Harrisburg, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank robbery.

On January 4, 2022, Charles Joseph Hood, age 63, from Harrisburg, Virginia, walked into the bank wearing a dark mask, sunglasses, hat, wig, and brown work boots and initially inquired about opening an account with the manager of the bank. Once inside the manager’s office, Hood brandished what appea... More...    $0 (11-09-2022 - VA)

Richmond, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

Joshua Brian Romano, 40, owned various businesses that purchased, rehabilitated, and sold homes around Richmond. He funded this work via construction loans that were held in escrow in the trust account of a Chesterfield County law firm. The loans were earmarked for use by Romano only... More...    $0 (10-21-2022 - VA)

Roanoke, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession and brandishing a firearm.

A 16-year-old male contacted Demarcus Shaiquuan Glenn, age 23, from Roanoke, through a friend on May 31, 2019, in order to purchase two ounces of marijuana. Glenn agreed to sell the teenager the marijuana for $300 and was to meet him at a Denniston Avenue residence to con... More...    $0 (10-18-2022 - VA)

Newport News, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with making more than 60 threats to murder, rape, torture and otherwise harm state and federal elected officials, including numerous members of Congress and a former President of the United States.

Steve Cochran, 43, repeatedly threatened to murder, kidnap, torture, and/or rape elected officials and their loved ones.... More...    $0 (10-13-2022 - VA)

Newport News, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in a fraud scheme to obtain unemployment benefits made available because of the COVID-19 pandemic.

Demichael J. Peeples, 27, submitted multiple false unemployment claims with the Commonwealth of Virginia and State of California. He filed fraudulent claims for benefits for himself and on behalf of ... More...    $0 (09-30-2022 - VA)

Alexandria, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed robbery.

Rashawn Perkins, 28, wore a ski mask and brandished a firearm while committing four robberies in five weeks. The evidence established that Perkins robbed a 7-Eleven on December 30, 2021 and a Sunoco on January 19, 2022. The evidence further proved that on February 5, 2022, Perkins returned to both l... More...    $0 (09-23-2022 - VA)

Richmond, Virginia criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the Pandemic Unemployment Assistance (PUA) Program, the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, using victims’ personal identifying information that she obtained from her state government employment.

In the first of three fraud schemes, from May 2020 to Augu... More...    $0 (09-13-2022 - VA)

Norfolk, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine, opening a drug-involved premises, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and marijuana, possession of firearms in relation to drug trafficking crimes, and being convicted felons in possession of firearms.

Vicente Andres, 61,... More...    $0 (08-03-2022 - VA)

Newport News, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute heroin, cocaine, methamphetamine, and fentanyl, and discharging a firearm in relation to a drug trafficking crime, witness tampering, and obstruction of justice.

In August 2020, Nathan DeAlbert Mattocks, 37, a previously convicted felon, was arrested after the... More...    $0 (07-22-2022 - VA)

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with engaging in a scheme to defraud the government of more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits.

Wesley William Hickman, 25, of Big Stone Gap, was convicted along with co-defendant Marissa Kiser, 28, of Castlewood, following a jury trial in March 2022. The jury found each guilty of conspiracy to defraud ... More...    $0 (05-31-2022 - VA)

Alexandria, Virginia fraud defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the False Claims Act.

Cape Henry Associates (Cape Henry), located in Virginia Beach, agreed to pay $425,000 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act by failing to inform contracting officers of the company’s organizational conflicts of interest in connection with the award and perf... More...    $435000 (05-23-2022 - VA)

Danville, Virginia employment law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants civil rights violation theories.


This case arises out of the dissolution of an employment relationship and related tenancy alleged to be between Plaintiffs Patrick & Shirley Lattimore and Defendants Sonal & Kamlesh Brahmbhatt, the Dhyanni Corporation, Wyndham Hotels & Resorts (“Wyndham”), and Bran... More...    $0 (05-20-2022 - VA)

Richmond, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with illegal forced labor.

Zahida Aman, age 80, Mohammad Nauman Chaudhri, age 54 and Mohammed Rehan Chaudhri, age 58, were charged with conspiracy to commit forced labor, forced labor, and document servitude.

“The defendants exploited someone who should have been a loved family member to force her to wor... More...    $0 (05-13-2022 - VA)

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs and other felonies.

A federal jury convicted four defendants on numerous charges relating to a murder, a violent gang enterprise, and a drug trafficking conspiracy operating in Virginia, California, and several other states.

According to court records and evidence pres... More...    $0 (05-06-2022 - VA)

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with defrauding the federal government of more than $499,000 in pandemic unemployment benefits.

Timothy Hunter Hileman, 29, of Castlewood, Virginia, pleaded guilty in November 2021 to one count of conspiracy to defraud the government, one count of conspiracy to commit mail fraud, and one count of making false stateme... More...    $0 (04-04-2022 - VA)

Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act Robberies.

Between January 24, 2021, and March 13, 2021, Jon Karl Mcree Fleet, 62, robbed a Macy’s Store in Springfield; a McDonald’s restaurant in Alexandria; a Subway restaurant in Largo, Maryland; a Papa John’s restaurant in Falls Church; and a Domino’s restaurant in... More...    $0 (02-15-2022 - VA)

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the government.

Farren Gaddis Ricketts, 31, and her co-conspirators concocted a scheme to gather personal identification information and then submit unemployment claims to the Virginia Employment Commission (VEC)] website for individuals who were known to be ineligible to receive pandemic... More...    $0 (12-17-2021 - VA)

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States government.

Johnny Hobbs, 37, joined co-defendant Farren Ricketts, 31, and others in a scheme to file fraudulent claims for pandemic unemployment benefits via the Virginia Employment Commission [VEC] website. Co-conspirators submitted unemployment claims containing materia... More...    $0 (12-13-2021 - VA)

Abingdon, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to obtain pandemic unemployment benefits and committing mail fraud and other offenses.

“The nearly $500,000 in funds stolen by this conspiracy could have gone to Virginians in critical need of support during a pandemic, but instead went into the hands of those undeserving,” United States Attorney... More...    $0 (11-24-2021 - VA)