Independent Contractor Law
 
State of Oklahoma v. Rene Gomez

Kingfisker, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession. ¶1 Appellant Rene Gomez was tried in a non-jury trial in the District Court of Kingfisher County before the Honorable Susie Pritchett in Case No. CF-2004-19 for Possession of a Controlled Dangerous Substance (Methamphetamine) (63 O.S.2001, § 2-402), Unlawful Possession of Paraphernalia (63 O

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United States of America v. Jasen Butler,

West Palm Beach, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and forgery for orchestrating a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of War and other federal agencies out of over $4.5 million. Jason Butler, 37, of Jupiter, Florida, the owner of Independent Marine Oil Services LLC, submitted dozens of falsified documents such as wire tra

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United States of America v. Bobby Bates Sr.

Kansas City, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Bobby Bates Sr., 43, of Grand Island, Nebraska, from February 2023 to October 2023, was the owner of Built Rite Construction, used a social media group called “Building Barndominiums” to solicit clients for construction projects. Bates required customers to provide initial deposits of up to 50 percen

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United States of America v. Phillp Flores

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bribery. Philip Flores, the owner, president, and chief executive of Intellipeak Solutions, Inc., a former defense contractor based out of Fredericksburg, Virginia, admitted that he participated in a bribery scheme with former Naval Information Warfare Center employee James Soriano. U.S. District Judge Todd

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United States of America v. Duane Watts

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer David Walsh -Little represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. Beginning in May 2020, and continuing through at least May 2021, Duane Watts, 46, of Baltimore, Maryland, engaged in a conspiracy to defraud and obtain money through materially false and fraudulent pretenses, representations, and

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State of Texas v. Jasn Barrera

San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with burglary. Jason Barrera, age 28, stealing cooper from a San Antonio Independent School District Building.

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State of Maine v. Timothy Philbrick and Mariah McEwen

Caribou, Maine, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with aggravated trafficking of schedule W drugs, unlawful furnishing of schedule W drugs, unlawful possession of schedule W drugs, and possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Police arrested 33-year-old Timothy Philbrick of Fort Fairfield and 23-year-old Mariah McEwen of Fort Fairfield after they got a report abo

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United States of America v. Tamara King, aka Tamara Waln

Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and multiple counts of wire fraud, money laundering, and tax fraud. Between August 2009 and December 2013, Tamara Kind, aka Tamara Waln, 56, of Toledo, Ohio, previously resided in Bellevue and Kirkland, Washington, solicited investments in a real estate fund called Halcyon. Twenty-two victims, most of

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Shawn Martin v. Honest Air Care and Home Services LLC, et a.l

Phoenix, Arizona, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a theory. AI Overview Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations involve employers failing to meet minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping, and child labor standards, common examples including off-the-clock work, improper tip handling, misclassifying workers, and not paying correct overtime or minimum wages, leading to b

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Ryan O'Donnell and Michael Goree v. City of Chicago and URT United Road Towing, Inc.

Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories. After receiving a ticket in Chicago, a vehicle owner must pay in full, enter into an installment payment plan, or contest the violation. Municipal Code of Chicago (MCC) § 9-100-050. If the owner fails to pay or successfully contest the violation, the City of Chicago sends a noti

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United States of America v. Dr. Mark Malone, et al.

Austin, Texas, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a False Claims Act fraud claim. Dr. Mark Malone, Advanced Pain Care, and related entities have agreed to pay the United States and the State of Texas $13,625,000 to resolve allegations they submitted false claims for urine drug testing to federal and state healthcare programs. The United States will receive $13,590,544.88 and Texas will

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United States of America v. Juan Carlos Aguilar Gomez, Rebecca Massey and Goldner Capital Management, LLC

Joplin, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to impede the EPA, a related state agency, and OHSA, and violate the Clean Air Act regarding the removal of asbestos-containing materials. Juan Carlos Aguilar Gomez, 45, a citizen of Honduras, residing in Lawrence, N.Y., who was previously charged by criminal complaint on Aug. 1, 2025, with one count of

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United States of America v. Milder Escobar-Temal

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A), Milder Escobar-Temal is a citizen of Guatemala who came to America unlawfully over a decade ago and resides in Nashville, Tennessee. In October 2022, police found three firearms in Escobar-Temal’s residence. Escobar-Temal was born in Guat

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United States of America v. Do Hyeong Kwon

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraud and Manipulation. Do Hyeong Kwon was accused of committing wire fraud and conspiring to commit securities fraud, commodities fraud, and wire fraud in connection with KWON’s fraud centered around Terraform Labs PTE, Ltd. (“Terraform”), and the cryptocurrencies launched by Terraform. KWON was extr

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Juliana Swink v. Souothern Health Partners, Inc., et al.

