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Jennifer Votaw v. State Farm Fire and Casulty Company

Mobile, Alabama insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach on insurance contract theory. AI Overview Alabama's bad faith insurance law allows policyholders to sue insurers who unreasonably deny or delay valid claims, requiring a contract breach and no "reasonably debatable" reason for denial, opening insurers to damages beyond policy limits, including punit

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State of Oklahoma v. Russell Gene Stiles

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first degree robbery and murder in the first degree. Russell Gene Stiles, appellant, was convicted of First Degree Robbery and Murder in the First Degree, in the District Court of Tulsa County, Case No. CRF-85-3251, sentenced to two hundred (200) years imprisonment and the death penalty, respectively, and appeals. T

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State of Oklahoma v. Kenneth Ray Kinchion

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon and ; First Degree Murder; Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon and Felonious Possession of a Firearm. ¶1 Appellant Kenneth Ray Kinchion was tried by jury and found guilty of Conspiracy to Commit a Felony, Robbery with a Dangerous Weapon (Counts 1 a

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United States of America v. Xin Mian Pan (a/k/a “Henry Pan”), Hua Liang Xie (a/k/a “Nolan Xie”), Jinhua Wang (a/k/a “Johnson Wang”), Uni-Tile & Marble, Inc., Uni-Stone & Cabinet, Inc., and Shenzhen Top & Profit International Forwarding Co. Ltd.

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with evading more than $109 million in anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties, and other duties imposed on quartz surface products, wooden cabinets and vanities, and ceramic tiles manufactured in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and imported into the United States. Xin Mian Pan, 63, of San Francis

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United States of America v. Michael W. Honaker

Akron, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and Theft of Government Property. Michael W. Honaker, 55, of Windham, Ohio, was sentenced to 31 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David A. Ruiz, after he pleaded guilty in December 2024 to wire fraud and theft of government property. He was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay

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United States of America v. Michael W. Honaker

Akron, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and theft of government property. Michael W. Honaker, 55, of Windham, Ohio, was sentenced to 31 months in prison by U.S. District Judge David A. Ruiz, after he pleaded guilty in December 2024 to wire fraud and theft of government property. He was also ordered to serve three years of supervised release and pay

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United States of America v. James B. Comey, Jr.

Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements within the jurisdication of the legislative branch of the United States Government. 18 U.S.C. § 1001 is the federal statute making it a crime to knowingly and willfully make false statements, conceal material facts, or use false documents in matters within the jurisdiction of the U.S. g

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United States of America v. Elga Eugene Harper

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Kidnapping in Indian Country; Aggravated Sexual Abuse by Force and Threat in Indian Country; Assault with a Dangerous Weapon with Intent to do Bodily Harm in Indian Country; and Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury in Indian Country. In May 2022, Elga Eugene Harper, age 43, showed up at Ellen Finlay's (Ellie)

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United States of America v. Hector Ariel Ortiz-Guillen

Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a fraudulent immigration document in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1546(a). Hector Ariel Ortiz-Guillen, 26, was charged with one count of knowingly possessing a fraudulent or forged Permanent Resident card. According to the charging documents and other publicly filed documents in the case, U.S. Borde

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United States of America v. Joseph Campbell and John Duncan

Kansas City, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding the Small Business Administration (SBA) by submitting false information on applications for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. Joseph Campbell, 61, of Olathe and John Duncan, 65, of Topeka are both charged with one count of wire fraud conspirac

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United States of America v. Hannah Dugan

Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings before a department or agency. Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee state judge was accused of helping a man avoid arrest by ICE. Under 18 U.S.C. § 1071, the government must establish the following four essential elements: (1) a federal warrant has been i

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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. Jason L. Hemingway

Springfield, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining $316,062 in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act and for laundering over $35,000 of PPP funds. Jason L. Hemingway, 47, was charged with two counts each of bank fraud and making a false statement on a loan applicatio

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Hixcox Dedicated Corporate Member, Ltd. v. Susan E. Taylor

Hot Springs, Arkansas, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff in an insurance coverage dispute case. Susan Taylor made one or more material misrepresentations in applying for property insurance covering her home in Hot Springs, Arkansas, and violated the policy’s “Concealment or Fraud” coverage condition. Therefore, the court held, the insurer properly declared the pol

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United States of America v. Stephen H. Keith

Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with perpetrating a wire fraud and identity theft scheme starting as early as August 2020 and continuing to August 2024. Stephen H. Keith, age 35, of East Peoria, Illinois ran a company called DeviceLyfe that was never registered with the State of Illinois. According to the indictment, Keith used that purported company

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United States of America v. Timothy Michael Dever, a timothy-michael: de vere, a/k/a Timothy Michael Deaver

Asheville, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiding and abetting interstate threatening communication, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2, 875(c). To establish a violation of § 875(c), the government must prove “(1) the defendant knowingly communicate[d] a statement in interstate commerce that (2) contain[ed] a ‘true threat’ that is not prote

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United States of America v. Adrien Cole

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking.

In 2014, Cole was sentenced to 120 months' imprisonment and 10 years of supervised release following his conviction for sex-trafficking in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1591(a)(1), (b)(2) (the sex-trafficking case). His term of supervised release started in 2021. During that period, Cole f

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United States of America v. James A. Cohen

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accepting payments in exchange for falsely representing that a registered sex of- fender lived at his address. After he was charged for making that representation to United States marshals, Cohen pleaded guilty to knowingly and willfully making a materially false statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the U

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Stephen Lee Allen v. District Court

Bartlesville, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder in the first-degree.

¶1 The Petitioner has filed a Petition for Writ of Mandamus requesting that this Court direct the District Court of Washington County to grant Petitioner's discovery requests in Case No. CRF-90-239. Petitioner appeals from an order by the District Court denying in part and gr

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State of Texas v. Joe Daryl

Corsicana, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of cargo in violation of Texas Penal Code § 31.18.

On January 25, 2017, Appellant entered the premises of Corsicana Bedding in
Navarro County. He backed his semi-truck up to a trailer containing mattresses that had
been manufactured at the bedding facility. The trailer containing the mattr

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Dimitrius Bashir Campbell

Allentown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted homicide and conspiracy to do the same.

On December 29, 2023, members of the Allentown Police Department were around the area of the Sportsmen's Bar for an investigation in an unrelated case when they heard shots fired. They pursued a fleeing individual, later identified as Appellant. Once of

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United States of America v. David Dupree

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).

In 2009, after a jury trial in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Pennsylvania, Dupree was convicted of armed bank robbery, use of a firearm during a crime of violence, and conspiracy to commit robbery. The District Court

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Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. Quader Moore

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and possession of a firearm.

Quader Moore, age 20, was charged with murder for killing Tianna Wells in 2021.

On the morning of Wednesday, June 16, 2021, Philadelphia police officers responded to a Missing Persons Report at a rooming house on the 2600 block of N. 17th St

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Jane Doe v. Concord Police Department, et al.

Concord, New Hampshire, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking an order requiring that her name be removed from the Exculpatory Evidence Schedule (EES). See RSA 105:13-d (2023).

I. Facts

[¶2] The following facts are taken from the trial court's summary judgment order or are otherwise established by the record. In 2013, a Concord police officer discovered that

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State of Florida v. Silva Sampson

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with manslaughter.

Silas Sampson, age 22, is accused for killing four people and injuring thirteen when his car crashed into a LGBTQ bar will eluding police officers.

Police offices unsuccessfully used PIT in an effort to stop Sampson.

"At this time, there is no evidence to indicate that Sampson's a

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