State of Idaho v. Christian Joe Gankema, No. CR 07-2123 (Kootenai County). Not guilty verdict in jury trial on charge of injury to a child.
Ennis v. Ennis, No. CV 02-1249 (Bonner County). Divorce trial of several days; my client, the mother, was granted sole legal and physical custody of the minor children and the right to move with the children to California. This case also involved contested issues of property and debt distribution, wasting of the marital estate, voluntary underemployment, and domestic violence.
Philbrook v. Philbrook, No. CV 02-0235 (Boundary County). Divorce and recurring custody litigation; recent trial resulted in primary custody of two of the three minor children being transferred from the mother to the father, my client. This case involved sophisticated surveillance techniques in order to gather evidence for trial. Earlier divorce litigation involved substantial property and debt issues including the value of a business, tax debts, and innocent spouse issues.
Currens v. Perekovic, No. CV 01-5420 (Kootenai County). Three-day trial on behalf of sister against brother for breach of fiduciary duties, fraud and other claims relating to brother’s administration of trust set up by their parents. Judgment of several hundred thousand dollars was obtained against the trustee.
Duarte v. Duarte, No. CV 00-5876 (Kootenai County). Recurring custody litigation involving defense against claims of sexual abuse of the parties’ minor child, responsive claims of parental alienation, and multiple layers of psychological evaluations and psychosexual evaluations.
In the Matter of the Miles Family Trust, No. CV 02-4528 (Kootenai County). Trust litigation involving interpretation of wording of a trust and competence of surviving spouse to continue to act as trustee. Opposing party’s motion for summary judgment was denied, and the matter proceeded to mediation where it was settled.
Ferro v. Solberg, No. CV 94-6273 (Kootenai County). Custody litigation involving many issues over several years but most notable for expert medical testimony (physicians) regarding the father’s claim that the child, while in the primary custody of the mother, suffered from a medical condition known as “failure to thrive.” This claim was successfully opposed on behalf of the mother.
Toohey v. Beam, No. CV 01-3900 (Kootenai County)(Sealed File). Post-divorce custody litigation on behalf of the mother, involving claims as to the father’s parenting and peculiar facts related to his background as former Grand Dragon of the Texas Ku Klux Klan, as author and editor of white supremacist tracts and as frequent speaker at Richard Butler’s Aryan Nations Compound (now defunct) in Hayden Lake, Idaho.
Beckwith v. Beckwith, No. CV 95-3381 (Kootenai County). Post-divorce custody litigation on behalf of the mother. As the case went through contested modification and contempt proceedings, she obtained sole legal and physical custody of the minor children, and later termination of the father’s parental rights.
Plum Valley Management Group, Inc. v. Malecky, No. 89 CH 6093 (Cook County, Illinois). Defended owners of outdoor music theatre against claims of breach of joint venture, misappropriation of trade secrets and breach of agency agreement and fiduciary duties in three-week trial; judgment of no liability on all counts.
Robertson v. Arthur Young & Co. et al., No. 85-2044 (W.D. Arkansas). Four-week jury trial on behalf of Trustee in Bankruptcy of Farmer’s Co-Op of Arkansas & Oklahoma against former auditors and attorneys of the Co-Op on claims of securities fraud, common law fraud, negligence, etc.; verdict of $6.1 million against Arthur Young and $2.1 million against the Co-Op’s former attorneys, following settlements with the Co-Op’s officers, directors, accountants and other auditors and attorneys totaling approximately $9 million.
Mellon Stuart Company v. City Commons Partners, No. 51-110-0329-88T (AAA/Cook County, Illinois). Represented general contractor in arbitration hearing against owner-developer on claim for payment due under contract and in defense of claims of defective work and delay damages; case settled after 16-day hearing spread over one-year period.
Kakavas v. The New Jackson Hotel, No. 83 L 8684 (Cook County, Illinois). Defended hotel owners against personal injury claim in three-day jury trial; verdict of no liability.
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