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State of Illinois v. Danya Bell
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with with one felony count of Causing Child Endangerment/Death. Police said 29-year-old Chicago woman Danya Bell has been charged with one felony count of Causing Child Endangerment/Death. ...
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( 08-27-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Gregg Smith, Michael Nowalk, and Christopher Jordan
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Gregg Smith, Michael Nowak, and Christopher Jordan were precious metals futures traders who manipulated the market through an unlawful practice called œ™˜˜ę—, meaning they placed deceptive orders they intended to cancel to push the market price a certain direction. ...
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( 08-26-2025 - IL)

Jeanne Hedgepth v. James A. Briton, et al.
Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful termination claim. Jeanne Hedgepeth, a high school teacher with two suspensions and prior warnings of possible termination, posted inflammatory messages to a Fa- cebook account followed mostly by former students. The posts prompted numerous complaints and media inquiries to the school distr...
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( 08-26-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Deon Pugh
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with f four counts, including conspiracy to distribute a controlled substance. The government charged Pugh by superseding information with four counts, including conspiracy to knowingly and intentionally possess with intent to distribute and distribute a controlled substance in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(...
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( 08-26-2025 - IL)

Mazen Hasan Agha, et al. v. Uber Technologies, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. Four drivers brought claims against Uber Technologies, Inc., alleging that Uber violated the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) and Illinois wage laws by misclassifying them as independent contractors, rather than employees, and thus failing to pay them the statutorily mandated m...
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( 08-26-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Jaron Woodsley
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Receiving and Distributing Child Pornography Chicago Man Charged With Receiving and Distributing Child Pornography ...
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( 08-01-2025 - IL)

Ayla Royan v. Chicago State University and Elmer Gentry
Chicago, Illinois civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973, 29 U.S.C. § 79 violation theory. CSU’s College of Pharmacy maintains a student handbook detailing academic policies, including conditions for probation, repeating courses, and dismissal. According to the handbook, a student who fails a course is placed on probatio...
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( 07-25-2025 - IL)

Michael Mogan v. Portfolio Media, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois pro se lawyer sued the Defendant on defamation and false light theories. Michael Mogan appeals the district court’s dismissal of his suit against Portfolio Media, the owner of Law360, for defamation and false light. Mogan, who is an attorney, sued Airbnb in California state court on behalf of a client named Veronica McCluskey in 2018. See Mogan v. Sacks, ...
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( 07-16-2025 - IL)

Steve Nikolov v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
Chicago, Illinois consumer credit lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act violation theory....
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( 07-16-2025 - IL)

Jordan Watkins v. Brij Mohan, et al.
Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyer represneted the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on deliberate indifference law theory. While he was in federal custody, plaintiff-appellant Jordan Watkins underwent a hernia repair operation at an outside hospital. He began experiencing severe pain and swelling in his groin. Medical staff at the correctional facility allegedly told Watkins that h...
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( 07-16-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Heriberto Carbajal-Flores
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing a firearm as an illegal alien in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(5)(A). Chicago Police arrested Heriberto Carbajal-Flores after he repeatedly fired his pistol in a city street. Carbajal-Flores was born in Mexico. His mother brought him to the United States in 2002 when he was...
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( 07-16-2025 - IL)

Ferida H. Moy v. Social Security Administration
Chicago, Illinois disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for disability benefits by HHS. Plaintiff Ferida Huskic Moy suffers from severe post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) resulting from her harrowing experiences during the brutal wars in the 1990s as the nation of Yugoslavia was breaking up. She applied for disability insurance bene...
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( 07-03-2025 - IL)

