Wisconsin Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Jorge Eleodoro Baez </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense attorney represents the defendant charged with first-degree intentional homicide. Melissa Basilo Ruiz, 44, of Madison, accused of shooting and killing man on Primorse Lane.... More...
$ (01-26-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Brandi Ellis </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer Kathleen Quinn represented the Defendant Brandi Ellis who is charged with bank fraud, larceny and theft, and fraud with identification documents. Brandi Ellis, the finance director of the non-profit, and Flanders, the non-profit’s Chief Financial Officer, engaged in a scheme to issue unauthorized checks to themselves and third parties on the non-p... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - Wi)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Cory Kromray </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering. Cory Kromray, age 39, Minocqua, Wisconsin, engaged in in investment fraud scheme that defrauded people out of $828,266.71. Kromray used social media and other online communications to falsely portray himself as a successful trader in stocks, mutual funds, cryptocurrency, and th... More...
$ (02-07-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Ricky Q. Chambers, a/k/a "Goldi" </h2> </center>
Green Bay, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl and distribution of fentanyl, in violation of Title 21, United States Code, Sections 841 and 846. Ricky Q. Chambers, a/k/a “Goldi” (age: 29), frequently traveled to Phoenix, Arizona, where he purchased large quantities of fentanyl pills. Chambers then shipped the pills to v... More...
$ (02-07-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Michael Joseph Gasper </h2> </center>
Waukesha, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of child pornography. ¶2 Gasper was charged with ten counts of possessing child pornography1 and nine counts of child exploitation based upon the content on his cell phone.2 Law enforcement obtained a warrant for his cell phone after the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (“NCME... More...
$ (01-14-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Juan Kennedy, Taylor Lucase and Samuel Spears </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with sex crimes. Juan Kennedy, 61-year-old, 30-year-old Tylor Lucas and 48-year-old Samuel Spears were each charged with one count each of the same felony: using a computer to facilitate a child sex crime. The Defandants made their initial court appearances on Monday. Kennedy's bond was set at $2,000, while bo... More...
$ (01-28-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Dashawn Conner </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of felony murder and a gun possession felony. Dashawn Conner, previously convicted and released from prison for armed robbery, is now charged after two people were shot and killed during an attempted robbery.... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Derrick Newton </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking. Derrick Newton, 55, charged with two felony counts of first-degree recklessly endangering safety, one felony count of taking and driving a vehicle without the owner's consent, one felony count of possession of a firearm as a felon, and one misdemeanor count of violating a harassment order.... More...
$ (01-26-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Marcos Gonzalez </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute narcotics. Between December 2023 and June 2024, Gonzalez served as the leader of a conspiracy that trafficked more than thirty kilograms of cocaine from the southern border to Dane County, Wisconsin. As part of the conspiracy, Gonzalez arranged for the cocaine to be smuggled from Mexico i... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - Wi)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Stephen Hans Jenkins, a/k/a "BMO" </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of material constituting or containing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2252(a). Stephen Hans Jenkins, a.k.a. BMO, 40, Trempealeau, Wisconsin, was a long-time family friend of Minors A, B, and C. Eventually, Jenkins began sexually assaulting Minor A. One-night, Minor A was looking at Jenkins... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Troy Schaden </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with purchasing child abuse material (CSAM). Troy Schaden (age: 43), a nurse from Milwaukee, Wisconsin, purchased Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) from an individual in the United Kingdom. After reviewing electronic devices seized during the execution of a search warrant at Schaden’s home, law enforcement disco... More...
$ (01-20-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Brandon M. Boogren </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251(a) and (e), which provides: (a) Any person who employs, uses, persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any minor to engage in, or who has a minor assist any other person to engage in, or who transports any minor in or affecting interstate or foreign ... More...
$ (01-20-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Donte Patterson </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with use of a machine gun to commit a carjacking. Donte Patterson (age 33), committed an armed carjacking in Chicago on August 20, 2025, and then traveled to Milwaukee where, on the following day, Patterson committed a second armed carjacking and then an armed robbery in West Milwaukee. During each of the carjacking... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Cardenas-Salcido </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with: 21:841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), and 846 and 18:2(a) - CONSPIRACY TO POSSESS WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE AND DISTRIBUTE FENTANYL (1) 21:841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A), 851, 18:2(a) - CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE - SELL, DISTRIBUTE, OR DISPENSE (1s) 21:841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(A) and 18:2(a) - CON... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - WI)<H2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Charles Dupriest </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with eight counts of child neglect. Charles Dupriest, age 33, was charged with leaving his six children in a storage unit last year when he and their mother fell on financial hardships.... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Francesco Anglin </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm. In March 15, 2025, a Maple Bluff police officer attempted to stop a vehicle for a traffic violation. The vehicle fled and ultimately crashed in downtown Madison with the two occupants running from the scene. Officers searched the vehicle and found a loaded 9mm handgun. They ... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Hector L. Duarte </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking children by force fraud or coercion and transporting for prostitution. Hector L. Duarte (age 35) of Union Grove, Wisconsin, is alleged to have used force, threats of force, and fraud to cause an adult victim to engage in commercial sex acts between approximately May 31, 2025, and June 25, 2025, ... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - WI)<h2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Tabithe Mabb </h2> </center>
La Crosse, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with arson. Tabithe Mabb faces one felony count of arson of building without owner's consent as a party to a crime.... More...
$ (01-09-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Kendell Crosby </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing controlled substances.... More...
$ (01-06-2026 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Ayesha Raymond </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with obstruction of mail.... More...
$ (01-06-2026 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Randi L. Cook </h2> </center>
Green Bay, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Interstate travel with intent to engage in a sexual act with a minor, coercing or enticing a minor for unlawful sexual activity, and production of child pornography. on December 23, 2025, Randi L. Cook (age: 24) of Tahlequah, Oklahoma, was charged in a criminal complaint with interstate travel with intent to e... More...
