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United States of America v. Kahrese Tracey Scott Lee

Akron, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to transport stolen vehicles, possession of stolen cars, trafficking in stolen vehicles, possession of stolen auto parts, and operating a chop shop. between at least October 2023 and October 2024, Kahrese Tracey Scott Lee, ate 28, of Cincinnati, who is also known as “Reese Lee” and “Bennett Jones,” k... More...

(12-16-2025 - OH)
United States of America v. Colby Smith

Akron, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapped two individuals at gunpoint in two different carjacking incidents in the greater Dayton area. Colby Smith, 32, has been in local law enforcement custody since the day of the alleged crimes. He is now charged federally with kidnapping, carjacking and using a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Ac... More...

(12-16-2025 - OH)
United States of America v. Pierre Lemone Draper

Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to commit theft and conversion of money and things of value from the United States; 18 U.S.C. § 1014 - Making false statements on a loan application; 18 U.S.C. § 1040 - Wire Fraud; 18 U.S.C. § 1343 - the knowing transfer, possession and use without lawful authority of a means of identification of anoth... More...

(11-14-2025 - OH)
United States of America v. Steevenson Persona

Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Google A.I.: Federal wire fraud law, defined by 18 U.S.C. § 1343, makes it a crime to use electronic communications across state lines to execute a scheme to defraud someone of money, property, or honest services. To secure a conviction, a prosecutor must prove the defendant engaged in a s... More...

(10-24-2025 - OH)
United States of America v. Dionicio Galindo-Salinas

Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening to kill Congressman Dayton man arrested for threatening to kill Congressman to Ohio A criminal illega... More...

(07-30-2025 - OH)
Mark Hartman v. David Yost, Ohio Attorney General

Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape. A grand jury in Montgomery County, Ohio, indicted Mark Hartman for three counts of rape that occurred during a late-night sexual encounter. After a bench trial, a state judge convicted him of all three counts.... More...

(07-25-2025 - OH)
Jeff Smith v. City of Union, Ohio

Dayton, Ohio employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory. Officer Jeff Smith was the City of Union’s oldest and longest-tenured police officer. The City fired him after it found that he had violated several police department policies over a two-day span. An arbitrator later ordered the City to reinstate Officer Smith because, in its view, the ... More...

(07-25-2025 - OH)
Danie Stewart and Rachel Kosoff v. David W. Martin, et al.

Dayton, Ohio truat and estate lawyers represented the parties contesting the management of a revocable trust. Lester Warren Martin passed away on March 13, 2020, at age 96. A World War II veteran and a graduate of Harvard Medical School, Dr. Martin was an accomplished physician at the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, one of the world’s best youth hospitals. Among Dr. ... More...

(07-15-2025 - OH)
Michael Poffenbarger v. Frank Kindall, III, et al.

Dayton, Ohio civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff claiming that the Air Force’s COVID-19 mandate, as applied to him, violated the Religious Freedom Restoration Act (RFRA) and the First Amendment. MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of law... More...

(05-16-2025 - OH)
State of Ohio v. Matthew Koehler

Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child pornography. Matthew Koehler, a former Kettering Middle School choir director was charged with one count of f illegal use of a minor in nudity-oriented material or performance and five counts of pandering obscenity involving a minor. ... More...

(04-18-2025 - OH)
State of Ohio v. Carson Barker

Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. In September 2023, a Montgomery County jury found Defendant-Appellant Carson Baker guilty of murder and discharge of a firearm on or near prohibited premises, each of which included a firearm specification. The trial court imposed an aggregate prison sentence of a minimum term of 29 years to life and a max... More...

(01-10-2025 - OH)
Devin Postell, Jr. v. State Farm Mutual Automoible Insurance Company

Dayton, Ohio insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a bad faith breach of contract theory.... More...

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United States of America v. John Wesley Long

Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(l) and 924(a)(8). The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) prosecutes felony possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1): Penalties The penalty for violating this law is a fine, up to 10 y... More...

