Washington Jury Verdicts, Settlements and Court Decisions
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United States of America v. Justin Christopher Moore
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with
Justin Christopher Moore made and carried a box of 12 Molotov cocktails in a protest march to the Seattle Police Officers Guild (SPOG) building on Labor Day, September 7, 2020. Ultimately the marchers were moved away from the building in downtown Seattle. Police smelled gasoline and grew concerned about t... More...
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(09-19-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Connor Goodman
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Make an Unregistered Destructive Device.
Connor Goodman was accused for engaging in a conspiracy to make an unregistered destructive device. He pleaded guilty on March 16, 2023.
Goodman’s plea and sentence stemmed from a several months long investigation into a group of individuals... More...
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(09-01-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Lamar Allen Thompson
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Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with producing and possessing images of child sexual abuse.
A 2018 investigation revealed that Lamar Allen Thompson, who was on state supervision as a sex offender for a 2016 conviction for molesting two minor children, filmed his molestation of two different minor children. Washington State Department of Correc... More...
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(09-11-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Erick Guerrero-Acosta
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Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with trafficking large amounts of fentanyl and methamphetamine while armed with a handgun.
Erick Guerrero-Acosta was arrested November 22, 2022, with 14 kilos of fentanyl powder and pills and seven kilos of methamphetamine. At the sentencing hearing U.S. District Judge Benjamin H. Settle cited the “grave” conse... More...
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(08-28-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Lincare Holdings, Inc.
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Spokane, Washington civil litigation lawyers represented accused of fraudulently overbilling Medicare and Medicare Advantage Plans for oxygen equipment.
Lincare Holdings, Inc. a Florida based, wholly-owned subsidiary of German multinational chemical corporation Linde, PLC, provides oxygen equipment to patients with respiratory ailments such as Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease (COPD)... More...
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(08-28-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Allen Richard Smith
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Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with producing images of child pornography depicting minor boys in the Philippines.
Allen Richard Smith, 66, of Richland, Washington, first came to the attention of law enforcement because Facebook reported that he was distributing images of child pornography on Facebook from April 2019 through May 2020. Special A... More...
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(08-14-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Raven Marlyne Hudson
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking and using a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime.
Raven Marlyne Hudson, 39, pleaded guilty in May 2023, to drug trafficking and using a firearm in furtherance of a drug trafficking crime. She was arrested in July 2022, in Seattle’s University District, after she rammed a law e... More...
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(08-16-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Tom Raymond Carroll
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Medford, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of controlled substances with intent to distribute.
In February 2021, special agents from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) identified Tom Raymond Carrooo, age 39, as a drug dealer operating in Baker and Malheur Counties in Eastern Oregon. Carroll had recently been released f... More...
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(08-17-2023 - WA)
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Whisper Fox v. Social Security Administration
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Yakima, Washington social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.... More...
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(07-18-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Jack Allen Robertson
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with abusive sexual contact on board an aircraft.
Jack Allen Roberson, age 69, from North Carolina was seated next to the 15-year-old victim who was traveling with her guardian. According to the criminal complaint, while Roberson appeared to be sleeping, he allegedly slipped his hand onto the victim’s thigh and ra... More...
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(07-17-2023 - WA)
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Richard S. Wilkinson v. Scott Rodgers, et al.
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Spokane, Washington civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants on First Amendment violation theories.
This matter relates to a Position Statement adopted by the Washington Medical Commission (“WMC”) on September 22, 2021 to address misinformation related to COVID-19 and the available treatments. A detailed factual background in discussed in the Court's Order G... More...
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(07-07-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Jimia Rae Cain
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Sponkane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining $337,267 in COVID-19 relief funds.
On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (“CARES”) Act. The CARES Act provided a number of programs through which eligible small businesses could request and obtain relief funding intended ... More...
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(06-29-2023 - WA)
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James Gleason, et al. v. Evelyn Shapiro, et al.
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Seattle, Washington employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff who sued Defendants claiming breach of fiduciary duty relating to E.R.I.S.A.
29 U.S.C. 1109 provides: (a) Any person who is a fiduciary with respect to a plan who breaches any of the responsibilities, obligations, or duties imposed upon fiduciaries by this subchapter shall be personally liable to make good to such plan any ... More...
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(07-07-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Marcus William Lowe
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with attempted enticement of a minor and possession of child pornography.
