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Hua Jiang v. City of Tulsa

Tulsa, Oklahoma, employment law lawyer represented the Defendant who sued on a 42 U.S.C. 2000 job discrimination theory. When he applied to be the superintendent of Tulsa’s A.B. Jewell water- treatment plant, Hua Jiang was an accomplished engineer. But the city wanted someone with leadership experience. And Jiang, a middle-aged man from China, didn’t have any. So the city hired a younger

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State of Oklahoma v. Briceton Arnold

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child endangerment, reckless driving, obstructing an officer and driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902, which provides: Version 4 (Amended by Laws 2025, HB 2104, c. 486, § 33, eff. January 1, 2026) A. It is unlawful and punishable as provided in this section for any person

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United States of America v. Jason Michael Leidel

Greenbelt, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2261. Jason Michael Leidel, 45, of Silver Spring, Maryland, engaged in berstalking his ex-wife and her boyfriend. on multiple occasions, Leidel sent emails with false allegations to get Victim 1, his ex-wife, fired from her job as a special education teacher at a publ

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United States of America v. Mark A. Pingsterhaus

East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and theft of government property. Mark A. Pingsterhaus, age 52, of Carlyle, is accused of using City of Carlyle and Carlyle Fire Protection District funds for unauthorized and personal expenses like travel, entertainment, goods and services. In two examples, the indictment states he used the City

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United States of America v. Sherry Xue Li

Central Islip, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and conspiracy to defraud the United States. Sherry Xue Li was accused of money laundering conspiracy and conspiracy to defraud the United States by obstructing the Federal Election Commission’s (FEC) administration of campaign finance laws. Li orchestrated a nearly

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United States of America v. Brian Paul Desormeaux, Amy Desormeaux Hernandez, and Lenzi Desormeaux Babineaux

Lafayette, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud. Desormeaux was the executive director of Regional Nutrition Assistance, Inc., a non-profit sponsoring organization for the Child and Adult Care Food Program, a federal program operated by the USDA and administered by the Louisiana Department of Education.

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C.B. et al. v. Henry County School District

Atlanta, Georgia, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an ndividuals with Disabilities Education Act violation theory. C.B. is a student with Down syndrome who attends school in the Henry County School District in Georgia. Because C.B. has Down syndrome, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act required Henry County to develop an individualized education program

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State of Oklahoma v. Larry William Plant

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated driving under the influence of alcohol in violation of 47 O.S. 11-902, which provides: A. It is unlawful and punishable as provided for in this section for any person to drive, operate, or be in actual physical control of a motor vehicle within this state, whether upon public roads, highways, streets, tu

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State of Oklahoma v. James Harold Kinard, Jr.

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Deendant charged with CARRY OR POSSESS FIREARM BY ADJUDICATED DELINQUENT, in violation of 21 O.S. 1283 D, which provides: D. It shall be unlawful for any person previously adjudicated as a delinquent child or a youthful offender for the commission of an offense, which would have constituted a felony offense if committed by an adult, to h

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State of Oklahoma v. Dasia Aureal Jordan

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree burglary, unlawful carrying a firearm, and domestica A&B. 21 O.S. 1431 provides: Every person who breaks into and enters the dwelling house of another, in which there is at the time some human being, with intent to commit some crime therein, either: 1. By forcibly bursting or breaking the wall

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United States of America v. Robert J. Funderman

Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distribution of child pornography. Robert J. Fundermann, 50, from Anthon, Iowa, admitted that from about April 2023 through April 2025, he distributed and attempted to distribute visual depictions of child pornography. Evidence further showed that Fundermann was grooming a 17-year-old in order to obta

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Kayla D. Hojem v. Klipsch Senior Care, LLC, d/b/a Home Instead

Terre Haute, Indiana, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) guarantees most U.S. workers a federal minimum wage (currently $7.25 per hour) and overtime pay of at least time-and-a-half for hours worked over 40 in a workweek. It also sets standards for child labor, prohibits certain employers f

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State of Oklahoma v. CARDELL ROBERT SIMMONS,

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer Miranda Snodgrass represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm AFCF, possession of controlled substance with intent to distribute. A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person convicted of any felony in any court of this state or of another state or of the United States to have in his or he

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State of Oklahoma v. Jeffrey Price Krigel

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers Richard O'Carroll and Joe White represented the Defendant charged with first-degree rape in violation of 21 O.S. 1114, which provides: A. Rape or rape by instrumentation in the first degree, a Class A2 felony offense, shall include: 1. Rape committed by a person over eighteen (18) years of age upon a person under fourteen (14) years of age; 2. Ra

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United States of America v. Bryce White

Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children and possession of pornography. Bryce White, 42, from Dow City, Iowa, admitted that between August 1, 2023, and August 2024, he coerced minor females into sending him depictions of themselves engaged in sexually explicit conduct. White used Snapchat to pose as a minor and solicited

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United States of America v. Brian Thomas Oakleaf

Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in activities involving or containing child pornography. Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that, from March 1, 2022, through July 29, 2024, Brian Thomas Oakleaf received, distributed, and possessed child pornography, including depictions involving prepubescent minors, on two separate cell

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United States of America v. Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, et al.

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. In the Autism fraud scheme, Abdinajib Hassan Yussuf, age 27, has been charged by federal information with one count of wire fraud. As set forth in the information, Yussuf and others devised and carried out a scheme to defraud the Early Intensive Developmental and Behavioral Intervention benefit, a

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United States of America v. Jeremy Pauley

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property (Human Remains). Jeremy Pauley, age 43, of Thompson, Pennsylvania, admitted to his role in a nationwide network of individuals who bought and sold human remains stolen from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary. Pauley purchased human

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United States of America v. Mohammad T. Al-Suqi

Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with preparing and filing false tax returns and making false statements to federal agents when interviewed about the activities. Mohammad T. Al-Suqi, 55, of Annandale, Virginia, was indicted by a federal grand jury on April 25, 2013, and was convicted of nineteen counts of aiding the preparation of a false income

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United States of America v. Katrina Maclean

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate transport of stolen human remains. From 2018 through 2022, Katrina Maclean, age 46, of Bradford, Massachusetts, bought human remains that she knew to have been stolen from Harvard Medical School and transported them from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania. Maclean also sold stolen human remains to

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United States of America v. Gary Grajales-Reyes

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling $412,163 from the Washington University School of Medicine. Gary Grajales-Reyes, MD-PhD, admitted submitting 73 false requisition requests to WashU Medicine for 761 different pieces of computer equipment, falsely claiming that it was for the research laboratory that he directed. Once he received the

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Janelle Quinn v. Columbia County School District

August, Georgia, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a education civil rights violation theory.

Quinn filed this suit in April 2022. In her complaint, she set
out two claims: racial discrimination under Title VI ("Count One”),
and retaliation under Title VI ("Count Two”). Importantly, Count
One was brought on behalf of D.J.Q. and Count Two was brought<

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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.

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Melissa Trinidad v. Ricahrd D'Ambra

Providence, Rhode Island, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a negligence theory.

On October 30, 1996, Melissa Trinidad, not yet three years old, was diagnosed with a blood lead level of 45 µg/dL.

At the time, she lived in a dwelling owned by Defendant Richard D'Ambra (D'Ambra) located at 500 Branch Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island. (Compl. ¶ 4.) After an i

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United States of America v. Brian Hinds

Louisville, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing and possessing child pornography.

A federal criminal complaint and arrest warrant were issued on October 9, 2025, charging a Jefferson County high school teacher with distributing and possessing child pornography.

U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky, Special

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