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State of Texas v. Tomas Lee Balicia

Amarillo, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unauthorized use of a motor vehicle and eluding.

State of Texas v. Edwin Fernando Perez

El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault of a young girl. Edwin Fernando Perez, 54, was charged with Aggravated Sexual Assault of a Child The testimony at trial reflected that, in 2022, the victim reported to a school counselor that she had been assaulted by the Defendant several years earlier at a sleepover at his house. At the time of the assault, the victim was 9 years old. Assistant District Attorney Samantha Nelson and Danielle E

Ted Groesbeck v. Fry Construction Company, Inc.

Dallas, Texas commercial litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract case. Ted Groesbeck sued Fry Construction Company, Inc. on a breach of contract theory seeking $185,920 for work performed.

United States of America v. Martel Devante Gilliam

Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute meth. Former corrections officer Martel Devante Gilliam, 22, of Beaumont, was charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine in a federal prison. In March 2024, Gilliam, a correctional officer at the Federal Correctional Complex (FCC) in Beaumont, was identified as a source of supply for illegal drugs at the prison. On March 8, 2024, after Gilliam reporte

United States of America v. Johnny Quoc Tran

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess with intent to distribute fentanyl and meth. an investigation began in March 2019 when authorities identified a Houston-based drug trafficking organization with additional operations in Dallas, Oklahoma and Louisiana. Authorities determined Tran led the organization and operated a pill press laboratory out of an auto repair shop. Johnny Quoc Tran's wife, Amber Logston, assisted him by main

United States of America v. Rodolfo Daniel De Hoyos aka “Rufles”

Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens causing serious bodily injury and placing lives in danger. Rodolfo Daniel De Hoyos a/k/a "Rufles<" was arrested on Nov. 22, 2021, in Kinney County. A Texas Department of Public Safety trooper observed three passengers in De Hoyos’s vehicle, each wearing dirty clothing, hiking boots, and camouflage backpacks. De Hoyos admitted that the three passengers were illegal aliens whom h

United States of America v. Jeremiah Christopher Arguijo

Lubbock, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute more than 500 grams of meth. Jeremiah “Chris” Arguijo, 40, of Lubbock, Texas, was arrested and charged after the execution of a search warrant produced a large quantity of meth. Arguijo was located near one of the search locations. He attempted to flee using a vehicle and then on foot, but was quickly captured and placed under arrest. The Drug Enforcement Administration,

United States of America v. Idress Vinay Solomon

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assaulting and battering TSA officers and Dallas cop. Idress Vinay Solomon, 33, of Oakland, California, was ticketed for a Southwest Airlines flight to the Oakland International Airport in California on March 10, 2026. Solomon approached the security checkpoint at Dallas Love Field Airport without any identification. A Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officer directed Solomon to a different lane so that

State of Texas v. Abel Velasquez

El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with fraud. Velasquez was arrested March 7 by the Texas Department of Public Safety on a charge of deceptive business practices.

United States of America v. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, and Daniel Sanchez-Estrada

Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with rioting, providing material support to terrorists, conspiracy to use and carry an explosive, attempted murder of a officers and employees of the United States, and discharging a firedarm in relation to the furtherance of a violent crime. Benjamin Hanil Song, Savanna Batten, Zachary Evetts, Autumn Hill, Meagan Morris, Maricela Rueda, and Daniel Sanchez-Estrada were accused of attacking the Prairieland ICE Deten

Genise Kincannon, et al. v. American Airlines<

Dallas, Texas, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiffs, claiming that their rights were violated. Several United Airlines employees allege that United failed to offer reasonable religious and medical accommodations to its COVID-19 vaccine mandate, thereby unlawfully discriminating against them and all others sim- ilarly situated.Plaintiffs moved to certify three classes of employees ag- grieved by United’s polices. * * * “The class action is ‘an exception to the usual

United States of America v. Heriberto Mendez-Lozano

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with thirteen counts: conspiracy to harbor aliens, five counts of concealing or harboring aliens, conspiracy to take hostages, five counts of hostage taking, and one count under the felon-in-possession statute, 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1).

State of Texas v. Benjamin Jacob Perez

El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. Benjamin Jacob Perez, age 32, accused with Rogelio Guillermo Suarez, age 19.

