Baltimore, Maryland criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with using the telephone to threaten a group that advocates for LGBTQ individuals.


On the evening of March 28, 2023, the victim organization received a threatening voicemail from a phone number, which investigators identified as belonging to Adam Michael Nettina. The message referenced the March 27, 2023, mass... More...    $0 (04-04-2023 - MD)

Baltimore, Maryland racketeering conspiracy charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, David Ernesto Nolasco Soriano age 29, an MS-13 gang member, who was charged with conspiracy to engage in racketeering related to his participation in a violent racketeering enterprise, specifically MS-13, including a kidnapping and an attempted murder.

MS-13 is a national and international ga... More...    $0 (04-14-2021 - MD)

Greenbelt, Maryland - Wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented Lachann Alexis Green, age 36, of Laurel, Maryland, who was charged with wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud her employer, causing a loss to the business of at least $285,703.09.

According to her guilty plea, from October 2017 through December 2018, Green was the general manager of Rhode Island Row, an a... More...    $0 (02-17-2021 - MD)

Greenbelt, Maryland embezzlement criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Sarah Geddes Holmes, age 65, who was charged with embezzlement from a labor organization and bank fraud. Holmes, who was the Secretary-Treasurer of the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, Local Lodge 24, admitted that she embezzled $294,585.18 from the union.

Between May 2015 and J... More...    $0 (12-04-2020 - MD)

Baltimore, MD - The United States of America charged Sandra King, age 62, with embezzlement.

According to her guilty plea, from October 2014 through September 2019, King served as president of The Federation of Police and Security (“FOPS”), formerly known as the National Union of Protective Services Association, which represents private security guards in Washington, D.C. and Bethesda, Ma... More...    $0 (07-24-2020 - MD)

MEYER, District Judge.

On September 21, 1987, Quality Inns International, Inc. announced a new chain of economy hotels to be marketed under the name "McSleep Inn." The response of McDonald's Corporation was immediate. It demanded by letter sent three days later that Quality International not use the name "McSleep" because it infringed on McDonald's family of marks that are characterized b... More...    $0 (09-16-1988 - MD)

The Association for Accessible Medicines (“AAM”) appeals the district court’s dismissal of its dormant commerce clause challenge to a Maryland statute prohibiting price gouging in the sale of prescription drugs. AAM also appeals the district court’s refusal to enjoin enforcement of the statute on the basis that it is unconstitutionally vague. We hold that the statute violates the dormant commerce ... More...    $0 (04-13-2018 - MD)

Baltimore, MD - Maryland Man Sentenced to 20 Years in Prison for Providing Material Support to ISIS and Terrorism Financing

Mohamed Elshinawy, 32, of Edgewood, Maryland, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison, to be followed by 15 years of supervised release, for conspiracy to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), a designated foreign terrorist organ... More...    $0 (03-31-2018 - MD)

A jury found Larry Recio guilty of being a felon in possession of a firearm. At trial, over his objection, the district court admitted into evidence a post assertedly to Recio’s Facebook account that quoted a rap lyric. Recio appeals. He contends that the district court abused its discretion in admitting the Facebook post, and erred in declining to grant a mistrial but instead issuing an Allen cha... More...    $0 (03-14-2018 - MD)

In this case we are called upon to decide whether the Establishment Clause is violated when a local government displays and maintains on public property a 40-foot tall Latin cross, established in memory of soldiers who died in World War I. The district court determined that such government action does not run afoul of the Establishment Clause because the cross has a secular purpose, it neither adv... More...    $0 (10-24-2017 - MD)

This case arises out of appellant Keri Borzilleri’s suit alleging that appellee Marilyn Mosby fired her for supporting Mosby’s political rival, thereby violating Borzilleri’s First Amendment rights. The district court determined that, as an Assistant State’s Attorney, Borzilleri was a policymaker exempt from the First Amendment’s protection against patronage dismissals. We affirm. To hold otherwis... More...    $0 (10-17-2017 - MD)

This appeal raises the issue of whether the plan administrator for Defendants-
Appellants, the Bert Bell/Pete Rozelle NFL Retirement Plan and the NFL Player
Supplemental Disability Plan (collectively, the “Plan”), abused its discretion in denying a
certain type of disability benefits to Plaintiff-Appellee Jesse Solomon. After the plan
administrator determined that Solomon’s disabil... More...    $0 (06-23-2017 - MD)

The Wikimedia Foundation and eight other organizations appeal the dismissal of their complaint challenging Upstream surveillance, an electronic surveillance program operated by the National Security Agency (the “NSA”). The district court, relying on the discussion of speculative injury from Clapper v. Amnesty International USA, 133 S. Ct. 1138 (2013), held that the allegations in the complaint wer... More...    $0 (05-24-2017 - MD)

