Nevada Verdicts & Court Cases

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

State of Nevada v. Nathan Williams

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Nathan Williams, 50, took the stand at his trial and argued that he also acted in self-defense during the April 5, 2022, shooting that police said caused the death of 46-year-old Bryant Johnson. Th

Jeremy John Halgat v. United States of America, et al.

Las Vegas, Nevada personal Injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on malicious prosecution, abuse of process, intentional infliction of emotional distress ("IIED”) and negligence he Federal Tort Claims Act ("FTCA”) claims.

United States of America v. Otoniel Lugo-Campos

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with unlawfully returning to the United States Mexican National With Prior Violent Felony Convictions Sentenced To Six Years In Prison For Illegally Reentering The United States A Mexican national was sentenced tod

United States of America v. Devonte Devon Jackson

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Robbery Of An Armored Truck Las Vegas Man Indicted For Armed Robbery Of An Armored Truck A Las Vegas man who was arrested in Texas made his initial court appearance on Thursday to face charges in connect

United States of America v. Rigoberto Osorio-Merlo

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one-count of deported alien found in the United States. Honduran National With Two Prior Deportations Charged For Illegally Reentering The United States A Honduran national made his initial court appearance t

United States of America v. Eric Romero_Lobato

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit Hobbs Act robbery, attempted Hobbs act robbery, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, carjacking, using a firearm during a crime of violence, and two counts of possession of a firearm by a f

Wayne Hagendorf v. Ladah Law Firm, P.L.L.C; Ramzy Ladah

Las Vegas, Nevada employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. A petitioner seeking unpaid overtime wages under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("FLSA”) "has the burden of proving that [she] performed work for which [she] was not properly compen

Latina W. Lister v. City of Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a job discrimination theory. A jury found: (1) an incident was severe or pervasive and objectively and subjectively offensive to a reasonable person; but that (2) the incident was not motivated by race or gender; (3) the

Eric Rojas-Guancha v. National Consumer Telecom & Utilities Exchange, Inc.

Las Vegas, Nevada consumer credit lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Credit Reporting Act violation theory. The Act (Title VI of the Consumer Credit Protection Act) protects information collected by consumer reporting agencies such as credit bureaus, medical information companies

The State of Nevada v. Ramon Ruiz-Segura

Carson City, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with trafficking in a schedule I controlled substance, 14 to 28 grams. Ramon Ruiz-Segura enters and Alford plea. The defendant's motoin to withdraw his plea was denied. * * * Legal issue Can a defendant withdraw a gu

Francisco Javier Arce-Franco v. The State of Nevada

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with burglary. Francisco Javier Arce-Franco entered an Alfrod plea. Arce-Franco moved to withdraw his plea. A defendant may move to withdraw a guilty plea[2] before sentencing, NRS 176.165. and the district court may gra

M.I.A.W. v. Greyhound Lines, Inc.

Las Vegas, Nevada personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a bus negligence claim. While pregnant with M.W., Rose was traveling to Las Vegas. During her journey, she boarded a coach bus operated by Greyhound Lines, Inc., in California. Another Greyhound passenger shot multiple people on

United States of America v. Marco Antonio Quezada-Ramirez

Las Vegas, sta criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug Trafficking Of Fentanyl Mexican National With Two Prior Deportations Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Drug Trafficking Of Fentanyl A Mexican national who twice illegally reentered the United States a

United States of America v. Richard Edwin Sanchez

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Selling Ghost Guns, Stolen Guns, Machinegun Conversion Devices, And Cocaine Las Vegas Man Sentenced To Three Years In Prison For Selling Ghost Guns, Stolen Guns, Machinegun Conversion Devices, And Cocaine A

United States of America v. Xui Jie Chen a/k/a “Johnny Chen”, Jin Wei Chen, Yue Yuan

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with committing bank fraud and aggravated identity theft. Three Members Of Transnational Financial Crime Syndicate Indicted A Los Angeles, California, man made his initial appearance Wednesday before Unite

United States of America v. Abel Puebla

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine, Heroin, And Cocaine Las Vegas Man Sentenced To 10 Years In Prison For Conspiracy To Distribute Methamphetamine, Heroin, And Cocaine A Las Vegas man was sentenc

