Arizona Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Termane Billy Celaya </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter. Termane Billy Celaya, 20, of McNary, Arizona, was seated in his pickup truck while he argued with the victim, who was his significant other, while she stood outside of the vehicle. During the argument, Celaya backed up the truck and drove it forward, running over and killing the victim. Cel... More...
$ (02-18-2026 - AZ)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Peter Biar Ajak and Abraham Chol Keech </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Violate the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and Conspiracy to Violate the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA). “From a suburb of our Nation’s capital, Peter Biar Ajak conspired to export U.S. weaponry to South Sudan, where he planned to lead a coup and install himself in power,” said Assistant Attor... More...
$ (02-09-2026 - AZ)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Derrick Callella </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sent a false ransom relating to the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie. Derrick Callella, age 42, admitted to sending the two text messages. He admitted to using the VOIP account from which two actual text messages came from. CALLELLA stated that he pulled family information from a cyber website, and that he had been fol... More...
$ (02-06-2026 - AZ)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Stacie Marie Narcho </h2> </center>
Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with knowingly and intentionally provided a minor with methamphetamine and fentanyl. On November 9, 2022, Stacie Marie Narcho, 47, of Sells, Arizona, knowingly and intentionally provided a minor with methamphetamine and fentanyl. As a direct result of Narcho’s actions, the victim overdosed and later died. “Thi... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - AZ)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Ian William Moses </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with setting fire to a Tesla vehicle and a Tesla dealership in Mesa, Arizona, on April 28, 2025.... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - AZ)<H2> <center> State of Arizona v. John Lathrop </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with making threats and disorderly conduct. John Lathop, age 53, got into an argument with 2-year-old Jeremiah Bagby and 19-year-old Jalen Bails-Bacchus, food court of a mall in Chandler. During the argument, Bagby and Bails-Barcchus pulled out gun that they pointed at Lathrop.... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - AZ)<h2> <center> State of Arizona v. Jeremiah Bagby and Jalen Bails-Bacchus </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, concealing a deadly weapon posses JJeremiah Bagby age 22 and 19-year-old Jalen Bails-Bacchus got into an argument with 53-year-old John Lathrop who tried to hit them. The responded by pulling guns that they pointed and Lathrop.... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - AZ)<h2> <center> State of Arizona v. Joanna Chalup Cortez </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents Defendant charged with aggravated assault and discharging a gun inside a home. Joanna Chalup Cortez, age 29, accused for discharging a firearm during a domestic dispute that hit her son who is expected to survive.... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - AZ)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Kari Eugene Leslie </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with with sexual abuse and kidnapping. Karl Eugene Leslie, 42, of Whiteriver, Arizona, is charged in a 15-count indictment, returned Dec. 23, 2025, with Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Kidnapping (including one count of Kidnapping-Victim Under 18), Sexual Abuse through Fear, Sexual Abuse through Coercion, and Deprivation of Ri... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - AZ)<H2> <center> Shawn Martin v. Honest Air Care and Home Services LLC, et a.l </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a theory. AI Overview Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations involve employers failing to meet minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping, and child labor standards, common examples including off-the-clock work, improper tip handling, misclassifying workers, and not paying correct overtime or minimum wages, leading to b... More...
$1 (12-19-2025 - AZ)<H2> <center> Gaudencio Ramirez Lorenzo v. West Wind Logistics Incorporated, et al. </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on an auto negligence truck wreck claim.... More...
$1 (12-19-2025 - AZ)<H2> <center> State of Arizona v. Brandon Clifton Bryant </h2> </center>
Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with multiple felony charges including aggravated assault on a peace officer with a firearm, aggravated assault with a firearm, unlawful discharge of a firearm, and armed robbery. Brandon Clifton Bryant, age 45, allegedly fired at an occupied apartment and then robbed the Walmart Neighborhood Market on East Broadway Boul... More...
$ (10-25-2025 - AZ)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Antonio James Collins, Jr. </h2> </center>
Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession oa ammunition.... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - AZ)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Ana Marie Gastelum-Flores </h2> </center>
Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with importation of methamphetamine.... More...
$ (12-29-2025 - AZ)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Andre Maurice Taylor </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery.... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - AZ)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Brandon Hyden </h2> </center>
Prescott, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder.... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - AZ)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Juan Baltazar Ramirez-Juarez </h2> </center>
Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with improper entry by an Alien.... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - AZ)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Brooke McDonough </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of embezzlement by bank employee, six counts of transactional money laundering, and five counts of structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements. Starting in June 2021, Brooke McDonough, 35, of Mesa, Arizona, stole cash from the ATM machines and vault inside the branch she managed. She then ... More...
$ (12-18-2025 - AZ)<h2> </center> State of Arizona v. Ian Mitcham </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Ian Mitcham was accused for killing Allison Feldman, age 33, who was beaten to death inside her home in 2015.... More...
$ (12-15-2025 - AZ)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Domink Israel Lopez </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl resulting in death. In March 2020, a man, was found deceased in his apartment in Gilbert, Arizona. The Maricopa County Medical Examiner ruled the cause of death to be fentanyl toxicity. Law enforcement investigators were able to learn that the victim had contacted Lopez using a messaging ap... More...
$ (12-09-2025 - AZ)<H2> <center> United States of America v. Shawntavia Maloney </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.... More...
