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United States of America v. Quintron Dixon

Syracuse, New York criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of a controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance

Quintron Dixon, age 22, of Syracuse, pled guilty today to distribution of a controlled substance and possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance. Acting United States Attorney John A. Sarcon

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United States of America v. Robert Orvaets

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of fiarearm and ammunition.

Robert Oravets committed a series of serious felonies. He claims that the Second Amendment nonetheless protects his right to possess a firearm.

Six years ago, Ohio indicted Oravets on two counts of drug trafficking with a firearm. Prosecutors dropped the

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Mesquite Asset Recovery Group, LLC, et al. v. City of Mesquite, Texas

Dallas, Texas, civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in breach of contract theory.

In 2008, Appellants purchased from the City approximately 60.31
acres of land in Mesquite, Texas (the Property), the majority of which sits on
a federally designated flood zone. Appellants also applied for and received
from the City a variance waiving their obligation to obtain a Cond

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United States of America v. Danny Lawrence Newton

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted receipt of child pornography in violation of 18 USC 2252(a)(2) and 2252(b)(1)

18 U.S. Code § 2252, "Certain activities relating to material involving the sexual exploitation of minors," criminalizes the production, distribution, and possession of child pornography.

The law applies to cr

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United States of America v. Otravious Romel Harris, Sr.

New Orleans, Louisiana criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm

Acting U.S. Attorney Michael M. Simpson announced that OTRAVIOUS ROMEL HARRIS, SR. (“HARRIS”), age 44, a resident of Bogalusa, Louisiana, was sentenced on September 9, 2025, to five years of probation, after previously pleading guilty to being a felo

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United States of America v. Earl Hardy Morrow

Tulsa, Oklahoma, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of heroin with:
possession of child porn and distribution and receipt of child pornography.

Motion to post-conviction relief. 28 U.S.C. § 2255.

(a) A prisoner in custody under sentence of a court established by Act of Congress claiming the right to be released upon the ground that th

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United States of America v. Precious Cruse

Milwaukee, Wisconsin criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Healthcare Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, Providing Unlawful Kickbacks, and Money Laundering

Federal Jury Finds Former Prenatal Care Coordinator Guilty of Healthcare Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, Provid

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United States of America v. Steven Lloyd Joiner

Greenville, South Carolina, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with interstate communication of threats.

18 U.S.C. § 875, prohibits transmitting threats in interstate or foreign commerce to injure a person, property, or reputation, or to accuse someone of a crime. This applies to communications crossing state or national borders and carries penalties of fines and

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United States of America v. Christopher Lawrence Stouffer

Baltimore, Maryland, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child and possession of child pornography.


Federal law aggressively criminalizes and punishes the sexual exploitation of children, primarily through laws found in Title 18 of the U.S. Code.

The key statute is 18 U.S.C. § 2251, which broadly prohibits the use, enticement,

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United States of America v. Brandon Glen Jackson

Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with traveling across state line while indicted for a state-law felony.

Arizona bans short-barreled rifles. Ariz. Rev. Stat. §§ 13-3101(A)(8)(a)(iv),
13-3102(A)(3). In December 2020, a Phoenix police officer alleged that Brandon Glen
Jackson “knowingly did manufacture, possess, transport, sel

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Juquanda Bey-Williams v. Bowman Trailer Leasing, LLC, et al.

Newark, New Jersey, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff.

New Jersey personal injury law requires proving that the defendant acted negligently and that their negligence caused your injuries, but also uses a no-fault system for auto accidents where you first file claims with your own personal injury protection (PIP) insurance. Cases are subject to a two-year statute of limitati

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David Walton, et al.v Comfort Systesm, USA, Inc.

Syracuse, New York, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a breach of contract theory.

Section 220 states that no worker doing
certain types of work on public works projects shall be paid less than the
prevailing rate of wages and requires contracts for employment on such projects
to include a provision agreeing to pay prevailing rates. New York courts have
h

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United States of America v. Joshua Eugene Gaines

Birmingham, Alabama criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm.

