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United States of America v. Reinaldo Wilson

Newark New Jersey criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently billing Medicare for unnecessary durable medical equipment.... More...

(02-27-2026 - NJ)
United States of America v. Nicholas Ortega Munoz

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to operate an unlicensed money transmitting business in violation for 18 U.S.C. 371, which provides: 18 U.S.C. § 371 is the general federal conspiracy statute, punishing two or more people who agree to commit a federal offense or defraud the United States (or its agencies) and take an overt act to fur... More...

(02-23-2026 - NJ)
State of New Jersey v. David Parker

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, second-degree conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. David Parker, 23, of Irvington, of first-degree murder, second-degree conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree... More...

(02-22-2026 - NJ)
United States of America v. Ken Anderson

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon. Detectives with the Essex County Sheriff’s Office responded to a tip from a confidential informant in the early evening of July 22, 2025, about a man with a firearm in the area of the Wynona Lipman Gardens housing development located in Newark’s Centr... More...

(02-12-2026 - NJ)
United States of America v. Matthew Ozol

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with one count of possession of child pornography. In August 2025, law enforcement executed a search warrant on Matthew Ozol, 40, of Jersey City, New Jersey . Ozol’s text messages showed that since 2022, Ozol had sent and received messages on encrypted applications expressing a desire to sexually abuse children, ... More...

(02-11-2026 - NJ)
State of New Jersey v. Eric Hampton Manning

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, second-degree unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. Eric Hampton Manning, 30, of Newark, was convicted in the fatal shooting of Sharique Ray Young 28, of Newark on March 8, 2022. Surveillance video showed Manning approaching You... More...

(02-10-2026 - NJ)
State of New Jersey v. David Parker

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder, second-degree conspiracy to commit murder, unlawful possession of a weapon, and second-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose. David Parker, 23, of Irvington, his brother Rahman Polen, and two others drove to North Munn Street in East Orange in a stolen sports car, looking for... More...

(02-10-2026 - NJ)
State of New Jersey v. Antuane Gregory,

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with irst-degree murder, two counts of first-degree attempted murder, three counts of second-degree aggravated assault,and weapons offenses. Antuane Gregory, 46, of Newark, shoot and killed one person and wounded four others on a Newark street. On October 10, 2025, a jury found Antuane Gregory, 46, of Newark, guilt... More...

(02-02-2026 - NJ)
United States of America v. Leonardo Ayala

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer Stephen Natoli represented the Defendant charged with money laundering and bank bribery. From June 2023 to November 2023, Leonado Ayala, 25, of Homestead, Florida, then a TD Bank employee in Doral, Florida, accepted bribes and leveraged his position to facilitate a money laundering network’s expatriation of over $5.5 million from the United States ... More...

(02-02-2026 - NJ)
State of New Jersey v. Lando Marc

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree aggravated manslaughter, second-degree leaving the scene of an accident resulting in death and related offenses. Lando Marc, 34, of Newark, was charged murder for killing Jenny Philistin, of Elizabeth in Irvington in 2021. The case was tried by Assistant Prosecutors Adam Wells and Ibn Alston b... More...

(12-31-2025 - NJ)
United States of America v. Joseph A. McCallum, Jr.

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and making false statements. Joseph A. McCallum, Jr. 70, a former member of the Newark Municipal Council who also served on the Board of Directors of the Newark Community Economic Development Corporation (“NCEDC”), was charged with participating in a scheme to obtain bribes and kickbacks and subsc... More...

(12-22-2025 - NJ)
United States of America v. Eric Van Vleet

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to bill Medicare for medically unnecessary prescriptions. From February 2018 to September 2019, Eric Van Vleet, 30, of Delray Beach, Florida, operated Hype Med LLC, which generated medically unnecessary prescriptions through a telemarketing and telemedicine scheme. As part of the health care fraud ... More...

(12-19-2025 - NJ)
United States of America v. Jesse Foote

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multimillion-dollar durable medical equipment (DME) health care fraud and kickback scheme. From December 2017 to March 2021, Jesse Foote, 60, of Fairfield, Connecticut, conspired with overseas telemarking call centers, DME suppliers, telemedicine companies, and doctors to submit fraudulent claims to health care b... More...

(12-19-2025 - NJ)
United States of America v. Neil John Aaron Williamsky

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to defraud Medicare of $172 million, commit money laundering, and pay kickbacks and bribes in violation of the Anti-Kickback Statute. Neil John Aaron Williamsky, 65, of Marlboro, New Jersey, pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit health care fraud, conspiracy to commit wire fraud, conspiracy to commit ... More...

(12-19-2025 - NJ)
United States of America v. David Holbrook

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with for unlawfully prescribing Adderall, a Schedule II controlled substance, and Xanax, a Schedule IV controlled substance. David Holbrook, 70, of Bloomsbury, New Jersey was charged by Indictment with nine counts of unlawfully distributing and dispensing controlled substances, each in violation of Title 21, United Sta... More...

(12-12-2025 - NJ)
State of New Jersey v. Almuta Thomas, Quayon Williams-King, and Furquan Boykin Jr.

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with murder. 31-year-old Almuta Thomas, 26-year-old Quayon Williams-King, 19-year-old Furquan Boykin Jr., and a 16-year-old male are accused of killing 10-year-old Jordan Garcia and two others in the gunfire on Chancellor Avenue in November, 2025.... More...

(12-11-2025 - NJ)
United States of America v. C.R. Kraus, a/k/a Christopher Kraus

Newark, New Jersey, riminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with healthcare fraud, conspiracy to commit the same, and tax evasion. Just because two witnesses recall events differently does not mean that either is lying let alone that the prosecution should know it. Harry Pizutelli managed New Jersey’s fund o help people with traumatic brain injuries. He fell in lov... More...

(11-03-2025 - NJ)
United States of America v. Rajeri Curry

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing heroine and fentanyl. After Rajeri Curry was arrested for distributing heroin and fentanyl, she requested an attorney. The investigators then asked to examine her cell phone, and Curry consented, providing the phone’s passcode. Curry objects to prosecutors using incriminating materials f... More...

(11-03-2025 - NJ)
State of New Jersey v. Yolanda Holmes

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple counts of official isconduct and falsifying public records. Sergeant Yolanda Holmes, 44, of Somerset, is charged with forging the signat... More...

(10-10-2025 - NJ)
State of New Jersey v. Jared C. Nesmith

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. ... More...

(10-02-2025 - NJ)
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... More...

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Juan Carlos Argueta v. Equifax Information Services, LLC, et al.

Newark, New Jersey, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act theory. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) establishes the framework for the fair and accurate use of consumer credit information, promoting privacy and accuracy in consumer reports by regulating Credit Reporting Agencies (CRAs) and those who use the information they provide... More...

(09-12-2025 - NJ)
State of New Jersey v. Jimmy Rodriguez, Fabian Calcdeo, and Erk Udvarhely

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft. ... More...

(09-12-2025 - NJ)
State of New Jersey v. Tyshon Armou, Reynold Henderson and Issad jckson

Newark, New Jersey, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. ... More...

(09-12-2025 - NJ)
Jason Jorjani v. New Jersey Institute of Technology, et al.

Newark, New Jersey, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a civil rights job discrimination theory. NJIT hired Jason Jorjani in 2015 to teach philosophy, and twice renewed his contract in 2016 and 2017. During this time, Jorjani “formed the Alt Right Corporation,” to “widen the message of his philosophy, which he describes as an affirmation ... More...

(09-12-2025 - NJ)