Akron, Ohio criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with delaying or destruction of mail and theft of mail by a postal service employee.

From February 2021 to April 2022, Bruce C. Murdock, Jr., age 54, of Massillon, Ohio, was employed in the United States Postal Service (USPS) as a West Area Post Office Operation Manager (POOM), which is a high-level position that manages multip... More...   $0 (10-04-2022 - OH)

Charleston, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine.

Smith is the final major defendant to be sentenced in connection with an investigation that dismantled a large-volume drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated primarily in the Charleston, Rand, and St. Albans areas of Kanawha County from March ... More...   $0 (10-03-2022 - WV)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing drugs.

The Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) began investigating a cocaine and fentanyl trafficking organization that operated throughout the United States, including Florida, Ohio, Pennsylvania, and Puerto Rico. Beginning in December of 2019 and continuing through August of 2020, the DEA rec... More...   $0 (10-03-2022 - PA)

Cleveland, Ohio criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm.

Without the reduction, Cason’s advisory Guidelines range became 100 to 125 months. The
court varied downward based on Cason’s difficult childhood and mental health challenges,
imposing concurrent 96-month sentences on both counts of conviction. Because the 96-month<... More...   $0 (09-27-2022 - OH)

Chicago, Illinois criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with acting illegally within the United States as an agent of the People's Republic of China.

Ji Chaoqun, age 31, was found guilty on one count of conspiracy to act as an agent of a foreign government, specifically the People’s Republic of China, without first notifying the Attorney General; one count of acting as an ag... More...   $0 (09-26-2022 - IL)

Cleveland, Ohio criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with participating in a nationwide scheme in which they fraudulently gained access to approximately 2,366 AT&T mobile accounts.

From March 2019 to January 2020, Luis Hernandez Socarras and Jorge Hernandez Socarras, both age 27, were part of a nationwide scheme in which they fraudulently gained access to approximately 2,366 ... More...   $0 (09-26-2022 - OH)

Columbia, South Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding a non-profit.

While serving as the Financial Officer for Sumter Behavioral Health Services (SBHS), a 501c3 non-profit, Rodney Ellis, age 71, of Sumper, South Carolina defrauded the non-profit out of more than $800,000 over eight years. His scheme was to divert funds from SBHS banking accounts to his... More...   $0 (09-23-2022 - SC)

Cleveland, Ohio criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a “money mule” for various financial fraud schemes that targeted individuals in the United States and elsewhere.

From June 2018 to August 2020, Deborah Anderson, 30, of Nigeria, was part of a financial fraud conspiracy that obtained money from victims through fraudulent investment opportunities, romance scams... More...   $0 (09-23-2022 - OH)

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with manufacturing firearms without a license, selling them, and knowingly reporting sales incorrectly on federal firearms forms.

Limin Ye, 53, of Blue Ash, Ohio, who owns and operates Opticzoom and Limin Sports Gun Shop, pleaded guilty to one count of engaging in the business of manufacturing firearms without a license an... More...   $0 (09-22-2022 - OH)

Circleville, Ohio criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder.

Bobby L.B. White, age 45, was accused of killing Douglas Buechler on Christmas Dyy of 2019.

White was stopped while driving the victim's car, which he claimed the victim loaned to him.... More...   $0 (09-22-2022 - OH)

Tucson, Arizona criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with
the murder of United States Border Patrol Agent Brian Terry.

Favela-Astorga admitted as part of his guilty plea, and evidence presented at two trials in this case in 2015 and 2019 established, that he was one of several armed bandits who had traveled from Mexico to the U.S. to hunt for marijuana smugglers to rob. ... More...   $0 (09-21-2022 - AZ)

Dayton, Ohio employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act (29 U.S.C. 2001, violation theory.


Plaintiff Courtney Dimidik filed a Class and Collective Action Complaint, asserting violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA") and Ohio law. She alleges that Hallrich, Inc., a Pizza Hut International franchisee, and North Coast Pizza... More...   $0 (09-15-2022 - OH)

Medina, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with DUI.

In this case, we are asked two separate questions about R.C.
4511.19(G)(1)(c)(v) and Ohio’s criminal-forfeiture scheme for vehicles owned and
used by repeat drunk drivers. First, we are asked whether that scheme violates the
Equal Protection Clauses in the state and federal Constitutions by treatin... More...   $0 (09-15-2022 - OH)

Columbus, Ohio criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with illegally possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony offense.

n May 2019, law enforcement officials seized five firearms, three silencers, more than 6,300 rounds of ammunition, more than 2,000 bullets, nearly 39,000 primers, two canisters of pepper spray, an expandable baton and a stun gun from Scofield’s resi... More...   $0 (09-14-2022 - OH)

Washington, DC criminal lawyers represented Defendants charged for their actions during the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol breach.

On Jan. 6, 2021, Patrick E. McCaughey III, 25, of Ridgefield, Connecticut; Tristan Chandler Stevens, 26, of Pensacola, Florida, and David Mehaffie, 63, of Kettering, Ohio, all traveled to Washington, D.C. from their respective homes. Each illegally made his way on to t... More...   $0 (09-13-2022 - DC)

Akron, Ohio criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with his role in an international criminal network engaged in a wide-ranging online auction fraud scheme that targeted victims in the Northern District of Ohio and elsewhere in the United States.

From July 2008 through August 2020, Costel Alecu, age 38, of Bucharest, Rominia and codefendant Madalin Ghinea, 35, of Alexandria, Roman... More...   $0 (09-12-2022 - OH)

New York City, New York criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged for her role in an approximately 20-year scheme to sell and distribute to racehorse trainers and others in the racehorse industry “untestable” performance enhancing drugs (“PEDs”) for use in professional horse racing.

Ms. Lisa Giannelli was charged in United States v. Navarro, 20 Cr. 160 (MKV), a case arising ... More...   $0 (09-08-2022 - NY)