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United States of America v. Sergio Garcia-Lara

Dallas, Texas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegal reentry after deportation in violation of f 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1).

Pursuant to the Sentencing Reform Act of 1984, as amended, it is the judgment of the Court that the defendant, Sergio Garcia-Lara, is hereby committed to the custody of the Federal Bureau of Prisons for a period of TWELVE (12) months. T

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Patrick McDaniel v. The State of Texas

San Antonio, Texas – Commercial, Oil & Gas lawyer represented Appellees/Cross-Appellant with a oil & gas lease case.



The parties1 entered into three identical oil and gas leases containing an MFN clause in 2009. 2 These leases are known as the “A leases.” Article II of the A leases required EP Energy to pay $500

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Patrick McDaniel v. The State of Texas

San Antonio, Texas – Commercial, Oil & Gas lawyer represented Appellees/Cross-Appellant with a oil & gas lease case.



The parties1 entered into three identical oil and gas leases containing an MFN clause in
2009.
2 These leases are known as the “A leases.” Article II of the A leases required EP Energy to <

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United States of America v. Abidermi Rufai

Tacoma, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft.

Abidermi Rufai was the Special Assistant to the Governor of Nigeria’s Ogun State. He admitted a long history of using stolen identities to defraud U.S. disaster programs, including aid for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and file fraudulent U.S. tax returns. At the sentenci

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Michael V. Wright and Phyllis F. Wright v. State Farm Lloyds

Austin, Texas – Breach of Contract lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory.



The Wrights’ suit against State Farm alleged that a fire had damaged their
residence in 2013 and that they had homeowners insurance through State Farm. The suit alleged
that although State Fa

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Sterling/Suggs Limited Partnership, Neal E. Suggs, and Nadine R. Suggs v. Canyon Lake Island Property Owners Association

Austin, Texas – Real Estate lawyer represented Plaintiffs on an easement dispute claim.



In 2012, CLIPOA sued the Suggses regarding an easement dispute, and the long procedural history of this case is well-known to the parties. See Canyon Lake Island Prop. Owners Ass’n v. Sterling/Suggs Ltd. P’ship, No. 03-14-002

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The City of Austin v. Irene Quinlan

Austin, Texas – Personal Injury lawyer represented Appellant with appealing from the district court’s order in a personal injury case.



The following summary is taken from the allegations in Quinlan’s fourth
amended petition and the City’s amended plea to the jurisdiction, the live pleadings in the case.

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Texas Health Harris Methodist Hospital Fort Worth v. Stephen Featherly

Fort Worth, Texas Personal Injury lawyer represented Defendant challenging hospital’s lien.



In this case, a hospital filed a statutory lien against an emergency room patient’s
personal injury cause of action, and the patient brought this declaratory judgment action
to challenge the validity of the hospital’s lien

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Dynocom Industries, Inc. v. Type A Motorsports of Texas, LLC

Fort Worth, Texas – Breach of Contract lawyer represented Appellant with challenging a breach of contract claim.




After Appellant Dynocom Industries, Inc.’s agreement to manufacture and sell
a dynamometer to Appellee Type A Motorsports of Texas, LLC fell through, the
parties asserted competing breach o

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United States of America v. Mark Pagani

New Haven, Connecticut criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud and tax evasion.

From 2013 to at least August 2015, Mark Pagani, age 61, from Bolton, Connecticut, conspired with another person (“K.S.”), who is now deceased, to defraud a victim investor of more than $1 million. K.S. arranged investment deals with the victim, including the purported acquisition of

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United States of America v. Mitzi L. Bicker

Atlanta, Georgia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with accepting approximately $3 million in bribe money to influence government contracts, money laundering, lying to the City of Atlanta to maintain her salary and cabinet-level position, and failing to disclose more than $600,000 in income on her federal tax return.

“For years, Mitzi Bickers masterminded a sophisticate

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United States of America v. Shenita Daniel and Wayne A. Lowe, Jr.

Atlanta, Georgia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with identity theft.

Shenita Daniel and Wayne A. Lowe, Jr., were indicted for allegedly using numerous stolen identities to fraudulently claim Unemployment Insurance (“UI”) benefits under fictitious employer accounts registered with the Georgia Department of Labor. The scheme resulted in the fraudulent payment of more

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Sunil Kumar Mehta and Mehta Investments, Ltd. v. Mohammed Ahmed

Houston, Texas – Fraud lawyer represented Appellants with suing for for breach of fiduciary duty, unjust enrichment, and fraud.



