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)

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-Mixonâ€�)... More...    $0 (12-21-2023 - WA)

Richland, Washington employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Family Medical Leave Act violation theory.


R.W., a nursing student at Columbia Basin College, revealed to his doctor that he had homicidal ideations and that he imagined killing his teachers. Upon learning this information from the doctor and conducting further investigation, the Colle... More...    $0 (12-08-2023 - WA)

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...    $0 (10-20-2023 - WA)

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...    $0 (09-11-2023 - WA)

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 (“WMCâ€�) 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...    $0 (07-07-2023 - WA)

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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to Douglas Cou... More...    $0 (05-16-2023 - WA)

Justic Scalia delivered the opinion of the Court:

Petitioner was tried for assault and attempted murder. The State sought to introduce a recorded statement that petitioner's wife Sylvia had made during police interrogation, as evidence that the stabbing was not in self-defense. Sylvia did not testify at trial because of Washington's marital privilege. Petitioner argued that admitting the ... More...    $0 (03-08-2003 - 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)

Spokane, Washington criminal law lawyer represented defendant charged with Assault with Dangerous Weapon in Indian Country, Arson in Indian Country, Felon in Possession of a Firearm and Ammunition, and Discharging and Using a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence. McGinnis had entered a guilty plea on May 21, 2021.

At today’s sentencing, United States Senior District Ju... More...    $0 (08-09-2022 - WA)

Tacoma, Washington civil rights lawyer represented Defendant, who sued Defendant claiming that his constitutional rights were violated.

J.M. appeals the trial court’s order for 180 days of involuntary commitment. J.M. argues that (1) his statutory right to remain silent under former RCW 71.05.360(8)(d) (2017)1 was violated, (2) his due process rights under the Fifth Amendment apply in a... More...    $0 (01-04-2022 - WA)

Seattle, Washington hate crime charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Cameron Shea, 25, a leader of the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division, pled guilty to federal conspiracy and hate crime charges for threatening journalists and advocates who worked to expose anti-Semitism.

Shea pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to commit three offenses against the United States: i... More...    $0 (04-09-2021 - WA)

Seattle, Washington "Molotov Cocktail" possession charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Kelly Thomas Jackson, age 21, who was charged with unlawful possession of a destructive device in violation of 26 U.S.C. 2561 and 5845.

Jackson was arrested in September 2020 when he was identified as the person who used Molotov cocktails to burn two Seattle Police vehicles in downtown ... More...    $0 (04-01-2021 - WA)

Seattle, Washington wire fraud criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged scheme to defraud several COVID-19 relief programs.

Baoke Zhang, 35, of Issaquah, Washington, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud as part of his guilty plea, Zhang admitted that he carried out a scheme to defraud several different government and private COVID-19 relief programs intended to assist th... More...    $0 (10-29-2020 - WA)

Spokane, WA - The United States of America charged The Texas Health and Human Services Commission with violating the False Claims Act

The Texas Health and Human Services Commission (THHSC) has agreed to pay the United States $15,294,360 to resolve allegations that it violated the False Claims Act in its administration of the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP), the Department... More...    $0 (12-29-2019 - 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)

This appeal calls on us to consider the scope of federal
court abstention under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971).
In particular, we consider whether federal courts should
abstain from exercising jurisdiction over a constitutional
challenge to a state criminal statute while there are ongoing
state court protection order proceedings arguably related to
the challenge to t... More...    $0 (09-10-2018 - WA)

Spokane, WA - Sureno Gang Member Sentenced to 172 Months in Federal Prison for His Involvement in Discharge of a Firearm During Crime of Violence and Being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm

Angel Abel Campos, age 24, of Toppenish, Washington, a documented Sureno gang member, was sentenced today after having pleaded guilty in May 2018, to being a felon in possession of a firearm and parti... More...    $0 (08-29-2018 - WA)

This is a class action challenging the constitutionality of
a Washington statute that allows tenants to be evicted from
their homes without a court hearing. Plaintiffs seek
declaratory and injunctive relief against the Sheriff of King
County, whose office enforces the challenged statute by
executing the eviction orders. The district court dismissed
the action with prejudice... More...    $0 (08-19-2018 - WA)

Washington public school teachers Mickey Fowler and Leisa Maurer bring this class action to order the Director of the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (“DRS”) to return interest that was allegedly skimmed from their state-managed retirement accounts. The district court denied the stipulated motion to certify a class and then dismissed the action as prudentially unripe. We conclude... More...    $0 (08-19-2018 - 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)

