Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with raudulently obtaining $94,197.93 of federal abandoned mine land (AML) remediation sub-grant funds while employed by the West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).

From on or about April 2017 until on or about August 7, 2019, Jerry D. Elkins, age 54, of Daniville, West Virginia, assisted ... More...   $0 (06-02-2023 - WV)

Rochester, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.

Kenyatta Phipps, ate 46, of Rochester, New York, filed a federal income tax return for the tax year 2019, reporting wages and interest income of $13,273.00, which resulted in a refund of $696. In August 2020, Phipps attempted four times to file a second 2019 federal income tax return on which he f... More...   $0 (06-01-2023 - NY)

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $360,000 in COVID-19 relief funding intended for endangered small businesses.

Marisa Beck, age 40, of Spokane, was accused of fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds.

On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Sec... More...   $0 (05-31-2023 - WA)

St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm with an attached “switch,” making it a fully automatic weapon.

On October 14, 2022, law enforcement attempted to arrest Vatthana Andy Sengsouriya, 28, on an outstanding warrant. When officers tried to take Sengsouriya into custody in the parking lot of the Eden Prairie Home ... More...   $0 (05-31-2023 - MN)

PIttsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyers are representing Defendant charged with 63 counts of murder and other felonies for shooing and killing Jewish worshipers gathered to practice their faith at the Squirrel Hill synagogue four years and 7 months ago. The government seeks the death penalty.

Robert Bowers, age 50, of Baldwin, Pennsylvania, had a history of anti-semitism.
... More...   $0 (05-30-2023 - PA)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with discharging a firearm during and in relation to carjacking and possession of methamphetamine with intent to distribute offenses.

On May 19, 2021, James Howard Klein, 35, of Chaska, Minnesota, was stopped by deputies in Juab County off Interstate-15 for a traffic violation. During a search of the Klein’s v... More...   $0 (05-26-2023 - UT)

Oxford, Mississippi criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the SBA of more than $11 million.

Lakeith M. Faulkner, 31, of Holly Springs, was an employee of the SBA and used his position to assist borrowers in submitting over $11 Million worth of fraudulent loan applications for Economic Injury Disaster Loans (“EIDL”), which were intended to help small bu... More...   $0 (05-25-2023 - MS)

Central Islip, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and disaster relief fraud.

Donald Finley, a Locust Valley businessman and owner of the now-defunct Jekyll & Hyde theme restaurant in Manhattan and the Bayville Adventure Park on Long Island, pleaded guilty to disaster relief fraud and wire fraud in connection with his receipt of millions of dolla... More...   $0 (05-25-2023 - NY)

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) of approximately $1.2 million in Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) program under Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.

From May 2020 through October 2020, Aydin Kalantarov, age 38, of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, along with hi... More...   $0 (05-25-2023 - OH)

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) of approximately $1.2 million in Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) program under Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. Kalantarov was also sentenced to 3 years of supervised release, a $200 special assessment, and agreed to pay up ... More...   $0 (05-25-2023 - OH)

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendants charged with fraud and money laundering in connection with an alleged scheme to falsify applications for pandemic relief funds.

Leronce Suel and Ravae Smith owned Rockstar Dough LLC and Chicken Feed LLC, both of which operated a series of restaurants in the San Diego area. From March 2020 to June 2022, Suel and Smith ... More...   $0 (05-24-2023 - CA)

Dallas, Texas pro se Plaintiff filed this action against the director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, unknown federal agents, Apple Inc., and Charter Communications. (See doc. 3.) The non-federal defendants have moved to dismiss her claims against them. (See docs. 9, 13.) Citing Fed.R.Civ.P. 12(f), the plaintiff seeks to strike the defendants' motions to dismiss on grounds that they are fr... More...   $0 (05-24-2023 - TX)

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with carjacking and brandishing a firearm during and in relation to a crime of violence.

