Alabama Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Stanley Mark Hill <L/h2> </center>
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with defrauding the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (EIDL), and Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) by unlawfully obtaining funds intended to provide COVID-19 pandemic relief to eligible operating businesses. By Kent Morlan From... More...
$ (05-12-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jesus Penaloza-Munoz </h2> <center>
Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry by a removed alien. By Kent Morlan... More...
$ (05-12-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> State of Alabama v. William Graham Oliver </h2> </center>
Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with 3 counts of first-degree murder. William Graham Oliver, 54, allegedly murdered Lisa Ferguson and her two children while robbing them.... More...
$ (05-01-2026 - Al)<h2> <center> State of Alabama v. Christopher Jarrett </h2> </center>
A criminal charge is not proof of guilt.... More...
$ (05-01-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Southern Poverty Law Center </h2> </center>
Montgomery, Alabama, white collar criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendant charged with wire fraud, making false statements to a Federal Insured Bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment of money laundering. The Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. is charged with 11 counts of wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.... More...
$ (05-01-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Erinas Sasha Parker </h2> </center>
Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine. Erina Sasha Parker, 39, pleaded guilty to participating in a conspiracy to distribute bulk cocaine. Specifically, Parker admitted that in April and May 2024, she worked as a bulk cocaine courier for a massive drug-trafficking organization (“DTO”) in Mobile ... More...
$ (05-01-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Southern Poverty Law Center, Inc. (SPLC) </h2> </center>
Montgomery, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with wire fraud, making false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit and conceal money laundering. The Southern Proverty Law Center, Inc. is accused of improperly raised millions of dollars to secretly pay leaders of the Ku Klux Klan and other hate groups for inside information. "The Just... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ramon Rodriguez-Gonzalez </h2> </center>
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after deportation after felony conviction. Ramon Rodriguez-Gonzalez was deported on April 29, 2019, after he was convicted of false claim of citizenship in March 2019 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama. Rodriguez-Gonzalez came to law enforcement’s attentio... More...
$ (04-20-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Queen Naja </h2> </center>
Montgomery, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Nn April 2021, Queen Naja, age 45, contacted co-conspirator Quentin Diego Sturgeon of Montgomery, Alabama, through social media with a plan to fraudulently obtain funds from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). The scheme involved creating a legal trust, submitting false tax docum... More...
$ (04-21-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Larry Jerome Hunter </h2> <center>
Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with possess with Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. Larry Jerome Hunter, 43, took part in a vast drug-trafficking organization (“DTO”) led by Braxton A. Thomas that distributed bulk methamphetamine and cocaine between October 2021 and May 20... More...
$ (04-10-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> Virginia Jennings Sanford and Kenneth D. Sanford v. Geer Properties, Inc. </h2> </center>
Tuscaloosa, Alabama, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on continuing trespass with contumely, private nuisance, and negligence.... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - Al)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jason Todd Topping </h2> </center>
Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and possession of child pornography. Jason Todd Topping, age 53, reported to be in possession of child pornography. The Mobile Police Department (“MPD”) received a walk-in complaint at Mobile Police Department Headquarters. A concerned citizen came to report that she believed that Topping was engagin... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Brian Oneal Guice
Montgomery, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Brian Oneal Guice, age 43, was arrested ton April 7, 2024, when law enforcement officers responded to reports of shots fired at a convenience store in Brundidge, Alabama. Upon arrival, officers learned that the individuals involved had fled the scene. One bystander ... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Felipe Omar Hernandez-Gonzalez </h2> </center>
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after removal of an alien. Felipe Omar Hernandez-Gonzalez, 36, and a citizen of Mexico, was deported in April 2018, after he was charged with DUI and assaulting his girlfriend in Hoover in February 2018. Hernandez-Gonzalez came to law enforcement’s attention again in the summer of 2025 after h... More...
$ (03-31-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Renell Nathaniel Cooper </h2> </center>
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession with meth and felony possession of a firearm. In May and June of 2025, Renell Nathaniel Cooper, 32, of Birmingham, Alabama, sold more than 50 grams of methamphetamine and illegally possessed four firearms. The alleged incidents occurred in Jefferson County, Alabama. Cooper is prohibited from possessing... More...
$ (03-22-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Robert L. Crites </h2> </center>
Montgomery, Alabama, commercial litigation lawyer represented the Defendant in a False Claims Act violation case. Robert L. Crites, age 67, and others associated with Extraordinary Scripts participated in an illegal kickback scheme in which they identified and referred patients across the country to Cloverland Pharmacy in Montgomery, Alabama. Crites primarily recruited beneficiaries of TRICARE,... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dustin Cole Mosley and Jason Robert Riel </h2> </center>
Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Dustin Cole Mosley, 40, and Jason Robert Riel, 41, created a shell safety services and supplies business, which billed the ARC for fake safety services and supplies purportedly provided to the ARC. Mosley worked as the ARC’s Safety Manager, and it entrusted him to approve invoices ... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Russell Lee Stanley </h2> </center>
Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender.... More...
$ (03-20-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> Michael Jerome Jennings v. Christopher Smith, Justin Gable, Jeremy Brooks, and the City of Childersburg </h2> <center>
Talladega, Albama, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim. On May 22, 2022, Officers Christopher Smith, Justin Gable, and Jeremy Brooks of the Childersburg Police Department responded to an SC-2025-0372 3 emergency-911 call in which a female had requested that someone check on her elderly neighbors' house. The caller conveyed that her ne... More...
