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United States of America v. Robert James Russell Simmons

Durango, Colorado criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a controlled substance with the intent to distribute.

According to court documents and facts presented during sentencing, investigators with the Southwest Drug Task Force observed a drug deal involving Simmons in the Durango Transit Lot in September 2022. La Plata County Sheriff’s Deputies app

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Crystal L. Wickersham v. Ford Motor Company

Beaufort, South Carolina personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on product liability and wrongful death theories.

This case was filed in the Beaufort County Court of Common Pleas, 2013-CP-07-00781, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.


Decedent John Harley Wickersham, Jr. (“Wickersham”) was a pharmacist with a history of de

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Yamilet Rodriguez v. Aerovias De Mexico, S.A., DE C.V., et al.

Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a negligence theory.

This case was filed in the Circuit Court of Cook County, Illinois, 2018 L 011560, and removed by Defendant to federal court.


This negligence claim is brought under the Montreal Convention by Plaintiff Yamilet Rodriguez (“Plaintiff”). The Montreal Convention is an in

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United States of America v. Muhammad Masood

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization.

Muhammad Masood, 31, a licensed medical doctor in Pakistan, was formerly employed as a Research Coordinator at a medical clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, under an H-1B Visa. Between January 2020 and March 2020, Masood used an encryp

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United States of America v. Marcus Dixon

Rock Island, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and marijuana, possession with intent to distribute marijuana, two counts of possession of a firearm by a felon, and two counts of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

Marcus Dixon, age 29, was convicted following a jury trial i

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United States of America v. Erfan Salmanzadeh

Amarillo, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of a weapons of mass destruction (WMD).

Erfan Salmanzadeh, a 34-year-old naturalized citizen of the U.S. born in Iran, was charged via criminal complaint in July 2021 and indicted the following month.

“This defendant stashed a highly volatile substance inside his home, putting his whole neigh

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United States of America v. Jack Allen Robertson

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with abusive sexual contact on board an aircraft.

Jack Allen Roberson, age 69, from North Carolina was seated next to the 15-year-old victim who was traveling with her guardian. According to the criminal complaint, while Roberson appeared to be sleeping, he allegedly slipped his hand onto the victim’s thigh and ra

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United States of America v. Danny Gene Kirby

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Involuntary Manslaughter in Indian Country.

On July 23, 2022, in McIntosh County, Oklahoma, Kirby and a passenger left a bar on Danny Gene Kirby’s motorcycle. A short distance from the bar, Kirby, age 65, left the roadway while making a turn. He lost control of the motorcycle attempting to re-enter the roa

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United States of America v. Hugo Alexander Garcia-Sales

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault on a Federal Officer with a deadly or dangerous weapon and improper entry by an alien.

On October 13, 2022, Hugo Alexander Garcia-Sales, 22, of Guatemala, threw five softball-sized rocks at a United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) Air and Marine Operations helicopter Air Interdiction Agent while

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United States of America v. Jairaj Singh Dhillon

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of assault while in the special aircraft jurisdiction of the United States.

During an overnight flight from Los Angeles to Boston on May 31, 2022, Jairaj Singh Dhillon, ate 43, of Modesto, California, engaged in unwanted sexual contact with two female passengers sitting next to him. The first vi

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United States of America v. Danny Gene Kirby

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter.

Defendant is charged with one count of involuntary manslaughter in Indian country. The indictment alleges:

On or about July 23, 2022, within the Eastern District of Oklahoma, in Indian Country, the defendant, DANNY GENE KIRBY, an Indian, did unlawfully kill S.B., in the commis

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United States of America v. Gerald Wayne Johnson

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter.

On the morning of November 6, 2021, Gerald Wayne Johnson, 27, was driving a vehicle while intoxicated with a passenger in the front seat. Johnson was driving above 90 miles per hour on a public road which had a posted speed limit of 20 miles per hour. While speeding and driving rec

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Jennifer Blake, et al. v. Werner Enterprises, Inc. and Shiraz A. Ali

Houston, Texas plaintiff personal injury truck wreck wrongful death lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on auto negligence theories.

