Michigan Verdicts & Court Cases
2,230 verdicts, settlements, and court decisions from Michigan.
United States v. Angela Toma and Peter Valente
Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted conspiracy to commit fraud. Peter Valente, and his then wife, Angela Toma, were indicted and charged with offenses involving a scheme to defraud the SBA. Using inactive companies to perpetrate the fraud, Va
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Todd Allen Stafford
Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in exual activity with a 15-year-old boy (“M.V.”) whom he met through an online dating app. in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2422. On April 28, 2023, Todd Stafford and minor male M.V. began corresponding o
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Condat Corporation
Detroit, Michigan civil litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by making false statements to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) to obtain a Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan for which Condat was ineligible. In January 2021, Condat Co
View VerdictPeople of the State of Michigan v. Cordell Erwin Dawson
Paw Paw, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and carrying a firearm during the commission of a felony. This case arose from the fatal shooting of the victim during the early-morning hours of August 15, 2021. Defendant's defense at trial
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brandon Piper
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to introduce misbranded drugs into interstate commerce with intent to defraud and mislead in violaiton of 18 U.S.C. 371. Brandon Piper, age 35, of Gobles, Michigan, helped perpetrate an extensive s
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kenneth Bardwell
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obtaining millions of dollars in investment funds based on false pretenses. Digested by: Kent Morlan Kenneth Bardwell, 66, of West Bloomfield, was the operator of a company called “Motown Sports Group Holding
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Sefton Stewart
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956(h) and attempt and conspiracy to commit mail fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1349. Reported by: Kent Morlan Between October 2019 and September 2024, Sefton Ste
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Zina Thomas
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bribery involving a federal program. Reported by: Kent Morlan Zina Thomas, 62, of Detroit, formerly employed as the Director of Homeownership Programs for a local non-profit, conspired with and paid bribes to Jac
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Karl Alan White, Jr.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with running a vast drug operation. Reported by Kent Morlan While serving his sentence, White suffered brain damage that left him paralyzed and blind.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Catherine Spidell-Ferguson
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Catherine Spidell-Ferguson and D’Angelo Ferguson admitted to participating in the submission of three separate PPP loan applications, which included false representations and fictitious supporting doc
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Omar Rashad Pouncy
Flint, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer Chris Quinn represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States, Witness Tampering, intimidation of a witness, bribery, and subornation of prejury. Omar R. Pouncy, 38, of Flint, was convicted of committing multiple carjackings an
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Randon “Romero” Williams
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with with wire fraud and money laundering for allegedly defrauding financial institutions and the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). Between approximately April 2020 and March 2021, Randon “Romero” Williams ,
View VerdictUnited Sattes of America v. Erich Zeeb
Marquette, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Erich Zeeb, 51, of Roanoke, Virginia, exploited a 15 years old, online in 2012. He presented himself to the victim and her parents as an Olympian-in-training and someone who could
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Robert Glapinski
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing thousands of images of child pornography. Dr. Robert Glapinski, 62, of Capac, Michigan. was accused to possession and distributing thousands of pornographic immages. On March 5, 2025, the National Ce
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Robert Graham Ward
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. On January 12, 2025, first responders responded to a 911 call at a hotel in Gaylord, Michigan and pronounced a 25-year-old man dead of a drug overdose. A woman wh
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC (“Team Rehab”)
Detroit, Michigan, qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a whistleblower claim. Team Rehabilitation Services, LLC (“Team Rehab”), operates approximately 140 physical therapy clinics in Michigan, Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Georgia, agreed to pay $4,969,494 to settle allegations th
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Stephen Duane Woods, Jr.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer Michael Bartish represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Once the officers successfully detained Woods, he told them multiple times that he didn’t have anything on his person. One officer then patted Woods down but
View VerdictState of Michigan v. Sherrone Moore
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer Ellen Michaels represented the Defendant charged with stalking and breaking and entering. Sherrone Moore was accused of breaking into the home of a woman with whom he had a prior relationship.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Thomas Patrick Shannon
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Thomas Shannon, 44, exploited at least eighteen children online, ranging in ages from 12 to 17. Police discovered Shannon’s crimes when a16-year-old minor in North Carolina
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Peter Valente
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Peter Valente and Angela Toma collaborated to fraudulently obtain $2,609,210 from the Paycheck Protection Program. Valente and Toma are alleged to have submitted false loan applications to Paycheck Protectio
View VerdictState of Michigan v. Lance Clowney, II
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Lance Clowney II was charged with three felony assault charges after allegedly striking someone with a hammer.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Thomas Patrick Shannon
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with exploitation of children From 2019 through 2024, Thomas Shannon, 44, previously of Byron Center, exploited at least eighteen children online, ranging in ages from 12 to 17. Police discovered Shannon’s crime
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Mohammad Hamdan
Detroit, Michigan, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted conspiracy to commit fraud. Mohammad Hamdan, age 44, from Dearborn Heights, Michigan, admitted to utilizing his two pharmacies to submit false and fraudulent claims for prescriptions even though the prescr
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kristin Renee Zelonish Edwards
Mizzoula, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. he government alleged in court documents and at trial that Kristin Edwards defrauded Glacier Bank of over $170,000 by depositing 12 fraudulent savings bonds at four different bank branches in Northwest M
View VerdictIn re: Thomas William O'Hara
Grand Rapids, Michigan, bankruptcy lawyer represented the Petitioner seeking a chapter 13 bankruptcy. Thomas O’Hara filed for Chapter 13 bankruptcy. At a hearing on the United States Trustee’s motion to dismiss, the bankruptcy court made clear its intent to convert the case to Chapter 7. But
View VerdictClarence Borns v. Troy Crisman, Warden
Detroit, Michigan: n December 2012, a vandal broke the windows of two homes owned by Evelyn Hardwick. She called the police, who said there was nothing they could do. But Hardwick “wanted to find out exactly . . . why . . . someone [would] come and tear out [her] windows in mid winter for absolute
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Gerald Desean Jarrett
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Vincent Lee Galicia
Flint, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms.
