Michigan International Law Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Sefton Stewart </h2> </ce\nter>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956(h) and attempt and conspiracy to commit mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349. 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> Between October 2019 and September 2024, Se... More...
$ (07-07-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United Sattes of America v. Erich Zeeb </h2> </center>
Marquette, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Erich Zeeb, 51, of Roanoke, Virginia, exploited a 15 years old, online in 2012. He presented himself to the victim and her parents as an Olympian-in-training and someone who could help the victim with her own Olympic aspirations. As U.S. District Judge Jane M. Beckering stated ... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Robert Graham Ward </h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. On January 12, 2025, first responders responded to a 911 call at a hotel in Gaylord, Michigan and pronounced a 25-year-old man dead of a drug overdose. A woman who was last with the decedent before his death cooperated with law enforcement and stated that she re... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Stephen Duane Woods, Jr. </h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer Michael Bartish represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Once the officers successfully detained Woods, he told them multiple times that he didn’t have anything on his person. One officer then patted Woods down but didn’t find a gun. Other officers used their flashlights to look through the windows of Woods’s ... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - MI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Thomas Patrick Shannon </h2> </center>
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Thomas Shannon, 44, exploited at least eighteen children online, ranging in ages from 12 to 17. Police discovered Shannon’s crimes when a16-year-old minor in North Carolina reported that she had been sexually exploited on Snapchat. Investigators identified the perpetrato... More...
$ (03-06-2026 - MI)United States of America v. Thomas Patrick Shannon
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with exploitation of children From 2019 through 2024, Thomas Shannon, 44, previously of Byron Center, exploited at least eighteen children online, ranging in ages from 12 to 17. Police discovered Shannon’s crimes when a16-year-old minor in North Carolina reported that she had been sexually exploited on Snapcha... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - MI)Koren Wagner v. Hanon Systems USA, LLC
Ann Arbor, Michigan labor law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes national standards for minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor. Enforced by the U.S. Department of Labor (.gov), it applies to most private and public employees. Key provisions include a... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - MI)United States of America v. Samer Kammo
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a multi-million-dollar Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud scheme. Samer Kammo, 46, and his co-conspirators tried to cheat the system by exploiting a federal relief program meant to help Americans in need. Let this case send a clear message: crime does not pay,” said Jennifer Runyan, Special Agent in C... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - MI)United States of America v. Andrial Ortiz
Lansing, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearm. Andrial Ortiz was a felon who was not allowed to possess a gun, and the moment he did he used it to shoot a police officer. My office was happy to prosecute this case. We accept the 15-year sentence as a just response. I hope everyone reading this will take a minute to remembe... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - MI)United States of America v. Kyle Wagner
Detroit, Michigan, Zcriminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with making Federal threats and cyberstalking following alleged murder and assault threats against ICE. Kyle Wagner escalated his opposition to ICE operations, including conspiring and threatening to assault federal law enforcement officers in Minneapolis. In January 2026, Wagner repeatedly posted on Facebook and Insta... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Brandon Sims
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking and committing a crime of violence with a machine gun. Brandon Sims, 35, of Detroit, Michigan, committed the carjacking on October 18, 2023, in Detroit, Michigan. Sims carjacked a man who was assisting a young woman move out of Mr. Sims’s residence. Sims entered the male victim’s SUV and brandished ... More...
$ (01-14-2026 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Rita Shaba
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) wire and bank fraud. Rita Shaba, 40, and her co-conspirators caused fraudulent PPP applications to be submitted for several business entities. Those applications misrepresented payroll information for the business entities and falsely certified that PPP loan funds would be u... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Brandon Lemar Baines
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute over 12 pounds of methamphetamine. On January 23, 2025, officers with the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET), a multijurisdictional narcotics enforcement team working in the Kalamazoo County area, stopped a van carrying over 12 pounds of methamphetamine as it returne... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Brandon Lemar Baines
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. On January 23, 2025, officers with the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET), a multijurisdictional narcotics enforcement team working in the Kalamazoo County area, stopped a van carrying over 12 pounds of methamphetamine as it returned from Det... More...
