Connecticut Fair Debt Collection Practices Act Law
<h2> <center> Shawna Zito-Hannan v. Electric Boat Corporation </h2> </center>
New London, Connecticut workers' compensation lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking compensation for the death of her deceased husband. Shawna Zito-Hannan, the surviving spouse of the deceased employee, Michael Joseph Hannan (decedent), who was employed by the defendant, Electric Boat Corporation and sought benefits pursuant to the Workers' Compensation Act (act), General Statutes § 31-275 ... More...
$ (09-01-2026 - CT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tulio Nunez </h2> </center>
New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing mail. By Kent Morlan On October 2, 2023, Tulio Nunez, age 25, of the Bronx, New York, drove to Campbell Avenue in West Haven and parked in front of a postal collection box. Nunez’s associate then exited the vehicle, opened the service door of the collection box using a counterfeit postal arrow... More...
$ (05-12-2026 - CT)<H2> United States of America v. Victoria Kates
New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud involving unemployment insurance and wire faud regarding PPP loan. From March 2020 through May 2021, Victoria Kates, age 35, of New Britain, defrauded the CT-DOL of $217,056 by filing fraudulent unemployment applications with the CT-DOL on behalf of her family, acquaintances, and others. Kates prepared... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - CT)Nathaniel Silva, et al. v. Schmidt Baking Distribution, LLC, et al.
New Haven, Connecticut employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wage and hour act violation theory. Two commercial truck drivers worked for a baked goods company as W-2 employees through a staffing agency. As a condition of continued work, the company required them to create corporations and execute distributor agreements in their capacities as presidents of the new ... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - CT)<H2> United States of America v. Vincenzo Minutolo
New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds. Nn March 2020, Congress passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which provided emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering the economic effects caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. One source of relief provided by the CARES A... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - ct)<H2> United States of America v. Emmanuel Gonzalez
New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.<br> <br> Google A.I.:<br> <br> Federal conspiracy to distribute controlled substances is a serious criminal charge under<br> 21 U.S.C. § 846 that targets an agreement between two or more individuals to violate federal drug laws, such as manufacturing or distributing illegal dru... More...
$0 (11-10-2025 - CT)<H2> Wilbert Rivera v. Manufacturers and Traders Trust Company doing business as M&T Bank Corporation
New Haven, Connecticut, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a <br> Family & Medical Leave Act violation theory.<br> <br> Google A.I.:<br> <br> The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law that offers eligible employees up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave annually for certain family and medical situations, along with continued group health benefits. The FMLA app... More...
$1 (11-10-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Genco Lab, Llc, Paul Conroy, Tricia Conroy, Charles Orefice </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with False Claims Act Allegations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Connecticut Lab, its Owners and Officers, to Pay More Than $1.2 Million to Settle False Claims Act Allegations</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></cent... More...
$0 (08-13-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Armand Ntchana </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the federal and state False Claims Acts </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> APRN and Medical Practice to Pay Over $600k and Cease Connecticut Medicaid Participation to Settle False Claims Act Allegations</h2></center></b></b></cente... More...
$0 (08-06-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Julius Jordan Priester </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting Flight Attendant </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Kansas Resident Charged with Assaulting Flight Attendant on Flight from Bradley International Airport </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> David X. Sulliv... More...
$0 (05-28-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. National Water Main Cleaning Company </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Clean Water Act Violations that Caused Fish Kill </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Jersey Company Sentenced for Clean Water Act Violations that Causing Fish Kill in Cheshire, Will Pay $1 Million </h2></center></b></b> </h2></ce... More...
$0 (03-04-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Lonny Cross </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Bridgeport, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violent Robbery Spree </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bristol Man Sentenced to More Than 15 Years in Federal Prison for Violent Robbery Spree in 2022</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Marc H. Silverman, Acting Unit... More...
$0 (03-05-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Andy Marte aka “AD†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Bridgeport Man Sentenced to 51 Months in Prison for Drug Robbery Attempt</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Marc H. Silverman, Acting United States Attorney for the Distri... More...