State of Texas v. Jeffrey Wallace

El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assault on a family member.

State of Texas v. Andrew Orlando De La O

El Paso, Texas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with possession of a controlled substance. Andrew Orlando De La O was pulled over for running a stop sign. The Defendant had an outstanding warrant.

United States of America v. Jose Manuel Najera

Del Rio, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiring to traffic firearms to the Sinaloa Cartel. Jose Manuel Najera, 54, of Elon, North Carolina, arrived for outbound inspection at the Del Rio Port of Entry on Oct. 31, 2024, driving a gray pickup truck. U.S. Customs and Border Protection recognized that an alert had been placed on the vehicle for suspicious border crossing history. Najera, appearing nervous, provided a negative declaration for weapons, ammun

Lubbock, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Judy Terecia Sanchez, 60, was accused of fraudulently obtaining, forging, and cashing Texas Medicaid checks payable to a former health worker for her quadriplegic son. “The defendant inflicted unimaginable suffering on her son by ffraudulently pretending he received the care he needed and deserved,” said U.S. Attorney Ryan Raybould. “Justice in the form of this lengthy prison sentence is deserved for

United States of America v. Angel Arquimedez Coto-Martinez

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after deportation. Angel Arquimedez Coto-Martinez has multiple previous convictions for illegal reentry. Authorities first removed him in July 2005 and again in December 2010, July 2016, and twice more in 2022. He returned illegally after each removal. Most recently, he was ordered removed Feb. 27, 2022, but law enforcement found him again in the Houston area Oct. 25, 2025, with no authorizati

United States of America v. Celso Rivas-Gonzalez

Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal re-entry into the United States by a previously removed alien. In 2024, Rivas-Gonzalez was convicted of both illegal re-entry and indecency with a child. Prior to that, in 2021, he was convicted of a harassment felony that had been reduced from one count of aggravated sexual assault of a child. Rivas-Gonzalez has been deported from the U.S. twice, the last time being on Feb. 19, 2025. U.S. District Judge Er

United States of America v. Carlos A. Lopez and Barrett R. Howell

Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with embezzlement of U.S. Property. Barrett R. Howell represented a client under investigation with others for federal healthcare fraud. Carlos A. Lopez was a Trial Attorney for the U.S. Department of Justice and was the lead prosecutor in the healthcare fraud investigation. Between September 2021 and December 2022, three individuals were charged with healthcare fraud in federal court in Dallas, although Howell’s

United States of America v. Alejandro Martinez

McAllen, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of controlled substance.

United States of America v. Jorge Angel Rodriguez

Brownsville, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute more than 100 kilograms, that is, approximately 155.5 kilograms of marihuana; 21 USC 841 (a)(1) and 841(b)(1)(B) and 18 USC 2.

Brian E. Vodicka, et al. v. Michael B. Tobolowsky, et al.

Dallas, Texas civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a dispute over American Airlines AAdvantage miles. Ira E. Tobolowsky filed a defamation suit against appellants in July 2015. Following Ira Tobolowsky’s death in May 2016, Michael Tobolowsky, as executor of the estate of Ira E. Tobolowsky, succeeded him as plaintiff. After a bench trial, the trial court found against the appellants, jointly and severally, for $500,000.00 actual damages and $5,000,000.00 in exemplary damag

State of Texas v. Andrew Wayne Roark

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the charged with child abuse. Andrew Wayne Roark, 48, for his 2000 injury to a child conviction after an extensive and careful re-evaluation of the evidence by the Dallas County District Attorney’s Office’s Conviction Integrity Unit (CIU). Changes in science regarding the mechanism of the injury, which the Court of Criminal Appeals opined was “the most persuasive evidence at trial” against Roark, led the District Attorney’s Office t

State of Texas v. Sergio Naffarratte

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder. Sergio Naffarratte, age 27, accused for killing Alyshah Punjani, age 28, and Adrian Williams, Jr., age 30, during a fight on Floyd street in Dallas.

