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The People of the State of California v. Sergio Alvarado
San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape and sexual assault. Sergio Alvarado, age 60, exually assaulted the first victim, a relative, repeatedly over a period of several months. Several years later, Mr. Alvarado assaulted the other victim, a 16-year-old relative, in his car after he offered to drive her to a job interview. The case against Mr. Alvarado was successfully prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Sheila Johnson, with assist
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Xin Mian Pan (a/k/a “Henry Pan”), Hua Liang Xie (a/k/a “Nolan Xie”), Jinhua Wang (a/k/a “Johnson Wang”), Uni-Tile & Marble, Inc., Uni-Stone & Cabinet, Inc., and Shenzhen Top & Profit International Forwarding Co. Ltd.
San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with evading more than $109 million in anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties, and other duties imposed on quartz surface products, wooden cabinets and vanities, and ceramic tiles manufactured in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and imported into the United States. Xin Mian Pan, 63, of San Francisco; Xie, 61, of South San Francisco; Wang, 53, a PRC national; Pan’s Bay Area companies, Uni-Tile
View VerdictThe People of the State of California v. Osvaldo Deleon
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with animal abuse. Osvaldo Deleon, 61, was accused of animal abuse for failing to seek medical attention for his dog’s severely injured leg. The dog’s hind leg had an open wound with exposed bone when officials with the county’s Department of Animal Services (DAS) encountered it. The dog was taken into a veterinarian’s care and ultimately her leg had to be amputated. “Our office remains firmly com
View VerdictThe People of the State of California v. Elliot Tramel Nowden
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murdering an elderly woman aboard a Metro train in 2024. A jury found Elliot Tramel Nowden (dob 5/06/78) guilty last month of one count of first-degree murder with the special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of a robbery. He was also found guilty of first-degree robbery and the jury found true the personal use of a deadly or dangerous weapon allegation. On April 22, 2024, at ap
View VerdictThe People of the State of California v. Jonathan Renteria
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Jonathan Renteria, age 25, accused of killing June Renteria, also known as June Bunyan, age 37. My wife, June Renteria, is deceased in her apartment. I kill her. I am truly sorry." Jonathan Renteria
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Audrey Illeene Carroll, Zachary Aaron Page, Dante James Anthony-Gaffield and Tina Lai, 41, a.k.a. “Kickwhere"
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, and one count of possession of unregistered firearms. The defendants were charged with one count each of providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, and one count of possession of unregistered firearms: Audrey Illeene Carroll, 30, a.k.a. “Asiginaak,” and “Black Moon,” of South Los Angeles
View VerdictState of California v. John Doe
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with charged with negligently causing and accident and not stopping, eluding police officers, and resisting arrest.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder and attempted murder. on March 26, 2024, 15-year-olds Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero—members of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Westside Wilmas gang from the greater Los Angeles area—drove from Wilmington, California to a Chili’s restaurant in Chula Vista, where their target was dining with his family. When the target, identified in court records as Victim 1, and his family were leaving the
View VerdictEstate of Tyler Skaggs v. Los Angeles Angels
Los Angeles, California personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful death theory. The family of Tyler Skaggs used the Los Angeles Angels on a wrongful death theory claiming that Skaggs died as a result being given a fentanyl-kaced pill by Eric Kay, the Angels’ ex-communications director. The Defendant denied that Skaggs died from being overdosed and that Skaggs was a drug addict and dealer whose actions were “reckless.”
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dallas Humber
Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Peter Karasev
San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged wittwo counts of willful destruction of an energy facility related to two separate bombings of PG&E electrical transformers in late 2022 and early 2023. U.S. District Judge Beth Labson Freeman handed down the sentence. “Peter Karasev’s attacks on critical infrastructure were direct threats to public safety and national security,” said U.S. Attorney Craig H. Missakian. “Karasev, age 39, of San Jose, aimed t
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Victor Sanchez, et al.
