Detroit, Michigan criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.

After ten days of trial, a jury convicted Defendant William S. Steele (“Steele”) of (1) Racketeering Conspiracy (“RICO Conspiracy”) under 18 U.S.C. § 1962(d), and (2) Possession of a Firearm in Furtherance of a Drug ... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

A. Pre-Trial Proceedings
1. Indictment and Guilty Pleas
In December 2015, Jackson, Palmer, Tervon’tae Taylor, D’Wan Dillard, Jr., and Calvin
Rembert were charged with multiple violations of 18 U.S.C. § 2119(2)—carjacking resulting in
serious bodily injury—and 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(ii)—using, carrying, or possessing a
firearm during a crime of violence. P... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

RE The defendants here took part in a decade-long scheme
surreptitiously to sell tax-free cigarettes, thereby defrauding federal, state, and local governments
of more than $45 million in tax revenue. The federal government eventually uncovered the
scheme and charged them with 34 counts of various crimes, including conspiracy to commit mail
or wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.... More...    $0 (12-28-2023 - OH)

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with romance-fraud conspiracy and making false statements on a COVID‑relief application.

From January 2019 through July 2021, Benjamin Adu Acheampong, 37, of Fairfield, Ohio, conspired with others to create false online profiles, which the conspirators used to express romantic interest in victims. Once the victi... More...    $0 (12-07-2023 - OH)

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with interference with commerce by threat or violence and felony possession and use of a firearm.
Ronald Lee Jacobs, 46, was convicted of six counts of robbery and one count of brandishing a firearm during a crime of violence.

The verdict was announced Monday afternoon following a trial that began on Aug. 7 before Ch... More...    $0 (08-15-2023 - OH)

Columbus, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud.

Phelton Woods, 72, of Reynoldsburg, pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud. Court documents say Woods wrote 359 unauthorized checks from the CSEA checking account to himself, which included forged signatures; wrote 16 unauthorized checks to a relative, who has no relation to the CSEA; and made 38 una... More...    $0 (07-26-2023 - OH)

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) of approximately $1.2 million in Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) program under Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act.

From May 2020 through October 2020, Aydin Kalantarov, age 38, of Willoughby Hills, Ohio, along with hi... More...    $0 (05-25-2023 - OH)

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the Small Business Administration (“SBA”) of approximately $1.2 million in Economic Injury Disaster Loan (“EIDL”) program under Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. Kalantarov was also sentenced to 3 years of supervised release, a $200 special assessment, and agreed to pay up ... More...    $0 (05-25-2023 - OH)

Cincinnati, Ohio employment law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violation theory.



In September 2020, the named plaintiffs-a number of former "home-health aides"- brought this suit against A&L Homecare &Training, LLC and its owners (collectively, "A&L") under the FLSA and Ohio law. The plaintiffs alleged that A&L had paid the... More...    $0 (05-23-2023 - OH)

Cincinnati, Ohio personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on product liability theories.

Plaintiff brought this action for personal injuries suffered by him after being implanted with an Inferior Vena Cava )"IVC" filter medical device manufactured by Bard.

C. R. Bard, Inc. is a leading multinational developer, manufacturer, and marketer of innovative, life... More...    $1 (04-05-2023 - OH)

Cincinnati, Ohio criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with economic espionage and theft of trade secrets.

Yanjun Xu, 42, targeted American aviation companies, recruited employees to travel to China, and solicited their proprietary information, all on behalf of the government of the People’s Republic of China (PRC).

“As proven at trial, the defendant, a Chinese go... More...    $0 (11-16-2022 - OH)

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud, money laundering, bank fraud and false statement under oath in a bankruptcy proceeding.

The former Vice President of Discovery Tours Inc., a business located in Mayfield Village, Ohio, that offered educational trips for grade school and high school students, pleaded guilty to devising a scheme to take p... More...    $0 (06-16-2022 - OH)

Cleveland, Ohio criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy that fraudulently obtained COVID-19 pandemic unemployment insurance benefits.

“Mr. Lawson and his codefendants stole taxpayer dollars intended to help our neighbors and community members pay their bills and obtain basic necessities while the pandemic disrupted lives and caused many to lose their jobs o... More...    $0 (03-17-2022 - OH)

Hammond, Indiana criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists.

Christopher Brenner Cook, 20, of Columbus, Ohio; Jonathan Allen Frost, 24, of Katy, Texas and of West Lafayette, Indiana; and Jackson Matthew Sawall, 22, of Oshkosh, Wisconsin; have each pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to provide material support to... More...    $0 (02-24-2022 - OH)