Minnesota Last Clear Chance Law

<h2> <center> United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan </h2> </center>

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempting to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, of Minneapolis, MN,began consuming information from and about ISIS and other State Department designated foreign terrorist organizations in at least 2024. For example, Hassan obtain... More...

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<h2> <center> United States of America v. Amiir Mawlid Ali </h2> </center>

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possess of a machine gun by by attaching an illegal machine gun conversion device to a semi-automatic firearm. Amiir Mawlid Ali, 19, of Minneapolis, was arrested after officers found a machine gun in his possession during a routine traffic stop as he was on the way to a high school graduation. Mr. Ali tried t... More...

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United States of America v. Jennifer Marie Stately

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with premeditated murder of minor A and B and murder in the course of committing child abuse. On March 15, 2024, Jennifer Marie Stately, 37, attacked and killed two of her young children. The evidence at trial showed that Stately, when alone with the children at their home on Red Lake Nation, assaulted the boys c... More...

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<H2> United States of America v. Raul Gutierrez

Minneapolis, Minnesota, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant, Raul Gutierrez, charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm and theft of government property after breaking into an FBI vehicle and stealing a rifle. “Despite the incitement of violence against federal law enforcement by local officials, which resulted here in the theft of a firearm from an FBI vehicle and t... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan </h1></h1>

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced . Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, pleaded guilty to one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. "There is ... More...

$0 (10-01-2025 - MN)

<h1> United States of America v. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan </h1></h1>

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization. Abdisatar Ahmed Hassan, 23, pleaded guilty today to one count of Attempting to Provide Material Support and Resources to a Designated Foreign Terrorist Organization, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Josep... More...

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<h1> United States of America v. Isabel Lopez </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting, resisting, or impeding certain officers or employees </font/color="red"></center><center> St. Paul Woman Charged with Assaulting Law Enforcement Officers During Lake Street Narcotics Search Warrants, Punching an FBI Agent Upon h... More...

$0 (06-10-2025 - MN)

<h1> United States of America v. Michael Bruce Gillis </h1></h1>

<h2><center> Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercion, Enticement of a Minor and Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material </font/color="red"></center><center> Eden Prairie Man Charged With Coercion, Enticement of a Minor and Production of Child Sexual Abuse Material</h2></center></b... More...

$0 (03-21-2025 - MN)

State of Minnesota v. Deandre Dontae Turner

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second-degree intentional murder. Following the shooting, the Minneapolis police department opened an investigation into the victim's death. Police obtained surveillance video from a number of security cameras in the vicinity of the Elk's Club parking lot. The surveillance video from one of the cameras s... More...

$0 (11-18-2024 - MN)

<h1> United States of America v. Harold Bennie Kaeding </h1>

<h2><center> Saint Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with COVID Relief Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Money Laundering </center><center> Eden Prairie Man Sentenced to Over Seven Years in Prison for COVID Relief Fraud, Aggravated Identity Theft, and Money Laundering</h2><... More...

$0 (11-19-2024 - MN)

Marc Saeed Sultana v. Tom Wychor and Endeavor Air Corporation </center

<h2> Minneapolis, Minnesota civil right employment discrimination lawyer represented the Plaintiff. </h2> Marc Saeed Sultana appealed the district court's with-prejudice dismissal of his employment discrimination action for failure to prosecute and to follow court orders. He also moves for reconsideration of the clerk's order striking his overlength reply brief. Following a carefu... More...

$0 (08-18-2024 - MN)

Julie Dalton v. CVS Health Corporation

<h2> Minneapolis, Minnesota civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Americans With Disabilities Act violation theory. </h2> Plaintiff and the members of the putative classes are blind and visually impaired individuals who rely upon auxiliary aids and services including tactile, speech- enabled, and other accessib... More...

$1 (06-12-2024 - MN)

State of Minnesota v. Christopher James Hayes

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant would was wrongfully convicted. A jury found appellant Christopher James Hayes, age 16, guilty of first-degree felony murder while committing a drive-by shooting and second-degree intentional murder. The district court convicted Hayes of first-degree felony murder and sentenced him to life imprisonment with the possibil... More...

$0 (04-29-2013 - MN)

State of Minnesota v. Javon Davis

"Hearsay evidence is evidence of a statement that was made other than by a witness while testifying at the hearing. It is generally inadmissible in court because it is not considered to be reliable. There are a number of weaknesses of hearsay evidence: Lack of cross-examination: The person who made the hearsay statement is not present in court to be cross-examined by the oppo... More...

$0 (02-23-2015 - MN)

Erika Lopez Prater v. Trustees of Hamline University of Minnesota

Minneapolis, Minnesota civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant claiming to have been wrongfully not hired. The dispute arises out of the non-renewal of Ms. Lopez Prater's employment contract to teach at Hamline during the Spring of 2023. Hamline hired Ms. Lopez Prater as an Undergraduate Adjunct Instructor to teach a World Art class for the Fall 2022 semester.... More...

