John Pacenti

July 21, 2014 | Daily Business Review

The Miami-Dade County Ethics Commission finds judicial candidate Veronica Diaz funnelled business to her boyfriend's firm.

By John Pacenti

4 minute read

July 21, 2014 | Daily Business Review

Former Broward sheriff's Lt. David Benjamin offered no excuses in court for taking $185,000 in cash and gifts from Scott Rothstein.

By John Pacenti

4 minute read

July 21, 2014 | National Law Journal

President Barack Obama's 11th nomination of an openly gay or lesbian lawyer to a federal district judgeship reflects both his declared mission to diversify the courts and the widespread cultural shift in acceptance of gays and lesbians in public life.

By Todd Ruger, John Council and John Pacenti

7 minute read

July 20, 2014 | Texas Lawyer

Robert Pitman's uncontroversial selection—Cornyn called Pitman's sexuality "irrelevant"—was Obama's 11th nomination of an openly gay or lesbian lawyer to a federal district judgeship.

By Todd Ruger, John Council and John Pacenti

7 minute read

July 20, 2014 | Daily Business Review

Naming openly gay judges to district courts has given the judiciary wider perspective and a foundation from which circuit ­judges—and possibly a U.S. Supreme Court justice—could emerge.

By Todd Ruger, John Council and John Pacenti

7 minute read

July 18, 2014 | Daily Business Review

Lawyers are calling for due process for illegal unacompanied minor children.

By John Pacenti

6 minute read

July 17, 2014 | Daily Business Review

Monroe County moved first in the legal battle over the state's ban on same-sex marriage, finding the law passed by Florida voters in 2008 is unconstitutional

By John Pacenti

6 minute read

July 17, 2014 | Daily Business Review

Former Panamanian dictator Manuel Noriega sues a video game maker for allegedly using his likeness in the popular "Call of Duty, Black Ops II."

By John Pacenti

2 minute read

July 17, 2014 | Daily Business Review

South Florida Haitian-American radio personality Philippe Bourciquot is charged with operating a Ponzi scheme.

By John Pacenti

1 minute read

July 17, 2014 | Daily Business Review

A Broward sheriff's deputy who fabricated a drug arrest at the behest of scamster ex-attorney Scott Rothstein says he was doing a favor for another officer.

By John Pacenti

3 minute read