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United States of America v. Christopher Smith
Fresno, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm, bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Christopher Smith, 36, of Bakersfield, was indiced for being a felon in possession of a shotgun, stealing checks and debit cards from the mail, and committing related financial fraud. According to court records, Smith, a... More... ( 05-31-2023 - CA) |
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The People v. Danny Masterson
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts of rape. The two women whose testimony led to Masterson's conviction said that in 2003, he gave them drinks and that they then became woozy or passed out before he violently raped them. He knew both from social circles in the Chruch of Scientology. The case was prosecuted by Deputy Di... More... ( 05-30-2023 - CA) |
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The People v. Anthony Rauda
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder and two counts of attempted murder. Anthony Rauda was accused of shooting and killing Tristan Beaudette, age 35, and shooting and wounding his daughters in Malibu Creek State Park.... More... ( 05-26-2023 - CA) |
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Neda Baig v. Social Security Administration
San Francisco, California social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for social security benefits by HHS. In June 2018, Plaintiff filed an application for disability insurance benefits, alleging a disability onset date of June 14, 2017. See Dkt. No. 11 (“AR”) at 173.[2] Plaintiff listed as impairments chronic fatigue and imm... More... ( 05-26-2023 - CA) |
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The People v. Daniel Saldana
Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged wit attempted murder in 1990. Daniel Saldana, age 55 now, was convicted in 1990 of opening fire on a car leaving a high school football game in Baldwin Park, east of Los Angeles. There were six teenagers inside and two of them were wounded but survived. Defendant was a construction worker and was one o... More... ( 05-26-2023 - CA) |
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United States of America v. Leronce Suel and Ravae Smith owned Rockstar Dough LLC and Chicken Feed, LLC
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendants charged with fraud and money laundering in connection with an alleged scheme to falsify applications for pandemic relief funds. Leronce Suel and Ravae Smith owned Rockstar Dough LLC and Chicken Feed LLC, both of which operated a series of restaurants in the San Diego area. From March 2020 to June 2022, Suel and Smith ... More... ( 05-24-2023 - CA) |
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In re HIV Antitrust Litigation
San Francisco, California consumer law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who brought a class action case against various pharmaceutical companies claiming that violated antitrust laws. Currently pending before the Court is Plaintiffs' motion to exclude in which Plaintiffs seek to limit testimony from Defendants' damages expert Dr. Jena. Dr. Jena filed a supplemental report on May 11, /2... More... ( 05-23-2023 - CA) |
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Cheyenne Lemke-Vega v. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC
Oakland, California consumer law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued defendants on breach of contract theory. The complaint contains the following allegations.[1] On July 18, 2022, Lemke-Vega purchased a used 2019 Mercedes-Benz A220 (“the vehicle”) from Mercedes-Benz of Walnut Creek, an MBUSA-authorized dealership and repair facility. Compl. ¶¶ 8, 17. The total sale price w... More... ( 05-22-2023 - CA) |
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United States of America v. Nhan Hoang Pham
Santa, Ana criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently applying for more than $1.2 million in COVID-19 pandemic unemployment insurance (UI) benefits – and receiving more than $400,000 of the same – by using the stolen identities of two dozen victims. Nhan Hoang Pham, 37, of Santa Ana, pleaded guilty on January 23 to one count of wire fraud in relation to be... More... ( 05-22-2023 - CA) |
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The People v. Shawn Michael Shirck
Ojai, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with first-degree murder and second-degree murder. Shawn Michael Schirck, age 29, was accused of killing Margaret Dahl, 59, and her 82-year-old mother, Phyllis Porter, at the home where the women were living in Oak View in August of 2019. The women had been stabbed to death. Defendant pled not guilty by reaso... More... ( 05-19-2023 - CA) |
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The People v. Trezell and Jacqueline Phillip West
BAkersfield, California criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with second-degree murder, involuntary manslaughter, two counts of willful cruelty to a child and false report of an emergency. Trezell and Jacqueline West were accused to causing the deaths of Orrin and Orson West whose bodies have never been found. 001 F PC 187(A)>2ND MURDER:SECOND DEGREE FOUN... More... ( 05-19-2023 - CA) |
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The People v. Jose William Lara
Bakersfield, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Jose William Lara was accused of killing Desiree Thompson in California City in 2012 when she disappeared on January 7, 20912. The State claimed that Defendant confessed to killing Thompson to two men. Prosecutor Christine Antonios prosecuted the case.... More... ( 05-19-2023 - CA) |
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United States of America v. Roderick Rigmaiden and Onjale Nettles
Sacramento, California criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with mail fraud and aggravated identity theft. Roderick Rigmaiden, 37, and his wife Onjale Nettles, 33, both of Sacramento, stole mail, obtained the personal identifying information of others, and then assumed these victims’ identities to fraudulently purchase and finance almost $250,000 worth of cars from va... More... ( 05-16-2023 - CA) |
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United States of America v. Ramiro Velasco, Jr.
