The Third District Court of Appeal has issued an order holding that Miami attorneys who said they represented two Venezuelan companies aren't in fact the counsel of record.

The appeals court Wednesday denied the petition for writ of certiorari filed by litigators Andrew Kassier and Albert Piantini, concerning the pair's work for Venezuelan companies Publicidad Vepaco and LaTele Television.

The attorneys appealed after a trial court found that Manuel Mesa, rather than Kassier and Piantini, was the companies' rightful counsel.