$0 (02-19-2025 - CT)State of Connecticut v. Karin Ziolkowski
New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Following a trial, the jury found the defendant, Karin Ziolkowski, guilty of murder in violation of General Statutes § 53a-54a (a) and arson in the second degree in violation of General Statutes § 53a-112 (a) (1) (B). For those crimes, the trial court sentenced the defendant to for... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Jalen Lasalle </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Hartford, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with for committing a series of gunpoint robberies targeting individual sellers of luxury goods over online marketplaces. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hartford Man Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Victims Who Advertised Goods o... More...
$0 (01-23-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. National Water Main Cleaning Company </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Concord, New Hampshire defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Chinese Nationals Plead Guilty in Fraudulent Gift Card Conspiracy Involving the Purchase and Export of Apple Products to China </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <b... More...
$0 (01-18-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. John Villegas a/k/a “Kirby†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Robbing Victims Who Advertised Goods on Internet Marketplaces </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Hartford Man Sentenced to 13 Years in Federal Prison for Robbing Victims Who Advertised Goods on Internet Marketplaces </h2></center></b></b... More...
$0 (01-08-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Naimetulla Ahmed Syed, M.D. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with False Claims Act and Controlled Substances Act Allegations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Haven Psychiatrist to Pay More Than $450K to Settle False Claims Act and Controlled Substances Act Allegations</h2></center></b></b> </h... More...
$0 (01-02-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Naimetulla Ahmed Syed, MD. </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with False Claims Act and Controlled Substances Act Allegations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Haven Psychiatrist to Pay More Than $450K to Settle False Claims Act and Controlled Substances Act Allegations </h2></center></b></b> <... More...
$0 (01-02-2025 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Jaquet Jacobs </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> New Haven Man Sentenced to 3 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Drug Trafficking Ring</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> JAQUET JACOBS, also known as "Fifty,â€... More...
$0 (11-20-2024 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Stanislav Romanyuk </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Scheme to Export Dual-Use High Precision Jig Grinder to Russia </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Ukrainian National Involved in Scheme to Export Dual-Use High Precision Jig Grinder to Russia Sentenced to Prison</h2></center></b></b> ... More...
$0 (11-13-2024 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Michelle Ann Gilson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, CT criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Tax Offense </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Guilford Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Tax Offense</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut, announ... More...
$0 (10-09-2024 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Eskavail Gordon a/k/a “Vail†</h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Gun Trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Stratford Man Sentenced to 4 Years in Federal Prison for Gun Trafficking Offense</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney f... More...
$0 (10-11-2024 - CT)Julie A. Su v. Kogi Sarang, Inc., d/b/a Love Meat Korean BBQ
<h2><br> New Haven, Connecticut Fair Labor Standards Act violation lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> Kogi Sarang, Inc. claims to be Connecticut's Own AYCE Korean BBQ Restaurant. Love Meat is a Korean BBQ Restaurant in the Heart of Stamford<br> <P><br> The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) protects workers from exploitation and ensures they are paid fairly for their work. Some common vi... More...
$0 (10-11-2024 - CT)K'waun Cole v. Correction Office Yu, et al.
<h2><br> Plaintiff, K'waun Cole, currently confined at Corrigan-Radgowski<br> Correctional Center ("Corriganâ€) in Uncasville, Connecticut, has filed a complaint<br> pro se under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Plaintiff names three defendants, Warden Robert<br> Martin and Correctional Officers Yu and Stone. He seeks damages for the<br> defendants' deliberate indifference to his safety.<br> The Prison L... More...
$0 (10-11-2024 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Michalle Ann Gilaon </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Tax Offense </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Guilford Business Owner Sentenced to Prison for Tax Offense</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Vanessa Roberts Avery, United States Attorney for the District of Connecticut... More...
$0 (10-09-2024 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Anthony Englehardt </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Possessing Sawed-Off Shotguns and Silencers </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Southbury Man Sentenced to 5 Years in Federal Prison for Illegally Possessing Sawed-Off Shotguns and Silencers</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cen... More...
$0 (08-23-2024 - CT)Viky Sarai Flores Benitez v. Miller, et al. </center
<h2><br> New Haven, Connecticut prisoner civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs.<br> </h2><br> <br> "The lawsuit alleges that the defendants' forcible separation of the child plaintiffs from their parents, in an effort to coerce them to forfeit their right to seek asylum and to deter other asylum-seekers, constituted torture and inhumane treatment under the Alien Tort Statute. The suit ad... More...
