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3d DCA Watch -- CANCELLED DUE TO LACK OF ANYTHING TO WRITE ABOUT

Posted on January 13, 2010
Boy that was some Federal Bar Luncheon today, huh?I sure hope Herman finds out exactly when the right time is to apply for judicial clerkships, I don't want him to miss out.Also, Judge Seitz doesn't really "do" email, and Judge Altonaga managed to make a discussion of CM/ECF very interesting -- seriously...

Hank Adorno "Not A Class Action Lawyer."

Posted on January 13, 2010
So says Hank's lawyer Andy Berman at the ongoing sanctions hearing, as reported by the always excellent Julie Kay.Question: then why was Hank handling a major public-interest class action?Also, can someone explain to me the purpose of calling "character" witnesses such as Raoul Cantero and Sandy Bohrer?Generalized evidence from other lawyers about the reputation of another lawyer seems to be totally irrelevant to determining specific questions of legal or ethical violations...

Kendall Coffey Comments on Spence-Jones Election

Posted on January 12, 2010
You know, I've always wondered what Kendall thinks of the Spence-Jones election controversy.Luckily, Kendall was in fact available for comment and had this to say:Former U.S. Attorney Kendall Coffey, not involved in the Miami case, says he could envision the Spence-Jones/Crist legal battle making its way to the state's highest court...

Judge Hoeveler Splits Hand Pulled Chow Noodle.

Posted on January 12, 2010
Chow Order For those of you keeping track of the hot Chow on Chow action unfolding before Judge Hoeveler, you may recall there was an emergency motion filed by defendants to stop upcoming depositions set for this week in New York...

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For the Love of God, No More Gay Adoption Letters!

Posted on January 11, 2010
Finally, someone writes in to the Florida Bar News with an eminently modest proposal:I beseech you: Please, no more letters regarding gay adoption. I am confident other Bar members join me in saying we are sick and tired of the respective sides? righteous indignation, moral outrage, and dueling biblical references...

Hank Adorno, Part XXVII

Posted on January 11, 2010
Ad or No Order Hi kids!I hope everyone had a chance to canoodle at length by the fire this weekend, and it looks like we may even have a few more days of cold weather before this ends...

Pass the Cohibas and Lattes!

Posted on January 09, 2010
On behalf of all the lawyers in South Florida, I light my Cohiba and raise my gin-soaked latte now that embattled Volusia County Circuit Judge John Doyle has resigned:The judge, 60, who was last elected in 2008, has been in a source of controversy in two separate instances last year...

"We Will Be Going to Trial."

Posted on January 08, 2010
Nope, that's not Marc Nurik.Instead that was David O. Markus, Buju Banton's counsel, at a hearing yesterday in Tampa:`We will be going to trial,` top Florida defense attorney, David Oscar Markus, said Thursday at a bail hearing in Tampa federal court for the singer, born Mark Anthony Myrie...

A Very Fine New Year's To Do List!

Posted on January 08, 2010
New Years to Do List I hope all of you are as diligent as GrayRobinson's Patrick Scott, who was thorough enough to file his New Year's To Do List with Bankruptcy Judge Ray...

Holy Crap -- Steve Zack to Address Dade County Bar!

Posted on January 08, 2010
I'm not sure how the DCBA pulled this off, but somehow incoming ABA Bar President Steve Zack has agreed to address the dreamers, the schleppers, the unwashed masses --yes the local Bar -- at the January General Membership Luncheon on January 15.One request Steve, if you are listening -- consider pulling out the mighty "Claude Pepper...

SFL Friday -- Endless Summer

Posted on January 08, 2010
Well how did that first week back feel?(don't answer)This will be a short one because I am late for a very important windsurfing obligation -- and one of my New Year's promises is to never miss a chance to boldly surf the open seas.So I'll leave you all with a few tips -- this is no way to lay pipe, yes yes yes yes it's real, and personally any color at all is fine with me...

Stettin Serves Slew of RRA Depo Notices (Including Kim Rothstein)

Posted on January 07, 2010
kimrothsteindeponotice I see that yesterday Judge Stettin served a whole bunch of depo notices for late January and early February on folks such as Ingrid Sahdala, Michael Szafranski, Banyon Investments, LLC, Frank Preve, George Levin, Mark S...

Jason Turchin Has An iPhone "App"!

Posted on January 07, 2010
Have you ever wanted a "call lawyer" app on your smartphone?Well, whether you want it or not, Jason Turchin has created one:Fort Lauderdale Attorney Jason Turchin this week released the free My Attorney App, which enables cell phone users to put their attorney directly onto their mobile phone...

Are You Sick of Rothstein? Enjoy Some King Rat.

Posted on January 07, 2010

Tick Tock.

Posted on January 06, 2010
Hey, what do you know, Rothstein was cooperating all along: "We are in the process of finalizing a plea agreement,'' Marc Nurik, Rothstein's attorney, told The Miami Herald Tuesday. ``I can't comment on any of the details.'' U.S. District Judge James Cohn will set a date for Rothstein, 47, to plead guilty in coming weeks, to be followed by his sentencing a few months later -- capping the biggest investment fraud case in South Florida history...

