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Justin Rumbaugh v. DirectTV and American Zurich Insurance Company
Topeka, Kansas worekers compensation lawyer represented the Plaintiff for compensation for a work place injury.<br> <br> After suffering a back injury at work in 2014, Justin Rumbaugh received treatment through his employer's workers compensation insurer in accordance with the Workers Compensation Act. In 2016, about eight months after Rumbaugh was released to return to work and two years after his original work injury, Rumbaugh presented to an emergency department with symptoms of cauda equina
View VerdictSTATE OF KANSAS v. PATRICIO SABAS GOMEZ
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with claiming a jury instruction contained an alternative-means error </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> If a defendant claims a jury instruction contained an alternative-means error, the <br> reviewing court must consider whether the instruction was both legally and factually <br> appropriate. The cour
View VerdictSTATE OF KANSAS v. GABRIAELLE AKIN
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with claiming the district court abused its discretion. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> The facts of this case are well known to the parties and will only be briefly stated. <br> In March 2022, Akin sexually abused her eight-year-old daughter by performing sexual <br> acts on her daughter. Akin also
View VerdictSTATE OF KANSAS v. OTHON MIGUEL LARA-LOPEZ
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with moving for a new trial </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> In May 2021, Lara-Lopez was charged with aggravated indecent liberties with a <br> child after a 12 year old (referred to here under the pseudonym, Jane) told several people <br> that Lara-Lopez had done something inappropriate when they were alone
View VerdictSTATE OF KANSAS v. ROBERT E. MCINTOSH
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his convictions for disorderly conduct <br> and interference with law enforcement. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> McIntosh was charged with criminal threat, disorderly conduct, and interference <br> with law enforcement after an alleged altercation with a city official, Terry Ward, and
View VerdictSTATE OF KANSAS v. MARVIN WILLARD POULSON
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, KS criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing his jury conviction of one count of rape and one count of criminal restraint </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></b></b> <br> <br> After an incident in July 2019, the State charged Poulson with two counts of rape <br> under K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 21-5503(a)(1)(A) and one count of criminal restraint under <br> K.S.A. 2019 Supp. 21-5411. Much
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Pascual A. Ruiz, Jr.
Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of ammunition by a prohibited person.<br> <br> What is the government's obligation to fulfill a promise made in a plea agreement. Pascual A. Ruiz Jr. was convicted after pleading guilty to one count of possession of ammunition by a prohibited person in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 922(g)(1). In his written plea agreement, the government agreed "[t]o recommend the defendant receive a sentence at the<br> l
View VerdictSTATE OF KANSAS v. JENNIFER L. DAILY
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant with appealing the district court's revocation of the probation and imposition of her underlying sentence </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> On April 26, 2018, Jennifer Daily entered guilty pleas in two separate cases. In <br> Sedgwick County case No. 18-CR-651, Daily pled to one count of aggravated burglar
View VerdictDonetta Raymond, et al. v. Spirit Aerosystems Holdings, Inc., et al.
Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants for age discrimination.<br> <br> Spirit AeroSystems, Inc. adopted a reduction-in-force that led to 271 firings. Many of the fired employees brought suit, including a collective action against Spirit for age discrimination. To prevail on the collective action, the former employees needed to prove a pattern or practice of age discrimination. <br> <br>
View Verdict; Emily Wise
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with robbing Kansas banks </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two people from Wichita charged with robbing Kansas banks</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> A man and woman from Kansas have been charged through criminal complaint in Wichita on charges related to a series of bank robberies involving a firearm.<br>
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Zane Tilcock; Emily Wise
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with a series of bank robberies involving a firearm. </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Two people from Wichita charged with robbing Kansas banks </h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><center><h2><font><br> <br> A man and woman from Kansas have been charged through criminal complaint in Wichita on charges related to a series of bank robber
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Clyde Apperson
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant seeking compassionate relief under 18 U.S.C. § 3582(c)(1)(A)(i).<br> <br> The relief requested in themotion was "[a] reduction of sentence to time served, with imposition of the original<br> conditions of supervised release.†Aplt. App. Vol. 1 at 96; see Aplt. Br. at 46 (using<br> the same language to describe the relief sought); Aplt. Reply Br. at 14 (same).<br> <br> On December 12, 2024, President Joseph R. Biden Jr. com
View VerdictKolette Smith v. Brian Williams, Labetter County Medical Center, d/b/a Labette Health
Wichita, Kansas employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> <br> This case stems from the termination of the independent contractor<br> relationship between Plaintiff-Appellant, Dr. Kolette Smith, and Defendants-<br> Appellees, Brian Williams and Labette County Medical Center ("Labette Healthâ€)<br> (collectively "Defendantsâ€). Dr. Smith appeals from the district court's grant of<br> summary judgment to Defendants on her claims for (1) denial of a property interest<br> withou
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Adonis Batista, a/k/a A-1
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possession with intent to distribute 500 grams or more of a mixture or substance containing a detectable amount of meth.<br> </h2><br> <br> On July 16, 2022, the Oklahoma City Drug Enforcement Administration<br> ("DEAâ€) investigated a drug-related house fire in Del City, Oklahoma. II R. 39. The<br> residence turned out to be a methamphetamine conversion lab. Id. DEA agents<b
View VerdictIn the Interests of D.M.H. Jr., M.M.H., M.L.H., and D.M.H., Minor Children.
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination action.<br> </h2> <br> <br> Father has four minor children subject to this action: D.M.H. Jr., M.M.H., M.L.H. and D.M.H. (collectively, the children). The natural mother (Mother) of the children is not a party to this appeal, although she separately appealed from the termination of her parental rights and another panel of our court recently reversed and remanded. In re D.M.H., No. 127,428,
View VerdictState of Kansas v. William Wesley Flesher, Jr.
<h2><br> Manhattan, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated battery, aggravated burglary, and theft.<br> </hr><br> <br> CRIMINAL LAW. JURY INSTRUCTIONS. The case addresses whether the district court erred by not providing unrequested jury instructions that the State must disprove self-defense beyond a reasonable doubt, and whether this omission constituted clear error affecting the outcome of the trial.<br> <br> CRIMINAL LAW. SELF-DEFENSE. The court cons
View VerdictIn the Interests of G.I. and R.I., Minor Children
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas family law lawyer represented the Defendant in a parental rights termination action.<br> </h2><br> In June 2022, the Kansas Department for Children and Families (DCF) received a report that a stranger found one-year-old R.I. wandering outside alone. DCF investigated the report and spoke to Mother and J.I. (Father) a few days after the incident. Mother and Father revealed financial and other family concerns. They explained that the paternal grandfather, whom the fami
View VerdictIn the Matter of the Care and Treatment of Calvin Wesley Rich
<h2><br> Great Bend, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking relief from custody.<br> </h2><br> Calvin Wesley Rich, having been civilly committed as a sexually violent predator for 20 years, petitioned the district court for transitional release and requested appointment of an independent examiner. After an initial hearing, the district court denied Rich's request for an independent examiner, and found that Rich failed to establish probable cause warranting an evidentiary
View VerdictIn the Interests of M.C. and J.M.
<h2><br> Olathe, Kansas family lawyer represented parents in a termination of parental rights action.<br> <h2><br> The State simultaneously filed separate child in need of care cases in November 2020 for M.C., then barely 2 years old, and J.M., then 10 months old, when Mother stabbed the children's father in their presence. The record indicates Father has chronically<br> <br> 2<br> <br> abused alcohol and he and Mother had some history of domestic violence. The children went into an out-of-h
View VerdictState of Kansas v. Ricky Dion Dunklin
<h2><br> Manhattan, Kansas criminl defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated battery and misdemeanor domestic battery.<br> </h2><br> On August 21, 2019, the State charged Dunklin in Riley County case No. 19 CR 432 with aggravated battery and one count of aggravated domestic battery. Although Dunklin appeared before the district court on September 24, 2019, and October 19, 2019, he requested a continuance at each hearing. Another hearing was set for November 19, 2019, but D
View VerdictPeter J. Ritchey v. Billy Jo Lewis
<h2><br> Topeka, Kansas civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in a title and ownership of real property.<br> </h2><br> <br> While living together as an engaged couple, Peter J. Ritchey and Billy Jo Lewis purchased a house and an adjacent, 40-acre property in separate transactions-Ritchey purchased the property and Lewis purchased the house. Lewis represented herself and Ritchey as the buyer's agent in these transactions. The couple later split up and Ritchey initiated a sale of the p
View VerdictBrave Law Firm, LLC v. Truck Accident Lawyers Group, Inc., et al.
