Georgia Age Discrimination Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Gerald Scott Collins </h2> </center>
Athens, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. Gerald Scott Collins, 56, of Monroe, Georgia, was accused of possessing CSAM, including 2,754 images of previously identified victims of child exploitation and abuse from across the world. Law enforcement became aware of Collins’s possession of CSAM in 2022. Homeland Security ... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - GA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Robin Stell </h2> </center>
Savannah, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. “This defendant abused the trust placed in her by a local law firm and its clients and betrayed that trust for her own personal benefit,” said U.S. Attorney Heap. “Crimes like this harm not only the direct victims, but also the public’s confidence in the honesty and integrity of the legal profe... More...
$ (03-11-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Bradley Love
Albany, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distribution of child pornography. A HSI undercover agent joined a “teen chat” room on a website called “chat-avenue.com” on Dec. 7, 2023, and posted “Dad of 2 8yro and 10yro.” Soon after, the agent received a private message from an individual with a screenname of “Whiteranger,” who was... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - GA)United States of America v. Robin Stell
Savannah, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Robin Stell, age 55, of Savannah, GA, was charged in August 2025 with one count of Wire Fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1343. Stell was the office manager of a local law firm from 2021 to 2024. During that time, she routinely used company credit cards to make unauthorized purchases for her own u... More...
$ (02-27-2007 - GA)United States of America v. Ricky Hill
Valdosta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer Chauntilia Adaway represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Ricky Ill, age 39, of Lakeland, Georgia had prior drug and assault convictions before being arrested and charged with felony possession of a firearm.... More...
$ (01-30-2026 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. D’Michael Jenkins
Macon, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. D’Michael Jenkins, age 22, accused of killing Ashanti Macon, age 30.... More...
$ (01-11-2026 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. Antonio Brown
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Antonio Brown was accused stabbing Eleanor Bowles, age 77, to death in her Buckhead townhome.... More...
$ (01-11-2026 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. Rylee Willis
Lawrenceville, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with child molestation. Rylee Willis, age 21, accused of sending "illicit messages" to a teenage girl.... More...
$ (01-11-2026 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. Quteavis Quayshon Simmons
Macon, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Quteavis Quayshon Simmons, age 30, charged with malice murdering Harriett Patrickin 2021. “Harriett Patrick was an innocent woman who had her life stolen from her,” said District Attorney R. Howard. “This senseless act of violence took a devoted wife, loving mother, proud veteran, and breast cancer survivor from her family... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. D’Michael Jenkins
Macon, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, D’Michael Jenkins, age 22, charged with murder. for killing Ashanti Macon, age 30.... More...
$ (08-02-2025 - GA)State of Georgia v. Jeremy Marshall
Albany, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Marshall was a member of the Blockos, also known as the 4 Blickie Gang, described by prosecutors as a "hybrid criminal street gang based in the Albany area." Jeremy Marshall, age 18, is accused for shooting and killing 19-year-old Newnan resident De’Marion Tashawn Daniels. Marshall was a member of the Blockos, a... More...
$ (08-26-2025 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. Zabria Bridges
Douglasville, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charted with torturing and beating her dog to death. Zabria Bridges, age 26, was arrested in Douglas County for aggravated animal cruelty.... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Reginald Weeks-Lewis
Columbus, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of illegal possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Reginald Weeks-Lewis, age 29, of Columbus, Georgia, was driving on Sidney Simons Boulevard in Columbus in the early hours of March 1, 2025, when Muscogee County Sheriff’s Office deputies on patrol observed a traffic violation and initiated a stop.... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. Franklin Thorpe and Franklin Thorpe
Savannah, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with enticing a minor for indecent purposes. Marty Sanderson, age 54, and Franklin Thorpe, age 38, were charged with various sex crimes involving children.... More...
$ (12-10-2025 - GA)<H2> United States of America v. Charlie Sapp
Savannah, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of ammunition by a prohibited person. On October 8, 2021, Charlies Sapp, age 58, retrieved a loaded firearm from a vehicle, confronted an individual in an apartment complex parking lot, pointed the firearm at that individual, and then fired three shots. The individual Sapp shot died on the scene... More...
$ (12-08-2025 - GA)Janelle Quinn v. Columbia County School District
August, Georgia, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a education civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> Quinn filed this suit in April 2022. In her complaint, she set<br> out two claims: racial discrimination under Title VI ("Count Oneâ€),<br> and retaliation under Title VI ("Count Twoâ€). Importantly, Count<br> One was brought on behalf of D.J.Q. and Count Two was brought<... More...
