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United States of America v. Michael McClain

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy

Consultant Sentenced to Two Years in Federal Prison for Conspiring To Falsify Records and Evade Internal Controls at Commonwealth Edison as Part of Scheme To Bribe Former Illinois House Speaker Michae

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United States of America v. Monika D. Schorer, Teresa D. Schorer, Eric S. Smith

Knoxville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

Two Jonesborough Women And A Bristol, Virginia Man Sentenced For VA Bribery Scheme Two Jonesborough Women And A Bristol, Virginia Man Sentenced For VA Bribery Scheme


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United States of America v. Darius R. Thomas

Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm and making a false statement during a firearm purchase

Springfield Man Sentenced to 3 Years for Illegally Possessing Firearms


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United States of America v. Ronald Pallek

Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Investment Fraud

Illinois Man Sentenced to 48 months’ Imprisonment for Investment Fraud Scheme




Ronald P

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State of Oklahoma v. Rikkeita Toccara Strong and Brett Lamont Bills

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

GRAND LARCENY, in violation of 21 O.S. 1705;
CONSPIRACY TO COMMIT A FELONY, in violation of 21 O.S. 421C;
FALSE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP IN PAWN SHOP, in violation of 59 O.S. 1512(C)(2);
and
ABUSE BY CARETAKER, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.1




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United States of America v. Eye Consultants of Pennsylvania

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania civil litigation lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Qui Tam fraud.

Between September 1, 2018, and April 7, 2025, ECOP submitted claims to Medicare Part B for E&M services on the same date of service for beneficiaries receiving bilateral eye injections in violation of the applicable Medicare rules and regulations.

“The United States Attorney

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United States of America v. Andy Ha

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to pay employment taxes and harboring individuals who were not legally authorized to be in the United States.

Andy Ha was the president and owner of the Charleroi staffing agency Prosperity Services, Inc., where Ha employed individuals who were not legally authorized to be in the United States

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United States of America v. Manuel Ruiz-Ruiz

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ) Illegal Re-Entry of Previously Deported Alien into the United States.

Manuel Ruiz-Ruiz, 42, of Zacatecas, Mexico, was sentenced to time served and will be deported for illegal reentry into the United States. According to court documents, on April 23, Ruiz-Ruiz was arrested by the Cheyenne Police Department

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State of Oklahoma v. Brian Allen Rostron, Jr.

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

FALSE DECLARATION OF OWNERSHIP IN PAWN, in violation of 59 O.S. 1512(C)(2):

2. Any person selling or pledging property to a pawnbroker who uses false or altered identification or a false declaration of ownership as related to the provisions of Section 1515 of this title shall, if the value of the pro

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Wendy Alberty v. Robert A. Hunter, et al.

New Haven, Connecticut personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.

During a layover on an interstate bus trip, a passenger entered he luggage compartment to retrieve her cellphone charger—only to be locked in when the bus driver, Wendy Alberty, closed the compartment door on her. The passenger called the police from the lu

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United States of America v. Steven George Morgan

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

A jury convicted Steven Morgan of three drug-trafficking
crimes after finding that he had been running cocaine from the
Caribbean into South Florida. On appeal, Morgan advances five
grounds for reversing his conviction—chief among them whether
either the Fourth or Fifth Amendm

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United States of America v. Ritesh Kalra

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding New Jersey Medicaid

New Jersey Doctor Charged With Distributing Opioids In Exchange For Sexual Favors And Defrauding New Jersey Medicaid Jersey Doctor Charged With Distributing Opioids In Exchange F

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State of Oklahoma v. Gordell Robert Eastman

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

1. OBTAINING BY FALSE PRETENSE

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United States of America v. Darla Bralley

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and submitting a false tax return.

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United States of America v. George Michael Judge

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

Possession of an unregistered destructive device in violation of 26 USC 5861(d) and 5871, which provide:

26 USC 5861(d)

It shall be unlawful for any person—
(a) to engage in business as a manufacturer or importer of, or dealer in, firearms without having paid the special (occupational

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United States of America v. Michael Sigall

Camden, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Preparing False Tax Returns and Causing Tax Loss

Camden County Man Admits Preparing False Tax Returns and Causing Tax Loss of More Than $16,000,000


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Michael Mogan v. Portfolio Media, Inc.

Chicago, Illinois pro se lawyer sued the Defendant on defamation and false light theories.

Michael Mogan appeals the district court’s dismissal of his suit against Portfolio Media, the owner of
Law360, for defamation and false light.

Mogan, who is an attorney, sued Airbnb in California state court on behalf of a client named Veronica McCluskey in 2018. See Mogan v. Sacks,

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United States of America v. Delta Airlines, Inc.

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Misuse of Pandemic-Relief Funds

Delta Airlines Pays $8.1 Million To Settle Lawsuit Alleging Misuse of Pandemic-Relief Funds

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Delta Airlines, Inc. (“Delta”) paid $8.1 million to

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State of Oklahoma v. Laura Cecillia Whaley

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

BURGLARY - FIRST DEGREE, in violation of 21 O.S. 1431, which provides:

Every person who breaks into and enters the dwelling house of another, in which there is at the time some human being, with intent to commit some crime therein, either:

1. By forcibly bursting or breaking the wall, or an

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United States of America v. Berg Companies, Inc.

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the False Claims Ac

Defense Contractor Berg Co. Agrees to Pay $3.3 Million to Resolve False Claims Act Allegations for Bid Rigging on Defense Contracts


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United States of America v. Steven T. Loo

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with six counts of tax evasion and six counts of making false tax returns

Seattle real estate owner convicted at trial for tax fraud scheme


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United States of America v. Joseph Huffaker

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit extortion, extortion, conspiracy to falsify records in a federal investigation, falsifying records in a federal investigation, conspiracy to impersonate a federal officer, and impersonating a federal officer.
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United States of America v. Bahram Mohammad Ostovari

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to violate the International Emergency Economic Powers Act and three counts of violating the IEEPA.

CEO of Iranian Engineering Company Arrested for Allegedly Shipping Sophisticated E

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United States of America v. Andrew Coldicutt

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with securities fraud, false securities registration statements, and wire fraud

San Diego Securities Attorney Sentenced to Prison for Fraud


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United States of America v. Patrice Runner

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud.

From the 1990s through the 2010s, Patrice Runner ran a mass-mailing enterprise that used false and misleading advertising to sell purportedly supernatural objects and psychic services.


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