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas civil litigation lawyers represented the parties in an alleged violation of the Lanham Act and Kansas law in connection with certain advertisements for legal services.<br> <br> Brace agreed to dismiss the lawsuit if Pistrotnik produced proof that a large settlement touted in some of its advertisments actually occurred. <br> <br> Pistotnik produce the proof and dismissed the case.
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Abram F. Velo
Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with a drug offense.
View VerdictState of Kansas v. Stan P. Mills, Jr.
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant accused of being a violent offender.<br> </h2><br> <br> <br> In two separate cases, Sedgwick County District Court case Nos. 2021 CR 2220 (Case 1) and 2021 CR 2236 (Case 2), the State charged Mills with two counts of aggravated battery and attempted robbery. The State also charged Mills with arson in Sedgwick County District Court case No. 2022 CR 397 (Case 3).<br> <br> The State moved to consolidate the three c
View VerdictState of Kansas v. Jason D. Buffalohead-Craytor
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with forgery and possession of meth.<br> </h2><br> Defendant was found guilty and was sentenced to 22-months in prison.<br> <br> The State's motion for revoke his probation was granted by the Court.
View VerdictIn the Interest of A.B.
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas family law lawyer represented the father in a termination of parental rights action.<br> </h2><br> <br> A.B. was born in July 2022 and placed in the NICU. A few days later, the State filed a child in need of care petition. The petition alleged that Mother's parental rights to her other seven children and Father's parental rights to his two other children had been recently terminated; there was a history of domestic violence between Father and Mother; Father had pending c
View VerdictState of Kansas v. Joseph C. Esher
<h2><br> Hiawatha, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of rape and one count each of aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, and criminal threat.<br> </h2><br> <br> Esher was convicted in 2001 of two counts of rape and one count each of aggravated criminal sodomy, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, and criminal threat. Another panel of this court reversed Esher's criminal threat conviction on direct appeal, holding that it was c
View Verdict, United States of America v. Timothy Vigil ,
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt of child pornography </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Colorado Recidivist Sex Offender Sentenced to 35 Years in Prison for Crimes Against Children</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> A California man was sentenced to 240 months in prison after soliciting and receiving child pornography.<br> <br> According to c
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Antonio Laringo Knox
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> cty, st criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receiving child pornography </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> California man sentenced to 240 months for receiving child pornography</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br>
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Shan Hanes
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Wichita, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of embezzlement by a bank officer. </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Victims of cryptocurrency scam awarded restitution</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> After a $47.1 million cryptocurrency scheme caused a Kansas bank to fail, a federal judge ordered during a restitution hearing that millions of dollars seized b
View VerdictMaria Varnas v. Conner Thompson
Kansas City, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.<br> <br> Maria Varnas sued Conner Thompson claiming he used excessive force when he shot and killed Brandon Lynch, age 27, in 2022.<br> <br> Following the tragic death of her son, Plaintiff Maria Varnas filed this lawsuit, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, as Special Administrator of the Estate of her son, Brandon S. Lynch, against the City of Olathe, Kansas ("the Cityâ�
View VerdictMichael Anthony Allen v. Facebook, et la.
