Iowa Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
 

United States of America v. Benjamin Tyler Gentry

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of receipt and possession of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2), (b)(1), (a)(5)(B), and (b)(2), and with being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2)

In October 2021, a Department of Homeland Security Special Agent downlo... More...
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United States of America v. Kim Phuong Taylor, also known as Kimberly Taylor

Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voter fraud.

In 2020, Taylor decided to run her own version of a get-out-the-vote campaign. The idea was to help Vietnamese Americans, some of whom struggled with English and were unfamiliar with our election system, register and vote. Her
motives were not purely altruistic: she hoped they would vote for h... More...
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State of Iowa v. Pat Grant Kepne

Boone, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with indecent exposrure

In spring 2022, two women-K.W. and E.P.-made two separate reports to law enforcement. Each woman reported that a man whom she did not know had just exposed himself to her in a retail parking lot. This case is about those women's experiences, the investigations and trial that followed, and (espe... More...
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Iowa Migrant Movement of Justice, et al. v. Brenna Bird,n her official capacity as Attorney General of Iowa

Des Moines, Iowa, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who used on a Constitutional law violation theory.

Iowa, in Senate File 2340, criminalized the presence within its boundaries of aliens who illegally reentered the United States. Aliens violating this Act are ordered to return to the country they reentered from. The Act forbids judges from abating a state prosecution due to... More...
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United States of America v. Marquise Darius Dickerson

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to more than four years in federal prison.

Marquise Darius Dickerson, age 33, from Monroe, Michigan, received the prison term after an April 17, 2025 guilty plea to possession o... More...
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United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr.,

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison.

Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 13, 2025 guilty plea to possession of... More...
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United States of America v. Marquise Darius Dickerson

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon.

A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to more than four years in federal prison.

Marquise Darius Dickerson, age 33, from Monroe, Michigan, received the prison term after an April 17, 2025 guilty plea to possession o... More...
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United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr.,

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Federal Firearms Charge.

A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison.

Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 13, 2025 guilty plea to possession of a firearm ... More...
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United States of America v. Ian Andre Roberts

Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an illegal alien in possession of firearms.

The former Des Moines Public Schools Superintendent, and citizen of Guyana made his initial appearance before a United States Magistrate Judge in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa today on a criminal complaint charging him with... More...
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Charles Talley, Jr. v. Social Security Administration

Davenport, Iowa, social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for social security disability benefits.

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Jacob H. Sulzbach v. Kubota Tractor Corporation

Sioux City, Iowa, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a product liability theory.

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United States of America v. Justin Michael Derby

Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.... More...    $0 (10-17-2025 - IA)

David's Dozer V-Loc System Inc. et al v. Deere & Company

Dubuque, Iowa, intellectual property lawyers represented the parties in a patent infringement dispute.... More...    $0 (10-17-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Jeffery Lamont Hayes

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs.

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State of Iowa v. Quintoria Baker

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer will be representing the Defendant charged with attempted murder.

Quintoria Baker, age 37, is accused of shooting and wounding Quincy harris, age 32, who suffered multiple gunshot wounds.... More...
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State of Iowa v. Tyler Pavlick

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with invasion of privacy.

Tyler Pavlick, 32, is accused of capturing visual and audio footage of people using the toilet inside a porta-potty during a middle school and high school cross country meet in September.... More...
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United States of America v. Marquise Darius Dickerson

Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a felon

A man who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced to more than four years in federal prison.

Marquise Darius Dickerson, age 33, from Monroe, Michigan, received the prison term after an April 17, 2025 guilty plea to possession of a firearm by a felon.More...
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United States of America v. Edward Earl Roby, Jr.

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing a Gun While Awaiting Sentencing on a Federal Firearms Charge.

A convicted felon who illegally possessed a firearm as a felon was sentenced on September 26, 2025, to nearly five years in federal prison.

Edward Earl Roby, Jr., age 28, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a May ... More...
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State of Iowa v. Cori Jayvon Shields

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with willful injury causing serious injury, reckless use of a firearm, and intimidation with a dangerous weapon.

