Virginia Consumer Law Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Alejandro Belmonte Cardozo </h2> </center>
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251(a). Border searches do not require a warrant to be reasonable. And if a border search is routine, individualized suspicion is not required either. But law enforcement may not conduct a nonroutine border search without individualized suspicion. Unde... More...
$ (07-13-2026 - VA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Virginia v. Theodore L. Hughes, Jr. </h2> </center>
Sussex, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted second-degree murder, maliciously discharging a firearm within an occupied building, felony reckless handling of a firearm resulting in serious bodily injury, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, and unlawful shooting in the commission of a felony. The parties entered a plea agreement that capped ... More...
$ (07-17-2026 - VA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kenya Mcchell Chapman </h2> </center>
Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dealing in firearms without a license in connection with the March 12 shooting at Old Dominion University (ODU), and with three counts of making false statements during purchases of firearms. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Mo... More...
$ (07-17-2026 - VA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. John Coleman, III </h2> </center>
Lynchburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with distributing thousands of fentanyl pills, pounds of methamphetamine, and kilograms of cocaine, among other drugs, while possessing a firearm. Reported by: <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> John Coleman, III, 35, distributed... More...
$ (07-17-2026 - VA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jasmine Irene Janae Meade </h2> </center>
Hampton, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated malicious wounding, use of a firearm in the commission of a felony, brandishing a firearm, shooting a firearm within 1,000 feet of school property, and three counts of child endangerment. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new"... More...
$ (07-03-2026 - VA)<h2> <center> Commonwealth of Virginia v. Devon Lamar Washington </h2> </center>
City of Fredericksburg, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing a controlled substance, simultaneously possessing a firearm and a controlled substance with the intent to distribute, illegally possessing a machine gun, and carrying a concealed weapon. On September 28, 2023, the Fredericksburg Police Department received several complaints regarding c... More...
$ (04-24-2026 - VA)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Kenya Mcchell Chapman </h2> </center>
Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with dealing in firearms without a license in connection with the March 12 shooting at Old Dominion University, and with three counts of making false statements during purchases of firearms. Kenya Mcchell Chapman, 32, of Smithfield, allegedly purchased three firearms that were recovered from crime scenes shortly afterw... More...
$ (03-14-2026 - VA)United States of America v. Alexander Michael Martinez, a/k/a "Rambo"
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted possession with the intent to distribute cocaine hydrochloride. on Feb. 8, 2023, law enforcement intercepted a parcel containing approximately 2.3 kilograms of methamphetamine and 1.1 kilograms of cocaine. The parcel was addressed to an individual who had agreed to receive it on behalf of Alexander Mi... More...
$ (03-04-2026 - VA)United States of America v. Jermaine Crayton Jr.
Abingdon, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly and intentionally conspiring to possess with intent to distribute and distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl. In August 2025, investigators with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Smyth County Sheriff’s Office, City of Bristol Virginia Police Department, Washington County, Virginia Sheriff’s Of... More...
$ (02-24-2026 - VA)United States of America v. CarMax, Inc.
Fairfax, Virginia, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused for violating the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) by illegally repossessing motor vehicles owned by members of the military. The Justice Department alleged that CarMax repossessed servicemember vehicles without obtaining court orders as required by federal law, as well as repossessed some vehicles even af... More...
$ (02-24-2026 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. Kevin Russell Beasley
Norfolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine and being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Nov. 1, 2024, law enforcement intercepted a parcel, shipped from California, containing over three kilograms of cocaine. Investigators performed a controlled delivery of the parcel to the intended address in Portsmouth, a... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. Damon Tyler Mills
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers, Brooke Alexander Duncan and Anthony Franklin Anderson, represented the Defendant charged with committing an armed robbery in violaiton of the Hobbs Act and discharging a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. On February 24, 2019, law enforcement responded to an apartment in Roanoke County, Virginia regarding a disturbance involving firearms.... More...
$ (01-13-2026 - VA)<H2> Anthony Kelly v. The City of Alexandria
Alexandria, Virginia employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. The Plaintiffs, Current and former battalion chiefs for the City of Alexandria Fire Department, sued the City seeking payment of unpaid overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act. The Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. §§ 201–19, requires employers to pay... More...
$ (12-31-2025 - va)<H2> Rita Escobar v. LYFT, Inc.
