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Robert Drake v. City of Valley City
Bismarck, North Dakota civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a First Amendment violation theory. This is the case of a disgruntled man who was frustrated he was not permitted to make every single point he wanted to the Valley City Commission. Drake alleges the City violated his and Lloyd Nelson's (“Nelson”) First Amendment rights to speak at City Comm...
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( 09-15-2023 - ND)

United States of America v. Randall Judge Phelan
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with soliciting and accepting bribes and kickbacks from a contractor providing construction services on the Fort Berthold Indian Reservation in North Dakota, which is the home of the MHA Nation. Randall Judge Phelan, 58, of Mandaree, North Dakota, was an elected representative on the Tribal Business Council – t...
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( 05-16-2023 - ND)

United States of America v. Brady Daniel Torgerson
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with bank fraud against financial institutions located in Beulah, North Dakota, namely, First Security Bank-West and the Union Bank. ...
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( 02-18-2023 - ND)

Jerome Grulkowski v. Bakken Diesel, LLC
Bismarck, North Dakota personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued the Defendant on an auto negligence theory claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries as a direct result of a car wreck caused by one of Defendant's employees. ...
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( 02-02-2023 - ND)

Jason Knopik v. Holland, L.P.
Bismarck, North Dakota 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. MoreLaw Legal News For Bismarck ...
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( 12-15-2022 - ND)

State of North Dakota v. Gracious Weah
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with aggravated assault and reckles endangerment. The evidence at trial showed that Weah, a certified nurse aide, performed an improper, one-person lift of a resident of the Sheyenne Care Center resulting in severe and painful injuries to the resident. The evidence also showed Weah failed to report the injury cau...
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( 09-23-2022 - ND)

Terri Lynn Mellon v. Social Security Administration
Bismarck, North Dakota disability lawyer represented Plaintiff seeking review of the denial of her applications for DIWC/DIWW benefits by HHS. The Plaintiff filed a Complaint and Motion for Summary Judgment on July 1, 2021, and January 31, 2022, respectively. (Doc. Nos. 5, 19). Rather than file a responsive brief, the Defendant filed a motion to reverse and remand this matter for fur...
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( 06-15-2022 - ND)

Garron Gonzalez v. State of North Dakota
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( 06-10-2022 - ND)

Christine Larson v. North Dakota Workforce Safety and Insurance
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( 06-09-2022 - ND)

United States of America v. Walter William Cartwright, III
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant who was charged with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. On June 6, 2022, defendant made his initial appearance in the above-entitled action and was arraigned. AUSA Rick Volk appeared on behalf of the United States. Assistant Federal Public Defender Christina Rudy appeared on defendant's behalf. ...
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( 06-06-2022 - ND)

April Updike v. Bryon Updike
Bismarck, North Dakota family law lawyers represented the parties in a divorce case involving child support. Bryon Updike appeals from a divorce judgment. He argues the district court erred when it calculated child support and when it distributed the parties' assets and debts. April Updike cross appeals arguing the court erred when it failed to include a commencement date for the child su...
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( 05-12-2022 - ND)

John W. Dixon v. Billie Dixon
Bismarck, North Dakota wills, trusts and estate attorney represented Petitioner, who sued Respondent on a breach of fiduciary duty theory. John Dixon sought accused Billie Dixon of breach of fiduciary duty for failing to provide annual accountings to him, as required by the Trust agrement and contrary to the decision in Dixon v. Dixon, 2018 ND 25, 905 N.W.2nd 748. He further claimed...
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( 04-28-2022 - ND)

United States of America v. Maurice Robert Thill
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with traveling internationally with intent to engage in illicit sexual acts with a minor. Maurice Robert Thill, Age 60 from Mandan, ND, was indicted on County 1 of Failure of Registered Sex Offender to Report International Travel (18 USC 2250(b)); Count 2 – Failure to Update Sex Offender Registration (18 USC ...
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( 04-13-2022 - ND)

