Julie Kay

March 11, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Partners and veteran associates of large law firms are increasingly launching their own shops. The lure: More career control, the promise of better pay, and a chance to unleash their entrepreneurial spirit.

By Julie Kay and research by Vala Lopez

10 minute read

February 06, 2013 | Law.com

The Florida Bar has found probable cause to pursue disciplinary action against former Florida foreclosure king David J. Stern on 17 complaints.

By Julie Kay

2 minute read

January 03, 2013 | Law.com

Two New York investing partners of Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein have agreed to settlements totaling $6.5 million.

By Julie Kay

2 minute read

January 03, 2013 | Law.com

Investors who sued defunct Fort Lauderdale law firm Ruden McClosky over claims its investment business defrauded them has settled with Ruden's malpractice insurance carrier for $1.7 million.

By Julie Kay

3 minute read

September 18, 2012 | Daily Business Review

J.R. Dunn Jewelers, which sold Scott Rothstein diamonds that turned up missing after his arrest, has settled with his defunct law firm's bankruptcy trustee and is helping with recovery efforts.

By Julie Kay

2 minute read

September 07, 2012 | Daily Business Review

After practicing solo since his failed bid for Florida attorney general in 2010, Dan Gelber has formed a new firm with Adam Schachter and Gerald Greenberg from Stearns Weaver, specializing in complex civil litigation and white-collar criminal defense.

By Julie Kay

4 minute read

April 11, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Miami criminal defense attorney Richard Sharpstein, one of the go-to lawyers when star athletes get in trouble, is leaving Jorden Burt after 10 years for Akerman Senterfitt to boost its white collar defense practice.

By Julie Kay

3 minute read

April 02, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Qtask, a cloud computing company, must provide a list of all its clients and contracts to the bankruptcy trustee for Scott Rothstein's defunct law firm within five days.

By Julie Kay

3 minute read

March 18, 2011 | Law.com

It's back to the future for a group of Yoss lawyers who merged with the law firm 15 years ago and are regrouping now that Yoss is dissolving. The five lawyers in the Fort Lauderdale satellite office of Yoss LLP will stay in the same office under the new name McIntosh Schwartz.

By Julie Kay

2 minute read

April 29, 2002 | Law.com

Miami plaintiffs' lawyer Louis Robles, who got involved on the ground floor in mass tort litigation over asbestos, fen-phen, Rezulin and Norplant, thinks he's found the next big thing: lawsuits brought on behalf of autistic children who received mercury-containing vaccines. Robles is part of a network of some 25 lawyers nationwide who've joined forces against the makers of the vaccines.

By Julie Kay

1 minute read