The difference between “defaulting party” and “prevailing party” fee provision was recently addressed in Sacket v. Sacket, 38 Fla.L.Weekly D1358 (Fla. 4th DCA 2013). The former wife and the former...
On June 6, 2013, the Court issued In re: Code of Resolving Professionalism Complaints, 38 Fla. L. Weekly S378 (Fla. 2013) and created a formal structure “for affirmatively addressing unacceptable professionalism...
In a recent case; Florida Bar v. Scheinberg, 38 Fla. L. Weekly (Fla 2013), an attorney was suspended for 2 years for sending 949 ex parte cell phone calls and 471 ex parte text messages to a judge during a six month period...
FULL OPINION: US v. Windsor, 570 US ___ (2013)
June 26, 2013
SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES No. 12–307 UNITED STATES, PETITIONER v. EDITH SCHLAIN WINDSOR, IN HER CAPACITY AS EXECUTOR OF THE ESTATE OF THEA CLARA SPYER, ET AL. ON WRIT OF CERTIORARI TO THE UNITED STATES COURT OF...
Why Attorneys Get a Bad Rep Part 1
June 21, 2013
Recently, I underwent surgery. Initially I was told they were going to do “x” and I would have a short recovery period. In reality, they did “x”, “y”, and “z” and my recovery is a little more complicated...