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The People of the State of California v. Dr. Salvador Plasencia
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with giving Matthew Perry ketamine in the weeks leading up to the “Friends” star's overdose death....
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( 07-23-2025 - CA)

Doctor's Best, Inc. v. Nature's Way Products, LLC
Los Angeles and Glendale, California and Milwaukee, Wisconsin intellectual property lawyers represented the parties in a declaratory judgment and trademark infringement case. Nature’s Way owned the U.S. trademark “Nature’s Way” for use on its nutritional supplements. Doctor’s Best, a competitor, developed a new line of branded supplements, “Nature’s Day,” and s...
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( 07-19-2025 - CA)

United States of America v. Rami Ghanem
Laguna Niguel and San Diego, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with exporting military equipment from the United States to Lybia including acquiring, transporting, and use of surface-to-air missiles in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2332g. After undercover federal agents conducted a sting operation in which Defendant Rami Ghanem sought to export mili...
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( 07-17-2025 - CA)

The People of California v. Gerardo Sanchez
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of gross vehicular manslaughter. In the early morning hours following Halloween night, Whitter Police Department Officer Jim Azpilicueta saw a black car traveling at approximately 100 miles per hour. Seconds later, he heard a collision and drove toward the sound. Officer Azpilicueta and anot...
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( 07-17-2025 - CA)

United States of America v. Eliel Nunez Sanchez, aka Eliel Nunez
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry after removal. Pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1326(d), aliens presenting collateral attacks on removal orders must satisfy three requirements for such challenges to proceed: they must have exhausted all administrative remedies available to them (§ 1326(d)(1)); they must have been deprived of the oppor...
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( 06-18-2025 - CA)

United States of America v. Ryan Beau Patrick Barry
Los Angles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with several counts of possession with intent to distribute the narcotics found in his car and apartment under 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1); possession of a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking under 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(i); and being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)....
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( 06-17-2025 - CA)

United States of America v. Yasiel Puig Valdes
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with illegal sports gambling business in southern California. The factual basis of a pre-indictment plea agreement signed by Yasiel Puig Valdes (“Puig”) would be excluded at trial. Under the plea agreement, Puig would plead guilty to one count of making false statements to federal officers...
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( 05-29-2025 - CA)

Christopher Garnier; Kimberly Garnier v. Michelle O'Connor Ratcliff; T.j. Zane
Los Angeles, California civil rights lawyers represented the parties in a 42 U.S.C. 1983. Christopher and Kimberly Garnier brought this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 suit challenging the actions of Michelle O’Connor-Ratcliff and T.J. Zane, members of the Poway Unified School District (“PUSD” or “the District”) Board of Trustees. O’Connor-Ratcliff and Zane (collectively referred to as ...
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( 05-29-2025 - CA)

The People of the State of California v. Ishmael Joshua Guerrero-Trevino
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the terms of his probation by committing another offense. * * * Legal issue Can a suspended prison sentence be executed following a probation violation due to new criminal conduct? Headnote CRIMINAL LAW. PROBATION VIOLATION. The case involves an appeal from a judgment c...
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( 05-28-2025 - CA)

United States of America v. Southern California Edison
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with the 2020 Bobcat Fire in the Angeles National Forest Southern California Edison Agrees to Pay United States $82.5 Million to Resolve Lawsuit Stemming from 2020 Bobcat Fire ...
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( 05-23-2025 - CA)

United States of America v. Ionut Calciu, Florian Serban, Mohamed Hichem El Mabrouk
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Fraudulent Withdrawal of Benefits 3 Illegal Aliens from Europe Plead Guilty to Federal Charges Related to Fraudulent Withdrawal of Benefits Intended for Low-Income People ...
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( 05-09-2025 - CA)

United States of America v. Ericka Maria Plancarte
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to transport an alien into the United States. MoreLaw’s goal is to help people seeking legal assistance to find the best lawyers available to represent them in any county in the United States. Click the link above to see some lawyers available where this case was tried who might be availa...
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( 05-09-2025 - CA)

United States of America v. Dennis Wally Woodbury
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Committing Abusive Sexual Contact Azusa Man Charged in Federal Grand Jury Indictment with Committing Abusive Sexual Contact on Florida-to-LAX Flight ...
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( 05-01-2025 - CA)

