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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) |
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United States of America v. Alhagi Gassim Conteh
Alexandrian Virginia selling counterfeit oxycodone pills containing fentanyl criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. From at least February to April 2024, Alhagi Gassim Conteh, 30, obtained nearly 4,000 counterfeit oxycodone pills imprinted with “M30,” but which contained fentanyl, and distributed them. Throughout the conspiracy, Conteh, a convicted ... More... ( 10-23-2024 - VA) |
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Johanna del Carmen Morales Gordon v. U.S.Citizenship and Immigration Services
Alexandria, Virginia judicial review of agency action in an immigration case lawyer represented the Plaintiffs. Judicial review of agency action in an immigration case is when a federal court reviews a decision made by an immigration agency. This process provides oversight of government decision-making, which is especially important in immigration cases because a denied appl... More... ( 10-11-2024 - VA) |
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Antoinette Thompson v. Metropolitian Washington Airport Authority
Alexandria, Virginia civil rights job discrimination (race) civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff. Title VII prohibits discrimination in compensation and other terms, conditions, and privileges of employment. Thus, race or color discrimination may not be the basis for differences in pay or benefits, work assignments, performance evaluations, training, discipline... More... ( 10-11-2024 - VA) |
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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Zackary Thomas Burkard
Fairfax, Virginia voluntary manslaughter criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. This case involves a fight between two groups of South County high-school students that began with heckling over social media and ended in Burkard's committing a double homicide. In April 2021, Burkard and his friend, Nicholas Guidinetti, exchanged combative snapchats with Is... More... ( 09-10-2024 - VA) |
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Bahriddin Kodirovich Bobocholov v. Gakhtigul Farmonovna Turaeva
Fairfax, Virginia divorce lawyers represented husband and wife a right to spousal support dispute. The trial court awarded Bakhtigul Farmonovna Turaeva (wife) a divorce from Bahriddin Kodirovich Bobocholov (husband) for desertion. Husband argues that the evidence does not support wife's $5,500 monthly spousal support award for an indefinite period. He also asserts that t... More... ( 08-27-2024 - VA) |
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N.S. v. Prince Williams County School Board
Alexandria, Virginia civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who claimed Defendant failed to protect her son from bullying. Plaintiff N.S. asserts that he is a gay minor and that he suffered “regular and relentless” anti-LGBTQ+ bullying at the hands of his classmates within the Prince William County public schools system and, in particular, at Ronald Rea... More... ( 08-23-2024 - VA) |
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Faiza Ambreen, et al. v. Merrick Garland
Alexandria, Virginia immigration lawyer represented the Plaintiff. This action involves a claim under the Administrative Procedure Act (“APA”) seeking review of a decision by the Board of Immigration Appeals (“BIA”). Before the Court is Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF 5) and Plaintiffs' Cross-Motion for Summary Judgment (ECF 12). Because the BIA's d... More... ( 08-23-2024 - VA) |
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Cheryl Metz v. Laurie McCarthy
Alexandria, Virginia personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a negligence theory. ... More... ( 08-13-2024 - VA) |
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Eyob Tadesse Chaka v. United States of America
Alexandria, Virginia immigration lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of an agency action. To the extent necessary to decision and when presented, the reviewing court shall decide all relevant questions of law, interpret constitutional and statutory provisions, and determine the meaning or applicability of the terms of an agency action. The reviewing court sh... More... ( 08-13-2024 - VA) |
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Yemane Mehari v. Muzit Mesfun-Mehari
Fairfax, Virginia divorce lawyers represented husband and wife in a child support and equitable distribution dispute. Husband and wife married on January 12, 2002, and had three children. When the parties divorced in January 2023, their oldest child was an adult and attending college, while their younger children were seven-year-old twins. One of the twins, A.M., had sev... More... ( 07-16-2024 - VA) |
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Christopher Stoops v. Prudential Insurance Company of America
Alexandria, Virginia employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an E.R.I.S.A.-Employee Benefits theory. § 1132(a)(1)(B), which provides that a civil action may be brought by a participant or beneficiary of an ERISA plan "to recover benefits due to him under the terms of his plan, to enforce his rights under the terms of the plan, or to clarify his rig... More... ( 07-02-2024 - VA) |
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United States of America v. Mark Joseph Rodriguez
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a dogfighting conspiracy in violation of 18 U.S.C. 371. 18 U.S.C. 371: If two or more persons conspire either to commit any offense against the United States, or to defraud the United States, or any agency thereof in any manner or for any purpose, and one or more of ... More... ( 07-02-2024 - VA) |
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Powell J. Bernhardt, IV v. Carolina Supreme Trucking LLC, et al.
Alexandra, Virginia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an auto negligence theory. Virginia uses the pure contributory negligence rule. This is the harshest legal doctrine in personal injury cases involving negligence. The defendant must be 100% at fault for the accident that caused the plaintiff's injuries.... More... ( 04-16-2024 - VA) |
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United States of America v. Dr. Jasser Thiara
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with corruptly obstructing the IRS by underreporting his income and filing false tax returns in connection with his medical practice. Dr. Jasser Thiara owned and operated an obstetrics medical practice, doing business as Mid-Atlantic Ob-Gyn, and another doctor’s office specializing in pain management called ... More... ( 12-18-2023 - VA) |
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United States of America v. Rayan Sharaf
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding three cryptocurrency trading platforms of more than $300,000. Between 2021 and 2022, Rayan Sharaf, 55, ran a novel cryptocurrency fraud scheme. As part of the scheme, Sharaf moved funds from his individual bank accounts to accounts at cryptocurrency trading platforms. After purchasing cryptocurr... More... ( 11-22-2023 - VA) |
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United States of America v. Lawrence Appiah-Osei
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with with preparation of fraudulent tax returns. ... More... ( 11-03-2023 - VA) |
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Ronald Kosmahl v. Nationwide Credit Corporation
Alexandria, Virginia consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on Fair Debt Collection Act violation.... More... ( 11-03-2023 - VA) |
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