Florida Verdicts & Court Cases
8,397 verdicts, settlements, and court decisions from Florida.
United States of America v. Celso Navarro Diaz
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to traffic more than five kilograms of cocaine on vessels subject to the jurisdiction of the United States and conspiring to import more than five kilograms of cocaine into the United States. Celso Navarro
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Morales-Ramirez
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with charged with forcibly assaulting a federal officer. On Aug. 13, 2025, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) deportation officers attempted to execute an arrest warrant for Fredy Aureliano Morales-Ramirez, 39,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Joel Rufus French
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged for his role in a yearslong scheme to bilk Medicare and the Civilian Health and Medical Program of the Department of Veterans Affairs (CHAMPVA) out of nearly $200 million by selling patient information and sham doctors’ orde
View VerdictState of Florida v. John Ray Melvin
West Palm Beach, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and felony possession of a firearm. John Ray Melvin was accused of cocaine possession and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. David A. Girard
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted enticement of a minor, travel in interstate commerce for illicit sexual conduct and failure to register as a sex offender. David A. Girard, age 20, of Robertsdale, Alabama, is a registered sexual offende
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Nhan Pham
Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt in interstate commerce and proffered delivery of an adulterated device, in violation of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act. Between 2015 and 2019, Nhan Pham (55, Orlando) , a physician who performed co
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Sherwood Avionics and Accessories, Inc.
Miami, Florida - Sherwood Avionics and Accessories, Inc. (Sherwood), headquartered in Opa-Locka, has agreed to pay $109,618 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to use contractually required and updated technical manuals when performing repairs on U.S. Coast Guard
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Sean J. Alterman
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit healthcare fraud and conspiracy to offer and pay health care kickbacks. Sean Alterman, 38, of Lake Worth, owned and operated two laboratories, Live Beyond Medical MGMT, LLC and Dynix Diagnostics LL
View VerdictState of Florida v. Lissette Dopico
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal mischief. Lissette Dopico, 43, who is currently homeless, threw the rock and umbrella after she asked to use the business’s restroom and was denied access.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jevan Antonio Miller
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor to engage in sexual activity and interstate travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct after previously pleading guilty in federal court. Between April 10, 2025, and Apr
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Geoffrey Lee Dudding
Jacksonville, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using his cellphone and the internet to attempt to entice an 11-year-old child to engage in sexual activity. He was also ordered to serve a lifetime term of supervised release. On January 13, 2025, an FBI agent
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jasen Butler,
West Palm Beach, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and forgery for orchestrating a scheme to defraud the U.S. Department of War and other federal agencies out of over $4.5 million. Jason Butler, 37, of Jupiter, Florida, the ow
View VerdictState of Florida v. Ciara Marie Smith
Naples, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with assault. Ciara Marie Smith barricaded herself in a Leoni's Pizza with a firearm in her waistband.
View VerdictState of Florida, v. Stephen Hicks
Jacksonville, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery. Jacksonville Beach police officer Stephen Hicks accused of pulling a teenager off of an e-bike at a Jacksonville Beach skate park and throwing him to the ground, causing minor injuries.
View VerdictState of Florida v. Natalie Fonseca and Nafis Reynolds
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with attempted first-degree murder, kidnapping, carjacking, robbery, arson, and tampering with evidence. The Defendant beat and robbed a man, cut his throat, and threw him off a bridge, but he survived.
View VerdictState of Florida v. Geraldo Diza Guzman
Orlando, Florida criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with attempted murder. Geraldo Diaz Guzman, 19, accused of shooting Cristian Avila Carcamo who was shot several times.
View VerdictState of Florida v. Blake Richard Hoover
Charlotte, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with arson and a hate crime. Blake Richard Hoover, 31, of Charlotte County, was charged with arson and criminal mischief for the blaze that broke out at the Chabad of Charlotte County in Punta Gorda.
View VerdictState of Florida v. Regina Peacock
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with grand theft and organized fraud. Regina Peacock accused of stealing thousands from her employer.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ernest Lee Thomas, II
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer John Wilkins represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On May 31, 2025, deputies with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle occupied by the Ernest Lee Thomas II, 35, of Pe
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Eduardo Saavedra Melayes
Panama City, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated identify theft, falsely representing U.S. citizenship, and false statement in application for passport. In December of 2023, the Eduardo Saavedra Melayes, 45, a Mexican national, submitted a passport
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Chason Reed Peck
Ocala, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. On February 3, 2017, Chason Reed Peck (37, Palm City) applied for and received business financing from Deere & Company (“John Deere”). On February 16, 2020, Peck applied for a $300
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Michael Kochen and Sandra Herek
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with Medicare Fraud. Michael Kochen, 42, and Sandro Herek, 56, targeted Medicare Advantage beneficiaries through deceptive telemarketing practices, pressuring elderly individuals to accept medical equipment they did not n
View VerdictState of Florida v. Armani Cherenfant
Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Armani Cherenfant, age 19, was arrested during the execution of a search warrant for an Airbnb location at 10000 block of Southwest 162nd Street that was being used to mimic a bank call center in an elaborate
View VerdictState of Florida v. John Doe
Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with manslaughter. A 15-year-old boy shot and killed Emony Nicole Jackson, age 13, who was found with a gunshot wound, and she was taken to the hospital, where she succumbed to her injuries,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Demetric Antwan Swinton
Orlando, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing methamphetamine. The Drug Enforcement Administration and the Brevard County Sheriff’s Office used a confidential source to conduct two controlled purchases of more than a pound of methamphetamine each
View VerdictState of Florida v. Slemons Anthony Graves
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with armed robbery and battery with prejudice. Slemons Graves, age 33, is accused of directing an antisemitic slur at a Jewish day school teacher, then slapping her in the back of the head and spitting in her face before st
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Martin
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiring to obstruct, delay or affect commerce through extortion in connection with ransomware attacks occurring in 2023. Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas, and another co-conspirator succ
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Gary Cox
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud Medicare and other federal health care benefit programs of more than $1 billion by operating a platform that generated false doctors’ orders used to support fraudulent claims for various medical i
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Phillip Preston Resmondo
Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Bobby Joe Sheffield
Panama, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion or enticement of a female.
