Pennsylvania Education Law

<h2> <center> United States of America v. Manoach Chayaud </h2> </center>

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the I.R.S. in violation of 19 U.S.C. 371. 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> Manoach Chayaud, age 43, of Carmel, Indiana, recruited two individuals to assist him in a scheme to file fa... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Jeremy Pauley

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy and interstate transportation of stolen property (Human Remains). Jeremy Pauley, age 43, of Thompson, Pennsylvania, admitted to his role in a nationwide network of individuals who bought and sold human remains stolen from Harvard Medical School and an Arkansas mortuary. Pauley purchased human ... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Katrina Maclean

Williamsport, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate transport of stolen human remains. From 2018 through 2022, Katrina Maclean, age 46, of Bradford, Massachusetts, bought human remains that she knew to have been stolen from Harvard Medical School and transported them from Massachusetts to Pennsylvania. Maclean also sold stolen human remains to... More...

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Jenn-Ching Luo v. Owen J. Roberts School District, et al.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff of a Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) violation.<br> <br> Luo is the parent of B.L., a former special needs student in the School District. The Individuals with Disabilities in Education Act (IDEA) required the School District to provide B.L. with a free appropriate public education<br> (FAPE), which incl... More...

$0 (08-22-2025 - PA)
<h1> United States of America v. Joshua Taylor </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate transport of stolen human remains. Trafficking Stolen Human Remains </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Pennsylvania Man Pleads Guilty To Trafficking Stolen Human Remains </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> ... More...

$0 (05-16-2025 - PA)
<h1> United States of America v. Robert Haley, Charles Edward Slate </h1></h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with producing and possessing child pornography. Allegedly distributing child pornography and possessing material that contained child pornography. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Justice Department Announces Results of Operation Resto... More...

$0 (05-07-2025 - PA)
<h1> United States of America v. Jacqueline C. Romero </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Philadelphia, PA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Violations of FAA Regulations </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Consent Judgment Entered Against Philadelphia Drone Flyer For Violations of FAA Regulations</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Michael DiCiurcio of Philadelphi... More...

$0 (02-04-2025 - PA)
<h1> United States of America v. Eric Jefferson </h1>

<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking of Multiple Women </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Pittsburgh Resident Sentenced to 25 Years in Prison for Sex Trafficking of Multiple Women </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A resident of Pittsbu... More...

$0 (01-31-2025 - PA)
Sherice Sargent v. School District of Philadelphia, et al.

<h2><br> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyers represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> Plaintiffs allege that in 2021, Defendant the School District of Philadelphia (the "School District”) adopted a "blatantly unconstitutional race-based system for admission to its criteria-based public schools.” According to Plaintiffs, the changes to the admissions process were enacted "fo... More...

$0 (10-11-2024 - PA)
Jeffrey Krug v. Bloomsburg Univesity, et al.

<h2><br> Williamsport, Pennsylvania civil rights wrongful termination retaliation lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> Jeffrey Krug, formoer dean of the Zeighler College of Business and a tenured faculty member claimed that he was wrongfully terminated in 2018.<br> <br> Defendant Bloomsburg University ("BU”) is an institute of higher education under the control and operation... More...

$0 (08-22-2024 - PA)
<h1> United States of America v. Michael Neill, Marita Crawford, Niko Rodriguez </h1>

<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegal Use of Union Assets.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b> </h3></center></i><br> United States Attorney Jacqueline C. Romero announced that Michael Neill, 57, Marita Crawford, 54, and Niko Rodriguez, 32, all of Philadelphia, Pen... More...

$0 (02-27-2024 - PA)
KA'SHAAD W. v. Upper Darby School District

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania education law lawyers represent the Plaintiff who sued Defendants on Individual with Disabilities Education Act violation theories.<br> <br> <br> The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ("IDEA”) requires states to provide a "free appropriate public education” ("FAPE”) to all students who qualify for special education services. 20 U.S.C. §140... More...

$0 (11-02-2023 - PA)
SLR v. Social Security Administration

Allentown, Pennsylvania social security disability lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.<br> <br> "Social Security disability law is the body of law that governs the Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) and Supplemental Security Income (SSI) programs. SSDI is a program that provides benefits to worke... More...

$0 (10-18-2023 - PA)
Robert Jahoda v. Vape Craft, LLC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.<br> <br> "The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including employment, education, transportation, and public accommodations. The ADA was... More...

$0 (08-14-2023 - PA)
Gabriel McMorland v. Burr Distribution, LLC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 violation theory.<br> <br> The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is a civil rights law that prohibits discrimination against individuals with disabilities in all areas of public life, including employment, education, transportation, and public accommodations. The... More...

