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Commonwealth of Virginia v. Catherine Renee Tellez
Williamsburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failing to stop after involvement in an accident that resulted in death. On the morning of August 10, 2022, Tellez was driving on Interstate 64 in the left lane. The portion of the highway had two clearly marked lanes and was straight and flat with no grade. The road surface had no major potholes, de...
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( 11-13-2025 - VA)

Commonwealth of Virginia v. Delonte West
Alexandria, Virginia criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with public intoxication. Former NBA player Delonte West, age 46, was arrested after showing signs of public intoxication. ...
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( 11-13-2025 - VA)

United States of America v. Bavonte J. Cole
Richmond, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. While patrolling alone at night, Officer Dquan Walker saw Coe sitting in the driver’s seat of a car parked just outside the entrance to a convenience store known for “drug activity . . . inside and outside of the store.” JA 106. Coe was holding plastic baggies...
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( 11-13-2025 - VA)

Abigail Zwerner v. Ebony Parker, et al.
Newport News, Virginia personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a gross negligence claim. Abigail Zwerner, a first-grad teacher in Newport News, Virginia was shot by a 6-year-old student who brought his mother’s gun to class in January 2023. She sued Ebony Parker claiming that the assistant principal failed and refused to respond to four separate reports from staff members...
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( 11-06-2025 - VA)

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....
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( 11-03-2025 - VA)

Brian Hoffard and Emmalyn Hoffard v. Marc Jones Construction, LLC d/b/a Sunpro Solar, aka Adt Solar, LLC
Newports News, Virginia civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract action involving an arbitration agreement in a contract....
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( 11-03-2025 - va)

United States of America v. Jimmy Lawrence Nance
Roanoke, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate relief. ...
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( 11-03-2025 - VA)

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)....
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( 11-03-2025 - VA)

United States of America v. William Wellington Hooper, Jr.
Newport News, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to produce child sexual abuse material, production of child sexual abuse material, and two counts of coercion and enticement of a minor to engage in illicit sexual conduct, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2251(a), (e), 2422(b). ...
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( 11-03-2025 - VA)

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. ...
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( 11-03-2025 - VA)

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...
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( 10-26-2025 - VA)

United States of America v. Daniel Jackson
Pikeville, Tennessee criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing methamphetamine and fentanyl with the intent to distribute. At trial, Jackson took the stand and insisted that an officer planted the drugs discovered in his car and near his person. Jackson’s story didn’t stick; the jury convicted. ...
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( 10-24-2025 - VA)

United States of America v. Carl Thomas, Jr.
Newport News, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with intend to distribute Oxycodone....
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( 10-23-2025 - VA)

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. ...
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( 10-23-2025 - VA)

Commonwealth of Virginia v. Jamar Lafonz Hilliard
Portsmouth, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter and maliciously discharging a firearm into an occupied dwelling. ...
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( 10-21-2025 - VA)

Commonwealth of Virginia v. Derek McKinley Mabins
Halifax, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with grand larceny, in violation of Code § 18.2-95; felony failure to appear, in violation of Code § 19.2-128; petit larceny, in violation of Code § 18.2-96; and intentional destruction of property valued at less than $1,000, in violation of Code § 18.2-137(B)(i). ...
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( 10-21-2025 - VA)

Commonwealth of Virginia v. Gilberto Rodriguez
Roanoke, Virginia criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with murder Gilberto Rodriguez, is accused of shooting and killing 31-year-old Jose Buenostro-Vasquez, who was found shot in a parking lot of a bar....
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( 10-14-2025 - VA)

United States of America v. George Perry
Newport News, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing cocaine base. George Perry was convicted on five counts of distributing cocaine base, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1)(C)....
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( 10-14-2025 - VA)

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...
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( 10-14-2025 - VA)

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...
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( 10-13-2025 - VA)

State of West Virginia v. Franklin Carrol, II
Bluefield, West Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to register as a sex offender. ...
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( 10-03-2025 - VA)

United States of America v. Jacqueline Tatiana Cuellar
Harrisburg, Virginia, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs....
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( 10-03-2025 - VA)

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 ...
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( 10-03-2025 - VA)

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....
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( 10-03-2025 - VA)

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...
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( 10-03-2025 - VA)

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