Seattled, WA - The State of Washington and other states sued the United States of America, Michael R. Pompeo, in his official capacity as Secretary of State, Directorate of Defense Trade Controls, Mike Miller, in his official capacity as Acting Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Trade Controls, Sarah Heidema, in her official capacity as Director of Policy, Office of Defense Trade Controls Polic... More...    $0 (08-01-2018 - WA)

On remand from the United States Supreme Court we are tasked with deciding whether the unlawful entry into a residence by two sheriff’s deputies, without a warrant, consent, or exigent circumstances, was the proximate cause of the subsequent shooting and injuries to the plaintiffs. We hold that it was, permitting a federal claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We also hold that the plaintiffs have an inde... More...    $4000000 (07-29-2018 - WA)

Danny P., Angela P. and Nicole B. (hereafter collectively
“P”) appeal the district court’s grant of summary judgment to
Catholic Health Initiatives (“CHI”) and Catholic Health
Initiatives Medical Plan–Blue Cross Blue Shield (collectively
“the Plan”). The Plan denied P’s claim for the cost of Nicole
B.’s inpatient stay in Island View Residential Treatment
Center (“Island Vie... More...    $0 (06-09-2018 - WA)

We must decide whether, under the Fair Debt Collection
Practices Act, a company that sent letters demanding that
hospital patients pay their overdue medical bills meaningfully
participated in the hospital’s efforts to collect debts.
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Michelle Echlin is a former patient of PeaceHealth
Southwest Medical Center (PeaceHealth) in Vancouver,
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Washin... More...    $0 (04-20-2018 - WA)

RMG Worldwide LLC (RMG) appeals two land use decisions of the
Pierce County hearing examiner. In the first decision, the examiner found that RMG
could not subdivide its existing golf course for residential development under the
General Use zoning that was in effect in 1990, and that RMG must instead submit
applications consistent with the current development regulations. In the sec... More...    $0 (12-18-2017 - WA)

After ruling on summary judgment that Sharon Sorby did not
enjoy qualified immunity from the plaintiffs’ claims under 42 U.S.C. § 1983, the trial
court certified its order under RAP 2.3(b)(4) as one “involv[ing] a controlling question of
law as to which there is substantial ground for a difference of opinion.” We granted
discretionary review. We conclude that Ms. Sorby enjoys quali... More...    $0 (02-19-2018 - WA)

The trial court found that Oscar Lopez's lawyer
was "fairly obvious[ly]" "severely handicapped" by depression during the pretrial
and trial phases of Lopez's case.' That finding was supported by the trial court's
own observations of defense counsel's performance—and sometimes failure to show
up—at trial. That finding was also supported by declarations and testimony
presented at... More...    $0 (02-19-2018 - WA)

Juan Vega, Jr. was transferred from federal prison to a Seattle non-profit residential reentry center to complete the remainder of his prison sentence. There, he alleged that federal and private employees conspired to remove him from the halfway house known as Pioneer House, ostensibly based on his race and for asserting his First Amendment rights, by filing a false incident report. After his retu... More...    $0 (02-09-2018 - WA)

The facts underlying this case are simple and not in dispute. Samuel Gutierrez approached a woman in a parking lot, pointed a silver handgun at her, and demanded her keys. The woman complied, and Gutierrez drove off with her car. The police were notified immediately and apprehended Gutierrez after a short chase. Gutierrez was found in possession of the victim’s cell phone and a loaded, nickelpla... More...    $0 (12-21-2017 - WA)

Richard Howard appeals his conviction of unlawful imprisonment. Howard argues that his decision to represent himself was not made knowingly and intelligently because the trial court did not inform him of the maximum sentences for the crimes charged against him.
We hold that Howard’s waiver of his right to counsel was invalid and the trial court erred in allowing Howard to represent himself bec... More...    $0 (11-28-2017 - WA)

At issue is whether William and Carol Rumburg timely filed suit
under tolling and grace periods provided by RCW 4.96.020, the local government tort
claim filing statute. After serving a second notice of claim on local government
defendants and allowing 60 days for the defendants to respond, the Rumburgs relied on
the statutory 5-day grace period in filing suit. The respondents cont... More...    $0 (11-20-2017 - WA)

In this appeal, we address an issue of first impression in
our circuit regarding the minimum-wage provision of the
Fair Labor Standards Act (“FLSA”). Specifically, we
consider whether the relevant unit for determining
minimum-wage compliance is the workweek as a whole or
each individual hour within the workweek. Although the
statutory text and context do not conclusively an... More...    $0 (11-19-2017 - WA)