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United States of America v. Jared Goodman
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate domestic violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2261, which provides: (a) Offenses.— (1) Travel or conduct of offender.— A person who travels in interstate or foreign commerce or enters or leaves Indian country or is present within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United State... More...
$ (02-26-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Edward Allen and Deandre Rodgers
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murdering by gunshot a fellow gang member who they suspected of betraying the gang. Edward Allen, also known as E-Money, 42, and Deandre Rodgers, a.k.a. Dre, 29, both of Memphis, were high-ranking members of a criminal enterprise that controlled territory throughout the entire city of Memphis and extended beyond... More...
$ (02-16-2026 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Kejuan King
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a /firearm and second-degree murder.<br> <br> On the afternoon of January 13, 2017, Adarrell Anderson arrived at the Grizzly Mart gas station and store with two friends, Anthony Holloway and Julin Sanders. As the trio pulled into the parking lot, they noticed a silver, four-door Hyunda... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - TN)<h1> United States of America v. Mervin Anderson </h1></h1>
Memphis, TN criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Shanks While in Federal Prison.<br> <br> Today, a federal jury in Memphis convicted Mervin Anderson, 40, of Memphis, Tennessee, of one count of possession of contraband in prison, including two homemade knives, or shanks.<br> <br> According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Anderson was observed... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - TN)<h1> United States of America v. Mervin Anderson </h1></h1>
Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession of contraband in prison.<br> <br> A federal jury in Memphis convicted Mervin Anderson, 40, of Memphis, Tennessee, of one count of possession of contraband in prison, including two homemade knives, or shanks.<br> <br> According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Anderson was o... More...
$0 (09-30-2025 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Demetrius Haley, Tadarrius Bean, and Justin Smith Jr.
Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with murder.<br> <br> Former Memphis Police Officers Demetrius Haley, Tadarrius Bean, and Justin Smith Jr. were charged with second-degree murder for beating Tyre Nichol to death after a traffic stop in 2023.<br> <br> The officers and Nichols were all black.<br> <br> Prosecutors argued that the former officers had a duty to... More...
$0 (05-08-2025 - TN)Willaim Joseph Robinette, et al. v. Tina Robinette, et al.
Blountville, Tennessee business litigation lawyers represented the parties in a business control and operation dispute.<br> <br> <br> In July 2021, Plaintiffs filed a complaint against Widow in the Trial Court alleging that Fuller Enterprises had been formed as a sole proprietorship in 1987 and then transitioned into an LLC in 2009. According to Plaintiffs, Mr. Robinette and his wife owned a 25% m... More...
$5100000 (02-11-2025 - TN)In re DILMER S.M., et al.
Memphis, Tennessee family law lawyer represented mother in parental rights termination proceedings.<br> <br> DCS removed the children from Mother's and Father's home. The Juvenile Court of Shelby County ("trial court") granted temporary legal custody of the children to DCS. DCS placed the children in David G.'s foster home where they have lived ever since. Due to apparent trauma, Ervin Leonard's d... More...
$0 (01-17-2025 - TN)<h1> United States of America v. Cleola Hogan </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Memphis, TN criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Tampering </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Former EMT Sentenced for Drug Tampering</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Cordova, Tennessee woman has been sentenced to a year and a day in federal prison for tampering with a ... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - TN)In Re Guardianship of Beatrice Rose Malone
Nashville, Tennessee guardianship law lawyers represented the parties.<br> </h2><br> <br> Katherine Malone died in an accident in Idaho. Her ex-husband, Patrick Malone, was named guardian of their child, Beatrice Rose Malone ("Rosie"). A trust ("the Tennessee Trust") was established in Davidson County, Tennessee, for all funds due to Rosie. Katherine Malone's parents, James William Rose and Jennie... More...
$0 (11-27-2024 - TN)<h1> United States of America v. Ashley Grayson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Memphis, TN criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder-for-Hire </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Texas Woman Sentenced to 10 Years of Imprisonment in Connection with Murder-for-Hire Plot </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> <br> <br> Ashley Grayson, 35, of Dallas, Texas wa... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - TN)<h1> United States of America v. Ashley Grayson </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Memphis, TN criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder-for-Hire Plot </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Texas Woman Sentenced to 10 Years of Imprisonment in Connection with Murder-for-Hire Plot</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Ashley Grayson, 35, of Dallas, Texas was sentenc... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - TN)Shirley Hindman v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
<h2><br> Memphis, Tennessee insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a breach of insurance contract theory.<br> </h2><br> This case was filed in the Chancery Court of Shelby County, Tennessee, CH-22-01668, and was removed to federal court by State Farm Fire and Casualty Company.<br> <br> Tennessee law holds insurance companies liable for bad faith failure to pay claims, and the... More...
$1 (10-04-2024 - TN)United States of America v. Demetrius Haley, Justin Smith and Taddarius Bean </center<
<h2><br> Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants accused of depriving Tyre Nichols of his civil rights through excessive force.<br> </h2><br> <br> The defendants basically beat the man to death during a traffic stop. ... More...
