Steve Plunkett

August 30, 2012 | Daily Business Review

The settlement, which must be approved by U.S. District Judge Richard Lazzara in Tampa, also would resolve a lawsuit that has been pending in Sarasota Circuit Court for more than three years.

By Steve Plunkett

3 minute read

March 28, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Multimillionaire John Goodman's secretive adoption of his adult girlfriend was tossed by a state appeals court.

By Steve Plunkett

5 minute read

February 26, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Berger Singerman attorney Javier Vazquez helped a client successfully protest a Miami bid award and get a $9.4 million contract to build a walkway and promenade at the city's Museum Park.

By Steve Plunkett

3 minute read

October 17, 2012 | Daily Business Review

Another Miami-Dade circuit judge plans to enter mediation after retirement: Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Lester Langer is heading to the Reyes Law Firm.

By Steve Plunkett

3 minute read

August 30, 2012 | The Legal Intelligencer

Twenty-four victims and survivors of a horrific 2010 plane crash in Venezuela are suing the national airline's dead pilot and co-pilot for damages in Miami-Dade Circuit Court.

By Steve Plunkett

3 minute read

March 20, 2013 | Daily Business Review

A Lee County circuit judge said "across-the-board lack of due diligence" when Lennar Homes sold them 220 acres of undeveloped land along with an expired development permit to a Fort Myers urologist and two real estate professionals.

By Steve Plunkett

3 minute read

May 23, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Paul McKenna and Evelina Libhen said the nephew of a wealthy Russian immigrant told his uncle that to become a citizen he needed to invest $1 million in American businesses — and the nephew said he owned the businesses best-suited for that.

By Steve Plunkett

4 minute read

March 01, 2013 | Daily Business Review

The 3rd DCA affirms a judgment for a famed interior designer's estate in a lawsuit over the $2.9 million sale of the one-acre Bahamian island Caribe Cay.

By Steve Plunkett

5 minute read

February 22, 2013 | Daily Business Review

First the Miccosukee Indians fired their senior accountant. Now they are suing her, claiming she conspired with former tribal chairman Billy Cypress to funnel millions of dollars to his credit card accounts.

By Steve Plunkett

4 minute read

February 13, 2013 | Daily Business Review

Chief Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Joel Brown will leave the bench at the end of March to become a partner at Freidin Dobrinsky.

By Steve Plunkett

4 minute read