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United States of America v. David Michael Eddo

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with illegally possessing ammunition

Pierce County man charged with illegally possessing ammunition as part of an investigation over threats to detonate a bomb



A 46-y... More...
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United States of America v. Eric Smith; Sara Thompson

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendants charged with drug trafficking

Two members of multi-state drug trafficking rings linked to Aryan prison gangs sentenced to lengthy prison terms



Two members of drug tr... More...
   $0 (01-31-2025 - WA)

State of Washington v. Montreal Leanthony Morgan, Sr.

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant convicted of murder on a restitution claim.

Washington’s crime victims compensation act (CVCA), chapter 7.68 RCW, provides benefits to crime victims and their families for expenses resulting from criminal acts. Payments are administered by the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), which is authorized to se... More...
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Family and Estate of Summer Taylor v. Kelete Dawit, et al.


Seattle, Washington personal injury wrongful death lawyer represented the Plaintiffs.


The family and state of Summer Taylor, a protester who was struck and killed by a car on Interstate 5 in 2020, sued Dawit Kelete and the State of Washington on negligence wrongful death theories.... More...
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Denny Shepard v. Social Security Administration


Spokane, Washington social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS of
his application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits.



DIWC (Disabled Insured Worker’s Claim)

Disability program for adults who have worked enough to have “insured status” under the Social Security System. For disability, a worker... More...
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Julie A. Su v. United States Postal Service


Tacoma, Washington employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Occupation Safety and Health law violation theory.

29 U.S.C. 651: A federal act passed in 1970 to ensure a minimum level of safety in working conditions. The act is codified in 29 U.S.C. §§ 651–678. The Act may also be referred to as the Williams-Steiger Occupational Safety and Health Act of 1... More...
   $0 (07-03-2024 - WA)

David Henry Meisner, II v. Social Security Administration


Tacoma, Washington social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial by HHS of his application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW benefits.



DIWC (Disabled Insured Worker’s Claim)

Disability program for adults who have worked enough to have “insured status” under the Social Security System. For disability, a worker must ... More...
   $0 (07-03-2024 - WA)

United States of America v. Ashton Connor Garcia


Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with extensive illegal harassing activity

Bremerton Washington, man sentenced to 3 years in prison for extensive swatting campaign targeting victims in US and Canada

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United States of America v. Samantha Marie Tainewasher; Calvin James Hunt

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyers Douglas E. McKinley, Jr. and Mike William Lynch represented the Defendants charged with one count of Involun... More...    $0 (05-28-2024 - WA)

United States of America v. Terrance Jamal Moore; Darnell Moore; Ellis Hull

Grand Rapids, Michigan criminal defense lawyers Peter Alan VanGerderen, Cirilo Martinez, and More...    $0 (05-15-2024 - WA)

United States of America v. Jaycob Tyler Gonzales

Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Trafficking Fentanyl Pills


Nampa Man Sentenced for Trafficking Fentanyl Pills Linked to an Overdose Death



Vanessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern Distric... More...
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Monet Carter-Mixon v. City Tacoma, et al.

Seattle, Washington personal injury wrongful death lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories under 42 U.S.C. 1983.... More...    $24500000 (12-31-2023 - WA)

United States of America v. Jaime Alberto Garza

Spokane, Washington Criminal Defense Lawyer represented the Defendant a Drug Trafficker Sentenced to Prison



Eastern District of Washington



anessa R. Waldref, United States Attorney for the Eastern District of Washington, announced that Jaime Alberto Gar... More...
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State of Washington v. Ian Simmers

Seattle, Washington Defendant Ian Simmers, age 16, was accused murder for allegedly killing Rodney Cochanour, age 35, whose body was found along the Burke-Gilman Trail along the Sammamish River near Bothell Washington on March 11, 1993.

The Bothell Police Department the first investigated the murder, and multiple officers responded to the scene, including officers Schlaegel, Hopkins, Mine... More...
   $0 (12-31-1996 - WA)

Ashley Pitts v. Armando Ismael Contreras-Arellano and Rivera & Sons Inc

Richland, Washington personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on wrongful death auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $5 million in damages and/or injuries.
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   $1 (01-11-2023 - WA)

Monet Carter-Mixon, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Manuel Ellis, et al. v. City of Tacoma, et al.

