Florida Age Discrimination Law

<H2> <center> State of Florida v. Danny Francisque </h2> </center>

Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer presents the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Danny Francisque, age 34, was found with pounds of marijuana in an apartment that was being used mainly to store drugs. They searched Francisque's primary residence on Paul Russell Road and found what detectives say was additional evidence consistent with drug trafficking.... More...

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<H2> <center> United States of America v. Delvenia Renee Mitchell </h2> </center>

Jacksonville, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government of property, over $1,000. In 2023, Delvenia Renee Mitchell, age 54, of Jacksonville, worked as a postal carrier for the United States Postal Service (USPS). Investigation by the USPS – Office of Inspector General determined that Mitchell, using her assigned USPS gas card, made multiple... More...

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<H2> <center> United States of America v. </h2> </center> <H2> <center> State of Florida v. Emeril Tytron Lemeul Rachel </h2> </center>

Titusville, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree felony murder. Emeril Tytron Lemeul Rachel, age 13, was charged with the shooting death of a man during a botched robbery. A grand jury returned the indictment against the teen, who investigators say arranged to meet 30-year-old Kelby Gavin Miller through a social media app before attempting to ... More...

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<H2> <center> Estate of Maria Rivers, et al. v. Nicholas Betancourt </h2> </center>

Tampa, Florida personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on auto negligence wrongful death theories. Dana Maria Rivera, age 36, was driving south on Gunn Highway in Odessa on Feb. 28 to pick her fourth child up from school when 33-year-old Nicholas Betancour crossed the center line and crashed into the family’s Lincoln Town Car. Betncourt was found to be under the influen... More...

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<H2> <center> United States of America v. Trad Hamdan </h2> </center>

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, employment law lawyer represented the plaintiff on a civil rights job discrimination theory.... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Silva Sampson </h2> </center>

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with manslaughter.<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> Police offices unsuccessfully used PIT in an effort to stop Sampson.<br> <br> "At this time, there is no evidence to indicate that Sampson's a... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Silas Sampson </h2> </center>

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with multiple counts of vehicular manslaughter.<br> <br> Silas Sampson, age 22, attempted to elude police officers and, as a result, he lost control and hit mroe than a dozen people outside a bar.... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Dawson Gregory Summers </h2> </center>

Daytona Beach, Florida, criminal defense lawyer will represent the defendant charged with attempted murder.<br> <br> Dawson Gregory Summers, age 23, got into an argument with another man and shot him during mutual combat.... More...

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<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jonathan Warren Jones </h2> </center>

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with enticement of a minor.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) is the federal law that makes it illegal to use the mail or any means of interstate or foreign commerce (including the internet) to entice, persuade, induce, or coerce a minor to engage in prostitution or any other criminal sexual activity<br> <br> Attempt... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Journee McGrew </h2> </center>

Jacksonville, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Journee McGrew, age 21, is accused of killing a 41-year-old man with a hammer she claimed had been grooming her since she was 8-years-old. ... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Ronald Davis </h2> </center>

Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer representing Defendant charged with home invasion, robbery and aggravated battery.<br> <br> Ronald Davis, age 55, "brutally attacked" an elderly woman at her home in Orlando.... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Tyree Dortch </h2> </center>

Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer will be presented the Defendant charged with attempted sexual battery and car burglary with assault or battery.<br> <br> Tyree Dortch, age 17, was accused of assaulting a female in a parked car.<br> <br> "He went into her car. He went around and got into her passenger side. She had no clue who he was," Pensacola Police Officer Mike Wood said on Wednesday... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Louis Jules </h2> </center>

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer will be representing Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Louis Jules, age 59, was accused for shooting and killing two people.<br> <br> fficers went to the scene to investigate reports of two people shot, and found a man and a woman dead. Jules left the scene after the shooting.... More...

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<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Osvaldo Daniel Fernandez </h1></center></h1>

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of production and one count of possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM). <br> <br> a federal jury in Miami convicted Argentine national Osvaldo Daniel Fernandez, 61, of two counts of production and one count of possession of child sexual abuse material (CSAM).<br> <br> According to court documents and ... More...