Alexandria, Virginia, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory. A.I. Google: Virginia auto negligence law is defined by a strict contributory negligence rule, meaning if you're even 1% at fault for an accident, you're barred from recovering any damages, making it crucial to avoid admitting fault and gather extensive evidence to prove the other driver's... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - va)<H2> United States of America v. Brian Keith Anderson
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of methamphetamine and sale of a firearm to a convicted felon. during seven controlled buys conducted by law enforcement from Jan. 16, 2024, to Feb. 25, 2025, Brian Keith Anderson, 48, distributed a total of 117.29 grams of methamphetamine. During a controlled buy conducted on June 14, 2024, in addit... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. Jennifer Leigh Peters
Lynchburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with accessing a protected computer system to provide her then-boyfriend and probationer with sensitive non-public information, lying to federal investigators, and destroying evidence. Jennifer Peters, 43, of Madison Heights, Virginia, pled guilty today to one count of conspiracy, one count of obstruction of a procee... More...
$ (12-14-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Quincy Eugeme Moore
Halifax, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter[3] and leaving the scene of an accident involving death or serious bodily injury. In 2020, Quincy Moore and Donald Jeffreys had a verbal and physical altercation at a neighborhood gathering. Party attendees separated them, and Jeffreys walked away still making verbal threats. Although Jeff... More...
$ (12-04-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Catherine Renee Tellez
Williamsburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to stop after involvement in an accident that resulted in death. <br> <br> On the morning of August 10, 2022, Tellez was driving on Interstate 64 in the left lane. The portion of the highway had two clearly marked lanes and was straight and flat with no grade. The road surface had no major potholes, de... More...
$0 (11-13-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Bavonte J. Cole
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> While patrolling alone at night, Officer Dquan Walker saw Coe sitting in the driver's seat of a car parked just outside the entrance to a convenience store known for "drug activity . . . inside and outside of the store.†JA 106. Coe was holding plastic baggies... More...
$0 (11-13-2025 - VA)Clarence Davis v. Capital One, N.A.
Alexandria, Virginia consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theory.<br> <br> larence Davis received multiple prerecorded messages on his cell phone from Capital One seeking payment for a debt. Davis had never been a Capital One customer and had never consented to receive calls from Capital One. Davis's cell phone number previously be... More...
$0 (08-25-2025 - VA)Kimberly LaFave, et al. v. The County of Fairfax, Virginia, et al.
Fairfax, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff challenging the constitutionality of the so-called sensitive places doctrine, which allows the government to restrict the presence of firearms in certain locations.<br> <br> A Fairfax County ordinance prohibits "[t]he possession, carrying, or transportation of any firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof†in va... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - VA)Mary Lynn Shumate v. City of Lynchburg, et al.
Lynchburg, Virginia employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a sex discrimination theory.<br> <br> After Mary Shumate, a firefighter for the city of Lynchburg, Virginia, made<br> allegedly inappropriate remarks about another employee's sexual orientation, the Fire<br> Chief demoted her. She commenced this action against the City, the City Manager, and the<br> Fire Chief, allegi... More...
$0 (08-22-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Melvin Leon Myrick
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with for possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of "actual methamphetamine.â€<br> <br> At about 2:00 a.m. on April 20, 2022, a Colonial Heights, Virginia, police officer attempted to stop a silver Nissan for a traffic infraction. The Nissan, however, failed to stop and sped away, reaching well over 85... More...
$0 (08-13-2025 - VA)<H2> United States of America v. Keith Rodney Moore
Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal possession of a firearm.<br> <br> When Richmond, Virginia, police officers observed a vehicle with the temporary license tag number 11134Y, they concluded that it was a fake tag because, within the preceding hours, they had stopped two other vehicles with the identical temporary tag number. The officers activ... More...
$0 (08-04-2025 - VA)Darrell J. Austin, Jr. v. Experian Information Solutions, Inc.
Richmond, Virginia consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.<br> <br> Parties sometimes agree to resolve disputes between them in private arbitration instead of litigating in state or federal court. The Federal Arbitration Act requires courts to honor such an agreement when a party seeks to enforce it, so long as a binding contract to arbitrate ... More...
$0 (08-04-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Gregory Leon Hammer
Harrrisburg, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with abduction, felony eluding, and driving after being declared a habitual offender.<br> <br> On the evening of November 27, 2018, Officer Brandon Mawyer was patrolling in his police cruiser in the City of Waynesboro when he received a "be on the lookout" alert for a "possibly-abducted female ... named Morgan Hammer."... More...
$0 (01-18-2022 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Troy McGowan
Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating a protective order.<br> <br> On November 24, 2018, L.M. obtained a permanent protective order against appellant, with whom she had a young son. The protective order prohibited appellant from having "contact of any kind with" L.M. except as permitted by a custody or visitation order and from "commit[ting] ac... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - VA)Joel Aaron Burrell v. S. Shirley, Correctional Officer, et al.
Alexandria, Virginia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a prisoner civil rights claim.<br> <br> Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, federal courts may permit an indigent prisoner to proceed without prepaying filing fees or giving security. The legal term for proceeding this way is in forma pauperis. But Congress expressed concern that prisoners were filing many "frivolous lawsuits floodin... More...
