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United States of America v. Desire Doreen Segari
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making an interstate threat to injury someone. On August 17, 2025, Desiree Doreen Segari, age 41, of Sarasota, posted a video on TikTok calling for MAGA supporters to be shot on sight. Segari stated, “so if we all get our guns and use our second amendment right…and you see somebody with a MAGA hat, ‘pew pew’... More...
(03-11-2026 - FL)State of Florida v. Michael L. King
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with capital murder. Michael L. King was convicted and sentenced to death for the 2008 murder of Denise Amber Lee.... More...
(03-10-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Mario Mercier Hernandez
Tamps, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate transportation of stolen property. Beginning around 2019, Mario Mercier Hernandez (61, New Port Richey) embarked on a string of thefts of avionics equipment from more than forty airports across the United States, including airports in Florida, Tennessee, New Jersey, Maryland, and South Carolina. Mercier, ... More...
(02-27-2026 - FL)Thomas O'Neal v. Ameircan Shaman Franchise System, Inc., et al.
Tampa, Florida, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. We have held that a settlement agreement bars litigation of wage-and-hour claims under the Fair Labor Standards Act only if the settlement was approved by a court or the Department of La- bor. See Lynn’s Food Stores, Inc. v. United States, 679 F.2d 1350, 1352– 53 (11th Cir. 19... More...
(02-11-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Celso Navarro Diaz
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to traffic more than five kilograms of cocaine on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and conspiring to import more than five kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Celso Navarro Diaz was the head of an organization in Colombia that transported cocaine and marijuana from the Pac... More...
(02-10-2026 - FL)United States of America v. Joel Rufus French
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged for his role in a yearslong scheme to bilk Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) out of nearly $200 million by selling patient information and sham doctors’ orders for orthotic braces that patients did not want or need. “This defendant’s conduct was egr... More...
(02-03-2026 - FL)Estate of Maria Rivers, et al. v. Nicholas Betancourt
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...
$76000000 (12-11-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Tyler Corbin, Edward Noel, Alfredo Santana), and Omar Singateth
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with international conspiracy to traffic in firearms. Tyler Corbin (25, Tampa), Edward Noel (26, Canada), Alfredo Santana (32, Miami), Omar Singateth (24, Canada), and Arif Jhuman (39, Canada) with conspiracy to traffic firearms, trafficking in firearms, and dealing firearms with a license. The indictment also charges Cor... More...
(12-11-2025 - FL)State of Florida v. Silva Sampson
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with manslaughter. 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. Police offices unsuccessfully used PIT in an effort to stop Sampson. "At this time, there is no evidence to indicate that Sampson's a... More...
(11-29-2025 - FL)Marcin Priwoznik v. UNUM Life Insurance Company of America
Tampa, Florida, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful denial of E.R.I.S.A. benefits theory.... More...
$1 (11-28-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Antonio McCray
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms.... More...
(11-20-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Abel Junion Salazar
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transport of firearms.... More...
(11-20-2025 - FL)State of Florida v. Silas Sampson
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with multiple counts of vehicular manslaughter. 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...
(11-11-2025 - FL)State of Florida v. Louis Jules
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer will be representing Defendant charged with murder. Louis Jules, age 59, was accused for shooting and killing two people. 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...
(10-29-2025 - FL)State of Florida v. Louis Charles Jules
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with double homicide. Louis Charles Jules was accused of shooting and killing a man and woman on El Portal Drive and West Yukon Street, with a man found lying on the ground outside the vehicle, while a woman was discovered partially hanging out of the passenger side of the car. The female victim reportedly ... More...
(10-10-2025 - FL)State of Florida v. Geosvany Figueredo-Gonzlez, Orlando Martinez-Dorta, Liovel Urra-Fenate, and Brian Sanchez-Perez
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery. The defendants were accused of being part of a group that stole computer systems from semi-trucks. The systems go for as much as $10,000 each.... More...
(09-29-2025 - FL)State of Florida v. Quandarious Hammond, Zvante Sampson, Jaylin Bedward, Andrew Thompson, and James Denson
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with first-degree murder. Quandarious Hammond, Zvante Sampson, Jaylin Bedward, Andrew Thompson, and James Denson were accused of shooting and killing Suni Bell, age 4. In August 2021, Suni was in the backseat of the family's silver Infiniti as they drove along Hillsborough Avenue in Tampa. Surveillance vi... More...
(09-19-2025 - FL)State of Florida v. Amari Stubbs
Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with inappropriately interacting with two teenage girls. 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. ... More...
(08-29-2025 - FL)United States of America v. David Taylor and Michelle Brannon
Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with forced labor. David Taylor and Michelle Brannon were arrested in Durham, North Carolina and Tampa, Florida, respectively. The indictment identifies them as the leaders of Kingdom of God Global Church, formerly known as Joshua Media Ministries International. ... More...
(08-29-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Arael Martinez Perez
Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with forgery. Martinez Perez entered the United States on an unknown date. In 2003, he was convicted of forgery after presenting a fake resident alien card to a police officer investigating a hit and run. The following month, immigration officials deported Martinez Pe- rez, but he returned at an unkno... More...
(08-29-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Thomas Barber
Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material Tierra Verde Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Federal Prison For Distributing Child Sexual Abuse Material ... More...
(08-20-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Thomas Ford
Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Access With Intent To View Child Sexual Abuse Material St. Petersburg Man Indicted For Access With Intent To View Child Sexual Abuse Material ... More...
(08-19-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Mauricio Flores
Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material Davenport Man Indicted For Possessing Child Sexual Abuse Material Maurici... More...
(08-19-2025 - FL)United States of America v. Elias Xavier Rosario Torres, Veronica Estafania Rodriguez Pinuela
Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. In 2022, a grand jury charged Torres and Pinuela each with (1) conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of cocaine and fentanyl, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(b)(1)(B), (C), and 846 (Count One); (2) possession with inten... More...
(08-19-2025 - FL)Alin Pop v. Lulifama.com, LLC, et al.
Tampa, Florida consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act ("FDUTPAâ€) violation theories. In his complaint, Pop alleged that he purchased Luli Fama swimwear after seeing various social media influencers, whom Pop also named as defendants, wearing the swimwear and tagging Luli Fama in Instagram posts. At the time of his purchase, ... More...
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