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United States of America v. Tyler James Stephens

Muskogee, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with stalking, attempted first degree burglary in Indian Country, attempted sexual abuse, first degree burglary and coercion and enticement.


18 U.S.C. 1151 provides:

Except as otherwise provided in sections 1154 and 1156 of this title, the term “Indian country”, as used in this chapter, means (a) al... More...
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United States of America v. Robert Hadden

New York City, New York criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with coercion or enticement of females in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2422, which provides:

(a) Whoever knowingly persuades, induces, entices, or coerces any individual to travel in interstate or foreign commerce, or in any Territory or Possession of the United States, to engage in prostitution, or in any sexual... More...
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United States of America v. Gerald H. Paul-Gibson

Kansas City, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking a child.


On March 9, 2022, Gerald H. Paul-Gibson, 33, pleaded guilty to the sex trafficking of a child. Paul-Gibson admitted that he recruited, transported, and advertised a 15-year-old victim for prostitution, and either knew or recklessly disregarded the fact that the child victim was u... More...
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United States of America v. Anton Panin, Jennie Lawson, Tracey Lawson and Viktoriia Zakirova

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to operate a prostitution enterprise called XO Companions, or XOC.

Panin, age 40, of Hollywood, Florida, Jennie Lawson, age 37, of Dillsburg, Pennsylvania, Tracey Lawson, age 57, of Thomasville, Pennsylvania, and Viktoriia Zakirova, age 32, of Miami, Florida. were charged with conspiring to tra... More...
   $0 (06-08-2023 - PA)

United States of America v. Samaria Kearney

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to traffic an adult female for sex by force, fraud or coercion.

Samaria Kearney was under the influence of another person, engaging in prostitution and causing others to become victims of sex trafficking. Kearney participated in controlling the victim.

Kearney's boyfriend and co-defendant Aryi... More...
   $0 (06-07-2023 - TX)

United States of America v. Marlette Laishell Smith aka “Lala”

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking minors.

Marlette Laishell Smith aka “Lala,” 29, of Rome, Georgia, recruited two minor females (15 and 16 years of age) into prostitution for her own financial gain. The minor victims were stranded in Memphis, Tennessee, and were trying to get back home to California. Smith met them on a s... More...
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Reynaldo Gonzalez, et al. v. Google, LLC

In 2015, ISIS terrorists unleashed a set of coordinated attacks across Paris, France, killing 130 victims, including
Nohemi Gonzalez, a 23-year-old U. S. citizen.1 Gonzalez’s parents and brothers then sued Google, LLC, under 18
U. S. C. §§2333(a) and (d)(2), alleging that Google was both directly and secondarily liable for the terrorist attack that killed Gonzalez.2 For their seconda... More...
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State of Florida v. Juan Jose Rodriguez

Ocala, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts of lewd, lascivious molestation of a child younger than 12.

Juan Jose Rodriguez, age 61, was three counts of lewd, lascivious molestation of a child younger than 12.

Assistant State Attorney Adam Smith prosecuted the case.

800.04.5AB, which provides:

800.04 Lewd or lasciviou... More...
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United States of America v. Ashton Jordan

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with transporting a woman from Nevada to Arizona to California in order to cause her to engage in prostitution.

Jordan was arrested in Arizona in November 2021 on sex trafficking charges following his indictment by a federal grand jury. He first came to the attention of law enforcement in July 2021 when the victi... More...
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State of Oklahoma v. Gustus Andrew Glen Pennington

Claremore, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with:

Count # 1. Count as Filed: CHAB, CHILD ABUSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 (A)
Date of Offense: 02/22/2020
Party Name Disposition Information
Pennington, Gustus Andrew Glen
Count # 2. Count as Filed: CHAB, CHILD ABUSE, in violation of 21 O.S. 843.5 (A)
Date of Offense: 02/25/2020More...
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United States of America v. Joseph Harris

Brooklyn, New York criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking multiple victims by force, fraud, and coercion.

From July 2017 until his arrest in May 2018, Joseph Harris, a/k/a "Luis Santana," used violence and threats of violence, along with abusive and coercive tactics, to compel multiple victims to engage in commercial sex acts for his financial benefit... More...
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United States of America v. Li Liu, Yang Gao and Ye Wang

Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with with engaging in a conspiracy to launder money derived from running a prostitution business.





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United States of America v. Steven Tucker, a/k/a Chill

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1591.


The testimony at Tucker's four-day jury trial revealed that, between October 2013 and July 2014, Tucker ran a robust heroin trade and prostitution venture out of his address of record on Walnut Street in Manchester, New Hampshire. Serving as both a... More...
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Jane Doe v. Michael O. Barbazette, et al.

Alexandria, Virginia personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on "Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act violation theories.





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United States of America v. Keenon Green

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempted sex trafficking of children and attempted enticement of a minor.





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United States of America v. Long Ngoc Tran

San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged for his role in the operation of dozens of illegal gambling dens that fostered drug trafficking, violent crime, and gang activity within a small San Diego neighborhood.





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United States of America v. Jose Huizar

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with
racketerring, extortion and tax evasion.




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State of Oklahoma v. Caleb Charles Cannady

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with human trafficking in violation of 21 O.S. 748(C), which provides:

A. As used in Sections 748 and 748.2 of this title:

1. "Coercion" means compelling, forcing or intimidating a person to act by:

a. threats of harm or physical restraint against any person,

b. any act, scheme, plan, or patte... More...
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United States of America v. Sirron Little

Greenbelt, Maryland criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking of a minor to engage in commercial sex acts.




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Sirron Little, age 32, from Washington, D.C., recrui... More...
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United States of America v. Lonnie Mitchell

Montgomery, Alabama no criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with coercing several victims, including a minor, to engage in prostitution over the course of several years. The judge also ordered the defendant to pay over $950,000 in restitution to the victims. 




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State of Oklahoma v. Melvin Girard Hall

Lawton, Oklahoma criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with human trafficking in violation of 21 O.S. 748, which provides:

A. As used in Sections 748 and 748.2 of this title:

1. "Coercion" means compelling, forcing or intimidating a person to act by:

a. threats of harm or physical restraint against any person,

b. any act, scheme, plan, or pattern... More...
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Ex parte Jorge Mazuera Possession of child pornography

Houston, Texas – Criminal Defense lawyer represented defendant with challenging the trial court’s orders denying in part his pretrial applications for writ of habeas corpus.



Appellant is charged with ten separate felony offenses of possession of child
pornography.2

Pretrial Applications for Writ of Hab... More...
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United States of America v. Jovante L. Champion

Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with four felony crimes: sex trafficking by force, fraud, or coercion; interstate transportation for prostitution; sex trafficking of a child and by force, fraud, or coercion; and transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity.

Jovante L. Champion, age 31, from Milwaukee, was a member of a ... More...
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United States of America v. Jonathan Avery Shumate

Abingdon, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with suing the social media platforms Snapchat and Grindr to exploit teenage boys from Southwest Virginia.

Jonathan Avery Shumate, age 54, from Warrensville, North Carolina, used both Snapchat and Grindr to contact teenage males attending Oak Hill Academy in Grayson County, Virginia, and offered to provide vapes and vapi... More...
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United States of America v. Oscar Carter

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating the Mann Act by transporting a minor across state lines for the purpose having the minor engage in prostitution and conspiracy.

Oscar Carter, age 35, from Tulsa, Oklahoma, pleaded guilty and admitted that he agreed and conspired with another individual, Shelby Summer Brown, to commit an offense agai... More...
   $0 (11-02-2022 - PA)

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