United States of America v. Cui Guanghai, John Miller
Los Angeles, CA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Allegedly Directing Interstate Stalking and Harassment of L.A.-Based Critic of China’s President Two Defendants Arrested in Serbia for Allegedly Directing Interstate Stalking and Harassment of L.A.-Based Cr...
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( 04-25-2025 - CA)

The People of the State of California v. Monica Sementill
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. * * * L.A. County District Attorney's Press Release: Following a 10-week-long trial, jurors found defendant Monica Sementilli guilty of one count of murder with special circumstance allegations that the killing was carried out for financial gain and by means of lying in wa...
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( 04-11-2025 - CA)

The People of the State of California v. Edgar Verduzco
Los Angele, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with DUI and vehicular manslaughter. Former Los Angeles police officer Edgar Verduzco. was charged with three counts of murder for driving while drunk (SUI) and causing an accident that killed three people (mother, father and 19-year old son) in 2016. “I cannot tell you how angry and disappointed I...
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( 04-11-2025 - CA)

United States of America v. Davit Avalyan, Hrant Gevorgyan, Hayk Grigoryan, a.k.a. “Hayk Greg”, Gurgen Nersesyan a.k.a. “Guro Tiko”
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute cocaine, methamphetamine, ketamine, and MDMA (Ecstasy). 4 Arrested in Latest L.A. County-Based “JCODE” Operation for Alleg...
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( 04-10-2025 - CA)

United States of America v. Kar Kee “Steven” Cheung; Qian Guo; Chongming “Ming” Wang; Jiaozhu “Yanny” Yan
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Scheme Targeting Hundreds of U.S. Consumers and Multiple U.S. Retailers Four Chinese Nationals Sentenced to Federal Prison in Scheme Targeting Hundreds of U.S. Consumers and Multiple U.S. Retailers ...
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( 03-17-2025 - CA)

Michael Garcia v. Starbucks
Los Angeles, California personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory. Michael Garcia was severely burned when a Starbucks drink spilled in his lap at a drive-through. Garica underwent skin grants and other procedures on his genitals after a venti-sized tea drink spilled after the collected it on February 8, 2020. He claimed that an employee didn’t w...
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( 03-17-2025 - CA)

Kiana Jones v. Starz Entertainment, LLC
Los Angeles, California personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking compensation for privacy violations. Jones, along with thousands of other claimants represented by the same law firm, initiated dispute- resolution proceedings against Starz, alleging violations of federal and state privacy laws. The arbitration provider, Judicial Arbitration and Mediation Services,...
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( 02-28-2025 - CA)

The People of the State of California v. Juan Barragan
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking and assault and battery. Barragan and another man beat the victim at a gas station and robbed him of his car. The trial court held a brief hearing and imposed the same sentence-23 years-consisting of the upper term of nine years for carjacking, doubled due to a prior strike, plus fiv...
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( 02-10-2025 - CA)

The People of the State of California v. David Brian Pearce
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. David Brian Pearce, age 42, was accused of drugging and killing Christy Giles, age 24, and Hilda Marcela Cabrales-Arzola, age 26, in 2021. He was also accused of several sexual assault counts against seven victims between 2007 and 2020. His DNA was found in and on the womens' bodi...
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( 02-05-2025 - CA)

Albert Villareal v. LAD-T, LLC, dba Toyota of Downtown Los Angeles, et al.
Los Angeles, California employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff. LAD-T, LLC, dba Toyota of Downtown Los Angeles (LAD-T), and its parent company Lithia Motors Inc. (collectively, defendants) appealed from a June 2022 order denying their motion to compel arbitration of Albert Villareal's claims brought under the California Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA; Gov. Code, § 12900 ...
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( 02-04-2025 - CA)

United States of America v. Alvaro Hector Martinez
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Kilograms of Methamphetamine and Illegally Possessing Firearms and Ammo Perris Man Sentenced to 12 Years in Prison for Possessing Kilograms of Methamphetamine and Illegally Possessing Firear...
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( 01-17-2025 - CA)

Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services v. B.L.
Los Angeles, California family lawyer lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination action. At a Welfare and Institutions Code section 366.26[1] hearing, the juvenile court ordered a legal guardianship for minors J.G. (born 2013) and D.G. (born 2016), with monitored visits for B.L. (mother) and E.G. (father). Mother appeals and contends the visitation orders improperly...
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( 01-17-2025 - CA)

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