Legal News for Phoenix, Arizona

State of Arizona v. Jonthan Marlon Truk

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the defendant charged with murder. Jonathan Turk, age 29, accused of killing his parents with a hammer. Turk said that he killed his parents because he was angry about being put on medication.... More...

State of Arizona v. Bryan Eugene Davis

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with manslaughter and aggravated assault. Davis lived in an apartment next door to L.B. and J.B. (collectively, “the victims”). On the morning of June 25, 2022, L.B. began playing music, prompting Davis to bang repeatedly on their adjoining wall. The victims went to Davis’s door to confront him. Though the vict... More...

United States of America v. Dr. Jaskamal Kahlon, et al.

Phoenix, Arizona, qui tam lawyers represented the United States on a whistle blower claim. Tri-City Cardiology, P.C., and Dr. Jaskamal Kahlon, Dr. Joshua D. Cohen, and Dr. M. Joshua Berkowitz were accused of violating the the False Claims Act by performing medically unnecessary vein ablations “Paying for unnecessary medical procedures reduces federal programs’ capacity to pay for truly... More...

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with second degree murder. To bring an ineffective-assistance-of-counsel claim, a defendant must show both that counsel's performance was deficient and that the defendant was prejudiced as a result. Strickland, 466 U.S. at 687. A counsel's performance is deficient if it falls "below an objective standard of reasonab... More...

United States of America v. Mughith Faisal

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud. Mughith Faisal, age 29, of Glendale, Arizona, enaged in a sophisticated fraud scheme against Amazon. Abdullah Alwan, 28, of Surprise, Arizona, was an employee of Amazon working in the company’s logistics division. After leaving the company in 2021, Alwan used his knowledge of Amazon's proprietar... More...

United States of America v. Aaron Aldric Thomas

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of armed robbery and one count of burglary in the first degree. After searching the record and finding no arguable, non-frivolous question of law, Thomas's counsel filed a brief in accordance with Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), and State v. Leon, 104 Ariz.... More...

United States of America v. Thvoughn Lynden Curry and Alexis Daneen Curry

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with fraud. Thvoughn Lynden Curry, age 34, and Alexis Daneen Curry, age 34, were accused of ne count of Conspiracy to Commit Health Care Fraud, three counts of Health Care Fraud, and eight counts of Transactional Money Laundering. the Currys defrauded AHCCCS through “1 Family Clinic, LLC,” their purported outpat... More...

The State of Arizona v. Jason Lee Cepeda

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with public sexual indecency to a minor, furnishing obscene or harmful items to minors, molestation of a child, and five counts of sexual conduct with a minor. In 2022, Cepeda committed crimes that involved oral, penile, vaginal, and masturbatory conduct with four children under the age of fifteen. After the events oc... More...

United States of America v. Termane Billy Celaya

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with voluntary manslaughter. Termane Billy Celaya, 20, of McNary, Arizona, was seated in his pickup truck while he argued with the victim, who was his significant other, while she stood outside of the vehicle. During the argument, Celaya backed up the truck and drove it forward, running over and killing the victim. Cel... More...

United States of America v. Peter Biar Ajak and Abraham Chol Keech

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiracy to Violate the Arms Export Control Act (AECA) and Conspiracy to Violate the Export Control Reform Act (ECRA). “From a suburb of our Nation’s capital, Peter Biar Ajak conspired to export U.S. weaponry to South Sudan, where he planned to lead a coup and install himself in power,” said Assistant Attor... More...

United States of America v. Derrick Callella

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with sent a false ransom relating to the kidnapping of Nancy Guthrie. Derrick Callella, age 42, admitted to sending the two text messages. He admitted to using the VOIP account from which two actual text messages came from. CALLELLA stated that he pulled family information from a cyber website, and that he had been fol... More...

United States of America v. Ian William Moses

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with setting fire to a Tesla vehicle and a Tesla dealership in Mesa, Arizona, on April 28, 2025.... More...

State of Arizona v. John Lathrop

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with making threats and disorderly conduct. John Lathop, age 53, got into an argument with 2-year-old Jeremiah Bagby and 19-year-old Jalen Bails-Bacchus, food court of a mall in Chandler. During the argument, Bagby and Bails-Barcchus pulled out gun that they pointed at Lathrop.... More...

State of Arizona v. Jeremiah Bagby and Jalen Bails-Bacchus

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, concealing a deadly weapon posses JJeremiah Bagby age 22 and 19-year-old Jalen Bails-Bacchus got into an argument with 53-year-old John Lathrop who tried to hit them. The responded by pulling guns that they pointed and Lathrop.... More...

State of Arizona v. Joanna Chalup Cortez

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents Defendant charged with aggravated assault and discharging a gun inside a home. Joanna Chalup Cortez, age 29, accused for discharging a firearm during a domestic dispute that hit her son who is expected to survive.... More...

United States of America v. Kari Eugene Leslie

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with with sexual abuse and kidnapping. Karl Eugene Leslie, 42, of Whiteriver, Arizona, is charged in a 15-count indictment, returned Dec. 23, 2025, with Aggravated Sexual Abuse, Kidnapping (including one count of Kidnapping-Victim Under 18), Sexual Abuse through Fear, Sexual Abuse through Coercion, and Deprivation of Ri... More...

Shawn Martin v. Honest Air Care and Home Services LLC, et a.l

Phoenix, Arizona, employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff on a theory. AI Overview Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA) violations involve employers failing to meet minimum wage, overtime, recordkeeping, and child labor standards, common examples including off-the-clock work, improper tip handling, misclassifying workers, and not paying correct overtime or minimum wages, leading to b... More...

Gaudencio Ramirez Lorenzo v. West Wind Logistics Incorporated, et al.

Phoenix, Arizona, personal injury lawyers represented the Plaintiff on an auto negligence truck wreck claim.... More...

United States of America v. Andre Maurice Taylor

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with bank robbery.... More...

United States of America v. Brooke McDonough

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with one count of embezzlement by bank employee, six counts of transactional money laundering, and five counts of structuring transactions to evade reporting requirements. Starting in June 2021, Brooke McDonough, 35, of Mesa, Arizona, stole cash from the ATM machines and vault inside the branch she managed. She then ... More...

State of Arizona v. Ian Mitcham

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal Defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with first-degree murder. Ian Mitcham was accused for killing Allison Feldman, age 33, who was beaten to death inside her home in 2015.... More...

United States of America v. Shawntavia Maloney

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with wire fraud.... More...

State of Arizona v. Thomas Zambrano

Phoenix, Arizona, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Thomas Zambrano, age 33, is accused of domestic assault and battery and threatening Mesa, Arizona police officers.... More...

Barbara Lopez Payan v. Caitlin A. Freshwater

Phoenix, Arizona personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on an unknown legal theory. In June 2023, Officer Freshwater approached Payan and her two dogs at a police station. After their encounter, Freshwater wrote in a police report that one of Payan's dogs needed "immediate medical attention." The report also stated that Payan "could not hold a conversation," her thought... More...

Russell Jones v. City of Tempe, et al.

Phoenix, Arizona civil litigation lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking reimbursement for attorney fees expended in an effort to obtain body-camera footage of his arrest. Jones was arrested by the Tempe Police Department in October 2023. In December, Jones submitted a public records request for, among other things, the arresting officers' body-worn camera ("BWC") footage. Tempe filed c... More...