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)

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...    $0 (07-17-2023 - WA)

Seattle, Washington employment law lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on an employee retirement benefits (E.R.I.S.A.) theory.

This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion to Change Caption and Approve Settlement. Dkt. No. 48. On June 7, 2022, the Court ordered the parties to either (1) petition the Court for appointment of an independent guardian ad li... More...    $0 (06-28-2022 - WA)

Seattle, Washington sexual abuse of a minor charge criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Brandon Charles Hatch, age 32, who was charged with sexually abusing a 14-year-old female tribal member in 2018.

The minor’s guardian spoke eloquently about how Hatch’s actions harmed a member of the next generation of his Tribal community. The guardian directed her comments to Hatch sta... More...    $0 (03-24-2021 - WA)

Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with social security representative fraud.

Wayne Jerome Houston, 61, of Port Ludlow, Washington, owned and operated Cross Point Services LLC, a guardianship organization for disabled and vulnerable adults. Over the last seven years HOUSTON raided the accounts of 21 different clients.

“This was not only a f... More...    $0 (10-10-2020 - WA)

Spokane, WA - Elaine Baker and William Baker, as guardian of Kevin Baker, an incapacitated person, sued Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. for violating the Americans With Disabilities Act. ... More...    $0 (11-29-2019 - WA)

Seattle, WA - Bothell Man Pleads Guilty to Sex Crimes Involving 14-Year-Old Child
Defendant Met and Groomed Victim Online, Traveled to California for Sex with Victim and Produced Child Pornography

A 24-year-old Bothell, Washington man pleaded guilty on September 12, 2018 in U.S. District Court in Seattle to two federal charges related to his sexual molestation of a 14-year-o... More...    $0 (09-19-2018 - WA)

Seattle, WA - Sina Lelea, as parent and guardian of F.L. and S.L., sued The United States of America on a Federal Tort Claims Act (28 U.S.C. 2671) motor vehicle personal injury theories.... More...    $0 (04-10-2018 - WA)

Trial courts must make difficult decisions when competing
interests clash. In this case, a mother sought an emergency protection order to
keep her soon-to-be ex-husband away from her and their children because, she
alleged, he had abused them. The father denied the allegations and sought to
cross-examine one of the daughters about her claim that he had repeatedly tried to
suffo... More...    $0 (01-12-2017 - WA)

Rachelle and Charles Black were married for nearly 20
years and have three sons. They raised their children in a conservative Christian
church and sent them to private, Christian schools. In 2011, Rachelle1 told Charles
that she is a lesbian. In the order of dissolution, the trial court designated Charles as
the primary residential parent. The final parenting plan also awarded Char... More...    $0 (04-06-2017 - WA)

Seattle, WA - Long Time Skagit County Violent Drug Dealer Sentenced to Ten Years in Prison

Guns, Drugs, Cash seized from Defendant with Lengthy Criminal History

A long-time Skagit County, Washington drug dealer and gang member was sentenced to ten years in prison for conspiracy to distribute controlled substances and possessing a firearm in furtherance of drug trafficking. CRIST... More...    $0 (06-02-2016 - WA)

The legislature has established a civil involuntary commitment system for
individuals who are found to be an SVP. See generally ch. 71.09 RCW. The statute
defines a "sexually violent predator" as a "person who has been convicted of or
charged with a crime of sexual violence and who suffers from a mental abnormality
or personality disorder which makes the person likely to engage... More...    $0 (09-24-2015 - WA)

The Commission regulates the practice of pharmacy in the state of Washington. Wash. Rev. Code § 18.64.001. A comprehensive regulatory scheme tasks the Commission to, among other duties, “[r]egulate the practice of pharmacy and enforce all laws placed under its jurisdiction”; “[e]stablish the qualifications for licensure of pharmacists or pharmacy interns”; conduct and manage disciplinary proceed... More...    $0 (07-25-2015 - WA)

In 2010, the legislature enacted a new guardianship statute,
chapter 13.36 RCW (new statute), to create permanency for children in foster care
through the dismissal of dependency and the appointment of a guardian. RCW
13.36.010. This case involves whether the preponderance of the evidence standard
of proof satisfies due process and whether the record supports the trial court's
... More...    $0 (02-19-2015 - WA)

The “yellow pages� telephone directory was once a ubiquitous part of American life, found in virtually every household and office. We were regularly encouraged to let our fingers do the walking. But times have changed, and today phone books, like land-line telephones themselves, are not so universally accepted.

The City of Seattle imposes substantial conditions and costs on the distribu... More...    $0 (10-15-2012 - WA)

Plaintiff Loraine Campbell appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants Sonja Pate, Lashonda Mitchell, and Murine McGenty,1 employees of the State of Washington’s State Operated Living Alternative (“SOLAâ€�) program. Defendants were responsible for the care of Campbell’s 33-year-old developmentally delayed daughter, Justine Booth, at the time Justine was fo... More...    $0 (11-07-2011 - WA)

Plaintiff Loraine Campbell appeals the district court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of Defendants Sonja Pate, Lashonda Mitchell, and Murine McGenty,1 employees of the State of Washington’s State Operated Living Alternative (“SOLAâ€�) program. Defendants were responsible for the care of Campbell’s 33-year-old developmentally delayed daughter, Justine Booth, at the time Justine was f... More...    $0 (11-07-2011 - WA)

Washington state revoked Kathie Costanich’s foster care license and instituted guardianship termination proceedings against her following an investigation by a Department of Social and Health Services (“DSHSâ€�) social worker, Sandy Duron, which purportedly revealed “emotional abuseâ€� of the children in Costanich’s care. Finding fundamental inaccuracies in the investigation, an administra... More...    $0 (12-03-2010 - WA)

Since the 1800s, lessors of real property in Washington

have been able to recover damages for the tort of waste. In this case, however, the

Court of Appeals interpreted our jurisprudence on the economic loss rule and

concluded that lessor Linda Eastwood was limited to contractual remedies for the

damage done to her horse farm by lessee Horse Harbor Foundat... More...    $0 (11-04-2010 - WA)

This case illustrates the perils of waiting to the end of the statute of limitations to file a case. More than 10 years ago, Susan Rivas was a patient of Dr. Allan Muraki, M.D. Dr. Muraki encountered complications while performing a renal angioplasty on Rivas, and one of Rivas's kidneys was lost. After surgery, Rivas spent four days in the intensive care unit (ICU). Three years and two days af... More...    $0 (08-22-2008 - WA)

This medical malpractice case involves an infant who received 24 minutes of continuous resuscitative medical treatment after being born without a heart beat. The infant survived but suffers severe and permanent disabilities. Nichole Stewart-Graves and Todd Graves, individually, and as guardians for their son, Liam Stewart-Graves (plaintiffs), filed suit against Dr. Katheri... More...    $0 (11-08-2007 - WA)