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United States of America v. Karen Serobovich Vardanyan also known as Karl Lagerfeld also known as Maneeken
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged for his role in Ryuk ransomware attacks and an extortion conspiracy targeting companies throughout the United States, including a technology company operating in Oregon. Reported by Kent Morlan Between Novembe... More...
(07-12-2026 - OR)State of Oregon v. Johnathan David Dutra
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with driving under the influence of intoxicants (DUI) in violation of ORS 813.010. Reported by Kent Morlan Motion to suppress denied.... More...
(06-24-2026 - OR)State of Oregon v. Karen V. Kayne
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with two counts of maintaining a dangerous dog, ORS 609.098. Reported by Kent Morlan Under ORS 609.098(2), “[a] person commits the crime of maintaining a dangerous dog if the person is the keeper of a dog an... More...
(06-19-2026 - OR)United States of America v. Jaswinder Singh, a.k.a. Balwinder Singh
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represents the Defendant charged with illegally procured his citizenship by lying about his identity and immigration history. Reported by Kent Morlan Jaswinder Singh, a.k.a. Balwinder Singh, 54, applied for an immigration benefit in August 1990... More...
(06-19-2026 - OR)United States of America v. Kayla Hartley
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with violating the Clean Water Act . Reported by Kent Morlan Kayla Hartley, 36, of Portland, Oregon, discharged 500,000 gallons of industrial wastewater contaminated with hydrofluoric acid and toxic metals to t... More...
(05-20-2026 - OR)United States of America v. Jahangeer Ali
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyers represented the Defendant charged with health care fraud. From June 2025 through January 2026, Oregon Clinical Laboratory submitted more than $46 million in fraudulent claims to Medicare Advantage plans. However, no providers actually ordered testing services and none of the Medicare Advantage beneficiaries on the claims actually received testing servi... More...
(03-27-2026 - OR)State of Oregon v. Lametrius Tardrell Davis
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with disorderly conduct in the second degree, ORS 166.025. The facts underlying the incident are largely undisputed. Portland Police responded to a call at about 2:00 a.m. to the Holocene night club in Portland. The record does not contain testimony about the contents of the call, nor why the police were originally disp... More...
(03-18-2026 - OR)United States of America v. Robert Jacob Hoopes
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with aggravated assault on a federal employee with a dangerous weapon. On June 14, 2025, Robert Jacob Hoopes, 25, threw a large rock and struck an ICE officer in the head, causing a significant laceration over the officer’s eye. Later that same day, he and two other individuals were seen using an upended stop sign as ... More...
(02-18-2026 - OR)United States of America v. Michael Cambalik
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with coercion and enticement of a minor. In December 2024, the parent of a then-nine-year-old minor victim contacted their local police department after finding CSAM texted to an unrecognized phone number from the minor victim. Michael Cambalik, 43, a registered sex offender, contacted the minor victim through an online... More...
(02-09-2026 - OR)United States of America v. Kenneth Green
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Kenneth Green, age 57, paid for and received livestreamed shows featuring the sexual abuse and exploitation of children in the Philippines. During the shows, Green gave child sex traffickers in the Philippines specific instructions on how to abuse the children and received child sex... More...
(01-29-2026 - OR)State of Oregon v. Fonte T. Gladen
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant charged with sexual exploitation of children. Fonte T. Gladen, 26, of Portland. accused of possessing digital devices that contained images and videos depicting children and adults in bedrooms and bathrooms located inside a private residence.... More...
(01-20-2026 - OR)State of Oregon v. Fonte T. Galden
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represent the Defendant was booked on 385 felony sexual exploitation of children charges. Fonte T. Gladen, 26, of Portland. accused of using digital devices associated with the suspect contained images and videos depicting children and adults in bedrooms and bathrooms located inside a private residence.... More...
(01-17-2026 - OR)United States of America v. Alfredo Terrero-Ortega
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with felony possession of a firearm. on January 31, 2023, Terrero-Ortega was released from the Oregon Department of Corrections to post-prison supervision in the community. In June 2023, within five months of his release, Terrero-Ortega threatened to kill a woman and shoved her to the ground while she was holding her b... More...