$0 (07-03-2025 - VA)The State of New York v. Capital One Financial Corporation
Alexandria, Virginia consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sue the Defendant on fraud theories.<br> <br> The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) filed a lawsuit against Capital One over claims the company cheated consumers out of more than $2 billion in potential interest earnings on their savings accounts.<br> <br> The CFPB argued Capital One misled consumers about its 360 S... More...
$425000000 (05-16-2025 - VA)Eric Lisann v. Elizabeth Lisann
Richmond, Virginia family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> <br> The wife filed for divorce in October 2019, alleging the ground of having lived separate and apart since July 14, 2014. In the divorce complaint, the wife alleged that "[a]t least one of the parties has intended to live separate and apart for at least one year and that their intent has remained constant for at lea... More...
$0 (05-08-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Google, L.L.C.
Alexandria, Virginia anti-trust lawyers represented Google, which was accused to monopolizing two online advertising markets.<br> <br> The Government claimed that Google violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act by "willfully acquiring and maintaining monopoly power in the open web display publisher ad server market and the open-web display ad exchange market.â€<br> <br> In August 2024, following... More...
$0 (04-19-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Paul Chisholm, III
Cheasapeak, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with malicious wounding.<br> <br> Paul Chisholm, III ("appellant") of malicious wounding, in violation of Code § 18.2-51. When appellant failed to appear for his sentencing hearing, the trial court issued a capias for his arrest, convicted him of failure to appear, and sentenced him to 12 months in jail for that offe... More...
$0 (03-25-2025 - va)Rebecca Ann Stoots v. Marion Life Savings Crew, Inc.
Marion, Virginia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a negligence claim.<br> <br> Marion Life Saving Crew, Inc. (MLSC) provides emergency medical and transport services in Smyth County, Virginia.[1] In February 2014, MLSC Emergency Medical Technicians (EMTs) responded to the home of Calvin Stoots ("Calvin"), where they found him in medical distress. The EMTs were given a copy of C... More...
$0 (02-25-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jacob Ryan Tolley
Lexington, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession.<br> <br> On April 4, 2022, officers from the Botetourt-Rockbridge Regional Drug Task Force (the "Task Force") conducted surveillance of a home located at 36 Edgewood Drive in the City of Lexington. Members of the Task Force had been sworn in as Special State Police Officers ("SSPOs") with the Virgin... More...
$0 (02-25-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Anthony Leroy Brannon
Stuart, Virginia, criminal defense represented the Defendant assault and battery.<br> <br> In February 2023, Heather Burris and Brannon lived together at the Virginian Motel in Patrick County while Brannon was in the area for work. The motel manager, Jesse Christoph, knew Burris and Brannon well, as they had resided at the motel since at least October 2022 and Burris occasionally helped with house... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - VA)Curtis L. Wade v. Commonwealth of Virginia
Boydton, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery on a law enforcement officer.<br> <br> A jury convicted Curtis L. Wade of assault and battery on a law enforcement officer in violation of Code § 18.2-57(C). The trial court sentenced Wade to five years' incarceration, with all but seven months suspended. On appeal, Wade argues that the trial co... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - VA)Jeremy Smith v. Cox Enterprises, Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan
Alexandria, Virginia employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an ERISA law violation theory.<br> <br> After receiving long-term disability benefits from his employer for seven years, Jeremy Smith was informed that these benefits would be terminated. Seeking to have his benefits restored, Smith filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 ("ERISAâ€) a... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Daniel Ricardo Lane Adams
Virginia Beach, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represent the defendant charged with rape.<br> <br> In the final days of her junior year at Virginia Wesleyan University, E.R. attended an on-campus cookout hosted by a graduating senior. After consuming a few alcoholic seltzers, E.R. met Adams, who introduced himself as "DJ." Adams told her that he was a 23-year-old student at the Harvard Business ... More...
$0 (02-11-2025 - VA)Northern Virgina Hemp and Agriculture, LLC, et a. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, et al.
Alexandria, Virginia civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sought declaratory and other relief.<br> <br> <br> Virginia recognized it had a marijuana problem. For years, federal law has classified<br> marijuana as a controlled substance. But in the 2018 Farm Bill, Congress excluded<br> "hempâ€â€”which it defined as Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant "with a de... More...
$0 (01-10-2025 - VA)Byron Matthew Johnson v. Eldor Automotive Powertrain USA, LLC
Roanoke, Virginia employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful termination theory.<br> <br> Byron Matthew Johnson, an engineering and maintenance manager at an automotive parts manufacturing plant in<br> Daleville, Virginia. Alleged that he was fired in retaliation for intra-company complaints regarding his supervisees' right to overtime pay pursuant to the Fair Labor Sta... More...
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