| Commonwealth of Virginia v. Juliana Peres Magalhães |
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Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Juliana Peres Magalhães, a Brazilian au pair, testified for the Commonwealth in its effort to convict Branden Banfield of murder for killing his wife Christine Banfield and Joseph Rayan. Ryan had been lured to the Banfields’ home in Herndon, Va. on Feb. 24, 2023, through a sexual fetish website in $ (02-16-2026 - vA) |
| United States of America v. Edward Allen and Deandre Rodgers |
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Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murdering by gunshot a fellow gang member who they suspected of betraying the gang. Edward Allen, also known as E-Money, 42, and Deandre Rodgers, a.k.a. Dre, 29, both of Memphis, were high-ranking members of a criminal enterprise that controlled territory throughout the entire city of Memphis and extended beyond $ (02-16-2026 - TN) |
| United States of America v. Terry Ardoin, et al. |
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San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing marijuana. An 18-count superseding indictment has been unsealed charging 20 alleged members and associates of a violent Houston-based street gang for their purported roles in a racketeering conspiracy (RICO) involving murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking and firearms offenses. La $ (02-15-2026 - TX) |
| State of West Virginia v. Derek Arbogast and Larry Talkington |
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Montrose, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with attempted first-degree murder. Derek Arbogast and Larry Talkington accused for shooting a man in a residence on Mule Hollow Road in Montrose. $ (02-13-2026 - WV) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Larry William Plant |
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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 $ (02-12-2026 - OK) |
| Cherokee Nation v. Elizabeth Poteete |
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Tahlequah, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. izabeth Poteete is accused of fatally shooting her husband, former Cherokee Nation Supreme Justice Troy Wayne Poteete, on Feb. 6. $ (02-12-2026 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Wilburt (Wilbert) Tyrone Moore |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Wilburt (Wilbert) Tyrone Moore accused of shooting and killing 41-year-old Kenneth Maywald on November 28, 2020. $ (02-13-2026 - OK) |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Yujun Ren |
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Yujun Ren accused of killing Yuan Yuan Lu. Lu had told police Ren carried a gun with him everywhere, and she was scared of him. Lu was found dead from a gunshot wound to the head inside her car. Police said Ren has a concealed carry permit and a firearm registered to him in Pennsylvania. $ (02-12-2026 - PA) |
| Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Chris Byard, Daquan Bishop |
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Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with first-degree murder and related charges. Chris Byard, 27, was charged with three counts of first-degree murder and related charges. Daquan Bishop, 28, was charged with two counts of first-degree murder. The arrests were the result of a joint investigation between the Philadelphia Police Department, $ (02-12-2026 - PA) |
| State of New Jersey v. Eric Hampton Manning |
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Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Eric Hampton Manning, 30, of Newark, was convicted in the fatal shooting of Sharique Ray Young 28, of Newark on March 8, 2022. Surveillance video showed Manning approaching You $ (02-10-2026 - NJ) |
| State of New Jersey v. David Parker |
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Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, second-degree conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. David Parker, 23, of Irvington, his brother Rahman Polen, and two others drove to North Munn Street in East Orange in a stolen sports car, looking for $ (02-10-2026 - NJ) |
| State of New York v. Larry Atkinson |
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New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of murder. LARRY ATKINSON, 67, was accused of strangling 57-year-old Sarah Roberts, who suffered from emphysema, and her 26-year-old daughter Sharon, who was disabled, in their Morningside Heights apartment in February 1994. Additional DNA testing performed in 2022 led to ATKINSON’s arrest in Ja $ (02-11-2026 - NY) |
| United States of America v. Christian Lugo, a/k/a "Coco" |
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New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit racketeering conspiracy and possession of a machine gun. Christian Lugo, a/k/a "Coco" on February 7, 2022, LUGO allowed and encouraged a co-conspirator who worked for him at Certified Auto to shoot at members of a rival tow truck company, which resulted in the death of Gloria Ortiz. In $ (02-11-2026 - NY) |
