| Janice Steidley, et al. v. John Singer, et al. |
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Claremore, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on defamation and libel theories. Janice Steidley, the former district attorney for District 12 (Craig, Mayes, and Rogers Counties, Oklahoma), and David Iski, a former assistant district attorney in District 12, sued John Singer, an investigator for the Claremore Police Department. Steidley was elec $ (07-31-2023 - OK) |
| United States of America v. James F. Burgman |
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Providence, Rhode Island, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with abusive sexual contact with a minor on an airplane, in violation of 49 u.S.C. 46506 and assault and battery within the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States, in violation of 49 U.S.C. 46506(1), 18 U.S.C. 113(a)(5), and 18 U.S.C. 3238. James F. Brugman, 54, was accused of simple assault involvin $ (10-23-2026 - RI) |
| State of Utah v. Houston Raefat Hararah |
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Farmington, Utah, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with aggravated kidnapping, attempted rape, and three counts of forcible sexual abuse. Houston Raefat Hararah "matched" with a woman (Victim) on a dating app, and the two began messaging each other. Then in a subsequent phone call, the two agreed to meet in person. Hararah picked Victim up from her apartment, after whic $ (10-19-2026 - UT) |
| United States of America v. Paul Greeno |
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Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252, and felony possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922. Paul Allen Greeno, o, 46, was engaging in inappropriate behavior toward children. In June 2022, during the course of the investigation, law enforcement executed a search warrant for M $ (10-16-2026 - AK) |
| The People of the States of California v. Andrew Stuart Luster |
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Ventura, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of sexual assault. Andrew Stuart Luster was accused of drugging and sexually assaulting 86 women. Luster engaged in sadistic sexual abuse of their comatose bodies. Case Background & Sentencing • Conviction: In 2003, Luster was convicted in absentia on 86 felony counts—including rape $ (06-10-2003 - CA) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Christopher Paul Suder |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with indecent exposure, in violation of 1021, which provides: A. Every person who willfully and knowingly either: 1. Lewdly exposes his or her person or genitals in any public place, or in any place where there are present other persons to be offended or annoyed thereby; provided, however, for purposes of this section $ (10-15-2026 - OK) |
| State of Illinois v. Shahid Hussain |
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Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of hate crime, and one count of institutional vandalism, all class 2 felony offenses. On January 30, 2026, surveillance video showed Shahid Hussain, age 43, of Niles, Illinois, enter the Northwestern campus drawing swastikas and other Nazi symbols on numerous signs and other university property. The vi $ (10-17-2026 - IL) |
| The People of the State of California v. Paige Gratn McQuay |
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Auburn, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted lewd and lascivious acts on a minor under 14 and communicating with a minor with the intent commit an unlawful sexual offense. Paige Grant McQuay, a former Fresno police sergeant, age 56, was arrested by the Roseville Police Department in a sting operation that resulted in the arrest of 19 total indivi $ (10-16-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Creighton Mithaugen |
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Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting a minor with the intent to use her sexually, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2423. From April 2024 through February 2026, Creighton Mithaugen, age 38, from Faribault, Minnesota, chatted with what he believed to be a 14 or 15-year-old girl, when in reality he was chatting with an undercover law enforcement $ (10-12-2026 - WI) |
| United States of America v. Juan Carlos Barturen |
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Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production and advertisement of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251. Juan Carlos Barturen, 47, of Loretto, Tennessee, sexually abused a minor victim for a period of almost five years and that Barturen had first raped the victim when she was ten years old. The victim also disclosed that Barturen dem $ (10-09-2026 - IL) |
| United States of America v. Roberto Almeida-Santos |
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Raleigh, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and misuse of visas and other documents, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1546. Roberto Almeida-Santos, age 57, an illegal alien born in Mecisco confessed to knowingly making materially false statements under penalty of perjury on his application to obtain a U-Visa when he submitted it to U.S. Citizenship an $ (09-23-2026 - NC) |
| United States of America v. Gleybar Josue Ramirez-Clemente |
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Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251, coercion and enticement, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2422, and possession of child pornography, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252. Gleyber Josue Ramirez-Clemente, age 21, of Frederick, Maryland, sexually exploited a minor victim, who was 15 and 16 years old a $ (10-06-2026 - OK) |
| Jane Doe v. Jennifer "Jo" Cobb |
