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United States of America v. John Tamahere McCabe

Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. The Defendant was accused of defrauding a 79-year-old Orange County, California, victim out of nearly $2 million via false promises to broker the sale of the victim’s yacht and by taking out unauthorized loans against the victim’s Irvine condominium, which left the victim homeless. John Tamahere

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State of Oklahoma v. Contu Lee Everett

Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm after former conviction of a felony (AFCF), in violation of 21 O.S. 1283, which provides: A. Except as provided in subsection B of this section, it shall be unlawful for any person convicted of any felony in any court of this state or of another state or of the United States to have in

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Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Ryan Wedding, Olympic snowboarder turned Wedding, who competed for his home country in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, has been accused of running a major drug trafficking network that moved cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the U.S. and Canada. Ryan James Wedding, 44,

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United States of America v. Felix Clark

Camden, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer Jeremy McLymont represented the Defendant who was charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud. Felix Clark, a/k/a “Joseph Moore,” a/k/a “Stanley Smith,” 37, of Royse City, Texas, conspired and agreed to receive the proceeds of fraud perpetrated by a co-conspirator in Ghana and transfer proceeds overseas. During the conspiracy, one or more of

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United States of America v. Carlos Orense Azocar

New York City, New York, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to import cocaine into the United States and related weapons charges. Carlos Orense Azocar and his drug trafficking organization distributed tons of cocaine destined for importation into the United States. ORENSE AZOCAR helped transport, receive, and distribute loads of cocaine ranging from hu

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United States of America v. Jesse El-Ghoul

Worcester, Massachusetts, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of government money, bank fraud, and money laundering. Jesse El-Ghoul, 31, owned and operated Affordable Motor Group in Leominster, Mass. and owed back taxes for the business. On March 29, 2024, El-Ghoul deposited a tax refund check for $1,344,863, payable to Affordable Motor Group into his business b

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Arizona v. Rodney Joseph Gant

Respondent Gant was arrested for driving on a suspended license, handcuffed, and locked in a patrol car before officers searched his car and found cocaine in a jacket pocket. The Arizona trial court denied his motion to suppress the evidence, and he was convicted of drug offenses. Reversing, the State Supreme Court distinguished New York v. Belton, 453 U.S. 454, 101 S.Ct. 2860, 69 L.Ed.2d 768—wh

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Graham v. Connor

Charlotte, North Carolina, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theory. Berry's car, and made an investigative stop, ordering the pair to wait while he found out what had happened in the store. Respondent backup police officers arrived on the scene, handcuffed Graham, and ignored or rebuffed attempts to explain and treat Graham's condition.

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United States of America v. Maurice Kelly Johnson, aka “Reese"

Huntington, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of firearm by a convicted felon. On May 22, 2025, Johnson provided a Smith & Wesson model M&P Shield M2.0 9mm pistol that was sold to a confidential informant in Huntington. As part of his guilty plea, Maurice Kelly Johnson, also known as “Reese,” 58, of Huntington, admitted to possessing th

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United States of America v. Jonathan Leissler

Cleveland, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud after defrauding his employer, a police organization, and an online fundraising company out of millions of dollars. From about March 2022 to November 2024, Jonathan Leissler, 44, of Stow, Ohio, worked at an industrial supply company in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, as its chief financial officer (CFO). This

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United States of America v. Christian Sturdivant

Charlotte, North Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with providing material support to a foreign terrorist organization. Christian Sturdivant, of Mint Hill, allegedly planned to use knives and hammers to execute a deadly New Year’s Eve attack at a grocery store and a fast food restaurant in support of the Islamic State in Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has been arrest

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United States of America v. Joseph A. McCallum, Jr.