$0 (09-15-2023 - MN)

Tiffany Elsenpeter v. Social Security Administration

Minneapolis, Minnesota social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI by HHS. SSA's Sequential Evaluation Process for Assessing Disability By Tom Johns Branch Chief, Disability Quality Branch Office of Quality Performance, Dallas Step 1: Is the indiv... More...

$0 (09-08-2023 - MN)

Alissa Jean Tweed v. Social Security Administration

Minneapolis, Minnesota social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her applicaiton for Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI by HHS. Social Security Disability Insurance (SSDI) is a federal program that provides monthly benefits to people who are unable to work due to a disability. To qualify for SSDI, you must meet the following requirements: <br... More...

$0 (07-12-2023 - MN)

State of Minnesota v. Javon Davis

Minneapolis, Minnesota At 2:57 a.m. on April 12, 2014, Kibbie Walker and Cortez Blakemore left Target Field, the home of the Minnesota Twins, in downtown Minneapolis after finishing their shift. Outside the stadium, they were met by three men, all wearing sweatshirts with the hoods pulled up tight around their faces. One of the three men nodded to another man, who pulled out a revolver an... More...

$0 (12-31-2015 - MN)

State of Minnesota v. James Lamar Davis

A jury heard evidence that James Davis is a member of a Minneapolis street gang and that he, accompanied by two of his gang allies, confronted and shot two men affiliated with a rival gang. The jury found Davis guilty of two counts of attempted intentional second-degree murder for the benefit of a gang. Davis argues on appeal that we should overturn his conviction on four grounds: (1) the dis... More...

$0 (05-31-2016 - MN)

State of Minnesota v. James Lamar Davis

At 2:57 a.m. on April 12, 2014, Kibbie Walker and Cortez Blakemore left Target Field, the home of the Minnesota Twins, in downtown Minneapolis after finishing their shift. Outside the stadium, they were met by three men, all wearing sweatshirts with the hoods pulled up tight around their faces. One of the three men nodded to another man, who pulled out a revolver and shot Walker and Blake... More...

$0 (02-23-2015 - MN)

William Salier and Karen Salier v. Walmart, Inc., et al.

Minneapolis, Minnesota civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on breach of contract theories. Plaintiffs William and Karla Salier brought this action against defendants Walmart, Inc. ("Walmartâ€), and Hy-Vee, Inc. ("Hy-Veeâ€). The Saliers have asserted various tort claims related to Walmart's and Hy-Vee's refusals to fill the Saliers' pres... More...

$0 (08-19-2022 - MN)

United States of America v. Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with depriving a citizen of rights under color of law. Minneapolis Police Officer Tou Thao, 36, was sentenced to serve 42 months in prison, and former Minneapolis Police Officer J. Alexander Kueng, 28, was sentenced to serve 36 months in prison, for depriving George Floyd Jr. of his constitutional rights. <br... More...

$0 (07-27-2022 - MN)

United States of America v. Thomas Lane

St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with depriving others of their rights under color of law. Former Minneapolis Police Officer Thomas Lane, 39, was charged with depriving George Floyd Jr., of his constitutional rights. On Feb. 24, 2022, following a trial that lasted nearly five weeks, a federal jury in St. Paul, Minnesota, found Lane guilty... More...

$0 (07-21-2022 - MN)

United States of America v. Derek Chauvin

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with depriving George Floyd, jr. and a then-14-year-old child of their constitutional rights. On Dec. 15, 2021, former Minneapolis Police Officer Derek Chauvin, age 46, pleaded guilty in federal court to two violations of a federal criminal civil rights statute. First, Chauvin pleaded guilty to willfully deprivin... More...

$0 (07-07-2022 - MN)

Kiewel v. United States

St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendant who was held in contempt for refusing to answer questions propounded to him by a grand jury, The Court's order permitted Kiewel to purge himself of contempt by appearing before the grand jury on September 19, 1952. He appeared before that body on that day and presented to the jury a statement theretofore prepared by h... More...

$0 (05-06-1953 - MN)

United States of America v. Nicholas John Hanson

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with with conspiracy to distribute meth. From June 2019 through August 2019, Nicholas John Hanson, 38, was part of a conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine. As part of the conspiracy, Hanson coordinated and facilitated the delivery of methamphetamine on behalf of the conspiracy leader, John Willis Netherton, al... More...

$0 (06-03-2022 - MN)

United States of America v. Warren Dean

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with for armed robbery. On June 14, 2021, Warren Dean, 27, entered a Speedway gas station, flashed a realistic looking replica gun at the employees, and ordered them to give him money from the cash register. Dean ordered the employees to lay on the ground and fled the scene with approximately $292 in cash. <b... More...

$0 (05-12-2022 - MN)

United States of America v. Tou Thao, Alexander Kueng and Thomas Lane

St. Paul, Minnesota criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with depriving others of their rights under color of law. Former MPD Officers Tou Thao and J. Alexander Kueng were found to have deprived Mr. Floyd of his constitutional right to be free from an officer's unreasonable force when each willfully failed to intervene to stop former MPD Officer Derek Chauvin's use of ... More...

$0 (02-25-2022 - MN)

Samantha Sohmer v. UnitedHealth Group Inc., et al.

