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United States of America v. Richard Tillman
San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with malicious destruction of government property by fire (arson). Richard Tillman, age 44, admitted that he intentionally set the fire in order to “make a point to the United States government.” In preparation for the fire, Tillman purchased firelogs and lighter fluid. He then drove to the Post Office with fir... More...
(02-16-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Matheus Duarte, Hari Vamsi Anne, Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, Manaswi Mandadapu, and Tyler Thomas Bottenhorn,
San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with From November 2020 to February 2021, Matheus Duarte, 30, a Brazilian national residing in Hayward, Calif.; Hari Vamsi Anne, 31, of Cypress, Texas; Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, 31, of Newport Beach, Calif.; Manaswi Mandadapu, 31, of Irvine, Calif.; and Tyler Thomas Bottenhorn, 30, of Dixon, Calif., worked ... More...
(02-14-2026 - CA)People of the State of California v. German Gonzalez, Maya Burke, Taylor McCann, Amy Jing Zhai and Hunter Taylor-Black
San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with vandalism. German Gonzalez, Maya Burke, Taylor McCann, Amy Jing Zhai and Hunter Taylor-Black were accused of barricading themselves in the president’s office during a 2024 protest in support of Palestine.... More...
(02-13-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Junwei Guo
San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with flying a drone within restricted airspace surrounding Levi’s Stadium during a National Football League (NFL) game in violation of a temporary flight restriction (TFR) imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Junwei Guo, 27, operated a drone within the airspace surrounding Levi’s Stadium on Nov.... More...
(02-09-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri
San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.... More...
(01-16-2026 - CA)United States of America v. Rajiv Agnihotri
San Jose, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute \schedule II controlled substances and attempted importation of Tapentadol.... More...
(11-18-2025 - CA)Lydia Benga v. the Regents of the University of California
San Jose, California civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff on education civil rights violation theory.... More...
$1 (11-18-2025 - CA)United States of America v. John Harvey Comeau
San Jose, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with Willful Failure to Account for and Pay Over Federal Employment Taxes.... More...
(07-08-2025 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Robert Joseph Medellin
San Jose, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault by a police officer. * * * Legal issue Can a trial court's failure to reduce a felony conviction to a misdemeanor under Penal Code section 17(b) be challenged on appeal if no such request was made during the trial? Headnote CRIMINAL LAW. APPELLATE REVIEW/WAIVER. The case dis... More...
(05-28-2025 - CA)Mary Mazumdar v. Amazon.com Services, LLC
San Jose, California civil rights job discrimination lawyer represented the Plaintiff. This case was filed in the Superior Court, Santa Clara County, California, and was removed to federal court by Amazon.com Services, LLC ... More...
$1 (08-23-2024 - CA)Gloria Selene Cruz Garcia v. United States of America, et al.
San Jose, California immigration law lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of mandamus. A (writ of) mandamus is an order from a court to an inferior government official ordering the government official to properly fulfill their official duties or correct an abuse of discretion. ... More...
(08-23-2024 - CA)Brittany Wynn v. United Parcel Services, Inc., et al.
San Jose, California Fair Credit Reporting Action violation lawyer represented the Plaintiff. Wynn alleged that UPS's online consumer report disclosure violated the FCRA. The FCRA "forbids procurement of a consumer report for employment purposes unless 'a clear and conspicuous disclosure has been made in writing to the consumer . . . in a document that consists solely of the disc... More...
(08-23-2024 - CA)United States of America v. Raymond Garcia
San Jose, California felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1) criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. 18:922(g)(1) - Felon in Possession of a Firearm ... More...
(08-23-2024 - CA)The People of the State of California v. Cain Velasquez
San Jose, California attempted murder and assault charge criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. Cain Velasquez engaged in a high-speed car chase with a man he accused of molesting the former UFC heavyweight champion's then-four-year-old son before firing several shots at the vehicle containing the man, missing the intended victim and instead shooting that ma... More...
(08-18-2024 - CA)Irma Diaz v. City of Sunnyvale, et al.
San Jose, California civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theory. ... More...
$1 (07-12-2024 - CA)Corey Christopher Ching v. General Motors, L.L.C.
San Jose, California personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a product liability theory. Under California product liability law, someone who designs, manufactures or sells a defective product is strictly liable for injuries caused by that product, even when that person or company was not necessarily negligent in causing the injury. ... More...
(07-12-2024 - CA)United States of America v. Jesus Saldana Ocelotl
San Jose, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bulk cash smuggling into or out of the United States in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371 and 31 U.S.C. 5332. The general conspiracy statute, 18 U.S.C. § 371, creates an offense "[i]f two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the Unite... More...
(07-12-2024 - ca)The People v. Francisco Burgos, et al.
San Jose, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with gang participation. ... More...
(06-03-2024 - CA)SZ Huang, et al. v. Tesla, Inc., d/b/a Tesla Motor
San Jose, California personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on product liability wrongful death theories Thirty-eight year old Apple engineer Walter Huang was killed when his Tesla Model X ran off Highway 101 and crashed when on auto pilot. Tesla took the position that it was the driver's fault. Elon Musk said: "Tesla policy is never to give in to fal... More...
$1 (04-09-2024 - CA)Heidi Lynn Gentry v. Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
San Jose, California insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory. An insurance company has a legal duty to uphold its obligations under the terms of the policy. If they fail to do so, they breach the contract and may be liable for damages. A bad-faith breach of contract claim, generally, must be brought within four years from ... More...
(03-19-2024 - CA)Angelina Serrain v. Blazin Wings, Inc.
San Jose, California personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a premises liability negligence theory. This case was filed in the Santa Clara County Superior, 21CV392500, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. Premises liability laws in California are based on negligence, which is represented under Civil Code §1714(a). In a premises liability cla... More...
$1 (03-01-2024 - CA)Maria Greves v. Dollar Tree Stores, Inc.
San Jose, California personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a premises liability negligence theory. The elements of a premises liability claim in California are: 1. That Defendant owned/leased/occupied/controlled] the property; 2. That Defendant was negligent in the use or maintenance of the property; 3. That Plaintiff was harmed; and 4. ... More...
$1 (02-16-2024 - CA)Davina Gibson v. Stanford Health Care
San Jose, California personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a negligent data breach theory. Plaintiff Davina Gibson (&ldquo ;Gibsonâ€) filed this putative class action against Defendant Stanford Health Care ("Stanfordâ€) in the Santa Clara County Superior Court, asserting three state law privacy claims on behalf of California residents who ha... More...
(12-09-2023 - CA)In re the Marriage of V.S. and V.K.
San Jose, California family law divorce lawyers represented the parties. An out-of-state marriage is "valid" in California if it "would be valid by laws of the jurisdiction in which the marriage was contracted." (Fam. Code, § 308.) In this appeal from the trial court's bifurcated determination of the parties' date of marriage, we consider whether the trial court erred by conc... More...
(11-15-2023 - CA)United States of America v. Kishore Kethineni
San Jose, California criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and for his failure to pay over more than $2 million in employment taxes. Kishore Kethineni, the CEO of multiple software development and IT services companies in the Bay Area, pleaded guilty to the charges on February 21, 2023. In pleading guilty, Kethineni admitted that he co... More...
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