Adolfo Pesquera

April 25, 2011 | The Legal Intelligencer

Prominent South Florida attorney Henry "Hank" Adorno, whose handling of a controversial class action suit against the city of Miami cost him his law firm and his stature in the community, received a three-year suspension from the practice of law Wednesday by the Florida Supreme Court.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

August 09, 2010 | The Legal Intelligencer

What caused judicial candidate Heidi Berkowitz Carpenter to behave so strangely in a Winn-Dixie supermarket 12 years ago remains a mystery since the Fort Lauderdale attorney has avoided discussing the subject publicly.

By Adolfo Pesquera and Deborah C. Espa�a

4 minute read

July 07, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Michael A. Haggard said Cornerstone Group never addressed the trailer park's crime problems even though police warned the company that the property was crime-riddled and in need of security measures.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

November 08, 2010 | Law.com

Now that a national foreclosure controversy has exposed shoddy and allegedly illegal practices by lenders, services and their law firms, questions have also been raised about the role of the judiciary and Bar groups.

By Adolfo Pesquera

10 minute read

October 27, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Six candidates in three county court judicial races survived the August primary to face each other in runoffs next week. In Broward, trial and appellate attorney Mardi Anne Levey Cohen is running against criminal defense attorney Frantz Jahra McLawrence, and solo practitioners John D. Fry and John R. Howes face each other. In Palm Beach, business litigator Laurie S. Cohen faces Marni Bryson.

By Adolfo Pesquera

41 minute read

October 22, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Citing mean-spirited and unprofessional behavior, Broward Public Defender Howard Finkelstein has directed assistant public defenders to file motions to recuse County Judge Lee Jay Seidman on all cases before him.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

July 12, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Florida residents who live in gated communities enjoyed what amounted to immunity from process servers, but not anymore.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

September 08, 2011 | Daily Business Review

A two-week trial between Fort Lauderdale developers who had a falling out over a luxury island project in the Bahamas went to the jury Wednesday, with home-builder Robert Kelly Blake seeking $5 million from prominent commercial developer Jim Ellis of Ellis Diversified.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

September 16, 2010 | Daily Business Review

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read