$0 (11-20-2025 - GA)State of Georgia v. Rekeymia Shatayla Henley
Macon, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer will represented Rekeymia Shatayla Henley, age 21, accused for shooting and killing three men.<br> <br> Henley is wants on three counts of felon murder and destruction of evidence for her involvement in the shooting deaths of Brandon Thomas, age 21, Quantayris Townsen, age 27, and Markell Bonner, Jr., age 16.... More...
$0 (11-11-2025 - GA)State of Georgia v. Yoshay Carter
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charge with aggravated assault.<br> <br> Yoshay Carter, age 51, shot a juvenile male who broke into his car.<br> <br> Under Georgia Code §16-3-21, individuals are permitted to use force to defend themselves against unlawful force. Additionally, Georgia Code §16-3-23.1—commonly known as the state's "stand your groun... More...
$0 (11-11-2025 - GA)State of Georgia v. Pharron Banks
Marietta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer will be representing the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Pharron Banks, age 26, is accused for killing his stepfather, Michael Jackson, age 58.... More...
$0 (10-29-2025 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Connie Thompson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Rome, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Enticement </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Coweta County Sex Offender and Bartow County Man Plead Guilty to Child Enticement Crimes</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2>... More...
$0 (08-19-2025 - GA)Teresa J. Scott v. Macon Bibb Couonty, Georgia, et al.
Macon, Georgia employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.<br> <br> Scott, a Black woman, filed her initial pro se complaint against her employer, Macon-Bibb County, pursuant to Title VII and 42 U.S.C. §§ 1981, 1983 for race discrimination. Scott later retained counsel, and without seeking leave of the court, filed her first amended complaint whi... More...
$0 (07-10-2025 - GA)Harry Johnson v. Spalding County, Georgia
Decatur, Georgia employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a gender discrmination theory under title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1983 and under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).<br> <br> Without direct evidence of discrimination, a plaintiff canprove a sex discrimination claim under Title VII through circumstantial evidence, which we generally analyze using the three... More...
$0 (07-10-2025 - GA)State of Georgia v. Alondra Hobbs
Marietta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of malice murder, two counts of felony murder and two counts of first degree cruelty to children.<br> <br> Alondra Hobbs, age 29, was accused of killing her daughter, Alivia Jordan age 7,and putting her remains in a closet in 2023.<br> <br> "Alivia Jordan did not deserve the slow, painful and lonely deat... More...
$0 (04-26-2025 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. Tye Smith
Fort Valley, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter.<br> <br> Tye Smith, age 17, was accused for shooting and killing Shalandra Hooten at the R& R Quick Stop on October 22, 2023.<br> <br> Hooten had just finished paying at the register and was punched by Tye's mother, Katrina Smith, starting a physical altercation between the two women. <br>... More...
$0 (01-24-2025 - GA)<H2> State of Georgia v. Jerome "Jerry" Cox
<h2><br> Marietta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with first-degree vehicular homicide and DUI.<br> </h2><br> Jerome "Jerry" Cox, age 68, was charged with driving while intoxicated and hitting and killing 17-year-old Harrison High School honor student Olivia Pugh who was walking to her care in December 2023 along Ben King Road.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (12-07-2024 - GA)State of Georgia v. Jeffery Williams, a/k/a "Young Thug"
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in criminal gang activities.<br> <br> Jeffery Williams, age 33, admitted to six counts, including possession or drugs and firearms.<br> <br> The State claimed that he was "King Slime,†the fearsome leader of a pack that terrorized the streets of Atlanta via gang warfare, robbery and drug dealing for... More...
$0 (10-30-2024 - GA)Samantha Jolley v. Riverwoods Behavioral Health, L.L.C.
<h2><br> Atlanta, Georgia job discrimination civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> A transgender woman alleged that a behavioral health-care facility discriminated against her in<br> violation of Section 1557 of the Affordable Care Act.<br> <br> Jolley was admitted to the defendant's Lakeview Behavioral Health Hospital on Feb. 14, 2019, after telling her psychiatrist that s... More...
$1 (10-21-2024 - GA)Alan Rodemaker v. City of Valdost Board of Education, et al.
