Tennessee Family Law Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Zephanial Flynn </h2> </center>
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 921(g). 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> Officers with the Memphis Police Department Fugitive Task Force were attempting to arrest Zephanial Flynn, 43, of... More...
$ (08-14-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> State of Tennessee v. Shaquille Taylor </h2> </center>
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder. Digested 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> Shaquille Taylor, age 32, was accused of gunning down an 18-year-old Belmont University freshman in 2023. The case has drawn widespread attention, larg... More...
$ (07-22-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Thomas K. Weir </h2> </center>
Cookesville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and dispense controlled substances. 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> Thomas K. Weir, 65, of Celina, Tennessee, the majority owner of Oakley Pharmacy, doing business as Dale Hollow Ph... More...
$ (06-25-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Dakota A. Smith </h2> </center>
Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with attempt and conspiracy to commit mail Fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Dakota Smith, age 35, and his co-conspirator defrauded investors by misrepresenting to them that PEG owned small, profitable companies in e-commerce and aviation. Smith solicited investments based on promises that the investors would obtain o... More...
$ (05-16-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> State of Tennessee v. Shaquille Taylor </h2> </center>
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second Degree murder. Reported by Kent Morlan Shaquille Taylor, age 32, was accused of gunning down 18-year-old Belmont University freshman in 2023. Jillian’s parents, Matthew and Jessica, gave powerful victim impact statements after the guilty plea. “There is no worse pain than a father who loses ... More...
$ (05-16-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ryan Glidewell, Alyssa Glidewell, Edward Zanes, et al. </h2> </center>
Greeneville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Ryan Glidewell, Alyssa Glidewell, Edward Zanes, and others, conspired to file false tax returns seeking refunds based on the Employee Retention Credit and paid Sick and Family Leave Credit, both of which were created by Congress to aid struggling businesses during the COVID... More...
$ (05-16-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> Margaret Daniel, et al. v. Rick's Barbeque, Inc., et al. </h2> </center>
Lawrenceburg, Tennessee, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs in a premises liability theories. On July 7, 2018, Margaret Daniel and her husband, Jerry Daniel and two other family members ate at Rick’s Barbeque, a restaurant owned by Richard and Karen Lanning at in a booth located on an elevated platform that required patrons to step up to be seated and to step down to exit th... More...
$ (05-07-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kasey Lynn Skaggs </h2> </center>
Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with interstate travel for the purpose of engaging in sexual contact with a minor and tampering with a victim to destroy evidence. By Kent Morlan Kasey Lynn Skaggs, 27, of Jacksonville, Florida, was indicted on two counts in the indictment charging her with one count of interstate travel for the purpose of engagi... More...
$ (05-07-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ryan Patrick Garrett </h2> </center>
Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted enticement. on March 13, 2025, detectives with the Knoxville Police Department (KPD) and agents of the United States Department of Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) arrested 41-year-old Ryan Patrick Garrett on a federal complaint of Enticement of a minor for the purposes of an illegal sexual act. ... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Amado Magallon Guerrero
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of conspiracy, drug trafficking, and money laundering. Guerrero's motion to suppress evidence were overruled. The Fifth Amendment guarantees that “[n]o person . . . shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself.” U.S. Const. amend. V. In the seminal decision of M... More...
$ (03-03-2026 - TN)United States of America v. James Lafayette Moore
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. On August 24, 2025, James Lafayette Moore, age 51, of Nashville, Tennessee, shot an unarmed man four times in the face, neck, and upper body at point blank range on the balcony of My Town Extended Stay on Antioch Pike in Nashville. The shooting was captured on... 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)United States of America v. Mark Janbakhsh
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud. Mark Janbakhsh, 51, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was with multiple multiple federal fraud charges, including Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Bank Fraud, Making False Statements to a Bank, Bankruptcy Fraud, and Making False Statements Under Oath Three other co-conspirators, each of ... More...
