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State of Texas v. December Mitchell and Jonathan Mitchell

Burleson, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with h tampering with and fabricating physical evidence to impair a human corpse, which is a second-degree felony.

Kinman's mother, December Mitchell, and stepfather, Jonathan Mitchell, were charged with second-degree felonies after the body of their adult special needs son was found buried in their backyard.

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Clifford L. Grover, Jr. v. Social Security Administration

Buffalo, New York, social security disability lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for Social Security DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.

Social Security DIWC/DIWW benefits are Disabled Insured Worker's Claim and Disabled Insured Worker's Insurance benefits, which are the same as Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI). These are monthly cash benef

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Malcolm Scott and De’Marchoe Carpenter v. City of Tulsa, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs on civil rights violation theory under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

They were convicted when they were teenagers of first-degree murder, for the 1994 shooting death of 19-year-old Karen Summers, after being identified by witnesses.

Malcolm Scott and De’Marchoe Carpenter were convicted when they were teenagers of first-degree

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United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro Leon

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.


Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

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United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro Leon

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Acc

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United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro-Leon

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.

Acc

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Burt Schleiger v. Social Security Administration

Benton, Washington, social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS of his application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits.

DIWC and DIWW are abbreviations for different Social Security disability programs
. DIWC stands for "Disabled Insured Widow's Claim," which provides benefits to a disabled widow or widower who is at least 50 yea

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United States of America v. Mervin Anderson

Memphis, TN criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possessing Shanks While in Federal Prison.

Today, a federal jury in Memphis convicted Mervin Anderson, 40, of Memphis, Tennessee, of one count of possession of contraband in prison, including two homemade knives, or shanks.

According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Anderson was observed

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United States of America v. Dorian Trevor Sykes

Detroit, NI criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with four counts of bank and credit union robbery and an attempted bank robbery.


Dorian Trevor Sykes, 42, of Detroit, Michigan, pleaded guilty today to four counts of bank and credit union robbery and an attempted bank robbery, announced United States Attorney Jerome F. Gorgon.

Gorgon was joined in the an

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United States of America v. Victor Manuel Castro-Huerta

Oklahoma v. Castro-Huerta, 597 U.S. 629 (2022), was a United States Supreme Court case related to McGirt v. Oklahoma, decided in 2020. In McGirt, the Supreme Court ruled that the U.S. Congress never properly disestablished the Indian reservations of the Five Civilized Tribes in Oklahoma when granting its statehood, and thus almost half the state was still considered to be Native American land. As

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United States of America v. Savin Seng aka “Two-Face”

Houston, TX criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with federal weapons violation

A 41-year-old illegal alien from Cambodia has been charged with unlawfully possessing a weapon following the shooting death of a woman in Victoria, announced U.S. Attorney Nicholas J. Ganjei.

Savin Seng aka “Two-Face” had illegally resided in Victoria and is now in federal

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United Stetes of American v. John Robert Bolton,II

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer is representing the Defendant eight counts of unlawful transmission of national defense information as well as 10 counts of unlawful retention of national defense information.

18:793(d) TRANSMISSION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION
(1-8)
18:793(e) RETENTION OF NATIONAL DEFENSE INFORMATION
(9-18)

Department of Justice Pre

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Malik Allah-U-Akbar, fka Odraye G. Jones v. Margaret Bradshaw, Warden

Cleveland, Ohio, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a writ of habeas corpus.

Malik Allah-U-Akbar was granted a conditional writ of habeas corpus, “vacating [his] death sentence unless the State of Ohio conducts a new penalty-phase proceeding within 180 days of remand.” Jones v. Bradshaw, 46 F.4th 459, 489 (6th Cir. 2022). The state did not comply with the writ. The

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Tammy McKee v. City of Skiatook, Oklahoma

Tulsa, Oklahoma, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful death civil rights violation theory.

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State of Oklahoma v. Darrell Dewayne Benson

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

ENDANGERING OTHERS WHILE ELUDING POLICE OFFICER, in violation of 21 O.S. 540A (B)

A. Any operator of a motor vehicle who has received a visual and audible signal, a red light and a siren from a peace officer driving a motor vehicle showing the same to be an official police, sheriff, highway patrol o

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United States of America v. Denise Davis

Camden, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Defraud The IRS


A Mays Landing woman admitted to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by filing false employment tax returns that concealed a company’s cash payroll, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney Alina Habba announced.

Denise Davis, 52, of Mays Landing

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United States of America v. Denise Davis

Camden, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Defraud The IRS

A Mays Landing woman admitted to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service by filing false employment tax returns that concealed a company’s cash payroll, Acting U.S. Attorney and Special Attorney Alina Habba announced.

Denise Davis, 52, of Mays Landing, New

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State of Michigan v. Micah Simone Abby-Wills

Detroit, Michigan, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendanc ahrged with;
1. Murder - 2nd Degree -
2 counts
2. OWI - Causing Death -
2 counts
3. Reckless Driving -
Causing Death - 2 counts
4. Operating While
License Suspended,
Revoked, or Denied -
Causing Death - 2 counts

Defendant charged in connection with the July 30, 2025 car crash that

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State of New York v. John Doe

Buffalo, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted Murder in the Second Degree, one count of Assault in the First Degree (Class B violent felonies), one count of Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree (Class C violent felony), and one count of Assault in the Second Degree (Class D violent felony).

On Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at approxi

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State of Colorado v. Kwame Adjei-Broni

Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with g careless driving causing death, careless driving causing injury and failure to yield.

Kwame Adjei-Broni, bus driver at Denver International Airport, failed to yield to another vehicle, which resulted in the death of John Hughes, a passenger, and injuries to a number of passengers.

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State of Oklahoma v. Christopher Keith Edgar

Sapulpa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

1. CAUSING ACCIDENT WITHOUT VALID DRIVER'S LICENSE - DEATH

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State of Utah v. Michael Bynum

Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Mihcale Bynum, age 54, was accused for killing his roomamte, Timothy Rutenberg, age 59, who was found death in a room at the Ville, a shelter where the unhoused can apply for and be given a roommate.

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United States of America v. Berk Eratay, Jerry Banks, Aron Ethridge

Burlington, Vermont criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Murder-for-Hire.

he United States Attorney for the District of Vermont announced that on September 25, 2025 and September 26, 2025, Chief United States District Judge Christina Reiss, sentenced three men, Berk Eratay, 38, of Las Vegas, Nevada, Jerry Banks, 37, of Gardener, Montana, and Aron Ethridge, 45, o

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Bradley Waters, et al. v. City of Altus, et al.

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories.

At about 8:00 a.m. on September 13, 2019, Officer Thomas Hobbs stopped
Mr. Waters after observing him veer to the side of the road, drive into a curb, and
nearly hit a pole. When Officer Hobbs questioned Mr. Waters about the incident, he
explained that he was

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State of Montana v. Dante Garriott

Billings, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Dante Garriott was accused for beating a nursing home resident to death.

The Defendant was accused of punching and kicking Alan Wright, age 32, at a group home in the Billings Heights. He was 5 feet 5 inches tall and weighed 108 pounds, and he had the cognitive function of a 2- or 3-year-ol

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