Attorneys representing Now Mining defendants Jeremie Sowerby and Luis Ortega have bailed.

This has pushed back the Now Mining criminal trial, as well as Sowerby’s upcoming Dunamis Mining and Softek and Justice Capital trials.

The Now Mining trial has previously been scheduled for November 18th, 2025. Both Sowerby and Ortega (right) were represented by CJA attorneys.

A CJA attorney is a court-appointed private attorney, provided to defendants deemed unable to afford legal representation.

Citing new employment, on September 11th Sowerby’s CJA attorney filed motion to withdraw.

The court granted the motion on September 15th and appointed a new CJA attorney to Sowerby (right).

Then, on September 29th, Ortega’s CJA attorney also filed a motion to withdraw. New employment was again cited as the reason for the withdrawal.

The court granted the motion on October 1st and appointed a new CJA attorney to Ortega.

Presumably to allow both new CJA attorneys time to catch up, the court vacated the pending Now Mining trial on October 6th.

A Now Mining Status Conference has been scheduled for November 24th.

As previously stated, the Now Mining trial delay has also delayed Sowerby’s Dunamis Mining and Softek and Justice Capital criminal trials.

Sowerby’s Dunamis Mining trial had previously been scheduled for November 18th. On October 6th, citing undisclosed “reasons set forth on the record”, the Dunamis Mining trial was vacated.

A Dunamis Mining Status Conference has also been scheduled for November 24th (not a typo, all of Sowerby’s criminal cases are being heard in the same Arizona District Court).

Sowerby’s Softek and Justice Capital trial had previously been scheduled for November 18th. On October 4th, Sowerby’s attorney filed a Third Motion to Continue Trial.

From the motion;

This request is made for the following reasons: This case was anticipated by both parties to be tried following Defendant’s trial on an earlier filed case, [Now Mining], which is a two-co-defendant case.

Due to complications in that case, there is likely to be an extended continuance so that new counsel can be
prepared for trial.

Sowerby’s attorney also informed the court another trial he was involved in had been declared a mistrial and rescheduled for early December.

At the previous status conference, the court indicated that it might choose to accelerate the trial in this case ahead of the order in which they were filed.

If that is necessary, Defendant requests an additional 60 days due to counsel’s calendar and the inability to prepare for two trials back to back.

On October 6th the court granted Sowerby’s motion. A new Softek trial has been scheduled for February 24th, 2026.