Utah Indian Law Law
<h2> <center> Jeffrey Christensen v. Courtney Jessica Christensen </h2> <center>
Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce action. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> After some twelve years of marriage, Jeffrey Christensen and Courtney Jessica Christensen divorced. They were able to agree on the terms of their separation, and these terms w... More...
$ (07-13-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jawuan Donte Thomas </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2113(a). Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Jawuan Donte Thomas attempted to rob a bank ATM in Riverton, Utah. Thomas admitted that prior to the attempted robbery, he and tw... More...
$ (07-13-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Jevaunte Reese </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank rubbery by force or violence in violation of 18 U.S.C.2113(a). Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> On September 11, 2024, Taylorsville Police Department and special agents from the FBI responded to the Mounta... More...
$ (06-18-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Christopher J. Ashby, et al. </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with mail and wire fraud. Reported by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Christopher J. Ashby, age 52, and others participated in a nationwide scheme to defraud victims out of more than $30 million by inducing them to invest in N... More...
$ (05-18-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. hristopher Gerard Ruiz </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. On October 26, 2023, a Utah Highway Patrol trooper made a traffic stop on I-15. Christopher Gerard Ruiz, 42, of Las Vegas, Nevada, was the passenger, Aponas was the driver, and three children ages10 and under were in the backseat. Aponas admitted to law enforcement that methamphetamine was in ... More...
$ (04-29-2026 - UT)<h2> <center> United States of America v. Michael Austin Ford </h2> </center>
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with arson. Michael Austin Ford, 60, of West Valley City, intentionally set a Granite School District school bus on fire with a cigarette lighter on April 7, 2023. Ford was captured on video igniting the bus and continued to drive the bus with smoke billowing past his face. In other court documents, prosecutors descr... More...
$ (03-27-2026 - UT)United States of America v. Isidro De Jesus-Mayo
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States. Isidro De Jesus-Mayo, 44, of Mexico, was charged by felony information on December 17, 2025. In addition to his term of imprisonment, the court imposed a sentence of three years of supervised release. Upon his release of imprisonment, De Jesus-Mayo will be remanded to the c... More...
$ (02-19-2026 - UT)United States of America v. Benedicta Okunlola
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Benedicta Okunlola, 32, of Salt Lake City, used her position as a Merchant Growth Specialist to issue 2,343 prepaid gift cards to herself, her online art business, and family members. In her role, she had access to her company’s credit card for marketing promotions and incentives and was the only... More...
$ (02-10-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Muna Abdi
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conversion of government funds. From November 1, 2021, to about June 30, 2024, Muna Abdi, 36, a Somali national living in Millcreek, Utah, converted funds from the United States Social Security Administration (SSA) for her own benefit. The SSA, who was not aware of Abdi’s mother’s death, continued to dispe... More...
$ (01-05-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Austin Riley Jensen
St. George, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with r producing and receiving child sexual abuse material involving a 15-year-old victim. Law enforcement found communications between Austin Riley Jensen, 33, of Hurricane, Utah, and an individual on federal supervised release in Las Vegas, Nevada, which occurred between October 2022 and December 2022, containing ima... More...
$ (01-09-2026 - UT)<H2> United States of America v. Halee Ann Mehlbauer
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraudulently obtained approximately $177,030 in COVID-19 Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Loans, along with her codefendant, Timothy Lopez, which they did not qualify for. She was also sentenced to two years’ supervised release and ordered by the court to pay $177,030 in restitution, of which $48,507 is to be ... More...
$ (12-23-2025 - UT)<enter> United States of America v. Bryan Walter McMahan
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distributing fentanyl by mailing a package of oxycodone pills containing fentanyl to a Utah woman, who died after ingesting the narcotic. Brayan Walter McMahan, age 41, of Las Vegas, Skip to main content An official website of the United States government USAO-UT seal Utilities About USAO-UT Find ... More...
