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United States of America v. Idown Raji

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with for conspiracy to commit access device fraud.

In 2020, Idown Raji, age 40, of Baltimore, Maryland, conspired with multiple other individuals to defraud, use, and traffic in unauthorized access devices and obtain more than $900,000 in unemployment insurance and other COVID-19 related benefits. Moreover, from Oc

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United States of America v. Peter Bolos, Michael Palso, Andrew Assad, Scott Roix, Larry Smith, Mihir Taneja, Arun Kapoor and Maikel Bolos

Greenville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with multimillion-dollar health care fraud scheme.

Peter Bolos and his co-conspirators, Michael Palso, Andrew Assad, Scott Roix, Larry Smith, Mihir Taneja, Arun Kapoor and Maikel Bolos, as well as various companies owned or controlled by some of these individuals, deceived pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), suc

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United States of America v. Olusola Ojo

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraudulently appling for Paycheck Protection Program loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act.

On Nov. 18, 2021, a federal jury found Olusola Ojo, age 49, also known as Sam Ojo, 42, guilty of bank fraud conspiracy, two counts of bank

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Selma Ozturk v. Amsher Collection Services, Inc., et al.

Newark, New Jersey consumer law lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violation theory.

This case was filed in the Superior Court, Essex County Law Division, ESX-L-006766-21, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

This matter arises out of Plaintiff's debt for cell phone services, and subsequent debt collection effor

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Kim Vasquez v. Shameed Yadali, et al.

New York, New York civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued defendants on a 1983 civil rights violation theory.


Kim Vasquez brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in connection with a traffic stop that took place on April 15, 2015. The Third Amended Complaint, the operative pleading, seeks relief for “false arrest, unlawful imprisonment, due process, malicious pros

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Shukai Chen, et al. v. Target Corporation

Minneapolis, Minnesota consumer law lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a consumer fraud class action theory.


Defendant Target Corporation advertises and sells Apple iTunes Gift Cards. Target receives the Gift Cards from a third-party vendor, and for each sale, receives a commission from that vendor. Upon arrival to Target, the Gift Cards are packaged in a way that

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Diamond Ketchens v. Verizon Pennsylvania, LLC

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania consumer law lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory.


On January 21, 2022, Ms. Ketchens filed a complaint against Verizon alleging that someone stole her identity and used her personal information to open a Verizon phone account. She claims that Verizon violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act by permitt

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United States of America v. Darrell Thomas

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to commit bank fraud and wire fraud and to money laundering for masterminding a scheme to obtain 14 fraudulent loans totaling approximately $11.1 million from the Paycheck Protection Program (“PPP”). To date, a total of twenty-three individuals have been charged in connection with the fraudulent scheme.

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United States of America v. Jirard Quin Kincherlow

Tallahassee, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with coercing or enticing a minor to engage in prostitution.

Jirard Quin Kincherlow, age 40, of Montgomery Alabama, was convicted by a federal jury on June 11, 2021, finding Kincherlow guilty on the sole count of coercing or enticing a minor to engage in prostitution.

“This sentence is yet another examp

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United States of America v. Felix Granowski and Alex Morgunov

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with securities fraud.

Felix Granowski, 58, of Matawan, and Alec Morgunov, 34, of Manalapan, admitted that between 2012 and 2016, they engaged in a scheme to sell high-mileage, used vehicles with false, low-mileage readings entered on the vehicles’ odometers and titles. According to court filings, the de

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Ronderrick Johnson v. Talaun Bathsheba Hassean Simmons

Fort Worth, Texas - Family Violence lawyer represented Appellant with appealing a default family violence protective order.



On January 23, 2019, Simmons applied for a family violence pro tective order
against Johnson. In her affidavit in support of the application, Simmons stated that
sh

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Todd Matthew Phillips v. Amber Phillips, n/k/a Amber Korpak

Las Vegas, Nevada family law lawyer represented appellant contesting child support and attorney fee award orders.

Appellant
the district court's use of NRS 125C.0035(5)'s best-interest rebuttable presumption based on domestic violence to support its decision, arguing that it improperly relied on a 2018 temporary protection order (TPO) action to find that he engaged in one or more act

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United States of America v. John Milton Lee

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with smuggling and threatening a federal officer.

