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United States of America v. Kendrick Aristotle Eastes

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with distributing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2252A(a)(2)(A).

The Defendant entered into a plea agreement with contained an appeal waiver.



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United States of America v. Andy Naikai

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of abusive
sexual contact with a child while within Indian country, 18 U.S.C. § 2244(c) & 1153,
and one count of abusive sexual contact with a child age 12-16 while within Indian
country, 18 U.S.C. § 2244(a)(3) & 1153.

The Defendant moved to suppress statements made by him to law... More...
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United States of America v. James Weston Fawcett

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.

In 2023, Fawcett pleaded guilty to distributing child pornography. The Presentence Investigation Report (PSR) calculated a total offense level of 34 under § 2G2.2 of the United States Sentencing Guidelines (U.S.S.G. or the Guidelines), a criminal history category of II,... More...
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State of Utah v. Jonathan Isaac Dew

Farmington, Utah, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with thirteen counts of sexual exploitation of a minor.

In October 2018, an agent (Agent) working for the Internet Crimes Against Children task force (ICAC) was alerted that a particular IP address had connected to an online peer-to-peer file-sharing network and that someone at the IP address had offered to distr... More...
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United States of America v. Glenn Raymond Breeden

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with engage in sexual activity with someone he believed was a minor.

Child Sexual Predator Sentenced to Prison



Glenn Raymond Breeden, 56, of Orlando, Flori... More...
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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.

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...
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United States of America v. Robert Anthony Monsen

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Fraudulently Collecting Disability Benefits

Utah Man Sentenced to Prison After Fraudulently Collecting Over Half a Million Dollars in Disability Benefits


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Sara Ward v. Meredith McGarry


Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a child support dispute.



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...
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In the Matter of the Adoption of K.R.S., a person under 18 years of age


Manti, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a parental rights termination and adoption action.



Father is the biological father of K.R.S. (Child), who was born in January 2019. For a time, Father cohabited with Child's mother, M.L. (Mother), but they never married; in October 2019, Mother married G.L. (Stepfather). Child has resided with Mother since birth,... More...
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State of Utah v. Martin Garcia-Cardiel


Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with sexual abuse of a child.



Martin Garcia-Cardiel appeals his convictions on nineteen counts of aggravated sexual abuse of a child. First, he argues the trial court plainly erred and his trial counsel (Counsel) was ineffective for permitting an expert to testify about delayed reporting in c... More...
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Megan Lunt v. Drew E. Lunt

Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented wife and husband in divorce involving minor children and child support.


Drew E. Lunt challenges alimony and child support awards entered in Megan Lunt's favor as part of their
divorce action. He argues that the trial court erred as a matter of law when it determined the parties' financial needs and gross incomes. He also challen... More...
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State of Utah v. Phillip Mason King

Ogden, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault and commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child.

A jury convicted Phillip Mason King of aggravated assault and commission of domestic violence in the presence of a child. King now appeals those convictions, asserting that the trial court abused its discretion by allowing certain te... More...
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United States of America v. Nicholas Frank Sciotto

Salt Lake City criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling 120,000 Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards

Utah Fraudster Sentenced for Selling 120,000 Fake COVID-19 Vaccination Record Cards



The lead defenda... More...
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United States of America v. Giuseppe Mirenda

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding the COVID-19 Relief program

Utah Restaurant Owner Sentenced to Federal Prison for COVID Fraud



Giuseppe Mirenda, 29, of Salt Lake City, Uta... More...
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United States of America v. Gordon Hunter Pedersen

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Unproven COVID-19 Cure

Fake Doctor Selling Unproven COVID-19 Cure is Sentenced to 36 Months



A United States District Court Judge sentenced a... More...
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United States of America v. Clinton Chukudi Uchendu

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Romance Scammer

Convicted Romance Scammer Sentenced to 28 Months’ Imprisonment



Clinton Chukudi Uchendu, 26, of Dunwoody, GA, was sentenced to over t... More...
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United States of America v. Jordan Alan Neves Brewer

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Child Predator

Child Predator Sentenced to 120 Months in Prison



Jordan Alan Neves Brewer, 37, of Ogden, Utah, was sentenced today to 10 years’ impri... More...
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United States of America v. James Weston Fawcett

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Distribution of Child Pornography


South Jordan Man Sentenced to 168 Months’ Imprisonment for Distribution of Child Pornography



James Weston Fawcett, 43, of South Jordan,... More...
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United States of America v. James Edgar Conner

St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a Child Pornography Charge.


St. George Man Sentenced to 72 Months’ Imprisonment for Child Pornography Charge



James Edgar Conner, 42, of St. George, Utah, was se... More...    $0 (04-03-2024 - UT)

United States of America v. Jose Manuel Barbosa-Torres

Salt Lake City, Utah Criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Attempting to Purchase Multiple Rifles Intended for Mexico..


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)

State of Idaho v. Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt

St. George, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with child a abuse.


Ruby Franke and Jodi Hildebrandt pleaded guilty to four counts of secRond-degree aggravated child abuse in December, 2023, several months after being charged with six counts of felony child abuse.

"The two were arrested in August 2023 after police found one of Franke’s sons e... More...
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STATE OF UTAH v. ALAVINA FUNGAIHEA FLORREICH

From 1998 to 2009, Alavina Florreich was the nanny for
Alex and his siblings. Florreich is a Tongan immigrant, and Alex
and his siblings were the homeschooled children of a Jewish
rabbi.
¶3 When Alex was eight years old, Florreich was watching a
movie with Alex and his younger siblings one day when Alex
began giving her a shoulder massage. While doing so, Alex
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STATE OF UTAH v. DEREK RANDALL JONES

During the weekend of June 26 to 27, 2015, five-year-old
B.B. slept over at the home of Forbush, who is his uncle. About
three weeks later, B.B. was showering with his father (Father), as
was apparently their occasional practice, when B.B. asked why his
uncircumcised penis looked different from Father’s circumcised
penis. Father replied that B.B. didn’t need to worry b... More...
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United States of America v. Leticia Marie Torres, Brianna Marie Taylor, Charles Masters

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...
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State of Utah v. David Hawkins

Salt Lake City, Utah defendant charged with sexually assaulting his sons ages 9 and 13.

