Ellsworth, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with mistreatment of a dependent adult.


A jury sitting in Ellsworth County District Court convicted Defendant Lori Mayfield of one count of mistreatment of a dependent adult for using money belonging to her daughter Jessica for her own benefit by means of "false pretenses." Although the evidence showed that Mayfi... More...    $0 (03-12-2021 - KS)

This is primarily a sufficiency of the evidence case. Defendant Floyd S. Bledsoe appeals his convictions for first-degree premeditated murder, aggravated kidnapping, and aggravated indecent liberties. K.S.A. 21-3401(a); K.S.A. 21-3421; K.S.A. 21-3504. Our jurisdiction is under K.S.A. 22-3601(b)(1) (an appeal of a conviction for an off-grid crime receives review by this court).

Bledsoe cla... More...    $0 (02-01-2023 - KS)

Kansas City, Kansas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud.In January 2022, K. Kevin James, 65, of, Lenexa pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud. James was a co-owner of KC United LLC, a holding company for multiple construction companies in Kansas City, Kansas, including Miller Paving LLC. According to court documents, James admitted that from 2008 to 2010, he coor... More...    $0 (11-15-2022 - KS)

Wichita, Kansas criminal lawyer represented Defendant indicted by a federal grand jury in Wichita indicted a Kansas man on multiple charges for alleged crimes related to the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act, which is a federal law providing financial relief to businesses suffering economic losses because of the COVIID-19 pandemic. Under the CARES Act, the Small Business ... More...    $0 (08-19-2022 - KS)

Kansas City, Kansas criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the United States Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) out of disability benefits.

Bruce Hay, 53, of Greeley, a U.S. Army veteran and former Osawatomie resident, fraudulently misrepresented and exaggerated the extent of symptoms related to a purported conversion disorder diagnosis to receive VA disability ben... More...    $0 (08-11-2022 - KS)

Wichita, Kansas civil litigation lawyers represented Defendants accused of violating the False Claims Act.

Universal Helicopters Inc. (UHI), a private helicopter flight instructor training company, and Dodge City Community College (DC3), which operates campuses in Dodge City, Kansas, and Chandler, Arizona, have agreed to pay $7.5 million to resolve allegations that they violated the False... More...    $0 (08-16-2022 - KS)

Topeka, Kansas criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with one count of criminal conversion, one count of forgery of United States obligations or securities, and one count of false statement to a federally insured bank.

According to court documents, Blaine Schurle, 26, of Barnes as operator of Double S Cattle Company, LLC is accused of allegedly selling approximately 400 head ... More...    $0 (07-21-2022 - KS)

Wichita, Kansas civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on breach of contract theories.


The appellants are some of the corn producers who took the first track, filing individual actions. (We call these corn producers the "Kellogg farmers.") The Kellogg farmers alleged that their former attorneys had failed to disclose the benefits of participating as class... More...    $0 (07-26-2022 - KS)

Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with mail fraud and making false representations in a bankruptcy proceeding.

In January 2018, Nana Baidoobonso – Iam, 69, engaged in a scheme in which he mailed an Involuntary Petition in Bankruptcy to the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Kansas. The defendant signed the Involuntary Petition in Bankruptcy un... More...    $0 (06-17-2022 - KS)

Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank robbery and use of a firearm during a crime of violence.

Cody Deichen, a/k/a Cody Brian Deichen, 26, of Hastings, Nebraska, admitted to aiding and abetting in the brandishing and use of a home built .223 caliber AR-15 style rifle during a bank robbery at Guaranty State Bank on South Main Street in Burr Oak, Ka... More...    $0 (05-03-2022 - KS)

Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with bank rubbery.

Davonte Chaney, 30, of Kansas City was found guilty of robbing Truity Credit Union, 2221 West 31st Street, in Lawrence. In September 2021, Chaney entered the bank, pointed a semi-automatic gun at the employees, and instructed them to get down on the ground.

“Chaney’s criminal actions ... More...    $0 (04-29-2022 - kS)

Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and making false statements on federal tax returns.

Dawna Kellogg, 61, of Williamsburg—while employed in the accounting department at the Johnson County District Court—stole at least $776,691.50 in cash from her employer between January 2010 and June 2017. Kellogg’s legal name was Dawna Brandt ... More...    $0 (04-21-2022 - KS)

Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with failure to pay over payroll taxes.

Jesus Perez-Aguayo, 39, of Wichita as owner and operator of two companies, JLP Construction and JP Remodeling, had a responsibility to collect employee payroll taxes then forward the funds to the Internal Revenue Service. Between 2014 and 2019, Perez-Aguayo admits he didn’t pay ... More...    $0 (04-08-2022 - KS)

Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and making false statements.

Feng Tao, a/k/a Franklin Tao, age 50, of Lawrence, Kansas worked as a full-time professor at KU. According to court documents and evidence presented at trial, in 2018, Tao accepted a position with Fuzhou University in China that designated him as a Changjiang Scholar Di... More...    $0 (04-07-2022 - KS)