California Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Nathan Young, et al. </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and health care fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349, health care fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 134, conspiracy to pay illegal remunerations for referrals to clinical treatment facilities, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 220, and money laundering, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957. ... More...
$ (10-23-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the States of California v. Andrew Stuart Luster </h2> </center>
Ventura, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of sexual assault. Andrew Stuart Luster was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting 86 women. Luster engaged in sadistic sexual abuse of their comatose bodies. Case Background & Sentencing • Conviction: In 2003, Luster was convicted in absentia on 86 felony counts—including rape... More...
$ (06-10-2003 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Hasan Korkmaz </h2> </center>
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1344. money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957, and identity theft, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028. Hasan Korkmaz, the owner and operator of San Diego Logistics Group Inc., a Santee trucking company, admitted that he obtained names, dates of birth, social security ... More...
$ (10-16-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the State of California v. Paige Gratn McQuay </h2> </center>
Auburn, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted lewd and lascivious acts on a minor under 14 and communicating with a minor with the intent commit an unlawful sexual offense. Paige Grant McQuay, a former Fresno police sergeant, age 56, was arrested by the Roseville Police Department in a sting operation that resulted in the arrest of 19 total indivi... More...
$ (10-16-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the State of California v. Julian Charles McElhaney </h2> </center>
Fresno, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Julian Charles McElhaney, age 27, fatally shot his father, William McElhaney, 55, and mother, Sylvia McElhaney, 64, in 2022. Under California law, a killing is classified as first-degree murder if it meets any of the following criteria: • Willful, Deliberate, and Premeditated: The defendant acted ... More...
$ (10-16-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Denis Shevchenko </h2> </center>
San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C.2252. Denis Shevchenko, 45, of Gilroy, California, formerly employed as a community service officer (CSO) with the San Jose Police Department (SJPD), possessed child pornography. Prior to serving as a CSO, Shevchenko worked as a police officer for SJPD... More...
$ (10-15-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the States of California v. Jahon Terez Smith </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree murder. On Aug. 8, 2001, Jahon Terez Smith, age 50, drove through the 13100 block of South Willowbrook Avenue, intending to kill rival gang members, as both he and his front passenger fired guns from the car. Stephen Murphy, 25, had his 2-year-old daughter, Kali, in his arms as they fled from th... More...
$ (10-15-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Sarkis Sarkisyan, a.k.a. “Samuel Shaw” </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a series of fraud schemes that caused nearly $5 million in losses to federal COVID 19 relief and small business lending programs. Sarkis Sarkisyan, a.k.a. “Samuel Shaw,” 38, of North Hollywood, fabricated businesses, payrolls, IRS tax forms, and financial records to obtain federally backed ... More...
$ (10-15-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> State of California v. John Doe, et al. <h2> <center>
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented for people charged with possession of drugs with intent to distribute. Four people were arrested on felony drug-related charges as part of the investigation, while one was also charged with felony child abuse and misdemeanor possession of an unserialized gun, according to a complaint filed in San Diego Superior Court. The seizures, ... More...
$ (10-14-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Isaac Jimenez </h2> <center>
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bringing in aliens without Presentation for Financial Gain, Conspiracy to Bring Certain Aliens, in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1324. Isaac Jimenez, lived in Escondido before moving to Tijuana, and was involved in alien smuggling for years before joining the organization in 2024. He was convicted of alien-smuggling ... More...
$ (10-15-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People v. Roy Anthony Lopez </h2> </center>
San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first degree murder. Roy Anthony Lopez accused of beating his wife to death. California first-degree murder law is defined under California Penal Code Sections 187 and 189. It involves the unlawful killing of a human being or fetus with malice aforethought, combined with specific factors like premeditation, ... More...
$ (10-12-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michelle Bisnoff </h2> </center>
Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with running a Ponzi scheme. Michelle Bisnoff, 59, a.k.a. “Michelle Angeline Silverstein” and “Shelly Silverstein,” of Boca Raton and who formerly resided in Pacific Palisades and Santa Barbara, hired by McLear Ltd., a United Kingdom-based company, to develop a United States market for McLear’s patente... More...