$ (12-31-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Alfredo Juarez-Perez </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reentering the United States illegally for ht third time. Following an indictment in October 2025 on a new illegal reentry charge, a magistrate judge ordered Juarez-Perez released, concluding that the immigration detainer precluded a finding that he presented a risk of flight in his criminal case. The distric... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> Aidan Forsyth, er rel. United States of America v. Greenland LA Metropolis Hotel Development LLC, Greenland US Management LLC, and Greenland LA Metropolis Development III </h2> </center>
Milwuakee, Wisconsin qui tam lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sue on a False Claims Act Violation theory. The Greenland USA Entities own and develop real estate projects and are part of a large multinational corporation ultimately owned by the Greenland Holding Group Company Limited, a Chinese company with tens of thousands of employees worldwide. In applying for their PPP loans, the Gr... More...
$ (12-11-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Aquanis M. Williams a/k/a “Pirate” </h2> </center>
Green Bay, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r distributing controlled substances. From January through May of 2025, Aquani M. Williams, aka Pirate, distributed methamphetamine, fentanyl, and cocaine in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. On May 29, 2025, agents searched Williams’ residence and seized three firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition, approximately $4,5... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - WI)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Hannah Dugan <h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with concealing a person from arrest and obstruction of proceedings before a department or agency. Hannah Dugan, a Milwaukee state judge was accused of helping a man avoid arrest by ICE. Under 18 U.S.C. § 1071, the government must establish the following four essential elements: (1) a federal warrant has been i... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> Danette Olson v. Warehouse Specialists, L.L.C. </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin employment lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Labor Standards Act claim.... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Adam A. Locke </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interference with commercial by threat or violence.... More...
$ (12-10-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Mercedzes M. Hankins </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.... More...
$ (12-09-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Sperka Marek </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking a Writ of Habeas Corpus/... More...
$ (12-16-2025 - wi)<H2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Zion L. Mather-Fox, Tony K. Caldwell, and Daequan D. Lewis </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with armed robbery. Zion L. Mather-Fox, 18, Tony K. Caldwell, 17, and Daequan D. Lewis, 17, were apprehended after police said they pistol-whipped and robbed a woman.... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Kordarow Moore </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm as a felon. On September 22, 2024, a law enforcement officer stopped Moore’s car for speeding on Interstate 94 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Kordarow Moore, age 36, of Sun Prairie, Wisconsin, was driving 101 miles per hour, which is more than 30 miles per hour over the legal lim... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Greenland LA Metropolis Hotel Development LLC, Greenland US Management LLC, and Greenland LA Metropolis Development III </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, commercial litigation lawyer represented the Defendant accused of violating the False Claims Act by submitting false claims to obtain Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans for which they were not eligible. Congress created the PPP in March 2020 to provide emergency financial assistance to Americans suffering from the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. Under the... More...
$7312283 (12-17-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Michael O. Williams </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. Michael Williams, age 44, manufactured and distributed kilogram quantities of fentanyl, cocaine, and heroin, and he also distributed pound quantities of methamphetamine and marijuana. Williams was part of a drug trafficking conspiracy that had established distribut... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Kordarow Moore </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with unlawful transportation of a firearm. On September 22, 2024, a law enforcement officer stopped Moore’s car for speeding on Interstate 94 in Jefferson County, Wisconsin. Moore was driving 101 miles per hour, which is more than 30 miles per hour over the legal limit. Moore was later arrested for operating a vehicl... More...
$ (12-07-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Darryl D. Smith </h2> </center>
Green Bay, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury. Smith, a former girlfriend, and her children were temporarily residing at a shelter on the reservation when Smith and his former girlfriend began arguing. Smith punched the woman in the nose, causing fractures and displacement to nasal bones and significant pain. The ... More...
$ (12-07-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Justin Kagerbauer </h2> </center> </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with attempting to travel in interstate or foreign commerce with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct. 18 U.S. Code § 2423 - Transportation of minors (a) Transportation With Intent To Engage in Criminal Sexual Activity.— A person who knowingly transports an individual who has not attained the age of 18 ... More...
$ (12-07-2025 - WI)<h2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Morgan Geyser </h2> </center>
Waukesha, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attemped second-degree homicide.<br> <br> On May 31, 2014, twelve-year-old Morgan Geyser, with the aid of twelve-year-oldAnissa Weier, repeatedly stabbed her friend, the twelve-year-old victim in this case. Geyser’s attack brought the victim to the brink of death, but she very fortunately survived. ... More...
$0 (12-31-2017 - WI)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Matthew Ramos-Soto </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, see 18<br> U.S.C. §§ 1343, 1349.<br> <br> In 2022 and 2023, Ramos-Soto and other conspirators participated in a wire-fraud scheme that targeted elderly Wisconsin residents. Under the scheme, conspirators operating in Canada—called the victims and claimed to be a relative... More...
$0 (11-06-2025 - WI)<H2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Jeffrey Rupnow </h2> </center>
Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child and two counts of providing a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 resulting in death.<br> <br> Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, the father of Natalie “Samantha†Rupnow who shot and killed two people at Abundant Life Christian School.<br> <br> Authorities claim that the Defe... More...
$0 (11-06-2025 - WI)<h2> <center> State of Wisconsin v. Clay Schueffner </h2> </center>
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with homicide by negligent operation of a vehicle, a Class G felony.<br> <br> Clay Schueffner, 26, of St. Cloud, hit and killed a retired Wauwatosa priest who struck by a pickup truck driven by Schueffner as he crossed a Wauwatosa street on February 9, 2024.... More...
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