| United States of America v. Dimitris Smith, Jr. |
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Scranton, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged distribution of fentanyl resulting in serious bodily injury and death and four counts of distribution of fentanyl and cocaine. Dimitris Smith, Jr., age 48, of East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, distributed a deadly dose of fentanyl on December 11, 2023, in East Stroudsburg, Monroe County. A 38 year old female died $ (01-12-2026 - PA) |
| United States of America v. Edward Arthur Owens Jr. |
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a threat to injure a local public official and making false statements to government agents. On May 20, 2025, Edward Arthur Owens Jr., 30, knowingly and willfully transmitted via a social media messaging app the following threat to injure a local public official: “We’re coming for you [emoji of $ (01-12-2026 - PA) |
| United States of America v. Paul Jorgensen |
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New York, New York, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with committing securities fraud in connection with a multimillion-dollar scheme to trade in stock and options of Doximity based on inside information in advance of the company’s quarterly earnings calls. Former Chief Revenue Officer Paul Jorgensen Admits to Repeated Illegal Trading in Doximity in Advance of Quarte $ (01-09-2026 - NY) |
| United States of America v. Eddy Mendez Carmona |
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Concord, New Hampshire, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Eddy Mendez Carmona, 44, pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute and one count of distributing controlled substances. Mendez Carmona will be removed from the United States upon the completion of his prison sentence. Charges are still p $ (01-11-2026 - NH) |
| United States of America v. Juan Francisco Castaneda |
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Birmingham, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and money laundering. Juan Francisco Castaneda, also known as “Pariente,” 44, guilty pleaded guilty. Castaneda ran his drug trafficking and money laundering organization with the use of contraband phones while he was serving multiple life sentences f $ (01-09-2026 - AL) |
| United States of America v. Nicholas Ferlando Haynie |
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Mobile, Alabama, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute Cocaine and Heroin. Following a trial in September 2025, a federal jury convicted an Arkansas man of conspiracy to distribute cocaine. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, Nicholas Ferlando Haynie, 45, of Camden, Arkansas, was a member of a dru $ (12-29-2025 - AL) |
| United States of America v. Michael Dwayne Banks and Victor Valente-Reynoso |
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Atlanta, Georgia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing controlled substances and possession of a machine gun. On August 23, 2022, Victor Valente Reynoso, an illegal alien from Mexico, sold 536 fentanyl pills outside a gas station in Clayton County, Georgia. Following that deal, Reynoso and his conspirators arranged to sell 5,000 fentanyl pills at a church $ (01-09-2026 - GA) |
| United States of America v. Ernest Lee Thomas, II |
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Pensacola, Florida, criminal defense lawyer John Wilkins represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On May 31, 2025, deputies with the Escambia County Sheriff’s Office conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle occupied by the Ernest Lee Thomas II, 35, of Pensacola, Florida. During the traffic stop, a search of the vehicle uncovered a loaded black .45-cali $ (01-08-2026 - Fl) |
| United States of America v. Eduardo Saavedra Melayes |
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Panama City, Florida, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated identify theft, falsely representing U.S. citizenship, and false statement in application for passport. In December of 2023, the Eduardo Saavedra Melayes, 45, a Mexican national, submitted a passport application in-person at a Panama City post office. Upon processing, the application was denied due $ (01-08-2026 - FL) |
| Muscogee (Creek) Nation v. Steve Kunzweiler |
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Tulsa, Oklahoma Indian law lawyers filed suit on behalf of the Muscogee (Creek) Nation seeking an injunction prohibiting the States of Oklahoma from prosecuting Native Americans accused of committing crimes in the Creek Reservation. $ (12-30-2025 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Gustavo Gordillo |
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Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. In July 2020, public record reflects that Oklahoma City Police Department (OCPD) investigators received a cyber tip after files containing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) were uploaded to a Google Photos account. The investigation revealed that the individual who uploaded $ (01-09-2026 - OK) |
| United States of America v. Simon Meza |
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Denver, Colorado, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery and possession of a firearm and ammunition by a prohibited person. On September 20, 2023, Simon Meza, 45, Denver, entered the Huntington Bank at 18520 E. Green Valley Ranch Blvd in Denver and robbed the bank by demanding money from the teller. Meza took the money and fled. Eight days later, on Septembe $ (01-09-2026 - CO) |
| United States of America v. Donald Thompson |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder. On January 1, 2026, Donald Thompson, 49, an enrolled member of the Pueblo of Laguna, allegedly shot and killed another Laguna Pueblo member during a confrontation at a cemetery within the Pueblo of Laguna in Cubero, New Mexico. Law enforcement responded to reports of a shooting and foun $ (01-08-2026 - NM) |
