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Eddie Richardson v. Karim Kharbouch

Chicago, Illinois copyright lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over ownership of a song. In 2012, sixteen-year-old Eddie Lee Richardson enjoyed making instrumental hip-hop beats and uploading them to the internet under the moniker Hotwire the Producer. One beat Richardson crafted is titled “*Hood* Pushin Weight” (HPW). The track has all the trappings of a successful hip-hop instrume ... More $0 (10-17-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Mohamad Asaad Alhashem

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 18 USC 2252(a)(2) and 2252(b)(1): Attempted Receipt and Distribution of Child Pornography; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 2253 - Child Exploitation Forfieture ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - OK)

United States of America v. Joseph Frederick Johnson

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition; Forfeiture Allegation: 18 USC 924(d)(1) and 28 USC 2461(c) - Firearms Forfeiture ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - OK)

United States of America v. Lorena Bojorquez Loera

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful reentry of a removed alien. ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - OK)

United States of America v. Manuel D. Cass

Benton, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with Intent to Distribute Fentanyl. ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Contrelius A. Sloan, aka Butter and Butterman

Urbana, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing drugs. On or about 10/20/2022, in Vermilion County, the Defendant did knowingly & intentionally distribute 50 grams or more of Methamphetamine in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1) & (b)(1)(B)(viii). ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Marol M. Aguiar Rodriguez

Peoria, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery of property or money. Beginning on a date unknown, but not later than on or about February 10, 2025, and continuing up to on or about February 23, 2025, in the Central District of Illinois, the Defendants, Conspiracy to Commit Bank Larceny. All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 2113(b), an ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Dewayne Darzell Johnson-Emory

Rock Island, Illinois, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of a firearm. On or about November 18, 2023, in Rock Island County, in the Central District of Illinois, the defendant knowing he had previously been convicted of a crime punishable by imprisonment for a period exceeding one year, knowingly possessed a firearm, said firearm having previo ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Percy L. Weekly

Hammond, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of a firearm. ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - IN)

United States of America v. Jeremiah Jones

South Bend, Indiana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl. ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - IN)

Kizzzy T. Williams v. Social Security Administration

South Bend, Indiana social security disability lawyers presented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS of her application for Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI benefits. ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - IN)

Amy Hadley v. City of South Bend, Indiana, et al.

South Bend, Indiana personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who claimed that she was damaged wrongfully. Amy Hadley’s home was badly damaged when local law enforcement executed a search warrant looking for a fugitive they incorrectly believed was inside her home. When both the City of South Bend and St. Joseph County declined to pay for the $16,000 in resulting damages, Hadley sued fo ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - in)

United States of America v. Jaison L. Coleman

Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. Responding to 911 calls of domestic violence is one of the most difficult responsibilities of police officers. This case is a good example. Just after 4:00 a.m. on April 20, 2023, Officer Jamie Kizer of the Marshfield, Wisconsin police department, responded to a caller rep ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - WI)

State of Illinois and the City of Chicago v. Donald J. Trump, et al.

On October 4, 2025, President Donald Trump invoked his authority under 10 U.S.C. § 12406 to federalize and deploy members of the National Guard within Illinois, over the objection of the state’s Governor. He asserted that de- ploying the Guard in the state was necessary to quell violent assaults against federal immigration agents and property. The State of Illinois and the City of Chicago promp ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - MO)

United States of America v. Kristen Taylor Porter

Florence, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to purchase firearms. Kristen Taylor Porter, 29, of Florence, South Carolina, was indiced by a grand jury, relating to the July 1 murder of Darlington County Deputy Frank “Devin” Mason. Porter is charged with making false statements in connection with the February and March 2025 p ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - SC)

United Stetes of American v. John Robert Bolton,II

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant eight counts of unlawful transmission of national defense information as well as 10 counts of unlawful retention of national defense information. 18:793(d) TRANSMISSION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION (1-8) 18:793(e) RETENTION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION (9-18) Department of Justice Press Release: "A federal gran ... More $0 (10-16-2025 - MD)

United States of America v. Brajman L. Allgood

Benton, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Distribute Methamphetamine ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. David Julian Mendoza Gonzalez

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with: 21 USC 846, 841(b)(1)(A)(i), 841(b)(1)(A)(vi), 841(b)(1)(A)(viii), and 841(b)(1)(B)(i): Drug Conspiracy; Forfeiture Allegation: 21 USC 853: Drug Forfeiture (1) ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - OK)

United States of America v. Clifton Darnell Brown

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and ammunition and possession of meth. ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - OK)

United States of America v. Ryan Duke Haigh

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a minor in Indian Country and abusive sexual contact with a minor in Indian Country. ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - OK)

United States of America v. Jose Juan Salas-Esparza, etc.

