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State of Washington v. Katie AL. Sims

Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree malicious mischief.

SPD officers responded to an auto dealership located in the 1300 block of West 3rd Avenue on what was initially reported as an argument. Officers contacted the complainant and were advised that as two subjects were arguing near the dealership, one of them began throwing roc

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United States of America v. Gabriel Cowan Metcalf

Billing, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violation of the Gun-Free School Zones Act, 18 U.S.C. § 922(q)(2)(A),

Gabriel Cowan Metcalf lives in Billings, Montana,
across the street from a public elementary school. For
several days in August 2023—before the schoolyear
started—Metcalf patrolled outside his home with a shotgun,
incl

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Christina St. Clair v. County of Okanogan and Isaiah Holloway

Spokane, Washington, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation theory
under 42 U.S.C. 1983.

Christina St. Clair brough claims against Okanogan County Sheriff Deputy Isaiah Holloway and his employer, Okanogan County, based on Holloway’s sexual misconduct. St. Clair alleges constitutional claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, a violation of the Washington

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Sherry H. Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center, et al.

Portland, Oregon, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an employment discrimination theory.

Sherry M. Detwiler worked as a Privacy Officer and the Director of Health Information for Defendant-Appellee
Mid-Columbia Medical Center (“MCMC”), a hospital in The Dalles, Oregon, from September 14, 2020, through
December 20, 2021. In her own words, Detwiler is a practicing

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Judah Rosenwald, et al. v. Kimberly-Clark Corporation

San Francisco, California, consumer law lawyers represented the Plaintiffs on class action theory.

Plaintiffs allege that they purchased Kleenex Germ Removal Wet Wipes. They sued Kimberly-Clark in August
2022, claiming that the wipes’ labels misled them into believing that the wipes contained germicides, not just soaps, and would kill germs, not just wipe them away. The district cou

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United States of America v. James Michael Wells

Anchorage, Alaska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murdering two co-workers at a U.S.
Coast Guard maintenance facility.

This case concerns the extent to which the funds in a federal retirement savings account, known as a Thrift
Savings Plan (“TSP”) account,1 are available to compensate crime victims under the Mandatory Victims Restitution Act

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Jackson v. Denno

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.

Petitioner, after robbing a hotel, fatally wounded a policeman and himself received two bullet wounds. Questioned shortly after arrival at a hospital, he admitted the shooting and the robbery. Some time later, after considerable loss of blood and soon after he had been given drugs, he was inter

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State of Missouri v. Orlando C. Moore, Jr.

Kennett, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree domestic violence and first-degree property damage.

The victim contacted the police and reported incidents of domestic violence committed by Orlando C. Moore, Jr. in December 2022 and in January 2023.

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State of Missouri v. Craig Jones

St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder and armed criminal action.

Craig Jones, age 22, was accused for bludgeoning and stabbing his sister to death.

Police said Jones attacked his sister unprovoked, striking her in the head several times with a seven-pound dumbbell, and then stabbing her several times with a steak

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State of Illinois v. Darius Bowdry, Harvey fisher, Alton Jackson, Kellen McMiller, Dujuan Wingard, Anthony Hemphill, and Keth Perkins

Chicago, Illinois, criminal defense lawyers representing the Defendants charged with criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with First-Degree Murder, Burglary, and Retail Theft.


“This case is a heartbreaking example of the threat that these organized retail theft operations pose to the entire community. Not only is the economic vitality of our city compromised b

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United States of America v. Robert Orvaets

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of fiarearm and ammunition.

Robert Oravets committed a series of serious felonies. He claims that the Second Amendment nonetheless protects his right to possess a firearm.

Six years ago, Ohio indicted Oravets on two counts of drug trafficking with a firearm. Prosecutors dropped the

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United States of America v. Myshun Jefferson

Memphis, Tennessee, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with selling, distribution, or dispensing drugs and commission of a violent crime with a machine gun.