View VerdictKoren Wagner v. Hanon Systems USA, LLC
Ann Arbor, Michigan labor law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes national standards for minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor. Enforced by the U.S. D
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Samer Kammo
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a multi-million-dollar Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) fraud scheme. Samer Kammo, 46, and his co-conspirators tried to cheat the system by exploiting a federal relief program meant to help Americans in need.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Andrial Ortiz
Lansing, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearm. Andrial Ortiz was a felon who was not allowed to possess a gun, and the moment he did he used it to shoot a police officer. My office was happy to prosecute this case. We accept
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kyle Wagner
Detroit, Michigan, Zcriminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with making Federal threats and cyberstalking following alleged murder and assault threats against ICE. Kyle Wagner escalated his opposition to ICE operations, including conspiring and threatening to assault federal law
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jabari Long
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer Steve Fishman represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Long submitted fraudulent loan applications to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) for businesses that did not exist. Specifically, Long received
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brandon Sims
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking and committing a crime of violence with a machine gun. Brandon Sims, 35, of Detroit, Michigan, committed the carjacking on October 18, 2023, in Detroit, Michigan. Sims carjacked a man who was assisting a
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Rita Shaba
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”) wire and bank fraud. Rita Shaba, 40, and her co-conspirators caused fraudulent PPP applications to be submitted for several business entities. Those applications misrepresente
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brandon Lemar Baines
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute over 12 pounds of methamphetamine. On January 23, 2025, officers with the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET), a multijurisdictional narcotics enforcement team working
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Brandon Lemar Baines
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. On January 23, 2025, officers with the Kalamazoo Valley Enforcement Team (KVET), a multijurisdictional narcotics enforcement team working in the Kal
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Martin Daryl Waskowski
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with exploitation of children and possession of porn. On December 3, 2025, Martin Daryl Waskowski, 38, of Royal Oak. was traveling from Canada back to the United States when he was stopped by Customs and Border Protectio
View VerdictState of Michigan v. John Doe
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with murder. Detroit Jones, 38, died after Grand Rapids Police Department (GRPD) officers found him in the area of Southeast Lafayette Avenue and Sycamore Street at 1:30 a.m. with critical injuries from being shot.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing and intending to distribute over 400 grams of fentanyl. During a search of Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath's Battle Creek, residence in March 2025, officers found over 1 kilogram of fentanyl, two firea
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ceratizit USA, L.L.C. and Mark Alan Stover
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act. Ceratizit USA LLC (Ceratizit), a Charlotte, North Carolina-based distributor of tungsten carbide products, has agreed to pay $54.4 million to resolve allegations that it violated the
View VerdictPeople of Michigan v. Kardasz
Mount Clemens, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged first-degree criminal sexual conduct for the sexual assault of his five-year-old daughter.
View VerdictRhonda Hehrer v. County of Clinton, Michigan, et al.
Grand Rapids, Michigan, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a deliberate indifference civil rights violation wrongful death theory. This case’s tragic facts took place during Joseph Hehrer’s detention at a county jail. After Hehrer showed signs of illness (includin
View VerdictState of Michigan v. Teenager John Doe
Grand Rapid, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represents Defendant charged with attempted murder for shooting at police officers. The Defendant, age 18, was walking on a sidewalk when he was recognized by officers as wanted in connection with the theft of a firearm. The Officers ordered him to
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath
Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. During a search of Nazzarie Acoy Carmouche-Heath’s Battle Creek residence in March 2025, officers found over 1 kilogram of fentanyl, two firearms, thousands of d
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kevin Lavon Giles
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking children by force, fraud or coercion. Kevin Lavon Giles, 59, of Detroit, was convicted of two counts of sex trafficking children and through force, fraud, or coercion, and one count of sex traffickin
View VerdictState of Michigan v. Sherrone Moore
Ann Arbor, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with home invasion, stalking in a domestic relationship and breaking and entering in a domestic relationship. Former University of Michigan football coach Sherrone Moore and the victim had an "intimate relationship" fo
View VerdictUnited States of America v. John Allen Grayeski
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Mary Smelter-Bolton
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Nabil Fakih,R.Ph.
Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud.
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