California Verdicts & Court Cases

Giuseppe Pampena, et al. v. Elon R.Musk

San Francisco, California, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on a class action securities fraud theory. Lead Plaintiffs Steve Garrett, Nancy Price, John Garrett, and Brian Belgrave (“Plaintiffs”) bring this securities class action against Defendant Elon Musk (“Defen

The People v. Freland Brian Jones

San Luis Obispo, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with corporal injury to a spouse/cohabitant, and violating a court order. A defendant confined in jail in county one, cannot willfully fail to appear, as ordered, in county two. Such a defendant does not “f

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Martinez, California, family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce case.

United States of America v. Michael David Coberg

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit extortion and conspiracy against rights. Michael David Coberg, 44, of Eastvale, was employed as an LASD deputy and helicopter pilot – worked on the side with Adam Iza, 25, formerly of B

The People v. Ivana Lisette Ortiz

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault with attempted murder. Ivana Lisette Ortiz, age 35, took and AR-15 and shot it at Rihanna's Bevcerly Hills Home.

United States of America v. Gabriel David Guerrero

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt to evade and defeat the payment of taxes and obstructing the administration of the IRS. Gabriel David Guerrero, 60, of Pasadena,is a commercial real estate broker who for years did not file timely fede

People of the State of California v. German Gonzalez, Maya Burke, Taylor McCann, Amy Jing Zhai and Hunter Taylor-Black

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with vandalism. German Gonzalez, Maya Burke, Taylor McCann, Amy Jing Zhai and Hunter Taylor-Black were accused of barricading themselves in the president’s office during a 2024 protest in support of Palestine.

People of the State of California v. Antolin Garcia-Torres

San Jose, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and murdering. Antolin Garcia-Torres, age 34, was accused of kidnapping and murdering Sierra LaMar in 2012. LaMar was 15 years old when she disappeared on her way to Sobrato High School in Morgan Hil

Robert Shane Salley v. Outfront Media, LLC

Los Angeles, California employment law lawyers represented the Defendant on failure to pay earned commissions, failure to provide meal and rest periods, waiting time penalties, and unfair competition. Robert Shane Salley sued his former employer, Outfront Media, LLC (Outfront), for 10 causes of a

The People of the State of California v. Freddy Snyder

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder and carjacking. Freddy Snyder, 29, accused of killing Carl Grillmair, age 67, who was known for groundbreaking discoveries in astronomy.

United States of America v. Matthew Henry Jacober

Fresno, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of explosives, ammunition, and meth. In July 2025, Matthew Henry Jacober, 44, of Bakersfield, possessed 50 pounds of dynamite, which he had hidden in a cave approximately 10 to 15 feet f

United States of America v. Bryan Azevedo

Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and making false statements. Former San Leandro City Council Member Bryan Azevedo , 49, of San Leandro, Calif., was charged by information on Oct. 20, 2025, with one coun

United States of America v. Garrett John Gentry, et al.

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants accused of starting a wild fire by negligently operating an excavator. The South Fire ignited on August 25, 2021, in San Bernardino County. The United States alleged that the fire was caused by the negligent operation of

United States of America v. Ping “Jenny” Gao

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.

United States of America v. Daren Li

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Money Laundering. Daren Li, 42, is a fugitive after cutting off his ankle electronic monitoring device and absconding in December 2025. He was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Kl

United States of America v. Bryan Azevedo

Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and making false statements to a government agency. Former San Leandro City Council Member Bryan Azevedo , 49, of San Leandro, Calif., was charged by information on

United States of America v. Matheus Duarte, Hari Vamsi Anne, Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, Manaswi Mandadapu, and Tyler Thomas Bottenhorn,

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with From November 2020 to February 2021, Matheus Duarte, 30, a Brazilian national residing in Hayward, Calif.; Hari Vamsi Anne, 31, of Cypress, Texas; Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, 31, of Newport Beach, Calif.;

United States of America v. Richard Tillman

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with malicious destruction of government property by fire (arson). Richard Tillman, age 44, admitted that he intentionally set the fire in order to “make a point to the United States government.” In preparation f

United States of America v. Robert Jordan

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Oct. 1, 2024, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop on a silver Infiniti SUV with no license plates that Robert Jordan, 52, of Stockton, was driving. In

United States of America v. Junwei Guo

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with flying a drone within restricted airspace surrounding Levi’s Stadium during a National Football League (NFL) game in violation of a temporary flight restriction (TFR) imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration

United States of America v. Joseph Raymond Shinn

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted enticement of a minor. Joseph Raymond Shinn, 47, of Ferndale, Calif., was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 19, 2025, and pleaded guilty on Nov. 5, 2025, to one count of attempted coercion a

United States of America v. Jorge Rubén Camargo-Clarke

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine for the purpose of unlawful importation. Jorge Rubén Camargo-Clarke, 46, a.k.a. “Cool nene,” was the head of the Bagdad syndicate, the largest drug trafficking organizatio

