Shreveport, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs.

Cedric Bell, 55, of Shreveport, was sentenced to 180 months in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, on drug and firearms charges. On August 20, 2021, a Caddo Parish Probation Officer searched Bell’s clothing and found a digital scale and cash in his... More...   $0 (06-01-2023 - LA)

Jefferson City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with accepting Kansas City Chiefs playoffs tickets and a new Chevrolet Tahoe in exchange for facilitating a $12.4 million Covid fraud scheme by a Jefferson City, Mo., business owner, as well as a separate fraud scheme to receive unemployment benefits.

Anthony Omar Brockman, 48, who currently resides in Benning... More...   $0 (06-01-2023 - MO)

Sioux City, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Between April 2021, and January 2022, Marcus Alan Vincent Urelius, age 36, from Farmhamville, Iowa, used an Internet-based, peer-to-peer (P2P) network known as “Freenet” to knowingly receive visual depictions of minors engaged in sexually explicit conduct.

This case w... More...   $0 (06-01-2023 - IA)

Santa Ana, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud.

Amadou Kane Diallo, 44, a Senegalese national living in Laguna Niguel, was arrested at his residence for fraudulently obtaining more than $1.8 million from at least 11 victims who thought their investments would allow them to reap the benefits of Diallo’s supposed business successes while facing lit... More...   $0 (06-01-2023 - CA)

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States after deportation.

Jonathan Alcequiez-Sanchez, 35, was pleaded guilty to one count of unlawful reentry of a deported alien.
Alcequiez-Sanchez was deported from the United States on Sept. 18, 2018, after being arrested in the Bronx, N.Y. for unlawful entry. Some... More...   $0 (06-01-2023 - MA)

Tulsa, Oklahoma insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued defendant on a breach of contract theory.

In Oklahoma, an insurance company can be held liable for bad faith breach of an insurance contract if it unreasonably denies or delays payment of a claim. To establish a bad faith claim, the insured must show that the insurer:

Knew or should have known that its denial... More...   $1 (06-01-2023 - OK)

Monroe, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

Jacque Pierre Young, 30, of Arcadia, was sentenced to 324 months (27 years) in prison, followed by 5 years of supervised release, for possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm during a drug trafficking crime. Agents with the Lincoln Parish Narcotics Enforce... More...   $0 (05-31-2023 - LA)

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a schedule II controlled drug in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846.

Stephen Paul Brinson, aka “Steve-O,” 18, was charged in March. He pleaded guilty Tuesday to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute a Schedule II controlled substance (fentanyl). ... More...   $0 (05-31-2023 - TX)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with securities fraud.

Justin Costello victimized marijuana business owners, private investors, and investors who purchased stock in the public market. Costello used fraud proceeds for an expensive lifestyle, including an elaborate wedding with a James Bond theme. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Ricar... More...   $0 (05-31-2023 - WA)

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $360,000 in COVID-19 relief funding intended for endangered small businesses.

Marisa Beck, age 40, of Spokane, was accused of fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds.

On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Sec... More...   $0 (05-31-2023 - WA)

St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm with an attached “switch,” making it a fully automatic weapon.

On October 14, 2022, law enforcement attempted to arrest Vatthana Andy Sengsouriya, 28, on an outstanding warrant. When officers tried to take Sengsouriya into custody in the parking lot of the Eden Prairie Home ... More...   $0 (05-31-2023 - MN)

Madison, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with using minors to engage in sexual activity and recording the activity.

In early November 2021, the mother of a minor born in 2010 contacted the Fennimore Police Department about inappropriate content she found on a phone that had been used by the minor. The investigation revealed that James C. Gibson, age 54,... More...   $0 (05-31-2023 - WI)

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with purchasing prescription oncology medications under false pretenses to sell them for profit.

Anise Kachadourian, 55, of Towaco, New Jersey, a board-certified oncologist, pleaded guilty to an information charging her with unlawfully selling prescription cancer medication, which had been previously purchased usin... More...   $0 (05-31-2023 - NJ)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged or their roles in an immigration fraud conspiracy. DZHAMGAROVA, a leader of the scheme and an immigration lawyer, was sentenced to two years in prison, and ARCADIAN, also an attorney, was sentenced to six months in prison.