View VerdictState of Florida v. Danny Francisque
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer presents the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Danny Francisque, age 34, was found with pounds of marijuana in an apartment that was being used mainly to store drugs. They searched Francisque's primary residence on Paul Russell Road and found
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kevin Noel Ochoa Venegas (a/k/a Kevin Noel Ochoa-Venegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banegas Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banega)
Tallahassee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry of a removed alien. On April 11, 2025, the Kevin Noel Ochoa Venegas (a/k/a Kevin Noel Ochoa-Venegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banegas Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Banegas, a/k/a Kevin Noel Baneg
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Delvenia Renee Mitchell
Jacksonville, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government of property, over $1,000. In 2023, Delvenia Renee Mitchell, age 54, of Jacksonville, worked as a postal carrier for the United States Postal Service (USPS). Investigation by the USPS – O
View VerdictState of Florida v. Ronny Neal
Sanford, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 79 counts of official misconduct and one count of organized fraud after a year-long investigation into unpaid vendor accounts revealed fake officer off-duty jobs. Ronny Neal, the department's off-duty detail coordina
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Bienvenido Leo Rodriguez, et al.
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with conspiring to traffic large quantities of cocaine in and around Miami-Dade County and elsewhere in the Southern District of Florida. The eight-count superseding indictment charges the following defendants—each a res
View VerdictUnited States of America v. State of Florida v. Emeril Tytron Lemeul Rachel
Titusville, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree felony murder. Emeril Tytron Lemeul Rachel, age 13, was charged with the shooting death of a man during a botched robbery. A grand jury returned the indictment against the teen, who investigators
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Willie Frank Hicks, Jr.
Tallahassee, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. On May 29, 2025, Madison County Sheriff’s Office deputies on patrol conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle occupied by Willie Frank Hicks, of Madison, Florid
View VerdictEstate of Maria Rivers, et al. v. Nicholas Betancourt
Tampa, Florida personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on auto negligence wrongful death theories. Dana Maria Rivera, age 36, was driving south on Gunn Highway in Odessa on Feb. 28 to pick her fourth child up from school when 33-year-old Nicholas Betancour crossed the center l
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Tyler Corbin, Edward Noel, Alfredo Santana), and Omar Singateth
Tampa, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with international conspiracy to traffic in firearms. Tyler Corbin (25, Tampa), Edward Noel (26, Canada), Alfredo Santana (32, Miami), Omar Singateth (24, Canada), and Arif Jhuman (39, Canada) with conspiracy to traffic fir
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Boris Arencibia and Jose Armando Rivera Garcia
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defendants charged with schemes involving the sale of diverted and misbranded pharmaceutical drugs, including medications used to treat HIV and cancer. Boris Arencibia, 52, and Jose Armando Rivera Garcia, 45, both of M
View VerdictMegan Pete, aka Megan Thee Stallion v. Milagro Elizabeth Cooper aka Mobz World
Orlando, Florida, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a defamation case. Megan Thee Stallion sued Milagro Gramz or Mobz World" claiming that he defamed her.
View VerdictMarcin Priwoznik v. UNUM Life Insurance Company of America
Tampa, Florida, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful denial of E.R.I.S.A. benefits theory.
View VerdictRobert Long, III v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, et al.
Tampa, Florida consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff in a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.
View VerdictChenghai Co., Ltd. v. Walmart, Inc.
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, commercial litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract action.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Trad Hamdan
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, employment law lawyer represented the plaintiff on a civil rights job discrimination theory.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Xavier Laderrick Wallace
Fort Lauderdale, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyber harassment.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ismael Camacho
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threats of violence and commission of a crime with a firearm.
View VerdictState of Florida v. Ihab Mustafa El Mahmoud
West Palm Beach, Florida, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with attempted murder. Ihab Mustafa El Mahmoud, 43, is accused for trying to hit members of an LGBTQ running club with his vehicle at a West Palm Beach Florida.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Wilfredo Robles
Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Maritime Drug Law Enforcement Act ("MDLEA.†In 2022, the United States Coast Guard stopped the appellants' go-fast vessel within the waters of the Dominican Republic's EEZ. The vessel displayed no indicia of nation
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Marktavios Devon Martin
Pensacola, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution and/or possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, cocaine base, and fentanyl.
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