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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 […]

Our Firm Wins Forfeiture Appeal, Court Orders State to Return $150K+ and Other Seized Property

August 15, 2024
This week, the Georgia Court of Appeals ruled in favor of our client and his wife who had over $150,000 seized from their business and bank accounts, as well as a new truck, trailer, and other equipment. The State tried to unsuccessfully appeal the trial court’s order granting our motion to dismiss the State’s forfeiture […]

Legislature Expands Eligibility for Individuals Seeking Removal from Sex Offender Registry

July 4, 2024
On July 1, 2024, Senate Bill 493 went into effect in Georgia. Among other things, the bill amended O.C.G.A. § 42-1-19 by adding categories of people who can be eligible for removal from the Georgia Sex Offender Registry. For example, it created a new avenue for elderly sex offenders to be removed from the registry […]

Our Firm Gets Temporary Restraining Order Against the South Fulton Chief of Police, Prohibiting Further Raids of Our Client’s Hemp Store

June 25, 2024
Last Friday morning, a Fulton County Superior Court Judge granted a Temporary Restraining Order for our clients, who own a smoke shop in the City of South Fulton, prohibiting the South Fulton Police Department from conducting further raids against our clients, who own a smoke shop in the city called Air Freshener Depot. The judge […]

The Future of THCA Products as “Hemp”

June 25, 2024
Lately there has been a lot of discussion in the hemp industry regarding “THCA” products, such as THCA flowers and vapes, and whether these popular products fall under the definition of “hemp” and are thus legal. Law enforcement and other government officials have tried to argue that these products are illegal marijuana, even when they […]

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