok)

State of Oklahoma v. Jennifer Lynn Brady

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABDOM, DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY BY STRANGULATION, in violation of 21 O.S. 644 J Date of Offense: 04/28/2024 BRADY, JENNIFER LYNN Disposed: DISMISSED, 04/21/2025. Dismissed- Request of the State Count as Disposed: DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY BY STRANGULATION(ABDOM) Violation of 21 O. ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Jerelle Michael Ball

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: ABOFF, ASSAULT AND BATTERY UPON A POLICE OFFICER, in violation of 21 O.S. 649 Date of Offense: 04/10/2021 BALL, JERELLE MICHAEL Disposed: CONVICTION, 04/21/2025. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: AMENDED TO MISDEMEANOR RESISTING ARREST(RES) Violation of 21 O.S. 268 Count # 2. Count as File ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - OK)

United States of America v. Christopher Brackins

Greenbelt, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Bribe General Services Administration Official Subcontractor Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Bribe General Services Administration Official A Mt. Airy, Maryland, man pled guilty to conspiring to bribe a U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) official, wire fraud in connection with ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - MD)

United States of America v. Rubin Raphael Bordeaux

Washington, D.C. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Serial Armed Robbery Serial Armed Robber Who Targeted Delivery Workers in DC, MD, Is Sentenced to 16 Years in Federal Prison Rubin Raphael Bordeaux, 36, of the District, was sentenced today in U.S. District Court to 192 months in prison for his role a string of armed carjackings that targeted deliver ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - DC)

United States of America v. David Zanders

Washington, D.C. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and a subsequent carjacking Kidnapping Carjacker Sentenced to 180-Months in Federal Prison David Zanders, 23, of the District of Columbia, was sentenced today to 180 months in federal prison in connection with a May 1, 2022, kidnapping and a subsequent carjacking the same day. ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - DC)

United States of America v. Herbert Baylor

Washington, D.C. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of bribery in connection with a cigarettes and narcotics smuggling Former DOC Case Manager Pleads Guilty to Bribery in Smuggling Narcotics and Cigarettes for an Inmate Herbert Baylor, 68, of the District, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court to one count of bribery in connection with a cig ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - DC)

United States of America v. Rhondell Williams

Washington, D.C. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Firearm Felon Charged with Possession of Firearm Following Arrest in Southeast Rhondell Williams, 38, of the District of Columbia, has been indicted on a federal firearms charge as part of the "Make D.C. Safe Again" initiative. The indictment was announced by U.S. Attorney Edward R. Ma ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - DC)

United States of America v. Miguel E. Pavao

Providence, Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. During a lawful traffic stop on a public highway in Rhode Island, a local police officer smelled marijuana emanating from the stopped vehicle. Based on the presence of marijuana and the driver's behavior, the officer concluded that he should call for backup and mount a search. W ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - RI)

United States of America v. Tai Jauna Jones

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Credit Card Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Charges in Car Rental Scam Pittsburgh Woman Pleads Guilty to Credit Card Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Charges in Car Rental Scam A resident of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty in federal court to charges of access device fraud and ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - PA)

United States of America v. James Weston Fawcett

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography. In 2023, Fawcett pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. The Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) calculated a total offense level of 34 under § 2G2.2 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G. or the Guidelines), a criminal history category of II, and a r ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - UT)

United States of America v. Malachi A. Muhammad

Trenton, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking, Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking, and Illegal Possession of Firearms Somerset County Man Convicted of Drug Trafficking, Possession of Firearms in Furtherance of Drug Trafficking, and Illegal Possession of Firearms A Somerset County, New Jersey, man was co ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - NJ)

United States of America v. Eric Karlewicz a/k/a “Anthony Mazza”, Nicco Romanowski

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the Federal Anti-Kickback statute and conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Operators of New Jersey Company Sentenced to Prison and Enter into Related Civil Settlement Agreement for Roles in $127 Million Health Care Fraud and Two operators of a New Jersey marketing company wer ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - NJ)

United States of America v. Deborah Bailey

Trenton, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Obtaining Over $150,000 in Social Security Retirement Benefits Middlesex County Woman Admits to Fraudulently Obtaining Over $150,000 in Social Security Retirement Benefits A Middlesex County, New Jersey woman admitted she defrauded the Social Security Administration for over eight year ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - NJ)

United States of America v. Timothy Alan Blank

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl California Resident Sentenced to 100 Months in Prison for Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl Timothy Alan Blank, 55, of Los Angeles, California, pleaded guilty to an information charging him with one count of possession with intent to distrib ... More $0 (04-21-2025 - NJ)
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