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James Williams, Jr. v. Carissa Luking, et al.

East St. Louis, Illinois civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants seeking to compel the production of insurance information.


On May 5, 2021, Plaintiff James Williams Jr., an IDOC inmate currently incarcerated at Danville Correctional Center, brought this suit against Defendants pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. In his Complaint, Plaintiff asserts violations

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Edward Pollner, et al. v. Tri-State Tournaments, LLC

Central Islip, New York commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on a breach of contract theory claiming $200,000 as a direct result of the breach.

"In New York, a breach of contract occurs when one party to a contract fails to fulfill their obligations under the contract. There are four elements that must be established in order to prove a breach of

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United States of America v. Jared Piepkorn

Albuquerque, New Mexico criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with for selling wildlife taken in violation of state law, a Lacey Act violation.

Jared Piepkorn, age 47, of Clovis, New Mexico, was charged with one misdemeanor violation of the Lacey Act occurring in January 2021 after he agreed to also plead guilty in State District Court to several wildlife related charg

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United States of America v. Lamar Allen Thompson

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing and possessing images of child sexual abuse.

A 2018 investigation revealed that Lamar Allen Thompson, who was on state supervision as a sex offender for a 2016 conviction for molesting two minor children, filmed his molestation of two different minor children. Washington State Department of Correc

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Isaiah Rider v. The Young Men's Christian Association of Greater Kansas City

Kansas city, Missouri personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on an premises liablity negligence theory.

Isaiah Rider (“Rider”), by and through his next friend and mother, Michelle Rider (“Mother”), appeals the judgment of the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Missouri (“trial court”), following a jury trial, which awarded him damages against The Young

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United States of America v. Nathan Martin Curry-Fishtorn

Hot Springs, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with interstate violation of a protective order in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2262(a)(1) and (b)(3) and transportation of material involving the sexual exploitation of a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252A(a)(1) and (b)(1).

Nathan Martin Curry-Fishtorn, age 26, of Saint John, Indiana was arrested in Arkansas in

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United States of America v. Omarion Franklin

Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with carjacking.

In July 2020, two individuals were sitting in a 2007 Infiniti that was parked in the parking garage of Old Orchard mall in Skokie, Illinois. Two offenders (“Offender One” and “Offender Two”) ordered the two individuals (“Victim One” and “Victim Two”) out of the car and fled from the s

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United States of America v. Henry "Enrique" Tarrio

Washington, DC criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with seditious conspiracy, civil disorder, destruction of government property, assaulting a police officer, etc.

Henry "Enrique" Tarrio, age 39, of Miami, Florida was charged with numerous felonies as a result of his actions in Washington, D.C. on January 6, 2021.

“On January 6th, 2021, the United States Capi

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United States of America v. Juan Martinez

Savannah, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to steal aircraft design and testing information in a plot to shorten the regulatory approval process for another company’s aircraft technology.

Juan Martinez, 53, of Yorba Linda, California, was convicted after a five-day trial in U.S. District Court in Savannah on one count of Conspiracy to Steal T

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Michael Angel Ulloa II v. Securitas Security Services USA, Inc.

San Francisco, California employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on wage and hour violation theory.


In this putative class action, Ulloa sues his former employer Securitas alleging numerous wage and hour violations under California law. [See Docket No. 1 (Notice of Removal, “NOR”) Ex. 1 (Compl.).] Plaintiff asserts the following claims in the FAC: 1) fail

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United States of America v. Mark Ridley-Thomas

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in a bribery and fraud scheme in which the longtime politician demanded benefits for his son from a university dean in exchange for Ridley-Thomas’ political support for lucrative Los Angeles County business.

Ridley-Thomas, 68, of Los Angeles, engaged in a “shakedown” and that he used his “[

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Mark Basilica and Roberta Basilica v. Sheriff Roger L. Harris, et al.

Richmond, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued the defendants on civil rights wrongful death theories.

On August 30, 2020, Theresa Marie Basilica ("Basilica") went to the emergency department at Mary Washington Hospital, seeking help during a mental health crisis. Eighteen hours later, she died ofa self-inflicted gunshot while in the defendants' custody. Mark and R

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Richard Whittaker, et al. v. West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation, et al.

Charleston, West Virginia civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants on prison civil rights violation theories.

