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United States of America v. Jonathan Fernandez-Herak
Key West, Florida criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession and distribution of child porn. Fernandez-Herak distributed two videos of child pornography to an online forum titled “No Limit,” which was created for pedophiles, like Fernandez-Herak, to view and share sexual images of minors. The videos that Fernandez-Herak distributed depicted minor mal...
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( 08-29-2025 - FL)

United States of America v. Oleksandr Morgunov
Key West, Florida criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with immigration conspiracy related to the operation of several Key West labor staffing companies. From January 2016 through at least January 2021, Oleksandr Morgunov, formerly of Key West, helped operate Paradise Choice LLC, Paradise Choice Cleaning LLC, Tropical City Services LLC and Tropical City Group LLC, all of whi...
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( 11-22-2022 - FL)

PAUL EVAN BATES vs MAGDA JHOVANNA BATES
Key West, FL - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with appealing an order finding the parties’ prenuptial agreement invalid. On May 29, 2001, Paul Evan Bates (“Husband”) and Magda Jhovanna Bates (“Wife”) met in Cali, Colombia through a matchmaking website called Latin Connection....
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( 01-31-2022 - FL)

Wilfrido Roca v. Clara Piotrowski
Key West, Florida personal injury car wreck lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of an accident. This case was initially filed in the 16th Judicial Circuit in and for Monroe County Flo, 21-CA-000102-P, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant....
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( 10-29-2021 - FL)

Roger Hopkins v. Endless Summer Endeavors, LLC, d/b/a Big Pine Rooster and Richard Werner
Key West, Florida employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. This case was filed in the 6th Judicial Circuit, 21-CA-293-K, and was removed to federal court by Endless Summer. 29 U.S.C. 0202 provides: (a) The Congress finds that the existence, in industries engaged in commerce or in the production of goo...
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( 08-11-2021 - FL)

Richardo Sanchez, Francisco Cortes, Julio Lopez-Bermejo Rossello and Elia Bonfante v. Carlos Manso Blanco and Discount Rock & Sand, Inc.
Key West, FL: Personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on auto negligence and respondeat superior theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of an accident. ...
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( 07-28-2021 - FL)

United States of America v. Donald Howard Conkright
Key West, FL - The United States of America charged Donald Howard Conkright with money laundering. Donald Howard Conkright, 63, a resident of the Florida Keys, was sentenced to 71 months in prison for laundering about $2,000,000 of a school districts money. Conkright was sentenced after a Key West jury found him guilty on March 4, 2020, of conspiring to commit money laundering a...
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( 06-21-2020 - FL)

United States of America v. Lyuyou Liao, Jielun Zhang, and Yuhao Wang
Key West, FL - The United States of America charged Lyuyou Liao, Jielun Zhang, and Yuhao Wang illegal photography of military installations at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Key West, Florida (NAS Key West). Three Peoples Republic of China (PRC) foreign nationals were sentenced today to prison terms for illegal photography of military installations at the U.S. Naval Air Station in Key We...
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( 06-06-2020 - FL)

Joseph Deralus v. United States of America
Key West, FL - Joseph Deralus sued the United States of America on a Federal Tort Claims Act personal injury auto negligence theory claiming to have been injured and/or damages in a car wreck caused by a federal government employee....
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( 12-10-2019 - FL)

Kathia Valeska Jiron v. Enterprise Leasing Company of Florida, Inc.
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( 10-02-2019 - FL)

United States of America v. Harlem Suarez, a/k/a Almlak Benitez
Key West, FL - Monroe County Resident Convicted At Trial Of Attempting To Use A Weapon Of Mass Destruction And Providing Material Support To A Terrorist Organization A federal jury in Key West convicted a South Florida resident of attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction, an explosive device, and providing material support to a terrorist organization. Harlem Suarez, a/k/a ...
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( 02-01-2017 - FL)

State of Florida v. Victor Alvarez
Marathon, FL - Miami man acquitted of causing the deaths of endangered sea turtles The State of Florida charged Victor Alvarez with capturing and mishandling an endangered protected seat turtle by placing it is a cooler causing its death. The defense claimed that the animal was dead when Alvarez found it. ...
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( 10-25-2015 - FL)

Tomas Reza v. The State of Florida
Tomas Reza seeks to reverse a pretrial order denying his motion to suppress two separate confessions and to set aside his conditional nolo pleas, reverse the ensuing convictions and remand for further proceedings. We reverse and remand as to case number 2009-CF-635 for further proceedings. We affirm as to case number 2009-CF-726. There were three robberies with assaults in Key ...
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( 04-08-2015 - FL)

Scott P. Russell v. Southeast Housing, LLC
Scott P. Russell, as Property Appraiser of Monroe County, Florida, appeals a judgment holding that certain properties were not subject to ad valorem taxes for the years 2008 through 2013. The properties are five military housing complexes serving the Naval Air Station at Key West. The housing complexes are being improved and operated pursuant to a public-private partnership between...
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( 03-11-2015 - FL)

