Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal.

8 U.S.C. 1325, also known as the "Improper Entry by Alien" law, makes it a crime for an alien to enter or attempt to enter the United States at a time or place not designated by immigration officers. It also covers eluding inspection by immigration officials or entering using... More...    $0 (07-31-2025 - UT)

West Valley Man Sentenced to 27 Months’ Imprisonment After Admitting to Purchasing or Attempting to Purchase Multiple Rifles Intended for Mexico... More...    $0 (02-26-2024 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on an employment discrimination theory.

This case was filed in the Third Judicial District Court State of Utah, 220906186, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.



The law makes it illegal for an employer to make any employment decision because of a person's race, color,... More...    $0 (02-06-2024 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of stolen firearms and ammunition.

Jerime Montoya, age 29, of Salt Lake County, possessed a Springfield Arms Co. AR-15 rifle, a Taurus G3c 9mm handgun, a Walther PPS M2 LE edition 9mm handgun, and ammunition. Montoya admitted that he knew it was illegal for him to possess firearms after a previ... More...    $0 (12-08-2023 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of stolen firearms and ammunition.

According to court documents, and the evidence presented at trial in July 2022, James D. Brunson, age 26, of Orem, Utah, was found guilty of possession of firearms and ammunition as a convicted felon, and possession of stolen firearms. In Marc... More...    $0 (11-29-2023 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft of baggage from interstate shipping.

Leticia Marie Torres, 42, of Salt Lake City; and Brianna Marie Taylor, 42, of Midvale, Utah, are charged in one indictment and Charles Masters, 31, of West Valley City, Utah, is charged in a separate indictment.

As alleged in the indictment for Torres a... More...    $0 (11-16-2023 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distributing large quantities of fentanyl, methamphetamine, and marijuana in St. George.

Angel Rubio-Quintana, 42, of St. George, Utah, was first discovered by agents in March 2020, after learning that an individual in St. George was receiving large amounts of methamphetamine from a Mexican cartel. During an ... More...    $0 (07-27-2023 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with making false statements in a COVID-era Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan, and money laundering.

In May 2020, in the District of Utah and elsewhere, Chris E. McCormick, 64, of Cottonwood Heights, illegally made false representations to Mountain America Credit Union to obtain approximately $266,000 in PP... More...    $0 (06-05-2023 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer sued Defendants on negligence and breach of fiduciary theories claiming that Navarro-a medical assistant at Planned Parenthood-had publicized Aguila's private health information and that Planned Parenthood was vicariously liable for Navarro's actions. Aguila also made direct claims against Planned Parenthood for negligent hiring, training, and supervisio... More...    $0 (05-11-2023 - Ut)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempting to meet a 13-year-old girl he was communicating with via Facebook Messenger.

Christopher Philip Padilla, 33, of Salt Lake City, admitted that between September 2020 and January 2021 he used Facebook Messenger and his cell phone to communicate with a 13-year-old girl. On January 15, 2021, Padilla dro... More...    $0 (03-28-2023 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine, conspiracy to distribute heroin, possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime, and possession of a firearm as a convicted felon.

At trial, federal prosecutors presented evidence that Christopher Flynn, age 38, of Syracuse, worked with others to sell $... More...    $0 (08-08-2022 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act.

Michael Earl Yellow, 56, of Goulding, Utah was indicted for violating the Bald and Golden Eagle Protection Act, and for possessing a firearm after being convicted of a felony offense.

According to court documents, Yellow pleaded guilty to the unauth... More...    $0 (06-09-2022 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud and money laundering.

Attorney Calvin Curtis, age 61, of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty in November of 2021, to embezzling millions of dollars from clients of his estate planning law firm based in Salt Lake City, known as Calvin Curtis Attorney at Law PLLC, and Curtiselderlaw.com. By the time of hi... More...    $0 (05-16-2022 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking and money laundering.

Joseph “Norte Joeâ€� Gomez, the lead defendant in a large-scale 32 defendant federal indictment, was with conspiracy to distribute methamphetamine and conspiracy to launder money. All thirty-one members and associates of the Norteños street gang responsible for distri... More...    $0 (12-14-2021 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with charged with wire fraud and money laundering.

Attorney Calvin Curtis, 61, of Salt Lake City, pleaded guilty in federal court today to two counts involving wire fraud and money laundering for his role in embezzling at least $9.5 million dollars from clients of his estate planning law firm based in Salt Lake C... More...    $0 (11-18-2021 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts related to fraudulently obtaining and tampering with the pain killing narcotic hydromorphone, a powerful schedule II opioid drug that is used to treat patients with moderate to severe pain.

During Pehrson’s employment as a nurse at an Intermountain Healthcare facility on a surgical and trauma wa... More...    $0 (07-30-2021 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah illegal reentry after deportation charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with reentry of a previously removed alien in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1326.... More...    $0 (03-02-2021 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah drug trafficking criminal lawyer represented defendant.

Aaron Michael Shamo, the CEO of a nationwide dark net was charged with running a drug trafficking organization that distributed more than a half million counterfeit pills throughout the country.

