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United States of America v. Homero Ramos
Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with violating Alabama law by voting in multiple elections as a non-citizen. Homero Ramos, 51, is a lawful permanent resident who lives in Marion County but has never obtained U.S. citizenship. Nevertheless, Ramos registered to vote and voted – even though he knew that only U.S. citizens are permitted to do so under... More...
(03-10-2026 - AL)State of Alabama v. Sabrina Andrews
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyers Emory Anthony and Moses Stone represented the defendant charged with murder. Sabrina Andrews, now 23, was charged with capital murder in the slaying of 23-year-old Keondra Ra’Shun “Keke” Hollis.... More...
(01-31-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Kenneth Dylan Williams
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted sex trafficking of a minor and possession with intent to distribute meth. On August 9, 2024, a West Alabama Human Trafficking Task Force (WAHTTF) undercover (UC) officer posted an advertisement on a commercial sex website posing as a 19-year-old female in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The following day, Kenneth... More...
(01-30-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Jovani Correa-Gutierrez
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute heroin and possession with intent to distribute heroin. On April 13, 2021, Jovani Correa-Gutierrez, 40, and a co-conspirator worked to distribute almost 2 kilograms of heroin to a confidential source. Upon their arrival business in Bessemer, Alabama, Correa-Guiterrez and his co-defend... More...
(01-16-2026 - AL)State of Alabama v. Kevin Holloway
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Kevin Holloway, age 45, accused of killing Bobby Richardson.... More...
(01-11-2026 - AL)United States of America v. Juan Francisco Castaneda
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and money laundering. Juan Francisco Castaneda, also known as “Pariente,” 44, guilty pleaded guilty. Castaneda ran his drug trafficking and money laundering organization with the use of contraband phones while he was serving multiple life sentences f... More...
(01-09-2026 - AL)Zachary Hopkins v. Serra Nissan Oldsmobile, Inc, et al.
Birmingham, Alabama, consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants, claiming that they fraudulently sold him a car that had more miles on it than the odometer. Defendants Serra Nissan Oldsmobile, Inc., and Serra Automotive Management Group, Inc. (collectively, “Serra”) sold a car with an Alabama title to Plaintiff Zachary Hopkins. Mr. Hopkins later learned that... More...
(01-08-2026 - AL)State of Alabama v. Christian Robinson
Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Chistian Robinson, age 21, and a 17-year-old girl, charged with murder.... More...
(12-22-2025 - AL)State of Alabama v. Austin Kimbrough
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Austin Kimbrough, age 26, accused for shooting and killing Levi Wells, age 22, The preliminary investigation showed that Wells and 26-year-old Austin Kimbrough were involved in a confrontation after Wells drove away from a nearby gas station in his vehicle.... More...
(12-19-2025 - AL)United States of America v. Juston Jamal Beale
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922(g)(1).... More...
(12-19-2025 - al)State of Alabama v. Jasmine Allen
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder of two or more people and one count of attempted murder. Jasmine Allen, age 25, was accused of shooting and killing Sonny Arrington, 43, of Clarksville, Tenn. and Carlton Rufus Allen, 76, of Birmingham.... More...
(12-11-2025 - al)United States of America v. Xiebin Xue
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged possessing counterfeit gift cards. On January 10, 2024, Xiebin Xue, 40, was found in possession of at least 33 gift cards that had been re-encoded with card numbers different from the card numbers printed on the cards and at least two gift cards that bore fake bar code labels that did not match the printed and encod... More...
(12-11-2025 - AL)Aimee Jo Brasher v. David McIntosh
Birmingham, Alabama personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory. Aimee Jo Basher was attacked by a drug detection dog during a routine demonstration of the dog's abilities in 2021. The nature and extent of her injuries are not available.... More...
$10000000 (12-03-2025 - AL)State of Alabama v. Markell Tolbert
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder. Markell Tolbert, 21, is charged with capital murder in the Oct. 19 slaying of 33-year-old Monderrius McClellan. ... More...
(11-11-2025 - AL)State of Alabama v. Antonio Shaw
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with hooting and killing two men, injured a third and narrowly missed a 1-year-old boy. Antonio Shaw was charged with capital murder, two counts of attempted murder and discharging a firearm into a vehicle. ... More...
(10-30-2025 - AL)United States of America v. Joshua Eugene Gaines
Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. After pleading guilty to a crime classified by Alabama law as a Class D felony, Joshua Gaines was caught in possession of a fire- arm. He was charged with and convicted of violating 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1)—colloquially, the federal "felon-in-possessionâ�... More...
(09-10-2025 - AL)Bonnie Jean Myers v. BBH PBMC, LLC, d/b/a Princeton Baptist Medical Center, et al.
Birmingham, Alabama, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a premises liability theory. Bonnie Jean Myers appeals from a judgment of the Jefferson Circuit Court that dismissed the complaint she had filed against BBH PBMC, LLC, d/b/a Princeton Baptist Medical Center; Brookwood Baptist Health 2, LLC; HealthCare Network Alabama, Inc.; and other fictitiously named defendants. * * *... More...
(08-29-2025 - AL)State of Alabama v. Jonathan Fitzgerald Lockett
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape, first-degree sodomy, sexual torture, first-degree robbery, and second-degree theft of property.... More...
(08-22-2025 - AL)United States of America v. Andree Villanueva
Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Exploitation of Children Georgia Man Charged with Sexual Exploitation of Children A Georgia man has been ... More...
(08-06-2025 - AL)United States of America v. Jonathan Lee Colley
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth and fentanyl.... More...
(07-31-2025 - AL)State of Alabama v. Z.J.H.
Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree sodomy, see § 13A-6-63(a)(3), Ala. Code 1975, and sexual abuse of a child under the age 12 years old, see § 13A-6-69.1, Ala. Code 1975. In November 2018, H.H., who was 10 years old and a fifth grader at McAdory Elementary, disclosed to her school counselor that her adoptive brother, 17-y... More...
(07-10-2025 - AL)State of Alabama v. Antonio Deon Reed
Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder. In January 2008, Reed broke into 85-year-old Grace Garner's home in Birmingham and beat her to death. Reed's DNA was found at the scene, and he confessed to the crime. Reed pleaded guilty in April 2010 to murder made capital because it was committed during the commission of a burglary, see ... More...
(02-21-2025 - AL)Kristie Williams v. The Board of Trustees of the University of Alabama
Birmingham, Alabama civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Family and Medical Leave Act theory. This case concerned the Family and Medical Leave Act— and, as it turns out, Congress's constitutional authority "[t]o raise and support Armies†and "[t]o provide and maintain a Navy.†U.S. Const. art. I, § 8, cls. 12–13. Kristie Williams accused her form... More...
(02-11-2025 - AL)United States of America v. Abdurrahman Amar; Yahya Amar
Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Selling Stolen Goods Online Hoover Brothers Sentenced for Selling Stolen Goods Online Two Hoover brothers have indicted for running an online fencing... More...
(01-30-2025 - AL)United States of America v. Courdarius Lamont Hall
Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charge Birmingham Man Sentenced to Over Ten Years in Prison for Drug Trafficking and Firearms Charge A Birmingham ... More...
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