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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Damontie James
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer representing the Defendant charged with second-degree murder and felony possession of a firearm. Damontie James of Alexandria, age 26, was accused of shooting and killing Kory Anding, 29, also of Alexandria.... More... ( 11-03-2025 - VA) |
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United States of America v. Kenneth Ray Johnson
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate release under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A), which Johnson predicated on his purportedly “unusually long” sentence. See U.S. Sentencing Guidelines Manual § 1B1.13(b)(6), p.s. (2024).... More... ( 11-03-2025 - VA) |
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United States of America v. Tanziludin Bangurah
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute 40 grams or more of fentanyl, l, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841. ... More... ( 11-03-2025 - VA) |
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State of Virginia v. Stephen Smerk
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Stephen Smerk, age 53, was accused of killing Robin Lawrence, age 27, who was killed in 1994. Detectives using DNA from the crime scene were able to identify Smerk as the killer. Investigators turned to Ellen Greytak, director of bioinformatics at Parabon NanoLabs, a... More... ( 10-26-2025 - VA) |
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United States of America v. russel Guye Dadzie
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of impersonating a federal officer, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 912. ... More... ( 10-23-2025 - VA) |
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United States of America v. Kevin Perez Sandoval, a/k/a Noctorno, a/k/a Nocturno, a/k/a Dengue
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to participate in a racketeering enterprise, conspiracy to commit murder in aid of racketeering, and conspiracy to distribute cocaine and marijuana, among other crimes. Following a three-week jury trial, Kevin Perez Sandoval, Roberto Carlos Cruz Moreno, and Jose Rosales Juarez (“Appellants... More... ( 10-14-2025 - VA) |
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United States of America .v James B. Comey, Jr.
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyers are representing the Defendant charged with: Count 1: 1. On or about September 30, 2020, in the Eastern District of Virginia, the defendant, JAMES B. COMEY JR., did willfully and knowingly make a materially false, Fictitious, and fraudulent statement in a matter within the jurisdiction of the legislative branch of the Governme... More... ( 10-13-2025 - VA) |
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Isaias Tessema v. Catherine Ann Moulthrop
Fairfax, Virginia, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a car wreck bicycle claim. On April 15, 2017, Catherine Ann Moulthrop and Isaias Tessema were involved in a vehicle-bicycle collision. Moulthrop was the driver, and Tessema was the cyclist. On June 15, 2017, State Farm responded to a claim inquiry from Tessema. The letter to Tessema’s counsel identified ... More... ( 10-03-2025 - VA) |
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State of Virginia v. Derrick Burroughs
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual assault. Derrick Burroughs, age 40, accused for sexually assaulting two studens at Edison High School.... More... ( 10-03-2025 - VA) |
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Donna M. Jones v. Fairfax County School Board
Alexandria, Virginia, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Amiercans with Disability Act violaiton theory. The Plaintiff filed suit against the Fairfax County School Board (“Appellee”) pursuant to the ADA, alleging that the school’s refusal to grant her proposed accommodation violated the statute. The district court concluded that Plaintiff’s proposed accom... More... ( 10-03-2025 - VA) |
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United States of America v. Ronald Herrera Contreras, a/k/a Espeedy, a/k/a Speedy, a/k/a Joster Hrndz, a/k/a Chucho
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with numerous felonies. The were members of MS-13, a violent transnational gang. 2 MS-13 engages in crimes including: aggravated assault; robbery; homicide; extortion; and human, narcotics, and firearm trafficking. ... More... ( 09-01-2025 - VA) |
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Kimberly LaFave, et al. v. The County of Fairfax, Virginia, et al.
Fairfax, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff challenging the constitutionality of the so-called sensitive places doctrine, which allows the government to restrict the presence of firearms in certain locations. A Fairfax County ordinance prohibits “[t]he possession, carrying, or transportation of any firearms, ammunition, or components or combination thereof” in vari... More... ( 08-27-2025 - VA) |
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Clarence Davis v. Capital One, N.A.
Alexandria, Virginia consumer law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theory. larence Davis received multiple prerecorded messages on his cell phone from Capital One seeking payment for a debt. Davis had never been a Capital One customer and had never consented to receive calls from Capital One. Davis’s cell phone number previously ... More... ( 08-25-2025 - VA) |
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United States of America v. Shaheem Johnson
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. During the 1990s, Johnson engaged in a multi-state drug-trafficking enterprise. During the ongoing drug-trafficking enterprise, Johnson was directly responsible for the deaths of two people.1 In one incident, Johnson, Damein Piranti, Rickey Piranti, and another coconspirator shot and kill... More... ( 07-11-2025 - VA) |
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Joel Aaron Burrell v. S. Shirley, Correctional Officer, et al.
