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State of Oklahoma v. A.J.M. and T.H.F.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: FORG, POSSESSION OF FORGED INSTRUMENTS, in violation of 21 O.S. 1579 J.Z.M. Date of Offense: 10/14/2025 Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/30/2026. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: POSSESSION OF FORGED INSTRUMENTS(FORG) Violation of 21 O.S. 1579, which provides: A. Every person who has i

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State of Oklahoma v. Michael Anthony Smith

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm AFCF in violation of 21 O.S. 1283, which provides: 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 her possession or under his or her imm

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United States of America v. Barbara Harris

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Barbara Harris served as the Executive Director of the Center for Community Academic Success Partnerships (CCASP), which received government grants to provide after-school programs to schools in the Chicago area. From 2012 to 2017, Harris schemed with another CCASP executive, TONY BELL, to submit grant ap

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State of Oklahoma v. Marco Maurice Antonio Young and Dominique Deshawn Jones

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: Count # 1. Count as Filed: SWIK, SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO KILL, in violation of 21 O.S. 652 A Date of Offense: 01/18/2025 YOUNG, MARCO MAURICE ANTONIO Disposed: CONVICTION, 03/18/2026. Guilty Plea Count as Disposed: SHOOTING WITH INTENT TO KILL(SWIK) Violation of 21 O.S. 652 A A. Every person who intenti

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United States of America v. Jack Montoucet

Lafayette, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud, and conspiracy to commit money laundering. Jack Montoucet agreed, while Secretary of the LDWF, to steer a LDWF contract to a company called DGL1, LLC, in exchange for one-third of the profit that would result from the contract, with the other two-thirds divi

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United States of America v. Nicole Daedone

Brooklyn, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to fore labor. Nicole Daedone, the founder and former Chief Executive Officer of OneTaste, Inc. (OneTaste), a sexual wellness education company founded in San Francisco, California, was accused of engaing in a conspiracy to force labor. “This case exposed a decade-long scheme in which the defend

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United States of America v. Pry’Shayn Mosley

Cedar Rapids, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children and possession of child pornography. Pry’Shayn Mosley, 21, from Fort Dodge, Iowa, admitted that between May 2022 and October 2022 he enticed two minors under the age of 18 to engage in sexually explicit conduct in order to produce visual depictions of such conduct. Mosley furthe

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United States of America v. Tracey Hernandez

Greensboro, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and assisting the filing of a false tax return. Aents with the Internal Revenue Service – Criminal Investigation Division (“IRS-CI”) began investigating Tracey Hernandez, 39, for preparing and filing IRS false income tax returns for her clients. Hernandez acted as a “ghost preparer,” meani

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United States of America v. Anika Bywter

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in illicit sexual contact in foreign places. While living in the state of Veracruz, Mexico, Anika Bywater, 29, formerly of Gonzalez, Texas, and another person created two separate videos of themselves sexually abusing a young child. Law enforcement officers learned of the conduct when they

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State of Oklahoma v. L.G.B.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with DUI in violation of 11-902(A)(3), which provides: 3. Has any amount of a Schedule I chemical or controlled substance, as defined in Section 2-204 of Title 63 of the Oklahoma Statutes, or one of its metabolites or analogs in the person's blood, saliva, urine or any other bodily fluid at the time of a test of such per

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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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