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant claiming to have been injured and/pr damaged by Facebook's operation.<br> <br> Michael Allen filed a 42 U.S.C. § 1983 civil rights lawsuit<br> against Facebook and other social media entities alleging that, while incarcerated, he<br> is the target of some sort of "illegal A.I.†emitter technology, causing psychosis and<br> suicidal thoughts. R., Vol. 1 at 5. He alleged that this "wifi technolog
View VerdictJuan Manuel Aguilar, et al. v. Suegundo A. Aponte Caceda, et al.
Dodge City, Kansas personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiffs who sued the Defendants.<br> <br> On August 11, 2020, KDOT offered to pay the Apontes $63,605 to establish a right-of-way on property they owned along Highway 50 near Dodge City and to reimburse for damages that would occur during an impending highway expansion. The Apontes ultimately accepted the offer and signed a contract of conveyance on October 13, 2020. The total costs breakdown included: $7,800 for a .78-acre right-of-w
View VerdictState of Kansas v. Shawn P. Rosenberg
Hutchinson, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex crimes.<br> <br> <br> Here, a jury found that the facts proved that Shawn P. Rosenberg was guilty of several serious sex crimes. In this appeal, we must decide whether legally sufficient evidence was presented to this jury so it could find the accused guilty. We must also decide whether the omission of a certain jury instruction was reversible error.<br> <br> Rosenberg appeals his convictions for three
View VerdictT.D. and D.D. v. B.R.
Kansas City, Kansas family law lawyers represented father and grandparents in a grandparent visitation dispute.<br> <br> <br> B.R., the natural father (Father) of the minor child at the heart of this case, H.R., appeals from the district court's written order establishing a grandparent visitation plan. When the child's natural mother passed away, the district court awarded custody to Father rather than the maternal grandparents (Grandparents), and disputes ultimately ensued over Grandparents' vi
View VerdictState of Kansas v. D.H.
Topeka, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated robbery.<br> <br> Sixteen-year-old D.H. was charged as a juvenile with aggravated robbery. After the district court granted the State's motion to prosecute him as an adult, a jury convicted him of the lesser included offense of robbery.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> On a fall evening in October 2020, Tasha Poort and her husband Jarred, alongside their friend William Miller, were remodeling their restaurant. Tasha
View VerdictState of Kansas v. Kurtis Lee Nichols
Alma, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzlement.<br> <br> <br> Nichols started working at Perfection II Masonry, Inc., in 2019. Nichols worked for Charles Lillich-the president, half owner, and day-to-day operator of Perfection II, which employed around 20 people. The company's store is in Alta Vista, a small community in Wabaunsee County. When he started, Nichols worked in the company's office, doing several jobs, including estimating jobs, helping with
View VerdictState of Kansas v. Isaiah J. Duckworth
Lawrence, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated sexual battery.<br> <br> Duckworth entered a no-contest plea to two counts of aggravated sexual battery in violation of K.S.A. 21-5505(b)(1), a severity level 5 person felony, for his conduct with a 16-year-old victim. At the plea hearing, the district court reviewed the plea advisory and plea agreement that Duckworth had executed before the plea hearing. The factual basis for Duckworth's pleas included th
View VerdictState of Kansas v. Timothy James Eugene Kittle
McPherson, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually molesting a child.<br> <br> Kittle and his wife Jayne have two children-their daughter Emma and her older brother Sam. (The names are pseudonyms we have substituted to protect the children's privacy.) Kittle and Jayne separated without divorcing, and she moved to Massachusetts with the children. Jayne encountered continuing problems with childcare; so in July 2016, Emma and Sam returned to live with Kittle
View VerdictState of Kansas v. Kristopher Keleti
Olathe, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession with methamphetamine with intent to distribute and possession of drug paraphernalia.<br> <br> In October 2018, police officers on patrol noticed what looked like an empty vehicle with its doors open in a hotel parking lot. Because of recent burglaries in the area, the officers approached the vehicle. They found Keleti in its driver's seat and a woman named Skylar Cordray in the passenger seat.<br> <br>
View VerdictIn the Matter of the Wrongful Conviction of Jason Mashaney
Wichita, Kansas personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking damages from the State of Kansas as a result of being wrongfully convicted.<br> <br> <br> In 2004, a jury convicted Mashaney of aggravated criminal sodomy and aggravated indecent liberties with a child for his alleged conduct in 2003 with his then-five-year-old daughter, A.A. He was sentenced to 442 months in prison. A Court of Appeals panel affirmed. State v. Mashaney, No. 94,298, 2007 WL 1109456, at *7 (Kan. App. 2007) (u
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Hophine Bwosinde
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas preparation and filing of false tax returns criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> Hophine Bwosinde, of Lenexa, operated Ambroseli Professional Services, a tax preparation business. From 2018 through 2022, Bwosinde prepared and filed false tax returns on behalf of his clients by either inflating legitimate business expenses or by claiming losses related to fake businesses. In addition, Bwosinde falsely reported negative income on clients' retur
View VerdictIn the Matter of the Marriage of M.D. and S.D.