In November 2006, 45-year-old David Hawkins was charged with sexually assaulting two of his sons, ages 9 and 13, in Salt Lake County, Utah.

Hawkins claimed the allegations were false and the result of pressure from his ex-wife to drive the boys away from their father but he did not testify.More...
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United States of America v. Perry Maryboy

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawfully shot and killed another man while within Indian Country.

In May 2023, Perry Maryboy, 59, of Bluff, Utah, unlawfully shot and killed another man while within Indian Country on April 13, 2018. Evidence presented at trial showed that Maryboy, who was parked on the side of the road at the intersection ... More...
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Minal Ashokkumar Patel, et al. v. Central Utah Clinic, et al

Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on medical malpractice theories.


Plaintiffs Minal Patel and Dilipkumar Patel (collectively, “Plaintiffs”) bring this case on behalf of themselves and their seven-year-old child, I.P., who was born with hypoxia in Kane County, Utah. On July 30, 2019, Plaintiffs filed a complaint against Defe... More...
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Ricardo Ernesto Sanchez Mena v. Silvana Esther Gomez Paz

Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in an International Child Abduction Remedies Act action.


The International Child Abduction Remedies Act (ICARA) is a United States federal law that implements the Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. The Hague Convention is an international treaty that establishes procedures for the pro... More...
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Eagle View Technologies, Inc. and Pictometry Internsational Corp. v. Nearmap, U.S., Inc.; Nearmap Austrial Pty, Ltd.; and Nearmap, Ltd.

Salt Lake City, Utah intellectual property law lawyers represented Plaintiff and Defendant in patent infringement throries.


In this patent infringement case, Plaintiffs Eagle View Technologies, Inc. and Pictometry International Corp. (collectively, “EagleView”) filed a motion to compel Defendant Nearmap US, Inc.[1] to supplement its discovery responses in two areas.[2] First, Eag... More...
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United States of America v. Perry Maryboy

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder in Indian country.

Perry Maryboy, age 59, of Bluff, Utah, was accused of unlawfully shooting and killing a man during a roadside argument on April 3, 2018.

Maryboy, who was parked on the side of the road at the intersection of Country Road 443 and Summerhouse Road, escalated an ar... More...
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Alyssa Aguila v. Planned Parenthood of Utah and Adriana Rodriguez Navarro

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)

United States of America v. Lev Aslan Dermen, aka Levon Termendzhyan, Jacob Kingston, Isaiah Kingston, Rachel Kingston, and Sally Kingston

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented Defendants charged with conspiracy to defraud the Government.

From 2010 to 2018, Lev Aslan Dermen, age 56, conspired with Jacob and Isaiah Kingston, their mother, Rachel Kingston, Jacob Kingston’s wife, Sally Kingston, and others, to fraudulently claim more than $1 billion in refundable renewable fuel tax credits. The IRS ultimat... More...
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United States of America v. David Oguoguo Okeke

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with money laundering ring that aided and abetted the defrauding of more than a hundred victims, primarily widows.





Federal Courthouse - Salt Lake City, Utah


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United States of America v. Landon Germaine

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with coercion and enticement of a minor and attempted sexual exploitation via production of child pornography.




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United States of America v. Merrill Darrell Fackrell

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with carrying and using a straight edge razor blade during a flight.

On November 21, 2022, Merrill Darrell Fackrell, age 41, from Syracuse, Utah, departed on JetBlue Flight #871 from John F. Kennedy International Airport in New York en route to Salt Lake City International Airport in Utah. Fackrell was seated in a win... More...
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United States of America v. Teresa Red Bird

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with child abuse in Indian Country.

Teresa Red Bird admitted that on numerous occasions, she knowingly and intentionally hit a 14-year-old victim who was living with her and who was under her care; that she failed to ensure that the victim ate properly; and that she caused serious physical injury to the victim. Ocianna... More...
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United States of America v. Landon Germiane

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with child exploitation.

Landon Germaine, age 24, from Woods Cross, Utah, utilized social media and cellular applications such as Kik, Telegram, periscope, snapchat, and text messaging, to solicit graphic sexual photos and videos from minor children. A review of Germaine’s electronic devices contained evidence of chats ... More...
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Cynthia Stella v. Davis County

Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a prisoner civil rights violation wrongful death theory.

Cynthia Stella, individually and on behalf of The Estate of Heather Miller, deceased, sued Davis County Utah on a 1983 prisoner civil rights theory claiming that Heather Miller died as a direct result of deliberate indifference.


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State of Utah v. Christopher Garcia

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aggravated sexual abuse of a child.


¶2 In October 2014, Victim's mother (Mother) met Garcia on an online dating website. Mother's profile on the website indicated that she had children. A few days after making contact, the two arranged to meet in person. At their first meeting, Garcia told Mother that he... More...
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United States of America v. Joel Lehi Organista

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with selling or buying children and activities constituting child porno.

Joel Lehi Organista, 29, of Salt Lake City, was pleaded guilty to two felony counts related to the production and transportation of child pornography. The court ordered the federal prison sentence to run concurrently with a sentence ordered by... More...
   $0 (06-15-2022 - UT)

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