$ (09-25-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Alma Patricia Contreras Villafana </h2> </center>
Los Angeles,, California criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendants charged with five counts of wire fraud, one count of use of a false and forged certificate of naturalization, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of false claim to United States citizens. Alma Patricia Contreras Villafana, 54, of South Los Angeles, secured r employment at a South Bay aerospace manufac... More...
$ (09-20-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Samir Ousman Alsheik </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with fraud and misuse of visas in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1546, conspiracy to commit torture in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2340,, and attempted unlawful procurement of naturalization in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1425. Samir Ousman Alsheikh, 74, formerly of Lexington, South Carolina, was charged with one count of conspir... More...
$ (09-17-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Bailey A. Szramowski and Johnnese H. Poomaihealani
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846 resulting in death. Bailey A. Szramowski provided an active-duty U.S. Navy servicemember assigned to the USS Abraham Lincoln with 10 purported oxycodone pills in December 2022. The victim, identified in court records by his initials, ... More...
$ (09-17-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the States of California v. Bailee Rios </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represents Bailee Rios, age 35, of Simi Valley, who is charged with second degree murder for drinking, driving and causing a car bus accident that killed two an injured five others while intoxicated. The DA said Rios had drugs in her system at the time, and narcotics were found in her car. Hochman did not speak to the specific type of narcotics b... More...
$ (09-17-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Paul Ricahrd Randall </h2> </center>
Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349, wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343, and cocealment of money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956(a)(1)(B)(i). Paul Richard Randall, 67, of Orange, California, along with pharmacist and pharmacy owner Kyrollos Mekail, 38, of Moreno Vall... More...
$ (09-10-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marice L. Curry </h2> </center>
Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aiding and Assisting in the Preparation of False Tax Returns in violation of 26 U.S.C. 7206(2). Marice Curry, 35, of Fresno, filed more than 50 fraudulent tax returned in 2023. United States Sentencing Commision: Of the 66,662 cases reported to the Commission in fiscal year 2025, 324 involved tax fraud. ... More...
$ (08-27-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States ex rel. Jahr, et al., v. Tetra Tech EC, Inc. </h2> </center>
San Francisco, Californian qui tam lawyers represented the United States in a False Claims Action. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Arthur R. Jahr III, Elbert G. Bowers, Susan V. Andrews, Archie R. Jackson, Anthony Smith, Donald K. Wadsworth, and Robert McLean, former employees and contractors... More...
$ (08-25-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the State of California v. Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Kevin Eduardo Cataneo Salazar, age 32, fatally shoot and killed Los Angeles Sheriff Deputy Ryan Clinkunbroomer. Salazar pleaded not guilty by reason o... More...
$ (08-25-2026 - CA)<h2> </center> United States of America v. Robert Manuel Nacionales Tafoya </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with one count of federal program bribery and admitted to accepting tens of thousands of dollars in bribes. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Robert Manuel Nacionales Tafoya was charged with bribery in violation... More...
$ (08-25-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the State of California v. Cesar Jimenez </h2> </center>
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with domestic assault and battery. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Lt. Ruben Gutierrez was arrested for domestic assault and battery. California, domestic battery is governed by California Penal Code 243(e)(1) a... More...
$ (08-25-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Georgina Bribiesca Chavez </h2> </center>
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with participating in a years-long scheme to smuggle exotic reptiles into and out of the United States in violation of the Lacey Act Trafficking, 16 U.S.C. 3372(a)(1) and 16 U.S.C. 3373(d)(1)(B). Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">K... More...
$ (08-25-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. ByteDance, dba TikTok </h2> <center>
San Francisco, California United States District Attorney's Office sued ByteDance, dba TikTok on an invasion of privacy theory claiming that the social media company for violating the Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA) and breaching a 2019 FTC consent order. The Government claimed that TikTok failed to properly screen out underage users and gathering data violating the Children'... More...