(10-04-2024 - OH)
Diana Lynn Jones v. Jeffrey T. Jones

Dayton, Ohio family law lawyers presented the parties in a divorce. Jeffrey and Diana Jones were married in February 2008. They have no children together. Both parties used to work for the Montgomery County Engineer's Office. Jeffrey worked there from 1991 until he was fired in 2007. Diana worked in the Engineer's Office from 2002 until she was fired in 20... More...

(09-13-2024 - OH)
Robert J. Dudon v. Geraleen Dudon

Dayton, Ohio family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce. Geraleen Dudon appeals from a final judgment and decree of divorce which terminated the marriage of the parties. She asserts as her assignment of error that the trial court erred by granting a divorce on the ground of incompatibility. She claims that the trial court erred in granting a divorce on... More...

(06-23-2024 - OH)
United States of America v. Marcus Leon Davis

Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing child pornography by documenting sexual abuse of children ... More...

(05-17-2024 - OH)
Alicia Couklin and Gregory Conklin v. Emma R. Hiatt

Dayton, Ohio personal injury car wreck lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an auto negligence theory. Ohio negligence laws follow the modified comparative negligence approach which reduces damages in proportion to the claimant's degree of fault. However, if a claimant is found to be 51% or more at fault for their damages, they are barred from recovering anything.... More...

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Christine M. Baker v. Zachary Reynolds

Dayton, Ohio personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory. This case was filed in the Court of Common Pleas of Montgomery County, Ohio, 2023 CV 06192, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. Ohio negligence laws follow the modified comparative negligence approach which reduces damages in proportion to the claimant's degree of fault. ... More...

(02-20-2024 - OH)
Holly Shuttleworth v. Wal-Mart, Inc.

Dayton, Ohio personal injury slip and fall lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a premises liability negligence theory. This case was filed in the Darke County Court of Common Pleas, 22CV00461, and was removed to federal court by Wal-Mart. Plaintiff sought to have the case remanded to state court.... More...

(01-10-2024 - OH)
Floyd Thurman v. Allstate Insurance Company, et al.

Dayton, Ohio insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory. This case was filed in the Montgomery County Common Pleas, 2023 CV 04896, and was removed to federal court by Allstate. Plaintiffs sought remand to the state court.... More...

(01-04-2024 - OH)
State of Ohio v. Ke’Laron A. Watson

Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of aggravated assault in violation of Section 2903.12 of the Ohio Revised Code, which provides: "(A) No person, while under the influence of sudden passion or in a sudden fit of rage, either of which is brought on by serious provocation occasioned by the victim that is reasonably sufficient to incite th... More...

(12-01-2023 - OH)
Brittany Jackson v. HarborChase of Beavercreek, et al.

Dayton, Ohio civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment) theory. "Title VII is a federal law in the United States that prohibits employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex, and national origin. It was enacted in 1964 during the Civil Rights Movement. What does Title VII prohibit? Ti... More...

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C.S. v. Social Security Administration

Dayton, Ohio social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS of her application for 42:405 Review of HHS Decision (DIWC) benefits. 08/30/2022 1 MOTION for Leave to Proceed in forma pauperis by Plaintiff Carrie Search. (Attachments: # 1 Complaint, # 2 Civil Cover Sheet, # 3 USDC) (Walter, Robert) (Entered: 08/30/2022) 08/30/2022 2 CLERK... More...

(11-22-2023 - OH)
Darius Jordan v. Crown Packaging Corp.

Dayton, Ohio civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an employment discrimination theory. This case was filed in the Montgomery County Common Pleas Court, 2022 CV 04488 and was removed to federal court by Defendant. Employment discrimination law is a body of law that protects employees from discrimination in the workplace. In the United States, the most i... More...

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United States of America v. Keith Dujuan Calahan

Dayton, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receiving and unlawfully possessing materials stolen from the U.S. Mail, including approximately 250 checks. Keith Dujuan Calahan, of Dayton, Ohio was arrested after taking "dummy" packages of U.S. mail contained GPS tracking devices in 2022. Law enforcement tracked the GPS locations of the stolen packages a... More...

(07-17-2023 - OH)