United States of America v. Jose Luis Castillo-Alvarez, a/k/a “Celso Ramses Ibarra-Angulo” and “Oscar”, Kevin Omar Cruz-Lima a/k/a “Kevin Omar Lima-Cruz” and “Cesar,”

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with Selling Drugs And Unlawful Possession Of Firearms Two Foreign Nationals Indicted For Selling Drugs And Unlawful Possession Of Firearms Two foreign nationals unlawfully residing in the United States mad

United States of America v. Denzel Renyal Michael Loyd

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Coercion And Enticement Of Multiple Children Las Vegas Man Sentenced To Over 13 Years In Prison For Coercion And Enticement Of Multiple Children A Las Vegas man was sentenced Thursday by Chief United S

Michael Robert Martin v. Danielle Palmer f/k/a Danielle Denise Martin

Las Vegas, Nevada family law divorce lawyers represented the parties in a marriage dissolution action. Michael Martin and Danielle Palmer divorced in 2017. They then litigated multiple issues relating to their three children. Danielle eventually moved to appoint a parenting coordinator. The distric

United States of America v. Wilmer Alexander Cortez-Cruz, Sergio Ivan Morelos-Torres

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Illegally Reentering The United States Foreign Nationals With Prior Convictions Charged For Illegally Reentering The United States Mexican and Salvadorian nationals residing in Las Vegas made their ini

First American Trustee Servicing Solutions, LLC, et al. v. Dennis Baham

Las Vegas, Nevada consumer credit lawyer represented the Defendant in a foreclosure action. Baham's home was foreclosed on in February 2020 after several unsuccessful foreclosure mediation proceedings. Following the foreclosure, Baham was unsuccessful in challenging the foreclosure proceedings in

John Doe, et al. v. Real Walter

Las Vegas, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on product liability theories. The now-bankrupt company's product was linked to liver illnesses and autoimmune diseases. In June 2021, the FDA announced that Real Water had agreed to cease operations until they could comply with federal r

United States of America v. Edward Rodriguez

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Drug And Ammunition Offenses Felon Sentenced To Prison For Drug And Ammunition Offenses A Las Vegas man who has prior felony convictions was indicted for distributing approximately 1,000 pills contai

United States of America v. Gregory W. Pheasant

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with drivng an off-road vehicle on public lands at night without a taillight. Late at night on the Friday of Memorial Day weekend in 2021, Bureau of Land Management rangers were patrolling Moon Rocks, an area of BLM-administered

United States of America v. Aurora Phelps

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with seven counts of wire fraud; three counts of mail fraud; six counts of bank fraud; three counts of identity theft; one count of kidnapping; and one count of kidnapping resulting in death Nevada Woman Indic

State of Nevada v. Fernando Gomez

Law Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Fernando Gomez, age 44, was charged with killing his ex-wife Nydia Lopez-Garcia, age 27, in a Las Vegas hotel room on May 28, 2023.

State of Nevada v. Samantha Scott

Auburn, California, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with being an accessory after the fact to a murder. Samantha Scott was accused to being an an accessory after the fact in a high-profile 2021 Lake Tahoe murder case. Robert Spohr, 70, was killed in an execution-style m

State of Nevada v. Yoni Barrios

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder. Yoni Barrious, age 34, was accused of stabbing two people to death and injuring six others on the Las Vegas strip in 2022. Defendant was an illegal immigrant from Guatemala. Defendant was received a diagnosi

United States of America v. Devon Jones

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Armed Bank Robberies Sacramento Man Sentenced To 15 Years In Prison For Armed Bank Robberies Devon Jones, 32, pleaded guilty to one-count each of interference with commerce by robbery, bank robbery, and di

United States of America v. Larry Seng in

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony gun possession. Larry Seng In ("In”) was charged in a federal indictment with being a felon in possession of a firearm in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 922(g)(1) and 924(a)(2) after a gun was found in his car

The State of Nevada v. Clyde Means

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted sexual assault upon his nineteen-year-old son. The victim alleged that Means had sexually assaulted him on at least three separate occasions while they lived in Nevada. Means had first pleaded not guilty to

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony involvement with two juveniles. In 2012, law enforcement received a report of two female juveniles engaging in prostitution near a Reno motel. Police officers responded and contacted sisters F.W. (12 years old) and

Kristin Lobato v. The City of Las Vegas

Las Vegas, Nevada personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on a civil rights violation theory. Kristin Lobato was arrested, charged and convicted of murder when she was 18. She served 16 years in prison before being exonerated. According to the Michigan National R

