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Shelly Smith v. Trueaccord Corp.

Valdosta, Georgia consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory under 15 U.S.C. 1692, et seq., which provides:

"The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) is a federal law that protects consumers from abusive debt collection practices. The FDCPA applies to all debt collectors, including collection agencies, lawyers who ... More...
   $0 (09-12-2023 - GA)

Brittany Kokenzie v. Trueaccord Corp.

Columbus, Georgia consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory under 15 U.S.C. 1692.

Fair Debt Collection Practices Act

The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA)(15 U.S.C. 1692 et seq.), which became effective
March 20, 1978, was designed to eliminate abusive, deceptive, and unfair debt collection ... More...
   $1 (09-11-2023 - GA)

Glenn straub v. 160 Royal Palm, LLC

West Palm Beach, Florida bankruptcy lawyers represented appellant appealing an adverse ruling by the Southern District of Florida United States Bankruptcy Court.... More...   $0 (09-12-2023 - FL)

Amanda Feestra and Sharonic Carter v. Jared Sigler, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants seeking declaratory and injunctive relief in the District Court of Washington County, Oklahoma.


This case involves the procedures used in Washington County, Oklahoma, to collect costs, fines, and fess related to criminal proceedings. Plaintiffs Amanda Feenstra (“Feenstra”) and Sharonica Carter... More...
   $0 (09-12-2023 - OK)

United States of America v. Joseph R. Biggs and Zachary Rehl

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with seditious conspiracy, witness tampering, conspiracy to impede a federal officer, civil disorder and destruction of government property.

A jury convicted Joseph R.Biggs, age 39, of Ormond Bach, Florida, and Zachary Rehl, age 28, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and three other co-defendants of multiple felonies, incl... More...
   $0 (08-31-2023 - DC)

Kent David Bernstein v. Yvette Nonte, et al.

Norfolk, Virginia bankruptcy lawyers represented appellant who appealed from a judgment of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Eastern District of Virginia in Norfolk.

Creditor Yvette Nonte and Debtor Kent David Burstein are former spouses. On or about April 27, 2011, they entered into a property settlement agreement (“separation agreement”) that was subsequently incorporated b... More...
   $0 (08-23-2023 - VA)

United States of America v. Chade Wade

Panama City, Florida qui tam lawyer represented Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act (“FCA”) by knowingly providing false information in support of multiple Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) and Economic Injury Disaster Loan Program (“EIDL”) loans

Real Estate Broker Chad Wade, 41, of Panama City, Florida, along with his companies Ideal Property Holdings, LLC; ... More...
   $0 (08-21-2023 - FL)

United States of America v. William M. Mahon, George F. Kozdemba and Janice M. Weston

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with with conspiracy to defraud the United States and fraudulent making false statements.

Three former board members of the failed Washington Federal Bank for Savings in Chicago pleaded guilty in federal court to conspiring to falsify bank records to deceive the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency.

WIL... More...
   $0 (08-16-2023 - IL)

Joy Sampson v. Flx N Gate Nine Mile, L.L.C.

Detroit, Michigan civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an employment discrimination theory.

On October 16, 2015, Plaintiff-Debtor Nicole Newman ("Plaintiff") filed an adversary complaint against Defendants asserting the following claims: 1) an individual claim for negligence in the attorney-client relationship pursuant to Ohio common law [Adv. Doc. 1, ¶¶ 101-... More...
   $0 (08-15-2023 - MI)

United States of America v. Donald J. Trump

Washington, DC - The Indictment:

The Grand Jury charges that, at all times material to this Indictment, on or about the dates and at the approximate times stated below:

INTRODUCTION

1. The Defendant, DONALD J. TRUMP, was the forty-fifth President of the United States and a candidate for re-election in 2020. The Defendant lost the 2020 presidential election.

2. D... More...
   $0 (08-01-2023 - DC)

United States of America v. Sean Tissue, a/k/a Sean Ryan

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with perpetrating a $3 million investment and bankruptcy fraud scheme.

In February 2023, Sean Tissue, a/k/a Sean Ryan, pleaded guilty to one count of Wire Fraud and one count of Withholding Information in a Bankruptcy Proceeding. During the plea hearing, Tissue acknowledged that his scheme cost investors and creditor... More...
   $0 (07-25-2023 - MI)

Jon Christian Amberson v. James Argyle McAllen, et al.

San Antonio, Texas Civil Litigation lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on fraud theories.

In 2020, Appellee James McAllen won a multi-million-dollar arbitration award (the “Award”) against his former attorney and son-in-law, Jon Amberson. Amberson soon filed for bankruptcy and sought to discharge the amounts awarded against him. McAllen objected under 11 U.S.C. § 523(a)... More...
   $0 (07-13-2023 - TX)

United States of America v. Arthur Raffy Aslanian

Riverside, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring with his employee to hire a hitman to kill two men – one who opposed him in litigation and the other who represented one of his companies in bankruptcy.