Tacoma, Washington personal injury wrongful death lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories claiming that Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Masyth Ford used excessive force when they attempted to arrest him in 2021.

The Complaint:

Plaintiffs, MONET CARTER-MIXON as Personal Representative of the ESTAT... More...
   $4000000 (07-11-2023 - WA)

State of Washington v. Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Timothy Rankine who were charged with murder for killing Manuel “Manny” Ellis, who was killed by the Tacoma police officers.

The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled that Ellis, a black man, was murdered.

2.1 Plaintiff Monet Carter-Mixon: Monet Carter-Mixon (“Ms. Carter-Mixon”)... More...
   $0 (12-21-2023 - WA)

Gregory E. Stovall v. United States Postal Service

Seattle, Washington personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Federal Tort Claims Act aug negligence theory.

"The Federal Tort Claims Act (FTCA) is a federal law that allows individuals to sue the United States government for the negligent or wrongful acts of its employees. Under the FTCA, the government is liable for the same torts as a private person w... More...
   $1 (12-08-2023 - WA)

United States of America v. Changpeng Zhao

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with failure to maintain an effective anti-money laundering program under 31 U.S.C. 5318(h), 5322(b), 5322(c), and 5322(e), 18:2, and 31:1022.210 .

Binance Holdings Limited (Binance), the entity that operates the world’s largest cryptocurrency exchange, Binance.com, pleaded guilty today and has agreed to pay... More...
   $0 (11-22-2023 - WA)

State of Washington v. Benjamin Harris

Jimmy Lee Turner was found shot to death outside his home on June 14, 1984, in Tacoma, Washington. He had been shot in the head and the neck. The Tacoma Police Department (TPD) began an immediate investigation into the shooting.

Later, on the same day, defendant Harris called Sergeant Parkhurst of the TPD and asked if Parkhurst had heard rumors of defendant being involved in the homicide.... More...
   $0 (11-17-2023 - WA)

Bennett Haselton v. Scott Lapierre, et al.

Seattle, Washington civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories.

The summer of 2020 was one of largescale and impassioned public demonstrations, widespread throughout the United States, calling for police reform and an end to systemic racism. The movement was spurred in particular by the murder of unarmed suspect George Floyd by... More...
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R.J.C. v. Social Security Administration

Tacoma, Washington social security disability lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for Social Security: DIWC/DIWW by HHS.

"Social Security Disability law is a complex area of law that governs the eligibility requirements and benefits for individuals with disabilities. There are two main Social Security Disability programs: Social Security Disabi... More...
   $0 (10-20-2023 - WA)

United States of America v. Ron Montgomery

Richland, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute fentanyl that results in a death.

Investigators were led to Ron Montgomery, age 43, of Richland, following the death of a man in July of 2018 from a fentanyl overdose. Montgomery, along with Christopher West, who was sentenced in March, were identified as being responsible for ... More...
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United States of America v. Rajinder Pal Singh, a/k/a Jaspal Gill

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...
   $0 (06-28-2023 - WA)

CVR v. Social Security Administration

Seattle, Washington social security disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of his application for SSID benefits by HHS.


Adults Who:

Are age 65 and older, or blind, or have a disability.
Have limited income (wages, pensions, etc.).
Have limited resources (the things you own).
Are U.S. citizens, nationals of the U.S., a... More...
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Bob Dawson, et al. v. Porch.com, Inc., et al.

Seattle, Washington consumer law lawyer represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on Telephone Consumer Protection Act violation theories.

Defendants claimed to have identified “a real question” regarding the viability of plaintiffs' autodialer claims, and plaintiffs have not shown that they will be prejudiced if a stay is ordered. Wood v. McEwen, 644 F.2d 797, 802 (9th Cir. 1981).<... More...
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United States of America v. Moeun Yoeun

criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with sex trafficking, producing child sexual abuse images and traveling to sexually abuse children





Federal Courthouse - Tacoma, Washington


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Hester Loveland v. Walmart, Inc. d/b/a Walmart Supercenter #5461

Tacoma, Washington personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on a negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of an accident.




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STATE of Washington, Respondent, v. Donovan Ben Patrick ALLEN, Petitioner.

¶ 1 We are asked to determine whether any rational trier of fact could have convicted Donovan Allen of aggravated first degree murder upon the evidence properly admitted in this case.   Allen confessed to killing his mother but challenges, among other things, the sufficiency of the evidence that this killing was premeditated and aggravated by robbery.   We affirm.

