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State of Tennessee v. Alexander Donahoe
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.... More...
(03-05-2026 - TN)United States of America v. LaGarrion Lamontez Blacksmith
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a convicted felon in possession of a firearm. LaGarrion Lamontez Blacksmith, age 36, of Nashville, accused with killing C.E. in a nightclub.... More...
(03-05-2026 - 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)State of Tennessee v. Alexander Franklin Rodriguez
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Alexander Franklin Rodriguez, age 33, was found to have possession of a kilo of cocaine.... More...
(02-26-2026 - 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)State of Tennessee v. Alexander Franklin Rodriguez, et al.
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a kilo of cocaine. Alexander Franklin Rodriguez, age 33, was driving a pickup truck that was stopped on Murfreesboro Pike. He consented to a search of his truck and the drugs were found in the console.... More...
(02-24-2026 - 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)State of Tennessee v. Bryce Grant-Martin
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated battery. Bryce Grant-Martin was arrested and charged with aggravated battery, intimidation with a deadly weapon and pointing a firearm.... More...
(02-09-2026 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Andrew Bauer
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Andrew Bauer, 49, was arrested after stabbing a woman in the hand Sunday night in southwest Louisville.... More...
(02-09-2026 - 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. 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. 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)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)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)State of Tennessee v. Niketa Jenkins
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapons. Niketa Jenkins was accused of shooting her boyfriend in the leg on South Seventh Street.... More...
(12-16-2025 - TN)United States of America v. Keviana Thomas
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with aggravated assault. Keviana Thomas was apprehended for allegedly shooting a woman on 17th Avenue North.... More...
(12-16-2025 - TN)United States of America v. Philip Taylor Sobash
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a minor, while also admitting to sexually exploiting six other minors. Between October 2018 and May 2019, Philip Taylor Sobash, age 35, of Austin, Texas, then a practicing physician, engaged in an online sexually explicit relationship with Minor Victim 1, who resided in the Middle Distric... More...
(12-16-2025 - TN)Alyssia Moulton v. Southern Health Partners, Inc. et al.
Nashville, Tennessee, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory. ... More...
$1 (11-25-2025 - TN)United States of America v. Antonio Dooley
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with intent to distribute cocaine.... More...
(11-25-2025 - TN)United States of America v. Tony Orlando Hughes
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution and possession of with intent to distribute cocaine.... More...
(11-25-2025 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Niketa Jenkins
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with attempted reckless homicide. Niketa Jenkins was accused of shooting her boyfriend in the leg on South Seventh Street. ... More...
(11-14-2025 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Keviana Thomas
Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with aggravated assault Keviana Thomas was apprehended for allegedly shooting a woman on 17th Avenue North.... More...
(11-14-2025 - TN)United States of America v. Keno Lane
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with In January 2022, the district court had revoked Lane's supervision, imposed a six-month custodial sentence, and ordered him to serve fifteen months of supervision upon his release. After his release, the probation office filed yet another petition alleging two violations: that Lane (i) was charged with... More...
(11-13-2025 - TN)State of Tennessee v. Niketa Jenkins
Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendant charged with attempted reclsss homicide. Niketa Jenkins is accused of shooting her boyfriend in the leg.. ... More...
(11-05-2025 - 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. 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...
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