Adolfo Pesquera
Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ
June 11, 2014 | Daily Business Review
Call For Diversity Produces New Broward Judicial NomineesThe Broward Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission sends the governor an additional four candidates to fill two county court vacancies.
By Adolfo Pesquera
2 minute read
June 09, 2014 | Daily Business Review
Former Judge Cortiñas Can't Represent MiccosukeesA federal appeals court denies a request by the Miccosukee tribe to reinstate a disqualified attorney in their defense against sanctions.
By Adolfo Pesquera
1 minute read
June 09, 2014 | Daily Business Review
Akerman's Andrew Smulian Discusses Firm's Pro Bono Guardians Ad Litem CommitmentAkerman chairman and CEO Andrew Smulian discusses the firm's pro bono commitment to serve as guardians ad litem for children.
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
June 06, 2014 | Daily Business Review
Shutts & Bowen, Two Attorneys Cleared By Jury In Malpractice CaseShutts & Bowen attorneys Bowman Brown and Ricardo J. Souto and the firm were cleared after being accused of leaving millionaire Rodger Shay financially vulnerable in a real estate deal in the Dominican Republic in 2005.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
June 06, 2014 | Daily Business Review
Judge Pollack's Bid For Paid Suspension After DUI Arrest RejectedThe Florida Supreme Court rejected a Broward judge's request that she be paid while on suspension after a DUI arrest.
By Adolfo Pesquera
1 minute read
June 06, 2014 | Daily Business Review
Bar President, Gov. Scott Want Do-over On Judicial NomineesGov. Rick Scott and the Florida Bar president ask the Broward Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission to reconsider its list of nominees for two vacancies.
By Adolfo Pesquera
2 minute read
June 05, 2014 | Daily Business Review
Ana Gardiner Disbarred For Texting Prosecutor While On The BenchFormer Broward Circuit Judge Ana Gardiner has been disbarred by the Florida Supreme Court for her heavy text traffic with a prosecutor when she was a judge in one of his murder trials.
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
June 04, 2014 | Daily Business Review
Killers As Juveniles, 4th DCA Reverses Life SentenceThe issue is whether a 2012 U.S. Supreme Court decision, Miller v. Alabama, should be applied retroactively. In Miller, the court said a mandatory life sentence without parole for young killers is unconstitutional.
By Adolfo Pesquera
2 minute read
June 04, 2014 | Daily Business Review
Fort Lauderdale Attorneys Win $8 Million For Woman Paralyzed After ER VisitJay Cohen and Rudy Ayala used an emergency medicine who testified the defendants breached the standard of care for ER doctors by sending their client home without knowing what was causing her severe chest pain.
By Adolfo Pesquera
5 minute read
June 04, 2014 | Daily Business Review
Man Gets 80-Year Sentence For Shooting Gun In Air, Asks Florida Supreme Court For HelpA man who got 80 years for shooting a gun in the air after an argument asks the Florida Supreme Court to shorten his sentence.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
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