$0 (08-21-2024 - CT)Tamara Dorfman v. Liberty Mutual Fire Insurance Company </center
<h2><br> Hartford, Connecticut insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> In 2014, the plaintiff sustained serious bodily injuries when her motor vehicle collided with a vehicle operated by Joscelyn M. Smith, who failed to stop his vehicle at a stop sign. At the time of the collision, the plaintiff had a motor vehicle insurance policy with the defendant, which contained a ... More...
$0 (08-20-2024 - CT)Kathryn A. Briggs v. David L. Briggs
Stamford- Norwalk, Connecticut family law lawyer represented the Plaintiff and Defendant in a divorce.<br> <br> <br> The parties were married in 2007 and have four minor children born issue of the marriage. The plaintiff commenced this action for dissolution on June 3, 2020.<br> <br> By way of a memorandum of decision filed on November 9, 2022, following a trial at which both parties and ... More...
$0 (08-20-2024 - CT)Latoya Watts v. Social Security Administration </center
<h2><br> New Haven, Connecticut SSID Title XVI SSID benefit lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> Title XVI (Supplemental Security Income For The Aged, Blind, and Disabled) of the Social Security Act, as amended, established a national program, effective January 1, 1974, for the purpose of providing supplemental security income to individuals who have attained age 65 or are blind or... More...
$0 (08-15-2024 - CT)R.R. et al. v. Greenwich Board of Education
<h2><br> New Haven, Connecticut civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued on an Education: Handicapped Child Act violation undeer 20 U.S.C. 1401.<br> </h2><br> <br> Amendments to the Education of the Handicapped Act to improve educational services in local public schools for children with mental, physical, emotional, and learning handicaps require that free appropriate public educa... More...
$0 (07-08-2024 - CT)<h1> Michael Porter a/k/a Michael Antonio Porter v. State of Mississippi </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with moving for judgment notwithstanding the verdict (JNOV) or, in the alternative, a new trial </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The trial court sentenced Moates to life imprisonment and a $1... More...
$0 (06-12-2024 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. Natasha Garcia </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Hartford, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Role in Kidnapping and Murder .</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center><i></b> Massachusetts Woman Sentenced to 11 Years in Federal Prison for Role in Kidnapping and Murder </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Nataha Garcia, 29, formerly of Chicopee,... More...
$0 (04-05-2024 - CT)<h1> United States of America v. JOHN MATAVA </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 Relief Funds.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Coventry Man Sentenced to 2 Years in Prison for Fraudulently Obtaining COVID-19 Relief Funds </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Vanessa Roberts A... More...
$0 (03-29-2024 - CT)Emil Jay Greenberg v. AIG Property Casualty Company
New Haven, Connecticut insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of contract theory.<br> <br> If an insured believes that his insurance company acted in bad faith, he can file a complaint with the Insurance Department. He can also file a civil lawsuit alleging a breach of the implied duty of good faith and fair dealing or tortious bad faith.<br> <br> If a court ... More...
$1 (01-31-2024 - CT)United States of America v. Michael Castillero, a/k/a Michael Alejandro, Francine Lanaia, and Brian Martinsen
New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers representing the Defendants charged with onspiracy, securities fraud, wire fraud, and investment adviser fraud in connection with their management of StraightPath Venture Partners LLC ("SPVPâ€), StraightPath Management LLC, and nine related StraightPath Funds. They were also charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice and obstruction of justice... More...
$0 (11-29-2023 - CT)Clifford Perkins v. Greater Bridgeport Transit Authority
New Haven, Connecticut civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a job discrmination theory.<br> <br> "Job discrimination civil rights law is the body of law that protects employees and job applicants from discrimination in the workplace. This includes discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), na... More...
$0 (09-29-2023 - CT)Janina Stevens v. Global Atlantic Financial Company
New Haven, Connecticut civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a job discrimination theory.<br> <br> "Job discrimination civil rights law is the body of law that protects employees and job applicants from discrimination in the workplace. This includes discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), n... More...
$0 (09-29-2023 - CT)United States of America v. Robert Smith
New Haven, Connecticut criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in an armed robbery of a gas station in North New Haven.<br> <br> The ATF and the New Haven Police Department investigators identified an individual who is alleged to have committed a series of gunpoint robberies and a carjacking that occurred in late June and early July 2022. The investigation rev... More...
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