$ (08-21-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Esmeralda Soriano, a.k.a. “Esmeralda Aguilar” and “Esmeralda Silva”
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with food stamp fraud in violation of 7 U.S.C. 2024(b). Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Esmeralda Soriano, 48, a.k.a. “Esmeralda Aguilar” and “Esmeralda Silva,” of Santa Ana, owned Soriano Produce is a l... More...
$ (08-08-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> Inland Empire Waterkeeper, et al. v. Corona Clay Company </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, environmental lawyers represented the Plaintiff who used the Defendant claiming it violating the Clean Water Act. Plaintiffs sued defendant Corona Clay Co. for violating certain stormwater-permit requirements related to its clay-recycling activities conducted near Temescal Creek. Corona defended by arguing that it had not discharged any pollutants into the creek. The ca... More...
$ (08-05-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dequan Mitchell </h2> <center>
Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Dequan Mitchell, 23, of Vallejo, murdered a man. While on probation for that crime, investigators discovered Mitchell was involved in posting a... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - CA)<h2> <center>United States of America v. Sangsoo Kim </h2> </center>
San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry following removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326 and false use of a passport in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1543. Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Sangsoo Kim, 56, a national of South Korea, admi... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Olof Kyros Gustafsson aka “El Silencio" </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire and mail fraud. Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Olof Kyros Gustafsson, 32, a.k.a. “El Silencio,” was the CEO of Escobar Inc., a corporation registered in Puerto Rico that held ... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andrea Nicole Doherty </h2> </center>
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding customers of her former Porsche restoration and resale business and pocketing more than $827,000. Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Andrea Nicole Doherty, 38, admitted that she took over CPR Classic ... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the States of California v. Daniel Flores </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with wrongfully eavesdropping on or recording confidential communications. Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Daniel Flores, accused of making recordings made in 2024, when he was working in a unit of the Los Angel... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael Stamp and Marcus Plank </h2> </center>
San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with securities fraud. Digested by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Michael Stamp and Marcus Plank accused of exploitation of their employer’s confidential information allowed them to make more than $300,000 in illegal ... More...
$ (07-26-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> State People of the State of California v. Carlos Reales Dominguez </h2> </center>
Woodland, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with two counts of second-degree murder. Digested by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Carlos Reales Dominguez, age 23, was accused of stabbing two people to death near the University of California, Davis, in 2023.... More...
$ (07-23-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Scott Allen Simpkins </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obstructing a federal investigation. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Scott Allen Simpkins, 34, of Brea, was a deputy assigned to LASD’s Lakewood Station and worked for LASD’s Special Enforcement Bureau a... More...
$ (07-14-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Manuel Rubin Perez </h2> <center>
Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute meth. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Between April and July 2018, Manuel Ruben Perez, 40, of Orland, California, worked with others to sell methamphetamine and heroin in and around... More...
$ (07-10-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Guramrit Sidh </h2> </center>
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a continuing criminal enterprise in violation of 21 U.S.C. 848(a). Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> from September 2020 to February 2023, Sidhu led an organization responsible for trafficking dr... More...
$ (07-10-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jeremiah Manuyag Flores </h2> </center>
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with depriving another of rights under color of law in violation of 18 U.S.C. 242, and falsification of records in a federal investigation in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1519. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Former S... More...
$ (07-10-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> The People of the States of California v. David Bradshaw </h2> </center>
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a semiautomatic firearm (Pen. Code,[1] § 245, subd. (b)), assault with a firearm (§ 245, subd. (a)(2)), and shooting at an occupied motor vehicle (§ 246). Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> The Pe... More...
$ (06-26-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Gilberto Barron </h2> </center>
Fresno, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violaition of 18 U.S.C. 1349, money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956, and aggravated identity theft in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1028A. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Gil... More...
$ (06-29-2026 - CA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Daniel Damato </h2> </center>
Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud in violaiton of 18 U.S.C. 1343. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Daniel Damato engaged in a wire fraud scheme in which he knowingly sold counterfeit sports memorabilia and attempted to obstruct the ... More...
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