King County Courthouse - Seattle, Was... More...    $0 (02-21-2023 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with multiple federal felonies connected to a scheme to steal tax dollars intended for flood control.

The wife of the former long-time Commissioner of an East King County drainage district was sentenced today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to three years in prison and three years of supervised release for multipl... More...    $0 (01-06-2023 - WA)

Bad Faith Breach of Insurance Contract... More...    $1 (11-16-2022 - WA)

Spokane, Washington criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with three counts of second-degree murder.

Clifton Frank Peter, agte 37, of Wapato, Washington, is an enrolled member of the Confederated Bands and Tribes of the Yakama Nation and has a violent criminal history. In 2011, he was convicted in Yakima County Superior Court of First-Degree Robbery with a Deadly Weapon and Theft ... More...    $0 (08-24-2022 - WA)

Seattle, Washington civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued defendants on a class action basis claiming that property or rights owned by them were taken in violation of the Fifth Amendment.

This certified question asks us to clarify the standards for
equitable tolling in civil cases under Washington law. The underlying federal case
involves a long-running dispute... More...    $0 (08-18-2022 - wa)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with possession of child pornography.

Paul Von Nahme was arrested in April 2021, after an overseas law enforcement agency reported that Von Nahme was using the ‘Kik’ social media platform to send images of child sexual abuse to a person overseas. The agency also reported Von Nahme was making claims online that ... More...    $0 (07-08-2022 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendants charged with engaging in a Ponzi-like scheme that defrauded customers of millions of dollars.

Bernard Ross Hansen, 61, aka Ross B. Hansen was convicted of multiple counts of wire and mail fraud after a four-week jury trial in July 2021. Hansen’s co-defendant and partner, Vault Manager Diane Renee Erdmann, 49, was conv... More...    $0 (06-06-2022 - WA)

Wenatchee, Washington civil rights lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on job discrimination and retaliation theories.

Uniel Sanchez worked for Bethlehem on a construction project and complained about work conditions on the site including bad water.

He claimed that the was retaliated against and eventually fired.

Sanchez alleged the company discriminated ag... More...    $300000 (04-21-2022 - WA)

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with fraud.

Eric R. Shibley, age 43, of Seattle was convicted following a trial in November 2021.

“Mr. Shibley took advantage of the community, disrupted and distraught by the pandemic, to try to enrich himself through fraud,â€� said U.S. Attorney Nick Brown. “These funds were desperately needed to ... More...    $0 (03-10-2022 - WA)

Seattle, Washington insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages.

This case was initially filed in the Snohomish County Superior Court, 21-00002-02852-31, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant.... More...    $0 (01-31-2022 - WA)

Spokane, WA: CH2M Hill Plateau Remediation Company (CHPRC), a prime contractor at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site, has agreed to pay $3,038,270 million to resolve allegations that CHPRC violated the False Claims Act by submitting false and fraudulent small business subcontract reports.

In 2008, CHPRC, a Washington subsidiary of CH2M Hill Companies Ltd., which is headquartered in... More...    $0 (06-09-2021 - WA)

Spokane, Washington drug charge criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, James Matthew Ethrington, age 33, a resident of Spokane, Washington, who was charged with possession with intent to distribute 50 grams or more of actual (pure) methamphetamine.

According to information disclosed during court proceedings, in August, 2019, the Spokane Police Department conducted a traffic stop ... More...    $0 (12-09-2020 - WA)

Seattle, Washington computer hacker criminal defense lawyer represented defendant, Ryan S. Hernandez, who was charged with federal crimes related to his computer hacking scheme and his possession of child pornography found on his digital devices.

Hernandez, aka Ryan West, who used the online moniker “RyanRocks,” pleaded guilty to a two-count information in January 2020.

According... More...    $0 (12-09-2020 - WA)

Seattle, WA - The United States of America charged Ryan S. Hernandez, a/k/a Ryan West with computer fraud and abuse and possession of child pornography.