Arthur Raffy Aslanian, 54, of La Cañada Flintridge, was found guilty of one count of conspiracy and use of interstate commerce facilities in t... More...
   $0 (07-07-2023 - CA)

United States of America v. Donald J. Trump

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with:

WILLFUL RETENTION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION/18:793
(1-31)

(a) Whoever, for the purpose of obtaining information respecting the national defense with intent or reason to believe that the information is to be used to the injury of the United States, or to the advantage of any foreign nation, go... More...
   $0 (06-08-2023 - FL)

United States of America v. Travis L. Murphy

Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud.

Travis Murphy, age 40, of Chandlerville, Illinois, through the business Murphy Farms, devised a scheme to defraud a FDIC insured bank and obtain its funds by making materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and promises. According to the indictment, Murphy obtained loans totaling... More...
   $0 (06-07-2023 - IL)

Veranique Payton and Felton Payton, Jr. v. National Continental Insurance Company

New Orleans, Louisiana personal injury car wreck lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant in an auto insurance liability theory.

This case was filed in the Civil District Court, Orleans Parish, 22-05143, C-10, and was removed to federal court by Defendant.

Plaintiffs challenged the jurisdiction of the federal court to president over the case and sought remand.

... More...
   $0 (06-05-2023 - LA)

Nathan Hansen v. Windsong Ranch Community Association, Inc. et al.

Sherman, Texas personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a negligence theory.

The case was filed in the 393rd Judicial District, Denton County, Texas and was removed to federal court by the
Defendants.

Plaintiff challenged the jurisdiction of the court and sought remand.
"Federal courts have jurisdiction over civil cases in a variety of situation... More...
   $0 (06-05-2023 - TX)

Kingsley Palmer and Sharon Palmer v. The City of New York, et al.

New York City, New York civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants claiming that they unlawfully removed them from their home and seized their belongings.


Plaintiffs' amended complaint contained various state-law claims; a claim invoking the automatic-stay provision of the Bankruptcy Code, 11 U.S.C. § 362; a claim under the New York State Constitution; and feder... More...
   $0 (05-15-2023 - NY)

In re the Matter of: Allan J. Moore, Jr. v. Cynthia Renee Dasilva

Phoenix, Arizona family law lawyer represented Petition and Respondent in divorce action.


¶2 This dispute arises out of a divorce, which was first filed in 2004. As part of the asset distribution of Moore's retirement account, DaSilva received an overpayment of $7,819.53. Moore filed three motions in 2008 requesting relief. The superior court granted judgment in favor of Moore for t... More...
   $0 (05-04-2023 - AZ)

United States of America v. Robert Matthew Brittain

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with computer fraud.

Robert Matthew Brittan, of Lexington, was previously employed by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the MDNC as a court management analyst wherein he managed and configured computer products operated by the court’s employees. BRITTAIN resigned from this position in April 2022 afte... More...
   $0 (05-03-2023 - NC)

Aaron Shiloh, ex rel. United States of America v. Philadelphia Vascular Institute, LLC, et al.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming that Dr. James McGuckin violated the False Claims Act by billing Medicare and the Federal Employees Health Benefits Program for medically unnecessary invasive peripheral artery procedures in patients’ legs between at least January 1, 2016 and December 31, 2019, and for which McGuckin and h... More...   $0 (05-02-2023 - PA)

Tamara Ogier v. International Follies, Inc., d/b/a Cheetah

Atlanta, Georgia bankruptcy lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act failure to pay minimum wage or overtime compensation.

Tamara Ogier, as trustee for the bankruptcy estate of Brittany Dakota Bosley, Case No. 20-70664-SMS.

"International Follies, Inc. and the company’s part-owner are facing a lawsuit that takes issue with the parties’ em... More...
   $0 (04-01-2023 - GA)

United States of America v. Rajesh Kanuru

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and embezzlement against a bankruptcy estate.

Rajesh Kanuru, age 46, of Chicago, Illinois, was an attorney with a practice located in Chicago, Illinois. From March 2012 through August 2018, Kanuru devised a scheme to defraud clients who had filed for bankruptcy, the Bankruptcy Trustee and the U.S. Bankr... More...
   $0 (04-05-2023 - IN)

Danny Lamont Chambers; Dontell Rayvon-Eddie Smith v. Ronald Sanders; City of Detroit, Michigan

Danny Lamont Chambers and Dontell Rayvon-Eddie Smith allege that Detective Ronald Sanders and his employer, the City of Detroit, violated their Fourteenth Amendment right to familial integrity by procuring the wrongful
conviction and incarceration of their father, Danny Burton. Even assuming that the plaintiffs
have identified a substantive right protected by the Due Process Clause, thei... More...
   $0 (04-03-2023 - MI)

Edward Fogg, et al. v. Selene Finance, L.P.

Seattle, Washington consumer credit lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a Real Estate Settlement and Procedure Act violation theories.

Edward and Maria Fogg own and manage a property located in Vancouver, Washington. Dkt. # 1-1 at 5 (complaint). In 2009, the Foggs executed a promissory note and deed of trust in connection with the property. Id. Wilmington Savings Fund Soci... More...
   $0 (03-27-2023 - WA)

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