Nebraska Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Brandy Miller </h2> </center>
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute 50 grams or more of Meth. By <a href=”https://www.morelaw.com//about”” target=”_new”>Kent Morlan</a> Brandy Miller, 48, of Flagstaff, Arizona was charged based on her involvement with a Mexico source of supply of methamphetamine known to supply the Omaha and Council Bluffs, Iowa... More...
$ (05-19-2026 - NE)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tianrui Liang </h2> </center>
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with illegally documenting Air Force planes located at Offutt Air Force Base in Bellevue, Nebraska. Tianrui Liang, 21, of China, drove to New York after being confronted by the FBI in Nebraska. The FBI obtained an arrest warrant for Liang who was subsequently arrested at John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York... More...
$ (04-28-2026 - NE)<h2> <center> United States of America v. M.A. Yah </h2> </center>
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with making a false statement to the small business administration.... More...
$ (04-17-2026 - NE)<h2> <center> James Goldie, et al. v. McNeil & Company Builders, LLC, et al. </h2> </center>
Omaha, Nebraska, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs and the Defendants in a quit title action. The Goldies own real property in Omaha, Nebraska, legally described as “Lot 30, Rose Garden Estates” (the Goldie Property). The McNeil Companies own land adjacent to the Goldie Property, legally described as “Lot 262, Rose Garden Estates and Lot 2, [R]ose Garden Estates Replat ... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - NE)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jamal Tatum </h2> </center>
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with production of child pornography. Jamal Tatum, 45, of Glendale, California, was accused of producing child pornography. On June 26, 2024, the FBI National Threat Operations Center received an online tip regarding a user of the Kik platform soliciting sexually explicit videos from a minor (Minor Victim 1). The tip... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - NE)<h2> <center> State of Nebraska v. Maurice J. Thomas </h2> </center>
Lincoln, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of first degree sexual assault of a child, one count of third degree sexual assault of a child, one count of generation of child pornography, and one count of possession of child pornography. * * * In April 2023, law enforcement investigated Thomas in connection with a missing juvenile, a matter unr... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - NE)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Anthony Masqua </h2> </center>
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault with a dangerous weapon with intent to do bodily harm in violation of 18 U.S.C.l 113(a)(3), which provides: (a) Whoever, within the special maritime and territorial jurisdiction of the United States, is guilty of an assault shall be punished as follows: * * * (3) Assault with a dangerous weapon, with ... More...
$ (03-07-2026 - NE)State of Nebraska v. Brad Fokam and Marquel Penny
Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with armed robbery. Brad Fokam, age 19 and Marquel Penny, age 21, traveled from Houston, Texas to Omaha rob bank and ATM users. "We believe this is a crime group that, that specifically travels from Texas around the Midwest to focus on banks and ATM machines in order to find their victims," Sheriff Aaron Hanson said.... More...
$ (02-27-2026 - NE)United States of America v. Juan Gomez, et al.
Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyers represented 31 Defendants charged with conspiracy to deploy malware and steal millions of dollars from ATMs in the United States, a crime commonly referred to as “ATM jackpotting.” Fifty-six others have already been charged. Many of the defendants charged in this Homeland Security Task Force operation are Venezuelan and Colombian nationals including ill... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - NE)State of West Virginia . v. D.J. Gibbons
DJ Cibbons was charged with possessin with indtent distribute drugs.... More...
$ (02-05-2026 - NE)Perkins, LLV v. RMR Building Group, LLC and Robert M. Ryasn, II
Omaha, Nebraska commercial law litigation lawyers represented the parties in a breach of contract case. Ryan was the manager and sole mem- ber of RMR, a general contractor for commercial properties. Michael Perkins is the sole owner of Perkins, L.L.C.; Perkins Properties, Inc.; and MHP Development, LLC. In this opin- ion, we will refer to these three companies collectively as “Perkins.�... More...
$ (01-23-2026 - NE)State of Nebraska v. James A. Wilson
Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted second-degree murder. The State prosecuted James A. Wilson based on events that began with a confrontation over a food delivery and ended when he fired a gun at a police officer. Wilson was ultimately convicted of attempted second degree murder, two counts of use of a firearm to commit a felony, dischar... More...