After pleading guilty to a crime classified by Alabama law as
a Class D felony, Joshua Gaines was caught in possession of a fire-
arm. He was charged with and convicted of violating 18 U.S.C.
§ 922(g)(1)—colloquially, the federal “felon-in-possess

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Karen Brenner and William Brenner v. Progressive Hawaii Insurance Corp.

New Orleans, Louisiana personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a insurance law question relating to a car wreck.

This case was filed in the Civil District Court, Orleans Parish, 24-06914 D-12 and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.

Louisiana's direct action insurance law changed significantly in August 2024, generally
eliminating the right to sue an i

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United States of America v. Jeremy Robert Ward

Little Rock, Arkansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with inticement of a minor in violation of 18:2422(b).

In September 2022, Ward, a thirty-two-year-old Michigan resident, contacted a female minor in Arkansas on the messaging application Snapchat. The minor was twelve years old but told Ward that she was seventeen. Ward claimed in the chat to be twenty-two yea

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Jane Doe 1 v. City View Independent school District

Wichita Falls, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights violation claim.

Jane Doe attended high school in City View ISD from the fall of 2016
to the spring of 2020.1 Robert Morris was employed as a teacher and coach
at City View ISD while Doe was a student there. In 2016, Morris allegedly
began emotionally and sexually abusing Doe, then a fiftee

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Clarence Davis v. Capital One, N.A.

Alexandria, Virginia consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theory.

larence Davis received multiple prerecorded messages on his cell phone from Capital One seeking payment for a debt. Davis had never been a Capital One customer and had never consented to receive calls from Capital One. Davis’s cell phone number previo

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In re: The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse, New York

Syracuse, New York bankruptcy lawyers represented the Petitioner seeking bankruptcy protection.

The Roman Catholic Diocese of Syracuse and its insurers have agreed to a multi-million dollar settlement with over 400 survivors of sexual abuse by clergy and other church employees

The settlement, finalized in August 2025 after a five-year bankruptcy case, provides for a total compens

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Robin O'Neill v. Nicholas Deml

Burlington, Vermont Plaintiff pro se without counsel sought a writ of habeas corpus.

Robin O’Neill, who is serving a life sentence for a
double homicide, appeals from a judgment of the United States District Court for
the District of Vermont (Sessions, J.) dismissing her pro se petition for a writ of
habeas corpus made pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2254. The district cour

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Andrew Pandolfi, et a. v. Aviagames, Inc., et al.

San Francisco, California civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract arbitration dispute.

The court denied the Defendants' motion to compel arbitration.

An arbitration agreement is substantively unconscionable when it contains multiple substantively unconscionable provisions, including the batching provision, which on its own is substantively unconsc

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United States of America v. Eric Roubideaux, II

Pierre, South Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Voluntary Manslaughter and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon

Mission Man Sentenced to 15 Years in Federal Prison for Voluntary Manslaughter and Assault with a Dangerous Weapon

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Julia Fincher v. Dolgencorp of Texas, Inc.

San Angelo, Texas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a premises liability theory.

In Texas, premises liability law holds property owners responsible for injuries that occur on their property due to unsafe conditions. To prove a claim, an injured person must generally demonstrate that the owner was negligent by breaching a legal duty of care. The specific duty of

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Gabriel Hale v. Pipeline Video Inspection, L.L.C., et al

Shreveport, Louisiana personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an auto negligence theory.

auto negligence laws
. This bill, which went into effect on August 1, 2025, replaces the state's "pure comparative negligence" system with a "modified comparative fault" standard.
New modified comparative fault law (effective August 1, 2025)

Modified compara

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James Newell v. Russell Mccall Inc., et al.

New Orleans, Louisiana personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on auto negligence theories.

Louisiana's auto negligence law is primarily defined by its pure comparative fault system, where a plaintiff's compensation is reduced by their percentage of fault, even if they are mostly at fault. To prove negligence, a plaintiff must establish the four elements of duty, breach,

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Pharren Perkins v. Primerica Life Insurance Company

New Orleans, Louisiana insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.

In Louisiana, an insurer acts in "bad faith" by violating a duty of good faith and fair dealing owed to the insured, primarily under

La. R.S. 22:1892. This statute requires insurers to pay claims within 30 days of receiving satisfactory proof of loss,

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