U.S. Attorney Damian Williams said: “Out of her Brighton Beach law office, Dzham... More...   $0 (05-31-2023 - NY)

Rapid City, South Dakota personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on auto negligence theories.

Shane Helde and Crystal Helde individually and through the Estate of Donald Helde, through its personal Representatives Jean Velo.

South Dakota personal injury law is governed by the South Dakota Codified Laws. The statute of limitations for personal injury cas... More...   $1 (05-31-2023 - SD)

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with robbing a credit union.

On November 28, 2022, Ethan Clark, ate 31, gave a bank teller at the Service Credit Union in Keene a note demanding money, stealing more than $4,700. Surveillance footage shows that Clark left the bank and walked to a van he stole from his former employer. Later that day, Clark was s... More...   $0 (05-30-2023 - NH)

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts of rape.

The two women whose testimony led to Masterson's conviction said that in 2003, he gave them drinks and that they then became woozy or passed out before he violently raped them. He knew both from social circles in the Chruch of Scientology.

The case was prosecuted by Deputy Di... More...   $0 (05-30-2023 - CA)

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an employment discrimination theory.


In April 2022, Plaintiff interviewed for a position at one of Defendant's facilities. 2nd Am. Compl. ¶ 14. In May 2022, he was offered, and accepted, a position as an Associate Engineer - Process Automation Co-op with the assurance that Plaintiff's positio... More...   $0 (05-30-2023 - PA)

Pierre, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Distribution of a Controlled Substance to a Person Under Age 21.

Jeremy Richards, age 29, was indicted by a federal grand jury in August of 2022. He pleaded guilty on February 27, 2023.

Defendant's conviction stemmed from conduct that occurred between January 1, 2021, and January 1, 2022, in Todd Co... More...   $0 (05-30-2023 - SD)

Charleston, South Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaing in a fraudulent lottery scam that targeted elderly victims around the country.

As part of the scheme, the Tyrell Harris, 32, and Errol Durrant, 60, or their co-conspirators contacted elderly victims and falsely inform the victims that they had won a sweepstakes. The supposed prizes in these swe... More...   $0 (05-30-2023 - SC)

Anniston, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug crime, and felon in possession of a firearm.

Jerrelle Quintez Gladden, 39, of Brooklyn, New York, was convicted of possession with intent to distribute 5 grams or more of methamphetamine, pos... More...   $0 (05-30-2023 - AL)

Montgomery, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

On July 9, 2021, law enforcement in Henry County, Alabama, stopped a vehicle for speeding. Officers identified Robert Skyler White, age 27, from Eufaula, Alabama, as the driver and discovered that he had outstanding warrants. While arresting White, law enforcement found a bag of... More...   $0 (05-30-2023 - AL)

Mobile, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute fentanyl.

Lavarance D. Nettles’s guilty plea established that on September 3, 2020, the Mobile Police Department Tactical Intelligence Unit seized eighty-four pills from the defendant’s vehicle. The pills were tested and found to contain fentanyl. Officers ... More...   $0 (05-30-2023 - AL)

Atlanta, Georgia civil litigation lawyer represented Defendants accused of violating the False Claims Act.

James Ellner, M.D., and his Woodstock, Georgia pain management practice, Georgia Pain Management, P.C., and ambulatory surgical center, Samson Pain Center, P.C, agreed to pay $625,000 to resolve allegations that they violated the False Claims Act (FCA) by submitting improper claims t... More...   $0 (05-30-2023 - GA)

Macon, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with armed drug trafficking organization responsible for distributing 16 kilograms of methamphetamine.

Tamara Hall, 40, of Warner Robins, Georgia, was pleaded guilty to conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute methamphetamine on April 19, 2022. Benjamin Luopa, 48, of Warner Robins, pleaded guilty to two counts o... More...   $0 (05-30-2023 - GA)