LawFuel.com – Attorney Announcements – Tax Elimination Strategy Allegedly Resulted in Loss to the Treasury Exceeding $100 Million JOHN B. OHLE III, a former member of the tax shelter promotion group at a national bank, has been charged with conspiring with lawyers at the law firm of Jenkens & Gilchrist (“Jenkens”) and others to defraud
November 14, 2008 (New York, NY) – International law firm Nixon Peabody LLP has named Mats G. Carlston and Michael P. Murphy as co-leaders of the firm’s global strategies initiative. Both Mr. Carlston and Mr. Murphy are partners in the firm’s New York City office. Mr. Carlston and Mr. Murphy will lead the firm’s strategic
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Juan Tapia-Quintero, 35, of Culiacán, Sinaloa, Mexico, was sentenced yesterday by U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Martone to 230 months prison. Tapia-Quintero pleaded guilty on March 26, 2008 to conspiracy to possess with the intent to distribute 500 grams or more of methamphetamine and five kilograms or more of cocaine, conspiracy to
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PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Warren Davis Trujillo, 21, of Coolidge, Ariz. was sentenced in federal court on November 10, 2008, to 55 months prison by U.S. District Judge Roslyn O. Silver. Trujillo pleaded guilty on October 10, 2007 to being a Felon in Possession of a Firearm. In 2005, he was convicted of Kidnaping in Pinal
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PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – A federal grand jury in Phoenix returned a 3-count indictment yesterday against Nancy Miller, 36, of Yuma, Ariz., for a violation of Mail Fraud. The indictment alleges that Miller, the Laboratory Director of Sunstate Environmental Laboratory in Yuma, falsified analyses of water samples and used the U.S. mail in furtherance of her
By John Bowie <a href= LawFuel.co.nz A Night At The Town Hall A night at the museum’s not necessarily something that conjures up images of great good times, but last Friday’s evening at Auckland Museum for the law awards was an appropriate venue, if somewhat hazardous given the free-flowing wine, for the 100 years since
LawFuel – Legal Newswire – South Africa’s most powerful corporate and commercial law firm specialising in mergers and acquisitions (M&As) has been created with the merging of two of South Africa’s leading legal powerhouses, Gauteng-based Werksmans and Cape-based Jan S. de Villiers. Werksmans, a major player in M&As was recognised by both DealMakers and Ernst
United States Attorney Karen P. Hewitt and Nathan J. Hochman, Assistant Attorney General for the Department of Justice Tax Division, announced that Daryl Ragsdale pled guilty in federal court in San Diego to tax evasion and mail fraud. Ragsdale entered his guilty plea on November 7, 2008, before U.S. Magistrate Judge Leo Papas, admitting to
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In downturns of years past, law firms exploited corporate failures and bitter, protracted lawsuits to keep busy and keep billing. But in this still-unfolding crisis, the embittered and the bankrupt have been relatively slow to appear, at least in court. (Thelen Managing Partner Douglas Davidson, pictured) Law firms in turn are feeling the strain. Thelen
PHOENIX (LAWFUEL) – Antawone Williams, 26, of Phoenix, was sentenced here on November 10, 2008, to 144 months in federal prison by U.S. District Judge G. Murray Snow. Williams pleaded guilty on July 21, 2008, to one count of armed bank robbery and one count of using a firearm during a crime of violence. On
