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RDL v. Social Security Administration
Asheville, North Carolina social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS....
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( 08-04-2023 - NC)

United States of America v. Danquon Shermaine Brown
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. In 2014, Danquon Shermine Brown, age 32, of Asheville, was convicted in federal court in the Western District of North Carolina of possession with intent to distribute cocaine base and was sentenced to 60 months in prison. Brown’s federal conviction prohibits him from po...
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( 06-02-2023 - NC)

Kim Shook, Kylie Scolaro-Conti and John Szwyd v. NCG Acquisition, LLC, et al.
Asheville, North Carolina civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued defendants on wrongful discharge theories. On March 24, 2022, the Plaintiffs filed this action against the Defendants, asserting claims for wrongful discharge in violation of North Carolina public policy and for intentional infliction of emotional distress. [Doc. 1]. On May 10, 2022, the Defendants moved t...
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( 04-14-2023 - NC)

United States of America v. Rebecca Lynn Barker
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy that trafficked methamphetamine in Haywood, Buncombe, and Jackson Counties as well as Georgia. Rebecca Lynn Barker, age 50, of Sylvaia, North Carolina, was part of a drug trafficking organization that sold drugs to law enforcement undercover officers. The execution of a search warrant determin...
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( 04-13-2023 - NC)

United States of America v. Jorge Luis Perez
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug and gun felonies. Between May and July 2020, Jorge Luis Perez, age 36, of Wimauma, Florida, distributed methamphetamine, heroin and fentanyl in Jackson and Swain Counties. Law enforcement conducting an investigation into drug trafficking networks operating in Western North Carolina learned of Perezâ€...
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( 04-03-2023 - NC)

United States of America v. Laddie Dwayne McMillian and Derrick Twitty
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with engaging in dog fighting and related criminal conduct. Laddie Dwayne McMillian, 47, will serve 16 months in prison and Derrick Twitty, 48, will serve six months in prison. Both defendants will serve two years of supervised release following the completion of their sentences and are prohibited from possess...
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( 03-03-2023 - NC)

United States of America v. Phyllis Ann Garcia
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with MoreLaw Legal News For Asheville Between 2020 and 2021, Phyllis Ann Garcia, 31, of Hudson, N.C., and her co-conspirat...
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( 02-03-2023 - NC)

United States of America v. Tarrell Leshaun Williams
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. MoreLaw Legal News For Asheville According to filed court documents, tr...
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( 01-11-2023 - NC)

Joseph Steven Holcombe v. The Baltmore Company, LLC
Asheville, North Carolina personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of an accident. MoreLaw Legal News For Ashevill ...
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( 12-29-2022 - NC)

United States of America v. Jorge Luis Perez
Asheville, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug possession and firearm felonies. In May 2020, law enforcement conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle Jorge Luis Perez, age 36, from Wimauma, Florida, was driving in Jackson County, North Carolina. Over the course of the traffic stop, law enforcement located a trafficking quantity of methamphetamine and a ...
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( 11-09-2022 - NC)

Thomas Cornell, et al. v. State Farm Fire and Casualty Company
Ashville, North Carolina insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory. This case was filed in the Superior Court, McDowell County, North Carolina, case number 21CVS313, and was removed to federal court by Defendants. The Four Elements of a Breach of Contract Claim There was a valid contract; Plaintiff performed...
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( 10-25-2022 - NC)

United States of America v. Yalegwo Ki Sadongei
Asheville, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with second degree murder. On December 13, 2019, Yalegwo Ki Sadongei, age 21, an enrolled member of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, and the victim were at the residence of a family member of the victim, located on the Qualla Boundary within Indian Country. Over the course of the evening, Sadongei and the v...
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( 10-03-2022 - NC)

United States of America v. Jesse Lynn Williams
Asheville, North Carolina criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with burglary of a gun store. Jesse Lynn Williams, age 34, from Ashville, organized the burglary of Carolina Guns and Gear West, LLC (Carolina Guns and Gear), a Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) located at 3106 Sweeten Creek Road, in Asheville. Williams recruited his two co-defendants, Lyron Deshawn Greenlee and Ale...
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( 09-22-2022 - NC)

