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United States of America v. Taylor Womack
Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. On September 7, 2020, Taylor Womack, age 28, of Charleston, West Virginia, possessed a loaded FEG, Model PA-63, 9mm firearm in Amandaville. Federal law prohibits a person with a prior felony conviction from possessing a firearm or ammunition. Womack knew he wa... More... ( 05-02-2023 - WV) |
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United States of America v. David Jones
Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with witness tampering. David Jones, 51, the ormer West Virginia regional director of parole for the West Virginia Division of Corrections and Rehabilitation in Parkersburg, West Virginia, admitted that earlier this year, he deliberately withheld information and lied to state and federal investigators during t... More... ( 04-28-2023 - WV) |
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James L. Breeden, Jr. v. Precision Shooting Equipment, Inc.
Charleston, West Virginia personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a product liability theory. West Virginia law recognizes the right of consumers to purchase and use products with the expectation that they are safe. Injured consumers can recover compensation from the manufacturer of an unreasonably dangerous product even without proving the company was neglige... More... ( 04-04-2023 - WV) |
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United States of America v. Antonio Lamar Jeffries, et al.
Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyers will be representing thirty individuals charged with drug trafficking. Federal Courthouse - Charleston, West Virginia ... More... ( 03-22-2023 - WV) |
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Darlene Riggleman v. Administrator Bryan K. Lanham
Charleston, West Virginia civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff claiming that he prisoner civil rights were violated by Defendant. Federal Courthouse - Charleston, West Virginia ... More... ( 03-02-2023 - WV) |
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Deborah Salmons, et al. v. Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Company
Charleston, West Virginia insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory claiming more than $75,000 in damages as a direct result. MoreLaw Legal News For Charleston ... More... ( 01-13-2023 - WV) |
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United States of America v. Samuel Manriquez
Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute fentanyl. MoreLaw Legal News For Charleston On February 17, 2021, law enfo... More... ( 01-12-2023 - WV) |
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United States of America v. Anthony Demetro
Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with depriving a victim of fundamental right to bodily integrity. MoreLaw Legal News For Charleston Anthony Demet, age 44... More... ( 01-06-2023 - WV) |
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Sarina Riffle v. Erie Insurance Property & Casualty Company, d/b/a Erie Insurance Company
Charleston, West Virginia insurance law lawyers represent Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of an insurance contract claiming to have been damaged in excess of $75,000 as a direct result of the breach. MoreLaw Legal News For Charleston ... More... ( 12-22-2022 - WV) |
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United States of America v. Todd Jeffrey Ullum
Charleston, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. MoreLaw Legal News For Charleston On September 15, 2021, a law enforcement officer encountere... More... ( 12-07-2022 - WV) |
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Thomas Matheny v. E. I. Du Pont De Nemours and Company, et al.
Charleston, West Virginia personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of acts, errors and omissions by Defendant in the operation a chemical plant. ... More... ( 11-07-2022 - WV) |
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Vanessa H. Taylor and Joseph A. Savage v. Alisher Mansurov, Sethmar Transportaton, Inc., et al.
Charleston, West Virginia personal injury truck wreck lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on auto negligence theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of a motor vehicle accident caused by Defendants' employee as a result of the failure of the driver to exercise due care. In the typical personal injury case, a plaint... More... ( 11-03-2022 - WV) |
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Kandi Laufert, et al. v. David Logistics, LLC, et al.