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Lexington, North Carolina, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an alienation of affections of theory. Jane Doe, the wife on a man who had an affair with Jennifer "Jo" Cobb, age 53, deliberately seduced, enticed, and alienated the affections" of her husband for several months, leading up to the couple's separation in January 2021. Alienation of affection is a civil lawsuit in $ (10-01-2026 - NC) |
| United States of America v. Ryan John Capps |
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Muskogee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercion and Enticement, one count of Sexual Exploitation of a Child/Use of a Child to Produce a Visual Depiction, and one count of Sexual Abuse of a Minor in Indian Country. Reported by: Kent Morlan In the autumn of 2022, while em $ (10-25-2024 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Landon Blair Morris |
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Claremore, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stalking, in violation of 21 O.S. 1173, which provides: A. Any person who willfully, maliciously, and repeatedly follows or harasses another person in a manner that: 1. Would cause a reasonable person or a member of the immediate family of that person as defined in subsection F of this section to feel frighten $ (04-08-2026 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Sarah Chanel Johnson |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant on a motion to revoke deferred sentence on exploitation of vulnerable adult charge in violation of 21 O.S. 843.4, which provides: A. As used in this section, "exploitation of an elderly person or disabled adult" means: 1. Knowingly, by deception or intimidation, obtaining or using, or endeavoring to obtain or use, an elderly $ (09-25-0005 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Michael Neil Miller |
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Okmulgee, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with domestic abuse with prior pattern of physical abuse. Oklahoma defines domestic abuse under Title 21 of the Oklahoma Statutes, Section 644 as any act of physical harm, assault, battery, stalking, or harassment committed against a family or household member, current or former intimate partner, dating partner, or co $ (06-24-2026 - OK) |
| State of New York v. Harvey Weinstein |
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New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Harvey Weinstein who was re-tried after his previous conviction for sexual assault was reversed. Harvey Weinstein was accused of sexually assaulting one-time TV production assistant Miriam Haley. $ (09-25-2026 - NY) |
| United States of America v. Justin Duffer |
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Providence, Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted sex trafficking of a child in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1591 and 1594. Justin Duffer, age 36, responded to an online advertisement and communicated with an undercover law enforcement officer posing as an intermediary. During these communications, Duffer agreed to pay for a commercial sex act involvin $ (09-22-2026 - RI) |
| United States of America v. Russell Biathrow |
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Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with to production of a morphed image of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). , in or about March 2025, Biathrow produced an image of an identifiable minor by cropping a hardcopy image that depicted a prepubescent girl engaging in a sex act. The image was printed on laminated paper and the reverse side of the paper c $ (09-22-2026 - VT) |
| United States of America v. Markelle Jaquan Cox |
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Montgomery, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with deprivation of rights under color of law in violation of 18 USC 2244(a)(2) and obstruction of justice in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1512. Markelle Jaquan Cox, 32, a former Montgomery, Alabama police officer arrested a shoplifter and engaged in unlawful and abusive sexual contact, including touching intimate areas of $ (09-21-2026 - Al) |
| United States of America v. Calvin Johnson |
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Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Calvin Johnson charged with forcing and coercing minors to commit sexual acts with adults in exchange for money. Calvin Johnson, 31, of Kansas City, Missouri, was found guilty on: • two counts of sex trafficking accomplished by force, fraud, or coercion, • two counts of sex trafficking of a child; and • two count $ (09-18-2026 - KS) |
| State of Oklahoma v. Kip Antonio Smith |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represents Defendant Kip Antonio Smith charged with lewd molestation and possession or manufacturing of child sexual abuse material. Smith is accused of coercing a 15-year-old girl into performing sexual acts and sending him sexual images of herself. $ (09-20-2026 - OK) |
| State of Oklahoma v. J.A.C. |
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Sapulpa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a crime against nature - Beastiality in violation of 21 O.S.C. 886. The text of 21 O.S. § 886 states:"Every person who is guilty of the detestable and abominable crime against nature, committed with mankind or with a beast, is guilty of a Class B4 felony offense..."Under the companion statute, 21 O.S. § 887, the $ (10-09-2025 - OK) |
| Sate of Montana v. Robert Lee Morrissey, Jr. |
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Billings, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of felony sexual assault. Robert Lee Morrissey Jr., born in 1963, lived in several places before turning 18, including Laurel, Montana. After high school, he joined the military and left Montana. At that time, he and his sister, R.M., had become estranged. However, the siblings reunited in 2009, after $ (09-18-2026 - MT) |
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