United States of America v. Robert V. Kelton and Bruce Brande
Key West, FL - Two Florida marine life dealers pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Lurana Snow in Key West, Florida, for trafficking wildlife. Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Tracey Dunn, Assistant Director, NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement, and David Pharo, Resident Agent in Charge, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Law E...
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( 01-23-2015 - fl)

Luani Plaza, Inc. v. Michael Burton d/b/a Burton Family Partnership
This is an appeal from a final judgment rendered after a bench trial, resolving disputes between Dr. Michael Burton, the owner of two units in Luani Plaza in the City of Key West, Florida, and Luani Plaza, Inc., the business owner’s association (the “Association”) which administers the common areas of Luani Plaza. We summarily affirm the well-reasoned final judgment of the tr...
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( 10-08-2014 - FL)

United States of America v. Idaho Aquarium, Inc. (IAI)
Key West, FL - Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, Tracy Dunn, Acting Special Agent in Charge, NOAA Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement, and Edward Grace, Deputy Assistant Director, U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service, Office of Law Enforcement, announce that Idaho Aquarium, Inc. (IAI), located in Boise, Idaho, was sentenced today in Key West for conspiring to ...
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( 04-14-2014 - FL)

United States of America v. Victor Martinez Pantoja
Key West, FL - Wifredo A. Ferrer, United States Attorney for the Southern District of Florida, George L. Piro, Special Agent in Charge, Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), José A. Gonzalez, Special Agent in Charge, Internal Revenue Service, Criminal Investigation (IRS-CI), and Ronald J. Verrochio, Inspector in Charge, U.S. Postal Inspection Service (USPIS), Miami Division, announce that Victor...
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( 04-14-2014 - FL)

Michele Cavallaro v. Omni Properties and Nancy Cavallaro
Michele Cavallaro, an active member of The Florida Bar but not a party to the dissolution of her parents’ marriage in the circuit court, appeals an order2holding her in contempt and imposing attorney’s fees and costs (on her mother’s motion) against her. We reverse.In 2012, Nancy Cavallaro, the appellant’s mother, obtained a final judgment dissolving her marriage to...
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( 02-12-2014 - FL)

State of Florida, DHSMV of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles v. Kenji Bennett
The State of Florida, Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles (“DHSMV”) petitions this Court for the issuance of a writ of certiorari, quashing a2decision of the circuit court from the Sixteenth Judicial Circuit. Acting in its appellate capacity, the circuit court reversed the administrative suspension of Kenji Bennett’s driving privileges. We grant the DHSMV’s peti...
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( 11-13-2013 - FL)

Gordon Beyer v. City of Marathon
Gordon Beyer and Molly Beyer (“the Beyers”) seek to reverse a final summary judgment in favor of the City of Marathon and third-party defendant, the State of Florida, on the appellants’ inverse condemnation suit. We affirm. In 1970, the Beyers purchased the undeveloped nine-acre offshore island, Bamboo Key. At the time of purchase, the property was undeveloped and under the jurisdiction of M...
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( 11-08-2013 - FL)

Alfa Mutual Insurance Company v. JOseph C. Thornton, III
This is an appeal “arising out of” the interpretation of the term “arising out of,” and other policy terms, in a homeowners and personal liability policy issued2by the appellant (Insurer) to the appellees (the Insured). The trial court granted a final summary judgment in favor of the Insured, finding coverage for an unusual accident.1 The trial court also denied the Insurer...
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( 10-23-2013 - FL)

J. John Marshall v. Buttonwood Bay Condominium Association, Inc.
Petitioner, J. John Marshall (“Marshall”), seeks a writ of certiorari quashing an order granting Buttonwood Bay Condominium Association, Inc.’s2(“Association”) motion for a protective order barring Marshall from deposing the Association’s Corporate Representative, Board President, and Property Manager (collectively, the “Association’s representatives”). For the re...
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( 07-24-2013 - FL)

Michael McClain v. Madlen McClain
Michael McClain, the husband, appeals from the portion of the final judgment of dissolution of marriage that granted permanent periodic alimony to Madlen McClain, the wife. Because the wife never asked for alimony in her pleadings, we vacate the portion of the final judgment of dissolution which awarded alimony. The husband filed a petition for dissolution of marriage seek...
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( 01-23-2013 - FL)

Patricia Edgar v. Edward Firuta
Patricia Edgar (Mother) appeals a final judgment granting her former husband’s (Father’s) motion for contempt and his amended petition to modify their parenting plan and child support obligations. We affirm in part, reverse in part, and remand for further proceedings.I. Procedural HistoryThe parties were married in 1996. They had four children at the time of their divorce in No...
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( 11-12-2012 - FL)

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