$ (01-28-2025 - NE)United States of America v. Julius Phillips
Lincoln Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of 50 grams of meth with intent to distribute. On November 21, 2024, following a series of controlled buys, Lincoln/Lancaster County Narcotics Task Force (LLCNTF) served a search warrant for Julius Phillips’s residence. Prior to serving the warrant, law enforcement contacted Phillips outside the resi... More...
$ (01-28-2026 - NE)<H2> United States of America v. Jermaine Cobb
Lincoln, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a firearm by a prohibited person.... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - NE)<H2> United States of America v. Tyler John Witteman
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to possess and distribute marijuana and money laundering.... More...
$ (01-17-2026 - NE)<H2> State of Nebraska v. Daniel Brenneise
Lincoln, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant, Daniel Brenneise, age 47, charged with terroristic threats and use of a deadly weapon to commit a felony.... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - NE)<H2> State of Nebraska v. Johne Doe
Lincoln, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder. The body of Jerica Hamre, age 30, who was reported missing by her parents on July 3, 2024 was found on a rural farm in Furnas County, near Oxford, nearly a 3 hour drive southwest of Lincoln.... More...
$ (12-26-2025 - NE)<H2> United States of America v. Alexander J. Jackson
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing meth and felony possession of a firearm.... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - NE)<H2> United States of America v. Antelmo Obeso-Valenzuela
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or mroe of meth. On February 8, 2024, Antelmo Obeso-Valenzuela sold a pound of methamphetamine to an undercover detective outside an apartment building in Papillion, Nebraska. The undercover detective communicated with a source of supply in M... More...
$ (12-22-2025 - NE)United States of America v. Donnale C. Clay
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possessing with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. § 841(a)(1), (b)(1), and for being a felon in possession of a firearm, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1), 924(a)(2).... More...
$ (12-17-2025 - NE)State of Nebraska v. Keshaun Williams
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r second-degree assault, unlawful discharge of a firearm, discharge of a firearm near a vehicle or building, and use of a firearm to commit a felony.<br> <br> Keshaun Williams is accused of shooting Tyrell Thomas.... More...
$0 (11-25-2025 - NE)<H2> United States of America v. Cody McDonald
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conpsiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute marijuana and cocaine.... More...
$0 (11-17-2025 - NE)State of Nebraska v. Hunter Robinson
Lincoln, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer will represent the Defendant charged with failing to stop and render aid, a Class 3 felony. He was also cited on suspicion of reckless driving and not having a motorcycle operator's license.<br> <br> Hunter Robertson, age 23, with causing a motorcycle accident and leaving the scene of the accident.... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - NE)State of Nebraska v. Schuyler, D. Dawn, Jr.
Lincoln, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of shoplifting,<br> <br> Dawn was charged with two counts of theft by shoplifting, $0 to $500, third or subsequent offense, after he stole three pairs of sunglasses from an optometrist's office. A charge of resisting arrest, second or subsequent offense, was later added.<br> <br> Ultimately, Dawn pled gui... More...
$0 (11-14-2025 - NE)State of Nebraska v. Jeffrey S. Adams
Aurora, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder.<br> <br> Jeffrey S. Adams challenges was conviced for the 2023 first degree murder[1] of his wife. ... More...
$0 (11-12-2025 - NE)D.W. Avionics v. U.S. Specialty Insurance Company
Omaha, Nebraska insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> D S Avionics Unlimited LLC (DSA) had an insurance policy issued by U.S. Specialty Insurance Company (USSIC)<br> that covered the "direct physical loss†of DSA's aircraft. <br> <br> 1. Summary Judgment: Appeal and Error. An appellate court reviews<br> the district court'... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - NE)State of Nebraska v. Ivell M. Hagens
Omaha, Nebraska, first degree sexual assault of a child, a Class IB felony 1; incest<br> with a person under age 18, a Class IIA felony 2; and tampering with physical evidence.<br> <br> 1. Convictions: Appeal and Error. In an appeal of a criminal convic -<br> tion, an appellate court reviews the evidence in a light most favorable<br> to the prosecution.<br> <br> 2. Convictions: Evidence: Appeal an... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - NE)<H2> United States of America v. James L. Hattten, II
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking a minor in violation of 18 U.S. 1591.<br> <br> Federal and state laws treat<br> trafficking a minor as a severe felony, defining a minor as anyone under the age of 18. A key component of these laws is that a minor cannot legally consent to commercial sex acts or forced labor, meaning prosecutors do not ... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - NE)State of Nebraska v. Ryan Agustin
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with child enticement. <br> <br> Ryan Agustin, 38, of Bellevue, a former Bellevue Police officer, is accused for manufacturing child sexual abuse pornography. ... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - NE)<H2> United States of America v. Nicholas G. Brown
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - NE)State of Nebraska v. Jason M. Leatherwood
Lincoln, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum.<br> <br> Legal issue Is a prisoner borrowed from federal custody via a writ of habeas corpus ad prosequendum entitled to receive credit for time served on state charges?<br> Headnote<br> <br> CRIMINAL LAW. CREDIT FOR TIME SERVED. The case addresses whether a prisoner temporarily b... More...
