Child Custody Law
 
State of Texas v. Andrew Wayne Roark

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse.

On July 16, 1997, Roark was caring for his girlfriend’s 13-month-old child when he later discovered
the child unconscious that afternoon at home. After undergoing examination, it was medically
determined that the one-year-old had been violently shaken and Roark was charged with injury

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State of Tennessee v. Leopold Mpawinayo

Nashville, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape of a child.

Leopold Mpawinayo was accused of picked up the victim, who was a stranger to him and who was 12-years-old, and raped her. Although the victim reported the crime immediately, the DNA didn’t hit CODIS (the national DNA crime database) until five years later. Mpawinayo was then con

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State of Tennessee v. Daireus Ice

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnnapping and rape of a 4-year-old girl.

The victim, now 12-year-old, testified, recounting the assault and its enduring impact. Her mother and brother also provided testimony, while family members remained present throughout the proceedings, steadfast in their pursuit of justice.

“Alth

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The People of the State of California v. Raymond Lynde

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Raymond Lynde, who was convicted by a jury in May of second-degree murder, had just been
released from 12-year prison sentence for a string of armed robberies in Orange County when he
ambushed Ariel Burquez, 23, outside of an apartment complex in Chula Vista. Lynde stabbed
Burquez 28

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The People of the State of California v. Marion Salinas

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault and child abuse.

On September 3, 2025, Mario Salinas was convicted by a jury of 15 counts lewd or lascivious act on a child under 14 years old. The jury also found a multiple victim enhancement to be true and that the victims were particularly vulnerable; the crime was carried out in a m

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The People of the State of California v. Daniel Patrick Rodriguez, Jr.

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder.

Daniel Patrick Rodriguez Jr. (42) was charged with murder in connection to a fatal stabbing on September 10, 2025. Mr. Rodriguez is scheduled to be arraigned on September 16, 2025, at 1:30 p.m. in Department 19 at the Hall of Justice. The District Attorney’s Office will move to have hi

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State of Oklahoma v. Mar'quice West, Decorian Coleman, and Contu Everet

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.


Mar'quice West, age 16, is accused of murder and 19-year-old Decorian Coleman and 19-year-old Contu Everett as suspects present during the shooting. Police said both Coleman and Everett are in custody and facing murder charges.

Antwan Washington, age 46, was shot in the chest and died in

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United States of America v. David Bert Paycer

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a minor under twelve years of age in Indian County.

The child sex abuse at issue here arose out of the brief marriage—from
January to May of 2021—between Paycer and Melissa Parsons. During the marriage,
Paycer received disability payments and did not work. Par

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United States of America v. Lester B. Robinson

Cheyenne, Wyoming, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography for taking explicit photographs of his niece, including some in which he was touching her genitals.

Lester B. Robinson filed a motion for compassionate release.

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State of Oklahoma v. Ronald Fetters

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: INC, INCEST, in violation of 21 O.S. 885
Date of Offense: 10/03/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
FETTERS, RONALD

Persons who, being within the degrees of consanguinity within which marriages are by the laws of the state declared incestuous and void,

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The People of the State of California v. Hector Diazlozano

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of forcible lewd act upon a child and four counts lewd act upon a child.

In 2004, Diazlozano molested two sisters who lived in his neighborhood. One victim was 6 years old when she disclosed Diazlozano digitally penetrated her during a game of hide and seek. A second victim was seven years

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United States of America v. Christopher Todd Boudreau

Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted coercion and
enticement of a minor to engage in illegal sexual activity under 18 U.S.C. § 2422(b) and possession of child
pornography under 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(5)(B).

Detective Travis Wafstet works in the Missoula County
Sheriff’s Office and is also a member of the FBIâ

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State of Oklahoma v. K.K.S.

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

Count # 1.
Count as Filed: ABGEN, DOMESTIC ASSAULT AND BATTERY IN THE PRESENCE OF A MINOR CHILD, in violation of 21 O.S. 644(G)
Date of Offense: 01/07/2025
Spikes, Kamala Kassiana
Disposed: DEFERRED, 09/15/2025. Nolo Contendere Plea
Count as Disposed: AMENDED Assault and Battery - General(

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State of Oklahoma v. Zachary Neil Miller

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

ount # 1.
Count as Filed: ABOFF, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY, in violation of 21 O.S. 646
Date of Offense: 08/22/2024
MILLER, ZACHARY NEIL
Disposed: DISMISSED, 07/28/2025. Dismissed- Request of the State
Count as Disposed: AGGRAVATED ASSAULT AND BATTERY(ABOFF)
Violation of 21 O.S. 6

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United States of America v. Tawhnee Willow Colvin

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Twenty-Five Counts of Bank Fraud and Embezzlement

Federal Jury Convicts Former Assistant Director of Spokane Tribe’s Division of Child and Family Services of Twenty-Five Counts of Bank Fraud and Embezzlem

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United States of America v. Andrew Kyle White

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Twice Illegally Landed Airplane on Navy Base, Stole Truck and Damaged Gates P

San Diego Man Who Twice Illegally Landed Airplane on Navy Base, Stole Truck and Damaged Gates Pleads Guilty to Federal Charges

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United States of America v. Heath Choal

Sioux Falls, SD criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distributing Methamphetamine in the Pierre Area

Reliance Man, Seventh in a Large-Scale Conspiracy, Sentenced to Seven Years in Federal Prison for Distributing Methamphetamine in the Pierre Area

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State of Texas v. Kenneth Donald Haygood

Tyler, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault.

Kenneth Donald Haygood, 56, was indicted in 2023 on eight felony charges. These include six counts of sexual assault, one of sexually assaulting a child and one of practicing medicine without a license.

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United States of America v. Todd Kelly

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Abuse of a Minor

Missouri Man Sentenced to 260 Months in Prison for Recording His Sexual Abuse of a Minor


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United States of America v. Bryan K. Atkins

East Saint Louis, IL criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child pornography solicitation charges

Indiana sex offender sentenced to 24+ years’ imprisonment on child pornography solicitation charges


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United States of America v. Brian Keith Bell

Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder in the Second Degree and the Use of a Firearm in a Crime of Violence.

Neshoba County Man Found Guilty of Second-Degree Murder


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United States of America v. Brian Keith Bell

Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Second-Degree Murder

Neshoba County Man Found Guilty of Second-Degree Murder





On Sept

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United States of America v. Christopher Lawrence Stouffer

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child and possession of child pornography.


Federal law aggressively criminalizes and punishes the sexual exploitation of children, primarily through laws found in Title 18 of the U.S. Code.

The key statute is 18 U.S.C. § 2251, which broadly prohibits the use, enticement,

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United States of America v. Reza Heta Pratama

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material

Former Cruise Line Employee Sentenced for Possession of Child Sexual Abuse Material


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A.A. vMontgomery County Public Schools, et al.

Greenbelt, Maryland, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Individuals With Disabilities Education Act theory.

The Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA) is a federal law guaranteeing eligible children with disabilities a Free Appropriate Public Education (FAPE) in the least restrictive environment, ensuring access to necessary special education service

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