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with one kidnapping, two shootings, illegal firearms sales, and trafficking of narcotics, including methamphetamine cocaine, fentanyl, and carfentanil, a synthetic opioid 100 times more powerful than fentanyl. The defendants arrested today include: Victor Sanchez, 24, a.k.a. “Pollo” and “Chicken,” of San Bernardino; Isaiah Castro, 24, a.k.a. “Boy,” of Azusa; Isaac Estrada-Frost, 21,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jeremiah Manuyag Flores
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the civil rights of a man in pretrial custody at the San Diego Central Courthouse by using excessive force that caused serious injuries and then writing a false report to cover up his illegal actions. San Diego Sheriff’s Deputy Jeremiah Manuyag Flores was assigned to the Court Services Bureau at the San Diego Central Courthouse on August 29, 2024, and was escorting J.P. to a holding cell follow
View VerdictThe People of the States of California v. Nick Reiner
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with two counts of first-degree murder. Nick Reiner, age 32, accused for stabbing his parents, Rob Reiner and Michele Singer, to death in their Los Angeles home. Reiner is being held subject to posting $4 million in bail.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Claudia Patricia Alvarez Hernandez
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant accused of drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. Claudia Patricia Alvarez Hernandez, the wife of incarcerated Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Jorge Alberto Valenzuela Valenzuela, was sentenced in federal court today to 14 years in prison for her role in a massive drug trafficking and money laundering conspiracy. U.S. District Judge Andrew G. Schopler also ordered Alvarez Hernandez to forfeit more than $5 million d
View VerdictThe People of the State of California v. Dwight Rhone
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Rhone is already in custody, and charged with murder in the 2023 death of Bernardo Moreno, 54, whose body was found burning near a freeway. Investigators are searching for human remains on his property.
View VerdictThe People v. Salvador Plasencia
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally prescribing ketamine to Matthew Perry who died.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Toriano Stevenson
Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant whose supervised release was revoked.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jesse Ybarra
San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm in of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).
View VerdictThe People of the State of California v. Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr. and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with two counts of murder and multiple counts of child abuse.<br> <br> A Lancaster father and mother of four have been convicted of murdering their teenage son and daughter and abusing their two younger boys in 2020.<br> <br> "This was a monstrous act of cruelty that shattered an entire family,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said. "Two innocent children were brutally murdered, and t
View VerdictSam Marshall v. Nationwide Mutual Insurance Company, et al.
San Diego, California, insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of contract theory.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Darren Pham Tran
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distributer Oxycodon and Carfentanil.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Rajiv Agnihotri
San Jose, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute \schedule II controlled substances and attempted importation of Tapentadol.
View VerdictLydia Benga v. the Regents of the University of California
San Jose, California civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff on education civil rights violation theory.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joseph Sullivan
San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obstruction of proceedings before the Federal Trade Commission and misprison of a felony.<br> <br> Misprision is the crime of "having knowledge of the actual commission of a felony” and "conceal[ing]” or failing<br> to "as soon as possible make known the same to some judge or other person in civil or military authority under the United States.” 18 U.S.C. § 4. To establish misprision, th
View VerdictState of California v. Raymond Boodarian
Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer will be representing the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Raymond Boodarian, of Encino, age 22, is accused for killing Robin Kaye, who has worked on the show since 2009, and Thomas Deluca were found dead Monday afternoon in separate rooms in the San Fernando Valley residence.
View VerdictCarlos Pena v. City of Los Angeles
Los Angeles, California, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a taking claim.<br> <br> When an armed fugitive barricaded himself inside Plaintiff-Appellant Carlos Pena's print shop, officers of the<br> Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) pursued the armed fugitive inside Pena's store and damaged Pena's property.<br> As Pena acknowledges, the officers acted reasonably and lawfully in all their actions. Pena nevertheless alleges that<br> the damage caused by the officers constitute
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kirill Afanasyev
San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud.<br> <br> Jose Vicente Badillo, Kirill Afanasyev, Jason Naraja, and Jaime Respicio conspired to defraud an auto insurance company by submitting a fraudulent insurance claim on a wrecked car that Afanasyev purchased in May 2019. The Indictment alleges that, when Afanasyev bought the car, it was undrivable, with significant front-end damage. Nevertheless, the Indictment says, R
View VerdictReynoldo Gonzalez, et al. v. Google, Inc.
