Kentucky Administrative Law Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Robert Scott Froberg </h2> </center>
Bowling Green, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping resulting in death in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1201. Digested by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Robert Scott Froberg, age 61, from Dayton, Ohio, was arrested for armed robbery in Alabama on December 27, 198... More...
$ (07-24-2026 - KY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Donald Demil Clay </h2> </center>
Frankfort, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a scheduled controlled drug in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841(a) and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1). Digested by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan<... More...
$ (07-23-2026 - KY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Derrick Becker </h2> </center>
Covington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Derrick Leif Becker, age 51, was found to be in possession of chil... More...
$ (06-30-2026 - KY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Brailen Weaver </h2> </center>
Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with armed bankruptcy. By Kent Morlan Brailen Weaver entered a US Bank in Berea, Ky, on April 30, 2026, at approximately 1:57 p.m. Upon entering the bank, Weaver immediately shot and killed a bank employee and then killed a bank teller. Weaver checked multiple drawers in the bank and immediately left. Investigators... More...
$ (05-07-2026 - KY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Terence Lorenzo Clemons </h2> </center>
Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of visual depictions involving a minor engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Terence Lorenzo Clemons, 52, of Lexington, Kentucky was a County Extension Agent that operated 4-H programs in the Bath County School System. In April 2024, Clemons began a romantic “relationship” with a minor victim in t... More...
$ (04-27-2026 - KY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Bailey Michael Stouter </h2> </center>
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transmission with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity with a minor. Bailey Michael Stouter, 23, used a social media application to meet a 14-year-old girl. He arranged to pick the girl up from her home in Bullitt County, Kentucky, to drive her to Pennsylvania for a sexual encounter. A missing person re... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - KY)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tracy Davenport </h2> </center>
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with wire fraud. Tracy Davenport, 51, of Louisville, and others working at her direction, engaged in a scheme to induce customers into signing a contract for a pool installation and paying a large down payment up front. Davenport used those funds for purposes other than what was agreed upon. Davenport pled guilty... More...
$ (03-05-2026 - KY)United States of America v. Natasha Harris-Johnson
Paducah, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with false claims and wire fraud. Natasha Harris-Johnson, 52, of Paducah, filed eight tax returns for the 2018 and 2019 tax years on behalf of trusts she created, altogether demanding nearly $30 million in tax refunds she was not entitled to. Harris-Johnson also filed a fraudulent application with the Small Business A... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - KY)United States of America v. Israel Ortiz Velasco
Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering conspiracy and a conspiracy to import controlled substances into the United States, including 400 grams or more of fentanyl and five kilograms or more of cocaine. From approximately June to December 2017, Israel Ortiz Velasco, 33, agreed with others to distribute fentanyl and cocaine, knowing an... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - KY)<H2> United States of America v. Stephen Piercy
Louisiville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple drug and firearm offenses. From January 1, 2021, through August 29, 2023, Stephen Piercy, conspired with other individuals to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine. Piercy was further convicted of distributing over 50 grams of methamphetamine on 5 dates from March through July of 2023; possessin... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - KY)<H2> United States of America v. Brandon Farley
London, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of production of child pornography. Brandon Farley, 42, sexually abused a minor that was in his care and took photos of that abuse. Under federal law, Farley must serve 85 percent of his prison sentence. Upon his release from prison, he will be under the supervision of the U.S. Probation Office for... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - KY)<H2> United States of America v. Terry Gannon
Ashland, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. In February 2025, law enforcement received information that Terry Gannon, 52, was distributing large amounts of drugs from his r... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - KY)<H2> United States of America v. Tommy Martin
Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of distributing and possessing with the intent to distribute methamphetamine; possessing, carrying, and using firearms in furtherance of and during and in relation to his drug trafficking crimes; and possession of multiple firearms by a convicted felon. On September 24, 2025, Tommy Martin, 70, ... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - KY)<H2> Luther Poynter v. Aaron Bennett
Bowling Green, Kentucky, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a 82 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory. Luther Poynter was incarcerated in the Barren County Detention Center (“BCDC”) on December 25, 2020, for contempt of court due to his failure to pay child support. On December 28, BCDC moved Poynter to a general-population cell, where Scotty Wix and Timothy Guess were... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - KY)<H2> United States of America v. Larry Walden