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and making false statements. Joseph A. McCallum, Jr. 70, a former member of the Newark Municipal Council who also served on the Board of Directors of the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation (“NCEDC”), was charged with participating in a scheme to obtain bribes and kickbacks and subsc

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United States of America v. Jose Israel Teneaca-Mejia

New Haven, Connecticut, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child exploitation. An April 29, 2025, the Stamford Police Department secured an arrest warrant charging Jose Israel Teneaca-Mejia, age 21, a citizen of Ecuador residing in West Haven, with felony risk of injury and interfering with an officer. Tenesaca Mejia subsequently fled Connecticut with a 14-year-old

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United States of America v. Ryan Clifford Goldberg and Kevin Martin

Miami, Florida, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiring to obstruct, delay or affect commerce through extortion in connection with ransomware attacks occurring in 2023. Ryan Goldberg, 40, of Georgia, Kevin Martin, 36, of Texas, and another co-conspirator successfully deployed the ransomware known as ALPHV BlackCat between April 2023 and December 2023 agains

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United States of America v. Jonathan Leissler

Akron, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. from about March 2022 to November 2024, Jonathan Leissler, 44, of Stow, Ohio, worked at an industrial supply company in Warrensville Heights, Ohio, as its chief financial officer (CFO). This role allowed him access to sensitive data such as payroll, expenditures, accounts payable, and company credit cards. H

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United States of America v. Brooke McDonough

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of embezzlement by bank employee, six counts of transactional money laundering, and five counts of structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements. Starting in June 2021, Brooke McDonough, 35, of Mesa, Arizona, stole cash from the ATM machines and vault inside the branch she managed. She then

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United States of America v. Devon Shermaine Rhodes

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r possessing with the intent to distribute bulk crystal methamphetamine. On Nov. 8, 2022, authorities conducted surveillance at a local fast-food establishment where they observed a drug transaction involving Devon Shermaine Rhodes. He had paid more than $10,000 in cash for approximately five kilograms of crystal met

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United States of America v. Jason K. Hairston

Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Between September 13, 2024, and January 30, 2025, Jason K. Hairston, 28, of Charleston, sold a total of approximately 1.1 kilograms of methamphetamine for a total of $5,000 over the course of four separate transactions. As part of his guilty plea, Hairsto

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United States of America v. Anthony Raymond Dodd, et al.

Tacoma, Washington, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with drug trafficking and firearms violations. The longest sentence, ten years, was imposed on Anthony Raymond Dodd, 36, of Seattle. Dodd was convicted of possession of fentanyl with intent to distribute and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime on July 25, 2025 following a three-day t

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Commonwealth of Virginia v. John Clinton Landers

Suffolk, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of assault and battery of a law enforcement officer and obstruction of justice. At 7:40 p.m. on September 27, 2022, Suffolk Police Officers Charles Lauster and Brandon Pruitt responded to a noise complaint in northern Suffolk.[1] The officers approached Landers in uniform displaying their badges of au

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United States of America v. Hernan Burgos Prada

Cincinnati, Ohio, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1956(h), which provides:

(h) Any person who conspires to commit any offense defined in this section or section 1957 shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense the commission of which was the object of the conspirac

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United States of America v. Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell

Jackson, Mississippi, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

his case is about whether the Second Amendment protects a habitual marijuana user from being permanently dispossessed of a firearm based on our Nation’s historical tradition of firearm regulation. On November 28, 2023, Kevin LaMarcus Mitchell was charged with possess

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State of Oklahoma v. Darrell Lamont Mayfield

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a controlled drug in jail or penal institution in violation of 57 O.S. 21 (A).

A. Any person who, without authority, brings into or has in his or her possession in any jail or state penal institution or other place where prisoners are located, any gun, knife, bomb or other dangerous instrument,

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Estate of Donovan L. Lewis v. City of Columbus, Ohio, et al.

Columbus, Ohio personal injury lawyer represents the Plaintiff who sued on an excessive force civil rights violation theory.

Twenty-year-old Donovan Lewis was at home in bed, around 2 a.m., when police officers entered his apartment to arrest him on outstanding warrants. Once inside the residence, Officer Ricky Anderson fatally shot the unarmed Lewis in the abdomen as he sat up in bed. Pu

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State of West Virginia v. Michael Keith Allman

Parkersburg, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of drugs.

On the evening of June 4, 2022, a Parkersburg police officer arrested Mr. Allman pursuant to an outstanding warrant. Once Mr. Allman was handcuffed, the officer seized a backpack that Mr. Allman had been carrying but had set down prior to his arrest. After backup arrived and sec

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