Attempted Enticement of a Minor - 18:2422(b)
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Possession of Child Pornography - 18:2252(a)(4)(B), (b)(2)
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(07-07-2023 - WA)
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Jeffrey L. Bachmann v. Social Security Administration, et al.
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Tacoma, Washington social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS of his application for Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI benefits.
Social Security: SSID Tit. XVI benefits, also known as Supplemental Security Income (SSI), is a federal program that provides monthly payments to adults and children with limited income and resources who are blind or... More...
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(07-07-2023 - WA)
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Marcelino Silva Marquez v. United States of America, et al.
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Tacoma, Washington immigration lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking a writ of mandamus
28 U.S.C. 1651 provides:
(a) The Supreme Court and all courts established by Act of Congress may issue all writs necessary or appropriate in aid of their respective jurisdictions and agreeable to the usages and principles of law.
(b) An alternative writ or rule nisi may be issued by a just... More...
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(07-07-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Erik A. Read
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft for stealing more than $200,000 from a union member’s account and other plans.
Erik A. Read, age 52, from Tacoma, Washington who worked as a Third Party Administrator for union health and welfare and pension plans was indicted for stealing more than $200,000 from a u... More...
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(07-07-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Alexander Borys Mischenko
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with criminal violation of the Clean Air Act in connection with asbestos contamination at a site in Spokane in 2018.
in October 2017, Mischenko and his company, Buck Creek Sales, signed a contract to dismantle a legacy industrial building located on Magnesium Road in North Spokane and known as “Building 5.” Mis... More...
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(06-27-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Rajinder Pal Singh, a/k/a Jaspal Gill
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Transport and Harbor Certain Aliens by taking more than $500,000 as a key member of a smuggling ring bringing hundreds of Indian Nationals across the border from Canada and then to locations in the mid-west and beyond.
“Over a four-year period, Rajinder Pal Singh arranged for more than 8... More...
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(06-28-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Charles St. George Kirkland
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with an eight-year tax fraud scheme that resulted in more than $50 million in illegal tax refunds.
Charles St. George Kirkland pleaded guilty in January 2023 to three counts of aiding or assisting the filing of fraudulent tax documents. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge John H. Chun rejected the defen... More...
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(06-12-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Jaiden Gyvan Petersen
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with production of child pornography.
This case stemmed from a CyberTip or a notice to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children (NCMEC) reporting the online exploitation of children. The FBI received the CyberTip, which originated from Snapchat, indicating child pornography had traveled across Snapcha... More...
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(06-08-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Devinare Antwan Parker
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with taking an improvised gun to a 2020 Seattle protest and threatened to kill police.
At about 11:30 p.m. on Sunday evening, May 31, 2020, two Seattle Police Officers were driving their marked patrol car north on Third Avenue near Benaroya Hall. They saw Devinare Antwan Parker, 31, who was downtown in violation of... More...
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(06-08-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Justin Costello
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with securities fraud.
Justin Costello victimized marijuana business owners, private investors, and investors who purchased stock in the public market. Costello used fraud proceeds for an expensive lifestyle, including an elaborate wedding with a James Bond theme. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge Ricar... More...
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(05-31-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Marisa Beck
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with fraudulently obtaining more than $360,000 in COVID-19 relief funding intended for endangered small businesses.
Marisa Beck, age 40, of Spokane, was accused of fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds.
On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Sec... More...
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(05-31-2023 - WA)
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Jerry Owens v. CACI International, Inc., et al.
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Seattle, Washington employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff on a wrongful termination theory.
CACI is an information technology company and defense contractor that provides services to various clients, including the United States Government, which is CACI's largest customer. (Dkt. No. 27-1 at 17-18.) Plaintiff's employment with CACI began in January 2016 following CACI's purchase of a... More...
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(05-26-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Rhonda Se Ackerman
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with two counts of willfully failing to file her 2015 and 2016 federal income tax returns.
Rhonda Sue Ackerman, age 54 of Spokane, Washington, abused her position as a liability claims technician at SCDRM. Between 2014 and 2016, she embezzled $440,315.25 and failed to file federal income tax returns reporting h... More...
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(05-26-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Bryan Alan Sparks
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with defrauding the federal COVID-19 benefit programs of more than $1 million for wire fraud and aggravated identity theft
Bryan Alan Sparks, 42, was indicted for the fraud scheme in November 2021 and pleaded guilty January 20,2023. At the sentencing hearing, U.S. District Judge James L. Robart said, Sparks was “a... More...
