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Federal vs. State Drug Charges: Understanding the Key Differences

November 20, 2025
Federal vs. State Drug Charges: Understanding the Key Differences Drug cases can start the same way in both federal and state justice systems. At both levels, Law enforcement officers and investigators use traffic stops, controlled buys, informants, surveillance, and search warrants to seize drugs and make arrests.  The stakes are high in either forum. Mandatory […]
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Wire Fraud or Government Overreach? Taking a Hard Look at the Feds’ “Rigged” Poker and NBA Sports-Betting Indictments

October 28, 2025
Last week, federal prosecutors in the Eastern District of New York unsealed two indictments against an NBA head coach, an NBA star, gambling insiders, and individuals allegedly involved in organized crime. The indictments allege two distinct “cheating scandals” involving sports betting and high-stakes poker games. One of the indictments alleges an insider sports-betting scheme in [&he…
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Church Law Firm Helps Client Avoid Deportation and Decades in Prison in Human Trafficking and Money Laundering Case

September 1, 2025
Our client’s restaurant, Sabor a Mexico, which remains open to this day Our client, a restaurant owner and longtime permanent resident in Atlanta, was facing serious federal charges in two different districts–he was charged with federal money laundering in the Southern District of Texas in Houston, and he and his wife were charged with alien […]
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Our Firm Obtains TIME SERVED Sentence for Client Convicted of Federal Cocaine Trafficking Conspiracy

October 17, 2024
This week, our firm pulled off a rare victory–we helped our client obtain a sentence of “time served” in a federal criminal case involving an interstate drug trafficking conspiracy. This was the best possible outcome for our client after he was indicted on federal charges that carried a mandatory minimum of 10 years in prison. […]
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Our Firm Secures Time Served Sentence for Restaurant Owner Falsely Charged with Labor Trafficking and Alien Smuggling

September 4, 2024
Estela Gonzalez (middle) with Paralegal Emily Brooks and Attorney Tom Church For the past year and a half, our firm has been part of a joint defense team representing Efrain and Estela Gonzalez, the husband-and-wife owners of a popular Mexican restaurant, Sabor a Mexico, who were falsely accused of labor trafficking, alien smuggling, and other offenses […]
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