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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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August 09, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Past run-ins with law haunt candidate

Heidi Berkowitz Carpenter, who is challenging Broward County Court Judge Linda Pratt, was a criminal defendant three times in the 1990s: two drunken-driving cases and a bizarre incident at a supermarket.

By Adolfo Pesquera and Deborah C. Espana

4 minute read

April 13, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Big tobacco wants Dosal to pay into fund

Dosal Tobacco opposes a legislative proposal that would require the Miami cigarette maker to pay fees that major tobacco companies have been paying for more than a decade.

By Adolfo Pesquera

6 minute read

February 24, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Court: Volunteer doctors don't have immunity

Doctors relying on a state law that offers malpractice immunity if they volunteer their services at amateur athletic events are resting their defense on hot air.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

March 24, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Florida Bar's Senior counsel resigns after Florida Supreme Court criticism

An 18-year career with The Florida Bar ended for a senior counsel in the lawyer regulation division shortly after the Florida Supreme Court criticized Lorraine Hoffmann for misleading statements during oral argument in a disbarment case.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

January 20, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Judge Dale Cohen said a 'gut feeling' prompted his actions

A state Judicial Qualifications Commission hearing panel ended a two-day misconduct trial Wednesday for Broward Circuit Judge Dale Cohen.

By Adolfo Pesquera

6 minute read

December 16, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Attorneys win $8 million for family of motorcyclist killed at flashing light

Sean Domnick and Harry Shevin won $8 million for the widow and two daughters of a motorcyclist killed in a traffic accident. People may say that;s a lot of money, but "there was a big amount of loss," Domnick said.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

August 12, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Judge OKs $6.6 million settlement fund

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

March 11, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Venezuelan bank wants $5.6 million ruling for felon reversed

A Venezuelan bank is asking the Florida Supreme Court to reverse a Miami-Dade Circuit Court ruling that granted $5.6 million in defense costs and back wages to a former bank officer convicted in a money laundering scheme.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

September 22, 2011 | Daily Business Review

$4.5 million awarded to parents of boy born with missing limbs

Attorneys Jason Weisser and Robert T. Bergin Jr. helped the West Palm Beach parents of a boy born Oct. 15, 2008, with missing limbs win $4.5 million for future medical expenses.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

April 11, 2011 | New York Law Journal

Dems Cry Foul, Say GOP Is Packing Court to Win Redistricting Fight

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read