On the morning of December 14, 2012, in Newtown, Connecticut, a gunman used an AR-15-type Bushmaster rifle and detachable thirty-round magazines to murder twenty first-graders and six adults in the Sandy Hook Elementary School. Two additional adults were injured by gunfire, and just twelve children in the two targeted classrooms were not shot. Nine terrified children ran from one of the classrooms... More...    $0 (02-22-2017 - MD)

At approximately seven in the evening on August 9, 2012, Prince George’s
County Police executed a search warrant at apartment 102 located at 8018 14th Avenue
in Hyattsville. The apartment was small and compact and contained a single bath, a
galley-style kitchen and one bedroom, although the living room contained at least one
other bed. When police entered the apartment, they en... More...    $0 (03-08-2016 - MD)

The Petitioner, James Kulbicki, was convicted in 1995 of first-degree murder and
the use of a firearm in the commission of a felony in the Circuit Court for Baltimore
County,1 based, in part, on the testimony of Agent Ernest Peele of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation. Agent Peele testified that a bullet fragment found in Kulbicki’s truck and a
bullet found inside the victim ... More...    $0 (01-04-2016 - MD)

On appeal, Daniel Blue (Blue) challenges the sufficiency of the evidence to support his convictions on a single count of possession with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroin in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), and aiding and abetting the same in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2, and a single count of conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 100 grams or more of heroi... More...    $0 (12-10-2015 - MD)

It is not disputed that Fisher, the fee owner of a residential property located in
Bishopville, Worcester County, fell into default on her mortgage payments to the lender,
Federal National Mortgage Association (Fannie Mae). The lender designated substitute
trustees, named above, and, upon the filing of foreclosure proceedings, in September, 2013,
the court signed appropriate order... More...    $0 (12-02-2015 - MD)

On April 15, 2014, FedFirst and CB Financial announced that the two corporations
had executed a merger agreement that, if approved by the stockholders of a majority of the
outstanding shares of stock, would result in the merger of FedFirst and CB Financial.2 The
merger agreement provided that FedFirst shareholders would receive either $23.00 in cash
or 1.1590 shares of CB Fina... More...    $0 (11-09-2015 - MD)

This opinion is about the scope of legal protections afforded to individuals who
are unable to handle their financial affairs in a responsible manner because of a physical
or mental condition. We will use the terms “disabled,” “under a disability,” and “subject
to guardianship proceedings” to refer to persons who have been adjudicated by a court to
be unable to manage their propert... More...    $0 (10-26-2015 - MD)

In 1998, Maryland and the 51 other Settling States entered the MSA, thus settling
their claims for “wrongful marketing and advertising of cigarettes, as well as damages
based upon the costs of treating smoking-related illnesses,” against three major cigarette
manufacturers – Philip Morris USA, Inc., R.J. Reynolds Tobacco Co., and Lorillard
apprproval of the side agreement, and ... More...    $0 (10-25-2015 - MD)

During a disciplinary proceeding against appellee Mark Geier, M.D., the Maryland
Board of Physicians publicly disclosed confidential medical information concerning Dr.
Geier, his wife Anne, and their son David. David Geier was the subject of a separate
disciplinary proceeding at the time of the disclosures.
The Geiers responded to the disclosures by accusing the Board, its 22 ... More...    $0 (10-25-2015 - MD)

The primary question in this case is whether a roofing contractor who performs work
on a structure owes a duty of care in tort to a third party owner of personal property inside
the structure. The answer is yes, although there are limits on the type of property damage
encompassed by this duty of care, as we shall discuss.
Cash & Carry America, Inc. (“CCAâ€�), the appellant, is a ... More...    $0 (06-30-2015 - MD)

Jean Brown appeals the district court’s entry of a criminal judgment against her following a jury trial, whereby she was convicted of conspiring to traffic in 1,000 kilograms or more of marijuana, and of additional charges stemming from the kidnapping and murder of Michael Knight in connection with her trafficking operation. Brown also appeals the sentence of life imprisonment imposed on one of ... More...    $0 (07-01-2014 - MD)

Appellant Aaron Ross (“Appellantâ€�) brought this action challenging his March 12, 2008 and March 25, 2009 arrests for refusing to obey Baltimore City Police Officer Wayne Early’s (“Officer Earlyâ€�) repeated orders to confine his leafleting to the area designated for protest activities outside the First Mariner Arena (the “Arenaâ€�) in Baltimore, Maryland. The designated protest area was ... More...    $0 (03-06-2014 - MD)

