Jackson, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute cocaine base, also referred to as “crack."

Kenneth Lofton, 44, and his co-defendants negotiated and conducted the sale of cocaine base in the Jackson area in January 2020. Surveillance, confidential source information and additional intercepted communication... More...   $0 (05-24-2022 - MS)

Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with drug distribution.

eremy K. Mairidith, 40, was convicted following his guilty plea in November of leading a drug trafficking organization which conspired to sell and distribute methamphetamine and marijuana. On Thursday morning, U.S. District Judge Michael P. Mills sentenced Mairidith after hearing arguments an... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - MS)

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... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - FN)

Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with health care fraud and engaging in a kickback scheme.

Pat Truglia, 54, of Parkland, Florida, previously pleaded guilty before U.S. District Judge Kevin McNulty in Newark federal court to conspiracy to commit health care fraud. Judge McNulty imposed the sentence today in Newark federal court. Two co-defendants, Ni... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - NJ)

Dubuque, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug possession.


Earnest Hunt, Jr. was a "person of interest" in the investigation of a shooting in Dubuque. The day after the shooting, Officer Chad Leitzen saw Hunt riding in the passenger seat of a Chevy Impala moving through downtown Dubuque. Following the Impala in an unmarked car, Leitzen saw the Impala ma... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - IA)

Athens, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with robbing an Athens Dollar General Store in 2019, brandishing a firearm and threatening store employees during the crime.

Londell Nunn, 30, of Savannah, Georgia, pleaded guilty to one count of interference with commerce by robbery before U.S. District Judge C. Ashley Royal on Wednesday, May 18. Nunn faces a maximum o... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - GA)

Monterey, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged 16 felonies as a result of starting the Dolan Fire in Big Sur that killed 12 condors and burned 125,000 acres. Officers found Defendant throwing rocks at vehicles on Highway 1. He eventually confessed to starting the fire at an illegal marijuana farm.... More...   $0 (05-20-2022 - CA)

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... More...   $0 (05-19-2022 - NY)

Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with armed robbery.

In March 2020, authorities became aware of a series of armed robberies targeting businesses in Phoenix, Glendale and Buckeye, Arizona from late February through mid-March 2020. According to witnesses, the suspect in each robbery matched the same general physical description, wore a combination of th... More...   $0 (05-19-2022 - AZ)

Beaumont, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

On Feb. 9, 2020, law enforcement officers observed a vehicle stopped at an intersection in 5200 block of 15th Street in Port Arthur. As the officer approached the vehicle, he saw the driver, later identified as Juesus Antonio Ceja, age 30, , with his head down. The officer drove towa... More...   $0 (05-18-2022 - TX)

Providence, Rhode Island criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with participating in an underground financial network in support of international internet and email fraud schemes have been sentenced to federal prison.

Babawale Jenyo, 33, of Warwick, was convicted at trial of operating an illegal money transmitting business. Abiodun Shobaloju, 29, of Baltimore, MD, who pre... More...   $0 (05-18-2022 - RI)

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud and identity theft.

Gustavo De Avila Moreira Farinha was one of give Brazilian nationals charged with engaging in a nationwide conspiracy to establish fraudulent driver accounts with multiple internet and app-based rideshare and food delivery companies, including by using identities stolen from the cust... More...   $0 (05-18-2022 - CA)

Waterloo, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

In September and October 2019, Kierin Craig Johnson, age 24, of Waterloo, Iowa, posted several videos to social media showing him smoking marijuana and possessing a gun. Johnson also posted videos advertising the sale of marijuana. On October 18, 2019, law enforcement searched Johns... More...   $0 (05-17-2022 - IA)

Corpus Christi, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bringing in and harboring aliens.

On Sept. 17, 2020, Jose Luis Gutierrez-Plascencia entered the Border Patrol (BP) checkpoint near Sarita while driving a white Freightliner commercial tractor and pulling an enclosed trailer. At trial, the jury heard testimony that Gutierrez-Plascencia had told authorities he ... More...   $0 (05-17-2022 - TX)

Davenport, Iowa civil litigation lawyer presented Defendant accused of violating the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing tenants.

Landlord Juan Goitia violated the Fair Housing Act by sexually harassing female tenants. The settlement also resolves claims against 908 Bridge Cooperative which, along with Goitia, owned the properties where the harassment occurred.

Under the conse... More...   $135000 (05-17-2022 - IA)

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

On May 9, 2020, a trooper with the Louisiana State Police stopped a vehicle for a traffic violation and Lovoriss Montray Powell, age 39, of Shreveport, was identified as the driver and sole occupant. The trooper asked for permission to search the vehicle and Powell ga... More...   $0 (05-16-2022 - LA)

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the federal Anti-Kickback Statute.

Bruce Stroud, 40, Bobbi Stroud, 39, husband and wife and residents of Prosper, Texas, and Kenric Griffin, 52, of Frisco, Texas, jointly owned and operated four orthotic brace suppliers: New Horizons Durable Medical Equipment, Striffin Medical Supply, 4B Ortho Supply, and G... More...   $0 (05-16-2022 - TX)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering.

Attorney Calvin Curtis, age 61, of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty in November of 2021, to embezzling millions of dollars from clients of his estate planning law firm based in Salt Lake City, known as Calvin Curtis Attorney at Law PLLC, and Curtiselderlaw.com. By the time of hi... More...   $0 (05-16-2022 - UT)

East St. Louis, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with armed robbery.

Jalon J. Moore, 25, of Saint Louis, Missouri, charged with a total of 26 years in prison for a string of robberies he committed in the Metro East area. Moore will serve a three-year term of supervised release following his release from federal prison. Moore was also ordered to pay $132,961... More...   $0 (05-13-2022 - IL)

London, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with kidnapping.

George Oscar Messer, 62, of Rockholds, Kentucky was motivated to kidnapping as a result of an unsuccessful drug transaction, during which Messer’s son and his co-conspirators lost $10,000. Messer arrived at the scene of the kidnappings with numerous firearms, including an assault rifle and .44 magnu... More...   $0 (05-13-2022 - KY)

Kalamazoo, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distributing heroin and fentanyl that caused the deaths of two Grand Rapids men.

In the early morning hours of August 21, 2019, two victims were found by their roommates, unresponsive, just hours apart from one another. After initially being transported to the hospital, both men subsequently died from fentanyl ... More...   $0 (05-13-2022 - MI)

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with racketeering conspiracy, racketeering, attempted murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, conspiracy to commit murder in aid or racketeering, as well as related violent crimes in aid of racketeering, including three murders.

On January 24, 2022, a federal jury convicted Portillo Rodriguez of the racketeering ch... More...   $0 (05-13-2022 - NJ)