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Adolfo Pesquera

Adolfo Pesquera

Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ

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June 28, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Plaintiff attorneys earn nearly $1 million settlement in boating death

Attorneys 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.

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3 minute read

July 13, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Judge hears request to open Miami-Dade state attorney's race to all voters

U.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.

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4 minute read

September 06, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Florida judges oppose term limits, speech restrictions

State judges asked the Florida Supreme Court to rescind rules on term limits for chief judges and speech by judges to lawmakers.

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4 minute read

April 19, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Fort Lauderdale attorney helps Salvadoran company get award

Franklin 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.

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4 minute read

May 11, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Republican court overhaul fell short of original goal

The 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.

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7 minute read

June 29, 2011 | Law.com

State mediation program helps few homeowners

Eighteen months since its inception, the Florida Supreme Court's order requiring banks to mediate with borrowers facing foreclosure has produced meager results.

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7 minute read

May 15, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Two Boca Raton attorneys still on hook for $2.7 million judgment

A 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.

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4 minute read

October 09, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Continental Tires Liable For Palm Beach Gardens Woman's Injuries

West 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.

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5 minute read

June 12, 2012 | Daily Report Online

Fla. governor asks for probe of three state justices

Florida'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.

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6 minute read

July 10, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Attorney Helps Doctor Win $1.75 Million Award In Sale Of Six Clinics

Jared 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.

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4 minute read