On January 10, 2022, COUSAN, armed with a Glock, nine millimeter pistol, carjacked a victim as they exited the Dollar Tree on Morrison Road in New Orleans. As to the carjacking charge, the Court sentenced COUSAN to a sixty-... More...   $0 (05-24-2023 - LA)

Baton Rouge, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering in connection with numerous false and fraudulent applications that she filed to obtain funds from the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program in 2020 and 2021.

Tiera R. Lands, age 30, agreed, as part of her guilty plea that she ow... More...   $0 (05-24-2023 - LA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the federal COVID-19 benefit programs of more than $1 million for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft

Bryan Alan Sparks, 42, was indicted for the fraud scheme in November 2021 and pleaded guilty January 20,2023. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge James L. Robart said, Sparks was “a... More...   $0 (05-23-2023 - WA)

Cincinnati, Ohio employment law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violation theory.



In September 2020, the named plaintiffs-a number of former "home-health aides"- brought this suit against A&L Homecare &Training, LLC and its owners (collectively, "A&L") under the FLSA and Ohio law. The plaintiffs alleged that A&L had paid the... More...   $0 (05-23-2023 - OH)

Santa, Ana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently applying for more than $1.2 million in COVID-19 pandemic unemployment insurance (UI) benefits – and receiving more than $400,000 of the same – by using the stolen identities of two dozen victims.

Nhan Hoang Pham, 37, of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty on January 23 to one count of wire fraud in relation to be... More...   $0 (05-22-2023 - CA)

Atlanta, Georgia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently filing multiple fraudulent applications for unemployment insurance benefits using victims’ stolen personal identifying information.

“While communities suffered from the effects of the pandemic, the federal government worked to help small businesses and individuals avoid catastrophic economic disas... More...   $0 (05-19-2023 - GA)

Muskogee, Oklahoma civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on
(1) Title VII; (2) the Equal Pay Act; (3) the First Amendment; (4) the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”); (5) the Americans with Disabilities Act (“ADA”) and ADA Amendments Act (“ADAAA”); (6) the Family and Medical Leave Act (“FMLA”); (7) the Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”); (8... More...   $0 (05-19-2023 - OK)

Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged withf carjacking, brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence, and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

According to facts presented at trial, on January 2, 2021, the defendant was driving a BMW that struck a GMC pickup truck on East Colfax Avenue in Aurora. After both cars pulled over on a side street,... More...   $0 (05-19-2023 - CO)

Oshkosh, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with First-Degree intentional homicide and domestic abuse.

Phillip Dellar was accused of killing his ex-girlfriend, Leianna Mule, by stabbing her 70-times in July of 2021.

The case was prosecuted by Amanda Nash

940.01(1)(a), which provides:

(1)  Offenses.
(a) Except as provided in su... More...   $0 (05-19-2023 - WI)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) by representing himself as a Native American artist, when he had no tribal enrollment or heritage.

The investigation of Jerry Van Dyke, age 67, from Seattle, began in February 2019, when the Indian Arts and Crafts Board received a complaint that Van Dyke was re... More...   $0 (05-17-2023 - WA)

Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit fraud.

Robert J. Jesenik, 63, former chief executive officer of Aequitas and resident of Lake Oswego, Oregon; Andrew N. MacRitchie, 59, formerly of Palm Harbor, Florida; and Brian K. Rice, 56, of Portland were found guilty of conspiring with one another to commit mail and wire fraud and 28 ind... More...   $0 (05-17-2023 - OR)

Waterville, Washington civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant sued by a homeowners' association seeking to enforce a restrictive covenant restricting vacation rental of residence for vacation.

We swim across the Columbia River from Chelan County, the situs of the land in
Wilkinson v. Chiwawa Communities Association, 180 Wn.2d 241, 327 P.3d 614 (2014),
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to Douglas Cou... More...   $0 (05-16-2023 - WA)

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in a multi-year scheme to bribe government officials in the Republic of the Marshall Islands (the “RMI”) to pass legislation that would benefit his business interests.

Between 2016 and 2020, Cary Yan, a/k/a "Hong Uui Yan," a/k/a "Chen Hong," sought to develop a semi-autonomous region within a p... More...   $0 (05-16-2023 - NY)