Alexandria, Virginia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a prisoner civil rights claim. Under 28 U.S.C. § 1915, federal courts may permit an indigent prisoner to proceed without prepaying filing fees or giving security. The legal term for proceeding this way is in forma pauperis. But Congress expressed concern that prisoners were filing many “frivolous lawsuits floodin... More... ( 07-03-2025 - VA) |
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Lisa Barnhill v. Pamela Jo Bondi, U.S. Attorney General
Alexandria, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on race and gender discrimination theories. MoreLaw was created to help people find experienced lawyers to represent them in the more than 3,144 counties across the United States. Click the link above to see a list of lawyers ready and willing to represent you if you have a legal problem and need help. Call: 918-5... More... ( 05-15-2025 - VA) |
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Mureal Zalmai v. Corliss Joseph-Conway
Alexandria, Virginia immigraton lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for naturalization pursuant to 08 USC 1531. ... More... ( 03-27-2025 - VA) |
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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jose Roberto Gomez Contreras
Alexandria, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with "rape, oral sodomy, and animate object sexual penetration ('OSP'), as well as two counts of custodial indecent liberties. K.I.C. was born in El Salvador to Maritza Contreras, appellant's sister.[3] When K.I.C. was two years old, her mother left El Salvador and travelled to the United States. K.I.C. remain... More... ( 02-18-2025 - VA) |
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Jeremy Smith v. Cox Enterprises, Inc. Welfare Benefit Plan
Alexandria, Virginia employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an ERISA law violation theory. After receiving long-term disability benefits from his employer for seven years, Jeremy Smith was informed that these benefits would be terminated. Seeking to have his benefits restored, Smith filed suit under the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974 (“ERISA”) aga... More... ( 02-18-2025 - VA) |
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United States of America v. Asif William Rahman
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with retaining and trasmitting Top Secret National Defense Information to people who were not entitled to receive it, information which was publicly posted on a social media platform in October 2024. Asif William Rahman, 34, of Vienna, was an employee of the CIA since 2016 and had a Top-Secret security clearanc... More... ( 01-17-2025 - VA) |
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Kristen M. Barnett v. INoVA Health Care Services
Alexandria, Virginia civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a wrongful termination theory. Barnett, a former registered nurse and employee of INOVA, refused to receive the COVID-19 vaccine as required under INOVA’s policy because of its alleged conflict with her religious belief. INOVA discharged her, and Barnett filed a Title VII religious discrimination ... More... ( 01-10-2025 - VA) |
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Northern Virgina Hemp and Agriculture, LLC, et a. v. Commonwealth of Virginia, et al.
Alexandria, Virginia civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sought declaratory and other relief. Virginia recognized it had a marijuana problem. For years, federal law has classified marijuana as a controlled substance. But in the 2018 Farm Bill, Congress excluded “hemp”—which it defined as Cannabis sativa L. and any part of that plant “with a delta-9... More... ( 01-10-2025 - VA) |
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United States of America v. Mynor Esau Jandres Flores
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant who reentered the US after removal. Mynor Esau Jandres Flores was convited of illegal reentry after removal, in violation of 8 U.S.C. § 1326(a). He argued on appeal that 8 U.S.C. § 1326 is unconstitutional because it violates the equal protection guarantee of the Fifth Amendment. Specifically, Flores maintain... More... ( 12-24-2024 - VA) |
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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Dilliraj Bista
Fairfax, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Bista was charged with the forcible sodomy of a child under the age of 13, in violation of Code § 18.2-67.1, and aggravated sexual battery, in violation of Code § 18.2-67.3. The Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court of Fairfax County (the “district court”) held... More... ( 11-15-2024 - VA) |
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Commonwealth of Virginia v.Juliana Peres Magalhães
Fairfax, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder. Juliana Peres Magalhães, 24, a Brazilian au pair, who had an affair with her employer was charged for her involvement in the murder of his wife in 2023. Police found Christine Banfield, 37, close to death after being stabbed, and Joseph Ryan, age 38, shot to death... More... ( 10-30-2024 - VA) |