Lexington, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering, by committing crop insurance fraud. Larry Walden, age 69, owned and rented farmland in Barren County, on which he grew burley tobacco, among other crops. He maintained insurance coverage over his tobacco crop from at least 2014 to 2023. For Crop Years 2014 through 2019, Wa... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - ky)<H2> United States of America v. Nathaniel Covington
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r online coercion and enticement of a minor, sexual exploitation of a child, and transportation of a minor for sex. Nathaniel Covington, 25, used an online social media application to meet a fourteen-year-old girl. He arranged to have the girl taken from Tennessee to Louisville, Kentucky for a sexual encounter... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - KY)<H2> United States of America v. Lonnie James Maynard
Ashland, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography. On January 17, 2025, Lonnie James Maynard, age 54, of Raccoon, Kentucky, engaged in the production of child pornography. Specifically, a search of Maynard’s phone revealed a Snapchat conversation in which he directed a minor child to send Maynard sexually explicit photos. At Ma... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - KY)<H2> United States of America v. Jonathan Ernspiker
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with firearms trafficking, distribution of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, for conspiring to sell 18 firearms and approximately 58 grams of methamphetamine to a confidential law enforcement source on November 20, 2024... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - KY)<H2> Brooke Threlkeld v. Norton Healthcare Louisville
Louisville, Kentucky, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Family and Medical Leave Act violation theory. AI Overview The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) allows eligible employees of covered employers up to 12 weeks of unpaid, job-protected leave for specific family/medical reasons (birth/adoption, serious health condition, military family needs) and 26 weeks fo... More...
$0 (12-05-2025 - KY)Freddie Brewer, et al. v. Alliance Coal, LLC, et al.
Pikeville, Kentucky employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.<br> <br> AI Overview<br> <br> The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) covers minimum wage, overtime pay, and child labor standards for most private and public sector employees. It mandates that employees receive at least the federal minimum wage, and overtime pay at a rate of t... More...
$1 (11-25-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Brian Hinds </h1></h1>
Louisville, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing and possessing child pornography.<br> <br> A federal criminal complaint and arrest warrant were issued on October 9, 2025, charging a Jefferson County high school teacher with distributing and possessing child pornography.<br> <br> U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky, Special ... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - KY)Reuben Jelani Adams, et al. v. Lexington-Dayette Urban County Government, et al.
Lexington, Kentucky, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> Plaintiffs are five football players at the University of Kentucky ("UKâ€) who were subject to racial taunts and physical violence at a fraternity-sponsored party. Yet after the altercation, defendant Detective Cory Vinlove, a Lexington police officer, initiated criminal charges... More...
$0 (10-15-2025 - KY)center><h1> United States of America v. Zackary Keith Jones </h1></h1>
Lexington, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Pornography <br> A Kings Mountain, Ky., man, Zackary Keith Jones, 35, was sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom to 194 months in prison, for transporting a minor over state lines with the intent that the minor engage in sexual activity.<br> <br> According to his plea agreement, Jones transp... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Zackary Keith Jones </h1></h1>
Lexington, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting a minor over state lines with the intent that the minor engage in sexual activity.<br> <br> A Kings Mountain, Ky., man, Zackary Keith Jones, 35, was sentenced on Wednesday by U.S. District Judge Claria Horn Boom to 194 months in prison, for transporting a minor over state lines with the intent that the minor ... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - KY)United States of America v. Richard Jackson
Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs.<br> <br> On January 30, 2024, Jackson and Terrance Wallace traveled together by car from Dayton, Ohio to a parking lot in Nicholasville, Kentucky, where they sold approximately 223 grams of a mixture containing methamphetamine for $1,400 to an individual acting as a confidential informant for loc... More...
$0 (08-26-2025 - KY)Deborah Halstead v. Director of Workers' Compensation Programs, United States Department of Labor; Peaboy Coal Company, LL; Peabody Investment, Inc.
Lexington, Kentucky workers' compensation law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a black lung claim.<br> <br> Deborah Halstead petitioned for review of the Benefits Review Board's (BRB) decision and order affirming the Administrative Law Judge's (ALJ) denial of black lung benefits pursuant to 30 U.S.C. §§ 901-944. Our review of the BRB's decision is limited to considering "whether substanti... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Gainey </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Frankfort, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Harrison County Doctor Sentenced for Unlawful Distribution of Controlled Substances</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><ce... More...
