Lawyer — Federal Records

DOJ: Lawyer Charged with Attempted Extortion of Former Client and Client’s Son Over Alleged $500,000 Debt 2026-03-14

New York, with attempted Hobbs Act extortion for enlisting an individual to threaten...Release Lawyer Charged with Attempted Extortion of Former Client and Client’s Son...New York, with attempted Hobb...

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DOJ: Former Lawyer Sentenced for Paying for Sex Acts with Cambodian Children 2025-03-07

Tampa, FL - A Florida man was sentenced today to nine years in prison for paying a child in a foreign country to engage in a commercial sex act with him.According to court documents, Rugh James Cline,...

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DOJ: Former Lawyer Sentenced for Paying for Sex Acts with Cambodian Children 2025-03-06

A Florida man was sentenced today to nine years in prison for paying a child in a foreign country to engage in a commercial sex act with him.According to court documents, Rugh James Cline, 44, a forme...

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DOJ: Former Lawyer Charged With Failure To Pay Taxes 2024-03-29

Ocala, Florida – United States Attorney Roger B. Handberg announces that Michael Brady Scoma (51, Clermont) has been charged by information with three counts of failure to pay taxes. If convicted, Sco...

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DOJ: Former Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Wire Fraud in West Palm Beach Federal Court 2023-08-08

MIAMI – Craig Sherman, an 80-year-old retired lawyer pleaded guilty yesterday to two counts of federal wire fraud charges in West Palm Beach, Florida. Sherman admitted that from 2013 through 2020, he ...

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DOJ: Lawyer Sentenced To Nine Years In Prison For $8 Million Escrow Fraud 2023-05-08

Damian Williams, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that BRIAN O’NEILL, a Maryland attorney and escrow agent, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge Valeri...

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DOJ: Lawyer from Leesville and Another Local Man Sentenced for their Involvement in Two Separate Child Pornography Cases 2022-10-06

LAKE CHARLES, La. - United States Attorney Brandon B. Brown announced the sentencing of two defendants who were involved in separate child pornography cases. United States District Judge James D. Cain...

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DOJ: Former Lawyer Sentenced to More than 3 Years in Prison for Conning Clients via Sham Court Documents Containing Forged Judge Signatures 2022-10-04

LOS ANGELES – A former California lawyer has been sentenced to 37 months in federal prison for lying to his clients about winning cases for them and then deceiving them with bogus documents – some wit...

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DOJ: Lawyer Charged with Stealing More Than $3.9 Million from Clients and Employees 2022-08-19

Baltimore, Maryland – A federal grand jury returned an indictment on August 16, 2022, charging Matthew C. Browndorf, age 51, of Irvine, California, with four counts of wire fraud and four counts of mo...

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DOJ: Former Lawyer Agrees to Plead Guilty to Conning Clients via Sham Court Documents Containing Forged Judge Signatures 2021-10-20

LOS ANGELES – A former California lawyer has agreed to plead guilty to a fraud charge, admitting he lied to clients about winning cases and deceiving them with bogus documents, some with the forged si...

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DOJ: Lawyer Sentenced For His Role In Fraud Scheme 2020-11-19

Tampa, Florida - U.S. District Judge Mary S. Scriven has sentenced Joseph S. Anile, II (56, Sarasota) to 10 years in federal prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and mail fraud, money laundering...

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DOJ: Former Lawyer Pleads Guilty to $4 Million Wire Fraud Where Clients Were Conned Via Forged Judges’ Signatures and Fake Phone Calls 2019-06-07

LOS ANGELES – A former California attorney has pleaded guilty to one felony count of wire fraud for falsely representing to his clients that he obtained favorable legal resolutions for them, and then ...

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DOJ: Former Lawyer Sentenced to Six Months for Criminal Contempt 2019-05-16

CONCORD - William Summers, 77, of Haines City, Florida, was sentenced on Wednesday to six months in federal prison for criminal contempt, United States Attorney Scott W. Murray announced today. Accord...

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DOJ: Lawyer Sentenced for Distributing Videos of Child Sexual Abuse 2017-12-01

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Washington D.C., lawyer was sentenced today to five years in prison for distributing videos of child sexual abuse. According to court documents, Jason Mark Sims, 36, replied to an ...

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DOJ: Lawyer Pleads Guilty to Distributing Videos of Child Sexual Abuse 2017-09-18

ALEXANDRIA, Va. – A Washington, D.C., lawyer pleaded guilty today to distributing videos of child sexual abuse. According to court documents, Jason Mark Sims, 35, replied to an advertisement placed by...