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(05-23-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Jerry Chris Van Dyke aka Jerry Witten
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with violation of the Indian Arts and Crafts Act (IACA) by representing himself as a Native American artist, when he had no tribal enrollment or heritage.
The investigation of Jerry Van Dyke, age 67, from Seattle, began in February 2019, when the Indian Arts and Crafts Board received a complaint that Van Dyke was re... More...
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(05-17-2023 - WA)
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Twin W. Owners' Association v. Andrew Murphy and Jennifer Murphy
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Waterville, Washington civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant sued by a homeowners' association seeking to enforce a restrictive covenant restricting vacation rental of residence for vacation.
We swim across the Columbia River from Chelan County, the situs of the land in
Wilkinson v. Chiwawa Communities Association, 180 Wn.2d 241, 327 P.3d 614 (2014),
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(05-16-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Susana Tantico
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with embezzlement.
“Ms. Tantico, Susana Tanico, age 62, from Renton, Washington, was a trusted financial professional who sadly used her skills to steal from organizations serving those most in need of help,” said U.S. Attorney Brown. “Each time she used the organization’s credit card for trips, gambling, ... More...
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(05-16-2023 - WA)
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BAP v. Social Security Administration
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Tacoma, Washington social security disability lawyer represented plaintiff seeking revieew of the denial of her application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS.... More...
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(05-09-2023 - WA)
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Seyyed Javad Maadanian, et al. v. Mercedes-Benz, USA, LLC, et al.
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Seattle, Washington personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on product liability theories.
Plaintiffs are twenty-six individuals who have lost the use of their Mercedez-Benz vehicles because the braking system installed in their 2004-2015 ML-Class, GL-Class, and R-Class vehicles was defective and has been recalled. One of the named plaintiffs, Seyyed Javad M... More...
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(05-05-2023 - WA)
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Glen Morgan v. Twitter, Inc.
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Spokane, Washington personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant claiming violation of his privacy rights.
Specifically, Plaintiff alleges that Defendant unlawfully obtained his and other users' cell phone numbers which he and other users register with a Twitter account and then sold that information to third-party advertisers from which Defendant illegally profited.More...
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(05-05-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Jose Mendoza-Ruelas
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Richland, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant with Conspiracy to Distribute 50 Grams or More of Actual (Pure) Methamphetamine, 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl, and 5 Kilograms or More of Cocaine.
Jose Mendoza-Ruelas, age 38, was part of a large drug trafficking organization that involved a legitimate landscaping business used to cover up the organization’s drug traffi... More...
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(05-04-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. United Wound Healing P.S.
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Seattle, Washington civil litigation lawyers represented Defendant accused for fraudulently billing the federal government for health care services that were never performed.
The U.S. Department of Justice, the Washington State Attorney General’s Medicaid Fraud Control Division, accused United Wound Healing, P.S. with violating the False Claims Act by improperly billing Medicare and Med... More...
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(05-08-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Keovilayvanh Rinthalukay
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Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with willful failure to pay over taxes.
Keovilayvanh Rinthalukay, 62, pleaded guilty in February 2023, admitting that between 2015 and 2019 he withheld Medicare, Social Security, and federal income taxes from his employees’ paychecks, but instead of paying the taxes to the government, he pocketed the money for his... More...
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(05-02-2023 - WA)
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Bree Hepworth v. Wyze Labs, Inc.
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Seattle, Washington personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff who sued Defendant on a product liability theory.
Wyze Labs, Inc., also known as Wyze, is a U.S. company based in Seattle, Washington, that specializes in smart home products and wireless cameras.
“A product manufacturer is subject to liability to a claimant if the claimant's harm was proximately caused by the ne... More...
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(03-30-2023 - WA)
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United States of America v. Jose Badillo-Fernandez
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Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with unlawful reentry into the United States after removal in violation of 8 U.S.C. 1325(a)(1).
(a) Improper time or place; avoidance of examination or inspection; misrepresentation and concealment of facts
Any alien who (1) enters or attempts to enter the United States at any time or place other than as de... More...
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(03-29-2023 - WA)
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Jennifer E. Grant and Tammy L. Tenny v. Asotin County, et al.
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(03-29-2023 - WA)
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DLJ v. Social Security Administration
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Yakima, Washington social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her applicattion for DIWC/DIWW social security benefits by HHS.... More...
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(03-29-2023 - WA)
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