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Lawyer David Gingras began representing Laura Owens in her paternity case against Clayton Echard on on March 25, 2024, which she lost. Laura was ordered to pay Clayton $149,219.76 in attorneys’ fees and costs. Throughout the case, Mr. Gingras participated in controversial communications with former victims of Laura’s, including Greg Gillespie and Michael Marraccini. David also Tweeted extensively about the case and uploaded several videos to YouTube.
On March 20, 1997, a warrant for the arrest of David S. Gingras was issued in Maricopa County for the crime of Sexual Conduct with a Minor, a Class 6 Felony. The alleged crime, which occurred multiple times between 1995-1996, began June 2, 1995. David allegedly fled to California soon after the warrant was issued. Two years later, on June 29, 1999, David Gingras was arrested in San Francisco, California, was declared a fugitive and set to be extradited to Maricopa County, Arizona. That same day, he self surrendered. On July 28, 1999, David Gingras waived his rights to a preliminary hearing on the charges.
A publicly available 36 page police report includes reports conducted by the Chandler and Mesa Police Departments, interviewing the minor victim. She gives disturbing, explicit details about her alleged sexual encounters with David Gingras between June 1995- January 1996, all occurring while she was 16/17 years old, and he 22/23 years old.
The minor victim, who remains anonymous, participated in a polygraph test on March 20, 1996, one full year before David’s arrest warrant was issued. At the time of the alleged sexual conduct, the victim was 16/17 years of age, with David Gingras at 22/23 years old. The report states:
“During the pre-test interview, (redacted) related that she had sexual intercourse with David Gingras one time in June 1995 and then one or two times in January 1996 and at least three times in February and at least one time in March 1996. She related that the sexual activity included vaginal intercourse, occasionally oral sex and twice anal sex. On only one occasion did David have oral sex with her; the rest of the time she had oral sex with him.
She further related that David has denied any sexual activity with her at all. She denied having engaged in any sexual activities with any other male. All of these sexual activities she had with David were at his home, except for the first one in June 1995. That first incident occurred at her home.”
The victim was asked the following series of questions:
- Did David Gingras actually engage in sexual intercourse and oral sex with you in June 1995? Ans: Yes.
- Did David Gingras actually engage in sexual activity with you on several occasions this year? Ans: Yes.
- Have you deliberately lied about any of the sexual activities you state you have had with David Gingras? Ans: No.
Analysis of the polygraph test returned “a posterior probability of .996, indicating that there is a 99.6% confidence level in the charts produced by (redacted) as being truthful charts.” and “Based on these analyses and with the information available at the time of the examination, it is the opinion of the examiner that (redacted) is being truthful when she answered the above listed relevant questions as noted.“
Due to unforeseen circumstances regarding the prosecutor, a “Not Guilty Arraignment” was held on Thursday, August 5, 1999.
To this day, David Gingras denies any and all sexual involvement with the minor female. David Gingras never served jail time for this alleged crime.
On November 26, 2006, David S. Gingras was pulled over & arrested in Maricopa County, Arizona and received a DUI charge.
On December 5, 2008, David Gingras was suspended from practicing law for 30 days “for conduct in violation of his duties and obligations as a lawyer…”
David Gingras’ Arizona law license was reinstated on February 19, 2009.
On April 20, 2009, Gingras was ordered by the court to pay the Arizona State Bar’s investigation fees, totaling $7,125.64.
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David Gingras has received numerous bar complaints, many of them in the past 5 years, including 7 in 2024 alone.
A bar complaint was filed in Arizona against David in 2022 on behalf of attorney Andrew Ivchenko’s clients, whose identities have been sealed. These unnamed clients were defendants in a case against clients of David Gingras in 2021. (21-CV-00108-JJT: David Gingras Response | Exhibit 4 | Exhibit 5).
The Arizona State Bar ultimately dismissed the complaint.
In 2024, while representing Laura Owens, David Gingras received multiple bar complaints:
- Dave Neal Complaint | Dave Neal is the main journalist covering the Laura Owens/Clayton Echard case and has been the target of verbal threats by David Gingras.
- Michael Marraccini Complaint | Michael Marraccini is a victim of Laura Owens and has been harassed by David Gingras, most notably when Gingras threatened to have Marraccini arrested on June 10, 2024, subsequently calling the police.
- Judge Julie Mata, who presided over the Owens v Echard paternity case filed a bar complaint against Gingras after receiving multiple threats and false accusations from Gingras.
Filers also include PS Creative Studios and James D. Lee of the Arizona State Bar
There is currently an active investigation into the actions of David Gingras by the Arizona State Bar
In 2010, David Gingras began representing bff Hooman Abedi Karamian (aka Nik Richie), in a case against Richie’s DirtyWorldLLC filed by former Cincinnati Ben-Gals cheerleader Sarah Jones for defamation, libel per se, false light and intentional influction of emotional distress under state tort law. Several motions written and filed by David Gingras were denied. Though the jury was hung and a mistrial was declared in the first trial, Jones was awarded $338,000 in the second trial. Gingras and Richie appealed the decision. Due to several companies’, including Amazon, Buzzfeed, Facebook, Google & LinkedIn, fear of such a decision being upheld, several wrote and submitted Amicus briefs, and on June 16, 2014, the appeals court vacated the district court’s decision.
According to Gingras himself, TheDirty was sued over 200 times in its history.
TheDirty.com, originally launched in 2007 as DirtyScottsdale, was a gossip site centered around celebrities and local happenings. It gained attention for sharing unverified rumors and criticisms about partygoers in the Scottsdale, Arizona area.
