Adolfo Pesquera

June 26, 2012 | Daily Business Review

After more than a decade of planning, budgeting and training, Florida's justice system faces a looming July 1 deadline for all clerks of court to be ready to e-file in civil courts. Most counties are reporting themselves either operational or ready to launch.With a July 1 deadline looming for digital filing readiness, clerks in South Florida courts are preparing to leave paper behind.

By Adolfo Pesquera

6 minute read

October 09, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Two Miami lawyers argued in the Florida Supreme Court that they shouldn't be disqualified from representing flight attendants who disagree with spending under a $300 million settlement with tobacco companies for exposure to secondhand smoke.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

October 18, 2011 | Daily Business Review

E-filing of civil cases in state courts reached another milestone last week when Broward County went off its pilot program for family court cases and opened it to all attorneys filing documents on existing cases.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

July 21, 2011 | Daily Business Review

The Florida Education Association and a group of religious leaders are suing to challenge the so-called religious freedom amendment to the state Constitution, calling it a "shady" attempt by the Legislature to shift taxpayer dollars from public schools to religious charter schools.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

June 07, 2012 | Daily Business Review

While the Florida Department of Law Enforcement was asked to consider a criminal investigation of three state Supreme Court justices up for merit retention, a conservative legal group has begun its own inquiry.

By Adolfo Pesquera

6 minute read

January 24, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Gina Romanik and John Goran helped defend a general contractor from liability and negligence after a repairman was crushed and killed while replacing two flat tires on a front-end loader.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

July 19, 2012 | Daily Business Review

With most of the hot-button court issues either resolved and playing out in federal court, the Florida Supreme Court's new Chief Justice Ricky Polston may have enough breathing room to focus on the court system's basic needs.

By Adolfo Pesquera

7 minute read

September 20, 2012 | Daily Business Review

West Palm Beach attorneys Mariano Garcia and Matthew Schwencke help win a negligence case for a carpenter who fell 12 feet while putting shingles on the roof of a single-story commercial building in Port St. Lucie.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

July 24, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Tamarac Mayor Beth Talabisco, who got bribery charges against her dismissed in 2012, will have to face a jury based on a decision issued by the Fourth District Court of Appeal.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

March 15, 2013 | The American Lawyer

In a 6-1 decision, the Florida Supreme Court preserved findings from a defunct class action against tobacco companies and rejected their claims that they were denied due process by trial rules and jury instructions. The decision is the court's first significant review of its landmark 2006 ruling in Engle v. R.J. Reynolds Tobacco.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read