False Imprisonment Law
 
United States of America v. Robert "Bobby" Leon Smith, III

Archer City, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud and wire fraud conspirac. Robert “Bobby” Leon Smith III, 50, of Archer City, Texas, owned and operated seven durable medical equipment (DME) supply companies based in Florida, Texas, and Maryland through which he submitted millions of dollars in false claims to Medicare for orthotic braces a

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State of Florida v. Tiger Woods

Stewart, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving while impaired. Tiger Woods was was traveling at "a high rate of speed" when his vehicle collided with another car, resulting in his vehicle rolling over onto the driver's side. Woods was not intoxicated but refused to give a urine sample to see if he was impaired. Florida's driving while impaired law

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State of Oklahoma v. Jerry Lynn Hampton

Hugo, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant in a revocation action. In the District Court of Pushmataha County, Case No. CF-2002-119, Appellant, Jerry Lynn Hampton, entered a plea of nolo contendere to Count 1, Unlawful Possession of Controlled Drug (Methamphetamine); Count 2, Unlawful Possession of Controlled Drug (Methamphetamine); and Count 3, Unlawful Possession of Par

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United States of America v. Kristain Harris

Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of distribution of 50 or more grams of methamphetamine (“ice”) and one count of distribution of 5 grams or more of methamphetamine (“ice”). At the sentencing hearing on March 10, 2026, the government presented information that beginning in June 2024, a confidential informant with the Bureau of

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Untied States of America v. Juwon Madlock

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transferring ammunition to a felon, aidding and abetting possession of stolen good, knowingly possessing a machine gun and making false statements.

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United States of America v. Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC (“Team Rehab”)

Detroit, Michigan, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a whistleblower claim. Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC (“Team Rehab”), operates approximately 140 physical therapy clinics in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Georgia, agreed to pay $4,969,494 to settle allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by submitting false claims for payment for physical therapy serv

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Verity Investigations, LLC v. Segepo-FSM, Inc.

Lexington, Kentucky, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a qui tam (whistleblower) claim. Segepo-FSM, Inc. was accused of falsely certifying it was eligible to apply for and receive forgiveness of its $503,900 second-draw PPP loan. Segepo-FSM, Inc. stated that it had fewer than 300 employees in its application. At the time of its loan and forgiveness applications, Segepo

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United States of America v. Laclarence Lamarcus Anderson

Columbia, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 12 counts of drug and gun felonies. Laclarence Lamarcus Anderson, 43, of Columbia, sold 10 firearms and quantities of methamphetamine, cocaine, and crack cocaine to confidential informants on four occasions in May and June 2024. One of the firearms that Anderson sold contained a Glock switch, converting th

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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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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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State of Oklahoma v. S.M.M.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with larceny of merchandise from retailer in violation of 21 O.S. 1731, which provides: A. Larceny of merchandise held for sale in retail or wholesale establishments shall be punishable as follows: 1. For the first or second conviction, in the event the value of the goods, edible meat, or other corporeal property whic

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Gabriel Oliver v. City of Brandon, Mississippi

Jackson, Mississippi, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to enjoin the enforcement of an ordinance prohibiting street preaching near a public amphitheater. Olivier is a street preacher in Mississippi—a Christian who believes that sharing his religious views with fellow citizens is an im- portant part of exercising his faith. His vocation sometimes took him to the sidewa

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United States of America v. Thomas A. DeLeo and William A. Murray

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with honest services fraud charge and the conspiracy to commit money laundering. Former Hudson County Parks Department Director Thomas A. DeLeo (“DeLeo”) and business owner William A. Murray engaged in a conspiracy, which operated from in or around 2019 through in or around 2024, involved more than $1.5 million

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United States of America v. Nicholas Pecko

Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and theft of mail by a postal employee. Nicholas Pecko, age 33, of Vandling, Pennsylvania, allegedly stole two checks totaling $6,581.59 that were sent through the mail, intended to be delivered by the United States Postal Office. The indictment further alleges that Pecko executed a bank fraud sche

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United States of America v. Christopher Knight

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with deprivation of civil rights under color of law and falsification of records. On January 8, 2023, Christopher Knight, 47, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, blasted his first victim with pepper spray while the victim was lying face down on the ground with his hands behind his back. Knight then continued to spr

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United States of America v. Vanessa Motta, Jason Giles, Diaminike F. Stalbert, Motta Law, L.L.C. and The King Firm, L.L.C.

New Orleans, Louisiana, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and obstruction of justice. Vanessa Motta, age 44, Jason Giles, age 44 and Diamanike Stalbert, age 35, were charged in the federal probe into the staging of fake automobile collisions in the New Orleans metro area. Count 1 charged all five defendants with conspira

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United States of America v. Javon Morse

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs and felony possession of a firearm. On December 13, 2017, Javon Morse was sentenced in Bridgeport federal court to 60 months of imprisonment and four years of supervised release for trafficking cocaine. He was released from prison in January 2021. On October 14, 2

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United States of America v. Fabio Lenin Aza-Velez

Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of removed alien. Fabio Lenin Aza-Velez, 45, a citizen of the Dominican Republic, was previously removed from the United States on November 10, 2009, after being convicted in New York for felony narcotics offenses, including criminal sale of a controlled substance on school grounds. Court record

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United States of America v. Robert L. Crites

Montgomery, Alabama, commercial litigation lawyer represented the Defendant in a False Claims Act violation case. Robert L. Crites, age 67, and others associated with Extraordinary Scripts participated in an illegal kickback scheme in which they identified and referred patients across the country to Cloverland Pharmacy in Montgomery, Alabama. Crites primarily recruited beneficiaries of TRICARE,

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United States of America v. Alexander Paul Travis, Jason Salazar, and Audricus Phagnasay

Augusta, Georgia, criminal Defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with engaging in a wire fraud conspiracy. Alexander Paul Travis, 35, of Augusta, Jason Salazar, 30, of Clovis, California, and Audricus Phagnasay, 25, of Fresno, California, for engaging in a nationwide scheme that enabled North Korean workers to access U.S.-based computer networks. The Defendants were contacted b

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United States of America v. Scott Oranje

Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute more than 40 grams of fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On November 10, 2025, police officer intercepted a package added to Scott Oranje, in Mary Esther, Florida. The package c

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State of Florida v. Nelson Nunez and Jusiah Jones

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with rape. Nelson Nunez, 13, and Jusiah Jones, 12, accused of raping a 12-year-old girl. Nunez, Jones and Xavier Tyson, 15, were charged with sexual battery, kidnapping and false imprisonment. Nunez, Jones and Xavier Tyson, 15, were charged with sexual battery, kidnapping and false imprisonment. The Defendant w

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Giuseppe Pampena, et al. v. Elon R.Musk

San Francisco, California, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on a class action securities fraud theory. Lead Plaintiffs Steve Garrett, Nancy Price, John Garrett, and Brian Belgrave (“Plaintiffs”) bring this securities class action against Defendant Elon Musk (“Defendant”) on behalf of all persons and entities who sold Twitter, Inc. (“Twitter”) stock from M

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State of Oklahoma v. A.G.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery. Every person who, with intent to do bodily harm and without justifiable or excusable cause, commits any assault, battery, or assault and battery upon the person of another with any sharp or dangerous weapon, or who, without such cause, shoots at an

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United States of America v. Dr. Claribel Tan and Daniel Tan

Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with health care fraud. Dr. Claribel Tan, 61, and her husband, Daniel Tan, 70, operated a rheumatology medical clinic in Anchorage starting in 2005. Claribel Tan specialized in the treatment of autoimmune and musculoskeletal diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and psoriatic arthritis, and she presc

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