Case Successes

Acker v. United States, 2025 WL 1784820 (D. Idaho June 27, 2025) (granting summary judgment on a case alleging design defects and a failure to maintain a federal roadway).

Ortiz v. U.S. Dep’t of State, 2023 WL 2023 WL 4407569 (D. Idaho July 7, 2023) (granting motion to dismiss an immigration lawsuit).

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Day v. U.S. Dep’t of Homeland Sec., 2022 WL 1689330 (D. Idaho May 25, 2022) (granting motion to dismiss disability discrimination lawsuit).

Gleason v. Bernhardt, 2021 WL 218866 (D. Idaho May 28, 2021) (Granting motion to dismiss in part in an employment discrimination action. Thereafter, the settlement demand dropped from six figures to four and the case settled.).

Alves v. United States, 2021 WL 1218452 (D. Idaho Mar. 31, 2021) (granting motion to dismiss with prejudice in part); 2022 WL 523244 (D. Idaho Feb. 22, 2022) (granting motion for summary judgment in part); & 2022 WL 2105976 (D. Idaho June 10, 2022) (granting Daubert motion in part).

Harper v. U.S. Dep’t of Interior, et al., 571 F. Supp. 3d 1147 (D. Idaho 2021) (Granting a motion to dismiss as to multiple causes of action and multiple defendants in a constitutional tort action). An interlocutory appeal was filed as to the one remaining claim. The U.S. Solicitor General approved the interlocutory appeal and the Ninth Circuit reversed resulting in the termination of the case. See 71 F.4th 1181 (2023).

(D. Idaho June 1, 2020) Granting motion for summary judgment in an employment discrimination action.

Butler v. Osinski, 2020 WL 2202438 (D. Idaho May 6, 2020) (granting motion to dismiss in a constitutional tort action).

(D. Idaho Sept. 30, 2019) Granting motion for summary judgment in part in an employment discrimination action. The case subsequently...

Lietz v. Wilkie, 2019 WL 2565671 (D. Idaho June 19, 2019) (Obtained dismissal of a constitutional tort action against administrators and doctors working for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Affirmed on appeal at 2022 WL 1955742 (9th Cir. June 6, 2022).

Planned Parenthood of the Great Nw. & the Hawaiian Islands v. Wasden, 350 F. Supp. 3d 925 (D. Idaho 2018) (successfully opposed a motion for a preliminary injunction in a constitutional challenge to a state statute).

Maldonado, et al. v. Epsilon Plastics, Inc., 22 Cal. App. 5th 1309 (2018) (served as lead counsel in a wage and hour class action through trial and appeal).

Rocheleau v. Microsemi Corp., Inc., 2017 WL 677563 (C.D. Cal. Feb. 21, 2017) (obtained summary judgment in a whistleblower action).

Kauai Scuba Center, Inc. v. PADI Americas, Inc., et al., 524 Fed. App’x 344, 2013 WL 1849217 (9th Cir. May 3, 2013) (motion to dismiss granted and upheld on appeal in a putative nationwide insurance fraud class action).

Wisdom, et al. v. AccentCare, Inc., 202 Cal. App. 4th 591 (2012) (The petition for review on the enforceability of a widely used employment arbitration agreement was accepted by the California Supreme Court at 273 P.3d 513 (2012). The case settled while review was pending. In light of the acceptance of the petition, an unfavorable appellate opinion was de-published and favorable case law remained in effect and was subsequently enforced.)