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United States of America v. Michael John Pellicione

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Firearms “Off-The-Books”

Federal Firearms Licensee Sentenced to Prison for Selling Firearms “Off-The-Books”



A Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL)... More...
   $0 (03-14-2025 - FL)

State of Florida v. Steven Edward Stein


Jacksonville, Florida first-degree murder and armed robbery criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.




Steven Edward Stein, Marc Christmas, and Kyle White were roommates. Stein was employed as a cook at a Lem Turner Road Pizza Hut in Jacksonville, Florida.... On the day of the murders, Christmas, Stein, Stein's girlfriend, and White were home together. Abou... More...
   $0 (09-19-2024 - FL)

United States of America v. Terronce Morris


Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Nearly $3 million Fraud Scheme Involving Identity Theft and Bogus Music Concerts

Fake Concert Promoter Sentenced to 57 months in Prison for Nearly $3 million Fraud Scheme Involving Identity Theft and Bogu... More...
   $0 (07-22-2024 - FL)

United States of America v. Rene De La Torre; Joe Lewis McHomes

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Involvement in Fraud Conspiracy

Former Vice President of Miami Aerospace Company and Accomplice Sentenced to Prison for Involvement in Fraud Conspiracy



The f... More...
   $0 (07-08-2024 - Fl)

State of Florida v. Junior Geneus Bazile

Fort Lauderdale, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with grand theft.

Junion Geneus Bazile, age 39, of Fort Fauderal worked at the Fort Lauderdale Hollywood Internation Airport as a baggage handler.

The passenger said that she usually takes her suitcase onboard, but this time, she was told she had to check it. She a said waited at least two hours fo... More...
   $0 (06-05-2024 - FL)

United States of America v. Anthony Green

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing Funds From Department Of Veterans Affairs


New Port Richey Man Sentenced To Federal Prison For Stealing Funds From Department Of Veterans Affairs



Anthony Green (71, New ... More...
   $0 (05-14-2024 - FL)

United States of America v. Hamilton Alexander Merilus, aka Salahudin Sabah Alexander Amhadulla-Merilus

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping

Man sentenced to prison for international parental kidnapping of two small children



A man was sentenced to 16 months in federal prison for the internatio... More...
   $0 (04-25-2024 - FL)

United States of America v. Jaime Morado Zepeda

Tampa, Florida Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being Possession Of Firearms And Ammunition.


Alien In Possession Of Firearms And Ammunition Sentenced To Federal Prison



U.S. District Judge Richard A. Lazzara sentenced Jose Jaime Morad... More...
   $0 (02-28-2024 - FL)

United States of America v. Karel Felipe and Tamara Quicutis

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and money laundering.

Karel Felipe, 42, of Miami Shores, and Tamara Quicutis, 54, of Hialeah, were convicted in October 2023 after a jury found them guilty of conspiring to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and conspiring to commit money laundering.

Accord... More...
   $0 (01-05-2024 - FL)

Howard Cohan v. Boca HI Suites, LLC

West Palm Beach, Florida civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.

Defendant apparently owns the Holiday Inn - Boca Raton North.

This case was one of many similar cases filed against various hotel owners in Florida.

"The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that pro... More...
   $1 (10-10-2023 - FL)

United States of America v. Stanton Witherspoon, et al.

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with participation in a wire fraud scheme, known as Operation Nightingale, that created an illegal licensing and employment shortcut for aspiring nurses.

According to public records, residents of Florida, along with individuals from other states, were charged for their involvement in a scheme to sell fraudulent nursi... More...
   $0 (09-28-2023 - FL)

United States of America v. David T. Aaron and Russell Ultes

Fort Myers, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with evading income taxes.

David Aaron and Russell Ultes were co-owners of Marlin Construction Group LLC (Marlin), a Fort Myers-based residential and commercial roofing company. In 2018 and 2019, Aaron and Ultes diverted millions of dollars of customer checks made payable to Marlin, by cashing them at check-cas... More...
   $0 (09-18-2023 - FL)

United States of America v. Diane Durbon

Fort Meyers, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

In 2016, Diane Durbon, age 58, of Cape Coral, and Brittany Lukasik, a registered nurse, were hired as caretakers for T.H., the 92-year-old victim. In October 2017, Durbon began unlawfully accessing T.H.’s investment accounts. To unlawfully gain access to the investment acco... More...
   $0 (08-18-2023 - FL)

United States of America v. Basilio Amaury Bron, Jr.

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a convicted felon.

On March 12, 2022, at around 5:00 p.m., Basilio Amaury Bron, Jr. was driving carelessly and more than 100 miles per hour northbound on Interstate 75 near the Laurel Road exit. A deputy from the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office stopped Bron’s vehicle for speeding. The ... More...
   $0 (07-11-2023 - FL)

State of Florida v. Sidney Holmes

Fort Lauderdale, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.