A federal jury found Shamo guilty of organizing and directing a drug trafficking organization that imported f... More...    $0 (10-30-2020 - UT)

In 2016, the Sandy City, Utah city council adopted an ordinance making it illegal
for any person �to sit or stand, in or on any unpaved median, or any median of less
than 36 inches for any period of time.� Sandy City Traffic Code, Article 16, Section
299.1 (the Ordinance). After the Sandy City council adopted the Ordinance, Plaintiff-
Appellant Steve Ray Evans received four cit... More...    $0 (12-03-2019 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - The United States of America charged Elet Neilson with stealing pain medications from patients.

Elet Neilson, age 53, of Layton, a former emergency room nurse who admitted to tampering with controlled substances intended for patients and diverting the drugs for her own use, will serve 60 months in federal prison.

As a result of the tampering and diversion, ... More...    $0 (01-30-2020 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - The United States of America charged Gary Mark Hill with importing and dealing machine guns and illegal possession and transfer of machine guns.

A federal jury convicted Gary Mark Hill, age 42, of Salt Lake City of unlawfully engaging in the business of importing and dealing machine guns and illegal possession and transfer of machine guns Wednesday afternoon followin... More...    $0 (12-30-2019 - UT)

A jury convicted James Hayes of several offenses related to distributing
methamphetamine, and the district court sentenced him to 20 years in prison. Hayes
appeals only his sentence. He argues the district court erred by sentencing him
within the enhanced range for defendants with a prior felony drug conviction, and by
not affording him the opportunity to speak on his own behalf be... More...    $0 (06-10-2018 - UT)

The State tried Mr. Martin on four counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child, a first-degree felony, for sexually abusing his sisters-in-law A.L. and N.L. while occupying “a position of special trust in relation to” them. UTAH CODE § 76-5-404.1(4)(h). ¶ 7 At trial, A.L. testified that Mr. Martin had touched her vagina on four different occasions while he was supervising her; N.L. testified tha... More...    $0 (11-26-2017 - UT)

Michael Johnson was charged and tried for murder. At trial, Mr. Johnson requested an instruction for the lesser offense of homicide by assault. The trial court agreed and stated on the record that it would use the homicide by assault instruction submitted by Mr. Johnson. ¶3 The jury returned a guilty verdict on the murder charge, and Mr. Johnson appealed his conviction to the court of appeals. H... More...    $0 (11-26-2017 - UT)

¶1 More than nine years ago, Dennis Terry Wynn (Defendant) was sentenced to prison and ordered to pay restitution in excess of $700,000. Now he argues, among other things, that that amount renders his sentence illegal. Because we conclude that Defendant is not entitled to relief under the many theories he advances, we affirm the district court’s denial of his several motions.
BACKGROUND
¶2... More...    $0 (11-16-2017 - UT)

¶1 Appellants Michael E. Baker and Kathleen M. Papi-Baker (collectively, the Bakers) sought review in the district court of a decision, issued by the Park City Council (the Council), denying their application for a plat amendment. The Bakers filed a motion for summary judgment, arguing that their proposed amendment complied with municipal zoning regulations and that the Council withheld its permis... More...    $0 (10-13-2017 - UT)

¶1 The oil and gas industry is a major economic force in the Uintah Basin. This industry relies, to some extent, on access to the Uintah and Ouray Reservation of the Ute Indian Tribe. The plaintiffs allege that, through its ability to restrict the industry’s access to tribal lands, the tribe has held hostage the economy of the non-Indian population.
¶2 Ryan Harvey, a plaintiff and part owner o... More...    $0 (11-07-2017 - UT)

¶1 Russel Augustus worked as an equipment operator for Vernal City and was discharged after violating several City policies. His conduct and the policies he violated were identified in a termination memorandum. The Vernal City Appeals Board upheld the City’s decision to discharge Augustus. Augustus seeks review of the Board’s decision, arguing that the Board violated his due process right to notic... More...    $0 (10-26-2017 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Essential Oils Company Sentenced for Lacey Act and Endangered Species Act Violations to Pay $760,000 in Fines, Forfeiture, and Community Service, and to Implement a Comprehensive Compliance Plan

YOUNG LIVING ESSENTIAL OILS, L.C., (the Company), headquartered in Lehi, Utah, pleaded guilty in federal court to federal misdemeanor charges regarding its illegal trafficking... More...    $760000 (09-19-2017 - UT)

Defendant Donald Bowers was previously involved in a civil trade secret
misappropriation case that was litigated in the United States District Court for the District
of Utah. During the course of that litigation, Bowers willfully and repeatedly violated a
permanent injunction issued by the district court presiding over the case, and also refused
to purge himself of civil contempt. ... More...    $0 (02-12-2017 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Utah Business Owner Convicted of Dealing in Firearms without a License and Filing False Tax Returns

Convicted of Illegally Selling Firearms and Underreporting More than $10 Million in Gross Receipts

A Salt Lake County, Utah, man was convicted by a federal jury of one count of dealing in firearms without a license and five counts of filing false tax returns.More...    $0 (10-04-2016 - UT)