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The Florida Bar

  • Blogs

    May 23, 2012

    Frank Preve Emailed Scott Rothstein: "I Can't Show Anyone That I Am a Complete Idiot"

    This is one of those times when the documents speak for themselves; I could rewrite and paraphrase the claims made by the Securities and Exchange Commission, but that wouldn't be better for either of us.The short version of the story: The SEC says Fort Lauderdale-based hedge fund managers Georg ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 30, 2012

    Florida Supreme Court Disciplines Broward and Palm Beach Attorneys

    ​The Florida Bar on Thursday issued a news statement detailing various punishments handed down to lawyers for doing things like driving drunk and filing frivolous suits merely to harass opponents. All said, the Florida State Supreme Court reprimanded 22 atto ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 9, 2011

    Ana Gardiner, Former Broward Judge, Scores a Complaint From the Florida Bar

    wired.com​The Florida Bar has filed a complaint against former Broward Judge Ana Gardiner over what the bar calls a "significant personal relationship" between her and a prosecutor who was trying a capital murder case she was presiding over in 2007.A jury recommended a death sentence for Omar Lour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    November 18, 2011

    Florida Bar's Guide to Being an Adult: "Why Can't I Drink at 18?"

    Flickr user: andrew_mc_dAm I an adult now?For those darling kids who just turned 18 and have no idea how to operate themselves, the Florida Bar is here to help. The smarty-pants lawyers have released an exquisitely worded pamphlet to guide the state's "new adults." In a mere 30 pages, ... More >>

  • News

    October 20, 2011

    Ave Maria: A Catholic University Experiment in the Everglades Gone Wrong

    Flickr user: andrew_mc_dAm I an adult now?For those darling kids who just turned 18 and have no idea how to operate themselves, the Florida Bar is here to help. The smarty-pants lawyers have released an exquisitely worded pamphlet to guide the state's "new adults." In a mere 30 pages, ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 29, 2011

    Merick Lewin, Nephew of 411-PAIN Owner, Seeks State House Seat in Davie

    ​As state legislators consider tougher regulations for companies that refer car accident victims to chiropractors and lawyers, one powerful Broward referral service has a family member gunning for a seat in Tallahassee.State House candidate Merick Lewin is a little-known Republican seeking to ... More >>

  • Blogs

    September 15, 2011

    Florida Bar Slammed With Discrimination Lawsuit

    Lawyers gone wild? Sadly, no beads or toplessness here. ​Good news for Kafka fans: Turns out, the group of lawyers charged with policing the rest of Florida's 90,000 lawyers can get sued (by even more lawyers), just like the rest of us. William Luongo, a local accountant formerly employed by the F ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 19, 2011

    UPDATED: Florida Bar Quibbles With Some 411-PAIN Ads, Approves Others

    Some attorneys aren't happy with the Florida Bar's oversight of for-profit referral services that direct car accident victims to networks of doctors and lawyers. But public records show the bar is regulating ads for those services --  just in a meek, lawyerly kind of way.For example, dressing a ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 16, 2011

    Lawyers Complain to Florida Bar About 411-PAIN Ads

    Facebook.comSome lawyers find this unethical.​The Florida Bar is finally paying attention to the 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, in part because other lawyers have been complaining.411-PAIN is a Broward-based network of chiropractors and lawyers that solicits clients who have been in car accident ... More >>

  • Blogs

    August 12, 2011

    411-PAIN Catches Attention of Florida Bar

    Facebook.com​Several months after New Times raised questions about the 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, the Florida Bar is taking a closer look at the local company and its competitors.At its annual convention this summer, the bar held a public hearing on for-profit lawyer referral services. The b ... More >>

  • News

    August 4, 2011

    Elroy Phillips Dug Up Evidence From Prison, but He Still Might Not Get a Chance to Prove His Innocence

    Facebook.com​Several months after New Times raised questions about the 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, the Florida Bar is taking a closer look at the local company and its competitors.At its annual convention this summer, the bar held a public hearing on for-profit lawyer referral services. The b ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 15, 2011

    Scott Rothstein Saga: Ponzi Pal Howard Kusnick Disbarred

    Howard Kusnick (left)​Howard A. Kusnick, a former lawyer at Ponzi-schemer Scott Rothstein's now-defunct law firm, has been disbarred from practicing law by the Florida Supreme Court.Kusnick, a 58-year-old Tamarac resident, pleaded guilty last month to a single count of conspiracy to commit wire fr ... More >>

  • Blogs

    July 7, 2011

    Casey Anthony Attorney Cheney Mason in the Clear for Flippin' the Bird After Verdict

    mediaite.comCheney Mason giving was appears to be an unofficial legal opinion.​Casey Anthony defense attorney Cheney Mason is not facing a Florida Bar review after giving a celebratory middle-finger salute to the public shortly after the verdict was read Thursday.The Associated Press had reported ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 17, 2011

    Mitchell Olin Sentenced to Prison for Using Clients' Money for Costa Rican Casino Venture

    zazzle.com​Mitchell Olin -- the former Broward attorney who jacked more than $380,000 from his clients -- was sentenced to eight years in the slammer yesterday.As a real estate and insurance claims lawyer for seven families, Olin took the money from a trust account belonging to the families and de ... More >>

  • Blogs

    June 15, 2011

    Howard Scheinberg, Lawyer and 'Buddy' of Embattled Former Circuit Court Judge Ana Gardiner, Gets Flak from Florida Bar

