Kansas Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
United States of America v. Chaz Hicks
Kansas City, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess methamphetamine with intent to distribute.... More...
$ (02-19-2026 - KS)United States of America v. Nicole Clem
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud, money laundering, and identity theft. Nicole Clem, 42, of Augusta was indicted on 19 counts of wire fraud, seven counts of money laundering, three counts of aggravated identity theft, and 21 counts of failure to pay employment taxes. Clem, as owner of a business named Bookkeeping N Beyond, is tasked w... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - KS)United States of America v. Dion Daniel
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank fraud. Dion Daniel, 36, of Kansas City, Missouri, submitted false information on applications for disaster relief loans resulting in a loss of $522,000 for the Small Business Administration (SBA). The Paycheck Protection Program ("PPP") was intended to provide financial relief to business owners dealing wi... More...
$ (01-29-2026 - KS)<H2> United States of America v. Bobby Bates Sr.
Kansas City, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Bobby Bates Sr., 43, of Grand Island, Nebraska, from February 2023 to October 2023, was the owner of Built Rite Construction, used a social media group called “Building Barndominiums” to solicit clients for construction projects. Bates required customers to provide initial deposits of up to 50 percen... More...
$ (01-16-2026 - KS)<H2> United States of America v. Benjamin Charles Fisher
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography. Benjamin Charles Fisher, 44, of Clearwater, admitted to using a social media messaging platform to correspond with other sex offenders to trade child sexual abuse materials. He used multiple alias accounts and connected to the internet from his home and from his work while committi... More...
$ (01-08-2026 - KS)<H2> United States of America v. James Poterbin
Kansas City, Missouri, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute methamphetamine and 18:2 - aiding and abetting.... More...
$ (01-02-2026 - ks)<H2> State of Kansas v. Damon Leonard
Kansas City, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Damon Leonard, 47, of Pleasanton, Kansas, with murder, interference of law enforcement, criminal desecration and having a vicious dog at large.... More...
$ (12-30-2025 - KS)<H2> United States of America v. Dashea G. “Baby Cherry” Henderson
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking Dashea G. “Baby Cherry” Henderson, 38, of Wichita admitted to his part in a drug trafficking network to distribute fentanyl. The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) investigated the case.... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - KS)<H2> United States of America v. Venkateswara Reddy Chagamreddy and Sai Praveen Kommana
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding a victim while posing as federal law enforcement officials.. 18:1349 Wire Fraud Conspiracy (Indictment filed 12/22/2025) (1) 18:1951(a) Interference with Commerce by Threat (Indictment filed 12/22/2025) (2) Venkateswara Reddy Chagamreddy, 27, of San Antonio, Texas, and Sai Praveen Kommana, 29... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - KS)<H2> United States of America v. Diego Barron-Esquivel
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with forcible assault of a federal officer in violation of 18 U.S.C. 111(a)(1) and 111(b). (a) In General.—Whoever— (1) forcibly assaults, resists, opposes, impedes, intimidates, or interferes with any person designated in section 1114 of this title while engaged in or on account of the performance of official du... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - KS)<H2> United States of America v. Joseph Campbell and John Duncan
Kansas City, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding the Small Business Administration (SBA) by submitting false information on applications for the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program. Joseph Campbell, 61, of Olathe and John Duncan, 65, of Topeka are both charged with one count of wire fraud conspirac... More...
$ (12-19-2025 - KS)<H2> United States of America v. Quintin Flanagin
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged one count of wire fraud, one count of bank fraud, one count of false statements, and one count of money laundering. Quintin Flanagin, 45, of Colby, Kansas, was accused for defrauding clients of his accounting firm, who were also his relatives, of more than $400,000. As a certified public accountant (CPA), Flanagin us... More...
$ (12-10-2025 - KS)<H2> State of Kansas v. Cody S. LaCrone
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of a child and aggravated indecent liberties with a child younger than 16. Cody S. LaCrone, age 32, was accused of sexual exploitation of a child.... More...
$ (11-28-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Eric Honors
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually assaulting his step-daughter.... More...
$ (11-26-2025 - KS)State of Kansas v. Brantton Walker
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Branton Walker, age 39, was accused for killing Rachel Johnson, age 43.<br> <br> PD Chief Joe Sullivan issued the following statement:<br> <br> "This is a heartbreaking tragedy. A mother has lost her life to a senseless and cowardly act, leaving a family devastated and a community grieving. As we ap... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - KS)<H2> <CENter> State of Kansas v. Sultan Y. Andemichael
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with nvoluntary manslaughter; recklessley; Failure to stop accident; result in death; and Interference with law enforcement officer; conceal/alter/destroy evidence in felony case.<br> <br> Sultan Y. Andemichael, 18-years-old, was accused for hitting and killing a pedestrian with his car and fleeing.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - ks)<H2> United States of America v. Montressa Cunningham
Topeka, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Commit Bank Fraud and Wire Fraud and Money Laundering.<br> <br> A jury convicted Defendant Montressa Cunningham ("Cunninghamâ€) of sixteen offenses stemming from a fourteen-month fraudulent scheme. Cunningham and his wife Felicia purchased seven higher-end used cars, financing those purchases<br> with... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - KS)<H2> Jennifer Blaine v. Mystere Living & Healthcare, Inc.
Kansas City, Kansas, employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a wrongful discharged theory.<br> <br> Plaintiff has characterized her resignation as a source of harm; but when she appealed, she changed her allegations about the nature of her resignation and how she had been harmed.... More...
$0 (11-19-2025 - KS)State of Kansas v. James Standefer
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with second-degree murder.<br> <br> James Standefer, ate 37, was charged with shooting and killing Jesse Rau, age 43, on January 7, 2026. Rau was found in hsi car suffering from a gunshot would. A passenger in the car was also wounded.... More...