$ (12-10-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Marlon Alonzo Smith
Salt Lake City, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of controlled substance (drugs) with intent to distribute. <br> <br> During a traffic stop, a drug-detection dog named Marco signaled that he smelled drugs in Smith's car. Law enforcement discovered more than a kilogram of methamphetamine in the trunk. A federal jury later convicted Smith of possessing... More...
$0 (11-07-2025 - UT)<H2> State of Utah v. Devin Stirling Barney
Cedar City, Utah, criminal law lawyer represented the Defendant charged with stalking.<br> <br> Samantha[1] told Devin Sterling Barney she did not have any romantic interest in him and to leave her alone, but he continued to pursue her by repeatedly delivering flowers, confronting her, and giving her a letter describing his feelings for her. <br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-23-2025 - ut)Karen Mitchell v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company
Salt Lake City, Utah insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a bad faith breach of insurance contract claim.<br> <br> ... More...
$0 (10-09-2025 - UT)Bradley Neilson v. Walter Bright, d/b/a Northern Utah Protection & Security
Salt Lake City, utah employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrmination theory.... More...
$0 (09-09-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Alexander Jon Ogilvie
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(n).<br> <br> After the October 2022 shooting, a federal grand jury returned an indictment against Ogilvie, charging him with illegal receipt of a firearm by a person under indictment, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(n).... More...
$0 (09-03-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Alfredo Tovar-Ruiz </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Crimes in Utah </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> Mexican National Indicted for Drug Crimes in Utah</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <center><h2><br> <br> A Mexican national,... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Gabriel Omar Gigena </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center>Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assaulting a Federal Officer </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><b> </b><br> California Man Sentenced to 15 Months' Imprisonment for Assaulting a Federal Officer by Putting Him in a Choke Hold</h2></center></b></b></center></><br> </font/color="red"></b></c... More...
$0 (08-27-2025 - UT)Benjamin Joseph Herold v. Michael Christensen, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an excessive for claim.<br> <br> Benjamin Joseph Herold, who suffers from mental illness, lost his right eye after he was shot in the face with pepper spray during an encounter with three St. George, Utah police officers in March 2019. Herold sued Sergeant Michael Christensen (the officer who pepper-sprayed him) and the City ... More...
$0 (08-08-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Radimiro Jimenez-Jimenez
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegal reentry after removal.<br> <br> 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)Antoine Johnson v. United States of America
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking the vacation of a sentenced pursuant to 28 U.S.C. 2255, which provides:<br> <br> (a) A prisoner in custody under sentence of a court established by Act of Congress claiming the right to be released upon the ground that the sentence was imposed in violation of the Constitution or laws of the United States, or that the c... More...
$0 (07-10-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Andy Naikai
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of abusive<br> sexual contact with a child while within Indian country, 18 U.S.C. § 2244(c) & 1153,<br> and one count of abusive sexual contact with a child age 12-16 while within Indian<br> country, 18 U.S.C. § 2244(a)(3) & 1153. <br> <br> The Defendant moved to suppress statements made by him to... More...
$0 (06-09-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Llobani Federico Figueroa, aka “Pablo†</h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Drug Trafficking Ringleader Sentenced to 22 Years in Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Llobani Federico Figueroa, aka "Pablo,†33, of Magna, Utah, was sentenced to ... More...
$0 (05-23-2025 - UT)J.H., A.H. v. Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company
Salt Lake City, Utah employment law lawyers represented the parties in an employment welfare-benefit plan dispute.<br> <br> J.H. participated through her employer in an employee welfare-benefit plan (the Plan) fully insured by Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company.<br> <br> Her son, A.H., was a beneficiary.1 After Plaintiffs sought benefits for A.H.'s yearlong stay at a mental-health... More...
$0 (05-21-2025 - UT)United States of America v. Brandon Redfoot
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder.<br> <br> In 2018, Defendant Brandon Redfoot fatally shot Julio Rodriguez. On August 18, 2023, a jury found Redfoot guilty of the following counts: Count One murder in the second degree while within Indian Country, in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111(a) and 1153(a); Count Two assault with a dangerous wea... More...
