Pharmacy Law
 
United States of America v. Eric Hill

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,

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United States of America v. Hassan Barnes

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

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United States of America v. Brett Sabado

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 res

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United States of America v. Jason Metz

New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distributing heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and crack.

In May 2020, the DEA New Haven Task Force and Waterbury Police Department began an investigation into a drug trafficking organization that was distributing large amounts of heroin, cocaine and crack in the Waterbury area, and was believed to be headed by Zach

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United States of America v. Joe David "Jay" May

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with engaging in a multi-million-dollar kickback conspiracy.

Dr. Joe David "Jay" May, age 41, got involved in a multi-million-dollar kickback conspiracy.

"Dr. May used his signature as a rubber stamp to help his friends rake in millions of dollars in kickbacks from fraudulent prescriptions,” said Jo

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United States of America v. Peter Bolos, Michael Palso, Andrew Assad, Scott Roix, Larry Smith, Mihir Taneja, Arun Kapoor and Maikel Bolos

Greenville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme.

Peter Bolos and his co-conspirators, Michael Palso, Andrew Assad, Scott Roix, Larry Smith, Mihir Taneja, Arun Kapoor and Maikel Bolos, as well as various companies owned or controlled by some of these individuals, deceived pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), suc

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Kari Nicole Quebe Hawk v. Pamela Louise Wallace

Fort Worth, Texas - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant with petitioning for a bill of review to challenge the annulment of the marriage.



As alleged in Hawk's petition for bill of review, Wallace and King were married
in Harris County, Texas, in 1985. At some point later, Wallace began resid

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United States of America v. Brad Duke

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to pay illegal healthcare kickbacks.

Brad Duke, age 47, of Little Rock, defraud the United States of America out of $1.055 million.

Duke promoted prescription pain creams, scar creams, and supplements for a Mississippi-based compounding pharmacy, earning a share of whatever the pharmacy wa

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United States of America v. Carmita Coleman

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud.

While serving as the volunteer Executive Director of the student association, CARMITA COLEMAN withdrew cash and issued checks from the group's bank accounts for her personal benefit. She ultimately stole $650,000. Coleman used debit cards linked to the organization's accounts to make various personal

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MARY ANN CHOINA VERSUS ARCHBALD MELCHER, M.D. AND EAST JEFFERSON NEUROLOGICAL ASSOCIATES

Gretna, LA- Medical Malpractice lawyer represented plaintiff with a malpractice suit concerning medical care.



On June 20, 2016, Mary Ann Choina filed a medical malpractice complaint
with the Louisiana Division of Administration, alleging malpractice by Jefferson
Parish Hospital Distric

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OLIVER RABON VERSUS JAMES SMITHKORS, ET AL.

Lake Charles, LA - Personal Injury lawyer represented Plaintiff with an appeal that arose out of a motor vehicle accident.



On that date, at around 10:30 a.m., Plaintiff, Oliver
Rabon, was driving his Chevrolet Tahoe eastbound on Southpark Drive in
Lafayette Parish. Defendant, James Smi

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United States of America v. Mitchell "Chad" Barrett

Hattiesburg, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in monetary transactions with criminally derived property.

Mitchell "Chad” Barrett, 55, now of Gulf Breeze, Florida, and formerly of Mississippi, participated in a scheme to defraud TRICARE and other health care benefit programs by distributing medically unnecessary compounded me

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United States of America v. Johnathon Yates Boyd III and Bryan Fred Woodson

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to pay kickbacks.

Johnathon Yates Boyd III, 50, of Katy, Texas, and Bryan Fred Woodson, 61, of Beach City, Texas, conspired to pay kickbacks to physicians for writing and referring expensive compounded drugs prescritpions to OK Compounding.

It is illegal to pay or receive "kickbacks” in c

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United States of America v. CVS Pharmacy, Inc.

Providence, Rhode Island civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an Americans With Disabilities Act violation theory.

