Texas Consumer Law Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Christopher Wade Garbett </h2> </center>
Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of a Firearm by a Prohibited Person in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1) . 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> In March 2025, law enforcement received information that Christopher Wade Garbett, 40, was ... More...
$ (08-14-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Jorge Antonio Guerra Quezada v. United States of America, et al. </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, immigration law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a government tort claims act and immigration theories. 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> Cruz Rodriguez de Guerra was born in Kansas in 1924, making her an American citizen. See Trump v. Barbara, 146 S. Ct. 2438, 2453 (2026).... More...
$ (08-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Silencer Shop Foundation, et al. v. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff's seeking to invalidate the permitting process for short-barreled rifes and shotguns, as well as suppressors. 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> The National Firearms Act of 1934 instituted a tax-and-registration requirement for r... More...
$ (08-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jakeem Butler </h2> </center>
Texarkana, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a machine gun in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922. 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> On December 31, 2024, Jakeem Butler, 25, was stopped for a traffic violation in Texarkana. During the stop, officers det... More...
$ (07-21-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jesus Espinosa </h2> </center>
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with deprivation of rights under color of law in violation of 18 U.S.C. 242 and making false statements to a U.S. Government agency in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1001. 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> While acting under color... More...
$ (07-21-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Loyd Waiter Hall </h2> </center>
Amarillo, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to provide firearms to the Sinaloa Cartel. 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> Loyd Walter Hall, 27, of Amarillo, is charged with conspiring to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, ... More...
$ (07-21-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ines Solo, et al. </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with providing material support to terrorists in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2339. 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> Ines Soto was sentenced to 50 years in prison; Joy Gibson was sentenced to 15 years in prison; Rebecca M... More...
$ (07-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Andrew Michael Smith </h2> </center>
Sherman, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute or Dispense a Controlled Substance Resulting in Death in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) . On September 5, 2024, Andrew Michael Smith, 36, provided a woman with fentanyl and methamphetamine. Smith watched and recorded the victim for several hours as she began to show severe ... More...
$ (06-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tonya Crowder, et al. </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with: Conspiracy to Unlawfully Distribute and Dispense Controlled Substances Unlawfully Distributing and Dispensing Controlled Substances and Aiding and Abetting Tonya Crowder, 49, Missouri City; Marlene Durham, 55, Humble; and Demetrius Onuaguluchi, 34, Houston; with distribution of a controlled substance and con... More...
$ (06-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Benjamin Hanil Song, et al. </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder of a law enforcement officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 210, 18 U.S.C. §§ 2339A , 18 U.S.C. § 844(m) (18 U.S.C. §§ 844(h)(1) & (2)), 18 U.S.C. §§ 844(h)(1) and (2)18 U.S.C. §§ 1114(a)(3) and 2, 18 U.S.C. §§ 924(c)(1)(A)(iii) and 2. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/ven... More...
$ (06-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Enedelia Carranco Garcia, and Ashley Garcia </h2> <center>
Corpus Christi, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants chrged with bringing and harboring aliens. 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> On the evening of July 22, 2025, Enedelia Garcia drove to the Border Patrol checkpoint near Kingsville with her daughter in the backseat and ano... More...
$ (06-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Joel Ipina </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft concerning programs receiving federal funds. 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> Joel Ipina, age 50, was employed by DHA from 1995 to 2024. DHA receives federal funding through the U.S. Department of Housing and U... More...
$ (06-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Isaiah Joshua Lee Houston </h2> </center>
Lubbock, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with car jacking. 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> Isaiah Joshua Lee Houston, 26, of Colorado Springs, Colorado, carjacking that occurred next to the federal and county courthouses in downtown Lubbock, Texas. Houston ap... More...
$ (06-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Mimi Hunyh </h2> </center>
Amarillo, Texas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with attempted kidnapping. Reported by Kent Morlan Mimi Hunyh, age 65, traveled from Law Vegas to Amarillo to kidnap an Amarillo business man.... More...