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DOJ: Lawyer Charged with Defrauding Elderly Client 2016-03-21

ATLANTA – Attorney Bennett L. Kight was arraigned on a federal indictment today charging him with mail fraud while serving as a trustee and manager for assets, investments, and real estate owned by on...

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DOJ: Lawyer Indicted For Tax Evasion On Income Received Over The Course Of Two Decades, Including Income Derived From Illinois Tobacco Litigation 2015-07-23

CHICAGO ― A Chicago lawyer was indicted on federal charges alleging that he evaded the payment of income tax on income he received over the course of two decades, including income he received in conne...

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DOJ: Lawyer Arrested In Multi-Million Dollar World Trade Center Reconstruction Insurance Fraud Scam 2015-07-02

Darius X. Johnson has been arrested on a criminal complaint alleging wire fraud and money laundering in connection with his sale of phony insurance bonds for construction of the World Trade Center PAT...

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DOJ: Lawyer Pleads Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court To Participating In Massive Immigration Fraud Scheme 2015-05-13

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, George Venizelos, the Assistant Director-in-Charge of the New York Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation ...

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DOJ: Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Involvement In Massive No-Fault Automobile Insurance Fraud Scheme 2015-05-13

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced today that SOL NAIMARK, an attorney, pled guilty to his role in two separate conspiracies to defraud private ...

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DOJ: Lawyer Sentenced In Manhattan Federal Court To Five Years In Prison In Connection With Leadership Of Asylum Fraud Ring 2015-05-13

Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that FENG LING LIU, a/k/a Karen, the attorney and owner of law firms in the Chinatown neighborhood of Manhatt...

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DOJ: Lawyer Sentenced To Ten Years For Money Laundering 2015-04-08

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Derian Eidson, 50, of Yorba Linda, California, a suspended member of the California bar, was sentenced today by United States District Judge Troy L. Nunley to 121 months of impris...

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DOJ: Lawyer Sentenced To Ten Years For Money Laundering 2015-04-08

SACRAMENTO, Calif. —

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DOJ: Lawyer Sentenced To Prison Term For Stealing Money Intended For His Clients-Scheme Cost Victims More Than $100,000- 2015-02-19

WASHINGTON – Deairich R. Hunter, 48, an attorney from Washington, D.C., was sentenced today to six months in prison, to be followed by six months of home detention, on a federal charge stemming from h...

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DOJ: Lawyer Pleads Guilty To Stealing Money Intended For His Clients-Scheme Cost Victims More Than $100,000- 2015-02-19

WASHINGTON – Deairich R. Hunter, 47, an attorney from Washington, D.C., pled guilty today to a federal charge stemming from his theft of $109,830 in payments from insurance companies that were intende...

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DOJ: Lawyer Sentenced to Two Years in Prison for Tax Evasion 2015-01-29

Las Vegas, Nev. – Las Vegas lawyer Charles C. LoBello has been sentenced to two years in prison and ordered to pay $260,625 in restitution to the IRS for his guilty plea to one count of tax evasion fo...

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DOJ: Former Lawyer Sentenced To Prison For Obstruction Of Justice 2015-01-29

Albany, New York – David A. Ehrlich, 38, of Cohoes, was sentenced today to be imprisoned for 12 months and 1 day upon his conviction for obstruction of justice, announced United States Attorney Richar...

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DOJ: Lawyer Sentenced For Stealing Client Funds 2014-12-15

PHILADELPHIA - Gomer Thomas Williams, 54, of Philadelphia, PA, was sentenced today to 24 months in prison and ordered to pay restitution for a scheme to defraud clients of the legal firm where he work...

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DOJ: Lawyer Charged With Stealing Client Funds 2014-12-15

PHILADELPHIA - Gomer Thomas Williams, 54, of Philadelphia, PA, was charged today by information with one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud clients of the legal firm where he w...

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DOJ: Lawyer Admits To Stealing Client Funds 2014-12-15

PHILADELPHIA - Gomer Thomas Williams, 54, of Philadelphia, PA, pleaded guilty today to one count of wire fraud in connection with a scheme to defraud clients of the legal firm where he worked. William...

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DOJ: Lawyer for A&O Entities Pleads Guilty for His Role in $100 Million Fraud Scheme Involving Life Settlements 2010-11-23

WASHINGTON – Russell Mackert, 51, of Spring, Texas, pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Richmond, Va., to conspiracy charges in connection with his role as a lawyer for the A&O entities, a ...

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