$0 (10-03-2024 - TN)<h1> State of Tennessee v. Sedrick Darnell Cummings </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with contending that the evidence was insufficient to support his conviction and that the trial court erred in admitting alleged prior bad acts </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On August 21, 202... More...
$0 (07-15-2024 - TN)<h1> State of Tennessee v. Hayden Jennings Berkebile </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Knoxville. Tennessee criminal defense lawyer <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/eric-lutton-95ab16a/" target="_new">Eric Lutton</a> represented the Defendant with whether a defendant can be convicted of <br> criminally negligent homicide when he incites, encourages or coerces another person to commit suicide and whether the State of Tennessee has territorial jur... More...
$0 (02-27-2024 - TN)<h1> State of Tennessee v. Aaron Michael King </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers <a href="https://www.lawyers.com/knoxville/tennessee/gerald-l-gulley-jr-1605134-a/" target="_new">Gerald Lee Gulley, Jr</a> and <a href="https://www.tennesseecrimeattorney.com/" target="_new"> Robert Kurtz</a> represented the Defendant with appealing his jury convictions for rape, rape of a child, statutory rape by ... More...
$0 (06-08-2024 - TN)<h1> United States of America v. Steven Weaver </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> <br> Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Jack&l=Byrd&i=122539&z=37228" target="_new">Jack L. Byrd</a> represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Ship Massive Quantities of Methamphetamine to New Zealand and Australia </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b... More...
$0 (05-01-2024 - TN)<h1> United States of America v. Jonathan Stephen Bash </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution Of A Fentanyl Analogue Resulting In Death.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Jonathan Bash Sentenced To 21 Years Imprisonment For Distribution Of A Fentanyl Analogue Resulting In Death </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <... More...
$0 (03-27-2024 - TN)Linda Perry Durham v. American Family Life Assurance Company of Columbus, et al.
Columbia, Tennessee insurance lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> This case was filed in the Circuit Court of Lawrence County, 2024CV3709, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.<br> <br> In Tennessee, to recover a bad faith penalty against an insurance company, the policyholder must make a formal demand for payment on ... More...
$0 (03-04-2024 - TN)Hamlets, Inc. v. Seneca Specialty Insurance Company
Memphis, Tennessee insurance law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> In Tennessee, to recover a bad faith penalty against an insurance company, the policyholder must make a formal demand for payment on the insurance company. In the formal demand, the policyholder must declare the intention to seek the bad faith penalty.<br> <br> ... More...
$1 (02-29-2024 - TN)<h1> United States of America v. Ronald Colton McAbee </h1>
<b><h2><center><font color="red"><i> Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Multiple Felony Charges Related to Jan. 6 Capitol Breach.</b></h2></center></i></font color="red"></i><br> <b><h3><center><i></b>Tennessee Man Sentenced to Prison on Multiple Felony Charges Related to Jan. 6 Capitol Breach </h3></center></i><br> <br> <br> A Tennessee man was sentence... More...
$0 (02-29-2024 - TN)United States of America v. Dominic Lambert
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking.<br> <br> <br> In February 2021, Dominic Lambert, age 24, of PLano, Texas, met a young woman, identified by her initials M.H.P., when the two were both undergraduate students at Vanderbilt University. The two became friends, but when M.H.P. declined Lambert's romantic interest he became obsessed with ... More...
$0 (11-17-2023 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Charles W. "Charlie" Dunn
Nashville, Tennessee defendant was charged with murder and child sex abuse.<br> <br> Charles W. "Charlie" Dunn was charged first-degree murder and aggravated rape.<br> <br> According to the Tennessee Court of Criminal Appeals:<br> <br> "<br> The victim was the [four-year-old] niece of Ms. Watkins. The child had been staying with Rosie Williams, another aunt, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky. On Friday e... More...
$0 (08-05-1988 - TN)United States of America v. Ross A. Rinkes
Chattanooga, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud and making false statements on tax returns.<br> <br> Ross A. Rinkes, 66, of Decherd, Tennessee, pleaded guilty to making and subscribing a false U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, Form 1040, in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee at Chattanooga. Sentencing has been set fo... More...
$0 (11-15-2023 - TN)United States of America v. Raven Jones
Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting federal officers during an altercation at the United States Secret Service field office in Memphis. <br> <br> On October 19, 2023, Raven Jones, age 41, is alleged to have approached the entrance door of the field office while using her cell phone to livestream on Facebook. The door was clearly marked as en... More...
$0 (11-27-2023 - TN)United States of America v. Erik Maund, Bryon Brockway, and Adam Carey
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit murder for hire.<br> <br> Erik Maund, Bryon Brockway, and Adam Carey were charged with engaging in a conspiracy to commit murder-for-hire, kidnapping resulting in death and conspiracy to commit kidnapping.<br> <br> Assistant U.S. Attorney Rob McGuire called the verdict was justice for Williams'... More...