$ (05-23-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Bobby Brandon Galvan aka “Puravidarecia” </h2> </center>
Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with firearm trafficking. Bobby Brandon Galvan aka “Puravidarecia,” 30, was affiliated with the La Nueva Familia Michoacana (LNFM) cartel and straw purchased numerous weapons, to include an AK-47 rifle that was recovered after it was used in a shootout between cartel members and Mexican law enforcement. On Feb. 20, 20... More...
$ (05-05-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jeremy Christopher Ford, a/k/a Allstar Jr. </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Jeremy Christopher Ford allegedly possessed a handgun during a shooting April 8 at a restaurant on Kirby Drive in Houston. According to the criminal complaint, authorities responded to reports of a shooting in progress and discovered two gunshot victims at the scene. Court documents al... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Sergio Renato Tapia </h2> </center>
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with threatening to murder a Federal Officer. Sergio Renato Tapia, 31, called the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park on July 24, 2023, and left a voicemail that included a violent threat to murder a National Park Service ranger. NPS rangers immediately recognized Tapia's voice and worked quickly with the U.... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Michael Arney, et al. v. Grand Homes, Inc. and New Sheridan Dev Co. Phase 1, LLC </h2> </center>
Rockwall, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs and Defendants in a negligence and trespass dispute. The are homeowners in the City of Fate. Defendant Grand Homes is a home builder, and Sheridan is a developer. The Plaintiffs brought suit against Grand Homes, Sheridan, and others , alleging that the defendants, while developing a community near appellants’ properties, vi... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> The State of Texas v. Nicholas Darris Marshall </h2> </center>
Angleton, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r possession of between 4 and 200 grams of methamphetamine. Marshall was pulled over by law enforcement during a traffic stop. Law enforcement discovered there was an outstanding warrant for Marshall’s arrest. As part of the arrest, Marshall’s vehicle was inventoried, and during the inventory, officers detect... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Isela Mendez </h2> </center>
Sherman, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to manufacture and distribute fentanyl. Isela Mendez, 45, was identified during an investigation involving the influx of counterfeit oxycodone, and other prescription pills, in the Eastern District of Texas and surrounding areas. It was determined that Mendez worked with others to distribute tens of thous... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Eric Barclay </h2> </center>
Corpus Christi, Texas criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled drugs. On July 25, 2024, Christopher Seabrook drove a silver Chrysler to the Javier Vega Jr. BP checkpoint near Sarita. Eric Barclay, age 34, was the passenger. At the initial inspection, Seabrook fled and led law enforcement on a chase reaching speeds up to 125 miles per... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Juan R. Gonzalez </h2> </center>
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with tax evasion, wrongfully structuring currency transactions, and identity theft. Juan R. Gonzalez, 52, owned and operated a residential construction business in San Antonio, under the name Gonzalez Construction, working as a subcontractor for other entities. During tax years 2020 and 2021, Gonzalez organized his pe... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Shawn Nichole Zatloukal </h2> </center>
Lubbock, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with drug trafficking. Shawn Nichole Zatloukal was a member of a larger methamphetamine trafficking organization responsible for distributing large quantities of methamphetamine in the Lubbock area. She and her codefendants, all of Lubbock, were indicted in August 2025 and all later pled guilty to methamphetamine traffic... More...
$ (04-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marvin Alexander Portillo </h2> </center>
Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl. in June of 2023, Marvin Alexander Portillo, 29, was identified during a drug trafficking investigation involving the distribution of fentanyl-laced pills in the Eastern District of Texas. Portillo admitted to being involved in a conspiracy responsible for dis... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cyrus Kourosh Boujabadi </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of multiple narcotics. Cyrus Boujabadi onspired with others to distribute MDMA, meth, cocaine, marijuana, psilocybin and DMT. As part of the conspiracy, he coordinated drug transactions using a messaging application, directed others to deliver controlled substances and accepted payment in cash and electr... More...
$ (04-03-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Julianne Kausland v. Christopher M. Volek </n2> </center>
McKinney, Texas family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce. On September 12, 2023, Kausland and Volek entered into an agreement in contemplation of marriage (Agreement) to address their property rights. The Agreement provides as follows: –2– The parties hereby agree that should CHRISTOPHER MARK VOLEK file for divorce within two years of the date of matrimony that JULIANNE... More...