Trey Salinas was driving a vehicle with Jennifer Blake and her three children on eastbound Interstate 20 ("I-20") near Odessa, Texas on December 30, 2014, during a National Weather Service Winter Storm Warning. Salinas lost control of the vehic

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United States of America v. Michael Lopez-Loreto

Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens for profit placing people in jeopardy of injury and/or death.

On January 17, 2023, Lopez-Loreto was encountered by United States Border Patrol agents after a property owner reported a vehicle on their property. Agents subsequently observed individuals run from the desert and e

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Anthony Ladd, et al. v. Nashville Booting, LLC

Nashville, Tennessee personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on class action municipal code violation theory claiming that Defendant violated § 6.81.170(E) of the Code of the Metropolitan Government of Nashville and Davidson County, Tennessee (“Ordinance”)[2] stated that it was “prohibited and unlawful” for a booting service “[t]o fail to remove the boot within

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Kamiya Perry v. Kia Motors America, Inc.

Santa Ana, California personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a product liability theory.



On April 21, 2019, Perry was seated in the front passenger seat of a 2015 Kia Forte (Forte). The car was being driven in the middle lane of a three-lane highway.[1] The driver decided to make a U-turn from that lane, which involved cutting across the left lane to

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United States of America v. Erin D. Schweitzer, a/k/a Erin D. Martin

Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with involuntary manslaughter in Indian Country.

On April 18, 2019, officers, firefighters, and EMS were dispatched to a two-vehicle, head-on crash on CTH VV near St. Michael’s Cemetery on the Menominee Indian Reservation. When officials arrived at the scene, they found two SUVs—a Dodge Durango and a Kia Sorren

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United States of America v. Debra Lynn Mercer-Erwin

Sherman, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with an international drug trafficking conspiracy

Debra Lynn Mercer-Erwin, 60, was found guilty by a jury following a two-week trial before U.S. District Judge Amos Mazzant. Mercer-Erwin was convicted of money laundering; wire fraud; conspiracy to manufacture and distribute cocaine; and conspiracy to manufacture and dis

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The People v. Anurag Chandra

Riverside, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.

Anurag Chandra was accused of killing three teenage boys who plaintiff doorbell-ringing prank on him.

“The murder of these young men was a horrendous and senseless tragedy for our community. I thank the jury for their verdict. This is an important step toward justice,” county District Att

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Randy Smith v. The City of Stillwater, et al.

Stillwater, Oklahoma personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on Governmental Tort Claims Act negligence theories.


¶ 1 Decedent was allegedly engaged in drag racing while operating a motorcycle on the night of August 8, 2008. A police officer for the City of Stillwater attempted to stop Decedent. When Decedent failed to stop, several Payne County and City of

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Oakley Engesser v. Robert Dooley


[¶ 1.] The State appeals the circuit court's grant of Oakley B. Engesser's petition for a writ of habeas corpus. This is Engesser's second petition for a writ of habeas corpus in state court. A jury convicted Engesser of vehicular homicide and two counts of vehicular battery. He was sentenced to twenty-five years in the South Dakota State Penitentiary. His conviction was affirmed on appeal i

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State of South Dakota v. Oakley Engesser

Sturgis, South Dakota defendant charged with vehicular manslaughter

On July 30, 2000, 41-year-old Oakley Engesser and his 59-year-old friend, Dorothy Finley, were drinking together at the Full Throttle Saloon in Sturgis, South Dakota, a few days before the annual motorcycle rally there. Finley’s red Corvette was in the parking lot.

No one could recall seeing the couple leave, b

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Jade P. Schiewe, et al. v Cessna Aircraft Company, et al.

Tulsa, Oklahoma plaintiff personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued defendants on product liability theories.

The Plaintiffs were flying a Cessa 172RG on September 28, 2010, when a fire broke out in the engine compartment resulting in a crash landing. Plaintiff's claims against Cessan were based on product liability theories.



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United States of America v. Enrique Rodriguez

Del Rio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens resulting in serious bodily injury or placing lives in jeopardy.





Federal Courthouse - Del Rio, Texas


Federal Courthouse - Del Ri

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United States of America v. Marcos Adrian Garcia Lugo

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of methamphetamine, heroin, and fentanyl with intent to distribute.





Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah


Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City,

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