$1 (08-14-2023 - PA)
United States of America v. Craig Alex Levin

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with traveling to the Philippines to engage in sex with children as young as 12 years old.<br> <br> Between 2016 and 2019, Craig Alex Levin, 67, of King of Prussia, was a retired special education teacher who traveled to the Philippines nine times, each time for the purpose of engaging in sex with disadvantaged minor... More...

$0 (05-09-2023 - PA)
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania v. James Carey

Doylestown, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual abuse of minors.<br> <table><br> <h1> <br> <center> <br> <P> <br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Doylestown_PA.jpg" alt="Bucks County Courthouse - Doylestown, Pennsylvania"><br> <P><br> Bucks County Courthouse - Doylestown, Pennsylvania<br> </center><br> </h1><br>... More...

$0 (03-24-2023 - PA)
United States of America v. Tenisha Jackson

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering.<br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pittsburgh_PA_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Pittsburgh, Pen... More...

$0 (03-08-2023 - PA)
Blaire Douglass v. Optavia, LLC

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an Americans With Disabilities violation theory.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Pittsburgh_PA_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Pittsburgh"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Pittsburgh</a><br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="... More...

$1 (02-07-2023 - pa)
Anthony Hammond Murphy v. The Farmer's Dog, Inc.

Erie, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an Americans With Disabilities Act violation theory.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/Erie_PA_Fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Erie, Pennsylvania"><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Erie, Pennsylvania</a><br> <P><br> <a font="re... More...

$0 (02-06-2023 - PA)
United States of America v. Victor Clayton

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with causing minors to engage in commericial sex.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/pennsylvania/news/philadelphia/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Philadelphia</a><br> </font><br> </center><br> </h1><br> </table><br> </center><br> <br>        ... More...

$0 (01-13-2023 - PA)
United States of America v. Moshe Porat

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.<br> <br> Moshe Porat, 75, of Bala Cynwyd, PA, the former Dean of Temple University's Richard J. Fox School of Business and Management ("Fox”) from 1996 until 2018, was convicted at of fraud in connection with a scheme to artificially inflate the school's program rankings aga... More...

$0 (03-13-2022 - PA)
Shannon Harris v. Central Bucks School District

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an education law issue.<br> <br> The claims made and defenses asserted are not available for this case.<br> <br> This case was initially filed in the Bucks County Court of Common Pleas, 21-02825, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> ... More...

$0 (10-26-2021 - PA)
Jared Charlap and Karen Clark v. Offbeat Ventures, L.L.C.

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Offbeat Ventures, LLC, Drmtlgy, LLC, Iqair North America, Inc., Spreadshirt, Inc., McIntosh Laboratory, Inc. and Theisen's, Inc., Freedom Laser Therapy, Inc., Ember Technologies, Inc., AWB, Inc., Spoils Media, Inc, Digital Room, L.L.C., Barton Watchbands Holdco, LLLC, Vanity Planet, LLC, Speer Laboratories, LLC, Pangea ... More...

$0 (04-22-2021 - PA)
United States of America v. Barry Ritter

Scranton, Pennsylvania child porn charge criminal defense lawyer represented Barry Ritter, Jr., age 55, of Milton, Pennsylvania, was charged with distributing and possessing child pornography.<br> <br> Ritter pled guilty to the receipt and distribution of child pornography between March 2018 to July 2018. Ritter used online forums to obtain and re-distribute child pornography on at least several ... More...

$0 (02-17-2021 - PA)
United States of America v. Brian A. Salvado

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania producing child pornography criminal defense lawyer represented Brian A. Salvado, age 46, who was charged with using a dating site and his cellular telephone to communicate online and via text message with 11 minor victims for the purpose of producing child pornography.<br> <br> This case was investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Assistant United States Att... More...

$0 (12-03-2020 - PA)
United States of America v. John Bryan Snow

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with producing child pornography.<br> <br> John Bryan Snow, age 28, of Manchester, Pennsylvania, was for producing child pornography and impersonating a Deputy U.S. Marshal. <br> <br> According to United States Attorney David J. Freed, Snow previously admitted that from January 2017 through February 2018, he impersona... More...

$0 (11-22-2020 - PA)
United States of America, ex rel. Tracy L. Donmoyer v. Metro Beauty Academy, LLC.

Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America, ex rel. Tracy L. Donmoyer sued the Metro Beauty Academy, LLC. claiming that fraudulent sought student aid for ineligible students.<br> <br> Metro Beauty Academy, LLC (“MBA”) has agreed to pay $425,000 to resolve allegations that the school falsely sought federal student aid for students ineligible to receive such aid.<br> <br> <center><h1><p sty... More...

$450000 (06-13-2020 - PA)
United States of America v. William Hayes

Scranton, PA - United States of America charged William Hayes with transportation of minors to engage in criminal sexual activity.<br> <br> William Hayes, age 72, of Wilmington, Delaware, was sentenced on February 19, 2020, by U.S. District Court Judge Robert D. Mariani to 210 months’ imprisonment for transportation of minors to engage in criminal sexual activity.<br> <br> Hayes repeatedly trans... More...