$0 (11-11-2025 - KS)State of Kansas v. Dennis Mitchell III
Kansas City, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with capital murder.<br> <br> Dennis Mitchell III, was accused of shooting and killing KCK police officer Hunter Simoncic.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (11-10-2025 - KS)State of Kansas v. Robert John Schoenberger Jr.
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer will be presenting the defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Robert John Schoenberger Jr., age 47, was accused for shooting and killing a man outside Wesley Medical Center.... More...
$0 (11-10-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Hector Javier Valdez
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy and possession with intent to distribute more than 50 grams of methamphetamine. ... More...
$0 (10-29-2025 - KS)<h1> United States of America v. Margaret E. Shafe </h1></h1>
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder of U.S. soldier husband.<br> <br> A Kansas woman was sentenced to 293 months in prison for the murder of her husband, a U.S. Army soldier. <br> <br> On February 14, 2025, a federal jury found Margaret E. Shafe, 31, guilty of murder in the second degree for killing her husband, Greg Shafe, in February 2024 at... More...
$0 (10-26-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Huron Fields
Kansas City, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with five counts of kidnapping.... More...
$0 (10-20-2025 - KS)Richard L. Livingston v. Doulas J. Curtis, ommandant, United States Disciplinary Barracks
Topeak, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking a writ of habeas corpus.<br> <br> Richard Livingston, a former Army warrant officer, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus seeking to vacate his court-martial convictions. 28 U.S.C. § 2241.<br> <br> On July 29, 2019, a military judge sitting alone as a general court-martial convicted Mr. Livingston of several viola... More...
$0 (10-03-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Maurice Franklin, Jr.
Wichita, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with robbery and possession of a firearm in relationship to a crime of violence. ... More...
$0 (10-02-2025 - KS)State of Kansas v. Blaine Hughes
Wichta, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter.<br> <br> Blaine Hughes, age 21, is accused of hitting and killing Daniel Forshey age 57, who was riding his bicyvle on Murdock when he was hit by a white 2006 Dodge Ram 1500 driven by Hughes.... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Vicencio Olea-Monarez
Kansas City, Kansas, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engaging in a large drug-distribution conspiracy in Kansas City.<br> <br> In October 2014, a grand jury indicted ten defendants, including <br> Olea-Monarez, as part of a large drug-distribution conspiracy in the Kansas City area. <br> The indictment alleged twenty counts against Olea-Monarez, including conspiracy... More...
$0 (09-19-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Sergio Bustillo-Bustillo
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful reentry after deportation in violation of 8:1326(a) and (b)(1). ... More...
$0 (09-08-2025 - KS)State of Kansas v. Chad T. Cuevas
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> Chad T. Cuevas was charged with the Feb. 2020 murder of Emerson Downing.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (08-29-2025 - KS)State of Kansas v. Tesha Florence
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree murder.<br> <br> Florence also entered a plea of no contest to aggravated burglary and aggravated assault. Police learned that she had allegedly forced her way into her ex-husband's home and pointed a gun at his girlfriend. It happened in March of 2024 according to a probable cause affidavit.... More...
$0 (08-29-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Theresa Rene Hight
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with several drug crimes.... More...
$0 (08-28-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Brian A. Richard
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank-robbery.<br> <br> Mr. Richards passed a note to a bank teller claiming to have a gun and demanding $227.64. After obtaining the requested money, he left the bank and went to a nearby restaurant. When police arrived, he admitted to robbing the bank. Police found the demand note and cash in his pockets but no gun... More...
$0 (08-18-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Hugho Chavez Valdivias
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of conspiracy to possess <br> with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of <br> 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1), 841(b)(1)(A)(viii), and 846; and 11 counts of distributing 50 <br> grams or more of methamphetamine, in violation of 21 U.S.C. §§ 841(a)(1) and <br> 841(b)(... More...
$0 (08-28-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Theresa Rene Hight
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged Conspiracy to Distribute and Possess with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine.... More...
$0 (08-18-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Brian A. Richards
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery.<br> <br> He appealed the district court's order authorizing forced administration of antipsychotic drugs to restore his competency to stand trial.<br> ... More...
$0 (08-18-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Antonio Ramirez-Lopez
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with reetry of a previously removed alien convicted of an aggravated felony.<br> <br> The government charged Antonio Ramirez-Lopez with reentry of a previously removed alien convicted of an aggravated felony, in violation of 8 U.S.C. §§ 1326(a) and (b)(2), and moved for him to be detained pretrial based on flight ... More...
$0 (08-12-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Michael R. Capps
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with several felonies.<br> <br> A jury found Capps guilty and he was ordered to pay $300,000 in restitution.<br> <br> The government began enforcement proceedings to collect the restitution. It<br> applied for writs of garnishment and referred the restitution debt to the Treasury<br> Offset Program. 1 Mr. Capps filed several... More...
$0 (07-31-2025 - KS)United States of America v. Steven E. Spradley
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempted transportation of a minor with intent to engage in criminal sexual activity and travel with intent to engage in illicit sexual conduct/<br> <br> When the incident took place, Mr. Spradley was 56 years old and living in Kansas City, Missouri. He expressed loneliness, testifying that he used the internet to "mee... More...
$0 (07-19-2025 - KS)State of Kansas v. Sharrone Dontrez Steele-Ponds </cnter>
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated robbery to increase his criminal history score from D to B.<br> <br> At Steel-Ponds' sentencing hearing, his attorney informed the district court that she had reviewed his amended PSI report and did not object to his criminal history score of B. Steele-Ponds also confirmed to the district court that his pri... More...
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