United States of America v. Gabriel David Guerrero

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt to evade and defeat the payment of taxes and obstructing the administration of the IRS. Gabriel David Guerrero, 60, of Pasadena,is a commercial real estate broker who for years did not file timely federal individual income tax returns, specifically for the years 1998, 1999, and 2001 through 2005. He later owed tax liabilities for the years 2012 and 2013. After the IRS assessed taxes against

People of the State of California v. German Gonzalez, Maya Burke, Taylor McCann, Amy Jing Zhai and Hunter Taylor-Black

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with vandalism. German Gonzalez, Maya Burke, Taylor McCann, Amy Jing Zhai and Hunter Taylor-Black were accused of barricading themselves in the president’s office during a 2024 protest in support of Palestine.

People of the State of California v. Antolin Garcia-Torres

San Jose, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping and murdering. Antolin Garcia-Torres, age 34, was accused of kidnapping and murdering Sierra LaMar in 2012. LaMar was 15 years old when she disappeared on her way to Sobrato High School in Morgan Hill on the morning of March 16, 2012. Her body has not been found.

Robert Shane Salley v. Outfront Media, LLC

Los Angeles, California employment law lawyers represented the Defendant on failure to pay earned commissions, failure to provide meal and rest periods, waiting time penalties, and unfair competition. Robert Shane Salley sued his former employer, Outfront Media, LLC (Outfront), for 10 causes of action arising from his employment and termination. Outfront successfully moved for summary judgment. Salley appeals the judgment as to five of his 10 causes of action: his claims for failure to pay ea

The People of the State of California v. Freddy Snyder

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder and carjacking. Freddy Snyder, 29, accused of killing Carl Grillmair, age 67, who was known for groundbreaking discoveries in astronomy.

United States of America v. Matthew Henry Jacober

Fresno, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of explosives, ammunition, and meth. In July 2025, Matthew Henry Jacober, 44, of Bakersfield, possessed 50 pounds of dynamite, which he had hidden in a cave approximately 10 to 15 feet from a travel trailer where Jacober was residing. In 2021, Jacober was convicted in Kern County Superior Court of making a destructive device without a permit, a felony. As a convicted felon, Jacober w

United States of America v. Bryan Azevedo

Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and making false statements. Former San Leandro City Council Member Bryan Azevedo , 49, of San Leandro, Calif., was charged by information on Oct. 20, 2025, with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and one count of making a false statement to federal investigators. The government alleged that the Defendant engaged in a conspiracy to accept brib

United States of America v. Garrett John Gentry, et al.

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants accused of starting a wild fire by negligently operating an excavator. The South Fire ignited on August 25, 2021, in San Bernardino County. The United States alleged that the fire was caused by the negligent operation of an excavator by an employee of Garrett J. Gentry General Engineering Inc. According to the complaint, the steel treads of the excavator struck rocks in a rocky area, generating sparks that ignited dr

United States of America v. Ping “Jenny” Gao

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.

United States of America v. Daren Li

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with International Money Laundering. Daren Li, 42, is a fugitive after cutting off his ankle electronic monitoring device and absconding in December 2025. He was sentenced by United States District Judge R. Gary Klausner, who will determine restitution at a later date. Li pleaded guilty in November 2024 to one count of conspiracy to commit money laundering. “While technology has made it possible for peo

United States of America v. Bryan Azevedo

Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit honest services wire fraud and making false statements to a government agency. Former San Leandro City Council Member Bryan Azevedo , 49, of San Leandro, Calif., was charged by information on Oct. 20, 2025, with one count of conspiracy to commit honest services fraud and one count of making a false statement to federal investigators. Azevedo admitted that in the summer of 2023, he att

United States of America v. Matheus Duarte, Hari Vamsi Anne, Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, Manaswi Mandadapu, and Tyler Thomas Bottenhorn,

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with From November 2020 to February 2021, Matheus Duarte, 30, a Brazilian national residing in Hayward, Calif.; Hari Vamsi Anne, 31, of Cypress, Texas; Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri, 31, of Newport Beach, Calif.; Manaswi Mandadapu, 31, of Irvine, Calif.; and Tyler Thomas Bottenhorn, 30, of Dixon, Calif., worked together to cause DoorDash to pay for deliveries that never occurred. DoorDash’s business inclu

