Nevada Verdicts & Court Cases

United States of America v. Tamilo Pale Fe’a

Reno, Nevada, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with theft of government property. Tamilo Pale Fe’a a former U.S. Department of the Army employee and Sparks, Nevada, resident pleaded guilty today to using his Army credit card to make nearly $2,800 of purchases for his

United States of America v. Christian Brandon O’Neal Scurlock

Los Angeles, California criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sex trafficking two minors and bringing the Las Vegas so they could engage in commercial sex work. In July 2025, Christian Brandon O’Neal Scurlock, 23, of Moreno Valley, California, pleaded guilty to one cou

United States of America v. Brent Kovar

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343 and money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957. From late 2017 to July 2021, Brent C. Kovar owned Profit Connect, a Las Vegas-based company that purportedly used artifi

State of Nevada v. Duane 'Keffe D' Davis

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Duane 'Keffe D' Davis was accused of placing himself at the drive-by shooting on Sept. 6, 1996, and admitting to taking part in the murder without pulling the trigger himself in the killing of Tupac Shakur.

United States of America v. Brent Kovar

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343 and money laundering in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1957. Reported by Kent Morlan From late 2017 to July 2021, Brent C. Kovar owned Profit Connect, a Las Vegas-based company

State of Nevada v. Duane Davis

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with committing a murder in 1996. Reported by: Kent Morlan Duane Davis is accused of shooting and killing Tupac Shakur, who was riding inside a vehicle when he was shot four times at a red light on Flamingo Road near K

State of Nevada v. Francisco Chairez-Hernandez

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with open murder with a deadly weapon, attempted murder with a deadly weapon, assault with a deadly weapon, and discharge of a firearm at or into an occupied structure or vehicle. Reported by: Kent Morlan Francisco Cha

United States of America v. John Matthew Chapman

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with kidnapping resulting in death in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1201(a)(1). Reported by Kent Morlan Chapman suffers from autism, Tourette syndrome, Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity D

United States of America v. Stephen Dubin, M.D.

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit health care fraud in violation of 18 USC 1349 and health care fraud in violation of 18 USC 1347. Reported by Kent Morlan Stephen Dubin, M.D., 74, of Henderson, Nevada, is accused of engagi

United States of America v. Cynthia Marie Marabella and William Keolanui Costa

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with wire fraud in violation of 18 U.S.C. 1343 and engaging in transactions in unlawful proceeds in violation of 18 U.S.C. 195l7. Digested by Kent Morlan From January 1, 2018, to about February 28, 2025, Cynthia Mar

State of Nevada v. Joseph Robert Austin

Reno, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charge with home invasion, two counts of destruction of property, and attempted home invasion. Reported by Kent Morlan

Untied States of America v. Ky’von Love Bernard Payne

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in stolen firearms firearms. Reported by Kent Morlan Ky’von Love Bernard Payne admitted that on March 25, 2024, he and co-defendant Semaj’e Ridgeway possessed 35 stolen firearms – including a se

State of Nevada v. Nathan Lee Chasing His Horse

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with multiple charges of sexual assault against Indigenous women and girls. Lee Chasing His Horse, age 48, an actor in Dances with Wolves and other projects, was charged with more than a dozen sexually related crimes.

United States of America v. Francisco Felix and Alexis Arturo Martinez

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendants charged with trafficking significant quantities of fentanyl pills, fentanyl powder, and methamphetamine, and for laundering drug proceeds to Mexico. Francisco Felix and Alexis Arturo Martinez, also known as Arego Martinez Regl

State of Nevada v. Joey Terral Chadwick

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with leaving the scene of an accident involving personal injury. Nevada’s appellate courts have not previously addressed the admissibility of evidence of a defendant’s alcohol consumption and apparent intoxication

United States of America v. Michael J. Moore

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempt to evade or defeat the payment of taxes. Michael J. Moore, of Las Vegas, operated a tax and accounting business known as X Tax Pros that he used to promote an illegal tax avoidance scheme. Moore advertised X

State of Nevada v. Edward A. Preiado

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyers Lisa Rasmussen and Lisa A. Rasmussen represented the Defendant charge with voluntary manslaughter with the use of a deadly weapon. Edward Preciado engaged in a physical altercation with Kim Long. During the altercation, Preciado repeatedly struck Lon

United States of America v. Josiah Jodah

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drug trafficking. On July 17, 2024, Josiah Judah was introduced by co-defendant Urkeno Walter as the co-defendant’s “right hand man”. During the conversation, Judah said Walter used him in drug sale negotiatio

State of Nevada v. Cythia Roes

Reno, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with child abuse and neglect. Cythia Roes. age 53, accused of child abuse and neglect charges after an investigation into a three-year-old child who fell from a moving vehicle.

State of Nevada v. Nathan Chasing Horse

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer Craig Mueller represented the Defendant charged with 13 counts of sexual assault of a minor. Nathan Chasing Horse, age 49, was accused of sexually assaulting a minor. Chasing Horse was in "Dances With Wolves" was one of the most prominent films featur

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State of Nevada v. Nathan Chasing Horse

State of Nevada v. Nathan Chasing Horse

State of Nevada v. Nathan Chasing Horse

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexually assaulting a minor. Nathan Chasing Horse, age 49, accused of assaulting a 14-year-old girl.

State of Nevada v. Jose Aviles

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with assaulting a police officer. Jose Aviles, 33, who was taken into custody after assaulting a police officer the Planet Hollywood Casino.