United States of America v. Matthew Thurman

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Dumping Waste Into Cities' Wastewater System And Lying To Investigators Nevada Man Sentenced For Dumping Waste Into Cities' Wastewater System And Lying To Investigators A Nevada man was sentenced toda

United States of America v. Mykalai Kontilai, formerly Michael Contile

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with

The State of Nevada v. Brian Augustin Rodriguez-Sigala

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with murder with the use of a deadly weapon and carrying a concealed weapon. Brian Rodriguez-Sigala contends that the district court abused its discretion by excluding evidence of the victim's HIV status. Rodriguez-Sigala argues

The State of Nevada v. Shantell Nohea'lokelani Pogtis

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with attempted assault with a deadly weapon.

The States of Nevada v. Marquan Antonio Jackson

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with malicious destruction of property, assault with a deadly weapon, attempted burglary, battery resulting in substantial bodily harm, battery with a deadly weapon, eight counts of burglary while in possession of a deadly

Constantin Petriuc v. Diana Matas f/k/a Diana Victoria Petriuc

Winnemucca, Nevada family law lawyers represented husband and wife in a divorce involving a custody dispute. Petriuc and Matas were married in November 2012 and have two minor children together. In August 2014, Matas filed a complaint for divorce and child custody; the following month, the district

The State of Nevada v. Dennis James Scott, Jr.

Reno, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with "f two counts of possession of a schedule I or II controlled substance less than 14 grams, third or subsequent offense, and one count of sell, transport, or give, or attempt to sell, transport, or give a schedule I or II con

Helga Dyrhauge v. Robert Randolph Black, Jr.

Las Vegas, Nevada personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an automobile negligence claims. Appellant Helga Dyrhauge sued respondent Robert Randolph Black, Jr., after an automobile accident. Dyrhauge rejected Black's NRCP 68 offer of judgment, and after a jury trial, failed to obtain a m

The State of Nevada Antwon Donell Perkins

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the defendant charged with "rst-degree kidnapping of a minor, battery with intent to commit sexual assault of a victim under 16, lewdness with a child under the age of 14, and three counts of sexual assault of a minor under 14 years of age. Perk

State of Nevada v. Johnny Alfonso Terrell, Jr.

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with ttempted burglary, grand larceny auto, malicious destruction of property, carrying a concealed firearm or other deadly weapon, robbery with use of a deadly weapon of a victim 60 years of age or older, battery resultin

Karyl Clarke v. Tanesha White

Las Vegas, Nevada family law lawyers represented husband and wife in a child custody dispute. Clarke and White were never married but have one minor child together, T.C., a daughter born in 2016.[1] The couple had a tumultuous relationship, eventually separating in April 2020. The parties' separa

James Bennett Gabroy v. Pamela Jean Gabroy

Las Vegas, Nevada family law lawyers represented husband and wife in a divorce seeking dissolution of their marriage. Following an eighteen-year marriage, respondent Pamela Jean Gabroy filed for divorce in September 2019, alleging incompatibility.[1] Her husband James was an internist who had owne

Hope Antoinette Backman v. Daniel Morris Gelbman

Reno, Nevada family law lawyers represented the parties in a child support dispute. Backman and respondent Daniel Morris Gelbman have litigated child support matters since not long after the birth of their child in 2013.[1] From 2014 to 2019, Gelbman paid Backman between $731 and $858 per month in

Angela Boweden and La Shunder Reed v. Heritage Mortuary, Inc.

Las Vegas, Nevada personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a tort theory. Lee Andrew Reed (Lee) met Angela Bow den in 2014 in Arkansas, and they quickly fell in love and married shortly after. Bowden moved to Las Vegas with her children so they could live with Lee, an

The State of Nevada v. Tyshaurs Collins

Las Vegas, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with battery on an officer and first-degree kidnapping of a minor. In July 2022, Collins took his infant daughter to a Las Vegas storage complex where he had a shared storage unit.[1] The storage complex manager agreed to

Randy Alesna McDaniel v. John Henley, Warden NNCC

Yerington, Nevada criminal defense lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking postconviction relief. In his petition, McDaniel contended that (1) he was entitled to 196 days of credit for presentence confinement, (2) he was entitled to an additional 30 days of credit for post-sentence confinement, a