Child Custody Law
 
State of Texas v. Sasha Skare

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.

Saaha Skare was accused of shooting and killing Matreel "Kardoone" DeRouen, age 34, in 2021.

The case was prosecuted by Chris Ramos and Ashley Jones.

Sec. 19.01. TYPES OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE. (a) A person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally, knowingly, reckless

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State of New Mexico v. Lalo Anthony Castrillo

Las Cruces, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with intentional abuse of a child resulting in death.

Lalo Anthony Castrillo was charged for causing the death of Faviola Rodriguez, 2, in September 2018.

Castrillo was babysitting his girlfriends child at the time she allegedly suffered a brain injury as a result of blunt force trauma to her head.

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United States of America v. Ethan Nordean and Dominic Pezzola

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assaulting police and obstructing an official proceeding.
On May 4, 2023, a jury found Nordean, Pezzola, and three other co-defendants guilty of multiple felonies, including obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to prevent members of Congress or federal officers from discharging their duties before and du

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United States of America v. Armando Bustamante

Memphis, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating an arrestee’s civil rights by using excessive force against him.

Armando Bustamante admitted that, in January 2021, while he was on duty as an MPD officer, he used his service weapon and hands to strike an arrestee in the head without legal justification. The assault caused bodily injury to the man.

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United States of America v. Richard T. Rich, Jr.

Portland, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

In May 2022, the Maine State Police (MSP) Computer Crimes Unit relayed to Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) that it was investigating Richard T. Rich Jr., age 55, for using the website Quora to solicit child sexual abuse material. After learning that Rich was a registered sex

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United States of America v. Cleo Clemons

Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm. The sentences will run concurrently. Clemons entered a guilty plea to these offenses on April 27, 2023.

On January 10, 2021, officers initiated a traffic stop on a black Cadillac Escalade. The vehicle appeared to be racing another vehicle and was traveling at

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United States of America v. Lenton Jerome Hatten

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a federal inmate in custody.

between October 2021, and August 2022, Lenton Jerome Hatten, 54, of Tallahassee, Florida, engaged in repeated sexual acts with an inmate while employed as a sports specialist for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahassee (FC

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United States of America v. Dustin Singleton

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts of producing child sexual abuse material, possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine, and possession of a firearm and ammunition as a convicted felon.

In a separate sentencing hearing, Elijah Daniel Shaw, 22, of Port St Lucie, was sentenced to a total of 259 months’ imprisonment, followed

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United States of America v. Brandon Bourret

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with production of child pornography.

According to the facts contained in the plea agreement, Brandon Bourrett, age 47, of Colorado Springs, Colroado, began sexually abusing Minor #1, who was 13 years old at the time, when he lived in the Philippines in 2011. He also created photographs depicting his sexual abuse of

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United States of America v. Perry Maryboy

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawfully shot and killed another man while within Indian Country.

In May 2023, Perry Maryboy, 59, of Bluff, Utah, unlawfully shot and killed another man while within Indian Country on April 13, 2018. Evidence presented at trial showed that Maryboy, who was parked on the side of the road at the intersection

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United States of America v. Jeffrey Lyn Pierce

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder in Indian Country.

On May 23, 2022, Jeffrey Lyn Pierce, age 74, of Hugo, Oklahoma, was found guilty of murder in the second degree at trial by a federal jury. At trial, the Government presented evidence that Pierce fatally stabbed the victim multiple times during a dispute before calling a friend, who i

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United States of America v. Stetson Bruce

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in sexual acts with a child under 12 years of age.

On July 21, 2022, a federal jury found Stetson Bruce, age 34, of Antlers, guilty at trial of two counts of aggravated sexual abuse in Indian Country. The crimes occurred in Pushmataha County, within the boundaries of the Choctaw Nation Reservation, in

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United States of America v. Terry Nathan Hindman

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

Terry Nathan Hindman, 19, of Bartlesville, was charged with abuse of a child that resulted in death.