Broward County Courthouse - Fort Lauderdale, Florida


Broward County Courthouse - Fort Lauderdale, Florida


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United States of America v. Luis Enrique Rendon Cardenas

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy for his his role in conspiring with Peruvian-based call centers that defrauded Spanish-speaking United States residents by falsely threatening them with arrest, deportation, and other legal consequences. He is the eleventh defendant to be sentenced to prison in the scheme.

Luis Enrique Rendon Cardenas, 60... More...
   $0 (03-08-2023 - FL)

David Sosa v. Martin County, Florida, et al.

Miami, Florida civil right lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 u.s.c. 1983.

MoreLaw Legal News For Miami

The Martin County Sheriff’s Department twice has arrested David Sosa based on an arre... More...
   $0 (01-20-2023 - FL)

United States of America v. Luis Rendon

Miami, Florida criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring with Peruvian-based call-centers that defrauded Spanish-speaking United States residents by falsely threatening them with arrest, deportation and other legal consequences.




MoreLaw Legal News For MiamiMore...    $0 (12-07-2022 - FL)

Michael Baxter v. Louis Roberts, III and Trevor Lee

Tallahassee, Florida personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

This is an appeal from summary judgment in a civil rights case arising from a traffic stop and arrest that took place in Northwest Florida on December 24, 2017. On that day, Michael Baxter was pulled over by Deputy Trevor Lee of the Jackson County ... More...
   $0 (11-30-2022 - FL)

Thomas B. Ireland v. Bill Prummell, et al.

Tampa, Florida personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 19083.

Thomas Ireland, Gregg Ireland’s father and the personal representative of Gregg Ireland’s estate (“Ireland’s Estate” or “Estate”), appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment for the named Defendants. This appeal stems from ... More...
   $0 (11-14-2022 - FL)

RICHARD CALDWELL vs STATE OF FLORIDA

West Palm Beach, Florida - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with appealing his misdemeanor violations of a condition of pretrial release.



Richard Carl Caldwell (“Defendant”) appeals his convictions and
sentences for forty-one counts of misdemeanor violation of a condit... More...
   $0 (07-17-2022 - FL)

UNITED AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE COMPANY, vs CENTRAL THERAPY CENTER, INC., A/A/O VANESSA LOPEZ

Miami, Florida - Insurance lawyer represented Appellant with arguing Florida’s “No-Fault Personal Injury Protection” insurance laws.



Ms. Lopez was injured in a car accident. She received medical
treatments from, and assigned her right to be reimbursed for the cost of the
tre... More...
   $0 (07-11-2022 - FL)

PROGRESSIVE AMERICAN INSURANCE vs GLASSMETICS, LLC, A/ A/ O DEVAN HAMMOND

Tampa., Florida - Small Claims lawyer represented Appellee with a underpayment of an insurance claim Dispute.



Glassmetics, LLC, a/a/o Devan Hammond, filed a small
claims lawsuit in county court against Progressive American
Insurance Company for the alleged underpayment of an in... More...
   $0 (07-10-2022 - FL)

Agency For Persons With Disabilities vs Meadowview Progressive Care Group Home, owned and operated by Meadowview Progressive Care Corporation

Tallahassee, Florida - Nursing Home Negligence lawyer represented Appellee with appealing disciplinary action against their license to operate a group home.



APD began disciplinary action against Meadowview
Progressive Care’s license to operate a group home by filing a
three-count admini... More...    $0 (06-19-2022 - FL)

State of Florida v. Peter Avsenew

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Peter Avsenew, age 37, was accused of the execution style killings of, Kevin Powell, age 52, and Stephen Adams, age 47, a married couple in 2010. Both men were shot multiple times and suffered blunt force trauma also.

Defendant knew both men and had moved into their home shortly before ... More...
   $0 (06-10-2022 - FL)

LEIGH TURAY vs BRUCE MCCRAY

Daytona Beach, FL - Personal Injury lawyer represented appellant with appealing the final judgment for damages.



McCray’s vehicle was damaged as a result of a collision with a vehicle
driven by Turay. McCray’s vehicle was considered a total loss by his
insurance company, and the company... More...
   $0 (04-18-2022 - FL)

SONDRA HESS vs CHAD HESS

Lakeland, FL - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant, with appealing a final judgment of dissolution of marriage and her motion to set aside a marital settlement agreement.



The parties married in September 1998 but by 2013 had begun living
apart in different states. After years of separation, on ... More...
   $0 (04-14-2022 - FL)

Michael T. Labrake vs Francis M. Labrake

Tallahassee, Florida - Divorce lawyer represented Appellant with appealing an order denying his motion to dissolve an injunction against a domestic violence charge.



On December 23, 2003, the circuit court issued a Final
Judgment of Injunction for Protection Against Domestic Violence
against... More...
   $0 (04-11-2022 - FL)

GAIL JOHNSON DAYES, etc., vs WERNER ENTERPRISES, INC., et al.