The Justice Department and the U.S. Attorney's Office for the District of Rhode Island today announced a settlement agreement with CVS Pharmacy Inc., under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) that will eliminate barriers preventing people wi

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United States of America v. Matthew Camera

Erie, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with obtaining drugs by fraud.

From January 2017 to June 2020, while Matthew Camera, age 51, was employed as the Pharmacy Chief at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Erie, he unlawfully obtained multiple dosage units of Hydrocodone and Oxycodone from pill bottles awaiting delivery to Veterans Affairs patients.

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Juliette Gallant v. Michael J. Gallant

Fort Worth, TX - Malicious Prosecution lawyer represented Appellants with appealing the trial court's judgment granting a motion to dismiss.



IVu and Tran were partners in businesses that included Remco Pharmacy, Inc.
(Remco), Pharmaceutical Development Group LLC d/b/a RX-Direct Home Delivery

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Patrick Diontrey Dorsey v. State of Indiana

Indianapolis, IN - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a motion for mistrial.



On November 4, 2019, at approximately 10:00 a.m., Dorsey robbed a CVS
pharmacy in Dyer, Indiana, while armed with a handgun. While CVS
employee Jonah Kamp worked at the cash register, Dorsey appro

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Hefler v. Remke Markets, Inc.

Cincinnati, Ohio - Personal Injury lawyer represented Plaintiff-Appellant with a negligence claim.



Hefler testified in her deposition that she and her fiancé, George
Gibson, went to Remke in May 2018 to shop for food. She recalled it was not raining
that day and that it had been warm eno

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United States of America v. Dr. Mark Stephen Wilson

Tulsa, Oklahoma civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant accused of accepting illegal kickback payments.

Dr. Mark Stephen Wilson was accused for violating the False Claims Act allegedly accepting illegal kickback payments from Brookhaven Specialty Pharmacy LLC.

Wilson is an orthopedic surgeon in Tulsa and Oklahoma City and focuses on pain management and rehabilitation.

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United States of America v. Robert Rodriguez

Wilmington, Delaware criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with selling controlled substances in violation of 18 U.S.C. §841

Rodriguez, age 58, was indicted for possession with intent to distribute fentanyl and possession of a firearm.

On August 10, 2020, FBI conducted a search of the defendant's apartment in the 1300 block of W. 4th Street, Wilmington, Dela

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John Doe v. Jane Doe

Jackson, MS - Divorce lawyer represented appellant with appealing the divorce decree.



In 2003, John, who worked at Prudential Financials, met Jane, who was an
entertainment manager for a casino and a part-time bartender. Theywere members of a band
in which he played bass, and she sang. They m

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United States of America v. Aspirar Pharmacy, LLC and Aspirar Pharmacy of Durham, LLC

Durham, North Carolina civil trial lawyers represented Aspirar Pharmacy, LLC and Aspirar Pharmacy of Durham, LLC, located in Cary and Durham, respectively, who were accused of violating the Controlled Substances Act from 2017-2018 by filling prescriptions for a physician who lacked a valid state license.

The allegations involved physician Sharon Halliday, who obtained a faculty limited li

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Kari Nicole Quebe Hawk v. Pamela Louise Wallace

Fort Worth, Texas - Annulment lawyer represented Appellant with raising three issues challenging the trial court's grant of the plea to the jurisdiction.



As alleged in Hawk's petition for bill of review, Wallace and King were married
in Harris County, Texas, in 1985. At some point later, Wallace

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United States of America v. Rao Desu

Philadelphia, PA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with a tax fraud charge.



For several years, Desu co-owned Heights Pharmacy
with Darshna Desai. Desai managed the pharmacy's operations. Each day, Desai would collect the pharmacy's cash earnings and deposit only a small portion o

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United States of America v. Jean Carlos Torres-Correa

Boston, MA - Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant with interfering with commerce by threats or violence, and using, carrying, or possessing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence charges.



At approximately 4:00 a.m. on January 13, 2017, three
masked assailants -- later i

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