United States of America v. Richard Tillman

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with malicious destruction of government property by fire (arson). Richard Tillman, age 44, admitted that he intentionally set the fire in order to “make a point to the United States government.” In preparation for the fire, Tillman purchased firelogs and lighter fluid. He then drove to the Post Office with firelogs in the vehicle, backed the vehicle through the building’s front door, exited the vehicle, sp

United States of America v. Robert Jordan

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. On Oct. 1, 2024, law enforcement officers conducted a traffic stop on a silver Infiniti SUV with no license plates that Robert Jordan, 52, of Stockton, was driving. In the location where the license plates should have been, the SUV instead had a laminated piece of paper that said “PRIVATE.” During the ensuing traffic stop, Jordan told the officers that he had a

United States of America v. Junwei Guo

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with flying a drone within restricted airspace surrounding Levi’s Stadium during a National Football League (NFL) game in violation of a temporary flight restriction (TFR) imposed by the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). Junwei Guo, 27, operated a drone within the airspace surrounding Levi’s Stadium on Nov. 9, 2025, during a game between the San Francisco 49ers and the Los Angeles Rams. As court document

United States of America v. Joseph Raymond Shinn

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted enticement of a minor. Joseph Raymond Shinn, 47, of Ferndale, Calif., was indicted by a federal grand jury on Feb. 19, 2025, and pleaded guilty on Nov. 5, 2025, to one count of attempted coercion and enticement of a minor. According to the plea agreement, between Sept. 30, 2024, through Oct. 6, 2024, Shinn messaged an individual whom he believed to be a 13-year-old minor, sending sexually expl

United States of America v. Jorge Rubén Camargo-Clarke

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute cocaine for the purpose of unlawful importation. Jorge Rubén Camargo-Clarke, 46, a.k.a. “Cool nene,” was the head of the Bagdad syndicate, the largest drug trafficking organization in Panama. From that position, Camargo directed the actions of approximately 4,000 narcotraffickers in Panama and Colombia, all working in service of his drug trafficking enterprise. Camargo and

United States of America v. David Gilbert Gomez

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. Officers with the City of Imperial Police Department were conducting a routine traffic stop when they observed two men standing near an unoccupied vehicle. Upon seeing police presence, both men ran into a nearby residence. Inside the unoccupied vehicle, police observed a semiautomatic firearm with an extended magazine located on the front passenger’s seat. Police recovered t

United States of America v. Yasiel Puig

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer Keri Curtis represented the Defendant charged with obstruction of justice and lying to federal officials. Yasiel Puig, age 35, was accused of obstruction of justice and lying to federal officials investigating an illegal gambling operation, He wracked up more than $280,000 in losses over a few months in 2019 while wagering on tennis, football and basketball games through a third party who worked for an illegal gambling operation run by Wayne

United States of America v. Orest Shaynyuk

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography. Orest Shaynyuk, 33, of Sacramento, was accused of possession of CSAM. After serving his sentence and while on supervised release, his probation officer found him to be in possession of an iPhone that contained CSAM. Simultaneously, the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force was investigating a tip from an internet communications platform that Shaynyuk was trafficking

United States of America v. John Tamahere McCabe

Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. The Defendant was accused of defrauding a 79-year-old Orange County, California, victim out of nearly $2 million via false promises to broker the sale of the victim’s yacht and by taking out unauthorized loans against the victim’s Irvine condominium, which left the victim homeless. John Tamahere McCabe, 42, of Kailua, Hawaii, devised and executed a scheme to defraud the victim. McCabe offered t

United States of America v. Jing Guo

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with participating in an international fraud and money laundering scheme. Jing Guo, age 36, of San Gabrie, California participated in an international fraud and money laundering scheme that tricked more than 40 elderly victims out of more than $1.2 million. According to charging documents, Guo and others used the following methods to defraud the victims: Technical support scam: Scammers pose as legiti

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. Ryan Wedding, Olympic snowboarder turned Wedding, who competed for his home country in the 2002 Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, has been accused of running a major drug trafficking network that moved cocaine from Colombia through Mexico to the U.S. and Canada. Ryan James Wedding, 44, a Canadian national residing in Mexico, the case’s lead defendant, is charged with overseeing the

The People of the State of California v. Heidy Nickolt Trujillo, Camilo Antonio Aguliar Lara, Sergio Andres Meji-Machuca and Manuel David Ibarra

Ventura, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with two counts of conspiracy to commit commercial burglary and two counts of conspiracy to receive stolen property. Heidy Nickolt Trujillo, 25, Camilo Antonio Aguliar Lara, 31, Sergio Andres Meji-Machuca, 27, and Manuel David Ibarra, 37, were accused of burglarizing a jewelry store and stealing $3 million million worth of jewelry, watches, cash and valuables.