$0 (02-24-2020 - PA)
United States of America v. Dr. James E. Moylan

Philadelphia, PA - The United States of America charged Dr. James E. Moylan with stealing public funds and filing false tax returns.<br> <br> Dr. James E. Moylan, 57, a Philadelphia chiropractor and the former Chair of the Philadelphia Zoning Board of Adjustments, was sentenced to 15 months’ imprisonment, three years’ supervised release, $52,898 restitution to the International Brotherhood of ... More...

$0 (11-30--0001 - PA)
Family and Estate of Curren Collas v. Ikea

Philadelphia, PA - The Family and Estate of Jozef Dudek, age 2, sued Ikea on a products liability theory claiming that a 70-pound Malm dresser was defective and unreasonably dangerous and one of them turned over on Jozef and killed him.<br> <br> The Consumer Product Safety Administration reported in 2018, that between 2000 and 2017, 28,000 tip-over-related injuries and 542 deaths were reported rel... More...

$50000000 (01-07-2020 - PA)
Tammy Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District

On October 18, 2004, the Defendant Dover Area School Board of Directors passed by a 6-3 vote the following resolution:<br> <br> Students will be made aware of gaps/problems in Darwin's theory and of other theories of evolution including, but not limited to, intelligent design. Note: Origins of Life is not taught.<br> <br> On November 19, 2004, the Defendant Dover Area School District announced by ... More...

$0 (12-20-2005 - PA)
United States of America v. Leonard Lewis

Williamsport, PA - The United States of America charged Leonard Lewis with production, possession and distribution of child pornography.<br> <br> Leonard Lewis, age 58, of New York City, New York, was sentenced to 72 months’ imprisonment and three years of supervised release, for the production and distribution of obscene visual representations of the sexual abuse of children.<br> <br> Accordin... More...

$0 (12-14-2019 - PA)
United States of America v. Peter Sepling

Peter Sepling moved under 28 U.S.C. § 2255 for the District Court to vacate the judgment of sentence imposed following his guilty plea based upon his attorney’s alleged ineffectiveness during his sentencing in 2014. Sepling asks us to vacate the order of the District Court denying this motion. We agree that he was prejudiced by his counsel’s ineffectiveness and we will therefore vacate the Di... More...

$0 (12-03-2019 - PA)
United States of America v. David Mark Scott

Scanton, PA - The United States of America charged David Mark Scott with sexual exploitation of minors.<br> <br> David Mark Scott, age 60, of Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, was sentenced to 120 months’ imprisonment followed by five years’ supervised release by United States District Court Judge Malachy E. Mannion for possession of videos and images involving sexual exploitation of children.<br> <... More...

$0 (11-13-2019 - PA)
United States of America v. Chaka Fattah

<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> Philadelphia, PA - Former U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah, Sr., Resentenced to 10 Years of Incarceration for Corruption Convictions <br> <br> A former U.S. Congressman Chaka Fattah, Sr., 62, of Philadelphia, PA was resentenced to 10 years of incarceration by United States District Judge... More...

$0 (07-15-2019 - PA)
United States of America v. Richard Ira Mintz

<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> Philadelphia, PA - Philadelphia-Area Doctor Pleads Guilty to Unlawfully Distributing Oxycodone<br> <br> A Philadelphia-area doctor pleaded guilty to illegal distribution of oxycodone.<br> <br> Richard Ira Mintz, D.O., 69, of Dresher, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to eight counts of dis... More...

$0 (03-14-2019 - PA)
City of Philadelphia v. Attorney General of the United State of America

<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> The City of Philadelphia has received funds under the federal Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant Program (“Byrne JAG”) every year since the program’s inception<br> in 2006. Last year, however, the Justice Department notified<br> the City that it was withholding ... More...

$0 (02-15-2019 - PA)
Jerome McKinney v. University of Pittsburgh

<center><br> <img width="300" src="https://www.justice.gov/sites/default/files/styles/slideshow/public/slideshows/slides/erie_pa.jpg?itok=EezIEe-W"><br> </center><br> <br> Jerome McKinney, a longtime, tenured professor at the University of Pittsburgh’s Graduate School of Public and International Affairs, challenges the University’s decision to reduce his salary as a violation of the Due Proces... More...

$0 (02-15-2019 - PA)
Earl Patterson v. Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board

<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.paed.uscourts.gov/graphics/active/ByrneSmall.jpg"><br> </center><br> Earl Patterson was employed as a maintenance person<br> for the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board (“PLCB”) when he<br> reported for duty at a PLCB-operated liquor store in<br> Eddystone, Pennsylvania. Shortly after his arrival, the<br> location’s assistant manager accused him of... More...

$0 (02-12-2019 - PA)