<h2><br> Olathe, Kansas family law lawyers represented husband and wife in a divorce.<br> </h2><br> <br> After eleven years of marriage and four children together, Father and Mother divorced. Six years of contentious and acrimonious litigation over the parties' children, spousal maintenance, and child support followed. At first, the parties agreed to share equal parenting time with their four children. The trial court issued a journal entry and decree of divorce and adopted the initial parenting
View VerdictDustin Bain v. South Kansas and Oklahoma Railroad, L.L.C.
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas Federal Employer's Liability Act personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> The Federal Employers' Liability Act (FELA) is a federal law that gives railroad workers the right to sue their employer for damages if they are injured, sickened, or killed on the job. FELA was passed by Congress in 1908 to improve safety on the railroads and compensate injured workers.<br> <br> Here are some key aspects of FELA:<br> <br> Who is covered<br> <br>
View VerdictMatthew Byrnes, M.C. v. St. Catherine Hospital, et al.
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas civil rights job discrimination lawyers represented the Plaintiff.<br> </h2><br> <br> People get fired from their jobs for many reasons, or, sometimes, for no reason at all. And if the person's an at-will employee, that's just fine, the law says. Just fine, that is, as long as his employer didn't fire him for discriminatory or retaliatory reasons. Plaintiff Dr. Matthew Byrnes got fired in February 2020. He had worked as a surgeon and intensivist for St. Catherine Ho
View VerdictUnited States of Americav. Ulises Medina-Garcia
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas conspiracy to distribute and posses with intent to distribute controlled substances criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant.<br> </h2><br> <br>
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Bogdana Alexandrovna Mobley
<h2><br> Wichita, Kansas international kidnapping criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant.<br> </h2><br> Bogdana Alexandrovna Mobley has been charged with international parental kidnapping in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 1204. She appeals from the district court's order affirming the magistrate judge's pretrial detention order. Exercising jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 and 18 U.S.C. § 3145(c), we remand for further proceedings.<br> <br> * * *<br> <br> <br> Mobley is a 36-year
View VerdictLori Ann Norris v. IC System, Inc.
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas, consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Debt Collection Act violation theory.<br> <h2><br> Violation of 15 USC 1692 is a section of the United States Code that covers debt collection practices and consumer credit protection. It is part of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), which was enacted in March 1978. The FDCPA's purpose is to: <br> <br> Eliminate abusive debt collection practices <br> <br> Protect reputable debt collectors fr
View VerdictUnited States of America v. Michael D. Wilkins
<h2><br> Kansas City, Kansas criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with escape from custody.<br> </h2><br> 18:751(a) - Escape from Custody (INDICTMENT FILED 8/23/2023)
View VerdictIn the Interests of H.T. and C.T., Minor Children
<h2><br> Leavenworth, Kansas family law lawyer represented the father.<br> </h2><br> <br> The natural father (Father) of C.T. and H.T. appeals the district court's decision to terminate his parental rights. Specifically, Father argues the evidence does not support the district court's finding of his unfitness. But viewing the evidence in the light most favorable to the State, as we are required to do, the record sufficiently supports the district court's findings of Father's unfitness and that
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