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal alien. ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - OK)

State of Ohio v. Bionca Ellis

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated murder, murder, attempted murder, felonious assault, endangering children, and misdemeanor theft. Bionca Ellis, age 34, was accused for stabbing and killing 3-year-old Julian Wood and stabbing his mother, age 37, at a Giant Eagle in North Oomstead, on June 3, 2024. ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - OH)

State of Michigan v. John Doe

Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. A man was shot and taken to the hospital after he charged at a Grand Rapids police officer with a knif. ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - MI)

United States of America v. Edward Dale, et al.

Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants seeking reductions in sentences. Defendants were initially sentenced for a conspiracy involving both powder and crack cocaine and several homicides. The government argues that the First Step Act did not authorize the district court to reduce Defendants’ sentences for the homicide convictions because the homicide convictions a ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - MI)

B.A., et al. v. Tri County Area Schools, et al.

Rapid City, Michigan civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who claimed that their Constitutional Rights were violated by the Defendants. Two middle schoolers in Michigan wore sweatshirts emblazoned with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” to school. Based on the commonly understood meaning of the slogan, the school administrators determined that the sweatshirts were inappropriate for th ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - MI)

Reuben Jelani Adams, et al. v. Lexington-Dayette Urban County Government, et al.

Lexington, Kentucky, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on civil rights violation theories. Plaintiffs are five football players at the University of Kentucky (“UK”) who were subject to racial taunts and physical violence at a fraternity-sponsored party. Yet after the altercation, defendant Detective Cory Vinlove, a Lexington police officer, initiated criminal charges against p ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - KY)

Malik Allah-U-Akbar, fka Odraye G. Jones v. Margaret Bradshaw, Warden

Cleveland, Ohio, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus. Malik Allah-U-Akbar was granted a conditional writ of habeas corpus, “vacating [his] death sentence unless the State of Ohio conducts a new penalty-phase proceeding within 180 days of remand.” Jones v. Bradshaw, 46 F.4th 459, 489 (6th Cir. 2022). The state did not comply with the writ. The distric ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - OH)

Jessica Clippinger v. State Farm Automobile Insurance Company

Memphis, Tennessee, insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory. The district court certified a class of Tennesseans insured by State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company (“State Farm”) who, after their cars were totaled, received a payout from State Farm that was calculated utilizing car valuation data generated by another co ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Derek Duane Riley

Bay City, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances under 21 U.S.C. § 841 and § 846. In 2016, Riley pled guilty to one count of conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute controlled substances under 21 U.S.C. § 841 and § 846. At the time, his offense level was 31 and his crimi ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - MI)

United States of America v. Corwin Monte Jett, Jr.

Grand Rapids, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Corwin Jett pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine. Almost three years passed between his commission of the crime and his arrest. In the interim, he moved to Atlanta, got a job, and had no criminal encounters with the police. ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - MI)

Diego Pavia v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

Nashville, Tennessee, antitrust lawyers represented the parties in a sports law dispute over the impact of eligibilty rules. ter a breakout year in 2024, Diego Pavia wanted to continue playing quarterback for Vanderbilt University during the 2025 football season. But National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) eligibility rules barred him from playing. So he sued the NCAA. After he won a prel ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - TN)

United States of America v. Daniel Jackson

Pikeville, Kentucky, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute. ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - KY)

State of Oklahoma v. Jorge Maravilla

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with harboring a fugitive. Jorge Maravilla was accused for telling Jesus Ramos that the police were looking for him for attacking a man with a hatche. ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - OK)

State of Oklahoma v. Jesus Ramos

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense attorney will represented the Defendant charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon. Jesus Ramos was accused of attacking a man with a hatch and seriously wounding him. ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - OK)

State of Texas v. Zaikiya Duncan

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault of a family member. ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - TX)

State of Texas v. Ethan Nieneker

Austin, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder. Police were called to a report of a shooting in the parking lot of a Target Store in North Austin. ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - TX)

United States of America v. Carlos Ambriz-Estrada

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry. ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - OK)

State of Michigan v. Micah Simone Abby-Wills

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendanc ahrged with; 1. Murder - 2nd Degree - 2 counts 2. OWI - Causing Death - 2 counts 3. Reckless Driving - Causing Death - 2 counts 4. Operating While License Suspended, Revoked, or Denied - Causing Death - 2 counts Defendant charged in connection with the July 30, 2025 car crash that killed Catone Scott, 39, and Jashaunda Scott, 38 ... More $0 (10-15-2025 - MI)

State of Oklahoma v. Autumn Billings

Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attack by dog, causing serious bodily injury, officials said. Her boyfriend, 51-year-old Rhimmain Little, was arrested for hindering the apprehension of a known felon. A woman was attacked in a park by dogs allegedly owned by Ms. Billings/ The woman's son said: “We just heard her yelling for help. Like, ‘help, ... More $0 (10-14-2025 - TX)

State of Texas, v. Spencer Mandell Giron

Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to register as a sex offender. Spencer Mandell Giron, 48, was taken into custody without incident following a traffic stop in Lake Charles, La. Working off investigative information, DPS CID Special Agents from Beaumont coordinated with the Lake Charles Police Department to locate Giron. That coordination ultim ... More $0 (10-14-2025 - TX)
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