United States of America v. Ivan Hernandez-Ortiz

Dallas, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegaly reentry. Ivan Hernandez-Ortiz, 36, residing in Dallas, Texas, illegally entered the United States approximately five times, was granted voluntary return on three occasions, and was formally removed twice. Previously, he was federally prosecuted for illegal reentry into the United States in the Southern District of Texas in 2015 and was sentenced to 70 months in federal prison. Court records reflect th

United States of America v. Dr. Michael Taba

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Dr. Michael Taba, 61, of McKinney, Texas, accepted bribes paid by pharmacy owners to prescribe medically unnecessary compound creams to injured federal workers. Taba’s co-defendants owned and operated three pharmacies located in Fort Worth and Arlington, Texas. Over the course of the scheme, the pharmacy owners paid Taba and other doctors millions in illegal bribes and kickbacks. Evidence at trial showed th

United States of America v. Davin Ward Elder

San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with wire fraud. From January 2023 to March 2025, Devin Ward Elder, 47, fraudulently raised more than $69.5 million from approximately 345 investor victims that participated in 17 real estate investments. Elder was the founder and CEO of the San Antonio-based investment firm, DJE Texas Management Group, LLC, which was formed in March 2015 and employed dozens of people. DJE invested in multifamily apartments, industri

Vijayalakshmi Nadar v. Thinakar Nadar

Mckinney, Texas, family law lawyer represented the parties in a divorce. ppellee and appellant were divorced, and as pertinent here, the final decree of divorce awarded to appellee a Plano house as his sole and separate property and divested appellant of all right, title, interest, and claim in the property. Appellant was awarded a flat in Mumbai as her sole and separate property, and appellee was divested of all right, title, interest, and claim to the property. The parties were ordered

Caroline D. Edwards v. Ernest Latcher

Dallas, Texas, personal Injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a negligence theory. On March 29, 2020, Latcher let his dog Winston out into the backyard to relieve himself. Winston is a fifty-five to sixty pound Labrador mix. The yard was fenced and had two gates, one of which was visible from the home. Unbeknownst to Latcher, the side gate (the gate not visible from the home) was open and Winston left the backyard. Edwards was walking in the area with her headphones on and

El Paso County, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant deadly conduct discharge firearm and evading arrest or detention with a vehicle and a total bond of $270,000 was set. Abraham Emilio Carmona, age 18, accused with shooting at a home.

State of Texas v. Manuel Vera Mendez

El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with eluding. Manuel Vera Mendez, age 75, tried to escape from a traffic stop.

United States of America v. Gerardo Chavez-Sanchez

McAllen, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit straw purchase of a firearm.

United States of America v. Sohil Usmangani Vahora, a/k/a Sam, a/k/a Bapu

Houston, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and mail fraud.

United States of America v. Mouzon Bass, III

Sherman, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud and identity theft. Mouzon Bass, III, 60, of Highland Park, the sole owner and president of Vivature, a healthcare billing company, and Wilson, a senior executive at Vivature, were involved in conspiracies to defraud others in connection with COVID-19 testing and an athletic training billing scheme. This case is being investigated by FBI, Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General, a

United States of America v. Terry Ardoin, et al.

San Antonio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing marijuana. An 18-count superseding indictment has been unsealed charging 20 alleged members and associates of a violent Houston-based street gang for their purported roles in a racketeering conspiracy (RICO) involving murder, attempted murder, armed robbery, drug trafficking and firearms offenses. Law enforcement arrested 10 of the defendants today and they will be presented before a United States

United States of America v. Isaiah Rene Acosta

El Paso, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of drugs causing death or serious bodily injury. On July 16, 2021, Isaiah Rene Acosta, 28, sold three counterfeit M-30 pills containing fentanyl to an individual, who purchased the pills on behalf of herself and another person. The pill recipients used the counterfeit M-30 pills the next day and shortly thereafter, one of the individuals died of fentanyl poisoning. Further analysis determined that the

United States of America v. Juan Antonio Flores

Del Rio, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to harbor illegal aliens causing serious bodily injury and placing lives in jeopardy. Juan Antonio Flores, 36, coordinated smuggling trips for an alien smuggling organization (ASO), making $4,000 per alien smuggled from Mexico to San Antonio. The aliens were often transported to Austin, where co-conspirator Pedro Ruiz Gonzalez would receive them. Flores and Gonzalez worked together on 15-20 illegal alien