In May 2023, Bartlett Tennessee Police Department (BPD) officers met with a confidential source (the CS) who said that Jefferson was selling fentanyl from two addresses in Memphis, Tennessee: 2846 Baywood Drive

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Julie A. Tamm and Rosannea M. Przybylski v. Milan Nerad

Grand Rapids, Michigan personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued Count I—First Amendment Retaliation (42 U.S.C. § 1983) (official and personal capacity); Count II—Llewellyn Preemption (state-law claim); Count III— Reasonableness Challenge – Square Lake (state-law claim); Count IV—Selective Enforcement Equal Protection) (§ 1983) (official and personal capacity); Count V

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United States of America v. Juan A. Otero, III

Akron, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ne count of felon-in-possession of a firearm, see 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1), and three counts of possessing with the intent to distribute a controlled substance, see 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1).

On two separate occasions, police officers waited for Juan Otero to leave a residence, pulled him over nearby during a

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Michael Hoover v. Justin Due

Cookeville, Tennessee personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory claiming unlawful entry and excessive force.

Defendant Deputy Justin Due received a 911 dispatch call, reporting a domestic dispute at Plaintiff Michael Hoover’s house. The 911 caller stated that Hoover had threatened her with a gun. When Due arrived at the sce

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United States of America v. Beimon Nolan Simpson

Midland, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

The Defendant filed a motion to dismiss the indictment claiming that Second Amendment was violated by 18 U.S.C. 922(G).

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Mesquite Asset Recovery Group, LLC, et al. v. City of Mesquite, Texas

Dallas, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in breach of contract theory.

In 2008, Appellants purchased from the City approximately 60.31
acres of land in Mesquite, Texas (the Property), the majority of which sits on
a federally designated flood zone. Appellants also applied for and received
from the City a variance waiving their obligation to obtain a Cond

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United States of America v. David Deval Martin

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murdering Checotah Woman

David Deval Martin, age 40, of McIntosh County, Oklahoma, was sentenced - for a second time - to life in prison for the vicious 2013 murder of a Checotah woman.

In 2016, Martin was found guilty of first-degree murder and sentenced to life imprisonment without parole after a

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United States of America v. Israel Garcia

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime and Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl

On September 18, 2025, United States Chief District Judge Stanley A. Bastain sentenced Israel Garcia, 36, to 20 years in federal prison after his guilty pleas to

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United States of America v. Israel Garcia

Spokane, Washington – criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime and Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl.

On September 18, 2025, United States Chief District Judge Stanley A. Bastain sentenced Israel Garcia, 36, to 20 years in federal prison after his guilty plea

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United States of America v. Omar Rodriguez-Salgado, Cesar Antonio Gutierrez-Doblado

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Fentanyl in Portland

Two Honduran nationals unlawfully residing in Oregon made their first appearances in federal court today after being arrested for trafficking fentanyl in East Portland.

Omar Rodriguez-Salgado, 28, and Cesar Antonio Gutierrez-Doblado, 19, have been charged by criminal

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United States of America v. Danny Lawrence Newton

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 USC 2252(a)(2) and 2252(b)(1)

18 U.S. Code § 2252, "Certain activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors," criminalizes the production, distribution, and possession of child pornography.

The law applies to crim

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United States of America v. D’quon Morrow

Cedar Rapids, IA criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl near a school

A man who distributed fentanyl near a school was sentenced today to more than 11 years in federal prison. D’quon Morrow, age 27, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a March 28, 2025 guilty plea to one count of distribution of at least 40 grams of fent

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United States of America v. Demario Covington, a/k/a Booger

Florence, South Carolina, pro se defense without a lawyer represented himself seeking compassionate releasse e pursuant to 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A).

The Defendant was charged with:

CONSPIRACY TO DISTRIBUTE NARCOTICS knowingly did conspire with each other and with others, to knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute and distribute cocaine and cocaine base, c

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United States of America v. Otravious Romel Harris, Sr.

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm

Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that OTRAVIOUS ROMEL HARRIS, SR. (“HARRIS”), age 44, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was sentenced on September 9, 2025, to five years of probation, after previously pleading guilty to being a felon in pos

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