Adoption Law
 
JESUS GARCIA, vs JULIETTE ESPINOSA-GARCIA

Miami, FL - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant with appeals the trial court’s rulings on alimony and child support to be paid.



The parties married in July 2001 and are the parents of two children: a
teenaged son, who is one-year shy of attaining majority age, and an eleven-year-old
daugh... More...   $0 (01-30-2022 - FL)

Kimberly L. Ball vs. Michael R. Ball

St. Louis, Missouri divorce lawyer represented Appellant appealing the trial court’s judgment modifying child custody.



The parties’ relationship began in 2008. They had one child together in March of 2010,
MB. The parties married in July of 2010 and divorced in Illinois on June 28, 2017. Th... More...   $0 (01-25-2022 - MO)

United States of America v. José Reyes-Valdivia United States of America v. Jeffri Dávila-Reyes

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with two counts of trafficking cocaine in violation of the Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act charges.


These consolidated appeals arise
from the U.S. Coast Guard's interdiction of a small speed boat in
the western Caribbean Sea and the ... More...   $0 (01-22-2022 - MA)

Pablo Lopez v. The State of Texas Child Sexual Predator

Houston, TX – Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with contending that he was denied effective assistance of counsel at trial, after he was convicted of the first-degree felony offense of
aggravated sexual assault of a child.



The complainant, B.R., who was 16 years old at the time of trial, testified that
app... More...   $0 (01-20-2022 - TX)

DARIN FRENCH v. KENNETH HOELZEMAN

Little Rock, AR - Family Law lawyer represented appellant with an adoption issue.



We review adoption proceedings de novo, and the circuit court’s decision will not
be set aside unless it is clearly erroneous. Martini v. Price, 2016 Ark. 472, at 4, 507 S.W.3d
486, 489. A finding is clearly erroneous when, despite evid... More...   $0 (01-18-2022 - AR)

KEITH JONES v. UNITED PARCEL SERVICE, INC.

Denver, CO - Disability Discrimination lawyer represented defendant with a disability discrimination and retaliation charge.



Until December 2003, Mr. Jones worked at UPS as a package car driver. A
package car driver delivers packages to UPS customers along a prescribed route,
and one of the essential functions of the jo... More...   $0 (01-16-2022 - CO)

United States of America v. Jeffrey Olsen

Pasadena, California - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with an illegally prescribing opioids charge.



The panel (1) amended its opinion filed April 23, 2021,
reversing the district court’s judgment dismissing with
prejudice an indictment charging Jeffrey Olsen on 34 counts
related to the unlawful d... More...   $0 (01-15-2022 - CA)

United States of America v.Jeffrey Olsen

San Francisco - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with an illegally prescribing opioids charge.



The panel (1) amended its opinion filed April 23, 2021,
reversing the district court’s judgment dismissing with
prejudice an indictment charging Jeffrey Olsen on 34 counts
related to the unlawful distribut... More...   $0 (01-14-2022 - CA)

United States of America v. Sean Cutting United States of America v. Brian Melland United States of America v. David Lonich

San Francisco - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendants with fraudulent schemes concerning bank loans and real estate charges.



The panel affirmed Sean Cutting’s, Brian Melland’s, and
David Lonich’s convictions, but vacated their sentences and
remanded for resentencing, in a complex case arising from
f... More...   $0 (01-14-2022 - CA)

STATE OF TEXAS; STATE OF KANSAS; STATE OF LOUISIANA; STATE OF INDIANA; STATE OF WISCONSIN; STATE OF NEBRASKA v. CHARLES P. RETTIG, in his Official Capacity as Commissioner of Internal Revenue; UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

New Orleans, LA - Health and Human Services lawyer represented Plaintiffs - Appellees Cross-Appellants with constitutional challenges to Section 9010 of the Affordable Care Acstitutionalt (the “ACA”) and statutory and constitutional challenges toa U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (“HHS”) administrative rule (the “Certification Rule”).

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Chad Hall v. The Urban Assembly, Inc., et al.

New York, New York employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a wrongful denial of Family and Medical Leave Act benefits claiming more than $300,000 in damages.

29 U.S.C. §2601. Findings and purposes
(a) Findings

Congress finds that—

(1) the number of single-parent households and two-parent households in which the single parent or both pare... More...   $0 (01-03-2022 - NY)

United States of America v. Carey Ackies a/k/a Boyd

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with two counts of conspiracy to possess and possession with intent to distribute heroin and cocaine base charges. His appeal challenges: denials of motions to suppress two warrants obtained by law enforcement and evidence obtained from his warrantless arrest, evidence rulings at his trial, and his sentence.... More...   $0 (12-30-2021 - MA)

Craig Reseland v. Copeland Trucking, Inc.

Minneapolis, Minnesota plaintiff labor law lawyer sued Defendant on a Family and Medical Leave Act violation theory.