$ (01-05-2026 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Martin Daryl Waskowski
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with exploitation of children and possession of porn. On December 3, 2025, Martin Daryl Waskowski, 38, of Royal Oak. was traveling from Canada back to the United States when he was stopped by Customs and Border Protection inspections at a border crossing in Vermont. Waskowski’s digital devices, including a cell phone... More...
$ (12-10-2025 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing and intending to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl. During a search of Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath's Battle Creek, residence in March 2025, officers found over 1 kilogram of fentanyl, two firearms, thousands of dollars of cash, and what appeared to be an area designed to manufacture counterfe... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Ceratizit USA, L.L.C. and Mark Alan Stover
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act. Ceratizit USA LLC (Ceratizit), a Charlotte, North Carolina-based distributor of tungsten carbide products, has agreed to pay $54.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by knowingly and improperly failing to pay duties owed on tungsten carbide product... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - MI)<H2> Rhonda Hehrer v. County of Clinton, Michigan, et al.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a deliberate indifference civil rights violation wrongful death theory. This case’s tragic facts took place during Joseph Hehrer’s detention at a county jail. After Hehrer showed signs of illness (including vomiting), medical staff repeatedly evaluated him. Yet they failed to uncover that he suffered f... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MI)<H2> United States of America v. Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. During a search of Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath’s Battle Creek residence in March 2025, officers found over 1 kilogram of fentanyl, two firearms, thousands of dollars of cash, and what appeared to be an area designed to manufacture counterfeit fentanyl pills i... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - MI)LaNetra Kellar v. The Yunion, Inc.
Flint, Michigan, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employment discrimination toery.<br> <br> aNetra Kellar sued her former employer, The Yunion, Inc. ("Yunionâ€), for discrimination, retaliation, and wrongful termination. <br> <br> Yunion is a nonprofit organization that provides educational programming and family services to at-risk youth in the Detroit area. As ... More...
$0 (10-31-2025 - MI)Gun Owners of America, Inc., et al. v. U.S. Department of Justice, et al.
Bay City, Michigan, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs seeking a declaratory judgment relating to Michigan firearm law.<br> <br> onald Roberts and Gun Owners of America sued the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. They aimed to prohibit the Bureau from enforcing a public-safety advisory that instructed gun sellers to reject a Michigan firearms license as a<br> satisfa... More...
$0 (11-05-2025 - MI)Amos C. Johnson, M.D., etc. v. Rita Elizabeth Johnson, etc.
Detroit, Michigan, civil litigation lawyers represented the the parties in interpretation of a trust.<br> <br> In 2000, Amos G. Johnson and his wife, Marjorie Johnson, established the Johnson<br> Family Trust, naming their son, Appellant Amos C. Johnson, M.D., as the first successor trustee.<br> Amos G. Johnson died in 2007, and Marjorie Johnson died in 2020. This case involves the<br> proceedings... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)Alexandria Parrotta v. Island Resort and Casino
Marquette, Michigan, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful termination theory.<br> <br> lexandria Parrotta sued her employer, the Island Resort and Casino, for allegedly forcing her to resign rather than accommodating her needs as a new mother. But it turns out that the Casino is owned and operated by the Hannahville ndian Community, a federally recognized Indian tribe. So... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)United States of America v. Avery Logan
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm.<br> <br> Unlawful transportation of a firearm under federal law includes, but is not limited to, transporting a stolen firearm, a firearm across state lines when the person is a "prohibited person" (such as a felon), or shipping a firearm without notifying the carrier. It is also... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)Bertha Brown v. Target Corporation
Detroit, Michigan, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a premises liability claim.<br> <br> AI Overview<br> <br> Michigan premises liability law holds property owners accountable for injuries caused by a failure to maintain a safe property. To succeed in a claim, a person must prove the property owner was negligent, meaning they knew or should have known about a dangerous condition... More...
$1 (10-24-2025 - MI)Kristine Roth v. UNUM Life Insurance Company of America
Detroit, Michigan, insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an E.R.I.S.A. claim.<br> <br> Google A.I.<br> <br> ERISA, the Employee Retirement Income Security Act, is a federal law that sets minimum standards for employee benefit plans in private industry, such as health and retirement plans. It was created to protect the interests of plan participants and beneficiaries by requiring plans ... More...