K.G.M. v. TIKTOK, Inc., e tal.

Los Angeles, California, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs product liability, tort and intentional tort theories. K.G.M. v. Snap refers to a major lawsuit where a plaintiff (K.G.M.) sued Snap Inc., alleging its social media platform was intentionally designed to be addictive, causing mental health issues, with Snap recently settling the case, while other platforms like Meta and TikTok face similar litigation. The suit, mirroring big tobacco litigation, claims features like in

United States of America v. Michael William Hutchison III

Sacramento, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute methamphetamine. Between Jan. 26, 2023, and May 10, 2024, Michael William Hutchison III, was a leader and organizer of violent drug traffickers who distributed massive amounts of lethal drugs in the Sacramento region. Hutchison’s specific role involved orchestrating the transport of large drug loads while he himself was active in selling drugs in Sacramento. During

Gildardo Lugo Cerbantes v. Equifax Information Services, LLC., et al.

Oakland, California, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation. The Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) is a U.S. federal law regulating how consumer credit information is collected, used, and shared, promoting accuracy, fairness, and privacy for consumers. It gives consumers rights to access their credit reports, dispute inaccuracies, know when their report is used for adverse actions (like loan denial), and place fraud alerts or security

United States of America v. Daniel James Harris

Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud.

United States of America v. Timothy Allen Manly Williams

Oakland, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Destruction, Alteration, and Falsification of Records in Federal Investigation; Obstruction of Official Proceedings; and Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law.

United States of America v. Salvador Mexicano

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with racketeering conspiracy.

United States of America v. Sayee Chaitanya Reddy Devagiri

San Jose, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud.

United States of America v. John Wesley Warr

San Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud.

asmene Jarrett v. UNUM Life Insurance Company of America, et al.

Santa Ana, California employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a E.R.I.S.A.-Employee Benefits claim

United States of America v. Marco Antonio Aguayo

Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with posted on Instagram death threats against Vice President JD Vance during his visit to Disneyland Resort last year. Marco Antonio Aguayo, 22, of Anaheim, is charged with threats against the President and successors to the Presidency. on July 12, 2025, Vice President Vance visited and stayed at the Disneyland Resort in Anaheim. On the same day, Aguayo posted several public comments on the Instagram account of

United States of America v. Phillp Flores

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bribery. Philip Flores, the owner, president, and chief executive of Intellipeak Solutions, Inc., a former defense contractor based out of Fredericksburg, Virginia, admitted that he participated in a bribery scheme with former Naval Information Warfare Center employee James Soriano. U.S. District Judge Todd W. Robinson explained that the “fraud was pervasive” and “it is hard to understate in terms o

The People of the State of California v. Kiefer Sutherland

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault and battery. Actor Kiefer Sutherland, age 59, was arrested for allegedly assaulting and threatening a ride-share driver.

The People of the State of California v. Arron Jabezz Holmes

Ventura, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. On the night of April 30, 2015, Arron Jabezz Holmes, 19 years old at the time, went on a violent rampage in Oxnard that escalated throughout the evening, prosecutors with the Ventura County.

Dr. James Taylor, ex rel. United States of America v. Kaiser Permanente

San Francisco, California, qui tam lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendant on a False Claims Act violation theory. Under the Medicare Advantage (MA) Program, also known as Medicare Part C, Medicare beneficiaries may opt out of traditional Medicare and enroll in private health plans offered by insurance companies known as Medicare Advantage Organizations, or MAOs. The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) pays the MAOs a fixed monthly amount for each Medicare benefic

United States of America v. Charles River Laboratories, Inc.

San Francisco, California, commercial litigation lawyers represented the Defendant accused of unlawfully manufacturing and distributing of controlled substances between 2019 and 2022 in violation of the Controlled Substances Act (CSA). – Charles River Laboratories, Inc. (CRL), successor by merger to Explora Biolabs Holdings, Inc., a provider of contract vivarium research services, was previously registered with the DEA for its facilities in South San Francisco and San Diego. Both facilit

United States of America v. Israel Claustro

Santa Ana, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail fraud. Orange County Superior Court judge Israel Claustro, age 50, was charged with defrauding California’s workers’ compensation program. “Judge Claustro violated the law for his personal financial benefit,” said First Assistant United States Attorney Bill Essayli. “We will not hesitate to prosecute anyone – judges included – who defraud public benefits intended to help those in need.

