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Lisa Willis

Lisa Willis

Emmy award winning news anchor, reporter, weathercaster, writer, news director, marketing specialist having served in Miami, NYC, Baltimore, Seattle, Charleston, Myrtle Beach.

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April 04, 2023 | Daily Business Review

'Stupidest Bill I've Seen in My Entire Life': Lawyers Speak Out on Hurricane Ian Fallout

With new legislation signed in Tallahassee, the news is grimmer for South Florida residents, said attorney Alex Arteaga-Gomez of Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen in Coral Gables.

By Lisa Willis

4 minute read

April 03, 2023 | Daily Business Review

'Blow up the Florida Supreme Court': 5 Attorneys Face Disciplinary Action

Among the disciplined attorneys include one who threatened to "blow up the Florida Supreme Court," and a lawyer whose sexual relationship with a female client in connection to a battery was exposed by her husband.

By Lisa Willis | Michael A. Mora

2 minute read

March 31, 2023 | Daily Business Review

'Writing on a Blank Slate': Florida Attorney Wins Anti-SLAPP Appeal in Case with No Precedent, Case Law

"Florida's Anti-SLAPP statute protects the people, not the government." Judge Jeffery T. Kuntz, Florida's Fourth District Court of Appeal

By Lisa Willis

6 minute read

March 30, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Florida Law Firm's Strategy of Turning an Alleged Forged Note Into $4M Settlement

"Even before the hearing, [that] the jig was up, there was going to be no witness who would deny the fraud allegations," said Mark S. Weinstein of Weinstein & Cohen, attorney for the plaintiff.

By Lisa Willis

5 minute read

March 30, 2023 | Daily Business Review

White & Case Ends New Client's Two Decades International Dispute with $32M Verdict

The final judgment could be over $100 million, according to the Am Law 100 firm attorneys, if the Miami state court judge adds treble damages due to the Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations Act, prejudgment interest of at least $25 million and attorney fees.

By Lisa Willis

6 minute read

March 28, 2023 | Daily Business Review

'Look A Little Deeper': Miami Attorneys Obtain $12M Settlement

"The hardest obstacle, in my opinion, was holding accountable those two entities while still understanding that the jury could apportion a significant amount of fault to the driver." -Stuart Ratzan, founding partner of Ratzan Weissman and Boldt

By Lisa Willis

5 minute read

March 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Big Law Experts: Case of Plastic Surgeon Accused of Slaying Florida Lawyer Spotlights Attorneys' Vulnerability

"We expect the 2023 version of immense electronic evidence to surface," said Brian H. Bieber, a shareholder specializing in criminal defense at GrayRobinson.

By Lisa Willis | Michael A. Mora

4 minute read

March 24, 2023 | Daily Business Review

'This is Downright Orwellian': Florida Attorneys React to DeSantis Signing 'Tort Reform' Bill into Law

"Lawyers will find ways to adapt," said Alex Arteaga-Gomez of Grossman Roth Yaffa Cohen. "The question is, how will the victims adapt?"

By Lisa Willis

5 minute read

March 22, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Insurance Companies Under Investigation in Florida for Alleged Fraud, Governor Confirms

"When you have reports like this, that show a significant number of claims that are being grossly underpaid or not paid at all, it would seem to me that legislators have more work to do on the other side of the issue," said Stephen A. Marino Jr. of Ver Ploeg & Marino in Miami.

By Lisa Willis

4 minute read

March 21, 2023 | Daily Business Review

'The Only Woman in the Room': A Latina is Changing the Face of Arbitration in Miami

Being fully bilingual in a South Florida market that reaches into the Caribbean and Latin America has its distinct advantages.

By Lisa Willis

7 minute read