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Erika Jacobs v. Salt Lake City International Airport
Salt Lake City, Utah person injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a negligence theory. The party asserting jurisdiction bears the burden of proving it by a preponderance of the evidence. Id. “Congress has authorized the federal district courts to exercise jurisdiction over certain cases between citizens of different states.” Middleton v. Stephenson, 749 F.3d 1197, 1200 (10th Cir...
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( 05-07-2025 - UT)

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,...
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( 04-21-2025 - UT)

United States of America v. Brandon Keith Thompson
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. MoreLaw’s goal is to help people seeking legal assistance to find the best lawyers available to represent them in any county in the United States. Click the link above to see some lawyers available where this case was tried who might be available to repres...
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( 04-15-2025 - UT)

United States of America v. Matthew Acquah
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Defrauding Utah Credit Unions Bank Fraud Ringleader, “Scamdaddy,” Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Utah Credit Unions Matthew Acquah, 24, of Lo...
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( 04-01-2025 - UT)

United States of America v. Brandon Redfoot
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. 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 weapon ...
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( 03-31-2025 - UT)

Melynda Vincent v. Pamela J. Bondi
Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sought to invalidate 18 U.S.C. 922(g(1). Ms. Melynda Vincent sued the Attorney General, claiming that the Second Amendment entitles her to possess firearms. We rejected this claim and dismissed the action. Vincent v. Garland, 80 F.4th 1197, 1200–02 (10th Cir. 2023). But the Supreme Court vacated our dism...
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( 02-11-2025 - 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. 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...
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( 12-27-2024 - UT)

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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( 12-17-2024 - UT)

Paul Wach v. State of Utah, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah civil Rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking habeas corpus. The Utah Board of Pardons and Parole revoked Paul Wach’s parole and decided not to release him for several years. Mr. Wach challenged the Board’s decision in a 28 U.S.C. § 2241 application, and he now seeks to appeal the district court’s dismissal of that application. But he has ...
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( 12-05-2024 - UT)

United States of America v. Diana K. Molyneux
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of delay or destruction of mail, in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1703. ...
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( 12-03-2024 - UT)

State of Utah v. Michael Jerry Felts
West Jordan, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assault. Michael Jerry Felts pled guilty, in 2015, to one count of assault against a police officer and one count of failure to stop or respond at the command of police. The State sought restitution against Felts for the damage caused to at least one police vehicle during the police pu...
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( 12-03-2024 - UT)

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...
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( 11-29-2024 - UT)

United States of America v. Taylor Nelson Pinder
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of meth and felony possession of a hand gun. About midnight on April 30, 2021, Deputy Colton Brimhall of the Wasatch County (Utah) Sheriff’s Office observed a speeding car and pulled it over. A man (later identified as Mr. Pinder) was driving the car, and a woman (later identified as Si...
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( 11-26-2024 - UT)

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...
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( 11-15-2024 - UT)

James Douglas Wallace v. Joanna June Wallace
Salt Lake City, Utah family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce. 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...
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( 11-15-2024 - UT)

Jonathan O. Hafen v. Gretchen A. Howell
Salt Lake City, Utah fruad claim lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking to recover money invested in a Ponzi scheme. Lured by the promise of a secure and exclusive investment opportunity, Les and Gretchen Howell made substantial investments in the Silver Pool, a silver-trading scheme operated by Gaylen Rust through his business, Rust Rare Coin. Though Gretchen ...
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( 11-15-2024 - UT)

State of Utah v. Timothy James Peteson
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. A jury convicted Timothy James Peterson of aggravated kidnapping, aggravated assault, and failure to stop at a law enforcement officer's command Peterson v. State, 2024 UT App 159, 2022...
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( 11-07-2024 - UT)

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...
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( 10-18-2024 - UT)

Untied States of America v. Sequoia Corbitt
Salt Lake City, Utah conspiracy to commit bank fraud criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant. 18 U.S.C. 1349: Any person who attempts or conspires to commit any offense under this chapter shall be subject to the same penalties as those prescribed for the offense, the commission of which was the object of the attempt or conspiracy. 18 U.S.C. 1344: Whoever k...
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( 10-18-2024 - UT)

G.F. v. Aetna Life Insurance, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah Employee Retirement Incomes Security (E.R.I.S.A.) lawyer represented the Plaintiff. The Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) is a federal law that protects the retirement assets of American workers and sets minimum standards for certain employer-sponsored plans: Retirement plans ERISA requires plans to provide partic...
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( 10-09-2024 - UT)

United States of America v. Dylan James Kitzmiller
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with unlawful transportation of firearms. ...
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( 10-01-2024 - UT)

Daniel Teufel v. Martin Marshal, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination claim. This case involved a former physical science technician for the Department of the Army who allegee that his security clearance was unconstitutionally revoked and his ability to freely work stripped upon findings of mental disorders against him deriving from a Fitness for D...
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( 10-01-2024 - UT)

Diseree Debenedictis v. United Airlines, Inc.
Salt Lake City, Utah civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a job discrimination theory. ...
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( 10-01-2024 - UT)

Christopher Suter, et al. v. PacifiCorp, et al.
Salt Lake City, Utah personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff. This case was filed in the 3rd District, Salt Lake County, 230900590, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants. The claims made and defenses asserted by the parties are not available. ...
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( 10-01-2024 - UT)

United States of America v. Mason Warr
Salt Lake City, Utah criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to defraud the United States. CEO Mason Warr, 37, of Vineyard, and managing partner Zachary Bassett, 39, of Provo, as well as their company, which does business under the name 1099 Tax Pros, were accused of engaging in a conspiracy to defraud the U.S., wire fraud and filing f...
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( 10-01-2024 - UT)

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