This action arose out of the death of Mr. Kevin B. Whittaker (“Decedent”) while he was incarcerated in the Southern Regional Jail (“SRJ”) in Beckley, West Virginia. According to the Second Amended Complaint, the Decedent was incarcerated at SRJ

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Mary Durstein v. Tod Allexander, et al.

Huntington, West Virginia civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming they violated her First Amendment rights.

Durstein worked as a full-time teacher for Cabell County Schools from November 2001 until her termination on March 6, 2017. During the 2016-2017 school year, Durstein taught World Studies at Huntington High School. She operated a Twitter account vie

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Pekah Wallace v. Cheryl Sharp, et al.

New Haven, Connecticut civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on an employment discrimination theory.


Plaintiff Pekah Wallace (“plaintiff”) brings this action against defendants Cheryl Sharp (“Sharp”) and Tanya Hughes (“Hughes”) (hereinafter referred to collectively as the “defendants”) pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §1983, alleging that defendants deni

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Dominic Iafrate, et al. v. Warner Norcross & Judd, L.L.P.

Detroit, Michigan personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a legal malpractice theory.

This is a legal malpractice case in which Plaintiffs Angelo Iafrate, Jr., as Personal Representative of the Estate of Angelo Iafrate, Sr., Dominic Iafrate, and Angelo Iafrate, Sr. as Trustee of the John Iafrate Irrevocable Trust,[1] complain that Defendant Warner, Norcross &

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United States of America v. Devin Nakedhead

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.


Defendant is charged with one count of felon in possession of firearm and ammunition in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(8). Dkt. No. 2. He is set for trial on October 2, 2023. Dkt. No. 34.

AUTHORITY AND ANALYSIS

In 2022, th

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Patrick Fehlman v. James Mankowski

Madison, Wisconsin civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a job discrimination theory.

Patrick Fehlman, a former member of the Neillsville, Wisconsin police department, sued Chief of Police James Mankowski, alleging the Chief retaliated against him for critiquing the Chief's leadership, in violation of the First Amendment.

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Fehlman appe

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Timothy A. Raimey v. City of Niles, et al.

Youngstown, Ohio civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on excessive force theories.

In January 2019, Officer Christopher Mannella fatally shot James Burroughs at an apartment complex in Niles, Ohio. On behalf of Burroughs's estate, Timothy Raimey brought this action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983 and state law against the City of Niles and several involved police officer

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Paul Velleca v. Robert Pangburn, et al.

Syracuse, New York civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on prisoner civil rights violation theories.


Plaintiff Paul Velleca, a New York State inmate proceeding pro se, commenced this civil rights action under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, raising claims arising out of his incarceration at the Delaware County Jail. (Dkt. No. 1). On October 22, 2021, Defendants filed a mo

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John W. Carter v. State of Oklahoma

¶1 The plaintiff in error, John W. Carter, defendant below, was charged by information in the district court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma with the crime of first degree manslaughter, allegedly committed on March 28, 1960, at about 11:45 a.m. in said county and state. It was charged that the accused drove his automobile on the left-hand side of the highway into the front end of a tractor and pole-tra

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United States of America v. Patrick Darnell Daniels, Jr.

Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

Title 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(3) bars an individual from possessing a fire-
arm if he is an “unlawful user” of a controlled substance. Patrick Daniels is
one such “unlawful user”—he admitted to smoking marihuana multiple days
per month. But the government prese

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Lanisha Burtin v. VP Malpe Hills, LLC and Greystar Management Services, L.P.

Kansas City, Missouri personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on premises liability negligence theories.

This case was filed in the Circuit Court of Jackson County Independence, 2316-CV00031, and was removed to federal court by Defendants.

"Missouri premises liability law is a set of rules that govern the liability of property owners for injuries that oc

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Keath Bartynski v. City of Highland Park, Michigan

Detroit, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a civil rights violation theory.


Plaintiff Keath Bartynski brings this 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action against Defendant City of Highland Park. Am. Compl. (Dkt. 9). Bartynski was employed by the City as a police officer from June 2015 to June 2019. Def. Bartynski Dep. at 9, 34 (Dkt. 39-2); Letter of Resignatio

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Giotto Germany v. Derek Watkins

Detroit, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant violated his civil rights by charging him with "unlawfully summon[ing], as a joke, prank, or otherwise without good reason by phone in violation of a City of Warren ordinance.

Plaintiff Giotto Germany brings this action against Defendant Derek Watkins, a police officer employed by the City of Warren. Compl. (Dk

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