Ohio Verdicts & Court Cases
5,754 verdicts, settlements, and court decisions from Ohio.
State of Ohio v. Samuel Hochstetler
Pomeroy, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually assault and murder. Samuel Hochstetler, 19, was accused of killing Rosanna Kinsinger, age 28, and then offering to help with her funeral.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Molly Elisabeth Duncan
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251(a), possession of child pornography in violation for 18 U.S.C. 2252A(a)(5)(B), and distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jamal Binford
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs in violation of 21 U.S.C. 841, murder in collection with drug trafficking in violation of 21 U.S.C. 848(2)(1)(A), and used of a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in vio
View VerdictState of Ohio v. Nicholas Musarra
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape. Reported by: Kent Morlan The evidence at trial showed that Doe and Musarra had several drinks after work one night and that afterwards, Musarra drove the two of them to his home in Doe's car. The plan was tha
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Mark John Buschman
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to smuggle goods from the United States to Saudi Arabia in violation of 18 U.S.C.371; transporting and shipping firearms with removed, obliterated, or altered serial numbers in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922, unla
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Christopher Dowtin
Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government money, property, or records in violation of 18 U.S.C.A. 641. Reported by: Kent Morlan Christopher Dowtin, 49, of Jonesboro, Georgia, fraudulently converted two businesses’ IRS accounts to his nam
View VerdictState of ohio v. Chad Essert
Batavia, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sexual battery and unlawful conduct with a minor. Reported by Kent Morlan Bethel, Ohio, Police Chief Chad Essert, age 44, was indicted Thursday by a Clermont County Grand Jury for the following charges: 56 counts of se
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Muna Orra
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Medicare fraud. Reported by Kent Morlan Muna Orra, age 32, of Westlake, Ohio, was employed by a telemedicine company based in the state of Georgia as an independent contractor physician. The telemedicine company pr
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Sonny Madumelu
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Reported by Kent Morlan Sonny Madumelu, 70, of Columbus, used the business names Uncle Sonny Traveling and Shipping, Uncle Sonny Traveling + Shipping LTD, Sonny Star Cleaners and Tra
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Deniss Zolotarjovs
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charge with money laundering and mail fraud. By Kent Morlan Deniss Zolotarjovs, 35, was accused of conspiring to commit both money laundering and wire fraud in one of the most notorious ransomware groups in the world, known as
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Barry Anderson
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud. Barry Anderson, was a 20-plus year employee with a multinational company specializing in industrial explosives and technical and blasting services, who served in various roles througho
View VerdictUnited States of America v. James Thomas Hurt
Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. James Thomas Hurt, 25, of Dayton, possessed a machinegun during the shooting at the bus hub during the morning of Sept. 26, 2025. Surveillance video allegedly showed Hurt being assaulted b
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Ahmod Talley
Wilmington, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute fentanyl and cocaine.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. James Strahler
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making obscene or harassing phone calls, engaging in interstate domestic violence, and selling/transferring obscene matter. James Strahler II, 37, of Columbus, installed more than 24 AI platforms and more than 100 AI w
View VerdictUnited States of America v. John Jay Kersey
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. John J. Kersey was a long-time, trusted financial advisor to friends and relatives. For approximately two decades, from 2003 through 2023, he convinced his clients to move their existing investments from
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Antonio Guice
Akron, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Tong Chen
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt and distribution of visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct. Tong Chen, residing in Hudson, charged with Receipt and Distribution of Visual Depictions of Minors Engaged in Sexually Exp
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Johnathan Brown
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with secretly recorded young girls nude and committed hands-on offenses of a teenager. Johnathan Brown, 34, hid outside bedroom windows and placed cameras inside a laundry basket to record minors after they exited from show
View VerdictChelsea Walsh v. Total Quality Logistics
Cincinnati, Ohio personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful death theory. Chelsea Walsh was ordered by her employer Total Quality Logistics to work at the office rather than at home. She claimed that her baby died in her arms as a result. She claimed that her empl
View VerdictShawn D. Cooley, et al. v. Joseph E. Foreman, aka "Afro Man," et al.
West Union, Ohio personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on tort theories and equity theories seeking and injunction.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jaime Ortega-Urquidi
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with Intent to Distribute Cocaine, with Notice of Prior Serious Drug Felony Conviction; and illegal Reentry of Alien Following Removal, with Notice of Prior Aggravated Felony Conviction. On May 28, 2025, Lo
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Thomas G. Thompson
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with civil contempt. This case originated as part of consolidated civil actions filed in 2005 and 2006 against Thompson and numerous other business-entity defendants. SeeCiv. R. 3 (Compl.), 2:06-CV-
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Thomas Thompson
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt to evade or defeat the obligation to pay tax.
View VerdictState of Ohio v. Aliyah Henderson
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with two counts of murder. Aliyah Henderson was accused of murder after the bodies of two you girls were found in a suitcase near Ginn Academy in Cleveland,
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Anicleto Olvera-Sanchez
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children and possession of pornography.
View VerdictState of Ohio v. Justin Davis, et al.
