Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally distributing controlled substances.

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Kellispell, Montana criminal law lawyer represented Defendant, charged with robbery, aggravated kidnapping and criminal possession of dangerous drugs.

Grant Alan West, age 38, of Columbia Falls, Montana was of using a firearm to stage a holdup on Apirl 13, 2022. He walked into a pharmacy located on Ninth Street in Kallispell with a gun and demand Percocet. Defendant forced the employees

Brooklyn, New York criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering and filing fraudulent claims to Medicare and then laundering the money.

rkadiy Khaimov, 39, and Peter Khaim, 42, engaged in a complex money laundering conspiracy to launder the proceeds of a fraudulent health care scheme involving over a dozen New York-area pharmacies that they

Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine.

Robert Wood, of Morgantown, West Virginia was charged in March 2022 with one count Assistant U.S. Attorneys Zelda E. Wesley and Sarah E. Wagner prosecuted the case on behalf of the government. The FBI's Northern West Virginia Drug Task Force in partnershi

Burlington, Vermont criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with knowingly acquiring and possessing hydromorphone tablets and solutions by fraud and deception in violation of 21 U.S.C. 842(a)(3).

While employed as a pharmacy manager of the CVS located in Berlin, Vermont, Brian Thomas Badgley, age 37, of Waterbury, Vermont, tampered with a bottle of Hydromorphone oral solution by

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with for writing and referring compounded drug prescriptions in return for illegal kickback payments.

Jeffry May Keepers, age 69, from Kingwood, Texas, admitted that OK Compounding solicited him to write prescriptions for his patients that would be filled by the pharmacy. OK Compounding was a pharmacy controlled by Christop

Los Angeles, California criminal law lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349, conspiracy to engage in the unlicensed wholesale distribution of prescription drugs in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371, and conspiracy to pay and received health care kickbacks in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371.

Irina Sadovsky, 53, of Calabasas,

Charleston, West Virginia criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding and abetting obtaining a controlled substance by fraud.

Four of the physicians each pleaded guilty to a felony count of aiding and abetting obtaining a controlled substance by fraud: William Earley, D.O, 66, of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Brian Gullett, D.O., 45, of Clarksville, Pennsylvania; Rosw

Nashville, Tennessee criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery and felony use of a firearm to commit a crime.

David Powell, aka Dawud Powell, 31, was initially arrested on a criminal complaint on August 25, 2020, and charged with the August 19th robbery of the Walgreens Pharmacy on Nolensville Pike, in which he brandished a handgun and demanded that the pharmacist g

San Diego, California criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.

Laubbacher admitted to robbing a CVS pharmacy, a Bath & Body Works and numerous grocery stores between January 22, 2021, and February 5, 2021. All the robberies were committed in a similar manner: He entered the store, selected items for purchase, approached the register and demanded money from the cas

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil litigation lawyers represented party accused of illegally dispensing opioids.

Philadelphia-based Spivack, Inc., previously operating under the name Verree Pharmacy, and owner-pharmacist Mitchell Spivack, agreed to pay over $4 million to resolve allegations that they engaged in a years-long practice of illegally dispensing opioids and other controlled subst

Minneapolis, Minnesota civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on breach of contract theories.



Plaintiffs William and Karla Salier brought this action against defendants Walmart, Inc. (“Walmart�), and Hy-Vee, Inc. (“Hy-Vee�). The Saliers have asserted various tort claims related to Walmart's and Hy-Vee's refusals to fill the Saliers' prescrip

Miami, Florida criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud.

Matthew Smith, 58, of Boca Raton, Florida, pleaded guilty on January 24, 2022, to one count of conspiracy to commit health care fraud. His executive assistant, Alisa Catoggio, 41, also of Boca Raton, Florida, pleaded guilty on May 17, 2022, to one count of conspiring to pay healthcare kickbacks. In connection with

Columbus, Ohio criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing opioids.

Thomas Romano, 72, of Wheeling, West Virginia, owned and operated a self-named pain management clinic where his clients traveled hundreds of miles to obtain prescriptions for opioids and other controlled substances. For his opioid and other controlled substance prescriptions, Romano only accepted cashâ

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally dispensing controlled drugs.

Philadelphia-based Spivack, Inc., previously operating under the name Verree Pharmacy, and owner-pharmacist Mitchell Spivack, to resolve allegations that they engaged in a years-long practice of illegally dispensing opioids and other controlled substances, and systemati

The opioid epidemic has plagued San Francisco for over twenty years. The number of individuals who die annually from opioid overdoses continues to climb. Thousands of city residents, from all walks of life, struggle with addiction. Widespread opioid use has strained the city's hospitals. It has forced streets, parks, and public spaces to close. It has exacerbated crime and homelessness. Every

Youngstown, Ohio criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with distribution of controlled substances resulting in death.

Martin Escobar, 58, a former Mahoning County physician, pleaded guilty to 54 counts of illegally prescribing controlled substances—including two counts of distributing controlled substances that caused the deaths of two patients and one count of distributing

Atkin, Minnesota civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant for refusing to fill an emergency contraception prescription because of beliefs that women should not be given such medicines.

Plaintiff was forced to drive nearly 100 miles to another pharmacy to obtain the morning after pill after having several pharmacies reject her requests that they fill the script.

Cleveland, Ohio criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with prescribing controlled substances—including two counts of distributing controlled substances that caused the deaths of two patients and one count of distributing a controlled substance to a person under the age of 21—and 31 counts of health care fraud.

Martin Escobar, age 58, a former Mahoning County physician, rep

Boston, Massachusetts civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused of submitting fraudulent claims to Medicare for Evzio, a high-priced drug used in rapid reversal of opioid overdoses.

According to Solera’s admissions in the criminal and civil agreements, the pharmacy dispensed Evzio from January 2017 to May 2018. During that time, Evzio was the highest-priced version of nalo

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendants charged with with health care fraud.

Asheboro, North Carolina based Asheboro Drug Company, Isaac F. Brady, III and Isaac F. Brady, IV were accused of dispensing controlled substances, including opioids, without taking specific steps to help ensure the drugs will not be abused or diverted.

The parties entered i

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with robbery affecting interstate commerce.


On November 21, 2018, two armed men wearing masks and hoods absconded with over 1,000 prescription pills, including oxycodone and hydrocodone, from a Walgreens pharmacy in San Francisco. Dkt. No. 93-1 ¶ 22-23 (cell phone warrant affidavit). On December 6, 2018,

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with unlawfully dispensing opioids and other controlled substances.

Hassan Barnes, 56, a pharmacist formerly of Missouri City, was indicted for unlawfully dispensing opioids and other controlled substances. Clint Carr, 33, a pharmacy owner formerly of Cypress, was sentenced to 20 years in prison on June 24 and ordered to

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.

Brett Sabado has been sentenced for his role in a scheme to defraud Tricare and Medicare by submitting fraudulent claims for compound medications and durable medical equipment (DME). Sabado also agreed to pay $950,000 as part of an “ability to pay� civil settlement in order to resol