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State of Michigan v. Shanda Vander Ark
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Norton Shores, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with open murder and first-degree child abuse.
Shanda Vander Ark, was accused of killing her 15-year-old son Timothy Ferguson in violation of 750.316 of the Michigan Penal Code, which provides:
(1) Except as provided in sections 25 and 25a of chapter IX of the code of criminal procedure, 1927 PA 175
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State of Texas v. John Frank Scheer
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Georgetown, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with indecency with a child by sexual contact.
John Frank Scheer, age 42, was charged with indecency with a child by sexual contact in violation of Texas Penal Code - PENAL § 21.11, which provides:
(a) A person commits an offense if, with a child younger than 17 years of age, whether the child is
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The PEOPLE of the State of Illinois v. Brian Beals
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Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant who was wrongfully convicted.
Following a jury trial in the circuit court of Cook County, the defendant, Brian Beals, age 22, was convicted of first degree murder and aggravated battery.
At trial, Valerie Campbell testified that on the afternoon of November 16, 1988, she was walking with her sons, Cordell, Anto
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State of Arizona v. Debra Jean Milke
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Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Plaintiff who was charged with first-degree murder, conspiracy to commit first-degree murder, kidnapping, and child abuse.
On the last evening of his short life, Christopher Milke saw Santa Claus at the mall. He woke up the next morning begging his mother to let him go again. Debra agreed and sent Christopher to the mall with her roomma
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United States of America v. Jacob Nolan Jessup
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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of felony possession of firearms.
Jacob Nolan Jessup, 35, a citizen of Muscogee (Creek) Nation, was indicted in October of 2022 and ultimately plead guilty to two separate counts for felon in possession of a firearm. Both counts included violations that occurred within four and a half months of
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United States of America v. Father James Ward Jackson
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Providence, Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with downloading and storing thousands of files of child pornography.
In September 2021, an East Providence Detective assigned to the Rhode Island State Police Internet Crimes Against Children (ICAC) Task Force identified an IP address assigned to the rectory at St. Mary’s Church that was being utilized
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United States of America v. Scott Lynch, Jr.
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Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.
In November 2020, the Maine Warden Service (MWS) received a complaint about shots being fired at a residence in Exeter, Maine. A warden observed bullets lodged in the walls of the residence, and the homeowners reported hearing gunshots from across the pond and seeing two
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United States of America v. Simon Paul and Travis John Branson
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Missoula, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to violate the Lacey Act by unlawfully trafficking Bald and Golden Eagles.
The government has acussed Simon Paul and Travis John Branson of hunting and killing bald eagles.
The United States Attorney's office alleges the two men killed over 3,600 birds, among them an unspecified number of
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Bobby Wade Hollis v. Bob Page, et al.
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Jasper, Alabama employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.
The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that sets minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting full-time and part-time workers in the public and private sectors. It is enforced by the Department of Labor's Wa
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United States of America v. Matthew Ryan Strobl
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with
distribution of child pornography. On August 16, 2023, a federal grand jury returned a four-count Indictment against Strobl, charging him with attempted sexual exploitation of a child, attempted transfer of obscene material to a minor, commission of a felony sex offense by an individual required to register
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United States of America v. Jimcy McGirt
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Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Aggravated Sexual Abuse in Indian Country.
The guilty plea was the result of a written plea agreement which recommends the district judge sentence McGirt to thirty years in prison, followed by a five-year term of supervised release. The parties also recommend McGirt be given credit for the time he previously
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United States of America v. Maria Davis-Conchie
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Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r distributing alprazolam (Xanax) to her 16-year-old son and his friends.
According to the plea agreement, on a regular basis over the course of at least one year leading up to January 30, 2022, Davis-Conchie illegally distributed controlled substances to her teenage son and his teenage friends. Davis-Conchie
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United States of America v. Jacob Nolan Jessup
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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.
Jacob Nolan Jessup, 35, a citizen of Muscogee (Creek) Nation, was indicted in October of 2022 and ultimately plead guilty to two separate counts for felon in possession of a firearm. Both counts included violations that occurred within four and a half months of each other. In Mar
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United States of America v. Pedro Fernandez Kent
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute, and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
On January 15, 2023, Seattle Police were responding to a domestic violence report in North Seattle when they spotted the distinctive car driven by the suspect, Pedro Kent. K
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United States of America v. Kevin Neal Strampher, Jr.
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Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stealing tools from Warm Springs Composite Products, a wood products manufacturing business owned by the Confederated Tribes of Warm Springs.
On January 28, 2023, Kevin Neal Strampher, Jr., 40, entered the Warm Springs Composite Products mill and stole more than $2,000 in power and hand tools. Using surveilla
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State of Texas v. Theodore Joseph Irelan
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Nacogdoches, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with continuous sexual abuse of a child under 14.
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United States of America v. Scott Lee Meyer
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Lincoln, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to produce child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2251(a) and (e), which provided:
(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
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United States of America v. Elias Glen Sims
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Aberdeen, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault of an intimate partner resulting in substantial bodily injury.
Elias Glen Sims, age 19, was indicted by a federal grand jury in January of 2023. A Superseding Information was filed, and the defendant pleaded guilty on September 11, 2023.
The defendant was convicted of physically abusin
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United States of America v. Luis Carlos Corral Lopez and Lax Jesse
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Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances.
Jesse Lax, age 38, from Waterloo, Iowa, received the prison term after a June 8, 2023 guilty plea to one count of conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance.
Luis Carlos Corral Lopez, age 32, from Caborca, Sonora, Mexico, received the prison term aft
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United States of America v. William Dahl
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St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing and receiving child pornography involving three victims.
William Dahl, 39, of Audrain County, Missouri, was found guilty of one count of producing child pornography and two counts of receiving child pornography. Judge Ross’ findings of fact said Dahl photographed himself having sex with a 14-yea
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United States of America v. Jonathan Allen Scott
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Hot Springs, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault resultng in serious bodily injury and assault with intent to do bodily harm.
On July 28, 2019, Jonathan Allen Scott, age 36, of Hot Springs, Arkansas, entered Hot Springs National Park, along Bath House Row, east of Central Avenue, carrying a 12-gauge shotgun. Hot Springs is a United States Nation
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United States of America v. Marcus L. Weekfall, a/k/a "Conhead"
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East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate extortion with a threat of injury.
The minor victim was asleep in bed when Marucs L. Weekfall, a/ka/ "Conehead," age 39, broke into the victim’s mother’s house around 4:20 a.m. on May 28, 2022. Weekfall demanded the child to leave with him, and he took him to St. Louis. Weekfall and the
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United States of America v. Lerin E. Hughes
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Springfield, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with cyberstalking.
Lerin E. Hughes, age 25, repeatedly made threatening Facebook posts directed towards an employee of the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) who was assigned to investigate allegations of child abuse and neglect. Hughes also sent threatening text messages and e-mail m
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United States of America v. Tamara Yvonne Motley
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Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with
billing Medicare more than $24 million by submitting fraudulent claims for medically unnecessary durable medical equipment – mostly power wheelchairs (PWC) – and PWC repairs, many of which were never performed.
Tamara Yvonne Motley, 55, a.k.a. “Tamara Ogembe,” of Redondo Beach, was sentence
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Heather McGlone v. Evans Distribution Systems, Inc.
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Detroit, Michigan employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Family and Medical Leave Act violation theory.
"The Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA) is a federal law in the United States that entitles eligible employees to take unpaid, job-protected leave for certain family and medical reasons. Here's a breakdown of the key points:
Eligibility:
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