$0 (11-03-2025 - NE)United States of America v. Cardell Conner
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Defendant pleaded guilty to count I of the Indictment and is hereby committed to the custody of the Bureau of Prisons for a term of 37 months, to be served consecutive to the sentences being served in the Nebraska Department of Correctional Services in case numbers: CR18-3806 ... More...
$0 (10-10-2025 - NE)Jacob C. Loftis v. Step Trucking, Inc. et al.
Omaha, Nebraska, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an auto negligence theory.... More...
$0 (10-23-2025 - NE)<h1> United States of America v. Joya M. Kinney </h1></h1>
Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Production of Child Pornography.<br> <br> Joya M. Kinney, 45, of Bellevue, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 24, 2025, in federal court in Omaha, Nebraska, for one count of embezzlement from an organization that received federal benefits. Chief United States District Judge Robert F. Rossiter, Jr. sentenced Kinney to ... More...
$0 (10-25-2025 - NE)Patrick Kuta v. Becton, Dickinson and Company
Lincoln, Nebraska, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employment discrimination Americans with Disabilities Act violation theory.... More...
$1 (10-17-2025 - NE)United States of America v. Jonathan Dean Schelling
Lincoln, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:<br> <br> 21:841(a)(1) and 21:841(b)(1) POSSESSION OF 50 GRAMS OR MORE METHAMPHETAMINE (ACTUAL) WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE and 50 GRAMS OR MORE OF A MIXTURE OR SUBSTANCE CONTAINING A DETECTABLE AMOUNT OF METHAMPHETAMINE, ITS SALTS, ISOMERS, AND SALTS OF ITS ISOMERS, A SCHEDULE II CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE.... More...
$0 (10-17-2025 - NE)State of Nebraska v. Shedrick Mills
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with domestic assault and battery.<br> <br> <img width="300" src="https://gray-wowt-prod.gtv-cdn.com/resizer/v2/QA3KJEMLMZAYPJRITZN25U5LHQ.jpg?auth=30716f2f99fb26f939515f04868efad0cc5c877968f2cdcd1ec4f38f1710ba09&width=980&height=551&smart=true"><br> <br> Shedrick Mills, 36, is accused of punching an ex-girlfriend in the fa... More...
$0 (10-07-2025 - NE)United States of America v. Alfred D. Rodgers
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm and drugs.<br> <br> 21:841(a)(1) and 841(b)(1) POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO DISTRIBUTE 50 GRAMS OR MORE METHAMPHETAMINE (ACTUAL)<br> (1)<br> <br> 18:924(c)(1)(A) POSSESS FIREARM DURING A DRUG TRAFFICKING CRIME<br> (2)<br> ... More...
$0 (10-07-2025 - NE)<h1> United States of America v. </h1></h1>
Omaha, Nebraska criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Methamphetamine Distribution Conspiracy <br> <br> United States Attorney Lesley A. Woods announced that Reyes Ernesto Garcia-Urquizo, 38, of Broken Bow, Nebraska, was sentenced on September 11, 2025, in federal court in Lincoln, Nebraska, for Conspiracy to Distribute 500 grams or more of Methamphetamine. United States D... More...
$0 (09-22-2025 - NE)State of Nebraska v. Maurice Brown
Omaha, Nebraska, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with , six counts of second-degree assault, one county of first-degree assault, and one count of possession of a gun by a prohibited person.... More...
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