Miami, FL - Wrongful Death lawyer represented defendant appealing final judgment.



The accident happened one morning around eight at a Coca-Cola
distribution center in Broward County, Florida in 2017. Harold Dayes was a
63-year-old security guard working for a third-party contractor named More...
   $0 (01-30-2022 - FL)

SANDRA EPPERSON RICH vs JOHN D. RICH, ET AL

Lakeland, FL - Divorce lawyer represented defendant appealing final judgment of dissolution of her marriage.



The parties have two children, and their marriage was of
moderate duration—lasting equally as long as the litigation in this
case. Both parties are well-educated attorneys—the Fo... More...
   $0 (01-29-2022 - FL)

United States of America v. Johnson W. Eustache

Orlando, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with FRAUD BY WIRE, RADIO, OR TELEVISION


Johnson W. Eustache was indicted for wire fraud and aiding and assisting in the preparation of false tax returns.

Eustache had pleaded guilty on August 3, 2021.

According to court documents, beginning in March 2020 and continuing through April 2021, Eu... More...
   $0 (01-18-2022 - FL)

United States of America v. Michael Dexter Little

Orlando, Florida criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.

Michael Dexter Little was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit money laundering, and aggravated identity theft.

Little had pleaded guilty on October 20, 2021.

According to court documents, from 2019 to 2021, Little filed a series o... More...
   $0 (01-11-2022 - FL)

United States of America v. Patrice Eileen Wilowski-Mevorah

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud and money laundering.

Patrice Eileen Wilowski-Mevorah, 53, of Tampa, was charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering. According to court documents, Wilowski-Mevorah laundered at least $2.3 million for the company known as Newstar Enterprise, which operated for-profit websites (the Newstar Websites) depi... More...
   $0 (12-06-2021 - FL)

United States of America v. Kevin Dewayne Kirby

Fort Lauderdale, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with money laundering.

Fifty-one-year-old Kevin Dewayne Kirby was indicted for laundering over $500,000 connected to two wire fraud scams.

The first was an IRS tax scam, which generally worked the following way: A fraudster, pretending to be from the IRS, called victims and convinced them that they owe... More...
   $0 (11-09-2021 - FL)

Mohamed Salim as Personal Representative for the Estate of Monzer Ahmed v. Blue Sky’s Ahead, LLC d/b/a Atlantic Waterwoks, Inc., et al.

During the morning of August 24, 2019, Mohammed Salim, a resident of the Arbor Keys Condominiums in Tamarac, Florida, dropped off his minivan with a neighbor, so that it could be washed. Later that afternoon, Mohammed, along with his four and six-year-old sons, walked across the parking lot to check on the status of the van. As the van was not ready, Mohammed sent his sons to the nearby playground... More...    $11850000 (08-10-2021 - FL)

United States of America v. Florida Department of Children and Families

Spokane, Washington qui tam lawyer represented the United States in suing the Florida Department of Children and Families for violating the False Claims Act in its administration of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP). Until 2008, SNAP was known as the Food Stamp Program.

“SNAP provides important benefits to help families in n... More...
   $0 (07-12-2021 - FL)

United States of America v. Alberto Orian Gonzalez-Delgado

Miami, Florida health care and wire fraud charges criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Alberto Orian Gonzalez-Delgado, 46, of Miami, who was charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud.

Eduardo Rubal, 41, of Miami, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud and wire fraud and was sentenced to 210 months; Vicente Gonzalez Acosta, 50, of Miami,... More...
   $0 (05-28-2021 - FL)

United States of America v. Stephanie Lynn Fleming and Helen Elizabeth Storey

Tallahassee, Florida health care fraud conspiracy charge criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants, Stephanie Lynn Fleming, 42, and Helen Elizabeth Storey, 37, both of Waldorf, Maryland, and both formerly of Tallahassee, Florida, who were charged health care fraud conspiracy, health care fraud, and aggravated identity theft.

Storey owned and operated North Florida Mental Health (NF... More...
   $0 (04-09-2021 - FL)

United States of America v. Jami Kopacz

Miami, Florida income tax evasion charged criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jami Kopacz, age 46, who was charged with fraud and false statements.

Kopacz worked as a paid escort directly with individual clients and with a private escort company as an independent contractor. Kopacz accepted payment for his work through cash, check, wire transfer, and electronic money transfer ... More...
   $0 (03-08-2021 - fl)

Jonathan Huey Lawrence v. State of Florida

Tallahassee, FL - Criminal defense attorney represented Jonathan Huey Lawrence with appealing his sentence of death for the 1998 firs tdegree murder of Jennifer Robinson that was imposed in a 2018 resentencing proceedings .



In 2000, Lawrence pleaded guilty to principal to the first-degree murder of
Robinson, conspiracy t... More...
   $0 (01-24-2021 - FL)

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