United States of America v. Ulian Ohye-Michiko

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally reentering the United States for the 12fh time. Ulian Ohye-Michiko, 48, is a citizen and national of Mexico who was previously deported on 11 prior occasions since 2008 and reentered the United States illeg

United States of America v. Kurtis Lee Solomon

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Possession of Child Pornography. Beginning on a date unknown and continuing up to and including September 9, 2021, Kurtis Lee Solomon, formerly of Fernley, Nevada, knowingly and repeatedly accessed child pornography websi

Employees at the Clark Couonty Government Center and/or its Property v. Monsanto Company, et al.

Las Vegas, Nevada personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on exposure to toxic wastes. Plaintiffs originally brought this case in Nevada state court alleging that some of the waste dumped at the site contained polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and that the former Monsanto Comp

United States of America v. Harold Wesley Snowten IV

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with possession of a machine gun, possession of six firearms, and possession of more than 50 grams of methamphetamine with the intent to distribute that methamphetamine to another person. In April 2023, Harold Wesley Sno

United States of America v. Eduardo "Eddie" Ruben Lopez

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to fix the wages of home healthcare nurses. Eduardo "Eddie" Lopez of Las Vegas was accused of defrauding pruchasers to home home health care. “American workers are the bedrock of President Trump’s

United States of America v. R.C. Crutcher

Reno, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with witness tampering. March 11, 2025, to March 16, 2025, R.C. Crutcher made attempts to persuade a victim from testifying at a federal trial. Crutcher made multiple phone calls from jail to his mother, asking his mother to

Jeanne Llera and Jorge L. Gomez v. Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department

Las Vegas, Nevada, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on 42 U.S.C. 1983 civil rights violation theories.

United States of America v. Triston Harris Steinman

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being a felon in possession of firearms and ammunition. The district court suppressed evidence seized from Triston Harris Steinman's car on multiple grounds, including that a law enforcement officer violated his Fourt

United States of America v. Gregory W. Pheasent

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to use required taillight at night on an ATM on federal land. Pheasant involves an Icarus-like criminal prosecution of a dirt biker stemming from an alleged taillight infraction on federal land managed by the B

State of Nevada v. Ocean Celestino Camacho

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of first-degree murder with the use of a deadly weapon, conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder with the use of a deadly weapon, and two firearm discharge offenses. Brandon Morales and two friends, J

State of Nevada v. Tiktok, Inc., et al.

Las Vegas, Nevada commercial litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiffs seeking a writ of prohibition or, alternatively, mandamus challenging a district court order denying a motion to dismiss for lack of personal jurisdiction and for failure to state a claim in a consumer protection action. Th

State of Nevada v. Mario Ortiz-Gonzalez

Elko, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony dirving under the influence with one or more prior felony DUI Convictions.

Tom Koch v. UNUM Group, et al.

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with retaliation under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, 42 U.S.C. § 2000e-3. A claim of retaliation under Title VII is governed by the three-step burden-shifting framework under McDonnell Douglas Corp. v. Gre

United States of America v. Ryan Keith Tyler

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with distribution of child pornography.

United States of America v. Tyler Monson

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of transportation of a minor with the intent to engage in criminal sexual activity. A Winnemucca man was sentenced to 10 years in prison followed by 10 years of supervised release for transporting a 15-year-old g

Joshua Husok v. Station Casinos, LLC, et al.

Las Vegas, Nevada, employment lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employment discrimination Americans with Disabilitie Act violation theory.

State of Nevada v. Lazavion Payne, Calvin Richards, and Daiveon Stone

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyers will be representing the Defendants charged with engaging in a drive-by shooting. Lazavion Payne, 19; Calvin Richards, 24; and Daiveon Stone, 29, were all arrested in connection with the exchange of gunfire, which took place in the city of North Las Vegas

United States of America v. Richard Paul Eccleston

Las Vegas, Nevada, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with receipt or possession of child pornography.

Nasha Nelson v. Check City Partnership, LLC

Las Vegas, Nevada, civil litigation lawyers represented the Plaintiff and Defendant in a breach of contract case. The elements of a breach of contact actions are: A Valid contract (offer, acceptance, consideration) exists between plaintiff and defendant; The Defendant breached the contract or fai

Nathan Doffing v. Omni Cable, L.L.C.

Reno, Nevada, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an employment discrimination theory.

United States of America v. Noel Lynn Waters

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawful possession of an unserialized, privately made AR-15-pattern pistol. A Las Vegas resident who has multiple prior felony convictions pleaded guilty today to unlawful possession of an unserialized, privately made

United States of America v. Dr. Samuel R. Chacon

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with defrauding health care benefit programs An OB-GYN in Reno made his initial court appearance today for allegedly defrauding health care benefit programs by submitting false claims for unnecessary gynecologic tests and surgic

Genoa Jones and Cornell Tinsley v. City of North Las Vegas, et al.

Las Vegas, Nevada, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories. A police officer saw a suspect flee from the back of a house into a neighboring backyard. Instead of directly following the suspect, the officer hurried to his car, called for backup, a

United States of America v. Cory Spurlock

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Murder-For-Hire Conspiracy, Tampering With A Witness By Killing, Stalking Resulting In Death, And Firearm And Drug Charges Jury Convicts Montana Man Of Murder-For-Hire Conspiracy, Tampering With A Witness By Killing,

United States of America v. Maria Vega-Villalba

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Reentering The United States Repeat offender sentenced to 54 months in prison for illegal firearms possession