$1 (10-24-2025 - MI)Danny Higgins v. Social Security Administration
Detroit, Michigan, social security disability law lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)Charles Bozzo v. Jennifer Nanasy, et al.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.<br> <br> rles Bozzo was fired from his job as a correctional officer with the Michigan Department of Corrections after a coworker accused him of making harassing comments. Years later, he sued two MDOC employees under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, claiming that<br> the p... More...
$0 (10-24-2025 - MI)Julie A. Tamm and Rosannea M. Przybylski v. Milan Nerad
Grand Rapids, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued Count I—First Amendment Retaliation (42 U.S.C. § 1983) (official and personal capacity); Count II—Llewellyn Preemption (state-law claim); Count III— Reasonableness Challenge – Square Lake (state-law claim); Count IV—Selective Enforcement Equal Protection) (§ 1983) (official an... More...
$0 (09-25-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Wolf Harper </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and transfer of machineguns and possession of a short-barreled rifle </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Machinegun Trafficker Sentenced to Over 6 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center... More...
$0 (09-09-2025 - MI)April Malick, et al. v. Croswell-Lexington District Schools, et al.
Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> C.M. suffered student-on-student racial harassment while she attended the sixth, seventh,<br> and ninth grades in the Croswell-Lexington Community Schools District. (She was<br> homeschooled for eighth grade.) She was mocked, called the n-word and other racial slurs,<br> threate... More...
$0 (08-29-2025 - MI)United States of America v. Kyrrah Cornell Radaker-Carter
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking.<br> <br> Radaker-Carter moved to suppress E.J.'s identification. He argued that introducing the<br> identification at trial would violate his due process right to a fair trial. See Neil v. Biggers, 409<br> U.S. 188, 198 (1972).<br> <br> After a hearing, the district court denied Radaker-Carter's motion. T... More...
$0 (08-25-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Nazzarie Carmouche-Heath </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Battle Creek Man Pleads Guilty to Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b>... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - MI)Dorothy Bivens v. Zep, Inc.
Detroit, Michigan employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a retaliation theory.<br> <br> After being fired from her job as a sales representative, Dorothy Bivens sued her employer, Zep, Inc., asserting claims under Title VII and Michigan law. According to Bivens, the company created a hostile work environment based on the actions of a company client. And when she complained abo... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - MI)Larry Smith v. Wayne County, Michigan, Robert J. Donaldson
Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> After prosecutors agreed to have his murder conviction thrown<br> out, Larry Smith sued Wayne County and Robert Donaldson. Smith claims that his conviction<br> resulted from an elaborate scheme designed by police and prosecutors to elicit false testimony<br> from jailhouse infor... More...
$0 (08-05-2025 - MI)Kenneth James Lowe v. Walbro, LLC
Bay City, Michigan employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an age discrimination theory.<br> <br> In June 2018, Kenneth Lowe was fired from his job at Walbro LLC. Lowe was 60 years old at the time and had worked at Walbro for more than four decades. He responded by filing this diversity-of-citizenship lawsuit against Walbro, alleging that the company had violated Michigan's Ell... More...
$0 (08-05-2025 - MI)Mike Yoder, et al. v. Scott Bowen, et al.
Grand Rapids, Michigan civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff t challenging a Michigan law that bans the use of drones to hunt or collect downed game.<br> <br> After a hunter shoots a game animal, such as a deer, the animal often runs away and dies<br> in another location. Tracking dogs and trail cameras are two ways of finding the animal. DDR<br> offers a third option—one that it s... More...
$0 (08-06-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Luke Isaac Terpstra </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Transporting Explosives and Possessing a Destructive Device </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Grant Man Sentenced to 36 Months for Transporting Explosives and Possessing a Destructive Device</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - MI)<h1> United States of America v. Michael Elam </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of sexual exploitation of a minor </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Caledonia Man Sentenced to 30 Years in Prison for Sexually Exploiting High School Girls</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i><... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - MI)Dawn Hayes v. Clariant Plastics & Coatings USA, Inc.
Grand Rapids, Michigan employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory.<br> <br> After 25 years of employment at Plastics & Coatings USA, Inc. it fired Dawn Hayes from her job as a warehouse logistics clerk. The company claims that she was laid off as part of a workforce reduction program; Hayes argues that she was terminated because of her gender and age. H... More...
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