United States of America v.Colin Andrew Shapard

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...    $0 (07-10-2023 - UT)

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.


Ms. ... More...    $0 (07-26-2022 - UT)

Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempting to provide material support to the Islamic State of Iraq (ISIS) which is a designated foreign terrorist organization.

According to the plea agreement, Murat Suljovic, age 24, from Salt Lake City admitted that, in January 2019, he used an online persona to pretend to be an ISIS leader and provide wo... More...    $0 (03-25-2022 - UT)

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

Ryan R. West, 45, of Logan, was charged with defrauding numerous individuals involved in his business venture investment schemes. West previously pled guilty in August of 2021 to four counts of wire fraud connected to his fraudulent schemes. In total, West defrauded his victims of a cumulative am... More...    $0 (12-10-2021 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT: Civil unrest property damages charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Jackson Stuart Tamowski Patton, 27, of Salt Lake City, was indicted for his role in the burning of a Salt Lake City police car during the May 2020 civil unrest in Salt Lake City.

Patton previously pleaded guilty to one felony count of civil disorder in federal court in May of 2021. In ... More...    $0 (08-26-2021 - UT)

This appeal concerns an assigned claim on a liability-insurance policy. Belsen
Getty, LLC, a registered investment adviser owned by Terry Deru, obtained a claimsmade
financial-services-liability policy (the Policy) from XL Specialty Insurance
Company covering Belsen Getty and its advisers for the period from October 9, 2010, to
October 9, 2011. Under the policy, XL had no duty to d... More...    $0 (09-11-2018 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Robert Stoedter sued Salt Lake County, Riverton City, Unified Police Department of Greater Salt Lake,Kenneth C. Gates, Kenyon T. Madsen, Gregg Shaver and Brooks Green on civil rights violation theories.

01/30/2015 173 CLERK'S JUDGMENT - This action came before the Court for a trial by jury. The issues have been tried and the jury has rendered its verdict. IT IS ORDER... More...    $0 (01-30-2018 - ut)

Salt Lake City, UT - Heather Buchanan sued Sharon Lewis on an auto negligence theory.

Defendant's attorneys removed the case the federal court.

03/21/2018 22 Minute Entry for proceedings held before Judge Clark Waddoups: Status Conference held on 3/21/2018. Plaintiff states that after totaling all the damages it results in less than $50,000 which would result in a remand back t... More...    $0 (04-19-2018 - UT)

¶1 Bruce W. Lauritzen purchased five lots of undeveloped
real property in Hurricane, Utah based on a description in a
recorded subdivision plat map. Lauritzen then purchased title
insurance for these lots through First American Title Insurance
Company (First American). Subsequently, Lauritzen learned that
the plat map had a material defect: one of his lots partially
overlap... More...    $0 (04-08-2018 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Leavitt Pleads Guilty To Wire Fraud, Money Laundering In Connection With Affinity Fraud Scheme

Ronald Wayne Leavitt, age 61, of Stansbury Park, Utah, who targeted friends, members of his church, and some of their relatives in a fraud scheme, pleaded guilty to wire fraud and money laundering in connection with the affinity fraud scheme Wednesday in federal court.
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¶1 Wesley Robinson Shuman and Catherine Jane Shuman obtained a bifurcated decree of divorce in 2011. Several years later, in 2015, all outstanding issues related to their divorce were submitted to the trial court for resolution. Following a two-day trial, the court granted primary physical and sole legal custody
1. After hearing the arguments in this case, Judge J. Frederic Voros Jr. retired a... More...    $0 (10-19-2017 - UT)

¶1 Riverton City (the City) fired Chris LaMont from his position as a construction supervisor after he refused to submit to a “reasonable suspicion drug [and alcohol] test” while on duty. LaMont appealed his termination, and the Riverton City Board of Appeals (the Board) upheld the City’s decision. LaMont now seeks judicial review of the Board’s conclusion, claiming that (1) the City did not have ... More...    $0 (10-26-2017 - UT)

Gabriel Joseph purchased a home for $3.4 million through a company that he
controlled and then sold it to himself five days later for $7 million. Using the
fraudulently inflated value, he received a loan and line of credit from Washington
Mutual (“WaMu”) totaling $5,659,357.88. After Joseph defaulted, WaMu purchased
the property in foreclosure. With an outstanding principal balance... More...    $0 (08-10-2017 - UT)

Salt Lake City, UT - Peila Sentenced To 144 Months In Federal Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Oxycodone, Money Laundering

Aaron Peila, age 33, of Utah and Nevada, will serve 144 months in federal prison after pleading guilty to a conspiracy to distribute oxycodone and conspiracy to commit money laundering. U.S. District Judge David Nuffer imposed the sentence Wednesday afternoon in f... More...    $0 (12-06-2016 - UT)