United States of America v. Adam Whitehead Baber

Lubbock, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute drugs. Adam Whitehead Baber, 45, of Lubbock, was charged with one count of conspiracy to distribute 400 grams or more of fentanyl in October 2025. Three others charged as part of the drug trafficking ring include: • Sean Burns, 43, of Lubbock, was sentenced in December 2025 to 204 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to one count

United States of America v. Kurtney Bernard Jones

Abilene, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl. Kurtney Jones, also known as “KP,” was responsible for distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and heroin in the Abilene area. In December 2023, Jones assumed control of a drug trafficking organization (DTO) that distributed drugs in Abilene and the surrounding counties. He formed a relationship with a drug supplier in Dallas, Texas. He organized the

United States of America v. Jed Wood, Joshua Link, Tia Link, Taylor Bang, Royana Thompson

Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with conspiracy to commit wire fraud, wire fraud, and engaging in monetary transactions in property derived from an unlawful activity. Jed Wood of Fort Worth, Texas, charged with three counts of wire fraud, one count of conspiracy to commit wire fraud, and one count of money laundering involving wiring more than $63,000 to a lender for “Home Payoff” Joshua Link of Strafford, Missouri, charged with ten

United States of America v. Marisa Witkop

Fort Worth, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Marisa Witkop, age 21, produced four videos of a nine-year-old child, some of which she distributed using a social media application. The U.S. Secret Service and Mansfield Police Department handled the investigation. The United States Attorney’s Office for the Northern District of Texas, Fort Worth Division, is prosecuting the case.

United States of America v. Summer Heather

Houston, Texas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making false statements to federal agents, wire fraud, and Financial Transactions Involving Proceeds of Specified Unlawful Activity.

United States of America v. Von Allen Randall

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm after a felony conviction, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). He argues that § 922(g)(1) violates the Second Amendment on its face.Randall also asserts that his prior Texas convictions for burglary are not violent felonies under the Armed Career Criminal Act (ACCA). No. 25-10841 2 Government has filed an unopposed motion for summary affirmance or, in the alternative, for an ext

Madelyn Marina Quiroz, et al. v. Eduardo Hernandez, et al.

Beaumont, Texas, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on auto negligence and civil rights violation claims. Before Southwick, Higginson, and Douglas, Circuit Judges. Per Curiam: The petition for rehearing is DENIED. We withdraw the prior opinion, reported at 163 F.4th 222 (5th Cir. 2025), and substitute the following. This case arises out of a serious car accident involving the reckless driving of two teenagers. Appellant Madelyn Marina Quiroz and her mother Marina Naomi H

La Union Del Puebo Entero, et al. v. Gregory W. Abbott, et al.

Austin, Texas, civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking injunctive relief. Deeply concerned about “the vicious arts by which elections are too often carried,” The Federalist No. 10 (James Madison), the Framers of the Constitution supported election provisions, such as the Electoral College, that aimed to erect “every practicable obstacle . . . to cabal, intrigue, and No. 24-50783 3 corruption,” The Federalist No. 68 (Alexander Hamilton). In accordance with a consti

United States of America v. Jorge Alberto Salinas

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal from the United States in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326.

United States of America v. Gustavo Adrian-Soria

Dallas, Texas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal. n July 2024, Lopez-Soria pled guilty of illegally reentering the United States after being deported in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a) and (b)(1). The Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) stated that Lopez-Soria had been removed from the United States twice: in March 2018 and May 2020. It also recounted his seven criminal convictions—three for drug possession, one for identit

United States of America v. Luis Emmanuel Quevedo-Vasquez

Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer Alejandro Macias represented the Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute drugs. On April 2, 2024, Luis Emmanuel Quevedo-Vasquez, a Mexican national illegally in the United States, and Carmen Guadalupe Diaz, 26, of Georgia, were stopped for a traffic violation in Nacogdoches County. During the stop, law enforcement noticed an open container of alcohol and searched the vehicle discovering various illegal drugs including over a kilogr

United States of America v. Dustin Lacouture and Deborah Lagrone

Beaumont, Texas, criminal defense lawyer Ryan Matuska represented Dustin Lacouture charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute a controlled substance (methamphetamine. Dustin Lacouture, 43, and Deborah Lagrone, 44, both pleaded guilty to conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. On January 29, 2025, an Orange County Deputy conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Lagrone with Lacouture in the