“This young child suffered horrible abuse and a tragic death from the abuse of Terry Hindman,” said U.S. Attorney Clint Johnson. “The U.S. Attorney’s Office and our law enforc

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United States of America v. Carmeron Kelley McAbee

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually exploited a young child and was an administrator for a transnational child exploitation chat group.

“Cameron Kelly McAbee, 33 was the ringleader in a child porn enterprise identified through an investigation by the FBI and our task force partners. In addition to McAbee a group of 47 other predators were

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K.O. et al. v. Willie L. Jett, II

Minneapolis, Minnesota civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on an Individuals with Disabilities Act violation theory.


Under the IDEA, states must provide a “free appropriate public education” (“FAPE”) to students with disabilities beginning with their third birthday and continuing until their twenty-second birthday. 20 U.S.C. § 1412(a)(1)(A); St. Jo

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United States of America v. Cody John O’Hara

Fargo, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Receipt of Materials Containing Child Pornography and Failure to Register as a Sex Offender.

This case came to the attention of law enforcement after a United States Probation Officer discovered child pornography on O’Hara’s cellphone. Cody John O’Hara, age 35, of Cavalier, North Dakota, was previousl

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United States of America v. John Andrew Pruitt

Cedar Rapids, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of distribution of a controlled substance.

John Andrew Pruitt, age 39, of Pueblo West, Colorado, supplied heroin users in the Dubuque area with controlled substances from at least 2017 until 2022. In March 2020, Pruitt supplied an individual with purported heroin, and that individual subsequently over

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United States of America v. Dominique Andrews

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of Hobbs Act robberies as well as discharging a firearm during one of the crimes.

Dominique Andrews pleaded guilty May 2, admitting he robbed two Auto Zone locations in Houston.

U.S. District David Hittner has now handed Andrews a 180-month term of imprisonment for the two robberies. He also rec

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State of New York v. Reginald Cameron

Bronx, New York criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with murder.

167 Misc. 2d 61 (N.Y. Sup. Ct. 1995)

"At approximately 11:30 P.M. on August 4, 1994, Kei Sunada, a Japanese exchange student, was shot to death on the 4th floor stairwell of 97-15 Horace Harding Expressway in the Lefrak City Development in Queens. Four days later, detectives investigating the homi

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United States of America v. Lenton Jerome Hatten

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually abusing an individual in federal custody.

Between October 2021, and August 2022, Lenton Jerome Hatten, 54, of Tallahassee, Florida, engaged in repeated sexual acts with an inmate while employed as a sports specialist for the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) at the Federal Correctional Institution in Tallahass

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Mark Basilica and Roberta Basilica v. Sheriff Roger L. Harris, et al.

Richmond, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued the defendants on civil rights wrongful death theories.

On August 30, 2020, Theresa Marie Basilica ("Basilica") went to the emergency department at Mary Washington Hospital, seeking help during a mental health crisis. Eighteen hours later, she died ofa self-inflicted gunshot while in the defendants' custody. Mark and R

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Ruth Melanie Castro, et al. v. Tierno Care Home Health Agency, Inc., et al.

Washington, DC: Employment law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation
theory.

"The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting employees in the private sector and in Federal, State, and local governments.

The FLSA applies to

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A.L.J. v. Social Security Administration

Newport News, Virginia social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW by HHS.

DIWC and DIWW actions filed with regard to social security benefits provided to disabled
individuals: worker or child, or widow.

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United States of America v. William Lawrence Bryant

Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant. age 33, of Fayetteville, West Virginia, charged with sexual exploitation of a minor and distribution of child pornography.

On April 1, 2022, law enforcement officers executed a search warrant at William Lawrence Bryant’s residence and seized multiple digital media devices including computers, cell phones, and ext

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Michael Phillips v. Penske Truck Leasing Co., L.P.

Allentown, Pennsylvania employment law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act failure to pay overtime theory.

"The Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) is a federal law that establishes minimum wage, overtime pay, recordkeeping, and child labor standards affecting employees in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.

The

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