San Francisco, California personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs.<br> <br> The plaintiffs in Gonzalez v. Google are relatives of a U.S. citizen murdered by ISIS terrorists in France. They alleged that Google violated the Anti-Terrorism Act when it affirmatively recommended ISIS-produced terrorist videos to its users, thereby aiding, abetting, and/or providing substantial assistance to ISIS. The Ninth Circuit held that, under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, Google is w
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Luis Antonio Tzun-Magana
San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry following removal by an aggravated felon.
View VerdictMr Michael Devin Floyd v. Santa Clara Department of Corrections, et al.
San Francisco, California civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that his rights were violated by the Defendants.<br> <br> Late in the evening on August 18, 2021, Plaintiff-Appellant Michael Devin<br> Floyd was arrested and brought to the Santa Clara Main Jail for booking. Four hours<br> later, Floyd was transferred to the nearby Elmwood Correctional Facility. There,<br> correctional officers asked Floyd to change from his civilian clothes into jail-issued<br> attire, a routin
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Carlitos Ricardo Parias
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault on a federal officer.<br> <br> A Mexican national living illegally in the United States was charged today in a federal criminal complaint with ramming law enforcement vehicles in an attempt to dislodge his car during an immigration arrest, in an incident in which both defendant and a deputy U.S. marshal were shot and injured.<br> <br> Carlitos Ricardo Parias, 44, of South Los Angeles, is charged with
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a drug trafficking conspiracy.<br> <br> Benjamin Madrigal-Birrueta, an undocumented Mexican national living in Yakima, Washington, admitted in federal court that he murdered a man and his six-months-pregnant wife while they were engaged in a drug trafficking conspiracy.<br> <br> Madrigal-Birrueta and coconspirators fatally shot 44-year-old Cesar Murillo multiple times in the back of the head and the torso on Aug
View VerdictState of California v. Victor Viera Chavez
Fairfield, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault.<br> <br> Victor Viera Chavez was arrested after police say he assaulted a female student while she was walking to Fairfield High School.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Cody Holmes, Steven Taylor
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Fraud in Public Homelessness Funds, seven counts of bank fraud, one count of aggravated identity theft, and one count of money laundering.<br> <br> Federal law enforcement today announced the arrest of the former chief financial officer at a downtown Los Angeles-based developer of affordable housing and criminal charges against a Brentwood man who defrauded lenders to aid his property-flipping business, incl
View VerdictHarsh Alkutkar v. Bumble, Inc. and Bumble Holding, Ltd.
Oakland, California, civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a false advertising theory.<br> <br> Bumble moved to compel arbitration, and the district court granted the motion<br> <br> Alkutkar argues that this showing was insufficient because Bumble did not have an actual record of Alkutkar's click on the "I accept” button. But under California law, which the parties agree governs here, such a record is not required,<br> as "[a]n electronic record or electronic signature is a
View VerdictElsa Villa Navarro v. Social Security Administration
Los Angeles, California social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for SSI benefits by HHS.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Estate of Anthony Ray Lopez, Sr. v. City of Oontairo, et al.
San Bernardino, California personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory.<br> <br> Anthony Ray Lopez Sr., Madeline Vasquez, and Josephine Guadalupe<br> Dominguez (collectively, "Decedents”) died on November 8, 2022, while in a storm<br> drain in the City of Ontario, County of San Bernardino, State of California, after<br> flood officials released water into the storm drain during a severe rain event. Lopez<br> Sr. and Vasquez were livin
View VerdictThe People of the State of California v. Ashok Melvani
San Bernardino, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child annoyance.<br> <br> Ashok Melvani, age 71, was accused recording young females at the Victorville Fairgrounds without their knowledge or consent.
View VerdictThe People of the State of California v. Jorge Tafolla, Jr.
