United States of America v. Michael Austin Ford

Salt Lake City, UT: Criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with civil disorder.

Christopher Isidro Rojas, 29, of Salt Lake City, was charged with one felony count of civil disorder, charged in a felony information, for his role in the burning of a Salt Lake City Police Department patrol car during the civil unrest which occurred in Salt Lake City on May 30, 2020.

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¶ 1 Paul Melancon set fire to his brother’s house. After his arrest, he met with a prosecutor and accepted a plea deal. As part of that deal, Paul Melancon agreed to testify that he had enkindled the house as part of a plan his brother, Michael Melancon (Defendant), had devised to collect the proceeds of an insurance policy. Before Defendant’s trial, Defendant sought to disqualify the prosecu... More...    $0 (11-14-2014 - UT)

The State of Utah charged Dr. Martin MacNeill with first-degree murder and obstruction of justice in conjunction with the bathtub drowning death of his wife. The State alleged that Defendant gave his wife Michelle drugs and then placed her in a bathtub where she drown, possibly with some help from her husband. Defendant, a doctor and lawwyer, had eight children and was a former bishop of his loca... More...    $0 (11-09-2013 - UT)

¶1 Chad Jones sued his insurance company, Farmers Insurance Exchange, for breach of contract, bad faith breach of contract, and intentional infliction of emotional distress after Farmers denied his claim. Farmers defended by arguing that it did not breach its contract because Mr. Jones’s claim was “fairly debatable.” Farmers claimed this defense must be resolved through summary judgment.More...    $0 (08-28-2012 - UT)