    Ana Gardiner​What do judges have under their robes? The hundreds of calls and texts that onetime Broward prosecutor Howard Scheinberg, rumored to have had a close personal relationship with former Circuit Court Judge Ana Gardiner, suggest that Scheinberg might have found an answer to this age-old ... More >>

  • Blogs

    May 18, 2011

    Chief Judge Victor Tobin Resigns to Join Much-Criticized Foreclosure Firm (Updated)

    ​Broward Chief Judge Victor Tobin's reign at the top of the county's judiciary has been filled with conflicts, from barbs he traded with the court clerk to fighting the public's distaste for a new courthouse. Now he's leaving, and the firm he picked as his next successor likely won't make his life ... More >>

  • Blogs

    April 5, 2011

    Litigious Activist Jack Thompson Files State Complaint Against John Bowman

    Jack Thompson​In more than two months since they took a statement from Charles Harper, 18, alleging past sexual abuse by Broward Circuit Judge John Bowman, the Plantation Police Department has been conducting an investigation and has been mum about its status or eventual completion.Many of the ano ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 28, 2011

    Another Big Law Firm Implodes

    Hometown phenom makes Final Four with UK​-- With all state schools now out of March Madness, you must do the right thing: Root for hometown boy and basketball prodigy Brandon Knight. abovethelaw.comAdorno​-- The Daily Business Review has an interesting story about the implosion of another l ... More >>

  • Blogs

    March 2, 2011

    Broward Politics: Turning Red Into Blue (And A Weather Babe Exclusive)

    You want to hear some political B.S.? Just listen to Broward County Commissioner Stacy Ritter when she opens her mouth to talk. Here's what she said yesterday during a discussion about the new courthouse: Ritter​RITTER: "Every time someone on this dais says the voters voted down the cour ... More >>

  • Blogs

    February 15, 2011

    Exposed: Judy Stern Played Secret Role In Mayoral Election

    For years, campaign operative and erstwhile politician Dan Lewis has claimed that his 2006 run against incumbent Jim Naugle for mayor of Fort Lauderdale was undermined by a conspiracy led by his nemesis, super-lobbyist Judy Stern. For years, Stern has said she had nothing to do with ... More >>

  • Blogs

    January 27, 2011

    Bankruptcy Trustee: Rothstein Partner Adler Is Broke and Owes IRS

    Instead of a big showdown in court with big-time witnesses like U.S. Sen. John McCain, former Gov. Charlie Crist and Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti, Russell Adler and the bankruptcy attorneys representing his former law firm settled the clawback suit today with little fanfare. The Rothstein ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 14, 2010

    The Lawyers and Clinics in the 411-PAIN Network

    Facebook.com​Last week's New Times cover story was an investigation of the 1-800-411-PAIN Referral Service, a network of chiropractors and lawyers that solicits clients who have been in car accidents. Some readers requested we list the names of the professionals involved in the network. Since it's ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 10, 2010

    Fake Lawyer Chas Brady Is Back on the Case (and Back in Jail) (UPDATED)

    Update: Aaand... he's out! Details after the jump.Brady then... and now.​In April 2008, New Times profiled Robert "Chas" Brady, who was facing fraud charges for passing himself off as a lawyer and Harvard grad when, in fact, he hadn't even gone to college. The six-foot-two, well-spoken 27-year-old ... More >>

  • News

    December 9, 2010

    Car Accident? Doctors and Lawyers in the 411-PAIN Network Will Line Their Pockets With Your Insurance Money

    Update: Aaand... he's out! Details after the jump.Brady then... and now.​In April 2008, New Times profiled Robert "Chas" Brady, who was facing fraud charges for passing himself off as a lawyer and Harvard grad when, in fact, he hadn't even gone to college. The six-foot-two, well-spoken 27-year-old ... More >>

  • Blogs

    December 8, 2010

    Two 411-PAIN Attorneys Have Been Disciplined by Florida Bar

    Courtesy of 411-PAINChiropractor Robert Lewin founded the 411-PAIN network.​The 1-800-411-PAIN Referral service is a network of chiropractors and lawyers that solicits clients who have been injured in car accidents. In October, a class-action lawsuit was filed against the Broward-based company, al ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 18, 2010

    Pulp Black Tie Edition: Boden's Latest Gig

    Rothstein, with his vodka martini, and, from left, Adler, Lippman, and Grant at his Versace mansion wedding ​This is a good shot of some of the alleged co-conspirators in the Scott Rothstein fiasco. Russ Adler, at right, and Steve Lippman were knee-deep in the mess.& ... More >>

  • Blogs

    October 15, 2010

    Happy Awkward Friday

    Sun-Sentinel​It's just that kind of day. I've driven over a curb, showed up late, forgotten basic skills, had meetings canceled. Apparently I'm not alone. Behold the spate of awkward news:News 10 truck flips overWhen I entered the courthouse this morning, police cars and news trucks were gathered ... More >>

  • News

    August 23, 2007

    Storming the Castle

    Hallandale Beach and a Broward judge are trying to drive a man from his home

  • News

    April 20, 2006

    The Waves That Weren't

    Condo developers took more than $100,000 of his money. Then they stopped taking his calls.

  • News

    April 6, 2006

    Jailbait

    How does a 65-year-old behavioral biologist explain being exposed as an Internet masher hot for 15-year-old girls?

  • News

    June 16, 2005

    The Doctor's Trials

    Meet Hollywood's Donald Tobkin: caring M.D., feared lawyer, accused felon

  • News

    March 14, 2002

    Making Airwaves

    At the wackiest stop on your AM dial, a loudmouth host plays the politics of personal destruction -- and gets his station in big trouble

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