(01-16-2026 - OR)United States of America v. Alexandru Telescu and Aramis Manolea
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with conspiracy to steal more than $160,000 of benefits from low income and food insecure individuals and families. Alexandru Telescu, 29, and Aramis Manolea, 35, have been charged in a 26-count indictment with conspiracy to defraud the United States, access device fraud, possession, production, and trafficking of devic... More...
(12-19-2025 - OR)United States of America v. Alexandru Telescu and Aramis Manolea,
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with 26-counts of conspiracy to defraud the United States, access device fraud, possession, production, and trafficking of device-making equipment, and aggravated identity theft. beginning in April 2025, Telescu and Manolea, along with others, conspired to use stolen Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT) account informatio... More...
(12-18-2025 - OR)United States of America v. Joshan Rohani
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with transporting and possessing photos and videos depicting child sexual abuse. Joshan rohani, 41, was accused to transporting and possessing photos and videos depicting child sexual abuse. , between July and December 2021, Rohani participated in at least 34 chatrooms, some of which were focused on sharing child sex... More...
(12-08-2025 - OR)State of Oregon v. Anthony M. Nicholas, Ja’Riyah L. Williams, and Daviana E. Anderson
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyers represent the Defendants charged with assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and attempted murder. Anthony M. Nicholas, 18 — Assault in the Second Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon Ja’Riyah L. Williams, 21 — Assault in the Third Degree, Unlawful Use of a Weapon Daviana E. Anderson, 18 — Assault in the Third Degree, Unlawful ... More...
(12-02-2025 - OR)Zoe Hollis v. R& R Restaurants, Inc., et al.
Portland, Oregon employment law lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on a Fair Labor Standards Act violation theory. Zoe Hollis, a dancer at a Portland strip club called Sassy's, sued the club's owners and managers under the Fair Labor Standards Act ("the FLSA†or "the Actâ€) for misclassifying its dancers as independent contractors and violating corresponding wage and hou... More...
(11-18-2025 - OR)Ryan Corbridge v. Encompass Indemnity Company
Portland, Oregon, insurance lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on bad faith breach of contract theory. AI Overview Oregon bad faith insurance law has significantly evolved, particularly with the 2023 Moody v. Oregon Community Credit Union decision, which allows policyholders to sue insurers for certain unfair claims handling practices under a common law negligence claim. T... More...
$1 (10-28-2025 - OR)United States of America v. Temika Gardner
Portland, Oregon criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Assault on a Federal Officer. Temika Gardner, 40, of Portland, made her first appearance in federal court after being charged by criminal complaint with assaulting a federal officer. On October 23, 2025, Gardner was near the vehicle of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Deportation Officers after the... More...
(10-25-2025 - OR)State of Oregon v. Connor J. O’Brien
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer will be representing the Defendant charged with murder. O'Brien was wanted in connection with the 2023 fatal stabbing of 22-year-old Tiara Atencio in Portland, Oregon. ... More...
(10-19-2025 - OR)State of Oregon v. Andrw Anderson
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with secibd-degree kidnapping and menacing.... More...
(10-07-2025 - OR)United States of America v. Reynaldo Hernandez-Escoto
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with maintaining a drug involved presises in violation of 21:856(a)(1) and 856(b). ... More...
(09-26-2025 - OR)United States of America v. August Dean Gordon
Portland, Oregon, criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with assaulting a federal officer.... More...
(09-26-2025 - OR)Sherry H. Detwiler v. Mid-Columbia Medical Center, et al.
Portland, Oregon, civil rights lawyer represented the Plaintiff on an employment discrimination theory. Sherry M. Detwiler worked as a Privacy Officer and the Director of Health Information for Defendant-Appellee Mid-Columbia Medical Center ("MCMCâ€), a hospital in The Dalles, Oregon, from September 14, 2020, through December 20, 2021. In her own words, Detwiler is a practici... More...
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