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with committing violent crimes and dealing narcotics to further a human trafficking. The Central Ohio Human Trafficking Task Force, which is organized under Yost’s Ohio Organized Crime Investigations Commission (OOCIC) an
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Dustin Jagger
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government property. Dustin Jagger, 41, of Canton, Ohio, and Damarco McKinley, 26, of Cleveland, worked for the Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center (VAMC), where he used his position as a logistics empl
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Xiangyang He
Dayton, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to engage in wire and bank fraud. Ohio – Xiangyang He, 41, a Chinese national and illegal alien living in Los Angeles, engaged in a fraud scheme that targeted elderly Americans. He personally picked up mor
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Anita Green and Amanda Hovaec
Toledo, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Amid their divorce proceedings, Amanda Hovanec killed her husband, T.H., by injecting him with etorphine, a large-animal tranquilizer. Anthony Theodorou, a man with whom Hovanec was romantically involved, ship
View VerdictPamela J. Follen v. Social Security Administration
Akron, Ohio, social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS of her application for social security benefits. Pamela J. Follen filed a complaint for judicial review in the district court because the SSA denied her application for disability benefit
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kevin Deramus and Dorian Freeman,
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs. Kevin Deramus, 46, was the head of the drug trafficking organization. He obtained, cut, processed and distributed large quantities of drug mixes made with heroin, fentanyl, cocaine, xy
View VerdictJulie Daley v. Dr. Barry Mitchell and Physician Assistant Michelle Porembka
Wheeling, West Virginia, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a medical malpractice claim. Julie Daley, 64, who arrived at the hospital’s emergency department in June 2022 with abdominal complaints. She claimed that she substandard care and, as a direct result, she suffered a p
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Lamont Johnson
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs and felony possession of a firearm. Lamont Johnson, 43, was sentenced to 210 months (17.5 years) in prison by U.S. District Judge John R. Adams after pleading guilty last Oct
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Harrison Michael Barton
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and sexual exploitation of children. In February 2025, Harrison Michael Barton, 38, of North Detroit, Texas, took a Greyhound bus from Texas to Ohio to meet a 15-year-old approximately one month after conne
View VerdictState of Ohio v. Michael McKee
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with two counts of murder. Michael McKee, age 39, accused of killing Spencer Tepe, 37, and Monique Tepe, 39. McKee is the ex-husband of Monique.
View VerdictState of Ohio v. Hakeem-Ali Shomo, Anthony Bryant, and Brittany Smith
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Hakeem-Ali Shomo, 34, Anthony Bryant, age 22, and Brittany Smith, age 36, Destiny Henderson, Nathaniel Poke, and Portria Williams, tortured and killed 21-year-old Alishah Pointer in East Clevela
View VerdictState of Ohio v. Aaron L. Sharp
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with multiple counts of first-degree murder. Aaron L. Sharp, who turned 24 years old, shooting a total of four people, including two East Cleveland Police officers.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Cuellar Montufa
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after removal. Cuellar Montufa, 39,illegally reentered the country after being deported following his convictions for sex crimes and is now wanted for murder in Guatemala. Th
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Darnell Kief Beckham Bell
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer Rodger Pelagalli represented the Defendant charged with possess with intent to distribute drugs.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Robert Craig
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involvement with online groups dedicated to creating and distributing videos depicting acts of extreme violence and sexual abuse against monkeys. Robert Craig, of Charlotte, conspired with others to create and distri
View VerdictState of Ohio v. William Brock
Springfield, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged murder, felonious assault and kidnapping. William Brock, age 83 fatally shot Lo-Letha Toland-Hall, age 61, in 2024 after wrongly assuming she was involved in plot to rob him Brock claimed self defense.
View VerdictState of Ohio v. Misty Porter
Cooksville, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with DUI. Misty Porter, 45, accused of being behind the wheel and reportedly under the influence of alcohol when hit a school bus.
View VerdictState of Ohio v. James Delverne
Toledo, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with involvement in a scheme to deceive and defraud investors of millions of dollars over two separate cases over 10 years. James Delverne was accused of money laundering, theft, telemarketing fraud, and engaging in a pattern
View VerdictState of Ohio v. Michael McKee
Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Michael McKee accused of fatal shooting of 37-year-old Spencer Tepe, a dentist, and 39-year-old Monique Tepe. Both were found dead with gunshot wounds in their Columbus, Ohio, home.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Kelly Richard, aka Scorpio
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of sex trafficking minors, sexually exploiting children and illegally possessing a firearm as a previously convicted felon. Kelly Richards, 44, drugged, raped, abused, photographed and sold two teenage gi
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Daniel H. Rodriguez-Andrade
Columbus, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentry of a deported alien and distributing drugs. Daniel H. Rodriguez-Andrade, 52, of Mexico, has been deported from the United States on four previous occasions. In July 2024, law enforcement officials encountere
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Timothy Sutton
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyerS represented the Defendant charged with healthcare billing conspiracy scheme that was intended to fraudulently bill Medicare for more than $14.5 million. imothy Sutton, 44, of North Ridgeville, Ohio, deliberately lied about performing patient examinations
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Jonathan Leissler
Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud after defrauding his employer, a police organization, and an online fundraising company out of millions of dollars. From about March 2022 to November 2024, Jonathan Leissler, 44, of Stow, Ohio, worked at an
View VerdictState of Ohio v. Torri Byrd
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with operating a vehicle impaired (OVI).
View VerdictUnited States of America v. William D. DeFoor
Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with by criminal complaint with damaging government property, engaging in physical violence against any person or property in a restricted building or grounds, and assaulting, resisting or impeding federal officers. Arou
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