Tania Gerving, nka Tania Tschaekofske, aka Tania Hintz v. Dean Gerving and State of North Dakota
Bismarck, ND - Divorce lawyer represented Defendant contesting modification of his child support obligation. In 2017, Gerving and Tania Gerving, now known as Tania Tschaekofske, divorced. They have two children together and agreed to have equal residential responsibility for the children. A ...
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( 01-26-2022 - ND)

Michael R. Pomarleau v. Tanya M. Pomarleau
Bismarck, ND - Divorce lawyer represented defendant with appealing from a divorce judgment and amended divorce judgment. Michael Pomarleau and Tanya Pomarleau were married in 1999 and have three children. In June 2018, the parties separated. In December 2020, following a trial, the distric...
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( 01-26-2022 - ND)

United States of America v. Douglas James Schneider
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with Transportation of a Minor in violation of 18 U.S.C. 2423(a). Douglas James Schneider, Age 51 of Rhame, ND, was invited for Transporting a Minor, in violation of18 U.S.C. 2423(a). Investigation determined that between 2013 and 2018, Schneider sexually abused a minor child under the age of twelve ...
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( 01-11-2022 - ND)

United States of America v. Patrick Robert McKee, a/k/a William Patrick O’Hara
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense attorney represented defendant charged with Social Security False Statements, False Statements, Health Care Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft. Patrick Robert McKee, a/k/a William Patrick O’Hara, Age 77 from Flint, MI, was charged with Social Security False Statements, False Statements, Health Care Fraud, and Aggravated Identity Theft. ...
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( 01-08-2022 - ND)

State of North Dakota v. Chad Isaak
Mandan, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with stabbing and shooting four people at a North Dakota property management firm. Chad Isaak, was found guilty in August 2020 of killing RJR Maintenance and Management co-owner Robert Fakler, 52; and employees Adam Fuehrer, 42; Bill Cobb, 50; and his wife, Lois Cobb, 45. Defendant was also found guilty o...
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( 12-28-2021 - ND)

Mitzel Builders, Inc. v. Auto-Owners Insurance Company
Bismarck, North Dakota insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued defendants seeking a declaratory judgment defining the rights, duties and obligations of the Defendants based on the insurance policies that they sold to Plaintiff. This case was initially filed in the McKenzie County District Court, 27-02020-CV-00380, and was removed to federal court by the Defendant. Th...
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( 12-20-2021 - ND)

Courtney Shrock and Shelle Noel Harrelson v. National Oilwell Varco, L.P., et al.
Bismarck, North Dakota personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendants on wrongful death negligence theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 damages and/or injuries as a direct result of an accident that resulted in the death of Jesse Edward Harrelson....
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( 12-14-2021 - ND)

United States of America v. Joseph A. Kostelecky
Bismarck, ND: Criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant who was charged with fraud. oseph A. Kostelecky, 60, of Dickinson, admitted that he engaged in a scheme to defraud while serving as the highest-ranking U.S. executive of Poseidon Concepts Corporation (Poseidon) from approximately November 2011 to December 2012. Kostelecky admitted that, in his role, he caused Poseidon to falsely ...
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( 10-13-2021 - ND)

United States of America v. Pedro Idelfonson, Jr.
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute controlled substances in violation of 21 U.S.C. 846....
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( 08-08-2021 - ND)

Sarah Heggin Lewis and Emily Heggen v. Nine Point Energy, LLC
Bismarck, North Dakota civil litigation lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a breach of contract theory. claiming to have suffered $999,999 in damages. ...
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( 08-07-2021 - ND)

United States of America v. LaSamuel Richardson, III
Bismarck, North Dakota criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with possession of a firearm and ammunition by a convicted felon in violation of 18 U.S.C. 922....
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( 07-27-2021 - ND)

Amanda Wilson v. Hayden Scott Parks and Cahoon Enterprises, LLC
Bismarck, North Dakota personal injury lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on general negligence theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in injuries and/or damages as a direct result of an accident caused by Parks. 05/17/2021 24 ORDER by Judge Daniel M. Traynor granting 20 Motion for Default Judgment. (KC) (Main Document 24 replaced on 5/17/2021 to correct a ty...
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( 05-17-2021 - ND)

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