Charleston, West Virginia personal injury truck wreck lawyers represented Plaintiff on auto negligence wrongful death theories claiming that Nichole Ashley Laufert was killed as a result of a truck wreck. This case concerns a motor vehicle accident that occurred on Interstate 77 (“I-77”) in Fayette County, West Virginia resulting in the death of Nichole Ashley Laufert On April 3... More... ( 10-24-2022 - WV) |
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United States of America v. Ashley Kawczynski
Charleston, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking offense. According to court documents and statements made in court, on July 5, 2022, Kawczynski possessed approximately 328 grams of methamphetamine, 164 grams of fentanyl and two firearms, a ... More... ( 10-24-2022 - WV) |
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United States of America v. Melissa Waller
Charleston, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with theft of government benefits. From June 2012 to April 2020, Melissa Waller, age 45, from St. Albvans, West Virginia, received $84,509 in Social Security Administration (SSA) benefits on behalf of a deceased relative. Waller admitted that she did not have a legal right to these benefits once her relative died ... More... ( 10-13-2022 - WV) |
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United States of America v. Leon Antoine Smith
Charleston, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute a quantity of methamphetamine. Smith is the final major defendant to be sentenced in connection with an investigation that dismantled a large-volume drug trafficking organization (DTO) that operated primarily in the Charleston, Rand, and St. Albans areas of Kanawha County from March ... More... ( 10-03-2022 - WV) |
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United States of America v. Caila Vance
Charleston, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing 50 grams or more of methamphetamine. Caila Vance, age 27, from Charleston, sold more than 100 grams of suspected methamphetamine and a firearm to a confidential informant on February 8, 2022. The substance later tested positive as methamphetamine. United States Attorney Will Thompson ma... More... ( 09-15-2022 - WV) |
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United States of America v. William Earley, D.O.; Brian Gullett, D.O.; Roswell Tempest Lowry, M.D.; and Vernon Stanley, M.D.
Charleston, West Virginia criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with aiding and abetting obtaining a controlled substance by fraud. Four of the physicians each pleaded guilty to a felony count of aiding and abetting obtaining a controlled substance by fraud: William Earley, D.O, 66, of North Myrtle Beach, South Carolina; Brian Gullett, D.O., 45, of Clarksville, Pennsylvania; Rosw... More... ( 09-13-2022 - WV) |
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United States of America v. Christopher Osborne
Charleston, West Virginia criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with violating the civil rights of a minor victim by forcibly raping her in a bunk room at the Danville Fire Department in Danville, West Virginia. Christopher Osborne, age 26, previously admitted that on or about Jan. 19, 2021, while he was an officer with the Marmet Police Department in Marmet, West Virginia, and a... More... ( 08-31-2022 - WV) |
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United States of America v. Jonathan Gregory Bush
Charleston, West Virginia criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. Jonathan Gregory Bush, age 39, from Charleston was a member of a multi-state methamphetamine distribution organization operating in and around Charleston. Bush admitted that he obtained large quantities of methamphetamine in Decatur, Georgia and distributed it in and ... More... ( 07-28-2022 - WV) |
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United States of America v. Ruben Laurel
Clarksburg, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first degree murder. Ruben Laurel, 43, was sentenced today to 300 months of incarceration after pleading guilty to aiding and abetting second degree murder and assault with a deadly weapon in the death of inmate Anthony M. Dallas. Laurel, along with another inmate, repeatedly stabbed and cut Dallas, killi... More... ( 07-11-2022 - WV) |
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United States of America v. Randall Dwight Holden, II
Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with interception of oral communications. Randall Dwight Holden II, age 33, admitted to secretly recording a video of a woman engaged in sexually explicit conduct in her Logan County home on November 25, 2017. The video was later uploaded to the internet without the victim’s knowledge. The video was one of s... More... ( 06-23-2022 - WV) |
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State of West Virginia v. Joshua Phillips
Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder. Joshua Phillips, was charged for shooting and killing Charleston Police Office Cassie Johnson, age 28, who was shot and killed in December 20202. Phillips reportedly fired six shots are the officer.... More... ( 06-13-2022 - WV) |
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Pamela White v. Newrez, LLC d/b/a Shellpoint Mortgage Servicing
Charleston, West Virginia consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on a violation of the West Virginia Consumer Credit Protection Act (WVCCPA). This case was filed in the Circuit Court, Kanawha County, West Virginia, 21-C-539, and was removed to federal court by Defendant. Plaintiff sought remand. Diversity jurisdiction exists when (1) the “m... More... ( 06-03-2022 - WV) |
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United States of America v. Christopher Osborne
Charleston, West Virginia criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with Deprivation of Rights Under Color of Law. Christopher Osborne, 26, admitted that on or about Jan. 19, 2021, while he was an officer with the Marmet Police Department in Marmet, West Virginia, and a firefighter with both the Charleston Fire Department in Charleston, West Virginia, and the Danville Voluntee... More... ( 06-02-2022 - WV) |