A 21-year-old Palmdale, California, man pleaded guilty today in U.S. District Court in Seattle to federal crimes related to his computer hacking scheme and his possession of child pornography found on his digital devices, announced U.S. A... More...    $0 (02-03-2020 - WA)

Richland, WA - The United States of America charged Sami Anwar with Conspiracy to Commit Wire Fraud, Conspiracy to Commit Mail Fraud, and 45 additional charged crimes including Wire Fraud, Mail Fraud, Obtaining Controlled Substances Through Fraud, and Furnishing False Information to the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA).

Anwar, 42, of Richland, WA, was found guilty of Conspiracy to Co... More...    $0 (11-29-2019 - WA)

The filing date of a bankruptcy petition determines the
law governing exemptions and freezes the value of the
exemptions that the debtor may claim. Because Debra
Wilson’s amended bankruptcy schedules sought to claim
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more than Washington law permitted her to claim as of the
petition date, we affirm the district court’s decision, limiting
her claimed exe... More...    $0 (11-29-2018 - WA)

These appeals follow a civil jury trial. The jury found
that BNSF Railway Company violated the anti-retaliation
provision of the Federal Railroad Safety Act (“FRSA”) when
BNSF fired Curtis Rookaird for, in part, refusing to stop
performing an air-brake test on a 42-car train that he was
tasked with moving. Rookaird was awarded over $1.2
million in damages. BNSF appeals issu... More...    $0 (11-09-2018 - WA)

In 2006 the late Delbert Wheeler, Sr., a lifelong-enrolled member of the Yakama Nation in Washington State, purchased “80 acres of trust property . . . from the Yakama Nation Land Enterprise, the agency of the Yakama Nation which is charged with overseeing the maintenance of real property held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Yakama Nation and its members.” Wheeler then opened... More...    $0 (08-17-2018 - WA)

Snapp worked for BNSF from 1971 through 1999. He rose through the ranks, becoming a Division Trainmaster in 1986. Due to tiredness and low energy, he went to a doctor in 1994. He was diagnosed with sleep apnea and had surgeries in 1996 and 1998 in unsuccessful attempts to correct his condition. In 1999, BNSF received a report from Snapp’s physician. Snapp’s supervisor told Snapp he did not bel... More...    $0 (05-12-2018 - WA)

Ronald Cox, a former Quality Food Centers Inc. (QFC)
employee, filed this class action challenging QFC's policy of rounding hourly
employees' clocked-in time to the nearest quarter hour. Specifically, he contends
QFC intentionally manipulated the application of this policy to result in
underpayment of wages.
QFC appeals the trial court's denial of the motion to compel arbitrati... More...    $0 (02-19-2018 - WA)

Seattle, WA - Former ICE Chief Counsel Pleads Guilty to Using the Identities of Numerous Aliens for Wire Fraud and Aggravated Identity Theft Scheme

Former Chief Counsel Raphael A. Sanchez of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Office of Principal Legal Advisor pleaded guilty today for a wire fraud and aggravated identity theft scheme involving the identities of numerous alien... More...    $0 (02-15-2018 - WA)

The Public Utility District No. 1 of Kittitas County
(district) fired Kim Mikkelsen after 27 years of service. Mikkelsen sued the district,
alleging that, among other things, her dismissal violated the Washington Law Against
Discrimination (WLAD), RCW 49.60.180. Specifically, Mikkelsen claims that
Charles Ward, the general manager, exhibited a bias against women and older
emplo... More...    $0 (10-19-2017 - WA)

The primary issue in this appeal is whether the “clearly
established” prong of the qualified immunity analysis should
be submitted to a jury. Following the lead of nearly all of
our sister circuits, we conclude that it is a question of law
that must ultimately be decided by a judge.
Background
This case arises from Maria Morales’s arrest during the
May 1, 2012 “May Day”... More...    $0 (10-16-2017 - WA)