| United States of America v. Muna Abdi |
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Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conversion of government funds. From November 1, 2021, to about June 30, 2024, Muna Abdi, 36, a Somali national living in Millcreek, Utah, converted funds from the United States Social Security Administration (SSA) for her own benefit. The SSA, who was not aware of Abdi’s mother’s death, continued to dispe $ (01-05-2026 - UT) |
| United States of America v. Mountazar Altalibi and Jaafar Altalibi |
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Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing Alpha-yrrolidinohexanophenone, commonly referred to as “Alpha PHP,” or “bath salts. Mountazar Altalibi, 36, of Salt Lake County, Utah, and Jaafar Altalibi, 44, both of Salt Lake County, were charged with distributing Alpha-Pyrrolidinohexanophenone, commonly referred to as “Alpha PHP,” or $ (01-09-2026 - UT) |
| United States of America v. Austin Riley Jensen |
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St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r producing and receiving child sexual abuse material involving a 15-year-old victim. Law enforcement found communications between Austin Riley Jensen, 33, of Hurricane, Utah, and an individual on federal supervised release in Las Vegas, Nevada, which occurred between October 2022 and December 2022, containing ima $ (01-09-2026 - UT) |
| United States of America v. Taxavier Ford |
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Sioux City, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms. Taxavier Ford, 29, from Alta, Iowa, was charged one count of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Ford was previously convicted of possession of a narcotic drug, in the State of Indiana in 2017, and possession of marijuana, with intent to deliver and possession of a firear $ (01-08-2026 - IA) |
| United States of America v. Brian K. Ditch |
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St. Louis, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated identity theft, theft of a government property, and being a felon in possession of a firearm. Brian K. Ditch, now 45, of Salem, Missouri, became solely responsible for his uncle’s care in 2008. At some point, instead of properly caring for his uncle, Ditch kept him locked away and subjected him to i $ (01-08-2026 - MO) |
| United States of America v. Justin Curtis Huckaby |
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Great Falls, Montana, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with two counts of being a prohibited person in possession of a firearm and ammunition. The government alleged in court documents and at trial that Justin Curtis Huckaby, age 44, was convicted of a felony in the Montana Thirteenth Judicial District on June 5, 2019. He was sentenced to a period of custody of up to 15 $ (01-08-2026 - MT) |
| United States of America v. Charles River Laboratories, Inc. |
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San Francisco, California, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of unlawfully manufacturing and distributing of controlled substances between 2019 and 2022 in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). – Charles River Laboratories, Inc. (CRL), successor by merger to Explora Biolabs Holdings, Inc., a provider of contract vivarium research services, was previ $ (01-05-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Israel Claustro |
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Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Orange County Superior Court judge Israel Claustro, age 50, was charged with defrauding California’s workers’ compensation program. “Judge Claustro violated the law for his personal financial benefit,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli. “We will not hesitate to $ (01-07-2026 - CA) |
| United States of America v. Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero |
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San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with attempted murder and murder. on March 26, 2024, 15-year-olds Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero, age 15, from Wilmington, California—members of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Westside Wilmas gang from the greater Los Angeles area—drove from Wilmington, California to a Chili’s restaurant in Chula Vist $ (12-18-2025 - CA) |
| Zachary Hopkins v. Serra Nissan Oldsmobile, Inc, et al. |
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Birmingham, Alabama, consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants, claiming that they fraudulently sold him a car that had more miles on it than the odometer. Defendants Serra Nissan Oldsmobile, Inc., and Serra Automotive Management Group, Inc. (collectively, “Serra”) sold a car with an Alabama title to Plaintiff Zachary Hopkins. Mr. Hopkins later learned that $ (01-08-2026 - AL) |
| United States of America v. Steven E. Graham |
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Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking and firearm charges. In late November 2023, Steven E. Graham, age 40, of Wenatchee, Washington, was serving a term of community custody supervision from a prior state drug conviction. Members of the Columbia River Drug Task Force were investigating Graham not only for drug trafficking, but beca $ (12-30-2025 - WA) |
| United States of America v. Michael Malekzadeh |
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Eugene, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged or his role in a vast fraud conspiracy that cost customers more than $65 million in unfulfilled orders and defrauded financial institutions out of more than $15 million. Michael Malekzadeh, 42, a Eugene was found guilt. “This million-dollar fraud was fueled by the defendant’s insatiable greed and wreaked havoc on $ (01-08-2026 - OR) |
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