3d DCA Watch -- Slow Day In The Bunker.

Posted on January 06, 2010
Boy the holiday eggnog must have flowed like PCAs because the Bunker's post-New Year's output is decidedly slim.Nonetheless, the coffee-swillers have indeed generated written utterances, said utterances have in fact emerged from the Bunker, and the Resplendently Robed Ones can now return to whatever the hail they do the rest of the week:BDO Seidman v...

Now Here's How You Criticize A Federal Judge.

Posted on January 06, 2010
Noted conservative lawyer and NRO legal contributor Ed Whelan tears into the Chief Judge of the Northern District of California, Vaughn Walker (a Bush I appointee), who is about to begin trial on the same-sex marriage case brought by Ted Olsen and David Boies...

Colleagues, Meet Bus!

Posted on January 05, 2010
From Wesley Farrell's press release:Wesley J. Farrell is a Miami DUI attorney who specializes in difficult DUI cases that other Miami DUI attorneys cannot handle."Cannot handle," or do not handle?Either way, congrats on the new website!

Hand-Pulled Noodle Emergency

Posted on January 05, 2010
I don't know about you, but whenever I get a yen for a hand-pulled noodle, I think of this case.Well, that's not all I think about.Anyways, yesterday the defendant Mr. Chow -- through Richman Greer's Lyle Shapiro -- filed an emergency motion for protective order...

Glenn Garvin Wants You To Care About His Dietary Habits!

Posted on January 05, 2010
Fresh from continuing to flog a failed right-wing cartoon, Glenn Garvin now wants you to care about his possible weight loss:As a TV critic, my idea of exercise is lifting the remote above my waist; of dieting, to not watch the Food Network. The only serious obstacles to my losing 40 pounds are that I regard working out as something like menial labor, and I'd prefer a gym where the Gatorade comes with a Jack Daniel's chaser...

There's Joy In Repetition.

Posted on January 05, 2010
I'm feeling pretty good tonight, Marc Nurik says his dude's taking a plea, and there's a good football game on.This one's for you, GG.

11th Circuit Sends Class Action Arbitration Waiver Case to Florida Supreme Court

Posted on January 04, 2010
Dear 11th Circuit, if this were the standard you'd be sending every question of Florida law there:After review and oral argument, we determine conflicting decisions in the Florida intermediate appellate courts require that we certify certain questions to the Florida Supreme Court...

Judge Zloch Sends New Year's Greetings to Loring Spolter!

Posted on January 04, 2010
Zloch Order 12-30-09 Re Spolter Sanctions Hi folks, I hope you all had a tremendous New Year.I think it's fair to say that whatever you did this New Year's, you probably had a better time than Loring Spolter, who was the recipient of a very special holiday card by Judge Zloch...

Lawsuit Bots?

Posted on January 03, 2010
There are plenty of ways to make money practicing law, but is this what you want to say you did with your law degree:Attorneys who defend homeowners against foreclosures say they have trouble contacting Florida Default lawyers. "They're just extremely nonresponsive in the bankruptcy arena," said Patrick Smith, a Tampa bankruptcy lawyer who occasionally deals with Florida Default...

New Year's Day Hangover

Posted on January 01, 2010

This Is The Year That Was.

Posted on December 31, 2009
Well kids, what I can say about this year that hasn't already been said.F*@K!!What a rollercoaster we've had here in the South Florida legal world, and I have a feeling there is more to come in 2010.We've done visual looks back, so this year I was going to offer up some awards, but maybe I'll let you guys do that...

Tom Lehman Talks/Buys Wine In the NYT

Posted on December 31, 2009
I was going to do a year-end wrap up, but then I thought I just read about Tew Cardenas lawyer Tom Lehman discussing wine in the NYT?No, it was not a dream:And Mr. Truax shepherded Tom Lehman, ?our friend from Florida,? he said, around the store.Mr. Lehman, 57, is a bankruptcy lawyer who lives in Miami but was spending the holidays in the area, and was shopping for a case of wine for himself and his wife...

3d DCA Watch -- Ding Dong Ding Dong

Posted on December 30, 2009
Hi kids it's almost New Year's and the Resplendently Robed Ones have brought out the noisemakers, the legal-in-three-States fireworks, and the heavily swilled, heavily spiked coffee as we launch into this very special holiday edition of 3d DCA Watch:Morrissette v...

"Loan Me Fifty Dollars."

Posted on December 30, 2009
Lippmancomplaint God I miss Neil.Remember how Rogers often played that old clip of Larry King, asking for a loan?That came to mind as I reviewed the adversary complaint filed by Herb Stettin against Steve Lippman...

Marc Randazza Continues To Rule Our (Cyber) World.

Posted on December 30, 2009
We've previously discussed Marc Randazza's particular brand of legal brilliance, not to mention his great and utterly profane blog The Legal Satyricon.Now, fresh off beating Glenn Beck to a bloody pulp, and forcing UM Professor Donald Jones to come to his senses about that meshuga complaint he filed, Marc has arrived to rescue some poor schmuck who tweeted and Facebooked a few times about a negative experience at a South Florida auto dealer...

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