PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – William Morris Young III, 35, of Phoenix, was sentenced today by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow to eight years in federal prison. Young pleaded guilty on July 1, 2008 to Conspiracy to Possess with the Intent to Distribute Methamphetamine. Young conspired with others to traffic methamphetamine to the New York area
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TUCSON, Ariz. (LAWFUEL) – Lucia Guadalupe Leyva, 22, of Phoenix, was sentenced in Tucson today by U.S. District Judge David C. Bury to 12 months in federal prison. Leyva pleaded guilty on September 3, 2008 to conspiracy to transport an illegal alien. Leyva admitted that on December 11, 2007, she tried to enter the U.S.
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Group distributed 30,000 kilos of marijuana over the 12-year conspiracy PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Martin Angel Gonzalez, 43, of Phoenix, was sentenced today to 20 years in prison for operating a large drug trafficking ring out of Phoenix. U.S. District Court Judge Stephen M. McNamee also imposed a $10 million money judgment against Gonzalez who pleaded
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PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Stuart W. Eschief, 35, of Scottsdale, Ariz. and a member of the Salt River Pima-Maricopa Indian Tribe, was sentenced today to five years in federal prison by U.S. District Judge Stephen M. McNamee. Eschief was convicted of arson by a federal jury on September 5, 2008. On March 24, 2007, Eschief intentionally
Detroit, MI – January 5, 2009 (LAWFUEL) – AnnMarie Sanford, an attorney in Pepper Hamilton LLP’s Detroit office, has been qualified as a LEED Accredited Professional (LEED AP) by the Green Building Certification Institute. The LEED AP program was developed by the U.S. Green Building Council in conjunction with its LEED (Leadership in Energy and
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LawFuel – Legal Announcements – DLA Piper is pleased to announce that its Joint Chief Executive and Managing Partner of DLA Piper International LLP, Nigel Knowles, has received a knighthood for services to the legal profession in the Queen’s New Year Honours list. Peter Wayte, the Senior Partner of DLA Piper International LLP, said: “All
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 5, 2009 – LawFuel Litigation Newswire – Klueger & Stein, LLP (http://www.maximumassetprotection.com) announced today that it has been contacted by investors who received distributions from Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities, and who fear that a Madoff bankruptcy trustee may sue them to return distributions they received early on in Madoff’s Ponzi scheme.
NEW YORK (January 5, 2009) LAWFUEL – Legal Newswire – – Incisive Media’s The American Lawyer today named Chicago’s Bartlit Beck Herman Palenchar & Scott as its 2009 “Litigation Boutique of the Year.” Focused on winning cases at trial, the firm was selected for the sheer breadth and magnitude of its success. In the last
NEW YORK CITY, January 5, 2009 — Winston & Strawn LLP announced today that corporate attorney Jonathan Birenbaum joined the firm’s New York office as a partner. Birenbaum focuses his practice on the acquisition, disposition and financing of energy and infrastructure projects. “We are extremely pleased to welcome Jonathan to the firm,” said Jon Goldstein,
U.S. prosecutors asked a judge to jail accused swindler Bernard Madoff on Monday, saying he sent jewelry and other items worth more than $1 million to family and friends in violation of his bail. A lawyer for investment adviser Madoff, who made his first court appearance since his December 11 arrest on a charge of
