Newark, New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with distributing and possessing videos of child sexual abuse.

Bryan Wesselius, 45, of Whippany, New Jersey, is charged by complaint with one count of distribution of child pornography and one count of possession of child pornography. He appeared by videoconference today before U.S. Magistrate Judge Cathy L. Waldor a... More...   $0 (07-30-2022 - NY)

Nashville, Tennessee social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of applicant's application for benefits by HHS.


James C. Wyrich initiated this action on August 7, 2020, seeking review of an administrative law judge's decision to deny him Supplemental Security Income (SSI) benefits. Wyrich filed a timely motion for judgment on the administrati... More...   $0 (07-05-2022 - TN)

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to attempt kidnapping.

Denia L. Avila, age 39, of Columbus, recruited seven co-conspirators to plan and carry out her plan to kidnap the couple near their Hilliard residence. Two conspirators dressed in black facemasks approached the victims as they entered their vehicle about 5:30 a.m. on November 25, 20... More...   $0 (07-01-2022 - OH)

Miami, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with immigrant smuggling.

Following a seven-day trial, a federal jury found defendant Julio Ruiz Chuta, 35, guilty of smuggling an unaccompanied child into the United States for financial gain. The jury found Chuta not guilty of forced labor and confiscating the child’s passport and other immigration documents.
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New Orleans, social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of Plaintiff’s application for disability benefits by HHS.


Having considered the record, the applicable law, the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation (“R&R”),[1] and plaintiff's objections to the R&R,[2]the Court hereby approves the R&R and adopts it as its opinion. The Cou... More...   $0 (07-01-2022 - LA)

Dallas, Texas employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a civil rights employment discrimination theory.


This case concerns the termination of Plaintiff Jonathan Maxwell's at-will employment from Mesquite Independent School District (“Defendant” or “School District”). Plaintiff alleges he was terminated because of three social media posts that he made... More...   $0 (07-01-2022 - TX)

Sherman, Texas civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants sued by Plaintiff claiming that Defendants stole gold rings.


Jostens, Inc. (“Jostens”) brought this action against Jerry, alleging he stole gold rings from Jostens' Denton, Texas location while employed there as a security guard. This Court granted Jostens' Motion for Temporary Restraining Order on March 19, 2020, and... More...   $0 (07-01-2022 - TX)

San Antonio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiring to provide material support to the designated foreign terrorist organization Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham/Syria (ISIS).

Kristopher Sean Matthews, aka Ali Jibreel, 36, of South Carolina, was sentenced to 240 months in prison and Jaylyn Christopher Molina (aka Abdur Rahim), 24, of Cost, TX, was sen... More...   $0 (07-01-2022 - TX)

Del Rio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to transport illegal aliens and one count of conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens, both in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Section 1324, as well as one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering.

Roberto Galeas-Mejia, 45, from Hondura... More...   $0 (07-01-2022 - TX)

Fort Worth, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with receipt of child pornography.

In April 2019, Homeland Security Investigations initiated an investigation into a dark web website offering child pornography material for purchase. During the investigation, it was discovered that Angel Aguilar Montalvo purchased child pornography from this website using crypto cur... More...   $0 (07-01-2022 - TX)

Boston, Massachusetts criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Todd Miozza, 51, was charged with possession of child pornography. Miozza was arrested on June 29, 2022 and, following an initial appearance yesterday in federal court in Boston before U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge Donald L. Cabell, Miozza was detained pending a detenti... More...   $0 (07-01-2022 - MA)

Fort Worth, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with with electronic harassment.


The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals held that Penal Code Section 42.07(a)(7), the electronic harassment statute, "does not implicate the First Amendment" and "is not facially unconstitutional," rejecting Appellant Charles Barton's arguments to the contrary. Ex parte Barton, No. PD... More...   $0 (06-30-2022 - TX)

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with felony possesson of a firearm.

Henry “Michael” Dwight Williams, 32, was charged via criminal complaint in January 2022.

“This defendant, a convicted felon, had no business carrying – much less buying and selling – firearms. Whether he suspected his buyer would use the gun to menace a community of ... More...   $0 (06-30-2022 - TX)

Concord, New Hampshire criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with multiple counts of bank fraud, wire fraud, and attempted wire fraud.

Roger Leavitt, age 43, of Irvine, California and Josh Leavit, age 40, of Northwood, New Hampshire were indicted by a federal grand jury on Monday and charged with multiple counts of bank fraud, wire fraud, and attempted wire fraud.
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Tulsa, Oklahoma criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with misdemeanor Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol

¶1 On May 11, 2021, Appellee, Clay A. Ballenger, was charged with misdemeanor Driving Under the Influence of Alcohol, in violation of 47 O.S.Supp.2018, § 11-902, in Tulsa County District Court, Case No. CM-2021-1695. On June 27, 2021, Ballenger filed a Motion to... More...   $0 (06-30-2022 - OK)

Nashville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to file fraudulent federal income tax returns.

Claudio Juarez, 40, was arrested at his residence in Bowling Green, Kentucky and transported to the Middle District of Tennessee.

Juarez and others were charged in 2016 with conspiracy to file false claims against the United States, wire frau... More...   $0 (06-29-2022 - TN)

Portland, Maine civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant sexual harassment theory.


Plaintiff Tyler Anderson, a Massachusetts resident, began attending the University of New England (“UNE”) as a student in 2015. In the fall of 2018, Anderson began his senior year with a class schedule that included a biochemistry class with UNE Professor Deena Small.
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Louisville, Kentucky criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with aggravated identity theft, unlawful possession of identity documents, possession of counterfeit and unauthorized credit and debit card information, and possession of equipment to make fraudulent credit and debit cards.

Bronson Meador, 35, of Hurst, Texas, who lived for a brief time in Elizabethtown, Kentucky,... More...   $0 (06-28-2022 - KY)

Tallahassee, Florida pro se Plaintiff, without a lawyer, sued Defendants on prison civil rights theories.


This Court has considered, without hearing, the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation. ECF No. 15. Plaintiff seeks only injunctive relief from this Court-namely, “to have Aramark Kitchen Director and Security Officer Captain Sheffield both ordered by Court to cease cheat... More...   $0 (06-28-2022 - FL)

Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with multiple drug felonies.

According to court documents, in March 2022, a federal jury convicted Travis Vontress, 45, of Wichita of the following charges:

one count of conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine;
one count of conspiracy to distribute heroin;
one count of conspiracy to distrib... More...   $0 (06-28-2022 - ks)

Helena, Montana criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with two counts of deliberate homicide.


¶3 On the night of March 18, 2018, Hamm rode with Kaleb Taylor (Kaleb) and Journey Wienke (Wienke) in Kaleb's truck to the home of Kaleb's parents-David and Charla Taylor (the Taylors)-in the Helena Valley. According to the record, Hamm allegedly waited outside in Kaleb's tr... More...   $0 (06-28-2022 - MT)