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<h2> <center> Bryce W. Apgar v. Fast Mico Solutions, Inc. </h2> </center>

West Palm Beach, Florida employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Standards Labor Law Act violation theory. <br> <br> Violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) primarily involve failure to pay minimum wage or required overtime, improper classification of employees (especially to avoid overtime), and violations of child labor laws. Other common violations include r... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Bonnie Tietgens </h2> </center>

St. Lucie, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Bonnie Tiegens called 911 and reported that she had killed her husband William Tiegens, Jr., age 64, with a billy club.<br> <br> ... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Ronald Williams, Ronquez Williams, and Ron Juba </h2> <center>

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed robbery.<br> <br> Ronald Williams, age 25, Ronquez Williams, age 24, and Ron Juba, age 26, were accused of stealing more than $30,000 worth of jewelry from a pair of tourists in 2023. ... More...

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<center><h1><center> United States of America v. David Cornejo Fernandez </h1></center></h1>

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Spanish-Speaking US Consumers <br> <br> A Peruvian national was sentenced yesterday to 80 months in prison and ordered to pay more than $3,000,000 in restitution for his participation in transnational fraud schemes that victimized vulnerable consumers in the U.S.<br> <br> According to court documents, David Co... More...

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<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha </h1></center></h1>

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with operating a transnational inheritance fraud scheme.<br> <br> Tochuwku Albert Nnebocha, 43, of Nigeria was extradited from the Republic of Poland and faces federal charges of engaging in a transnational criminal organization that operated an inheritance fraud scheme that cheated many American seniors out of their savings.... More...

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<h2> <center> Brigette I. Bodie-Jernigan v. School Board of Broward County, Florida </h2> </center>

Fort Lauderdale, Florida, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Americans With Disabilities Act job discrimination theory.<br> <br> In August 2007, Bodie-Jernigan began working as a teacher<br> at the Dillard 6-12 School in Broward County.1 Her responsibilities<br> included maintaining discipline in the classroom and creating a pos-<br> itive and engaging learning environment for he... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Quandarious Hammond, Zvante Sampson, Jaylin Bedward, Andrew Thompson, and James Denson </h2> </center>

Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Quandarious Hammond, Zvante Sampson, Jaylin Bedward, Andrew Thompson, and James Denson were accused of shooting and killing Suni Bell, age 4.<br> <br> In August 2021, Suni was in the backseat of the family’s silver Infiniti as they drove along Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa. Surveill... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Stephen Sterns </h2> </center>

Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Stephen Sterns, age 39, was accused of sexutally assaulting and killing Madeline Soto, age 13.<br> <br> Madeline’s body was found in a wooded area in Osceola County on March 1, 2024, four days after her mother reported her missing.... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Alexis Von Yates </h2> </center>

Ocala, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual battery by a person in familial authority, a first-degree felony that carries a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $10,000 fine.<br> <br> Alexis Von Yates, age 35, was accused of having sex with her 15-year-old stepson.<br> <br> <img width="300" src="https://nbc16.com/resources/media2/16x9/1920/986/center/9... More...

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<h2> <center> Marta Gonzalez Castillo v. Social Security Administration </h2> </center>

Miami, Florida social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS of her application for social security disability benefits.<br> <br> Gonzalez Castillo applied for supplemental social security<br> income on July 25, 2019. She asserted disability as of June 27, 2017,<br> and claimed a variety of physical and mental health impairments<br> limited her abi... More...

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<h2> <center> State of Florida v. Amari Stubbs </h2> </center>

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with inappropriately interacting with two teenage girls.<br> <br> Officers said Amari Stubbs, age 18, was talking to a teen girl through social media in June after meeting them at Jackson Heights summer camp. He was allegedly asking for nude photos and requesting sexual activity during the conversations.<br> <br> ... More...

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<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Thomas Ford </h1></center></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Access With Intent To View Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> St. Petersburg Man Indicted For Access With Intent To View Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i... More...

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<h2> <center> Sharon Gallimore v. City of Opa-Locka, Florida </h2> </center> </h2> </center>

Miami, Florida employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.<br> <br> Sharon Gallimore sued the City of Opa Locka (“the City”) on an employment discrimination theory brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”), 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq., and the Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 (the â... More...