End User Consumer Plaintiff class v. Tyson, Inc., et al.
Chicago, Illinois consumer law law class action lawyers represented the Plaintiff in an anti-trust price fixing case. "In re: Broiler Chicken Antitrust Litigation" refers to a series of class action lawsuits filed against major broiler chicken producers alleging price-fixing and market manipulation. The lawsuits claim that defendants, including companies like Tyson Foods, Pilgrim's Pride,...
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( 07-02-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Miguel Angel Morales-Garcia
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute controlled substances. * * * Under U.S. federal law, it is a crime to distribute illegal drugs, which are referred to legally as controlled substances. Any person who manufactures or distributes these substances can face severe criminal penalties, including an extended pri...
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( 06-27-2025 - il)

Thor Zurbriggen v. Twin Hill Acquisition, Inc. and America Airlines, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a produce liability theory. Eleven employees of American Airlines filed a class action complaint on behalf of themselves and thousands of fellow employees alleging that the new uniforms manufactured by Twin Hill Acquisition Co., Inc. had caused a wide variety of health problems. According to the complaint, the...
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( 06-27-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Mardi Lane
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering....
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( 06-27-2025 - IL)

Jesus Zambrano v. City of Joliet and Patrick Schumacher
Chicago, Illinois personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theory. Jesus Zambrano was convicted of first-degree murder in an Illinois state court in August 2013, but on appeal the Illinois Appellate Court agreed that the trial court erred in failing to give a jury instruction on accomplice liability. A second trial ensued in which...
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( 06-27-2025 - IL)

Anthony B. Sullers, Sr. v. International Union Elevator Constructors, Local 2
Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination claim. Anthony Sullers, Sr., an elevator mechanic who is African American, brought this action against his union, the International Union of Elevator Constructors, Local 2 (“IUEC” or “the Union”). He alleged that IUEC had breached its duty of fair representation in its handling of his allega...
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( 06-27-2025 - IL)

Mary Ann Arnold v. United Airlines, Inc.
Chicago, Illinois employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination theory. Mary Ann Arnold brought this action against her former employer, United Airlines (“United” or “the Company”), alleging unlawful discrimination and retaliation under the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (“ADEA”) and the Illinois Human Rights Act (“IHRA”). Ms. Arnold also ...
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( 06-27-2025 - IL)

Andrea Ratfield, et a. v. United States Drug Testing Laboratories, Inc., et al.
Chicago, Illinois personal injury RICO claim lawyers represented the Plaintiffs and Defendants. Plaintiffs, comprised of Andrea Ratfield, ten other pilots, a physician, a nurse, and an attorney, were all required to undergo alcohol testing to maintain their employment and professional licenses. Here, the testing came in the form of a dried blood spot test developed by United States Drug T...
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( 06-13-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Falandis Russell and Terrance Williams
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to obstruct commerce by robbery and multiple counts of obstruction of commerce by robbery. For nearly a year and a half, Russell and Williams committed a series of armed commercial robberies throughout Chicago. They were eventually indicted for conspiracy to obstruct commerce by robbery in v...
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( 06-11-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Mona Ghosh
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Health Care Fraud Suburban Chicago Physician Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison for Health Care Fraud A federal jury has convicted a man of trafficking six rifles, in...
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( 06-10-2025 - IL)

In re MARRIAGE OF: ANNE MARIE MALONEY and EDWARD J. MALONEY
Chicago, Illinois family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce. The parties were married on April 1, 2006, and had three children that were born during the marriage: K.M (born in 2006), L.M. (born in 2009), and C.M. (born in 2012). On September 6, 2016, Anne filed a petition for dissolution of marriage. On January 26, 2017, Howard Rosenberg was appointed guardian ad litem to r...
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( 05-09-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Kevin Cruz
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Cyberstalking Victim He Met Online Suburban Chicago Man Sentenced to Five Years in Prison for Cyberstalking Victim He Met Online A suburban Chicago man ...
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( 05-01-2025 - IL)

United States of America v. Hassan Abdellatif a/k/a “Eric”
Chicago, Illinois criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Low-Income Food Program for Women and Children Owner of Chicago-Area Convenience Stores Convicted of Defrauding Low-Income Food Program for Women and Children ...
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( 04-30-2025 - IL)

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