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<h2> <center> Josue Ariel Fuentes v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services </h2> </center>
Alexandria, Virginia immigration lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued in federal district court asserting two challenges: (1) an Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) challenge to USCIS’ interpretation of the exclusion clause such that it excludes any individual who was granted SIJ status from ever conferring immigration benefits on their natural or adoptive parents; and (2) a consti... More...
$ (07-24-2026 - 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> United States of America v. Soufiane Bougria </h2> </center>
Harrisonburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting his then-girlfriend with a hatchet while camping in the Shenandoah National Park. On the night of August 24, 2025, Soufiane Bougria, 31, and his then-girlfriend (Victim 1) were camping at the Mathews Arm Campground in the Shenandoah National Park. Three different park visitors testified that they ... More...
$ (03-24-2026 - 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)United States of America v. Eleview International, Inc., Oleg Nayandin, and Vitaliy Borisenko
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to violate the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 and the Export Administration Regulations. Eleview International, Inc., Oleg Nayandin, age 54, of Fairfax, and Vitaliy Borisenko, age 39, of Vienna, Virginia, operated an e-commerce website that allowed Russian customers to order U.S. goods and techn... More...
$ (02-13-2026 - 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> United States of America v. Joseph Rimero Rutherford
Abington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with failing to register as a sex offender. Joseph Rimero Rutherford, 34, of North Carolina, habitually resided in an apartment in Bristol, Virginia. Rutherford failed to register in Virginia or update his registration in North Carolina as required by SORNA. Rutherford is required to register as a sex offender and comply... 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> Commonwealth of Virginia v. Omari Andrew Green
City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with maliciously shooting at a vehicle resulting in death and participating in a criminal act for the benefit or at the direction of a gang.... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - 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. James B. Comey, Jr.
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements within the jurisdication of the legislative branch of the United States Government. 18 U.S.C. § 1001 is the federal statute making it a crime to knowingly and willfully make false statements, conceal material facts, or use false documents in matters within the jurisdiction of the U.S. g... More...
$ (11-24-2025 - VA)<H2> nited States of America v. Christopher Allan Johnson
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with using the Kik social media app to send three videos containing child sexual exploitation material. On October 10, 2024, after leaving the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Salem, Virginia, Christopher Allan Johnson, 54, logged into Kik and joined a public group dedicated to incest. There, an undercover FBI task f... More...
$ (12-12-2025 - 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)<H2> Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jihad Arlik Ruffin
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony murder while in the commission of shooting into an occupied building, Code § 18.2-33, use of a firearm in commission of murder, Code § 18.2-53.1, and maliciously discharging a firearm within an occupied building, Code § 18.2-279. * * * On July 3, 2021, a fatal shooting occurred inside the "NOLA by ... More...
$ (12-04-2025 - VA)State of Virginia v. Stephen Smerk
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Stephen Smerk, age 53, was accused of killing Robin Lawrence, age 27, who was killed in 1994.<br> <br> Detectives using DNA from the crime scene were able to identify Smerk as the killer.<br> <br> Investigators turned to Ellen Greytak, director of bioinformatics at Parabon NanoLabs, a... More...
$0 (10-26-2025 - VA)United States of America .v James B. Comey, Jr.
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers are representing the Defendant charged with:<br> <br> Count 1:<br> 1. On or about September 30, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, JAMES<br> B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, Fictitious, and<br> fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the<br> Governme... More...
$0 (10-13-2025 - VA)Isaias Tessema v. Catherine Ann Moulthrop
Fairfax, Virginia, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a car wreck bicycle claim.<br> <br> On April 15, 2017, Catherine Ann Moulthrop and Isaias Tessema were involved in a<br> vehicle-bicycle collision. Moulthrop was the driver, and Tessema was the cyclist. On June 15,<br> 2017, State Farm responded to a claim inquiry from Tessema. The letter to Tessema's counsel<br> identified "Ca... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - VA)Donna M. Jones v. Fairfax County School Board
Alexandria, Virginia, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Amiercans with Disability Act violaiton theory.<br> <br> The Plaintiff filed suit against the Fairfax County School Board ("Appelleeâ€) pursuant to the ADA, alleging that the school's refusal to grant her proposed accommodation violated the statute. The district court concluded that Plaintiff's proposed accommo... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - VA)Thomas L. Ford v. Daniel P. Discroll, Secretary of the Army
Richmond, Virginia, pro se Plaintiff, unsuccessfully attempted to present himself without the help of a lawyer on multiple employment-related claims, including claims brought pursuant to Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (Title VII), 42 U.S.C. §§ 2000e to 2000e-17, the American with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. §§ 12101 to 12213, the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA),... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - 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)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)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. 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)United States of America v. Subhash Kongassery
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with Abusive Sexual Contact Aboard an Aircraft in Flight in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2244(b) and 49 U.S.C. §46506(1).<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. § 2244(b):<br> <br> Whoever, in the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States or in a Federal prison, or in any prison, institution, or facility in w... More...
$0 (05-21-2024 - 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)Lisa Barnhill v. Pamela Jo Bondi, U.S. Attorney General
Alexandria, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on race and gender discrimination theories.<br> <br> MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers ready and willing to represent you if you have a legal problem and need help. Call: 918-5... More...
$0 (05-15-2025 - 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)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. Jose Roberto Gomez Contreras
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with "rape, oral sodomy, and animate object sexual penetration ('OSP'), as well as two counts of custodial indecent liberties.<br> <br> K.I.C. was born in El Salvador to Maritza Contreras, appellant's sister.[3] When K.I.C. was two years old, her mother left El Salvador and travelled to the United States. K.I.C. remain... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jimi Argedis Salgado
Manassas, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with malicious wounding.<br> <br> Ilka McCoy and Salgado were in a romantic relationship and lived together until May 2021. By August 2021 they had broken up, lived separately, and McCoy was dating Oscar Lucas. Nevertheless, McCoy and Salgado contacted each other "every couple days" in an effort to remain friends and bec... More...
$0 (02-24-2025 - 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)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Shjon Michael Stamps
City of Virginia Beach, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug possession.<br> <br> Around 1:20 a.m. on January 5, 2023, Virginia Beach Police Officer Christopher Grimm was surveilling a house that police suspected was involved in "narcotics activity." The house shared a driveway with another home. Grimm observed a 1996 white Cadillac with antique license pla... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - VA)Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jerome Lee Wilkerson
Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of drugs.<br> <br> On February 20, 2020, Sergeant Hoggard of the Norfolk Sherriff's Office received information that there was cocaine in cell block 2K of the Norfolk City Jail. After the inmates were all secured in one area, Sergeant Hoggard and a team searched cell block 2K with a narcotics-detec... More...
$0 (02-20-2025 - 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)NIA LUCAS; A.M., II, a minor, by and though his Guardian ad Litem, Nia Lucas, v. VHC Health, d/b/a Virginia Hospital Center, et al.
Alexandria, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed she was discriminated against.<br> <br> Nia Lucas pled discrimination and retaliation claims in her complaint against Virginia Health Corporation ("VHCâ€) under the Affordable Care Act ("ACAâ€). As described below, Lucas has not alleged any facts permitting an inference that she was denied treatment because o... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - VA)United States of America v. Justin Eugene Taylor
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with three counts<br> of brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii). <br> <br> For his participation in an unsuccessful robbery during which his accomplice shot a man, respondent Justin Taylor faced charges of violating the Hobbs Act, 18 U.S.C. Â... More...
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