Adolfo Pesquera

December 30, 2010 | Daily Business Review

Legal Aid Service of Broward County faces severe budget constraints as it heads into the new year, and that will likely leave many low-income families in need of services with nowhere to go.

By Adolfo Pesquera

6 minute read

September 07, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Arguing before the 4th District Court of Appeal, attorneys battling over a $193 million judgment focused on a change in Florida estate law.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

February 03, 2011 | Daily Business Review

The 4th District Court of Appeal ruled in favor of a lender in a foreclosure case examining the question of fraudulent court filings but asked the Florida Supreme Court to review the issue.

By Adolfo Pesquera

3 minute read

March 18, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Taib Bank obtained a final judgment in a Palm Beach County real estate dispute that stretches back to 1993. A complaint over an unauthorized $144,000 broker's commission may end up costing the defendants many times more.

By Adolfo Pesquera

5 minute read

September 07, 2010 | Law.com

Claiming breach of contract and other charges, five former partners from the defunct Boca Raton, Fla., office of Hodgson Russ are suing top partners of the Buffalo, N.Y.-based law firm. The former Boca Raton partners insist they were blindsided by the firm's decision last year to close the office, which they claim violated their rights under the firm's partnership agreement. The shutdown came in the midst of mass layoffs at law firms nationally as the recession took its toll on client demand and legal fee collections.

By Adolfo Pesquera

4 minute read

August 09, 2010 | Daily Business Review

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

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

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

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

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