Adolfo Pesquera, based in San Antonio, covering Texas courts. Contact at [email protected]. On Twitter: @Adolfo_PEZ
August 09, 2010 | Daily Business Review
Past run-ins with law haunt candidateHeidi 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 fundDosal 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 immunityDoctors 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 criticismAn 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 actionsA 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 lightSean 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 fundBy Adolfo Pesquera
5 minute read
March 11, 2011 | Daily Business Review
Venezuelan bank wants $5.6 million ruling for felon reversedA 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 limbsAttorneys 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 FightBy Adolfo Pesquera
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