Washington Labor Relation Law
<h2> <center> United States of America v. Tasha Hoggatt </h2> </center>
Spokane, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with theft concerning programs receiving federal funds in violation of 18 U.S.c. 666(a)(1). Digested by <a href="https://www.morelaw.com/vendors/vendor.asp?f=Kent&l=Morlan&i=28729&z=74119&s=OK" target="_new">Kent Morlan</a> Between October 1, 2021, and October 31, 2022, Tasha Hoggatt, age 51, of Valencia, Californ... More...
$ (07-31-2026 - WA)<H2> United States of America v. Andrew Pete Serrano
Yakima, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Accessory After the Fact for his role in the 2018 murder of Rosenda Strong and to being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm in a separate matter from 2019. Jedidah Iesha Moreno shot and killed Rosenda Strong on or about October 5, 2018, following an argument at a residence, known as the House of Souls in Wapato,... More...
$ (12-03-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Israel Garcia </h1></h1>
Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime and Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl<br> <br> On September 18, 2025, United States Chief District Judge Stanley A. Bastain sentenced Israel Garcia, 36, to 20 years in federal prison after his guilty pleas to ... More...
$0 (09-23-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Israel Garcia </h1></h1>
Spokane, Washington – criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Discharge of a Firearm During and in Relation to a Drug Trafficking Crime and Possession with Intent to Distribute 400 Grams or More of Fentanyl. <br> <br> On September 18, 2025, United States Chief District Judge Stanley A. Bastain sentenced Israel Garcia, 36, to 20 years in federal prison after his guilty... More...
$0 (09-24-2025 - WA)United States of America v. Paul Eulojia Contu-Lopez
Yakim, Washington, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with carjacking, brandishing a <br> irearm during and in relation to a crime of violence, and assault resulting in serious bodily injury in Indian country.... More...
$0 (08-17-2025 - WA)State of Washington v. Montreal Leanthony Morgan, Sr.
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant convicted of murder on a restitution claim.<br> <br> 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 seek... More...
$0 (01-23-2025 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Patrick McDonagh; Matthew McDonagh </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to commit wire </font/color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Irish brothers sentenced to 18 months in prison for defrauding elderly homeowners across the country</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Two brothers from Ireland... More...
$0 (12-16-2024 - WA)Tahvio Gratton v. United Parcel Service
<h2><br> Yakima, Washington civil rights lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a job discrimination (race) theory.<br> </h2><br> Tahvio Gratton, who is African-American, claimed that he was fired in retaliation after he filed a complaint with United Parcel Service.<br> <br> The facts according to Judge Rice:<br> <br> "In September 2016, Plaintiff began working for Defendant a... More...
$39600000 (12-06-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Tyler Keith Andrews </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Scheme to Obtain More Than $16 Million in COVID-19 Relief Funds </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Arkansas Man Sentenced to More than 16 Years in Federal Prison for a Scheme to Obtain More Than $16 Million in COVID-19 Relief Funds</h2></ce... More...
$0 (12-05-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Antonio Feliciano Crawford </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Stealing over $750,000 From COVID Relief Programs </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Mead Man Sentenced to Nearly 4 Years in Federal Prison for Stealing over $750,000 From COVID Relief Programs</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><b... More...
$0 (11-18-2024 - WA)United States of America v. Cody Benson
<h2><br> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.<br> </h2><br> <br> Wire Fraud - 18:1343, provides:<br> <br> Whoever, having devised or intending to devise any scheme or artifice to defraud, or for obtaining money or property by means of false or fraudulent pretenses, representations, or promises, transmits or causes to be transmitted by means ... More...
$0 (07-17-2024 - WA)Julie A. Su v. United States Postal Service
<H2><br> Tacoma, Washington employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on an Occupation Safety and Health law violation theory. <br> <br> 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... More...
$0 (07-03-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Debbie Rawle </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with embezzling federal funds </font </color="red"></b></center></i></i><b><center></i><br> <b> </b> Repeatedly used organization debit card for personal purchases such as electronics, pool, home improvements and more</h2></center></b></b> </h2></center></b><br> <br> Debbie R... More...