$ (04-01-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Johnny Quoc Tran </h2> </center>
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and meth. an investigation began in March 2019 when authorities identified a Houston-based drug trafficking organization with additional operations in Dallas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Authorities determined Tran led the organization and operated a pill press lab... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Idress Vinay Solomon </h2> </center>
Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assaulting and battering TSA officers and Dallas cop. Idress Vinay Solomon, 33, of Oakland, California, was ticketed for a Southwest Airlines flight to the Oakland International Airport in California on March 10, 2026. Solomon approached the security checkpoint at Dallas Love Field Airport without any identification. ... More...
$ (03-15-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, and Daniel Sanchez-Estrada </h2> </center>
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, attempted murder of a officers and employees of the United States, and discharging a firedarm in relation to the furtherance of a violent crime. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Mo... More...
$ (03-14-2026 - TX)<h2> <center> Genise Kincannon, et al. v. American Airlines< </center> </h2>
Dallas, Texas, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs, claiming that their rights were violated. Several United Airlines employees allege that United failed to offer reasonable religious and medical accommodations to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, thereby unlawfully discriminating against them and all others sim- ilarly situated.Plaintiffs moved to certify three classes of employees ... More...
$ (03-10-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Angel Arquimedez Coto-Martinez
Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after deportation. Angel Arquimedez Coto-Martinez has multiple previous convictions for illegal reentry. Authorities first removed him in July 2005 and again in December 2010, July 2016, and twice more in 2022. He returned illegally after each removal. Most recently, he was ordered removed Feb. ... More...
$ (03-02-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Celso Rivas-Gonzalez
Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously removed alien. In 2024, Rivas-Gonzalez was convicted of both illegal re-entry and indecency with a child. Prior to that, in 2021, he was convicted of a harassment felony that had been reduced from one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Rivas-Gonzalez... More...
$ (02-18-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Carlos A. Lopez and Barrett R. Howell
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with embezzlement of U.S. Property. Barrett R. Howell represented a client under investigation with others for federal healthcare fraud. Carlos A. Lopez was a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice and was the lead prosecutor in the healthcare fraud investigation. Between September 2021 and December 2022, ... More...
$ (02-25-2026 - TX)State of Texas v. Andrew Wayne Roark
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the charged with child abuse. Andrew Wayne Roark, 48, for his 2000 injury to a child conviction after an extensive and careful re-evaluation of the evidence by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office’s Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU). Changes in science regarding the mechanism of the injury, which the Court of Criminal Appeals opined w... More...
$ (11-18-2025 - TX)Vijayalakshmi Nadar v. Thinakar Nadar
Mckinney, Texas, family law lawyer represented the parties in a divorce. ppellee and appellant were divorced, and as pertinent here, the final decree of divorce awarded to appellee a Plano house as his sole and separate property and divested appellant of all right, title, interest, and claim in the property. Appellant was awarded a flat in Mumbai as her sole and separate property, and appell... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Terry Ardoin, et al.
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing marijuana. An 18-count superseding indictment has been unsealed charging 20 alleged members and associates of a violent Houston-based street gang for their purported roles in a racketeering conspiracy (RICO) involving murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking and firearms offenses. La... More...
$ (02-15-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Isaiah Rene Acosta
El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of drugs causing death or serious bodily injury. On July 16, 2021, Isaiah Rene Acosta, 28, sold three counterfeit M-30 pills containing fentanyl to an individual, who purchased the pills on behalf of herself and another person. The pill recipients used the counterfeit M-30 pills the next day and shortly ... More...
$ (02-15-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Kurtney Bernard Jones
Abilene, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Kurtney Jones, also known as “KP,” was responsible for distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin in the Abilene area. In December 2023, Jones assumed control of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed drugs in Abilene and the surro... More...
$ (02-15-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Jed Wood, Joshua Link, Tia Link, Taylor Bang, Royana Thompson
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from an unlawful activity. Jed Wood of Fort Worth, Texas, charged with three counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and one count of money laundering involving wiring more than ... More...
$ (02-15-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Gustavo Adrian-Soria
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal. n July 2024, Lopez-Soria pled guilty of illegally reentering the United States after being deported in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). The Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) stated that Lopez-Soria had been removed from the United States twice: in March 2018 and May 2... More...
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