Julie Kay

June 10, 2010 | Daily Business Review

U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Raymond Ray in Fort Lauderdale has barred reporters from depositions of two officials at TD Bank, one of two banks where Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein kept his accounts and the target of numerous investor lawsuits.

By Julie Kay

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November 25, 2008 | National Law Journal

Former speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives Newt Gingrich will teach a course at the University of Georgia School of Law this spring. Gingrich will teach a course on judicial review as a Carl E. Sanders Political Leadership Scholar.

By Julie Kay / Staff reporter

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April 06, 2012 | Daily Business Review

A Bar spokeswoman confirmed a grievance committee is investigating the two prominent Miami attorneys for possible interference with justice in connection with their representation of two members of the tribe.

By Julie Kay

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August 06, 2008 | National Law Journal

John E. Kelly, the former chief of staff at the Executive Office for United States Attorneys and a 12-year career prosecutor with the U.S. Department of Justice, is jumping the fence. He is joining Fulbright & Jaworski's Washington office as senior counsel on Sept. 8. He currently heads the Medicare Fraud Strike Force in Los Angeles.

By Julie Kay / Staff reporter

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December 01, 2011 | Daily Business Review

Former U.S. Attorney Dexter Lehtinen has been sued by the Miccosukee Indian tribe for allegedly giving members bad legal advice about whether they owed federal income taxes.

By Julie Kay

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October 25, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Delray Beach attorneys Kenneth Metnick and Peter Dyson won a $5 million verdict for a father whose son died in a 2007 private plane crash.

By Julie Kay

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April 18, 2008 | National Law Journal

Ave Maria School of Law, apparently unable to sell naming rights to its planned new building in Ave Maria, Fla., will instead move to an older building in nearby Naples. The school cited "declining national economy and ongoing high construction costs due to the rising prices of raw materials" as reasons for the change in location.

By Julie Kay / Staff reporter

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November 21, 2011 | Law.com

Attorneys for U.S. Trustee Donald Walton objected to the Fort Lauderdale law firm's emergency motion requesting post-petition secured financing to pay shareholders' salaries and benefits. The trustee appears to be siding with ex-shareholders, who are trying to block the merger of Ruden with Fort Lauderdale law firm Greenspoon Marder

By Julie Kay

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November 08, 2007 | National Law Journal

Robert G. Beatty, former general counsel of BellSouth Florida and The Miami Herald, has joined Adorno & Yoss as partner-in-charge of the Florida operations and co-chair of the national business and corporate law group. Beatty will maintain his role as publisher of the Broward Times, one of the largest African-American and Caribbean newspapers in South Florida.

By Julie Kay / Staff reporter

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July 07, 2008 | National Law Journal

Ave Maria School of Law, which has been mired in controversy since the stunning announcement that it would move from Michigan to Florida, finally got some good news. In an e-mail sent this week, acting Dean Eugene Milhizer said the American Bar Association has ended an investigation into the school favorably. Although the school still has not been awarded status necessary to retain its accreditation after relocating, Milhizer stated the ABA acknowledged that the school "maintains conditions adequate to attract and retain competent faculty."

By Julie Kay / Staff reporter

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