Here's something to be grateful for: Feds drop money-laundering case against Miami lawyer Ben Kuehne.
Justice was done too slowly here. But at least it was done.
[...]Herbert Stettin, the trustee in the bankruptcy case involving Scott Rothstein's former law firm, raised questions today in court about Rothstein's defense attorney, Marc Nurik, living in one of his client's homes.
Stettin explained after the hearing that he wonders if the house was purchased with money from the Rothstein Rosenfeldt [...]
An attorney for the Pinellas County Housing Authority has ripped former mayoral candidate and authority board member Deveron Gibbons in a report on the canceled project to build a joint headquarters with the St. Petersburg Housing Authority. The report criticized the city authority, too.
Gov. Charlie Crist's office repeatedly said they wouldn't remove disgraced lawyer Scott Rothstein off the Fourth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nominating Commission until he resigned or was charged.
But today, Crist gave him the boot citing his right to suspend anyone for malfeasance. Rothstein has agreed to surrender his law' [...]
Sen. George LeMieux said he long wondered how disgraced lawyer Scott Rothstein was so successful but never acted on it because he's not "the kind of person to try to pull down others."
"I’ve talked to him and know him," LeMieux, who ran a competing law firm, said last week. "I [...]
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Casey Anthony's lawyers on NBC's Today Show this morning said former meter reader Roy Kronk is as much a suspect in Caylee Marie's death as their own client, Casey Anthony.State Sen. Mike Bennett sent an angry letter to the state's five Public Service Commissioners this week, "appalled with the lack of oversight'' in the general counsel selection process when it let agency executive director Mary Bane "change the rules as you go in order to accommodate candidates who failed to meet the deadlines.''
"With [...]
US News rankings are biased in ways that hurt the U. Miami Law; here's one I would guess is biased in our favor: 2010 Super Lawyers U.S. Law School Rankings by Super Lawyers magazine. They say we are #20 [...]
Steve Geller, who is running for county commission, wants to return the $50,000 donation he received from lawyer Scott Rothstein for his political committee but he isn't sure who to give the money back to.
Geller filed a motion today in Broward asking Judge Jeffrey Streitfeld to make that call. The Florida' [...]
Not enough money. Not enough progress. Florida is violating the state Constitution by not pouring enough money into schools and relentlessly focusing on high-stakes testing policies that aren't getting good results, says a lawsuit expected to be filed today in Leon County Circuit Court.
Prepared by a team of lawyers that [...]
When the FBI and IRS raided lawyer Scott Rothstein's Fort Lauderdale firm earlier this month, they carted away documents related to civil lawsuits involving billionaire Jeffrey Epstein.
Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler represented a few plaintiffs that alleged sexual abuse by Epstein. Rothstein tried to use the cases to lure investors.
"Mr Rothstein told investors he had" [...]
Charlie Crist has always courted national media attention and lately - for better or worse - he's getting it in spades.
There was the Wall Street Journal piece on disgraced lawyer/fundraiser Scott Rothstein, featuring a front page image of Crist with Rothstein, inscribed, "Scott-you are amazing! [...]
Attorney Bill Scherer, who is representing investors who lost around $98 million, plans to file a lawsuit early next week against Toronto Dominion Bank related to lawyer Scott Rothstein's investment scheme.
Scherer said he has taken statements from people with knowledge about the investments and seen bank records, wire transfers and letters [...]
Public Service Commission Executive Director Mary Bane said Friday that applications for the agency's general counsel position are now closed. For the third time.
Making it to the list of applicants to be selected by the PSC's five commissioners are former state Sen. Curt Kiser, now a Tallahassee attorney and [...]
Public Service Commission Executive Director Mary Bane said Friday that applications for the agency's general counsel position are now closed. For the third time.
Making it to the list of applicants to be selected by the PSC's five commissioners are former state Sen. Curt Kiser, now a Tallahassee attorney and [...]
McClatchy Newspapers: "In the first shakeup of the Obama White House, counsel Greg Craig resigned Friday and was replaced by President Barack Obama's personal lawyer, Bob Bauer.
"Craig had been deeply involved in the planned shutdown of the terrorist prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a process marked by delays."" [...]
Broward Sheriff Al Lamberti today removed Lt. David Benjamin from his acting commander role of the internal affairs unit. Benjamin is the sheriff's executive officer.
Benjamin, a longtime friend of lawyer Scott Rothstein, got a call from Rothstein in late October asking him to escort him from his car to an [...]
Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein, who returned from a trip to Morocco last week to face a federal fraud investigation, said he was in good spirits Sunday.
"I am sitting here smoking cigars with Marc,'' Rothstein said in a brief interview Sunday afternoon with the Miami Herald, referring to his [...]
Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein, who returned from a trip to Morocco last week to face a federal fraud investigation, said he was in good spirits Sunday.
``I am sitting here smoking cigars with Marc,'' Rothstein said in a brief interview Sunday afternoon with The Miami Herald, referring to his [...]
If there was one thing Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein craved, it was attention. And how better to get it than to whip out his checkbook?
Like at Gov. Charlie Crist's 52nd birthday party/GOP fundraiser last year, when, instead of buying a $1,000 candle, Rothstein bought an entire chocolate cake covered [...]