$0 (03-31-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Aaron Kern </h1></h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Sex Trafficking </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Southern Utah Man Facing Sex Trafficking Charges </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A man accused of forcing a victim to engage in commercial sex acts and forcing the victi... More...
$0 (03-17-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Buckley Hardy </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant indicted with Bank Robbery </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Man Accused of Bank Robbery in Custody</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A Utah man was indicted by a federal grand jury in Salt Lake City after he allegedly robbed t... More...
$0 (02-18-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Alphonzo Robert Bell; David Alejandro Jimenez-Angel </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant indicted with distributing methamphetamine </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> A Mexican National and a Utah Man are in Custody Facing Drug Crimes </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A federal grand jury in Salt Lake City returned an ... More...
$0 (02-19-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Wayland Derk Savage </cent>
Caldwell, Idaho criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with grand theft, resisting and obstructing, and being a persistent violator,<br> <br> At trial, the State called the victim of the stolen car, Officer Burgoyne, and Detective Scott as witnesses. The victim testified that during the early morning hours, he drove to work, parked his car, and left his car unlocked with the ke... More...
$0 (02-10-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Rafael Antonio Torres </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Crime that Killed Two People </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Gunman Sentenced to Prison for Drug Trafficking Crime that Killed Two People</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Rafael Antonio Torres, 21, o... More...
$0 (01-28-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Ryan Gregory Bracken </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Making Death Threats </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Man Sentenced to Prison After Making Death Threats to the Salt Lake County Sheriff and Others Over the Foreclosure of His Property</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br>... More...
$0 (01-15-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Randy Lansing </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murdering Navajo Woman </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Aneth Man Sentenced to Life in Prison for Murdering Navajo Woman </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Randy Lansing, 41, of Aneth, Utah, was sentenced today to a ... More...
$0 (01-16-2025 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Glenn Raymond Breeden </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engage in sexual activity with someone he believed was a minor. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Child Sexual Predator Sentenced to Prison</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Glenn Raymond Breeden, 56, of Orlando, Flori... More...
$0 (01-13-2025 - UT)State of Utah v. Stephen Rippey
West Jordan, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a child and one count of object reape of a child.<br> <br> The State charged Rippey with five first-degree felonies- three counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child and two counts of object rape of a child-for acts that allegedly occurred between January 2005 and July 2008. Rippey pled g... More...
$0 (12-27-2024 - UT)<h1> United States of America v. Robert Anthony Monsen </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Collecting Disability Benefits </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Utah Man Sentenced to Prison After Fraudulently Collecting Over Half a Million Dollars in Disability Benefits</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <b... More...
$0 (12-17-2024 - UT)State of Utah v. Timothy James Peteson
<h2><br> West Jordan, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assult, and failure to stop at a law enforcement officer's command.<br> </h2><br> A jury convicted Timothy James Peterson of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, and failure to stop at a law enforcement officer's command<br> <br> Peterson v. State, 2024 UT App 159, 2022... More...
$0 (11-07-2024 - UT)Justin ThomasChlarson v. Jacqueline Nicole Chlarson
<h2><br> Farmington, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> </h2><br> <br> Justin and Jacqueline[1] were married in 2012. After a bench trial in 2021, they were divorced. At the time of trial, Justin was serving full time in the military, pending a possible disability retirement.<br> <br> In the divorce decree (the Decree), the district court awarded Justin and Jacquelin... More...
$0 (11-07-2024 - UT)Sara Ward v. Meredith McGarry
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a child support dispute.<br> </h2><br> <br> This case involves a child support award in a paternity action. In an earlier appeal of this case between Sara Ward and Meredith McGarry, this court vacated the district court's child support award and remanded the matter to the district court for additional factual findings. See... More...
$0 (11-15-2024 - UT)James Douglas Wallace v. Joanna June Wallace
<h2><br> Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce.<br> </h2><br> <br> Less than two years after James Douglas Wallace and Joanna June Wallace[1] divorced pursuant to a stipulated divorce decree, both parties filed motions to modify the decree. After contentious litigation, the trial court entered a modified divorce decree and later an amended modified divorce de... More...
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