Justin A. Lollman, Andrew J. Hofland, and John D. Russell have been named the recipients of the 2023 Maurice Merrill Golden Quill Award by the Oklahoma Bar Association. The award is presented annually to an attorney or group of attorneys who have authored the best-written article published in the Oklahoma Bar Journal.
Each candidate is evaluated on 12 indicators of peer recognition and professional achievement, and selections are made on an annual, state-by-state basis.
Earlier this year, the U.S. Sentencing Commission voted to approve several amendments to the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines, including promulgating a new guideline at §4C1.1, entitled Adjustments for Certain Zero-Point Offenders, thus paving the way for more lenient sentences for certain nonviolent, first-time offenders.
GableGotwals secured a dismissal of a lawsuit against Fort Worth-based company Creative Solutions in Healthcare, the largest skilled nursing provider in Texas after years of hard-fought litigation. The dismissal resolves with finality the False Claims Act allegations levied by Austin-based data analytics company Integra Med Analytics and vindicates the good character and law-abiding business practices of Creative Solutions in Healthcare.
Today, United States District Judge Xavier Rodriguez dismissed a lawsuit against Fort Worth-based company Creative Solutions in Healthcare, the largest skilled nursing provider in Texas. The district court’s order ends years of litigation during which Creative Solutions’ CEO Gary Blake consistently maintained that his company had done no wrong while providing high-quality care at its healthcare facilities.
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GableGotwals successfully represented the Cherokee Nation in a civil lawsuit brought against it by Kimberlie Gilliland, an international fugitive from justice. From 2016 through 2019, the Cherokee Nation Attorney General charged Gilliland, a former executive director of the Cherokee Nation Foundation, with 15 total counts of embezzlement. While facing tribal criminal charges, Gilliland fled to Poland and filed a habeas petition in 2022 in the United States District Court for the Northern District of Oklahoma, seeking to have a warrant for her arrest voided and tribal embezzlement charges dismissed. GableGotwals sought to dismiss Gilliland’s petition and, in doing so, defended tribal sovereignty and protected the integrity of the Cherokee Nation’s justice system.
Bruen leaves open a myriad of challenges to firearm regulation. Every statute, regulation and sentencing enhancement is subject to challenge. If your client is charged with a firearm offense, you should analyze the burden of the regulation through Bruen’s new test.