FACTS

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Sate of Washington v. Donovan Allen

At 12:58 p.m. on February 7, 2000, 18-year-old Donovan Allen called 911 and reported that he found his 49-year-old mother, Sharon Cox, injured and bleeding on the floor of her bedroom in Longview, Washington.

Emergency personnel were unable to revive Cox. An autopsy later showed that she had been struck four times in the head with a blunt object and manually strangled. There were signs of... More...
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State of Washington v. Lola Luna

Bremerton, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with second-degree murder.

Lola Luna, age 17, was accused of stabbing Syanna Puryear-Trucker, age 16, to death. The victim was stabbed 24 times.

Defendant claimed self defense.... More...
   $0 (12-07-2022 - WA)

United States of America v. Randy Smith

Seattle, Washington criminal lawyer represented Defendant charged with a committing a hate crime and making false statements.

Randy Smith, age 42, admitted that, he participated in the assault of T.S., a Black man, he was a member of a white supremacist support group. On Dec. 8, 2018, Smith entered a bar in Lynnwood, Washington, with others, including fellow support group members as well ... More...
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Estate of Cindy Lou Hill v. Spokane County and NaphCare, Inc.

Spokane, Washington civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on 1983 wrongful death negligence theories claiming that Cindy Lou Hill, age 55, died as a direct result of not being treated for peritonitis due to a ruptured liver adhesions that caused a hole in her small intestine.

The Court entered a default judgment against the County for destroying a video recording ... More...
   $27000000 (07-20-2022 - WA)

Estate of Wangsben Leng v. City of Issaquah, Michael Luncht and Kylen Whittom

Seattle, Washington personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights violation theories claiming that Michael Luncht and Kylen Whittom used excessive force on 66-year-old Liping Yang died from complications of a neck injury suffered when the Issaquah police officers arrested him.

The King County Medical Examiner ruled the man's death a homicide.... More...
   $0 (06-16-2022 - WA)

State of Washington v. Zilla Ayrana Crowley

Olympia, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with first-degree murder.

Zilla Ayana Crowley, age 34, was charged with murder for shooting and killing Tuyen Dang Ngoc, age 30.

In the late evening of May 20, 2020, Thurston County Sheriff's Deputies responded to a 911 call from the family's Yelm residence. Dispatchers notified law enforcement of a history... More...
   $0 (05-05-2022 - WA)

United States of America v. Jason DeSimas

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with charged with a racial motivated hate crime and making false statements.

Jason DeSimas was a prospective member of a white supremacist group that was traveling in the Seattle area to celebrate a known white supremacist, killed in a standoff with police in the 1980s. DeSimas had discussed using “mutual combat... More...
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Family and Estate of Alan Justad, et al. v. Omega Morgan, Northwest Tower Crane Service and Morrow Equipment Co.

Seattle, Washington personal injury wrongful death lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on negligence theories claiming that Defendants' failure to exercise due care in the remove a crane from a construction site and, as a
direct result, the crane collapsed in 2019 killing four and injuring others.

Two ironworkers fell to their deaths. The crane crushed cars below, kil... More...
   $100000000 (03-15-2022 - WA)

Jason Shackelford v. Harban Singh and West Coast Freightline, LLC

Tacoma, Washington personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on auto negligence wrongful death theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of car truck accident caused by Harban Singh while acting within the scope and course of his employment with West Coast Freightline, LLC.

This case was initially... More...
   $0 (12-16-2021 - WA)

Bob Dawson, et al. v. Porch.com, Inc., et al.

Seattle, WA: Consumer law lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendants on Telephone Consumer Protection Act (47 U.S.C. 227) violations.

See: 47 U.S.C §227. Restrictions on use of telephone equipment
(a) Definitions

As used in this section—

(1) The term “automatic telephone dialing system” means equipment which has the capacity—

(A) to store or... More...
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United States of America v. Ivan Armenta

Seattle, WA: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with distribution of fentanyl.

Ivan Armenta, 21, was separated from the Navy and taken into federal custody August 7, 2020. Armenta provided pills tainted with fentanyl to another sailor who died of a drug overdose. Armenta had been warned the pills could be deadly, but still shared them with his friends.

“T... More...
   $0 (09-17-2021 - WA)

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