Subject: Robert Bernstein

• More Job Losses: Swick and Richstone

  July 29, 2008

• The Pulp: Censored

  August 7, 2008

• Bleeding Dollars

  A former Broward hospital CEO's trail of dubious expenses is just a drip in the bucket

  May 8, 2008

• Crist Is King

  Bill Scherer's fall from grace is a clear sign from Jeb that he's chosen a successor

  September 15, 2005

• NBHD: As One Ethics Probe Ends, Will a New One Begin?

  browardhealth.orgCommissioner Robert BernsteinIt's no fun to write a letter alleging corruption and send it to the Florida Ethics Commission or the Broward State Attorney. No, if you really want to make a splash, announce the allegations during the public comment period for an unrelated ethics case. Especially one that's attended by a coterie of county big shots.Yesterday, orthopaedic surgeon Michael Reilly attended the meeting of the North Broward Hospital District's Board of Commissioners to d

  May 28, 2009

• Hospital District Emails Reveal Lawyer's Bid to Save His Job

  browardhealth.orgGoldstoneJudging by Marc Goldstone's email inbox, the week of May 11 began like any other. That was a Monday, and the general counsel for the North Broward Hospital District exchanged emails with CEO Frank Nask about attending a health care convention the first week of June. But by Tuesday May 12 Commissioner Robert Bernstein had called Nask to report concerns about whether Goldstone had followed proper procedures for being licensed to practice law in Florida. As Goldstone's own

  June 17, 2009

• Former Hospital District Attorney Files Suit

  Flickr User: Scarlett3344 QiJoe Truhe, the former associate general counsel for the North Broward Hospital District, filed suit today, alleging that in firing him last month, the public health care system violated the Whisteblower's Act. The suit also names Commissioner Robert Bernstein and the interim general counsel, Sam Goren, accusing the pair of conspiring to terminate Truhe for reasons other than those they have offered publicly.Truhe and the general counsel, Marc Goldstone, were both fire

  June 18, 2009

• Former Attorneys for Hospital District Now Under Criminal Investigation

  Marc Goldstone and Joe Truhe, formerly the two lead attorneys for the North Broward Hospital District, are being investigated for possible criminal charges of practicing law without a license, according to a source with knowledge of the case.The attorneys were fired in mid-May amid allegations by the public health care district's Board of Commissioners that Goldstone and Truhe had not fully informed the board about how they would become licensed by the Florida Bar. Both lawyers moved here from o

  June 19, 2009

• Hospital Commissioners Argue Over Next Lawyer

  Tension nearly boiled over at this morning's meeting of the North Broward Hospital District's Board as commissioners broached the touchy topic of the district's next general counsel. The seven-member panel appears divided over whether to speed that process or slow it down, given the flux at the position over the past several years.Since the district fired general counsel Marc Goldstone in mid-May, the Fort Lauderdale law firm of Sam Goren has filled in. But commissioners want to move fast in fin

  June 24, 2009

• Hospital District: Why Wrestle a White Elephant When You Can Tackle a Red Herring?

  Flickr User: FrogMillerMidway through this morning's meeting of the North Broward Hospital District's board, Commissioner Robert Bernstein decided it was time to acknowledge the "white elephant in the room."A tantalizing prospect, because this room was positively teeming with white elephants. There was the pending criminal investigation of the commissioner seated a several seats to Bernstein's left, Joseph Cobo. A few seats closer was the white elephant issue of whether Chairman Mike Fernandez a

  July 22, 2009

• [UPDATED] Email Gives Behind-Scenes Peek at Conflicts Over Hospital District's Museum Sponsorship

  browardhealth.orgBernstein​Just two business days before the North Broward Hospital District board was to consider spending $2 million to sponsor an exhibit at Fort Lauderdale's Museum of Discovery and Science, one commissioner was vowing to embarrass museum staff. This based on his obligation to "protect taxpayers" against a potentially foolhardy investment.It comes from an email that Commissioner Robert Bernstein wrote to district CEO Frank Nask, in reaction to the answers museum staff gave

  August 14, 2009

• Before Being Fired, Broward Health Attorneys Slashed Payments to Powerful Law Firm

  browardhealth.orgBernsteinBefore Marc Goldstone was fired as general counsel of the North Broward Hospital District in mid-May, he had expressed concern that his job would be threatened if he followed through on the district's request to reduce its billings to outside law firms -- in particular, the firm of Gray-Robinson.The firm, which has an office in Fort Lauderdale among its 10 in Florida, has political connections with the Florida Republican Party. Records provided to Juice through a public

  August 18, 2009

• Book of Jeb: At Hospital District, a Trial of Faith Between Ethics and Republican Friendships

  Flickr: presidential_predictionsBush and Bernstein had a mutual friend at Gray-Robinson.​Broward Health Commissioner Robert Bernstein has cast himself as a watchdog for waste at the county's public health-care district. But in the months since he led the charge to terminate the hospital district's two lead attorneys, questions remain about whether his motives were complicated by Republican special interests, such as a law firm that wields influence in the state capital.The North Broward Hospit

  August 19, 2009

• Double Trouble: Hospital District's New Attorney Is Twice the Price

  Flickr: mu_ri_loThe meter is running while Broward Health looks for its fifth general counsel since 2008.​Sam Goren, the attorney hired in May by the North Broward Hospital District to fill the general counsel's role, is racking up legal bills at a rate more than double the combined salaries of the two attorneys whose firings created that opening.Billings provided to Juice in response to a Florida Public Records Law request show that the Fort Lauderdale firm of Goren, Cherof, Doody & Ezrol

  August 21, 2009

• Broward Health Hit With Whistleblower Lawsuits

  browardhealth.orgMarc Goldstone​Shortly after Marc Goldstone began his new job as general counsel of Broward Health in November of last year, he found that the public hospital district -- which is among the nation's largest -- had been violating a range of federal laws and court orders, some of which jeopardized the safety of patients. He also found that at least two of the seven commissioners who hired him had committed grievous ethical lapses that warranted change. In a suit he filed yesterd

  November 11, 2009

• A Couple Million Dollars in Cost-Cutting Not Enough to Keep Former Broward Health Attorney in Job

  Laura Seidman​Documents recently made available by the North Broward Hospital District show that former general counsel Laura Seidman made major improvements to a legal department that -- by some indications -- had been full of cronyism and waste under attorney Bill Scherer. The most striking example of Seidman's progress: She reduced the district's outside billings by a third in just her first year, a savings of nearly $2 million for a public hospital district that depends in part on your tax

  November 13, 2009

• Rothstein Dealings With Broward Health Raise Questions About Judicial Appointment

  photo: 4dca.orgSpencer Levine​Attorneys at Scott Rothstein's firm landed a highly privileged meeting with the executive leadership of the North Broward Hospital District in September 2008, the month after Rothstein was appointed by his friend, Gov. Charlie Crist, to the nominating committee for Florida's 4th District Court of Appeals, according to documents that were part of an internal investigation at the district. Also, at that meeting: Broward Health Chief Operating Officer Spencer Levine,

  November 18, 2009