$0 (05-31-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Jesus Ruiz-Hernandez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with human trafficking, labor trafficking and money laundering </font <br> </color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><center></i><br> </b> Owner of Vashon Island, Washington, landscaping company sentenced to 20 years in prison for human trafficking, labor trafficking and money laund... More...
$0 (05-01-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Jaylan Amir Thomas </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with organized retail theft scheme.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Santa Monica, California man sentenced to 5 years in prison for organized retail theft scheme spanning 23 states </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> A 27-year-old S... More...
$0 (03-29-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Sundron Larsell Miller; Paula Eulojia Cantu-Lopez </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Carjacking and Violent Assault.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> White Swan Couple Sentenced to Federal Prison for Carjacking and Violent Assault on the Yakama Nation </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Sundron Larsell Miller, a... More...
$0 (03-27-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Tyler Jonas Senator </h1>
<font color="red"><b><h2><center><i> Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Threatening His Partner with a Firearm.</font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><br> <b><h2><center><i></b> Toppenish Man Sentenced to Prison for Strangling and Threatening His Partner with a Firearm </h2></center></i></font color="red"><br> <br> Vanessa R. Waldref, the Uni... More...
$0 (03-18-2024 - WA)<h1> United States of America v. Sakiru Olanrewaju Ambali </h1>
<b><h2><center><i><font color="red"> Tacoma, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud on COVID relief programs. </font color="red"></b></h2></center></i></i><b><h2><br> <center><i></b> Canadian resident sentenced to 3+ years in prison for more than $1 million fraud on COVID relief programs </h2></center></i><br> <br> A 45-year-old Nigerian citizen who defraud... More...
$0 (03-14-2024 - WA)Charles Conklin v. State Farm Insurance Company
Spokane, Washington insurance law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued on a bad faith breach of insurance contract theory.<br> <br> The following are hereby defined as unfair methods of competition and unfair or deceptive acts or practices of the insurer in the business of insurance, specifically applicable to the settlement of claims:<br> (1) Misrepresenting pertinent facts or insurance pol... More...
$1 (02-13-2024 - 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.<br> <br> The Complaint:<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> The Pierce County Medical Examiner ruled that Ellis, a black man, was murdered.<br> <br> 2.1 Plaintiff Monet Carter-Mixon: Monet Carter-Mixon ("Ms. Carter-Mixonâ�... More...
$0 (12-21-2023 - WA)Marvin Holmes, Jr. v. CRU Data Security Group, L.L.C.
Tacoma, Washington civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a 42:1981 Job Discrimination (Race) race theory.<br> <br> "Job discrimination based on race or color is illegal in the United States. Federal, state, and local laws protect individuals from discrimination in all aspects of employment, including:<br> <br> Hiring and firing: Employers cannot base hiring o... More...
$0 (12-08-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Justin Christopher Moore
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with <br> <br> 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...
$0 (09-19-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Erik A. Read
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.<br> <br> 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 uni... More...
$0 (07-07-2023 - WA)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.<br> <br> <br> "Over a four-year period, Rajinder Pal Singh arranged for more than 800... More...
$0 (06-28-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Marisa Beck
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. <br> <br> Marisa Beck, age 40, of Spokane, was accused of fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds.<br> <br> On March 27, 2020, the President signed into law the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Sec... More...
$0 (05-31-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Bryan Alan Sparks
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<br> <br> 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 s... More...
$0 (05-23-2023 - WA)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.<br> <br> 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...
$0 (03-28-2023 - WA)United States of America v. Santos Gutierrez-Fosella
Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with drug trafficking while armed with multiple firearms.<br> <br> Santos Gutierrez-Fosella, age 24, of Mount Vernon, Washington, was indicted with two others on March 30, 2022. Robert Johnny was purchasing pills from Gutierrez-Fosella. He was sentenced in January 2023, to six years in prison. A third co-defendant, Steven Lo... More...