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<h2> <center> Aileen Mullin v. Secretary, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs </h2> </center>

Tampa, Florida employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who disability discrimination, failure to accommodate, unlawful disclosure, and retaliation (and/or a retaliatory hostile work environment theories.<br> <br> In July 2010, Ms. Mullin began to experience respiratory is-<br> sues at work. Believing that the building she worked in was causing<br> the respiratory problems, she spoke with s... More...

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<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Austin Marko Coates </h1></center></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children and distribution of child pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Tallahassee Man Sentenced To 20 Years For Child Exploitation Crimes</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center><... More...

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<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Daniel Weatherly </h1></center></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Creating AI Child Sexual Abuse Images </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Texas Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Creating AI Child Sexual Abuse Images</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br>... More...

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<h2> <center> John F. Labriola v. Miami-Dade County </h2> </center>

Miami, Florida civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a First Amendment violation theory.<br> <br> John Labriola was a media aide for the Miami-Dade Board<br> of County Commissioners. Labriola v. Miami-Dade Cnty., 693 F.<br> Supp. 3d 1284, 1287 (S.D. Fla. 2023). In his own name and on his<br> own time, Labriola wrote an opinion piece that criticized the<br> Equality Act, an as-y... More...

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<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Ehis Lawrence Akhimie </h1></center></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with International Fraud Scheme </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Nigerian National Pleads Guilty to International Fraud Scheme that Defrauded Elderly U.S. Victims</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center... More...

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<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andrew Ewing </h2> </center>

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count t of knowing<br> possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B), (b)(2).<br> <br> A grand jury charged Andrew Ewing with a single count of knowing possession of child pornography that involved a prepubescent minor and a minor who had not attained 12 years of age in violation... More...

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<h2> <center> David Szczepansk v. The Lincoln National Life Insurance Company </h2> </center>

Fort Lauderdale, Florida employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employee benefits E.R.I.S.A. theory.<br> <br> The Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA) is a federal law that primarily protects employees' retirement savings and health plans, ensuring they receive promised benefits. It sets standards for retirement plans, including participation, vesting, an... More...

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<h2> <cente> Michale Williams v. International Directional Drilling, Inc. </h2> </center>

Fort Lauderdale, Florida labor and employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.<br> <br> The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that sets standards for minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor. It applies to employees in both the private sector and state and local governments, as well as federal, according to the U... More...

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<h2> <center> Shelly Webb v. Mavis Tire Supply, LLC </h2> </center>

Fort Lauderdale, Florida labor and employment lawyers represented the Plaintiff on an employment discrimination claim.... More...

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<h2> <center> Alexander Alicea, et al. v. Peters Plumbing, Inc., et al.

Fort Lauderdale, Florida employment law lawyers represented the parties in a Fair Labor Standards Act violation dispute.<br> <br> The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA), as referenced in 29 U.S.C. 201, is a federal law that sets minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards for workers in the private sector and state and local governments. It ensures employees are paid at leas... More...

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<h2> <center> Alissa Gilman v. American Airlines, Inc. </h2> </center>

West Palm Beach, Florida civil rights lawyers represented the parties in a Civil Rights Violation dispute.<br> <br> Civil rights violations occur when individuals are unfairly treated or denied their fundamental rights due to protected characteristics or when their constitutional rights are infringed upon by government actors or private individuals. These violations can involve discrimination, pol... More...

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<h2> <center> Howard Cohan v. Nordstrom, Inc. </h2> </center>

West Palm Beach, Florida rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.<br> <br> The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a landmark civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in various areas of public life, including employment, public services, public accommodations, and transportation. It ... More...

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<h2> <center> Jessica Aguayo v. Loving Hands for the Needy, Inc. </h2> </center>

West Palm Beach, Florida civil rights lawyers represented the parties in an Employment Discrimination case.<br> <br> Federal employment discrimination laws protect individuals from unfair treatment in the workplace based on their race, sex (including pregnancy, sexual orientation, and gender identity), religion, national origin, disability, age (40 or older), or genetic information. These laws, en... More...

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