§2601. Findings and purposes
(a) Findings

Congress finds that—

(1) the number of single-parent households and two-parent households in which the single parent or both parents work is increasing significantly;

(2) it is important for the dev... More...   $0 (12-27-2021 - MN)

United States of America v. Charles Sands

Cincinnati, Ohio - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.



When agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives executed a
search warrant on Sands’s residence, they found him sitting on the couch in the living room with
another... More...   $0 (12-06-2021 - OH)

United States of America v. James Lipscomb

New York, NY - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with a conspiring to distribute heroin.



On March 30, 2004, Lipscomb pled guilty to armed robbery, in violation of 18
U.S.C. § 1951. He was sentenced as a career offender, predicated on two prior
convictions: a 1994 robbery conviction and a 19... More...   $0 (12-01-2021 - NY)

United States of America v. Lewis Whoolery

New York, NY - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiring to commit wire fraud.



In 2001, Whoolery started First Capital Home Equity, a Pittsburgh-based
residential mortgage broker. Through this company, Whoolery and his employees
prepared over 400 fraudulent mortgage loans. In Janua... More...   $0 (11-29-2021 - NY)

MARCIA MELENDEZ, et al v. CITY OF NEW YORK et al.

New York, NY - Constitutional law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued the City and various named City officials seeking a judgment declaring the challenged laws unconstitutional and for an injunction permanently enjoining their enforcement.



In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, governments at all
levels—federal... More...   $0 (11-26-2021 - NY)

Truck Trailer Manufacturers Association v. EPA

Washington, DC - Complex Civil Litigation lawyer argued the cause for petitioner.



The most widely recognized “tractor-trailer” combination
is what a layperson calls a semitruck. A trailer is the back
United States Court of Appeals
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA CIRCUIT
Argued September 15, 2020 Decided... More...   $0 (11-22-2021 - DC)

United States of America v. Eddie Lee Perry, Chad Ragin

Atlanta, Georgia - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine and in excess of 280 grams of cocaine base.



In this consolidated appeal, Perry presents multiple challenges to his
convictions, while Ragin attacks his sentence... More...   $0 (11-07-2021 - GA)

United States of America v. Ira Lee Wilkins

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a f possessing a firearm after a felony conviction charge.



Before trial, the attorneys stipulated to two elements: (1) a prior
felony conviction and (2) knowledge of the prior felony conviction. The
* We conclude that oral argument would not mater... More...   $0 (11-06-2021 - CO)

United States of America v. Pedro Perez-Hernandez

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a illegal reentry after removal charge.



Pedro Perez-Hernandez appeals his illegal-reentry conviction and two related
sentences. Defense counsel filed an Anders brief and moved to withdraw. See Anders
v. California, 386 U.S. 738, 744 (1967) (stating... More...   $0 (11-04-2021 - CO)

DUSTIN LANCE v. CHRIS MORRIS, Sheriff of Pittsburg County, Oklahoma, in his official capacity; MIKE SMEAD, in his individual capacity; DAKOTA MORGAN, in his individual capacity EDWARD MORGAN, in his individual capacity; DANIEL HARPER, in his individual capacity and MCALESTER REGIONAL HEALTH CENTER AUTHORITY, d/b/a McAlester Regional Hospital; BOARD OF COUNTY COMMISSIONERS OF PITTSBURG COUNTY, OKLAHOMA; STEPHEN SPARKS, in his individual capacity; JOEL KERNS, former Sheriff of Pittsburg County, in his individual capacity

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a violation of the Fourteenth Amendment’s Due Process Clause.



The parties attribute the priapism to a pill that Mr. Lance obtained
from another inmate. He took the pill on a Thursday evening and awoke the
next morning with an erection that would... More...   $0 (11-03-2021 - CO)

United States of America v. IRA LEE WILKINS

Denver, CO - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a possessing a firearm after a felony conviction charge.



At sentencing, the district court imposed supervised-release
conditions, including inpatient treatment for drug abuse. Mr. Wilkins
argues that the district court plainly erred by requiring i... More...   $0 (11-03-2021 - CO)

United States of America v. JIMMY LEE DIXON

New Orleans, LA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant
with kidnapping, robbery, attempted robbery, and using a short-barreled shotgun during and in relation to a crime of violence charges.



A grand jury indicted Dixon on five counts: (1) robbing Janet Shahan by force, violence, and
intimidation (18 U.S.C... More...   $0 (10-24-2021 - LA)

United States of America v. PRANEETH MANUBOLU

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with three counts manslaughter and intoxicated-driving related crimes charges.



At 2:48 A.M. on August 31, 2019, Officer Judson Cake of
the Bar Harbor Police Department (BHPD) responded to a single car
1 We take "'the facts in the light most favorable to... More...   $0 (10-14-2021 - MA)

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