Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ
June 28, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Plaintiff attorneys earn nearly $1 million settlement in boating deathAttorneys helped earn a $948,000 settlement for the estate of a Boynton Beach man who died after being tossed from a speedboat in the Intracoastal Waterway.
By Adolfo Pesquera
3 minute read
July 13, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Judge hears request to open Miami-Dade state attorney's race to all votersU.S. District Judge William Zloch promises to rule soon on a request to open the Miami-Dade state attorney's primary to voters who aren't registered Democrats. Incumbent Katherine Fernandez Rundle is being challenged by criminal defense attorney Rod Vereen.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
September 06, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Florida judges oppose term limits, speech restrictionsState judges asked the Florida Supreme Court to rescind rules on term limits for chief judges and speech by judges to lawmakers.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
April 19, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Fort Lauderdale attorney helps Salvadoran company get awardFranklin Zemel represented Partex Apparel International, a South Florida company that moved to El Salvador. Partex was owed $1.09 million that was never paid by a Kansas-based company.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
May 11, 2011 | Daily Business Review
Republican court overhaul fell short of original goalThe 2011 legislative session may be remembered as the judicial branch overhaul that didn't happen, at least not the way its architects intended. The state Supreme Court won't split in two, and it won't be packed with three new justices. The Florida Bar won't be removed from the selection of Judicial Nominating Commission members.
By Adolfo Pesquera
7 minute read
June 29, 2011 | Law.com
State mediation program helps few homeownersEighteen months since its inception, the Florida Supreme Court's order requiring banks to mediate with borrowers facing foreclosure has produced meager results.
By Adolfo Pesquera
7 minute read
May 15, 2012 | Daily Business Review
Two Boca Raton attorneys still on hook for $2.7 million judgmentA bankruptcy judge has refused to discharge the judgment against two Boca Raton attorneys who went on spending sprees after cutting a Miami law firm out of fees on an insurance settlement.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
October 09, 2013 | Daily Business Review
Continental Tires Liable For Palm Beach Gardens Woman's InjuriesWest Palm beach attorneys W. Hampton Keen, Donald Fountain and Julie Littky-Rubin led a jury to find tire maker Continental liable for a woman's injuries following a rear-tire blowout on I-95.
By Adolfo Pesquera
5 minute read
June 12, 2012 | Daily Report Online
Fla. governor asks for probe of three state justicesFlorida's governor is asking a state law enforcement agency to consider investigating three Florida Supreme Court justices, and an Atlanta-based conservative legal group has begun its own investigation.
By Adolfo Pesquera
6 minute read
July 10, 2013 | Daily Business Review
Attorney Helps Doctor Win $1.75 Million Award In Sale Of Six ClinicsJared Levy of Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein represented John Papa, a prominent Boynton Beach chiropractor, on claims the doctor did not receive what he thought he was entitled to from the sale of six clinics.
By Adolfo Pesquera
4 minute read
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