$0 (03-29-2023 - WA)Donovan Allen v. State of Washington
<br> IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTONDIVISION IIDONOVAN ALLEN,No. 54172-6-IIAppellant,v.STATE OF WASHINGTON,PUBLISHED OPINIONRespondent.LEE,C.J.—Donovan Allen appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgmentin favor of the State, which dismissed his claim under the Wrongly Convicted Persons Act (WCPA), chapter 4.100 RCW. Allen spent 13 years in prison for a cri... More...
$0 (11-09-2021 - WA)United States of America v. Abidermi Rufai
Tacoma, Washington criminal law lawyer represented Defendant charged with wire fraud and aggravated identity theft. <br> <br> Abidermi Rufai was the Special Assistant to the Governor of Nigeria's Ogun State. He admitted a long history of using stolen identities to defraud U.S. disaster programs, including aid for Hurricanes Harvey and Irma, and file fraudulent U.S. tax returns. At the sentencing... More...
$0 (09-26-2022 - WA)United States of America v. John Edward McGinnis
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.<br> <br> At today's sentencing, United States Senior District Judg... More...
$0 (08-09-2022 - WA)Ngoc Tran and Markita Guiden v. Daiya Healthcare PLLC, et al .
Seattle, Washington labor and employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on civil rights theories claiming to have been discriminated against on the job.<br> <br> This case was filed in the King County Superior Court, 21-00002-05474-5-KNT, and was removed to federal court by the Defendants.... More...
$0 (11-04-2021 - WA)United States of America v. Patrick Elliott Pearson
Spokane, Washington criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with charged with conspiracy to distribute drugs, assault with a dangerous weapon and felon in possession of a firearm.<br> <br> Patrick Elliott Pearson, 49, of Moses Lake, Washington, was charged for shooting at four ATF agents with a shotgun in connection with a wide-ranging conspiracy to distribute heroin and methamphet... More...
$0 (12-23-2021 - WA)Dep't of Ecology v. Acquavella
<center><h2><font color="red"><center> Yakima, WA - Water Rights lawyer represented defendant with a Yakama Nation treaty that reserved water rights for the Yakama Nation claim. </h2></font></b></i></center><br> <br> This case presents the culmination of the fight for surface<br> water rights that arguably began in 1855 with the Yakama Nation treaty that reserved <br> water rights for the Yakama N... More...
$0 (11-18-2021 - 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.<br> <br> See: 47 U.S.C §227. Restrictions on use of telephone equipment<br> (a) Definitions<br> <br> As used in this section—<br> <br> (1) The term "automatic telephone dialing system†means equipment which has the capacity—<br> <br> (... More...
$0 (08-17-2021 - WA)United States of America v. Jordan Everett Stevens
Yakima, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with murder in Indian County.<br> <br> Jordan Everett Stevens, an Indian, of First Degree Murder in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 1111, 1153 and Discharging a Firearm During and in Relation to a Crime of Violence in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 924(c)(1)(A)(iii).<br> <br> According to court documents and evidence presented ... More...
$0 (06-29-2021 - WA)United States of America v. Stephen Williams Knox
Spokane, Washington sex offender registration criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant, Stephen Williams Knox, age 63, of Spokane, Washington, who was charged with Failure to Register as a Sex Offender, in violation of 18 U.S.C. § 2250(a) and for violating the conditions of his supervised release imposed as a result of a prior conviction for Distribution of Child Pornography, in violation ... More...
$0 (02-10-2021 - WA)David Weil v. Citizens Telecom Services Company, LLC
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"><br> </center><br> <br> Hearsay does not include statements offered against a<br> party, made by that party’s employee on a matter within the<br> scope of the employee’s employment, so long as the<br> statement was made while the employee was still employed<br> by that party. F... More...
$0 (04-29-2019 - WA)Michael D. Castro v. Tri Marine Fish Company, LLC
<center><br> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"><br> </center><br> Central to the United Nations Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Awards, June 10, 1958, 21 U.S.T. 2517 (“New York Convention”), and related federal law is the principle insulating foreign arbitral awards from second-guessing by ... More...
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