Greensboro, North Carolina personal injury lawyer represents the Plaintiff on medical malpractice, wrongful death and civil rights claims.

David Ray Gsunter was diagnosed with a heart condition shortly after birth. At fifteen years old, to address his heart condition, Gunter underwent open-heart surgery to replace his aortic valve with a mechanical heart valve ("MHV”).
At this

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State of New Jersey v. Joseph Blackham

Morristown, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with DWI.

Joseph Blackham was in a running Jeep while intoxicated.


The State relied on the community caretaking doctrine to justify the officers' early-morning interaction with defendant and his vehicle at his residence. The "community caretaking "doctrine was first recognized by the United Sta

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Zoe Hollis v. R& R Restaurants, Inc., et al.

Portland, Oregon employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.

Zoe Hollis, a dancer at a Portland strip club called Sassy's, sued the club's owners and managers under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("the FLSA” or "the Act”) for misclassifying its dancers as independent contractors and violating corresponding wage and hou

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William Henry Jamerson v. City of Tulsa, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff was charged with first-degree rape in 1991.

Jamerson was 22 when he was arrested in May 1991 in connection with the rape of 16-year-old Kayleen Dubbs behind a midtown Tulsa diner. Police relied on a blood-type test of semen collected during a sexual-assault exam, a kind of testing that police used before more reliable result

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Sheila Griffin, as Independent Administrator of the Estate of R.R., a minor, now deceased v. Mary Ann Poynter, et al.

Peoria, Illinois civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff as Independent Administrator of the Estate of R.R., a minor, now deceased, who sued for damages relating to the abuse and death of R.R., a minor, who was killed by his father.

he facts establish that on January 26, 2019, 9-year-old R.R. was pronounced dead after having been abused by her father, Richard Rountree, and killed b

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State of Nebraska v. Ivell M. Hagens

Omaha, Nebraska, first degree sexual assault of a child, a Class IB felony 1; incest
with a person under age 18, a Class IIA felony 2; and tampering with physical evidence.

1. Convictions: Appeal and Error. In an appeal of a criminal convic -
tion, an appellate court reviews the evidence in a light most favorable
to the prosecution.

2. Convictions: Evidence: Appeal an

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T.N. v. First Baptist Church of Pierce City

Mount Vernon, Missouri personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a corporate negligence theory.

The uncontroverted material facts establish that FBC is a Southern Baptist church and that Plaintiff participated in FBC's youth ministries program.A youth pastor led FBC's youth ministries program and transported participants, including Plaintiff and others, to and from said

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LaNetra Kellar v. The Yunion, Inc.

Flint, Michigan, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employment discrimination toery.

aNetra Kellar sued her former employer, The Yunion, Inc. ("Yunion”), for discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination.

Yunion is a nonprofit organization that provides educational programming and family services to at-risk youth in the Detroit area. As

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Ronald Schechter v. Society Hill East Condominium Association, Inc.

New Brunswick, New Jersey, pro se Plaintiff without a lawyer sued the Defendant on a breach of contract theory.

Defendant Society Hill East Condominium Association, Inc., appeals from an order of the Special Civil Part, Small Claims Section, entered after a bench trial, awarding plaintiff Ronald Schechter $1,600 as compensation for repairs he made to his unit, and $42 in court costs. The

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B.K. v. B.W.

Concord, New Hampshire, family law lawyer represented the parties in a civil stalking protection case.

A person commits the offense of stalking if, among other things, that person "[p]urposely, knowingly, or recklessly engages in a course of conduct targeted at a specific person which would cause a reasonable person to fear for his or her personal safety or the safety of a member of that

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Amos C. Johnson, M.D., etc. v. Rita Elizabeth Johnson, etc.

Detroit, Michigan, civil litigation lawyers represented the the parties in interpretation of a trust.

In 2000, Amos G. Johnson and his wife, Marjorie Johnson, established the Johnson
Family Trust, naming their son, Appellant Amos C. Johnson, M.D., as the first successor trustee.
Amos G. Johnson died in 2007, and Marjorie Johnson died in 2020. This case involves the
proceedings

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