United States of America v. Lindsey Allison Kerns
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with stealing more than $1 million from two elderly clients in her care. “Most home health care providers are reputable and committed to providing quality services to older adults entrusted in their care. Lindsey Allison Kerns is not one of them,” said U.S. Attorney King. “This defendant took advantage o...
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( 06-23-2022 - NC)

United States of America v. Blake Forest Watson
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of child porn. Blake ForestWatson, age 65, of Nebo, North Carolina, was previously convicted of child pornography in the Western District of Tennessee and was sentenced to 96 months in prison and five years of supervised release. A condition of Watson’s supervised release involved warrantless...
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( 05-23-2022 - NC)

United States of America v. Jonathan Leslie Carver
Aaheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with production of child porn. On September 1, 2021, was charged for the production of child pornography, announced Dena J. King, U pleaded guilty to using a minor to engage in sexually explicit conduct for the purpose of producing a visual depiction of the conduct. According to court records, in November 2020...
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( 03-31-2022 - NC)

United States of America v. Shane McKinley Swimmer
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with second-degree murder in Indian Country. On November 10, 2018, Shane McKinley Swimmer and his uncle, Charles Ray “Chino” West, were at his uncle’s residence on Rocky Knob Trail in Swain County, which is within the Qualla Boundary. Trial evidence established that shortly before 7:00 p.m., Swimmer at...
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( 03-03-2022 - NC)

United States of America v. John Wayne Drysdale
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with transportation of a child for pornography. ...
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( 02-04-2022 - NC)

United States of America v. Coyoami Ruiz Miguel
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children and child pornography. Coyoami Ruiz Miguel, 26, of Asheville, was charged with multiple counts of sexual exploitation of children and creating child pornography. From July 2019 to April 2020, Miguel used Snapchat and other messaging apps popular with teenagers to...
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( 12-17-2021 - NC)

Carolyn Perlman, a/k/a Toni Perlmand and Bruce Perlman v. P.F. Chang's China Bistro, Inc.
Asheville, NC: Personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of an accident caused by Defendant’s employees. This case was initially filed in the Buncombe County Superior Court, 20CV02046, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant....
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( 09-15-2021 - NC)

United States of America v. Shane McKinley Swimmer
Asheville, NC: Second degree murder criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Shane McKinley Swimmer, age 21, of Cherokee, North Carolina. An November 10, 2018, Swimmer and his uncle, Charles Ray “Chino” West, were at his uncle’s residence on Rocky Knob Trail in Swain County, which is within the boundaries of the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians reservation. Trial evidence es...
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( 09-10-2021 - NC)

United States of America v. Mitchell Glenn Bell
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs. Mitchell Glenn Bell, 45, of Monticello, Kentucky, was indicted with possession with intent to distribute more than five kilograms of methamphetamine. On November 7, 2018, a deputy with the Jackson County Sheriff’s Office attempted to conduct a traffi...
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( 08-13-2021 - NC)

United States of America v. Siva K. Durbesula
Asheville, North Carolina sexual assault charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Siva K. Durbesula, 29, of India, who was charged with abusive sexual contact aboard an airplane. According to filed court documents, witness testimony, and evidence presented at trial, on June 23, 2019, Durbesula was a passenger aboard a flight from Chicago O’Hare to Myrtle Beach, S.C. Over t...
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( 06-23-2021 - NC)

Brian Hogan v. Cherokee County and its Department of Social Services
Asheville, North Carolina civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, Brian Hogan, on his own behalf and as representative of all unnamed class members who are similarly situated, who sued Cherokee County, Scott Lindsay,in his official capacity as attorney for Cherokee County Department of Social Services, and Cindy Palmer claiming that the defendants wrongfully separated him from his daughter. ...
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( 05-14-2021 - NC)

United States of America v. Lawrence Keith Limon
Asheville, North Carolina criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of child porn. Lawrence Keith Limon, 52, of Murphy, N.C. to 72 months in prison for distribution of child pornography, announced William T. Stetzer, U.S. Attorney for the Western District of North Carolina. Limon was also ordered to serve a lifetime of supervised release and to register as a ...
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( 05-14-2021 - NC)

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