$ (02-16-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Mark Janbakhsh
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud, Bank Fraud, Making False Statements to a Bank, Bankruptcy Fraud, and Making False Statements Under Oath. Mark Janbakhsh, 51, of Brentwood, Tennessee, was the chief executive officer and majority owner of a car dealership company named Auto Masters. In addition to Auto Masters, J... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - TN)<H2> United States of America v. Jason Alexander Jerkins
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing money from his clients’ bank accounts, preparing false tax returns that fraudulently increased their refunds, and stealing some or all of those refunds. Jason Alexander Jerkins of Franklin pleaded guilty on July 30, 2025. According to court documents and statements made in court, Jerkins, owner of Je... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - TN)<H2> United States of America v. Milder Escobar-Temal
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of a firearm under 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A), Milder Escobar-Temal is a citizen of Guatemala who came to America unlawfully over a decade ago and resides in Nashville, Tennessee. In October 2022, police found three firearms in Escobar-Temal’s residence. Escobar-Temal was born in Guat... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - TN)<H2> United States of America v. Stacy Owens
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with onspiring to distribute controlled substances. In June 2019, as part of an investigation of a large-scale drug conspiracy, federal agents intercepted two mail parcels addressed to Owens’s residence. Those parcels together contained nearly five kilograms of methamphetamine. An undercover agent then deliv... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - TN)<H2> Ellen Marie Cali v. Robert George Cali
Jackson, Tennessee, family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce. On December 15, 2012, Appellee Ellen Marie Cali ("Mother") and Appellant Robert George Cali ("Father") were married. Two children were born to the marriage, Isaiah (d/o/b October 2015) and Selah (d/o/b September 2019) (together, the "Children"). Isaiah has special needs due to his autism and attention deficit hyperacti... More...
$ (12-03-2025 - TN)United States of America v. Gary Crawford
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Gary Crawford has a long, mostly violent criminal record. It began at the age of sixteen, with convictions for criminally negligent homicide and reckless endangerment: he fired a handgun into a crowd and killed someone. In his early twenties came several more convict... More...
$ (12-05-2025 - TN)United States of America v. Patric J. Ferguson
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r civil rights, firearms, kidnapping, and obstruction offenses in connection with the fatal shooting of a man identified by the initials R.H. Patric J. Ferguson, 34, a former Memphis Police Department Officer, was sentenced to prison. “This defendant committed a premeditated murder while using his position ... More...
$ (12-01-2025 - 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)<H2> Cody Jacobs and Dana Jacobs v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Tulsa, Oklahoma, insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.... More...
$1 (11-05-2025 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Brandon Isabelle
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant charged with murder.<br> by <a href="http://www.kentmorlan.com">Kent Morlan</a><br> <br> Brandon Isabelle is accused of killing his daughter so that take up with a new girlfriend. So, he killed Kenndey Holy.<br> <br> "This verdict is the result of the hard work of our trial team — who presented nearly two weeks of tes... More...
$0 (11-06-2025 - TN)<h1> United States of America v. Kate Carson </h1></h1>
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with international parental kidnapping.<br> <br> Kate Carson, 38, of Lewisburg, Tennessee was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison for international parental kidnapping.<br> <br> "Protecting vulnerable children from harm is the highest priority of our office,†said Acting United States Attorney Robert E. McGui... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - 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)Jessica Clippinger v. State Farm Automobile Insurance Company
Memphis, Tennessee, insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> The district court certified a class of Tennesseans insured by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company ("State Farmâ€) who, after their cars were totaled, received a payout from State Farm that was calculated utilizing car valuation data generated by ... More...
$0 (10-15-2025 - TN)Diego Pavia v. National Collegiate Athletic Association
Nashville, Tennessee, antitrust lawyers represented the parties in a sports law dispute over the impact of eligibilty rules.<br> <br> ter a breakout year in 2024, Diego Pavia wanted to continue playing quarterback for Vanderbilt University during the 2025 football season. But National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) eligibility rules barred him from playing. So he sued the NCAA. After he wo... More...
$0 (10-15-2025 - 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)<h1> United States of America v. Kate Carson </h1></h1>
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Parental Kidnapping <br> <br> Kate Carson, 38, of Lewisburg, Tennessee was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison today for international parental kidnapping, announced Robert E. McGuire, Acting United States Attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee.<br> <br> "Protecting vulnerable children fr... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - TN)United States of America v. Myshun Jefferson
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling, distribution, or dispensing drugs and commission of a violent crime with a machine gun.<br> <br> In May 2023, Bartlett Tennessee Police Department (BPD) officers met with a confidential source (the CS) who said that Jefferson was selling fentanyl from two addresses in Memphis, Tennessee: 2846 Baywood Drive ... More...
