Representative Appellate Cases

United States v. Myers, No. 07-12669 (11th Cir. Aug. 22, 2008)

     (Order denying motion to suppress evidence reversed and remanded based on taint from the "fruit of the poisonous tree" argument)

Superior Construction Co., Inc. v. Brock, 445 F.3d 1334 (11th Cir. 2006)

     ($3.4 million award upheld for private client in a maritime collision case)

United States v. Edgar, 304 F.3d 1320 (11th Cir. 2002)

     (Represented the United States; convictions affirmed in complex multimillion dollar Medicare fraud case)

United States v. Yeager, 210 F.3d 1315 (11th Cir. 2000)

     (Represented the United States; sentence affirmed on RICO and methamphetamine conspiracy conviction)

United States v. Barnette, 129 F.3d 1179 (11th Cir. 1997)

     (Represented the United States; opposing parties' appeals dismissed)

United States v. Moghadam, 175 F.3d 1269 (11th Cir. 1999)

     (Represented the United States; convictions for bootlegging sound recordings affirmed; anti-bootlegging statute deemed constitutional)

United States v. Willis, 759 F.2d 1486 (11th Cir. 1985)

     (Represented the United States; convictions affirmed for conspiracies to import and distribute over 700 pounds of cocaine)

United States v. Acosta, 287 F.3d 1034 (11th Cir. 2002)

     (Represented the United States; federal drug conspiracy sentence affirmed)

United States v. Beckley, 97 F.3d 507 (11th Cir. 1996)

     (Represented the United States; convictions affirmed for equity skimming in mortgage loan scheme)

United States v. Cooper, 132 F.3d 1400 (11th Cir. 1998)

     (Represented the United States; mail fraud and money laundering convictions affirmed for multi-million dollar insurance fraud scheme)

United States v. Gonzalez, 70 F.3d 1236 (11th Cir. 1995)

     (Represented the United States; upheld trial court's denial of motion to suppress evidence; counterfeit money conviction affirmed)

United States v. Grimes, 142 F.3d 1342 (11th Cir. 1998)

     (Represented the United States; conviction affirmed for damaging building with explosives)

United States v. Harmas, 974 F.2d 1262 (11th Cir. 1992)

     (Represented the United States; convictions affirmed for conspiracy to defraud the United States and making false statements in nation's largest student loan fraud case involving over $19 million fraud)                 

United States v. Hofierka, 83 F.3d 357 (11th Cir. 1996)  

          Modified on rehearing, 92 F.3d 1108 (11th Cir. 1996)

          (Represented the United States; sentences affirmed for revocation of supervised release)

United States v. Jones, 289 F.3d 1260 (11th Cir. 2002)

     (Represented the United States; sentence affirmed in bank fraud case)

United States v. MacAllister, 160 F.3d 1304 (11th Cir. 1998)

     (Represented the United States; affirming conviction of Canadian citizen for conspiracy to export cocaine to United States; federal drug conspiracy statute held to be constitutional in its application beyond US borders)

United States v. Neder, 136 F.3d 1459 (11th Cir. 1998)

     (Represented the United States; convictions affirmed for bank, wire, and mail fraud in multi-million dollar real estate fraud scheme)

United States v. Nyhuis, 211 F.3d 1340 (11th Cir. 2000)

     (Represented the United States; affirmed trial court's denial of motion for post-conviction relief from drug conviction and sentence for continuing criminal enterprise)

United States v. Rosario-Delgado, 198 F.3d 1354 (11th Cir. 1999)

     (Represented the United States; armed robbery conviction and sentence under "three strikes law" affirmed)

United States v. Ruwe, 790 F.2d 845 (11th Cir. 1986)

     (Represented the United States; federal bribery conviction affirmed)

United States v. Stinson, 97 F.3d 466 (11th Cir. 1996)

     (Represented the United States; sentence affirmed with upward departure after remand from US Supreme Court)

United States v. Cancelliere, 69 F.3d 1116 (11th Cir. 1995)

     (Represented the United States; convictions affirmed for bank fraud and false statements; convictions for money laundering reversed)

United States v. Fossett, 881 F.2d 976 (11th Cir. 1989)

     (Represented the United States; federal guideline sentence affirmed)

United States v. Ruwe, 790 F.2d 845 (11th Cir. 1986)

     (Represented the United States; order denying release pending appeal)

United States v. Harper, 626 F. Supp. 952 (M.D. Ala. 1986)

     (Represented the United States; order denying motion for post-conviction relief from sentence)