United States of America v. Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with attempted murder and murder. on March 26, 2024, 15-year-olds Andrew Nunez and Johncarlo Quintero, age 15, from Wilmington, California—members of the Mexican Mafia-affiliated Westside Wilmas gang from the greater Los Angeles area—drove from Wilmington, California to a Chili’s restaurant in Chula Vista, where their target was dining with his family. When the target, identified in court records as

United States of America v. Rayshawn Williams

Sacramento, California,criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally dealing in firearms and possessing machineguns. Between May and July 2024,Rayshawn Williams, 20, of Stockton sold ten firearms to a confidential informant in illegal deals conducted on the streets in exchange for cash. Of the ten firearms sold to the informant, two of them were Glock pistols with machinegun conversion devices, popularly known as “switches,” that allow the Glock pistols to fir

United States of America v. Ramesh "Sunnty" Balwani and Elizabeth A. Homes

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charge with fraud. Elizabeth Holmes’s and Ranesh “Sunny” Balwani’s defrauding investors out of $452 by lying about Theranos’s blood-testing technology. The Indictment further alleged that Holmes and Balwani devised a scheme to defraud patients through advertisements and marketing materials boasting about the accuracy, cost, and reliability of Theranos’s blood testing services. Multiple patients test

The People of the State of California v. Sergio Alvarado

San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with rape and sexual assault. Sergio Alvarado, age 60, exually assaulted the first victim, a relative, repeatedly over a period of several months. Several years later, Mr. Alvarado assaulted the other victim, a 16-year-old relative, in his car after he offered to drive her to a job interview. The case against Mr. Alvarado was successfully prosecuted by Assistant District Attorney Sheila Johnson, with assist

United States of America v. Xin Mian Pan (a/k/a “Henry Pan”), Hua Liang Xie (a/k/a “Nolan Xie”), Jinhua Wang (a/k/a “Johnson Wang”), Uni-Tile & Marble, Inc., Uni-Stone & Cabinet, Inc., and Shenzhen Top & Profit International Forwarding Co. Ltd.

San Francisco, California, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with evading more than $109 million in anti-dumping duties, countervailing duties, and other duties imposed on quartz surface products, wooden cabinets and vanities, and ceramic tiles manufactured in the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and imported into the United States. Xin Mian Pan, 63, of San Francisco; Xie, 61, of South San Francisco; Wang, 53, a PRC national; Pan’s Bay Area companies, Uni-Tile

The People of the State of California v. Osvaldo Deleon

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with animal abuse. Osvaldo Deleon, 61, was accused of animal abuse for failing to seek medical attention for his dog’s severely injured leg. The dog’s hind leg had an open wound with exposed bone when officials with the county’s Department of Animal Services (DAS) encountered it. The dog was taken into a veterinarian’s care and ultimately her leg had to be amputated. “Our office remains firmly com

The People of the State of California v. Elliot Tramel Nowden

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murdering an elderly woman aboard a Metro train in 2024. A jury found Elliot Tramel Nowden (dob 5/06/78) guilty last month of one count of first-degree murder with the special circumstance allegation of murder during the commission of a robbery. He was also found guilty of first-degree robbery and the jury found true the personal use of a deadly or dangerous weapon allegation. On April 22, 2024, at ap

The People of the State of California v. Jonathan Renteria

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Jonathan Renteria, age 25, accused of killing June Renteria, also known as June Bunyan, age 37. My wife, June Renteria, is deceased in her apartment. I kill her. I am truly sorry." Jonathan Renteria

United States of America v. Audrey Illeene Carroll, Zachary Aaron Page, Dante James Anthony-Gaffield and Tina Lai, 41, a.k.a. “Kickwhere"

Los Angeles, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, and one count of possession of unregistered firearms. The defendants were charged with one count each of providing and attempting to provide material support to terrorists, and one count of possession of unregistered firearms: Audrey Illeene Carroll, 30, a.k.a. “Asiginaak,” and “Black Moon,” of South Los Angeles

State of California v. John Doe

San Diego, California, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with charged with negligently causing and accident and not stopping, eluding police officers, and resisting arrest.