| United States of America v. Lamar Williams, a/k/a "Black," a/k/a "Little Black," a/k/a "Chase Money Marz" |
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New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketerring conspiracy, racketeering murder, and possession of a machine gun where death occurred. Lamar Williams, a/k/a "Black," a/k/a "Little Black," a/k/a "Chase Money Marz," accused of murdering 28-year-old Rasheed Barton on August 11, 2013, in the Bronx, New York. From at least 2013 to 2022, WILLIAM $ (02-11-2026 - NY) |
| State of Illinois v. Akrystal Woods |
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Wheaton, Illinouis, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with three counts of first-degree murder. Akrystal Woods, 19, accused in connection with the killing of Obaidulla F. Shareef on Feb. 4 in Oak Brook Terrace, Illinois. $ (02-12-2026 - WI) |
| United States of America v. Jalen Teague, a/k/a "Bizzie," "Too Official," Cheleia Council Sanders, a/k/a "Mercedes," and Megan Sternast, a/k/a Megal - E Village" |
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New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with racketeering an murder. Jalen Teague, a/k/a "Bizzie," "Too Official," Cheleia Council Sanders, a/k/a "Mercedes," and Megan Sternast, a/k/a Megal - E Village" with racketeering conspiracy, murder and conspiracy to distribute Gamma-Hydroxybutyric acid (“GHB”), resulting in death. “As alleged, Jal $ (02-11-2026 - NY) |
| State of Utah v. Christiano Antonio Madison |
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Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder and aggravated robbery. Christiano Antonio Madison, age 21, accused robbing and murdering a man of his marijuana. $ (02-10-2026 - UT) |
| Commonwealth of Virginia v. Willie Holmes |
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Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Willie Holmes accused of shooting and killing a woman in a Roanoke Rapids parking lot. $ (02-09-2026 - VA) |
| United States of America v. Nehemiah Kealoha |
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Honolulu, Hawaii, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening to murder and assault a federal law enforcement official. Nehemiah Kealoha, 40, of Waianae, Oahu, approached a Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Task Force Officer who had assisted in executing a federal search warrant at the Waianae residence of an individual who had been placed under arrest for d $ (02-09-2026 - HI) |
| United States of America v. Robert Jordan |
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Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Oct. 1, 2024, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop on a silver Infiniti SUV with no license plates that Robert Jordan, 52, of Stockton, was driving. In the location where the license plates should have been, the SUV instead had a laminated piece of pap $ (02-09-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Juan Gomez, et al. |
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Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyers represented 31 Defendants charged with conspiracy to deploy malware and steal millions of dollars from ATMs in the United States, a crime commonly referred to as “ATM jackpotting.” Fifty-six others have already been charged. Many of the defendants charged in this Homeland Security Task Force operation are Venezuelan and Colombian nationals including ill $ (02-09-2026 - NE) |
| State of Illinois v. Adam Beckerink |
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Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Adam Beckerink accused of killing of his wife, 36-year-old Caitlin Tracey, whose body was discovered at the bottom of a stairwell in their South Loop condominium building in October 2024. $ (02-09-0006 - IL) |
| State of Indiana v.Julius E. Burkes, Jr. |
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Hammond, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Julius E. Burkes Jr., 47, accused for shooting and killing Courtney M. Drysdale. The decedent was opening the bar where she worked when Burkes entered with a gun and demanded money from the cash register before shooting her twice. $ (02-06-2026 - In) |
| State of Indiana v. Gary Gatewood |
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Indianapolis, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with charged with murder. Gary Gatewood, of Indianapolis, accused of shooting and killing a woman during a domestic dispute. When officers arrived, they found a man who believed he had been shot, but it turned out only his clothing had been struck by gunfire. $ (02-06-2026 - IN) |
| United States of America v. Kyle Wagner |
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Detroit, Michigan, Zcriminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with making Federal threats and cyberstalking following alleged murder and assault threats against ICE. Kyle Wagner escalated his opposition to ICE operations, including conspiring and threatening to assault federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis. In January 2026, Wagner repeatedly posted on Facebook and Insta $ (02-06-2026 - MI) |
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