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State of Texas v. Angelina Hicks
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with plotting to "kill as many Jews as possible" by driving a vehicle through the Congregation Beth Israel in Houston. Angelina Hicks, age 18, was arrested in North Carolina, and accused of felony conspiracy to commit murder and conspiracy to commit assault with a deadly weapon.... More...
(04-26-2026 - TX)State of Texas v. Tionne Spears
San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with driving into an active crash scene and struck the body of a man who had been killed in a pedestrian accident. Tionne Spears, age 26, drove around the barricades and entered the restricted scene, running over the victim’s body.... More...
(04-26-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Thomas Michael Fry
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and sale of stolen firearms in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(j) and 924(a)(2) . Thomas Michael Fry, age 53, of Royse City, Texas who at the time was a sergeant with the Dallas Police Department, admitted to three separate instances of taking a firearm owned by the Dallas Police Department, knowing that t... More...
(04-25-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Mayra Collins
Corpus Christi, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and impersonating an officer or employee of the United States. Twenty-nine year old, Mayra Collins, is accused of fraudulently posed as a federal agent with various agencies in 2022 and again in 2025. She had first allegedly posed as an immigration officer employed by the United States to carry o... More...
(04-24-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Jeremy Christopher Ford, a/k/a Allstar Jr.
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)United States of America v. Luis Alberto Banda Acosta
Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry after deportation. Illegal re-entry into the United States after having previously been deported to Mexico without first applying for and obtaining permission from the Attorney General of the United States, or the Secretary for the Department of Homeland Security. for admission to the United States f... More...
(04-24-2026 - tx)United States of America v. Maribel Jaimes-Hernandez
Laredo, Texas, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to transport an Illegal alien within the United States .... More...
(04-24-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Sergio Renato Tapia
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)Michael Arney, et al. v. Grand Homes, Inc. and New Sheridan Dev Co. Phase 1, LLC
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)State of Texas v. Saryiah Sanford-Griffin
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Saryiah Sanford-Griffin, age 18, accused of shooting and 13-year-old Marcus Reeves Jr.... More...
(04-24-2026 - TX)The State of Texas v. Nicholas Darris Marshall
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)United States of America v. Isela Mendez
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)United States of America v. Eric Barclay
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)United States of America v. Juan R. Gonzalez
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)United States of America v. Shawn Nichole Zatloukal
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)Sharif Ahmad Jasmine v. The State of Texas
McKinney, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child. The was charged with the continuous sexual abuse of a child, J.W. J.W.’s mother Kirsten met appellant in 2015 when she and J.W. lived in Missouri. Kirsten and appellant started dating and eventually had a son together. In 2019, –2– when J.W. was twelve years’ old, Kirsten and her... More...
(04-05-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Camilo Reyes Castillo
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with production of child pornography. Camilo Reyes Castillo, 47, was producing and trading child sexual abuse material online. DPS investigated Castillo and his online presence and confirmed that he was involved in producing and sharing sexually explicit material involving young boys. In June 2025, DPS executed a search ... More...
(04-05-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Marvin Alexander Portillo
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)United States of America v. Cyrus Kourosh Boujabadi
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)United States of America v. Taurean Clarence Coppage
Waco, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault. Taurean Clarence Coppage, 40, sexually assaulted a woman in her residence while he was a contractor with the U.S. Department of State in Baghdad, Iraq. Coppage was to leave Iraq on Feb. 19 and attended a going-away party at the bar on the U.S. Embassy compound the night prior, on Feb. 18. After the party... More...
(04-03-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Jerry Lee Anderson and Orlin Wilfredo Padilla-Murillo
Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in death.... More...
(04-03-2026 - TX)Julianne Kausland v. Christopher M. Volek
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)The States of Texas v. Adrian Lashawn Dubose
Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a controlled substance. The Defendant waived his right to a jury trial, entered open pleas of guilty, and judicially confessed to the offenses as charged in the indictments.... More...
(03-31-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Robert "Bobby" Leon Smith, III
Archer City, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud and wire fraud conspirac. Robert “Bobby” Leon Smith III, 50, of Archer City, Texas, owned and operated seven durable medical equipment (DME) supply companies based in Florida, Texas, and Maryland through which he submitted millions of dollars in false claims to Medicare for orthotic braces a... More...
(03-28-2026 - TX)United States of America v. Robert Carlos Cerrillo
Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person. Cerrillo argued that the district court erred in applying the U.S.S.G. § 2K2.1(c)(1)(A) cross-reference to the attempted second-degree murder guideline provision at U.S.S.G. § 2A2.1 because there was insufficient evidence that he intended to kill the victim when... More...
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