The government appeals only the district court’s ruling that it cannot proceed on
its reverse-piercing alter-ego theory.1 The court essentially ruled that the government had
failed to state a claim, regardless of the truth of its allegations. For the purposes of this
appeal, we therefore take the allegations of the government’s complaint (the Complaint)
as true, see Gee v. Pa... More...    $0 (03-26-2016 - UT)

In 2006, RIO Systems, Inc., a Texas corporation “interested in . . . projects related
to oil refinery planning, construction and finance in Central America,” hired Mr. Penedo,
the president of a Guatemalan “social service[s] and human rights foundation,” Aplee.
Supp. App., Vol. I at 262, “to act as a facilitator and lobbyist to the Guatemalan
government” for the construction of... More...    $0 (01-24-2016 - UT)

SALT LAKE CITY, UT – John Huggins, 48, of Tremonton, Utah, who pleaded guilty in February to possession of an unregistered destructive device, was sentenced to 27 months in federal prison. According to the plea agreement, Huggins admitted that in July 2014 he possessed a partially assembled explosive device. He also agreed that he had the knowledge and the materials necessary, including an expl... More...    $0 (06-11-2015 - UT)

This is an appeal from the district court’s grant of summary judgment to the
court-appointed receiver for Winsome Investment Trust, a business entity whose
founder, Robert J. Andres, caused it to illegally distribute funds as part of a Ponzi
scheme. The court found that Andres had fraudulently transferred funds from
Winsome to William T. Cornelius and his law firm, Cornelius & Sa... More...    $0 (05-27-2015 - UT)

¶1 Martin O. Evans appeals the district court’s confirmation of the final award of an arbitrator. Evans argues that we should reverse the district court’s confirmation and direct the district court to vacate the arbitrator’s award on the grounds that the arbitrator exceeded his authority and refused to hear relevant evidence. We affirm.
Evans v. Nielsen
20130770-CA 2 2015 UT App 65<... More...    $0 (03-19-2015 - UT)

This appeal follows on the heels of a bank failure, the Barnes Banking Company
(the “Bank�) having been placed into Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (“FDIC�)
receivership in 2010. Three shareholders in Barnes Bancorporation (the “Holding
Company�), parent of the failed bank, brought suit against the Holding Company and its
officers and directors. The district court... More...    $0 (04-22-2015 - UT)

In November 2003, a child (N.M.) experienced a severe brain injury
that left him permanently disabled. Ms. Abby Tiscareno, N.M.’s daycare
provider at the time, was blamed for this injury and prosecuted for child
abuse. But after two trials, Ms. Tiscareno was acquitted.
Ms. Tiscareno and her husband, Mr. Gillermo Tiscareno, have
invoked 42 U.S.C. § 1983 against two of the def... More...    $0 (02-23-2015 - UT)

¶1 George K. Fadel appeals from three district court orders. First, he contends the district court erred in denying his motions to intervene in litigation between Jerry W. Parkin, as successor trustee for the Wilma G. Parkin Family Protection Trust (the Trust), and Deseret First Federal Credit Union (Deseret First). Second, he challenges the court’s decision to strike his corresponding complain... More...    $0 (11-14-2014 - UT)

¶ 1 This case involves a child custody agreement made by divorcing parents. The agreement contemplated that L.B.
1. The Honorable Judith M. Billings, Senior Judge, sat by special assignment as authorized by law. See generally Utah R. Jud. Admin. 11-201(6).
R.B. v. L.B.
20130188-CA 2 2014 UT App 270
(Mother) would have custody of their minor son (Child) until he entered the seventh... More...    $0 (11-14-2014 - UT)

¶ 1 This case is about land in Park City, Utah—a little town
that has undergone many transformations. Mormon pioneers first
traveled through the area on their way to Salt Lake City. When
prospectors discovered silver in the hills, it became a mining
boomtown, then, when the price of silver fell, it was nearly
deserted as a ghost town—but industrious residents reinvented it... More...    $0 (08-08-2014 - UT)

¶1 On certiorari, petitioner Andrew LeBeau asks us to
consider whether the court of appeals erred in affirming the district
court’s imposition of a sentence of life without the possibility of
parole following Mr. LeBeau’s conviction for aggravated kidnapping
pursuant to Utah Code section 76-5-302. Mr. LeBeau’s conviction
stems from a domestic dispute triggered by Mr. LeB... More...    $0 (09-19-2014 - UT)