San Bernardino, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and murder.<br> <br> Jorge Tafallo, Jr., age 48, was accused of kidnapping and killing a woman.<br> <br> "During the investigation, it was discovered that three occupants were involved in a verbal altercation with the suspect while in the north end of Montclair," the release said. "As the victims left the area, the suspect chased them throughout the city in his own vehicle, reportedly shooting a
View VerdictThe People of the State of California v. Nathan Toft
Ventura, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and sexual assault.<br> <br> Nathan Toft, age 45, was accused of kidnapping a woman and sexually assaulting her in his home. <br> <br> The victim was eventually able to escape and contact authorities.<br>
View VerdictThe People of the State of California v. Luis Antepara and Ashley Luhrin
Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft.<br> <br> Luis Antepara and Ashley Luhrin were accused of stealing expensive items, including a Babe Ruth-signed baseball and a <br> rare comic book collection, from the clients of their house-sitting service. <br> <br> Trusted Housesitters connected with homeowners seeking a caretaker allegedly stoled from five different homes across Southern California.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Sergio Maya
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Martin Joseph Avila
Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiming a laser pointer at a Fresno County Sheriff's Office helicopter.<br> <br> Martin Joseph Avila, 66, of Longmont, Colorado, pleaded guilty today, to aiming a laser pointer at a Fresno County Sheriff's Office helicopter, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.<br> <br> According to court documents, on May 28, 2024, Avila aimed the beam of a dangerously bright laser pointer at a Fresno County Sheriff's Office he
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jonathan Rinderknecht, a.k.a. “Jonathan Rinder,” and “Jon Rinder,”
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with destruction of property by means of fire.<br> <br> A former Pacific Palisades resident now living in Florida has been arrested on a federal criminal complaint charging him with maliciously starting what eventually became the Palisades Fire of January 2025, one of the most destructive wildfires in Los Angeles history, the Justice Department announced today.<br> <br> Jonathan Rinderknecht, 29, a.k.a. "Jonathan R
View VerdictSan Francisco, San Mateo, and Santa Clara Counties v. WAG Hotels
San Francisco, California, civil litigatoin lawyer representeds the Defendant charged with violation of California Pet Boarding law.<br> <br> "For many of us, pets are members of the family,” said District Attorney Brooke Jenkins. "When we drop them off at a boarding facility, we do so expecting that they will be treated like beloved family members. This settlement helps ensure that Wag Hotels lives up to these high standards. I want to thank San Francisco Animal Care and Control for assis
View VerdictThe People of the State of Califronia v. Gerardo Magallanes
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder for killing an off-duty Monterey Park Police Officer Gardiel Solorio in August 2022.<br> <br> "Officer Solorio dedicated his life to serving and protecting his community, and his murder was a devastating loss to his family, his colleagues, and all of Los Angeles County and beyond,” Los Angeles County District Attorney Nathan J. Hochman said. "This sentence delivers justice and sends a clear messa
View VerdictThe People of the State of California v. Arcadio Rodriguez
Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually assaulting two female inmates, including directing them to engage in sexual activity, while assigned to work at the Theo Lacy Facility in Orange.<br> <br> Arcadio Rodriguez, 30, of Stanton, was charged in January 2023 with one misdemeanor count of sexual battery, one misdemeanor count of a detention facility employee engaging in sexual activity with a confined consenting adult, and one misdemeanor coun
View VerdictThe People of the State of California v. Vaagn Galustyan and Armin Martirosya
San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cheating at poke at casino.<br> <br> Two felony criminal charges were filed against two men who won more than $30,000 at two local casinos by working together to gain an unfair advantage at poker tables by marking cards. Vaagn Galustyan, 52, and Armin Martirosyan, 53, have been charged with two felony counts of conspiracy to commit a crime. The pair were arraigned in San Diego County Superior Court today and fa
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Martin Joseph Avila
Fresno, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aiming a Laser Pointer at Fresno County Sheriff's Helicopter.<br> <br> Martin Joseph Avila, 66, of Longmont, Colorado, pleaded guilty today, to aiming a laser pointer at a Fresno County Sheriff's Office helicopter, U.S. Attorney Eric Grant announced.<br> <br> According to court documents, on May 28, 2024, Avila aimed the beam of a dangerously bright laser pointer at a Fresno County Sheriff's Office helicopter while
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