<h2><br> Vadosta, Georgia civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> Rodemaker filed his first lawsuit, Rodemaker I, in federal court in April 2020. It named as defendants the five black members of the Valdosta Board of Education - Warren Lee, Liz Shumphard, Tyra Howard, Debra Bell, and Kelisa Brown - in<br> heir individual capac... More...
$0 (08-05-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Steven Drawdy </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bilking customers for purchase of cryptocurrency computers </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Columbia County man sentenced to federal prison for bilking customers for purchase of cryptocurrency computers</h2></center></b></b> </h2></cen... More...
$0 (07-24-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Ricky Rich </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Laurens County drug trafficker sentenced to nearly 20 years in federal prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Investigators from the Laurens County Sheriff's Office, w... More...
$0 (07-17-2024 - GA)State of Georgia v. Willie James Pye
Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyers have represented William James Pye, age 59, who was accused of first-degree capital murder for killing Alicia Lynn Yarbrough in November 1993.<br> <br> A jury found Willie James Pye guilty of malice murder, kidnapping with bodily injury, rape, armed robbery, and burglary. For the murder, the jury recommended a death sentence, finding as four separate stat... More...
$0 (03-20-2024 - GA)<h1> United States of America v. Jerry Joseph Southern </h1>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red">Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Child Pornography. </font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><br> <center><i></b> Cartersville Sex Offender Sentenced for Possessing Child Pornography </h2></center></i><br> <br> Jerry Joseph Southern, a convicted sex offender, was sentenced to ten years of im... More...
$0 (03-14-2024 - GA)United States of America v. Darien Cothern and Javarus McKinney
Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking synthetic opioid fentanyl.<br> <br> Javarus McKinney, a/k/a "Jody," age 34, of Richmond Hill, Georgia, was convicted after a four-day trial in March on charges of Conspiracy to Possess with Intent to Distribute, and to Distribute, Fentanyl; Possession with Intent to Distribute and Distribution of Fentanyl;... More...
$0 (10-05-2023 - GA)United States of America v. Joseph Oluwafemi Kolawole Akoshile
Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax fraud scheme relating to false tax returns claiming fuel tax credits.<br> <br> Joseph Oluwafemi Kolawole Akoshile, age 57, of Mansfield, Texas, used multiple aliases to steal millions of dollars from American taxpayers by fraudulently using a tax credit designed to aid business owners, according to U.S. Attorney R... More...
$0 (09-22-2023 - GA)Stephanie Gadberry v. C. Anderson and Associates, LLC
Albany, Georgia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an employment discrimination theory under 42 U.S.c. 2000e, which provides:<br> <br> (a) Employer practicesIt shall be an unlawful employment practice for an employer—<br> (1) to fail or refuse to hire or to discharge any individual, or otherwise to discriminate against any individual with respect to his ... More...
$1 (09-12-2023 - GA)Joel Deserto v. Aiyan Diabetes Center, Inc., and Dr. Sivakumar Jayabalan
Augusta, Georgia employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued Defendants on Fair Labor Standards Act violation theories.<br> <br> "The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and youth employment standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.<br>... More...
$0 (09-13-2023 - GA)Jessica Blinkhorn v. 101 Center Real Estate, LLC
Savannah, Georgia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities Act Violation theory.<br> <br> "The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including employment, education, transportation, and public accommodations.<br> <br> The A... More...
$1 (09-12-2023 - GA)United States of America v. Gary Kreitzman
Brunswick, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing sexually explicit images of children.<br> <br> Gary Kreitzman, 36, of Nahunta, Ga., pleaded guilty to Distribution of Child Pornography<br> <br> There is no parole in the federal system.<br> <br> "Children are re-victimized every time sexually exploitive images are shared,†said U.S. Attorney Steinber... More...
$0 (08-07-2023 - GA)James McCoy v. J&M Tank Lines, Inc.
Albany, Georgia civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an Americans With Disabilities Act violation theory.<br> <br> The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against people with disabilities in several areas, including employment, transportation, public accommodations, communications and access to state and local governm... More...
$1 (07-12-2023 - GA)State of Georgia v. Richard Merritt
Decatur, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant accused of first-degree murder.<br> <br> Richard Merritt, age 44, was accused of killing his mother, Shirley Merritt, age 77, in 2019.<br> <br> Defendant pleaded not guilty and claimed that two men he did not know barged into the home and killed his mother in front of him.<br> <br> Defendant took the stand an testified in his own defen... More...
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