$0 (07-30-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Markwez Wynn, Stephen Hampton </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Tennessee Men Sentenced for Bank Robbery Spree in Tennessee, Indiana, and Kentucky</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br> <br> Two Nashville, Te... More...
$0 (07-21-2025 - KY)United States of America v. Richard G. Maike, G. Barnes, and Faraday Hossenpour
Owensboro, Kentucky criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with fraud.<br> <br> The defendants here were leading figures in a company called Infinity 2 Global, which the FBI later concluded was a pyramid scheme. The company extracted some $34 million from investors who paid to join the scheme, nearly all of whom lost money. After a 25-day trial, a jury convicted Richard Maike, ... More...
$0 (06-26-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Matthew Buresh </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Failure to Pay Taxes </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lexington Business Owner Sentenced for Failure to Pay Taxes </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Lexington business owner, Matthew Buresh, 65, was sentenced by U.S.... More...
$0 (05-19-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Wayne Jerome Johnson </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Frankfort, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Cocaine Trafficking and Illegal Firearm Possession </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mercer County Man Sentenced for Armed Cocaine Trafficking and Illegal Firearm Possession</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Harr... More...
$0 (05-01-2025 - KY)James White v. Julie White
Burlington, Kentucky family law lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution (divorce).<br> <br> On April 11, 2024, the Boone Family Court entered a decree of dissolution dissolving the marriage of James White (Appellant) and Julie White (Appellee). The parties were married for 26 years and have two children who have reached the age of majority. During the marriage, Appellant worked... More...
$0 (04-28-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Chanel Lashae Logan </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl, and one count of possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and fentanyl. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Michigan Woman Sentenced to 30 years for Fentanyl and ... More...
$0 (04-22-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Abel Velasquez-Avecedo, Adiel Hernandez-Orellana, Milton Guevara-Cruz, Sergio Diego-Sevilla, Adalberto Calixto-Tolentino, Juan Jacobo Ortega-Guevara, Carlos Garcia Carillo, Saul Lopez-Rojas, Gelacio Macias-Olivares, Zenaido Neri Perez, Jose Gonzalez-Rodriguez </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with with illegally possessing a firearm as an illegal alien, illegally reentering the United States after being convicted of an aggravated felony, two counts of transporting illegal aliens </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> U.S. Attorney's Office... More...
$0 (04-23-2025 - KY)Joseph Ebu v. U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Service, et al.
Lexington, Kentucky immigration lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a naturalization law issue.<br> <br> Plaintiff Joseph Ebu, a lawful permanent resident, was subject to concurrent<br> naturalization and removal proceedings. Believing that the pending removal proceedings took<br> priority over his naturalization application, defendant United States Citizenship and Immigration<br> Services (USCIS)... More...
$0 (04-16-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Eric Kelsey Shepherd </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Lexington, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Pornography </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Lexington Man Sentenced for Production of Child Pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Lexington man, Eric Kelsey Shepherd, 30, was sentenced to ... More...
$0 (04-08-2025 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. R.G., et al.
Shelbyville, Kentucky family law lawyer represented the Defendant Mother in a child abuse and neglect action.<br> <br> On May 3, 2023, the Shelby County Public School System filed dependency, neglect, and abuse (DNA) petitions regarding Mother's three eldest children, J.V.G, S.V.G., and A.R.V.G., who were then 11, 9, and 8 years old, respectively. The petitions asserted that each of the children h... More...
$0 (03-28-2025 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Christpher Nation
Bardstown, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of firearms.<br> <br> On December 26, 2021, members of the Nelson County Sheriff's Office (NCSO) arrived at the home of Nation's mother, Denise Vicencio. Law enforcement found Nation - a convicted felon - inside a shed behind the home. The police found two firearms inside the shed with him.<br> <... More...
$0 (03-21-2025 - KY)><h1> United States of America v. Jordan Fautz </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Louisville, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of distribution of child pornography, two counts of distribution of the obscene visual representation of child sexual abuse, one count of production of the obscene visual representation of child sexual abuse, and one count of possession of child pornography </font/color="r... More...
$0 (03-21-2025 - KY)<h1> United States of America v. Zhiqiang Huang; Chaoming Lin; Huixing Yu; Tianlong Chen </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of approximately 5,000 gifts cards; possessing more than fifteen counterfeit and unauthorized access devices </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Federal Grand Jury Indicts Four Chinese Nationals for Possessing Counterfeit Access D... More...
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