$0 (11-18-2025 - AZ)<h2> <center> Russell Jones v. City of Tempe, et al.
Phoenix, Arizona civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking reimbursement for attorney fees expended in an effort to obtain body-camera footage of his arrest.<br> <br> Jones was arrested by the Tempe Police Department in October 2023. In December, Jones submitted a public records request for, among other things, the arresting officers' body-worn camera ("BWC") footage. Tempe filed c... More...
$0 (11-06-2025 - AZ)<h2> <center> State of Arizona v. Gregory Hardy </h2> </center>
Prescott, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree burglary, attempted robbery, aggravated assault, and six counts of disorderly conduct. <br> ... More...
$0 (11-05-2025 - AZ)<h2> <center> State of Arizona v. Trint Kleinman </h2> </center
Holbrook, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with three counts of sexual conduct with a minor, a class 2 non-dangerous felony. <br> ... More...
$0 (11-06-2025 - AZ)<H2> <center> State of Arizona v. Steven Peterson </h2> </center>
Holbrook, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant was charged with five counts of sexual conduct with a minor and three counts of luring a minor for sexual exploitation.<br> <br> The jury found Peterson guilty as charged. The court sentenced him to a total of seven years' imprisonment with credit for 32 days of presentence incarceration and lifetime probation upon his release.<b... More...
$0 (11-06-2025 - AZ)<h2> <center> Barbara Lopez Payan v. Caitlin A. Freshwater </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an unknown legal theory.<br> <br> In June 2023, Officer Freshwater approached Payan and her two dogs at a police station. After their encounter, Freshwater wrote in a police report that one of Payan's dogs needed "immediate medical attention." The report also stated that Payan "could not hold a conversation," her thought... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - AZ)<h2> <center> State of Arizona v. Thomas Zambrano </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> <br> Thomas Zambrano, age 33, is accused of domestic assault and battery and threatening Mesa, Arizona police officers.... More...
$0 (11-09-2025 - AZ)<h2> <center> United States of America v. B.K.D. </h2> </center>
Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft.<br> <br> 18 U.S.C. 39 provides:<br> <br> Aiming a laser pointer at an aircraft is a federal crime under 18 U.S.C. § 39A, which carries penalties of up to five years in prison and a fine of up to $250,000. The law makes it a federal offense to knowingly point a laser beam at an ... More...
$0 (10-29-2025 - AZ)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro Leon </h1></center></h1>
Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl. <br> <br> <br> Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl. <br> <br... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - AZ)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro Leon </h1></center></h1>
Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl. <br> <br> Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl. <br> <br> Acc... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - AZ)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro-Leon </h1></center></h1>
Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.<br> <br> Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl. <br> <br> Acc... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - AZ)<h2> <center> State of Arizona v. Jason Jameson </h2> <center>
Tucson, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with negligence homicide.<br> <br> Jason Jameson, 41, was accused of killing Dr. Jeffrey Honer on March 15, 2024, during an encounter in which the decedent allegedly punched him in the face, prompting him to shoot Honer as he turned away.<br> <br> Jameson claimed self defense.... More...
$0 (10-09-2025 - AZ)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jose Balmaro Paulino-Guzman </h2> </center>
Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a removed alien found in the Untied States.<br> ... More...
$0 (10-09-2025 - AZ)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. John Avendano </h1></center></h1>
Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. <br> <br> <br> John Avendano, 21, of Phoenix, Arizona, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. <br> <br> According to the complaint, on September 22, a Task Force Officer with... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - AZ)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro Leon </h1></center></h1>
Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl.<br> <br> Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl. <br> <br> Acco... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - AZ)<h2> <center> State of Arizona v. Lowell Dorn </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with:<br> <br> Two counts of Attempt to Commit First Degree Murder, a Class Two Dangerous Felony; One count of Burglary in the First Degree, a Class Two Dangerous Felony; and One count of Aggravated Assault, a Class Three Dangerous Felony.<br> <br> Dorn was accused of stabbing his mother in their apartment.... More...
$0 (10-07-2025 - AZ)<h2> <center> State of Arizona v. Mohammad Al Bishawi </h2> </center>
Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer representing the defendant charged with sexual assault.<br> <br> Mohammad Al Bishawi, 33, was arrested in connection to two separate sexual assault cases involving a East Valley Lyft rider and a Phoenix massage therapist.... More...
$0 (10-07-2025 - AZ)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Jose Ismael Castro Leon </h1></center></h1>
Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl. <br> <br> Last week, Jose Ismael Castro Leon, 47, a Mexican national living in the United States illegally, was charged by federal criminal complaint in Phoenix, Arizona with Possession with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine and Fentanyl. <b... More...
$0 (09-29-2025 - AZ)<center><h1><center> United States of America v. Junn Alan Quinto Coleman </h1></center></h1>
Phoenix, Arizona criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Hobbs Act Robbery <br> <br> Junn Alan Quinto Coleman, 35, of Phoenix, was sentenced on September 22, by United States District Judge Sharad H. Desai to 18 years in prison. Coleman previously pleaded guilty to Hobbs Act Robbery, a federal crime that prohibits actual or attempted robbery that affects interstate commerce... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - AZ)<h2> <cente> United States of America v. William Ernest Fuller </h2> <center>
Tucson, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the conditions applicable to his supervised release.<br> <br> <br> <br> ... More...
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