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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 20, 2013 | Daily Business Review

4th DCA Reverses Ruling Against Woman Adopted As Adult

The Fourth District Court of Appeal reversed a Palm Beach Circuit Court order that barred a woman adopted as an adult from inheriting money from a family trust.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

December 24, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Son of sock hop legend fights for father's estate

Thomas J. Grant, the Fort Lauderdale son of late television station owner and 1950s sock hop legend Milt Grant, is fighting to remove the corporate trustee of a multimillion-dollar estate.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

March 27, 2013 | Law.com

Fla. Appeal Court Reverses $14 Million Judgment in Dominican Family Squabble

Taking on a family feud, a Florida appeal court has reversed a $14 million judgment obtained by a Miami Beach businessman against his brother and nephew, finding the businessman's claim of an oral agreement did not relate back to the original pleading and was first asserted 10 years after the four-year statute of limitations expired.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

October 18, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Judges, clerks pursue stable sources of funding for the courts

The Revenue Stabilization Workgroup hopes to wean the court system off a revenue stream too dependent on foreclosure filing fees at a time when those filings have stagnated and fallen short of expectations. Their recommendations are due in a report to be submitted to the Legislature by Nov. 1.

By Adolfo Pesquera

6 minute read

November 02, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Judicial candidates await Election Day

Four contested races remain in Broward and Miami-Dade counties to decide one circuit court and three county court seats.

By Adolfo Pesquera and Steve Plunkett

4 minute read

December 15, 2011 | Law.com

Panel blocks attorney general access to Stern firm foreclosure records

The 4th District Court of Appeal has erased an investigative subpoena targeting Florida's one-time foreclosure king, the Law Offices of David J. Stern in Plantation.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

November 17, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Arbiter awards $6.32 million for woman who suffered radiation burns

Attorney Nancy La Vista used an expert witness who said their client's radiation treatment was 50 percent stronger than normal levels.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

September 07, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Greenberg says Dyadic founder Mark Emalfarb is responsible for company's problem

Dyadic International's malpractice lawsuit against Greenberg Traurig and two other law firms is based on a false premise - that its founder and chief executive was unaware of internal fraud, according to the defendants.

By Adolfo Pesquera

8 minute read

September 17, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Network Challenges Order Ousting Courtroom Camera

Courtroom View Network, a closed-circuit video provider of court proceedings, is protesting what it claims is an improper cutoff of its coverage of a trial by Broward Circuit Judge Jack Tuter.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

September 05, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Federal Lawsuit Blames Pinochet Lieutenant For Activist's Murder

A federal lawsuit claims a Deltona man executed singer and political activist Victor Jara shortly after Chile's Augusto Pinochet took power in a coup.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read