$0 (11-17-2023 - TN)United States of America v. Antonio Peebles
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2113, which provides:<br> <br> (a) Whoever, by force and violence, or by intimidation, takes, or attempts to take, from the person or presence of another, or obtains or attempts to obtain by extortion any property or money or any other thing of value belonging to, or in the ca... More...
$0 (11-15-2023 - TN)United States of America v. Ross A. Rinkes
Chattanooga, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making and subscribing a false U.S. Individual Income Tax Return, Form 1040.<br> <br> Ross A. Rinkes, ate 66, of Decherd, Tennessee, waived an indictment by a Federal Grand Jury and agreed to plead guilty to the aforementioned charge. Rinkes, the owner of Rinkes Angus Ranch, a farm near Decherd, Tennessee, was i... More...
$0 (11-15-2023 - TN)United States of America v. Desmond Mills, Jr.
Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with civil rights and conspiracy charges arising out of the January 7 incident in which Tyre Nichols was killed.<br> <br> On September 12, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Mills and co-defendants Emmitt Martin III, 31; Tadarrius Bean, 24; Demetrius Haley, 30; and Justin Smith, 28. The charges ... More...
$0 (11-14-2023 - TN)United States of America v. Desmond Mills, Jr.
Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with excessive use of force and obstruction of justice.<br> <br> On September 12, a federal grand jury returned a four-count indictment against Desmond Mills, Jr. , age 33, and co-defendants Emmitt Martin III, 31; Tadarrius Bean, 24; Demetrius Haley, 30; and Justin Smith, 28. The charges included using excessive force res... More...
$0 (11-02-2023 - TN)United States of America v. Kelly McCallum
Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawfully distributing controlled substances and health care fraud.<br> <br> Kelly McCallum, 41, of Dyersburg, was an advance practice registered nurse who operated Convenient Care Clinic and held a registration from the DEA, which allowed her to prescribe controlled substances. From January 2017 until early 2021, McCal... More...
$0 (05-09-2023 - TN)United States of America v. Jorge Flores, a/k/a Peluche, Kevin Tidwell, a/k/a Miklo, and Jose Pineda-Caceres
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with RICO conspiracy, murder in aid of racketeering, attempted murder in aid of racketeering, drug trafficking, and destruction of evidence.<br> <br> From 2014 until 2021, Jorge Flores, 30, aka Peluche, Kevin Tidwell, 29, aka Miklo, both of Nashville, Tennessee; and Jose Pineda-Caceres, 24, aka Demente, a Honduran nationa... More...
$0 (05-02-2023 - TN)Son Ye Gnoth v. Victorian Square, LLC, d/b/a Victorian Square Assisted Living, et al.
Knoxville, Tennessee personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on medical malpractice theories.<br> <br> <br> On April 10, 2017, Plaintiff was admitted to Victorian Square Assisted Living ("Victorian Squareâ€) [Doc. 18-4 ¶ 1]. Prior to residing at Victorian Square, Plaintiff's representative, Rebekah Gnoth,[2] signed several documents [Doc. 18-1]. Rebekah Gnoth "recal... More...
$0 (04-26-2023 - TN)United States of America v. Calvin Barber
Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence and felony firearm possession. <br> Felony possession of a firearm is a serious crime in the United States. It is a federal crime, and it is also a crime in most states. The penalties for felony possession of a firearm vary depending on the jurisdiction, but they can be s... More...
$0 (04-17-2023 - tN)<H2> MET v. Social Security Administration
Nashville, Tennessee social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.<br> <br> DIWC (Disabled Insured Worker's Claim)<br> <br> Disability program for adults who have worked enough to have "insured status†under the Social Security System. For disability, a worker must have worked above a minimum amount 5 o... More...
$0 (04-06-2023 - TN)United States of America v. Jeffrey Young
Jackson, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally prescribing opioids – including oxycodone and fentanyl – from his medical practice.<br> <br> According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Jeffrey Young, a/k/a "Roc Doc," age 49, of Jackson, used his medical practice, Preventagenix, to illegally prescribe more than one million medi... More...
$0 (04-03-2023 - TN)United States of America v. Jeffrey W. Young, Jr.
Jackson, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and maintaining a drug involved premises.<br> <br> Jeffrey Young, 49, of Jackson, used his medical practice, Preventagenix, to illegally prescribe more than one million medically unnecessary controlled substance pills to hundreds of patients, including a pregnant woman and w... More...
$0 (04-03-2023 - TN)Russell Domitrobvich v. M.C. Dean, Inc.
Nashville, Tennessee personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/NashvilleFed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Nashville, Tennessee "><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse ... More...
$0 (02-14-2023 - TN)United States of America v. Bruce Fish and Victor Btesh
Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with anti-trust-restraint of trade.<br> <table><br> <h1><br> <center><br> <P><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Knoxville_TN_fed.jpg" alt="Federal Courthouse - Knoxville, Tennessee "><br> <P><br> Federal Courthouse - Knoxville, Tennessee</a><br> <P><br> <a font="red" href="https:/... More...
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