In his fourth amended petition, Ahmed alleged that in June 2017, the West
Oaks Mall, a 60-acre property in a prime west Houston location, was listed for sale.
Mehta, a Houston-area businessma

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Val Gurka and Terri Gurka v. Araceli Jaimes dba AGVR Construction & Remodeling, et al.

Houston, Texas – Civil Litigation lawyer represented Appellants with asserting negligence and gross negligence claims.



The Gurkas own property in an unincorporated part of Harris County. This
property lies within the 100-year floodplain as designated by the Federal Emergency
Management Agency (“FEMA”). The Base F

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United States of America v. Justin Wallace Herman and Charles "Chuck" Winters, Jr. and Robert "Bob" Mitchell

Cheyenne, Wyoming criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraud and identity theft crimes arising from securities fraud.

Justin Wallace Herman and Charles "Chuck" Winters, Jr. conspired to “pump and dump” the common stock of NuTech Energy Resources. A “pump and dump” is a form of securities fraud where the conspirators manipulate demand for a stock and the stock’s pri

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United States of America v. William Earley, D.O.; Brian Gullett, D.O.; Roswell Tempest Lowry, M.D.; and Vernon Stanley, M.D.

Charleston, West Virginia criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding and abetting obtaining a controlled substance by fraud.

Four of the physicians each pleaded guilty to a felony count of aiding and abetting obtaining a controlled substance by fraud: William Earley, D.O, 66, of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Brian Gullett, D.O., 45, of Clarksville, Pennsylvania; Rosw

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The State of Texas v. Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. dba Wharton; and Wharton County Foods, LLC

Houston, Texas – Business Litigation lawyer represented defendant with an interlocutory appeal concerning the sale of eggs during the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic.



Cal-Maine Foods, Inc. is the largest producer and marketer of shell eggs in
the United States. The company is a conglomerate comprised of its own operati

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United States of America v. Michael Garrison

Allentown, Pennsylvania criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to destroy an energy facility, eight counts of wire fraud, two counts of destruction of an energy facility, and one count of filing a false tax return.

Michael Garrison, age 43, of Croydon, Pennsylvania, broke into shuttered coal-fired power plants that had b

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United States of America v. James J. Peperno

Scranton, Pennsylvania criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy, federal program bribery, honest services wire fraud, Travel Act, false statement, and perjury offenses.

James J. Peperno, Jr., age 57, of Old Forge, Pennsylvania was convicted of soliciting cash payments and debt forgiveness from a local business owner, to provide to Robert Semenza, Jr., the former Presi

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United States of America v. Travis Williams

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking.

Travis Williams, age 30, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possesses with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of a mixture and substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine before United States District Judge Christy Criswell Wiegand. Williams, a resident

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United States of America v. Glen Zinszer

Syracuse, New York criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and filing false tax returns.

Glen Zinszer, age 52, of Liverpool, New York, admitted that he began operating the Brazzlebox company in 2012, which he represented to investors would be like Facebook for business. Beginning in April 2013 and continuing until approximately the summer of 2016, Zinszer made false

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United States of America v. George Djurasevic

Brooklyn, New York criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with bribery and tax evasion.

George Djurasevic, age 54, of Armonk, New York, pled guilty to bribery, in violation of the Travel Act, admitting that he accepted more than half-a-million dollars in bribe payments in his role as a manager of a company (the “Company”) contracted by the New York City Water Board (NYCWB) to p

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ANGELINA GUERRERO V. BERTHA G. CARDENAS

Houston, Texas – Personal Injury lawyer represented Appellant with appealing an adverse jury verdict arising from an automobile collision.




Guerrero and Cardenas were involved in an automobile collision at Antoine
Street and North Sam Houston Parkway in Houston in August 2016. Guerrero was
driving southbound on A

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ANTHONY G. BUZBEE AND ANTHONY G. BUZBEE, LP D/B/A THE BUZBEE LAW FIRM V. TERRY & THWEATT, P.C.

Houston, Texas – Civil Litgation lawyer represented appellee with a tortious interference with contract claim.



Terry & Thweatt, P.C., and Anthony G. Buzbee, LP d/b/a The Buzbee Law
Firm (“the Buzbee Law Firm”) are both law firms with offices located in Houston.
The underlying dispute between them arose after Jade

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Shannon Noonan vs. Troyeco, LLC, and Division of Employment Security

Saint Louis, MO – Employment lawyer represented Appellant with appealing the decision denying her unemployment benefits.



Claimant worked as a key carrier for Troyeco, LLC (Troyeco), a frozen yogurt shop,
from August 24, 2019, to March 15, 2020. On May 18, 2020, Claimant filed a claim for
unemployment benefits, which

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