$0 (09-25-2025 - TN)Thomas Michael Smith and Monaleto Sneed v. P.A.M. Transports, Inc.
Nashville, Tennessee, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a 42 U.S.C. § 2000e adn Tennessee Human Rights Act (THRA) violation theories.<br> <br> Plaintiffs Thomas Michael Smith and Monaleto Sneed brought this action against their former employer, P.A.M. Transport, Inc. ("P.A.M. Transportâ€), under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e et seq.; 42 U.... More...
$0 (09-25-2025 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Daireus Ice
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnnapping and rape of a 4-year-old girl.<br> <br> The victim, now 12-year-old, testified, recounting the assault and its enduring impact. Her mother and brother also provided testimony, while family members remained present throughout the proceedings, steadfast in their pursuit of justice.<br> <br> "Although t... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - TN)Moms for Liberty - Wilson County, Tennessee, et al. Wilson Coounty Schools, et al.
Nashville, Tennessee Civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs First Amendment violation.<br> <br> The Wilson County Board of Education is charged with administering public schools in <br> Wilson County, Tennessee. In line with its Policy Manual, the Board holds monthly school <br> board meetings. Tennessee law dictates that the Board's Chair preside over all school board <br> meetings, Te... More...
$0 (09-15-2025 - TN)<h1> United States of America v. Spencer Allen Bradley </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Greeneville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine And Cocaine Conspiracy, And Money Laundering </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Last Defendant Of Johnson City Drug Trafficking Organization Sentenced To 262 Months For Methamphetamine And Cocaine Conspiracy, And Money Launder... More...
$0 (09-15-2025 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Fisher Wise
Chattanooga, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer will be representing the defendant charged with resisting arrest, disorderly conduct, and assault.<br> <br> Fisher Wise approached the brother-in-law and male homeowner, attempting to fight them.... More...
$0 (09-12-2025 - TN)Matthew Howell and Alisha Brown v. Justin McCormick, et al.
Nashville, Tennessee personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fourth Amendment violation theory.<br> <br> This case about feuding housemates raises a host of Fourth<br> Amendment questions. A woman called 911 from outside her residence claiming that her<br> housemate, Matthew Howell, had pointed a gun at her and refused to give her access to (what<br> she said was) her car. In respons... More...
$0 (08-25-2025 - TN)Will McLemore, et al. v. Roxanna Gumucio, et al.
Nashville, Tennessee civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a declaratory judgment that Tennessee's Auctioneering license law was unconstitutional because it violates the First Amendment.<br> <br> In 1967, the Tennessee General Assembly passed a state law to define and regulate the<br> auctioneering profession. See 1967 Tenn. Pub. Acts ch. 335. Under this law, the Tennessee<br... More...
$0 (08-16-2025 - TN)United States of America v. Jaquan L. Bridges
Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a machinegun in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(o).<br> <br> Bridges was driving on a highway in Memphis, Tennessee, when he almost struck a<br> police vehicle. As police tried to stop him, he slowed his car, rolled down the window, and fired<br> several gunshots—one bullet hit the police car and n... More...
$0 (08-15-2025 - TN)<h1> United States of America v. Yosiah Awomolo, Alexander Legeza, Kelly White </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Road Rage </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Three Ohio Residents Arrested For Road Rage Shooting In Great Smoky Mountain National Park<br> </h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <br>... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - TN)Rachel Welty and Aftry Behn v. Bryant C. Dunaway, et al.
Nashville, Tennessee civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking injunctive relief.<br> <br> In May 2024, Tennessee enacted the Underage Abortion Trafficking Act. 2024 Tenn. Pub. Acts, ch. 1032 (codified at Tenn. Code Ann. § 39-15-201). The Act bans adults from "intentionally recruit[ing], harbor[ing], or transport[ing] a pregnant unemancipated minor†within Tennessee "for the ... More...
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