Oakland, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. Ramiro Velasco, Jr., age 33, a resident of San Jose, pleaded guilty on January 12, 2023. According to his plea agreement, Velasco attended a meeting in October 2020 of the San Jose Grande (SJG). SJG is a Norteño street gang formed in San Jose in the 1990s... More... ( 05-16-2023 - CA) |
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Fanny Saby v. Lycee Francais De San Francisco
San Francisco, California employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued her former employer for wrongful termination. Lycée Français de San Francisco is an independent, French immersion, international school for students in preschool through Grade 12. Defendant sought a stay pending the outcome of arbitration. An arbitration clause is a provision in an employmen... More... ( 05-16-2023 - CA) |
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Peter Uzochukwu v. Home Depot U.S.C., Inc.
Los Angeles, California civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on employment law violation theory. This case was filed in the Superior Court, Los Angeles County, California, 22STCV38181, and was removed to federal court by Defendants. California is an at-will employment state, which means that an employer can terminate an employee's employment at any time f... More... ( 05-16-2023 - CA) |
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United States of America v. Ashton Jordan
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with transporting a woman from Nevada to Arizona to California in order to cause her to engage in prostitution. Jordan was arrested in Arizona in November 2021 on sex trafficking charges following his indictment by a federal grand jury. He first came to the attention of law enforcement in July 2021 when the victi... More... ( 05-16-2023 - CA) |
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United States of America v. Richard O'Connor
Santa Ana, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possessing child sexual abuse material (CSAM), including at least one video portraying masochistic sexual conduct involving a child. Richard O’Connor, 45, of Anaheim, pleaded guilty to one count of possession of child pornography. O’Connor formerly was employed as a fourth-grade teacher at Cresce... More... ( 05-15-2023 - CA) |
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Gregory Geiser v. Peter Kuhns, ekt al.
Los Angeles, civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants seeking civil harassment restraining orders. Plaintiff Gregory Geiser filed petitions for civil harassment restraining orders against defendants Peter Kuhns and spouses Mercedes and Pablo Caamal, after defendants demonstrated at plaintiff's place of business and in front of his residence in an attempt to prev... More... ( 05-08-2023 - CA) |
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Cameron Kaminski v. Christina Hayek
Los Angeles, California civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant alleging intentional interference with prospective economic relations, intentional interference with contractual relations, unfair business practices in violation of Business and Professional Code section 17200, and defamation per se. As alleged in his complaint, plaintiff was a talent manager ... More... ( 05-08-2023 - CA) |
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The People v. Eddie Lopez Montanez
San Diego, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder. Delores Attig was murdered in a secluded area of Balboa Park in 1986. She was with two male friends smoking and talking in their car when they were attacked by four male assailants, two of them armed with guns. The assailants bound her friends and robbed them. Delores was led a short distance awa... More... ( 05-08-2023 - CA) |
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United States of America v. Deena Vang Lee
Fresno, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with preparing and filing false tax returns, and committing wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. On Jan. 26, 2023, after a three-day trial, a jury found Deena Vang Lee, age 41, from Fresno, guilty of 13 felony counts, including three counts of wire fraud, two counts of aggravated identity theft, five counts of p... More... ( 05-08-2023 - CA) |
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United States of America v. Joe Sullivan
San Francisco, California criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with obstructing a government investigation and the theft of personal data on 50 million customers and 7 million drivers. Joseph Sullivan, 54, from Palo Alto in Santa Clara County, previously served as the Chief Security Officer for Uber Technologies, Inc. (“Uber”). The evidence at trial established that ... More... ( 05-08-2023 - CA) |
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The People v. Douglas White
Martinez, California criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with assault and battery. White and Jane Doe had been engaged for about two years when, in early 2020, they decided to take "a break." Doe testified that White moved out of her Antioch apartment at that time. About six months later, in June 2020, White showed up at Doe's apartment, let himsel... More... ( 05-05-2023 - CA) |
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Fleming & Curti, PLC v. David Dixon
Santa Ana, California probate law lawyers represented the parties in a dispute of property owned by a trust. After Keith Alan Dixon died intestate, the public administrator sold Dixon's residence, unaware that Dixon had previously executed a grant deed transferring the real property to the Dixon Charitable Remainder Unitrust (the Trust). Respondent Fleming & Curti, PLC, the trustee, ... More... ( 05-05-2023 - CA) |