After news of a planned guilty plea in an alleged $1.2 billion fraud by the founder and former managing partner of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler, observers are…
In a seemingly routine situation, an interviewer for the Pinellas-Pasco Public Defender’s Office repeatedly signed in to visit an inmate at a local Florida jail on behalf of his legal…
Formerly high-flying Florida attorney Scott Rothstein is negotiating a guilty plea, his lawyer says, concerning the federal criminal charges he faces over an alleged $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme he is…
A free iPhone application being offered by a Florida lawyer makes it especially easy for would-be clients to reach attorney Jason Turchin, send him photographs related to…
A federal judge has imposed nearly $110,000 in sanctions on a Florida lawyer and has suspended him from practice in the Southern District of Florida for 42 months over his…
Amidst the worst economic downturn in the memory of many practitioners, business is red-hot at Florida law firms that handle multiple mortgage foreclosures for minimal legal fees of perhaps $1,200…
Despite some dire predictions and discord over the relocation of Ave Maria School of Law’s campus from Michigan to Florida, it has turned out well, the acting dean…
With $1.4 billion in liabilities and $42 million in assets, according to court filings, the now-defunct Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler law firm obviously isn’t doing well in the wake of an…
One of the most prestigious New York-based law firms made no new partners this year, and this wasn’t because of the difficult economy, one lawyer tells the Dec 22, 2009 11:44 PM CST
In the latest development in an ongoing investigation of the alleged $1.2 billion Ponzi scheme that disbarred attorney Scott Rothstein is accused of masterminding, federal authorities are now reportedly probing…
Despite Tiger Woods’ reported desire to save their marriage after a widely publicized series of alleged extra-marital affairs on his part, his wife apparently has decided to file for divorce…
A recent legal ethics opinion concerning Florida judges made clear that they “friend”on Facebook at their peril lawyers who appear in their courtrooms.
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