Minneapolis, Minnesota plaintiff labor law lawyer sued Defendants on wrongful denial for E.R.I.S.A.-Employee Benefits. Â§1132. Civil enforcement (a) Persons empowered to bring a civil action A civil action may be broughtâ€” (1) by a participant or beneficiaryâ€” (A) for the relief provided for in subsection (c) of this section, or (... More...

$0 (12-28-2021 - MN)

Craig Seifert v. Northern Ties, Retal, L.L.C.

Minneapolis, Minnesota plaintiff civil rights lawyer sued Defendant on an Americans on an Disabilities Act violation theory under 21 U.S.C. 12101. Â§12101. Findings and purpose (a) Findings The Congress finds thatâ€” (1) physical or mental disabilities in no way diminish a person's right to fully participate in all aspects of society, yet many people with phys... More...

$0 (12-01-2021 - mn)

United States of America v. Emily Claire Hari, a/k/a Michael Hari

St. Paul, Minnesota defacing, damaging or destroying any religious real property because of the religious character of the property charge criminal defense lawyer represented Emily Claire Hari, a/k/a Michael Hari, age 50. On December 9, 2020, following a five-week trial, Hari was convicted by a federal jury on all five counts of the indictment, including intentionally defacing, damaging, ... More...

$0 (09-17-2021 - MN)

United States of America v. Emily Claire Hari, Michael Hari

Minneapolis, MN: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with intentionally defacing, damaging and destroying religious property because of the religious character of that property; intentionally obstructing and attempting to obstruct, by force and the threat of force, the free exercise of religious beliefs; conspiracy to commit federal felonies by means of fire and explosives; carry... More...

$0 (09-14-2021 - MN)

United States of America v. Jarve Josiah Somerville and Ronald Donte Finley, Jr.

St. Paul, MN: Felony firearm possession criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jarvae Josiah Somerville, 28, of White Bear Lake, and Ronald Donte Finley, Jr., 26, of Minneapolis, who were charged with one count each of illegal possession of a firearm. "The increase in violence, throughout the Twin Cities, often as a result of firearms in the possession of felons, must end. The U.... More...

$0 (08-27-2021 - MN)

United States of America v. Davon De-Andre Turner

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with arson. Davon De-Andre Turner, 25, went to the Third Precinct where a crowd of hundreds had gathered. At one point, the crowd began shouting, "Burn it down, burn it down.â€ Soon after, a fence that was designed to keep trespassers out of the Third Precinct building was torn down. Turner and an individual... More...

$0 (05-18-2021 - MN)

Kelly Schultz v. TheMLSonline, Inc.

Minneapolis, Minnesota consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued TheMLSonline, Inc. on a Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theory under 47 U.S.C. 227 which provides: (a) Definitions As used in this sectionâ€” (1) The term "automatic telephone dialing systemâ€ means equipment which has the capacityâ€” (A) to store or produce tel... More...

$1 (05-07-2021 - MN)

United States of America v. Dylan Shakespeare Robinson

Minneapolis, Minnesota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charge with his role in the arsons at the Minneapolis Police Department's Third Precinct building. On the night of May 28, 2020, Dylan Shakespeare Robinson, 23, went to the Third Precinct where a crowd of hundreds had gathered. At one point, the crowd began shouting, "Burn it down, burn it down.â€ Soon after, a fen... More...

$0 (04-28-2021 - MN)

United States of America v. Andrew Albert Comeaux

Minneapolis, Minnesota felony firearm possession criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Andrew Albert Comeaux, age 38, who was charged with once count of felony in possession of a firearm. According to COMEAUX's guilty plea and documents filed with the court, on June 15, 2020, multiple law enforcement agencies executed a search warrant at COMEAUX's residence. During the search, la... More...

$0 (02-09-2021 - MN)

United States of America v. Seyed Sajjad Shahidian

Minneapolis, Minnesota conspiracy to defraud and commit offenses against the USA criminal defense lawyer represented Seyed Sajjad Shahidian. “Shahidian lied to U.S. suppliers, illegally transferred funds from Iran, used fraudulent passports and ids, and established a business whose entire purpose was to circumvent U.S. sanctions and to enable others to do the same,” said Assistant Att... More...

$0 (10-16-2020 - MN)

United States of America v. Garrett Patrick Ziegler and Fornandous Cortz Henderson

Minneapolis, MN - The United States of America charged Garrett Patrick Ziegler and Fornandous Cortz Henderson with arson and possession of molotov cocktails. GARRETT PATRICK ZIEGLER, 24, and FORNANDOUS CORTEZ HENDERSON, 32, charging them with arson and possession of Molotov cocktails. <center><h1> 0em;">... More...

$0 (06-08-2020 - MN)

United States of America v. Lisa Ann Schafer

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.mnd.uscourts.gov/JuryInfo/StPaul-02.jpg"> </center> Minneapolis, MN - Glenwood Postal Service Employee Pleads Guilty To Stealing More Than $100,000 In Government Benefits LISA ANN SCHAFER, 57, was sentenced for for stealing $108,490.47 in federal disability benefits. SCHAFER, who was charged via felony information on September 24, 201... More...

$0 (10-15-2019 - MN)