¶1 This case comes before us on petition for interlocutory
review of two discovery orders in a medical malpractice action.
Plaintiffs Lisa and Marlin Allred brought suit against American Fork
Hospital (Hospital) and Dr. Ronald J. Saunders, alleging that Dr.
ALLRED v. SAUNDERS
Opinion of the Court
1 The Hospital was originally named as a defendant in the
malpractice act... More...    $0 (10-21-2014 - UT)

¶1 Grace Kelson was convicted of five securities law violations and one count of maintaining a pattern of unlawful activity (rack-eteering) related to an investment scheme. The court of appeals overturned Kelson’s securities convictions on the basis of ineffec-tive assistance of trial counsel in stipulating to a jury instruction that purportedly relieved the State of its burden to prove each el... More...    $0 (10-17-2014 - UT)

¶1 William Bolden is the putative father of a child (J.S.) born in 2011. The case before us on appeal is an adoption proceeding involving John and Jane Doe, the would-be adoptive parents of J.S. Bolden tried to intervene in and object to the Does‘ adoption of J.S. He was barred from doing so because he failed to preserve his legal rights as a father by filing a paternity affidavit within the ti... More...    $0 (11-04-2014 - UT)

¶1 This case comes before us on petition for interlocutory
review of two discovery orders in a medical malpractice action.
Plaintiffs Lisa and Marlin Allred brought suit against American Fork
Hospital (Hospital) and Dr. Ronald J. Saunders, alleging that Dr.
ALLRED v. SAUNDERS
Opinion of the Court
1 The Hospital was originally named as a defendant in the
malpractice act... More...    $0 (10-21-2014 - UT)

¶1 Grace Kelson was convicted of five securities law violations and one count of maintaining a pattern of unlawful activity (rack-eteering) related to an investment scheme. The court of appeals overturned Kelson’s securities convictions on the basis of ineffec-tive assistance of trial counsel in stipulating to a jury instruction that purportedly relieved the State of its burden to prove each el... More...    $0 (10-17-2014 - UT)

¶ 1 This case is about land in Park City, Utah—a little town that has undergone many transformations. Mormon pioneers first traveled through the area on their way to Salt Lake City. When prospectors discovered silver in the hills, it became a mining boomtown, then, when the price of silver fell, it was nearly deserted as a ghost town—but industrious residents reinvented it as a luxury resort ... More...    $0 (08-08-2014 - UT)

SALT LAKE CITY, UT - A California investment manager was found guilty in federal court in Salt Lake City, Utah, late Tuesday afternoon for his role in a $33 million investment fraud scheme.

Robert L. Holloway, 55, was found guilty after a seven-day trial by a federal jury in the District of Utah of four counts of wire fraud and one count of making and subscribing a false incom... More...    $0 (08-07-2014 - UT)

R. Wayne Klein (“Mr. Klein� or “Receiver�), the court-appointed receiver for
Winsome Investment Trust (“Winsome�), filed this action to recover funds paid from
Winsome to King & King & Jones, P.C. (“KKJ�). The district court granted
summary judgment in favor of the Receiver. KKJ appeals, and we affirm.
* After examining the briefs and appellate record, this panel ha... More...    $0 (07-14-2014 - UT)

¶1 Plaintiffs Mark and Irene White challenge the district court’s
judgment in favor of Defendants.1 The district court granted in part
White v. Jeppson
1. (...continued)
mean Jeppson and Williams individually, unless the context
requires otherwise.
2. Defendants captioned this motion as one for judgment on the
pleadings and for summary judgment, and the district cour... More...    $0 (04-24-2014 - UT)

¶1 BMBT, LLC challenges the trial court’s ruling granting
Defendants’ rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss for failure to state a
claim. See Utah R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6). We affirm.
¶2 On December 1, 2003, Defendants Christopher L. Miller and
Gae O. Miller executed a promissory note (the Note) in favor of
BMBT, LLC v. Miller
1. Both the Deed and the Note were recorded in Utah ... More...    $0 (03-20-2014 - UT)

¶1 Jonna M. (Shannon) Lawrence1 appeals from a jury verdict
in favor of MountainStar Healthcare, Northern Utah Healthcare
Corporation, and St. Mark’s Hospital (collectively, Hospital). We
affirm.
Lawrence v. MountainStar Healthcare
2. “On appeal from a jury verdict, we view the evidence and all
reasonable inferences drawn therefrom in the light most favorable
to th... More...    $0 (02-21-2014 - UT)

¶1 R.P., an alleged biological father, appeals from the district
court’s dismissal of his petition to establish paternity under the
R.P. v. K.S.W. and D.R.W.
2. Unless otherwise specifically noted, all citations to the Utah Code
are to the 2012 edition of the Utah Code Annotated.
20120559-CA 2 2014 UT App 38
Utah Uniform Parentage Act (the UUPA). See Utah Code Ann.
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