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State of Utah v. Sterrett Oney Neale

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with seven counts of sex-related crimes committed against one of his students. The victim told investigators about a pattern of the abuse that began in March of 2017—when she was a seventeen-year-old student of the defendant—after a school-play that the victim participated in and the defendant directed. Initia

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts v. Quahir Q.

Boston, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented juvenille Defendant charged with possession of a firearm.

On March 28, 2022, administrators at the Dearborn School in the Roxbury section of Boston learned that a student might be in possession of a weapon. School administrators performed an administrative search, which revealed that the juvenile possessed a nine millimeter Glock

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Janelle Quinn v. Columbia County School District

August, Georgia, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a education civil rights violation theory.

Quinn filed this suit in April 2022. In her complaint, she set
out two claims: racial discrimination under Title VI (“Count One”),
and retaliation under Title VI (“Count Two”). Importantly, Count
One was brought on behalf of D.J.Q. and Count Two

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Stacy Hovan v. Metroploitan Life Insurance Company

Miami, Florida, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a an ERISA law theory.

Stacy Hovan sued Metropolitan Life Insurance Company (“MetLife”) under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act
of 1974 (“ERISA”), challenging MetLife’s termination of her long- term disability benefit.

Hovan was employed as a commercial litiga

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Abigail Zwerner v. Ebony Parker, et al.

Newport News, Virginia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a gross negligence claim.

Abigail Zwerner, a first-grad teacher in Newport News, Virginia was shot by a 6-year-old student who brought his mother’s gun to class in January 2023. She sued Ebony Parker claiming that the assistant principal failed and refused to respond to four separate reports from staff me

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State of Wisconsin v. Jeffrey Rupnow

Madison, Wisconsin, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with contributing to the delinquency of a child and two counts of providing a dangerous weapon to a person under 18 resulting in death.

Jeffrey Rupnow, 42, the father of Natalie “Samantha” Rupnow who shot and killed two people at Abundant Life Christian School.

Authorities claim that the Defe

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Everett De'Andre Arnold, et al. v. Barbers Hill Independent School District, et al.

Houston, Texas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on civil rights violation theories.

BHISD maintains a Student Code of Conduct, setting stand-
ards for behavior and discipline within the district. Hair-length restrictions
have long existed in the Student Code of Conduct, limiting the ways male
students could wear their hair. Halfway through the 2019–2020

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Melissa Trinidad v. Ricahrd D'Ambra

Providence, Rhode Island, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a negligence theory.

On October 30, 1996, Melissa Trinidad, not yet three years old, was diagnosed with a blood lead level of 45 µg/dL.

At the time, she lived in a dwelling owned by Defendant Richard D'Ambra (D'Ambra) located at 500 Branch Avenue in Providence, Rhode Island. (Compl. ¶ 4.) After an

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B.K. v. B.W.

Concord, New Hampshire, family law lawyer represented the parties in a civil stalking protection case.

A person commits the offense of stalking if, among other things, that person "[p]urposely, knowingly, or recklessly engages in a course of conduct targeted at a specific person which would cause a reasonable person to fear for his or her personal safety or the safety of a member of that

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United States of America v. Joya M. Kinney

Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Pornography.

Joya M. Kinney, 45, of Bellevue, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 24, 2025, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for one count of embezzlement from an organization that received federal benefits. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Kinney to

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State of California v. Victor Viera Chavez

Fairfield, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault.

Victor Viera Chavez was arrested after police say he assaulted a female student while she was walking to Fairfield High School.

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State of Texas v. Brandon Ashley

Cleburne, Texas criminal defense lawyer representing Defendant accused of morder.

Brandon Ashley accused of killing his wife Chelsea Spillers, a high school teacher, who was found in her home.

Insanity many be asserted as a defense.

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United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced .

Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.

“The

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United States of America v. Demetrius Combs

St. Louis, MO criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking crimes.

A high school baseball coach in Illinois was indicted and accused of drug trafficking crimes.

Demetrius Combs, 33, of Sauget, Illinois, was indicted in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on August 27 with one count of distribution of fentanyl, two counts of distribution of methamph

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State of Iowa v. Tyler Pavlick

Des Moines, Iowa, criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with invasion of privacy.

Tyler Pavlick, 32, is accused of capturing visual and audio footage of people using the toilet inside a porta-potty during a middle school and high school cross country meet in September.

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United States of America v. Brian Hinds

Louisville, KY criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing and possessing child pornography.

A federal criminal complaint and arrest warrant were issued on October 9, 2025, charging a Jefferson County high school teacher with distributing and possessing child pornography.

U.S. Attorney Kyle G. Bumgarner of the Western District of Kentucky, Special

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United States of America v. Sean Carson

Oxford, MS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercing over 46 Minor Victims to Send Child Pornography.


A Tupelo, Mississippi man was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for using an online application to coerce minor females to send him sexually explicit images and videos.

According to court documents, Sean Carson, 24 years old, was getting gir

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B.A., et al. v. Tri County Area Schools, et al.

Rapid City, Michigan civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who claimed that their Constitutional Rights were violated by the Defendants.

Two middle schoolers in Michigan wore sweatshirts emblazoned with the phrase “Let’s Go Brandon” to school. Based on the commonly understood meaning of the slogan, the school administrators determined that the sweatshirts were

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State of Florida v. 15-Year-Old Sophommore

Orlando, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter and possession of a gun on school property.

Fifteen year 0ld High School sophomore shot and killed 16-year-old Pinien Dalmacy died after being shot twice at Vogt-Meloon Park.

The two boy got into a confrontation at school and agreed to meet at the part to settle their differences.

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State of Oklahoma v. Albert George Davis, Jr.

Sapulpa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:

1. DISTRIBUTE CDS W/IN 2000 FT PARK/SCHOOL/IN THE PRESENCE OF MINOR

2. POSSESSION OF CDS WITHOUT TAX STAMP AFFIXED

3. POSSESS FIREARM DURING COMMISSION OF A FELONY

4. MAINTAINING PLACE FOR KEEPING/SELLING CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE

5. CULTIVATION OF CONTROLLED SUBS

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State of Washington v. John Doe

Seattle, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary and felony harassment.

As 60-year-old man forced his way into a Seattle high school and assaulted a security guard, and later threatened a teen with a gun and knife.

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United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization.

Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, pleaded guilty today to one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Josep

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United States of America v. Demetrius Combs

St. Louis, MO criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of distribution of fentanyl, two counts of distribution of methamphetamine, one count of possession with intent to distribute in excess of 400 grams of fentanyl, one count of possession with intent to distribute in excess of 500 grams of methamphetamine and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of

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Cheyenne Johnson v. Mount Pleasant Public Schools, et al.

Bay City, Michigan civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who claimed that her child's rights were violated.

This is a case about a public-school teacher,
Jason Russell, who had good reason to believe that a student, X.M., brought a handgun to school;
Russell’s actions to protect against that threat; and the lawsuit by Cheyenne Johnson, X.M.’s
mother, a

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United States of America v. Demetrius Combs

St. Louis, Missouri criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking crimes.
A high school baseball coach in Illinois has been indicted and accused of drug trafficking crimes.

Demetrius Combs, 33, of Sauget, Illinois, was indicted in U.S. District Court in St. Louis on August 27 with one count of distribution of fentanyl, two counts of distribution of m

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