Tennessee Federal Tort Claims Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Thomas K. Weir </h2> </center>
Cookeville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud. 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, ... More...
$ (07-06-2026 - 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. Portia Anyamba </h2> </center>
Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of acting as an agent of the Republic of South Africa in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. § 951, and one count of making false statements in her security clearance application in violation of Title 18, U.S.C. § 1001. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=2872... More...
$ (06-25-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Barbara A. Smith </h2> </center>
Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud. 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> Barbara A Smith 75, of Powell, Tennessee, was paid for formularies signed by the clinic’s providers. Woods and Smith then began to alte... More...
$ (06-15-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kilmar Abrego García </h2> <center>
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to unlawfully transporting illegal aliens for financial gain. Reported by Kent Morlan Immigration authorities sought to deport Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, age 31, but was blocked from doing so by a Federal Judge in Maryland. The Government they indicted him in Tennessee for human smuggling.... More...
$ (05-23-2026 - 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> United States of America v. Gabryele “Gabby” Watson </n2> </center>
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking and interstate communications containing a threat to injure. Reported by Kent Morlan From May to June 2023, Gabryele “Gabby” Watson cyberstalked a married couple living in the Middle District of Tennessee, who had been trying to adopt a baby for eight years. She assumed the identity of a re... More...
$ (05-16-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Adrienne Rosse </h2> </center>
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking. Adrienne Rosse, 37, of Arlington, Tennessee, Adrienne Rosse’s husband, Charles Rosse, is being prosecuted by the Shelby County District Attorneys’ Office for charges of rape and sexual battery. A 2023 trial on those charges resulted in a mistrial due to a hung jury. The Assistant District Attor... More...
$ (04-27-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mari Alexander </h2> </center>
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with failure to account for and pay over employment tax and failure to account for and pay over employment tax. Mari Alexander, 52, was the sole owner and president of a mental-health counseling center with multiple locations throughout Tennessee. Alexander controlled the counseling center’s financial affairs and ... More...
$ (04-27-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Echelon Fitness Multimedia, LLC </h2> </center>
Chattanooga, Tennessee commercial litigation qui tam lawyer represented the the Plaintiff who sued on a false claims act violation theory. Echelon Fitness Multimedia, LLC (Echelon), a Chattanooga, Tennessee-based company that sells connected fitness equipment, such as smart bikes, treadmills, and rowers and provides digital memberships that offer live and on-demand classes, sued on a False Cla... More...
$ (04-27-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> State of Tennessee v. Brian Howard </h2> </center>
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder, attempted second degree murder, felony possession of a firearm, and employing a firearm during the commission of a felony. After a domestic dispute turned deadly, a Shelby County Grand Jury indicted Petitioner on one count each of (1) second degree murder, (2) attempted second degree murder... More...
$ (04-02-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> Untied States of America v. American Health Companies, LLC, dba American Health Partners </h2> </center>
Nashville, Tennessee, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act. American Health Companies, LLC (“AHC”), doing business as American Health Partners (“AHP”), was accused to violating the False Claims Act allegations related to billing Medicare and TennCare for grossly substandard nursing home services from Lewis County Nursing and R... More...
$2090309 (04-03-2026 - 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)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cody Ray Brewer </h2> </center>
Jackson, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Cody Ray Brewer, age 30, of Saulsbury, Tennessee, engaged in various illegal sexual acts with a minor at a residence in Hardeman County, Tennessee in early January 2025, and that he set up a camera in the minor’s bedroom to record those acts. Following the execution of a search ... More...
$ (03-25-2026 - TN)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tiffany Haney, Anne Warren, and Tina Roper </h2> </center>
Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Tiffany Haney, 43, Anne Warren, 45, and Tina Roper, 40, all of Knoxville, were accused of engaging in a conspiracy to commit wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1349. The jury also convicted Haney and Warren of committing specific acts of wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C... More...
$ (03-16-2026 - 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. 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)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. Jonathan D. Frost
Chattanooga, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering, and Conspiracy to Defraud the United States. Jonathan D. Frost, 42, of Soddy Daisy, Tennessee, participated in a scheme in which investments were solicited for the purpose of building and operating a facility that would use solar power to... More...
$ (02-14-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Nathan Lee Westbrook
Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2). On February 21, 2025, investigators with the U.S. Dept. of Homeland Security, Homeland Security Investigations – Internet Crimes Against Children (HSI-ICAC) Task Force received a tip from the National Center for Missing and Exploited ... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - 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)United States of America v. Tyler Shane Wells
Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens and conspiracy to forcibly assault, resist, impeded, intimidate and interfere with any person in performance of official duties. Tyler Shane Wells, 33, of Morristown, TN, and Alexander Bonilla-Servin, 18, of Smyrna, TN, conspired: to conceal and harbor illegal aliens f... More...
$ (01-25-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Juan Alvarado-Garcia
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an illegal alien in possession of a firearm. Juan Alvarado-Garcia, 29, of Madison, Tennessee, has been charged by criminal complaint with unlawful possession of a firearm by an illegal alien, and Samuel Hernandez, 32, of Madison, Tennessee, has been charged by criminal complaint with unlawful possession o... More...
$ (01-25-2026 - TN)United States of America v. Christopher Walker
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer Barry McWhirter represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm, possession of a machine gun, and trafficking in marijuana. In October 2024, ATF agents conducted an undercover operation targeting the sale of Machinegun Conversion Devices (MCD) and illegal drugs. Christopher Walker, 38, of Memphis, sold a confidential inform... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - 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> United States of America v. Maurice Harris
Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing a series of armed robberies of businesses in October 2024. Maurice Harris, age 32, of Memphis, conducted a series of armed robberies of the following businesses within the Western District of Tennessee: October 4, 2024: Metro by T-Mobile - 4673 Elvis Presley Boulevard, Memphis, TN October ... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - TN)<H2> United States of America v. Gene Curtis Roper
Greenville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender. * * * Supervised release is a “form of postconfinement monitoring overseen by the sentencing court.” Johnson v. United States, 529 U.S. 694, 696-97 (2000). During a supervised-release period, defendants must follow certain conditions—for example, a rule against �... More...
$ (12-04-2025 - TN)Rebecca Edwards v. Shelby County, Tennessee
Memphis, Tennessee civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on e Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violation theory.<br> <br> Rebecca Edwards, a former Shelby County Health Department employee, brought this action under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), asserting three claims. She alleed that the County (1) discriminated against her based on her<br> night blindness, (2) ... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - TN)United States of America v. Benjamin Alan Carpenter, aka Abu Hamza
Knoxville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with providing translation and other services to a terrorist organization, ISIS, to permit its propaganda videos to be understood in English. <br> <br> Benjamin Carpenter admired the work of ISIS, more formally known as the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham. To that end, he founded Ahlud-Tawhid Publications (ATP), an o... More...
$0 (11-05-2025 - 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)<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)<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)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)United States of America v. Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to unlawfully transport illegal aliens for financial gain.<br> <br> "Lawyers for Kilmar Abrego Garcia, who was mistakenly deported to El Salvador only to be brought back to the U.S. to face smuggling charges, asked a federal judge in Nashville on Tuesday to dismiss his indictment, calling it a "vindictiv... More...
$0 (08-01-2025 - 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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