By John R. ByrneEver been passing through the Grove and spotted a “diminutive, nattily dressed fellow with dark, bushy eyebrows and a conspicuous toupee”? If so, you may have seen Leslie Roberts, the man the Miami New Times describes as the
TVPA Trial Regarding the Siege of the Palace of Justice in Bogotá Concludes
By Jordi C. Martínez-Cid
Two weeks ago I wrote about the opening of Urán, et al. v. Plazas Vega, No. 0:22-cv-60338-RAR, the Torture Victim Protection Act case against retired Colombian Colonel Luis Alfonso Plazas Vega arising out of the
2026 S.D. Fla. Hispanic Heritage Event
By Jordi C. Martínez-Cid
Yesterday was the district’s Hispanic Heritage event featuring José Herrera Paz, a partner at Hinshaw Culbertson; Aymee Valdivia, a partner at Holland & Knight; Amys Serret, Chief Justice Couriel’s law clerk (and soon to be law
FDC SAYS FU
On October 29, 1975, President Gerald R Ford announced that he would not have the federal government bailout a NYC heading for bankruptcy. The next day the NY Daily News ran with one of the most famous headlines of all time:
CLEs, Mentorship Opportunity, and UM
By John R. Byrne 1. The Florida bar has added some exotic CLE requirements in recent years, including professionalism and technology. Take it from someone who just squeaked by his recent CLE credits deadline, some of those are harder to
34 Year Old Passenger Arrested After Allegedly Raping 18 Year Old Girl on Cruise Ship
A 34-year-old passenger was taken into custody after his cruise ship returned to PortMiami Saturday, accused of raping an 18-year-old who he had met in one of the ship’s bars hours earlier. The passenger, Cody Gray, now faces criminal charges
Lil Durk acquitted in California… with a SDFLA connection
Big not guilty verdict in Los Angeles on Friday evening. Lil Durk was acquitted of all counts. He had a great team of lawyers including Drew Findling and Brian Steel. But I know what their secret weapon was — Christy
How a Miami probate litigator beat Roy Cohn in court and contributed to Cohn’s eventual disbarment in New York
The notoriously pugnacious Roy Cohn was a master manipulator and larger-than-life figure who first came to national prominence in the 1950s as Joe McCarthy’s ruthless attorney, and managed to keep himself in the spotlight for most of his life as
Greenberg Traurig Environmental Attorneys Earn 120 Recognitions in 2027 Editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America
Greenberg Traurig Environmental Practice attorneys received 120 recognitions in the 2027 editions of The Best Lawyers in America® and Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch® in America.
“If you want indictments where there’s no evidence, you have an ethical problem.”
By David Oscar MarkusThat was Joe diGenova today after resigning from being special prosecutor in SDFLA to look into the “grand conspiracy.”What a mess.From the NY Post:Counselor to the Attorney General Joe diGenova abruptly resigned Thursday from