United States of America v. David Gilbert Gomez

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Officers with the City of Imperial Police Department were conducting a routine traffic stop when they observed two men standing near an unoccupied vehicle. Upon seeing police pres

United States of America v. Yasiel Puig

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer Keri Curtis represented the Defendant charged with obstruction of justice and lying to federal officials. Yasiel Puig, age 35, was accused of obstruction of justice and lying to federal officials investigating an illegal gambling operation, He w

United States of America v. Orest Shaynyuk

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography. Orest Shaynyuk, 33, of Sacramento, was accused of possession of CSAM. After serving his sentence and while on supervised release, his probation officer found him to be in pos

United States of America v. John Tamahere McCabe

Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. The Defendant was accused of defrauding a 79-year-old Orange County, California, victim out of nearly $2 million via false promises to broker the sale of the victim’s yacht and by taking out unauthorize

United States of America v. Jing Guo

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in an international fraud and money laundering scheme. Jing Guo, age 36, of San Gabrie, California participated in an international fraud and money laundering scheme that tricked more than 40 eld

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Ryan Wedding, Olympic snowboarder turned Wedding, who competed for his home country in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, has been accused of running a major drug trafficking network

The People of the State of California v. Heidy Nickolt Trujillo, Camilo Antonio Aguliar Lara, Sergio Andres Meji-Machuca and Manuel David Ibarra

Ventura, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit commercial burglary and two counts of conspiracy to receive stolen property. Heidy Nickolt Trujillo, 25, Camilo Antonio Aguliar Lara, 31, Sergio Andres Meji-Machu

K.G.M. v. TIKTOK, Inc., e tal.

Los Angeles, California, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs product liability, tort and intentional tort theories. K.G.M. v. Snap refers to a major lawsuit where a plaintiff (K.G.M.) sued Snap Inc., alleging its social media platform was intentionally designed to be addictive, cau

United States of America v. Michael William Hutchison III

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine. Between Jan. 26, 2023, and May 10, 2024, Michael William Hutchison III, was a leader and organizer of violent drug traffickers who distributed massive amoun

Gildardo Lugo Cerbantes v. Equifax Information Services, LLC., et al.

Oakland, California, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a U.S. federal law regulating how consumer credit information is collected, used, and shared, promoting accuracy, fairness, and privacy

United States of America v. Daniel James Harris

Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud.

United States of America v. Timothy Allen Manly Williams

Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Destruction, Alteration, and Falsification of Records in Federal Investigation; Obstruction of Official Proceedings; and Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law.

United States of America v. Salvador Mexicano

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering conspiracy.

United States of America v. Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

United States of America v. John Wesley Warr

San Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud.

asmene Jarrett v. UNUM Life Insurance Company of America, et al.

Santa Ana, California employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a E.R.I.S.A.-Employee Benefits claim

United States of America v. Marco Antonio Aguayo

Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with posted on Instagram death threats against Vice President JD Vance during his visit to Disneyland Resort last year. Marco Antonio Aguayo, 22, of Anaheim, is charged with threats against the President and successor

United States of America v. Phillp Flores

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bribery. Philip Flores, the owner, president, and chief executive of Intellipeak Solutions, Inc., a former defense contractor based out of Fredericksburg, Virginia, admitted that he participated in a bribery sch

The People of the State of California v. Kiefer Sutherland

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery. Actor Kiefer Sutherland, age 59, was arrested for allegedly assaulting and threatening a ride-share driver.

The People of the State of California v. Arron Jabezz Holmes

Ventura, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. On the night of April 30, 2015, Arron Jabezz Holmes, 19 years old at the time, went on a violent rampage in Oxnard that escalated throughout the evening, prosecutors with the Ventura County.

Dr. James Taylor, ex rel. United States of America v. Kaiser Permanente

San Francisco, California, qui tam lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on a False Claims Act violation theory. Under the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program, also known as Medicare Part C, Medicare beneficiaries may opt out of traditional Medicare and enroll in private health pl

United States of America v. Charles River Laboratories, Inc.

San Francisco, California, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of unlawfully manufacturing and distributing of controlled substances between 2019 and 2022 in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). – Charles River Laboratories, Inc. (CRL), successor by me

United States of America v. Israel Claustro

Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Orange County Superior Court judge Israel Claustro, age 50, was charged with defrauding California’s workers’ compensation program. “Judge Claustro violated the law for his personal financi

United States of America v. Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with attempted murder and murder. on March 26, 2024, 15-year-olds Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero, age 15, from Wilmington, California—members of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Westside Wilmas gang from the

United States of America v. Rayshawn Williams

Sacramento, California,criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally dealing in firearms and possessing machineguns. Between May and July 2024,Rayshawn Williams, 20, of Stockton sold ten firearms to a confidential informant in illegal deals conducted on the streets in

United States of America v. Ramesh "Sunnty" Balwani and Elizabeth A. Homes

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charge with fraud. Elizabeth Holmes’s and Ranesh “Sunny” Balwani’s defrauding investors out of $452 by lying about Theranos’s blood-testing technology. The Indictment further alleged that Holmes and Balwa

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

United 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