A critical allegation in the Miccosukees' federal court lawsuit against its former attorneys at Lewis Tein is that the Miami firm fleeced the tribe through a secret scheme of "fictitious loans."

But in an eight-page motion for sanctions filed late last month, Lewis Tein produced documentation showing the use of loans to pay attorneys by the tribe was routine.

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