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State of Kentucky v. Destiny Morgan
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with two counts of cruelty to animals and two counts of torturing a dog or cat. Destiny Morgan, age 35, accused of animal cruetly. Police found both dogs starved to death, with one found inside a crate lying on glass and the other tied to a stair railing by a leash.... More...
(02-26-2026 - KY)State of Kentucky v. Chase Branson
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with misdemeanor assault. "The incident happened in May 2024. The victim, Joseph Cortina, had come to Louisville to work the PGA Championship at Valhalla Golf Club. He was arrested May 21 on a charge of alcohol intoxication while trying to board a plane after working hospitality events." "Branson allegedly "aggre... More...
(02-18-2026 - KY)United States of America v. Donnita Wilson, Aariel Matthews, Raul Tellez Ojeda, Lazaro Alejandro Castello Rojas, and Robert Danger Correa
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud and honest services mail fraud. Donnita Wilson, 32; Aariel Matthews, 27; Raul Tellez Ojeda, 32; Lazaro Alejandro Castello Rojas, 37; and Robert Danger Correa, 41; were charged with Mail Fraud (14 counts), Mail Fraud Conspiracy (one count), Honest Services Mail Fraud (14 counts), Honest Services Mail ... More...
(02-14-2026 - KY)United States of America v. Priestlen Mitchell
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer Rob Eggert represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and drug trafficking. Between May 7, 2021, and May 8, 2021, Mitchell, a convicted felon, possessed a Century Arms Inc., model Micro Draco, 7.62x39 caliber semiautomatic pistol, an Armalite, model M15A2, 5.56 caliber rifle, and ammunition. Mitchell also possessed with th... More...
(01-25-2026 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Brian Hampton
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with grand theft. Brian Hampton was arrested after detectives said he stole wire from multiple locations, including AT&T wiring.... More...
(01-23-2026 - KY)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)State of Kentucky v. Brandon Randall
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense represents the Defendant charged with alcohol intoxication, disorderly conduct and criminal trespass. Brandon Randall from Louisville l briefly opened the door at Louisville Metro Police Chief Paul Humphrey’s home and then said he was at the wrong place before leaving.... More...
(01-02-2026 - KY)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)State of Kentucky v. Tracy Carter
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Tracy Carter, an investigator for Louisville Metro's Office of Inspector General was arrested for allegedly shooting a man near the Heritage Creek neighborhood.... More...
(12-16-2025 - KY)State of Kentucky v. John Doe, et al.
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charge with auto theft and stealing guns. Three men, all 18-years-old accused for car break-ins and thefts on Dixie Highway near the regional library.... More...
(12-16-2025 - KY)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)Chad Kiser v. Randon Auto Parts North America, LLC doing business as AXN Heavy Duty
Louisville, Kentucky, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued in a job discrimination theory. This case was filled in the Jefferson Circuit Court, 25-CI-008644, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. The Plaintiff challenged the jurisdiction of the federal court and sough remand to the state circuit court.... More...
(12-05-2025 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Anthony Lewis
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with DUI. Anthony Lewis, age 32, was accused of driving while drunk and causing an accident with a Louisville, Kentucky, police officers vehicle.... More...
(12-05-2025 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Huber Iran Argello-Aguilar
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with odomy, wanton endangerment, rape, assault, unlawful imprisonment and menacing. Huber Iran Argello-Aguilar, 25, is charged with two sexual assaults.... More...
(11-14-2025 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Joshua W. Preacher and Nereida Allen
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder, first-degree assault, and first-degree criminal abuse of a child. On Monday, August 25, 2008, a case worker for Child Protective Services ordered Allen's twin sisters, Janet and Jeannette Allen, to clean and repair deplorable conditions at the home they shared in east Louisville and in the me... More...
(11-14-2025 - KY)United States of America v. Bryan Douglas Conley
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ransporting a minor for criminal sexualactivity, kidnapping, bank fraud, identity theft, and interstate threats.... More...
(11-14-2025 - ky)United States of America v. Bryan Douglas Conley
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting a minor for criminal sexual activity, kidnapping, bank fraud, identity theft, and interstate threats. Bryan Conley created fake dating profiles to lure and trick two female victims: a minor (A.Y.) and an adult (R.W.). Using the dating platform PlentyofFish.com, Conley created profiles posin... More...
(11-13-2025 - KY)Commonwealth of Kentucky v. Kiaira Paige and Darrel Burnett
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyers will be representing the Defendants charged with murder. Kiaira Paige and Darrel Burnett are accused for gunning down their older brother, Darryl Burnett Jr., ... More...
(11-05-2025 - KY)United States of America v. Christopher Payne
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine and over 40 grams of fentanyl. A Louisville, Kentucky man was sentenced to 9 years in federal prison for conspiring to distribute over 50 grams of methamphetamine and over 40 grams of fentanyl. On September 22, 2025, Christopher Payne, 30, ... More...
(09-29-2025 - KY)Raccy Mabel Enriquez-Perdomo v. Richardo A. Newman, et al.
Louisville, Kentucky personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory. Plaintiff Riccy Enriquez-Perdomo entered the United States illegally as a child. She was initially ordered to be deported, but later benefited from Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (“DACAâ€), which makes her order of removal non-enforceable. Prior to the immediate eve... More...
(08-22-2025 - KY)United States of America v. Nathaniel Durham and Phillip Barnes
Louisville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of firearms. The district court determined Nathaniel Durham and Phillip Barnes were subject to the Armed Career Criminal Act’s mandatory minimum term of imprisonment because each had at least three prior qualifying convictions for offenses that occurred on different occasions. Th... More...
(08-15-2025 - KY)United States of America v. Vidal Ricardo Murillo-Zuniga
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Reentry, Social Security Fraud, and Identity Theft Offenses Honduran National Sentenced to Federal Prison for 2 Years and 1 Day for Illegal Reentry, Social Security Fraud, and Identity Theft Offenses... More...
(08-01-2025 - KY)Karim Codrington v. Jay Dolark, et al.
Louisville, Kentucky personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory. Plaintiff Karim Codrington was the victim of an unlawful traffic stop, search, and arrest. During the criminal proceedings arising from that stop, a Kentucky state court suppressed the evidence illegally seized from his vehicle and dismissed his criminal charges. More than t... More...
(07-15-2025 - KY)United States of America v. Bruce A. Mills, Frank H. Brown
Louisville, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with trafficking in methamphetamine, metonitazene, and fentanyl. Two Louisville Men Sentenced to 10 Years in Federal Prison For Drug Trafficking < Two Louisville men were sentenced to... More...
(07-11-2025 - KY)United States of America v. Timothy John Lewis
Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person. In March 2023, a jury found Timothy John Lewis guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm in the Western District of Kentucky. 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). The district court sentenced him to 200 months’ imprisonment under the Armed Career Crimin... More...
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