Thirty years ago, in Harrison v. Montgomery County Bd. of Educ., 295 Md. 442, 444, 456 A.2d 894 (1983), this Court issued a writ of certiorari to decide “whether the common law doctrine of contributory negligence should be judicially abrogated in Maryland and the doctrine of comparative negligence adopted in its place as the rule governing trial of negligence actions in this State.â€� In a compr... More...    $0 (07-09-2013 - MD)

In this appeal, we consider the enforceability of an arbitration clause included in a franchise agreement between the plaintiff, Samuel Muriithi, and the defendant, Shuttle Express, Inc. The district court refused to compel arbitration based on three provisions in the franchise agreement that the court found were unconscionable: (1) a class action waiver; (2) a requirement that the parties "split"... More...    $0 (04-01-2013 - MD)

In this case, we consider whether the district court erred in holding that Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. (Morgan Keegan), a member of the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), is not subject to FINRA arbitration proceedings initiated by Louise Silverman, Max Silverman, and the Louise Silverman Trust (collectively, the defendants). In their FINRA arbitration claim, the defendants asserte... More...    $0 (02-05-2013 - MD)

This case involves the interpretation of the Uniform Child Custody Jurisdiction and Enforcement Act, Sections 9.5-101 to 9.5-318 of the Family Law Article, Maryland Code (1984, 2006 Repl. Vol.).1 Peter Paul Toland, Jr.,2 Appellant, challenges the Circuit Court for Montgomery County’s determination that a Japanese decree providing guardianship of his minor child to the child’s grandmother, Akik... More...    $0 (05-22-2012 - MD)

In Maryland the vicious mauling of young children by pit bulls occurred as early as 1916.1 Bachman vs. Clark, 128 Md. 245; 97 A. 440 (1916). In that case, a ten-year-old boy, John L. Clark, was playing on the north side of a street when a pit bull (“bull terrierâ€�) came across the street from its owner’s property and attacked him, inflicting serious injuries. The pit bull refused to release t... More...    $0 (04-26-2012 - MD)

Six individuals and the Magothy River Association, Inc. (collectively, “Associationâ€� or “Appelleesâ€�) brought suit against the recent purchasers of Dobbins Island, David and Diana Clickner (“Clicknersâ€� or “Appellantsâ€�), seeking to establish a public right to use a beach located alongside the island’s northern crescent area. Following a bench trial on the merits, the trial judge de... More...    $0 (01-20-2012 - MD)

This case involves a long-standing dispute between the Tomes Landing Condominium Association, Inc. (Association), located in Port Deposit, Maryland, and MRA Property Management, Inc., Appellants, and twenty-five condominium unit purchasers, Appellees.1

The unit purchasers were granted partial summary judgment in the amount of one million dollars against the Association and MRA in the Circui... More...    $0 (04-30-2012 - MD)

Shailendra Kumar, MD., P.A. (“Dr. Kumarâ€� or “Petitionerâ€�) sued Anand M. Dhanda, M.D. (“Dr. Dhandaâ€� or “Respondentâ€�) in the Circuit Court for Montgomery County alleging breach of contract and the breach of a covenant not to compete. The contract at issue provided for disputes to be initially addressed through mandatory, non-binding arbitration. Respondent filed a motion to dismiss t... More...    $0 (05-02-2012 - MD)

Helen C. Griggs and her late husband, Victor G. Griggs, refinanced the mortgage on their home with Beneficial Mortgage Company of Maryland. One of the mortgage instruments the Griggses executed, when they met with representatives of Beneficial Mortgage to obtain the refinancing, contained an arbitration rider, providing that disputes “arising from or relatingâ€� to their agreement with Beneficia... More...    $0 (05-02-2012 - MD)

Presented here are claims asserted under the Wrongful Death Statute, Maryland Code (1974, 2006 Repl. Vol.), §§ 3-901 through 3-904 of the Courts and Judicial Proceedings Article (CJ). The plaintiffs are the widow of the decedent and the adult children of her marriage with the decedent. They did not identify in their complaint, or notify, a stepson whom the decedent had adopted during a prior mar... More...    $0 (05-03-2012 - MD)

This appeal involves litigation arising from the death of Dondi Johnson, Sr., after he was arrested for public urination. Appellees, and cross-appellants, Mr. Johnson’s estate and his two sons,1 filed a wrongful death and survivorship action in the Circuit Court for Baltimore City against appellants, Officers Sendy Ferdinand, Michael Riser, and Nicole Leake. A jury found in favor of appellees, a... More...    $0 (04-05-2012 - MD)