California Man Sentenced To More Than 13 Years For Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material Using Stolen Online Identity, Ordered To Pay $81,... More...    $0 (03-26-2024 - FL)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of visual depictions involving sexual exploitation of minors.

Frederick Anderson Bowen, 76, of Lake Placid, Florida, recorded himself performing oral sex on a child. Highlands County Sheriff’s Office deputies located the video saved on Bowen’s cellphone.

FBI Miami, Fort Pierce Resident Ag... More...    $0 (11-28-2023 - FL)

Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and attempted receipt of child pornography.

On June 27, 2022, a father was at Yellow River Park with his children in Milligan, Florida, and purchased gasoline for an older man who was stranded. The older man requested the father’s address and phone number to send him money, and when the father de... More...    $0 (11-16-2023 - FL)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in cyber harassment.

Anthony Brillante II, 35, of Miami, a student at FIU during most of the time of the crimes, spoofed hundreds of different phone numbers to send three victims—his cousin, her husband, and their 12-year-old daughter—tens of thousands of phone calls and text messages, including cou... More...    $0 (11-17-2023 - FL)

West Palm Beach, Florida employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on Fair Standards Act
violation law theories.

"The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that sets minimum wage and overtime pay standards for most employees in the United States. The FLSA also prohibits child labor and requires employers to keep certain records.

Empl... More...    $0 (10-20-2023 - FL)

Miami, Florida employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.

This case was filed in the 11th Judicial Circuit, 21-026052-CA-01 and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that sets minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment sta... More...    $1 (10-11-2023 - FL)

Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with third-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

Nahshon Shannon was charged with killing his 13-year-old daughter, Janessa Shannon.

The State claimed that killed his daughter for sneaking out of the house. The medical examiner testified that her injuries were consistent with having been strangled. Her ... More...    $0 (09-27-2023 - FL)

Fort Pierce, Florida personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a premises liability negligence theory.

This case was filed in the 19th Judicial Circuit Court, 2022CA000099AXXX, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

"Florida premises liability negligence law is based on the principle that property owners and occupiers have a duty to m... More...    $0 (09-25-2023 - FL)

Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places.

Jason R. Moore, 43, of Milton, sexually abused a child on multiple occasions during trips to Fiji in 2013 and 2016. In late 2022, Moore was arrested in Santa Rosa County by special agents from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Florida Departme... More...    $0 (09-18-2023 - FL)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts of producing child sexual abuse material, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.

In a separate sentencing hearing, Elijah Daniel Shaw, 22, of Port St Lucie, was sentenced to a total of 259 months’ imprisonment, followed ... More...    $0 (08-30-2023 - FL)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with purchasing child pornography through a social networking application (an “online app”).

According to court records, beginning in April 2022, Andre Tookes, Jr. communicated with an unknown person in South Africa through a social networking application. Tookes, Jr. purchased dozens of child pornography videos fr... More...    $0 (08-18-2023 - FL)

Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with ngaging in a child exploitation enterprise, receiving child pornography, and distributing child pornography.

“There is no greater charge than the protection of our children,” said U.S. Attorney Coody. “This sentence is yet another example of the unwavering commitment to the protection of our most vulnera... More...    $0 (07-27-2023 - FL)

Miami, Florida labor and employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act
violation theory.

Employers who willfully or repeatedly violate the minimum wage or overtime pay requirements are subject to a civil money penalty of up to $1,000 for each such violation. Violators of the child labor provisions are subject to a civil money penalty of... More...    $0 (07-28-2023 - FL)

Miami, Florida maritime admiralty law personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a negligence theory.

Claudia Garzozi sued as the natural mother, legal guardian and next friend and on behalf of A.L., a minor child.

"The liability of a ship for on-board injuries caused by the negligence of the ship is governed by maritime law. Under maritime law, a shipowne... More...    $0 (07-28-2023 - FL)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receipt and distribution of child sexual abuse materials.

In March 2022, Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) agents learned that an individual, later identified as James Anthony Howe, age 33, of Port St. Lucie, Florida, had been using social media applications and chatrooms to trade CSAM with other users. Some o... More...    $0 (07-28-2023 - FL)

Fort Myers, FL civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a Family Medical Leave Act violation theory.

The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) provides certain employees with up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave per year. It also requires that their group health benefits be maintained during the leave.

FMLA is designed to help employees balance their... More...    $0 (07-21-2023 - FL)

Miami, Florida employment lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on Fair Labor Standards Act violation theories.

The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) provides a number of protections for workers in the United States, including:

Minimum wage: The FLSA establishes a federal minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. States may set a higher minimum wage, but they cannot set a lowe... More...    $0 (07-11-2023 - FL)

Fort Lauderdale, Floridad criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with 11 charges including felony child neglect, culpable negligence and perjury.

Scott Peterson, age 60, was accused of not going after the shooter at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland flord on February 14, 2018.... More...    $0 (06-29-2023 - FL)

Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of production and attempted production of child sexual abuse material.

On September 17, 2022, the parent of a 12-year-old child (MV1) contacted the Clay County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) to report a complaint MV1 had made about finding a cellular phone recording her changing clothes and using the s... More...    $0 (06-09-2023 - FL)

Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts of lewd, lascivious molestation of a child younger than 12.

Juan Jose Rodriguez, age 61, was three counts of lewd, lascivious molestation of a child younger than 12.

Assistant State Attorney Adam Smith prosecuted the case.

800.04.5AB, which provides:

800.04 Lewd or lasciviou... More...    $0 (05-17-2023 - FL)

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

Nora A. Boles, age 24, was accused of causing the death of John William Smith, a child who died, on September 6, 2016, while under the care of the Defendant.

782.07 Manslaughter; aggravated manslaughter of an elderly person or disabled adult; aggravated manslaughter of a child;... More...    $0 (02-12-2023 - FL)

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense appellate lawyers represented convicted of first-degree murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, and armed robbery.

Crosley Green appeals an order of the circuit court granting in part and
denying in part his motion to vacate his first-degree murder conviction and
sentence of death. He also petitions this Court for a writ of habeas corpus.1 The<... More...    $0 (01-31-2008 - FL)

Panama City, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with aggravated manslaughter.

Megan Elizabeth Dauphin, age 32, was accused of leaving her seven-week-old baby in a hot car resulting in the death of the child on September 2, 2020.

When she returned to her home on Canal Avenue in Hiland Park, she allegedly forgot to take Garner out of the truck with her. ... More...    $0 (04-14-2023 - FL)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiring to provide material support to ISIS.

On March 20, 2015, Emraan Ali, aka Abu Jihad Al-Trinidadi Al-Amriki, took his family from Trinidad and Tobago to Brazil, and thereafter to Turkey and Syria with the purpose of joining ISIS. Before leaving Trinidad and Tobago to join ISIS, Ali set up a financial system ... More...    $0 (03-31-2023 - FL)