$ (03-13-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Homero Ramos </h2> </center>
Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with violating Alabama law by voting in multiple elections as a non-citizen. Homero Ramos, 51, is a lawful permanent resident who lives in Marion County but has never obtained U.S. citizenship. Nevertheless, Ramos registered to vote and voted – even though he knew that only U.S. citizens are permitted to do so under... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Russell Lee Stanley </h2> </center>
Mobile, Atlanta, criminal defense lawyers Chris Vrieze and Kyle Henderson represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender. Russell Lee Stanley, 46, was convicted of Forcible Sexual Intercourse – Rape on October 3, 2011, in Harrison County, Mississippi. He was sentenced to 25 years’ incarceration, with 12 years to serve day-for-day, and the remaining 13 years su... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - AL)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Zobaidul Amin </h2> </center>
Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to produce child porn, conspiracy to receive and distribute child pornography, child exploitation, production of child pornography, sextortion and cyberstalking. Zobaidul Amin, 28, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Alaska with charges related to his alleged abuse and exploitation of hundreds of mi... More...
$ (03-09-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Cornelius Jermine Vincent
Anniston, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of mixture containing methamphetamine and a machine gun. On January 10, 2021, a Heflin Police Officer was monitoring traffic on Interstate 20 in Heflin, Alabama. The officer conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle for failure to maintain a single lane. On January 10, 2021, a Heflin Police Officer was mon... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - Al)United States of America v. Rodriques Javaun Humphrey
Montgomery, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal possession of a machine gun, possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, possession with intend to distribute marijuana, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. On January 7, 2025, officers with the Montgomery Police Department and the Alabama Law Enforceme... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Dustin Cole Mosley and Jason Robert Riel
Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Dustin Cole Mosley, 40, and Jason Robert Riel, 41, created a shell safety services and supplies business, which billed the ARC for fake safety services and supplies purportedly provided to the ARC. Mosley worked as the ARC’s Safety Manager, and it entrusted him to approve invoices ... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Ethan Daniel Turner
Montgomery, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a stolen firearm and theft of a firearm from a Federal Firearms licensee.... More...
$ (02-20-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Adrian Derrell Davis
Huntsville, Alabama, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and filing a false tax return after embezzling more than $400,000. Adrian Derrell Davis, 42, was the pastor at All Nations Worship Assembly (the “Church”) in Huntsville. From 2018 to 2020, Davis used his position as pastor to embezzle approximately $434,339 from the Church. For example, in 2018, ... More...
$ (02-22-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Detrick Spelton
Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire frau.... More...
$ (02-21-2026 - AL)Harold Bouler, Jr. v. South East Client Services, Inc. d/b/a South District Group
Selma, Alabama, consumer credit law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued ona Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory.... More...
$ (01-27-2026 - AL)David Hunter v. Equifax Information Services, L.L.C.
Selma, Alabama, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - AL)Robert Walter Moore v. Champlain Enterprises, LLC. d/b/a Commut Air
Selma, Alabama, pro se Plaintiff represented himself on a tort action.... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Betty Jo Cooley
Jasper, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with falsification of records.... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Alexandra Victoria Sallas
Montgomery, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Ruben Wilson Mero-Vera
Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine on board a vessel.... More...
$ (02-11-2026 - AL)Robert Earl Rome v. Ashley M. Richard, et al.
Mobile, Alabama, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory.... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - AL)State of Alabama v. Sabrina Andrews
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyers Emory Anthony and Moses Stone represented the defendant charged with murder. Sabrina Andrews, now 23, was charged with capital murder in the slaying of 23-year-old Keondra Ra’Shun “Keke” Hollis.... More...
$ (01-31-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Kenneth Dylan Williams
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted sex trafficking of a minor and possession with intent to distribute meth. On August 9, 2024, a West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force (WAHTTF) undercover (UC) officer posted an advertisement on a commercial sex website posing as a 19-year-old female in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The following day, Kenneth... More...
$ (01-30-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Jeremy Dionne Smiley
Montgomery, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possesson of ammunition by a convicted felon. In late 2024, Jeremy Dionne Smiley, age 36, was residing in Montgomery while on federal supervised release after completing a 71-month prison sentence for a prior federal firearms conviction. On December 20, 2024, law enforcement officers responded to a domestic dist... More...
$ (01-30-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Wilson Robert Mero-Castro, Ruben Wilson Mero-Vera and Gabriel Cruz-Joya
Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine on board a vessel An individual may not knowingly or intentionally manufacture or distribute, or possess with intent to manufacture or distribute a controlled substance on board a vessel of the United States or a vessel subject to the jurisdiction of the United States; 46:70506(b) C... More...
$ (01-30-2026 - AL)Bonnie Jean Myers v. BBH PBMC, LLC, d/b/a Princeton Baptist Medical Center, et al.
Birmingham, Alabama, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a premises liability theory. Bonnie Jean Myers appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court that dismissed the complaint she had filed against BBH PBMC, LLC, d/b/a Princeton Baptist Medical Center; Brookwood Baptist Health 2, LLC; HealthCare Network Alabama, Inc.; and other fictitiously named defendants. * * *... More...
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