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United States of America v. Anton Panin, Jennie Lawson, Tracey Lawson and Viktoriia Zakirova
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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)
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United States of America v. Samaria Kearney
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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)
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United States of America v. Marlette Laishell Smith aka “Lala”
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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... $0 (06-02-2023 - AL)
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Reynaldo Gonzalez, et al. v. Google, LLC
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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... $0 (05-18-2023 - CA)
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State of Florida v. Juan Jose Rodriguez
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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... $0 (05-17-2023 - FL)
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United States of America v. Ashton Jordan
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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... $0 (05-16-2023 - CA)
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State of Oklahoma v. Gustus Andrew Glen Pennington
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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... $0 (05-16-2023 - OK)
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United States of America v. Joseph Harris
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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... $0 (04-28-2023 - NY)
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United States of America v. Li Liu, Yang Gao and Ye Wang
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Norfolk, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with with engaging in a conspiracy to launder money derived from running a prostitution business.
Federal Courthouse - Norfolk, Vi... More... $0 (03-03-2023 - VA)
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United States of America v. Steven Tucker, a/k/a Chill
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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... $0 (02-23-2023 - NH)
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Jane Doe v. Michael O. Barbazette, et al.
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Alexandria, Virginia personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on "Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act violation theories.
Federal Courthouse - Alexandria,... More... $0 (02-17-2023 - VA)
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United States of America v. Keenon Green
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San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempted sex trafficking of children and attempted enticement of a minor.
Federal Courthouse - San Diego>
More... $0 (02-17-2023 - CA)
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United States of America v. Long Ngoc Tran
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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.
More... $0 (02-14-2023 - CA)
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United States of America v. Jose Huizar
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Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with
racketerring, extortion and tax evasion.
Former Los Angeles City Politician José... More... $0 (01-20-2023 - CA)
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State of Oklahoma v. Caleb Charles Cannady
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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... $0 (12-23-2022 - OK)
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United States of America v. Sirron Little
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Greenbelt, Maryland criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking of a minor to engage in commercial sex acts.
Sirron Little, age 32, from Washington, D.C., recrui... More... $0 (12-06-2022 - MD)
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United States of America v. Lonnie Mitchell
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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.
Mor... More... $0 (12-02-2022 - AL)
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State of Oklahoma v. Melvin Girard Hall
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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... $0 (11-23-2022 - OK)
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Ex parte Jorge Mazuera
Possession of child pornography
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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... $0 (11-23-2022 - TX)
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United States of America v. Jovante L. Champion
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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... $0 (11-17-2022 - WI)
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United States of America v. Jonathan Avery Shumate
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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... $0 (11-03-2022 - VA)
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United States of America v. Oscar Carter
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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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United States of America v. Dean Edward Cheves
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Alexandria, Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in illicit sexual conduct in foreign places.
Dean Edward Cheves, 63, was serving at the U.S. Embassy in the Philippines from 2017 to 2021, during which time he met multiple minors over the internet. From December 2020 to March 2021, Cheves communicated online with a then 15- to 16-year-old Philippine mino... More... $0 (10-24-2022 - VA)
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State of Texas v. Manuel Mendoza
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Wichita Falls, Texas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with aggravated sexual assault and two counts of indecency with a child by contact.
Manuel Mendoza was accused of aggravated sexual assault and two counts on indecency with a child by contact by forcing the girls to perform sexual acts on him when she was in bed with him at night when she was 8 or 9 years old.
More... $0 (10-21-2022 - TX)
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United States of America v. Rajesh Singh
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Seattle, Washingtion criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempting to entice a minor 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 activity for whi... More... $0 (10-14-2022 - WA)
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