Cori Jayvon Shields, 27, pleaded guilty to willful injury causing serious injury, reckless use of a firearm, and intimidation with a dangerous weapon.... More...
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State of Iowa v. Huston William Danker and Karina Sue Cooper

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Huston William Danker, age 26, and Karina Sue Cooper, age 45, admitted to shooting Rayan Cooper in 2021.

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United States of America v. David Davis, Jr.

Davenport, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs.
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Brandon King v. United Parcel Service, et al.

Des Moines, Iowa, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued job discrimination theory.

Brandon King ended up in federal court because he did not want to work on
Saturdays. The district court1 denied his motion to remand the case to state court
and granted judgment on the pleadings to his employer, United Parcel Service, Inc.

Not all UPS drivers follow the s... More...
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United States of America v. Mensah Olloway, Rosella Weaver, Dakota Grund and Dylan Elrod

Council Bluffs, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery and gun possession feloies.... More...    $0 (09-26-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Nicholas Carl Thomas

Council Fluffs, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of drugs.... More...    $0 (09-26-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Andrew Frazee

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Conspiracy

A man who conspired to distribute methamphetamine was sentenced on September 19, 2025, to 12 years in federal prison.

Andrew Frazee, 32, from Garner, Iowa, received the prison term after a May 1, 2025, guilty plea to conspiracy to distribute over a pound of methamphetamine.... More...
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United States of America v. D’quon Morrow

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl near a school

A man who distributed fentanyl near a school was sentenced today to more than 11 years in federal prison. D’quon Morrow, age 27, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 28, 2025 guilty plea to one count of distribution of at least 40 grams of fent... More...
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State of Iowa v. Lonnie Ray Hayes

Des Moines, iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with vehicular homicide while intoxicate.

Lonnie Ray Hayes of Des Moines had previously admitted to causing the Dec. 23, 2023, accident that killed Roberto Eduardo Rodriguez-Peterson, 35, of Des Moines. Mr. Hayes said he was high on marijuana when he was traveling more than 70 mph on East 14th Street and collided ... More...
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United States of America v. Shaquan Coffer

Waterloo, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms.

At approximately 1:00 a.m. on April 2, 2023, Cedar Falls Police Officers responded to a 911 call placed by Coffer’s girlfriend. She reported that Coffer had kicked her windshield while sitting in her car, ultimately cracking it. Officers located the car, conducted a traffi... More...
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United States of America v. Daniel Kaler

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Child Pornography

Sioux City Man Pleads Guilty in Federal Court to Possessing Child Pornography



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United States of America v. Brian Oakleaf

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Child Pornography

Former Storm Lake City Employee Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography



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United States of America v. Randolph Jay Forrest

Dubuque, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud.

From 2012 to 2021, Randolph Forrest worked at a used car dealership in Iowa. He and the dealership’s owners rolled back odometers on dozens of vehicles, altered the vehicles’ titles, and resold them without disclosing the true mileage. After the scheme was uncovered, Forrest was indicted on five counts... More...
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United States of America v. Dakota Brown

Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation firearms.

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United States of America v. Javoni Marcelius Butler

Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.

21:846 CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE NARCOTICS... More...
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Nersius adonliel Artisani v. Black Hawk County, et al.

Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a prisoner civil rights violation theory.... More...    $0 (08-27-2025 - IA)

United States of America v. Margo Ann Williams

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud and money laundering.

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United States of America v. Jose DeJesus Mejia-Fraijo

Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal.

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State of Iowa v. Adam Geman Tennih, Rickey Cutis Meneweather, and Antonio Luis Alexander

Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyers are representing the Defendants charged with assault and battery with attempted murder.

Adam Geman Tennih, 19; Rickey Curtis Meneweather, 23; and Antonio Luis Alexander, 22, were charged with attempted murder an various firearm felonies.... More...
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United States of America v. Jordan Michael Million

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of receipt of child pornography and two counts of possession of child pornography

Independence Man Charged with Child Pornography Crimes


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United States of America v. Bruce Jovon Williams

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession of a firearm by a felon.

Cedar Rapids Felon Who Ran from Police and Tossed Gun Pleads Guilty in Federal Court


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United States of America v. Ronald Lee Behee, Jr.

Council Bluffs, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Firearm as a Felon

Council Bluffs Man Sentenced to 42 Months in Federal Prison for Possession of Firearm as a Felon


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