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United States of America v. Sinhue Johnson, Jr.

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually exploiting children.

Sinhue Johnson, age 27, of York, Pennsylvania, admitted to sexually assaulting two thirteen-year-old girls, one in 2018 and 2019 and the other in 2020, and enticing those girls to take sexually explicit pictures of themselves. Johnson also admitted that he possessed hundreds

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United States of America v. Derek Ray Flaming

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receipt of an obscene visual representation of a sexual abuse of a child, aggravated sexual abuse, etc.

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State of Michigan v. Dewon Wesley Henderson

Roseville, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually assaulting a minor.

Dewon Henderson was accused of sexually molesting a child in a hotel room.

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United States of America v. Jairaj Singh Dhillon

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of assault while in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States.

During an overnight flight from Los Angeles to Boston on May 31, 2022, Jairaj Singh Dhillon, ate 43, of Modesto, California, engaged in unwanted sexual contact with two female passengers sitting next to him. The first vi

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United States of America v. Rocky R. Sonkowsky

Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually assaulting a child and capturing 21 images of the abuse on his smartphone.

In Summer 2021, while babysitting his girlfriend’s infant child and changing the child’s diaper, Rocky R. Sonkowsky (age: 33) of Oconto County, Wisconsin, sexually assaulted the child and captured 21 images of the abuse on

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United States of America v. James Umbaugh

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sexually exploiting children.

James Umbaugh, age 57, admitted in a plea agreement that in 2018 he knowingly possessed, on his home computer, images of prepubescent minors, minors under the age of twelve, and toddlers engaged in sex acts. Umbaugh possessed more than 7,900 images and videos of child pornography,

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United States of America v. Steven Spradley

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with traveling with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct with a minor.

Steven E. Spradley, 58, of Kansas City, Missouri, traveled from Jackson County, Missouri, to Osage County, Kansas, in July 2021 to have sex with whom he believed to be a 17-year-old girl he met online. Spradley was actually communicating with

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Brittany L. Mogan v. Social Security Administration

Rochester, New York social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.

"DIWC and DIWW are types of Social Security Disability benefits that are available to certain disabled workers and their widows or widowers.

DIWC stands for Disabled Individual with Children. To qualify for DIW

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United States of America v. Michael Chick

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with cyberstalking an eight-year-old child.

Michael Chick, age 40, pleaded guilty to cyberstalking. Chick was arrested on a criminal complaint in August 2022 and was indicted on September 6, 2022.

Chick, a former school bus driver, began stalking an eight-year-old child on his bus route at least as earl

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United States of America v. Marlette Laishell Smith aka “Lala”

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking minors.

Marlette Laishell Smith aka “Lala,” 29, of Rome, Georgia, recruited two minor females (15 and 16 years of age) into prostitution for her own financial gain. The minor victims were stranded in Memphis, Tennessee, and were trying to get back home to California. Smith met them on a s

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United States of America v. Andrew Lynn Overheul

Jacksonville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of production and attempted production of child sexual abuse material.

On September 17, 2022, the parent of a 12-year-old child (MV1) contacted the Clay County Sheriff’s Office (CCSO) to report a complaint MV1 had made about finding a cellular phone recording her changing clothes and using the s

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United States of America v. Michael Gregory Schaefer

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with receipt of child pornography and possession of child pornography.

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United States of America v. Russell Hamblin

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of images depicting child sexual abuse material.

On January 14, 2008, Russell Hamblin, age 63, was convicted of receipt of child pornography in U.S. District Court in Las Vegas. As a result of his conviction, he was sentenced to prison and a lifetime term of supervised release. On April 12, 2022, duri

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United States of America v. Jaiden Gyvan Petersen

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with production of child pornography.

This case stemmed from a CyberTip or a notice to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) reporting the online exploitation of children. The FBI received the CyberTip, which originated from Snapchat, indicating child pornography had traveled across Snapcha

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United States of America v. Michael Melgaard

Lincoln, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of attempted production of child pornography.

Beginning in January of 2022, an investigation involving Michael Melgaard, age 54, of Alda, Nebraska, was instituted. As a result of the investigation, several search warrants were received and executed for Melgaard’s home and electronic devices. Melgaa

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United States of America v. Raul Tomas Mata

Aberdeen, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault resulting in serious bodily injury.

Raul Tomas Mata, age 22, was was indicted for Assault Resulting in Serious Bodily Injury by a federal grand jury in July of 2022. He pleaded guilty on March 14, 2023.

On April 29, 2022, in Little Eagle, within the Standing Rock Sioux Indian Reservation, M

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United States of America v. Mohamed Ali Hussein and Lul Bashir Ali

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged for their roles in the $250 million fraud scheme that exploited a federally-funded child nutrition program during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Mohamed Ali Hussein, ate 53, and Lul Bashir Ali, age 57, both of Faribault, admitted that between June 2020 and January 2022, they knowingly and willfully conspired with othe

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United States of America v. Daniel Joseph Guenther

Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Daniel Guenther, 58, of Louisville was indicted for attempting to access with intent to view child pornography after having been previously convicted of receiving and possessing child pornography and child molesting.

In 2007, Guenther had previously been convicted of

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Kody Austin Ketring v. City of Loveland, et al.

Cincinnati, Ohio civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on an excessive force theory.


Following a police investigation which resulted in a bite from a police dog, Plaintiff Kody Ketring brought this lawsuit against the City of Loveland and several police officers. The defendants removed the matter to federal court. (Doc. 1.) Following discovery, Defendants mov

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United States of America v. Bernard Jakits

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with child exploitation and pornography.

In January 2019, the Belmont County Sheriff’s Office received information relating to two potential exploitation victims. Forensic examination of cell phones and other electronic devices revealed that Bernard Jakits, age 72,, of Annapolis, Maryland, had communicated via text mes

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United States of America v. Zane Michael Bonner

Hattiesburg, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Zane Michael Bonner, 44, was found to be in possession of a cellular telephone at his rehabilitation center residence in Hattiesburg from which forensics recovered over 2,500 visual depictions of child sexual abuse material of minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

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Garrett Hoffman v. Bear Chase Brewing Company, LLC

Alexandria, Virginia employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant 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 full-time and part-time workers in the private sector and in federal, state, and local governments.

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United States of America v. Deja Nicole Taylor

Newport News, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making a false statement during the purchase of a firearm and unlawful user of controlled substance while possessing a firearm.

Deja Nicole Taylor, the mother of a 6-year-old who shot his teacher at Richneck Elementary School, was charged for having a gun and letting a child take it to school.


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Juliana Gomez-Cruz v. Cornerstone Cafe, Inc.

Washington, DC employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory.


Plaintiff Juliana Gomez-Cruz worked at Cornerstone Café in Washington, D.C. for 13 years before her termination in November 2017. She brought this action against the cafe and its owners, Dae Woong Kim and Kookhee Park (collectively, "Defendants"), to recove

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United States of America v. Andrew Kincaid

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of material depicting the sexual exploitation of a minor and for violating the terms of federal supervised release.

Andrew Kincaid, age 35, formerly of Baden, Pennsylvania, pleaded guilty to one count .

On March 16, 2021, Kincaid knowingly possessed an electronic device containing chil

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