John Milton Lee, agte 62, of Las Vegas, traveled from Arizona to Mexico on November 1, 2019, but Mexican authorities returned him to the port almost immediately. When Lee returned to the Lukeville Port of Entry, he refused to provide identification. At secondary inspecti

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United States of America v. Sean Novis and Gary Denkberg

Central Islip, New York criminal defense lawyers represented defendants charged with conspiracy to commit mail fraud, mail fraud, wire fraud, fraudulent use of fictitious names and aiding and abetting other mail fraud schemes.

In August 2020, Sean Novis, age 51, and Gary Denkberg, age 58, were charged with operating mass mailing fraud schemes that tricked thousands of victims, many of wh

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In the Matter of the Marriage of Joann Williams and Alfonza Williams

Topeka, Kansas family law lawyers represented Petitioner and Respondent in a divorce case in which army retirement benefits was a issue.

his case concerns a challenge to a divorce decree entered more
than 20 years ago. The 1994 decree divided the husband's "army retirement benefits" as
marital property, awarding the wife "25% of Husband's army retirement benefits, as her
sole

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United States of America v. Gabriel Letizia, Jr.

White Plains, New York criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud and misbranding drugs introduced into interstate commerce.

Gabriel Letizia, Jr. pleaded guilty of defrauding customers of his consumer products testing company and causing misbranded drugs to be introduced into interstate commerce.

LETIZIA was the owner and executive director of AMA Laborator

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United Services Automobile Association (USAA) v. PNC Bank, N.A

Marshall, Texas intellectual property lawyers represented Plaintiff, which sued Defendant on a patent infringement theory.

United Services Automobile Association (USAA) sued PNC Bank claiming that PNC infringed four of USAA’s patents related to remote check deposit technologies used in mobile banking systems.

USAA’s patented technologies enable USAA to connect members of the

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United States of America v. Dr. Xiaorong You, aka Shannon You

Greeneville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with theft of trade secrets, espionage and wire fraud.

Dr. Xiaorong You, aka Shannon You, 59, of Lansing, Michigan stole valuable trade secrets related to formulations for bisphenol-A-free (BPA-free) coatings for the inside of beverage cans. You was granted access to the trade secrets while working at The Coca-C

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United States of America v. John Thomas Ward

Jackson, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

On March 17, 2021, Gibson County Sheriff's Deputies were dispatched to a residence on Milan Highway for a welfare check of suspicious persons in the area. The deputy observed John Ward, age 38, and a female standing next to two vehicles. Ward was changing the tire on one

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Jonathan Eliazar Merlo v. Victor Manuel Lopez

Houston, Texas - Divorce lawyer represented appellee with contending there were improperly filed findings of fact and conclusions of law.



In December 2015, Merlo, a resident of Nicaragua, and Lopez, a resident of
the United States, met online. After corresponding for a few months, Lopez trave

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In the interest of B.N.M., a child

Center, Texas family law lawyer represented the father appealing the termination of his parental rights.

C.M. is the father of B.N.M., and C.S. is the mother of B.N.M.2 On December 10, 2020,
the Department of Family and Protective Services (the Department) filed an original petition for
protection of B.N.M., for conservatorship, and for termination of C.M.’s and C.S.’s parenta

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TERRENCE BELTON v. STATE OF MARYLAND SHAKIEA WORSLEY v. STATE OF MARYLAND

Annapolis, MD - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendants with manslaughter, two handgun offenses and accessory after the fact to the manslaughter charges.



In the Old English epic of Beowulf, the peace and tranquility of Hrothgar’s Hall was
initially shattered by the unexpected appea

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United States of America v. Travonta Deangelo Rivers

Cainesville, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with activities constituting child porno.

Travonta Deangelo Rivers, age 34, of Gainesville, was convicted by a federal jury in July 2021. Evidence introduced at trial revealed that a search warrant at Rivers’ residence in May 2020, resulted in the seizure of computers which Rivers used to receive and share numero

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United States of America v. James Christopher Castle

Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank fraud scheme that sought to fraudulently eliminate home mortgages and then profit on the subsequent home sales.

On Aug. 2, 2021, a jury found James Christopher Castle, age 57, formerly of Petaluma, was found guilty of 35 counts of bank fraud. According to evidence at trial, in May 2020, Castle was extra

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Rae'quan Xavier Dandridge v. Commonwealth of Virginia

Richmond, Virginia - Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with a arguing on appeal that the trial court erred in refusing a offense of voluntary manslaughter.



“Usually, this Court ‘review[s] the evidence in the light most favorable to the
Commonwealth, the prevailing party in th

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