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In re Rodriguez/Rodriguez-Perez

Detroit, Michigan family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a termination of parental rights proceeding.

This case arises from the termination of respondent's parental rights to his children, KR, LR, and CR. In November 2020, the Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) petitioned the trial court to remove the children from respondent's care.[1] DHHS alleged that police found t

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United States of America v. Roy David Lykins

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Social Security Administration

Greenbrier Man Sentenced to 19 Months in Federal Prison for Defrauding Social Security Administration



Roy Da

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Louis B. Harper and Mark O. Biggs v. Robert E. Smith and Andronia Smith


Henderson, Kentucky civil litigation breach of contract lawyers represented the Plaintiffs and Defendants.




Robert E. Smith ("Robert") and Andronia Smith ("Ann") appeal an Order and Judgment of the Henderson Circuit Court entering a jury verdict in favor of their landlord for breach of contract, unjust enrichment, and self-help eviction, and for their landlord's re

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In the Interest of L.E. and L.E., Minor Children, J.E., Mother


Indianola, Iowa family law lawyer represented the mother in a parental rights termination case.



Lu.E. a ten-year-old male, and Li.E., a thirteen-year-old female, came to the attention of the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) in the summer of 2022 because of substance use by their mother. The children were removed from the mother's custody in early June

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United States of America v. Ifeanyi Ozoh

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with $6M bribery scheme

Houston dental clinic employee imprisoned for role in $6M bribery scheme



A federal jury deliberated for an hour following a three-day tri

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State of Iowa v. Ericka Lynn Rankins


Des Moines, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child endangerment.



Following the death of her five-year-old son, Ericka Rankins pleaded guilty to six misdemeanor counts of child endangerment and three felony counts of neglect of a dependent person. For those nine offenses, the district court sentenced her to a prison term not to exceed t

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State of Iowa v. Jeffrey John Flynn


Dubuque, Iowa criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with OWI first offense.



Iowa has an implied consent statute governing law enforcement's ability to request and collect bodily specimens in investigating suspected offenses for operating a motor vehicle while intoxicated (OWI). The Iowa Code provides that "[a] person who operates a motor vehicle in th

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United States of America v. Brandon Scott Grimble

Raleigh, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with impersonating an elderly man to steal his federal benefits and commit fraud

Fayetteville Man Who Stole Identity of Elderly Man Sentenced to More Than Seven Years

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The People of the State of California v. Juan Manuel Barrera


San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon.



Juan Manuel Barrera was sentenced to 24 years in prison for attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon. Then, after a change in sentencing laws, the trial court resentenced Barrera to 23 years total. When doing so, the court decl

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In the Matter of the Necessity for the Hospitalization of K.B.


Anchorage, Alaska criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant who was in need of care.



The superior court committed a man with an extensive history of mental illness for an eighth consecutive 180-day period based on findings that the man was both gravely disabled and likely to cause serious harm to others.

K.B. was hospitalized at the Alaska Psychiatric Insti

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Thomas E. Southon v. Oklahoma Tire Recyclers, LLC


Tulsa, Oklahoma employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful termination theory.



Thomas Southon was employed by Oklahoma Tire Recyclers, LLC ("Employer"). On September 13, 2016, Southon sustained an injury while on the job and filed a claim for workers' compensation benefits. Employer fired Southon less than a month after he suffered the injur

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Kristie Ho v. Tulsa Sprine & Specialty Hospital, L.L.C.


Tulsa, Oklahoma employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful termination theory.



Kristi Ho, a nurse, sued her employer, appellee Tulsa Spine & Specialty Hosptial, L.L.C., alleging that the Hospital fired her because she would not come to work. She refused to go to work because of concern for her health and safety. She alleged the Hospital viol

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Jeffrey Booth v. Home Depot, U.S.A., Inc.


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful termination theory.



Jeffrey Booth, then an installation service manager for Appellee Home Depot, U.S.A., noticed at a job site that a customer was being charged for window wraps that were not needed. Booth phoned and emailed his supervisor about the perceived overcharge. The next day,

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Dr. Robert McIntrye, M.D. v. Oklahoma Department of Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services


Oklahoma City, Oklahoma employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on theories of recovery against DMHSAS in his original petition: "fraudulent inducement to contract ( 15 O.S. 2011, § 51 and § 53 )," "breach of implied covenants ( 15 O.S. 2011, § 171 and § 172 )," and "constructive discharge." Dr. McIntyre alleged DMHSAS "actively recruited [him] for a staff psychiatris

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Annette McEachin v. Reliance Standard Life Insurance Company


Detroit, Michigan employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a wrongful denial of E.R.I.S.A. benefits.



In February 2017, two years into McEachin’s employment as a human resources manager
at Perceptron, Inc., a car accident seriously injured her. She left the job, and within months
submitted a disability claim to Reliance, citing

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State of Oklahoma v. Mark Albert Jordan

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual battery in violation of 21 O.S. 1123(B), amended to misdemeanor outraging public decency in violation of 21 O.S. 22, which provides:

Every person who willfully and wrongfully commits any act which grossly injures the person or property of another, or which grossly disturbs the public peace or health, or

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State of Oklahoma v. Charles Dillard Evans

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child abuse by injury in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5, which provides:

A. Any person who shall willfully or maliciously engage in child abuse, as defined in this section, shall, upon conviction, be guilty of a felony punishable by imprisonment in the custody of the Department of Corrections not exceeding life im

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United States of America v. Jessica Ann Young

Springfield, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sexual Exploitation of Two Child Victims

KC Woman Sentenced to 45 Years for Sexual Exploitation of Two Child Victims



A Kansas City, Mo., woman was se

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United States of America v. Jimmy Ray Lightsey


Tampa, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g) and 924(e).



Following a jury trial, Jimmy Ray Lightsey was convicted of
possessing a firearm as a felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)
and 924(e); knowingly possessing with intent to distribute cocaine,
co

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United States of America v.Lucinda Perez

cty, st criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Medicaid

Former Licensed Counselor Sentenced for Defrauding Medicaid



Lucinda Perez, 57, had been a licensed professional counselor since 2003 and worke

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In re Charli M.


New London, Connecticut family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a termination of parental rights case.




[Charli] was born [in March, 2021].... [Charli] is [the] fourth biological child [of the Father and Charli's mother]. The mother and father began a relationship in 2012. The department became involved with the family in 2013 after receiving a report of dome

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The People of the State of Colorado v. Pete Paul Martinez


Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder who claimed to be insane.




Martinez was charged with first degree murder, and he entered a plea of not guilty by reason of insanity ("NGRI"). As required by law, the trial court ordered a sanity evaluation, which was conducted by Dr. Harrison, a staff psychologist at

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The People of the State of Colorado v. Robert W. Feldman


Denver, Colorado criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Around 9 a.m. on March 1, 2015, Feldman drove the children to Sunday school. The victim had planned to pick them up at noon and take them to a Purim carnival,[1] but she never showed up to school and did not answer her phone when the school's director called her.

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United States of America v. Vincent Hemphill,

Washington, D.C. criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of voluntary manslaughter while armed and two counts of assault with intent to kill

25 Year Prison Sentence for Man Who Killed One Co-Worker and Injured Two Others

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United States of America v. Christie Mitchell

Bangor, Maine criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Social Security fraud, health care fraud, and theft of public money.

Troy Woman Sentenced, Ordered to Repay $82,940 After Yearslong Fraud to Obtain Benefits



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