Adolfo Pesquera

November 15, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Elected chief judge in 2007 amid a storm over the bad behavior of other judges, Tobin came in faced with challenges of restoring public confidence, coping with severe budget cuts and managing a massive foreclosure docket.

By Adolfo Pesquera

2 minute read

February 08, 2011 | Daily Business Review

A dispute over which office is required to represent indigent defendants on appeal is heard by the Florida Supreme Court.

By Adolfo Pesquera

2 minute read

October 27, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Attorney Robert E. Schack found contractors were negligent by not adhering to the state?s traffic control plan.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

August 25, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Mobile home park tenants in a rent dispute with the Seminole tribe will have to pay what they owe into a court registry, the 4th DCA ruled.

By Adolfo Pesquera

1 minute read

November 11, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Judges who served as public defenders are not automatically disqualified from hearing cases handled by their former office, the state Judicial Ethics Advisory Committee decided on an inquiry from a newly elected circuit judge.

By Adolfo Pesquera

2 minute read

March 02, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Judicial Nominating Commissions would be abolished for appellate judges in Florida, and the power to choose them would be given to the governor subject to Senate confirmation under a bill in the state House.

By Adolfo Pesquera

2 minute read

December 16, 2010 | Daily Business Review

The 4th District Court of Appeal flip-flopped on a high-profile defective product case, reinstating an $11 million award in a Mitsubishi Montero traffic fatality seven months after striking it down.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

February 07, 2011 | Law.com

Only three of 79 Homestead homeowners signed on for a settlement with a Chinese drywall supplier, endangering the $1.8 million agreement.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

February 11, 2011 | Daily Business Review

The Hollywood real estate law firm of Ben-Ezra & Katz said Fannie Mae will stop using the firm's services for processing foreclosures after the firm discovered internal paperwork problems.

By Adolfo Pesquera

2 minute read

October 15, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Broward Circuit Judge Eileen O'Connor declined a request to quash a state attorney general's office subpoena to obtain foreclosure records from the Law Offices of David J. Stern in Plantation.

By Adolfo Pesquera and Julie Kay

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