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Donate to Project Pinstripe, You Plebes!

Posted on February 11, 2009
A loyal tipster advises that everyone's favorite downtown clothier, Steve Cassidy of the Tom James Company, is actually doing a good thing that doesn't even involve you buying a new suit.He's collecting suits, shirts, and ties for Project Pinstripe of South Florida, which will benefit 50 young men from The Boys and Girls Club...

Big Firm Follies -- Both Sides Now.

Posted on February 10, 2009
It was nice seeing someone intelligent behind the Presidential podium last night, attempting to answer difficult questions with some sense of context, history, reality, and informed judgment. Whether any of it will work, however, is another matter.....

Glenn Garvin, Legal Scholar.

Posted on February 10, 2009
Forget 2012, the apocalypse is now:Continuing its slide into self-parody, the Miami Herald's lovable right-wing TV critic, Glenn Garvin, is now also a legal scholar.In the first of his biweekly opinion columns, he wades into the 11th Circuit's Vamos a Cuba opinion, and naturally gets everything pretty much totally wrong:Librarians may imagine themselves high priests, beyond the control of mere mortals, but the School Board correctly recognized them for what they are: public employees, accountable to the people who pay their salaries...

Rick Ross, YouTube, and the Carol City Gang.

Posted on February 09, 2009
TSG has posted a fun transcript involving our own fake tough guy rapper, Rick Ross:The rapper Rick Ross would have his fans believe that he made millions trafficking cocaine while running with one of Miami's violent street gangs. Of course, that claim took a hit recently with the disclosure that Ross (real name: William Leonard Roberts) actually once worked as a corrections officer, news that was met with derision in hip-hop circles...

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Monday Morning Long Distance Runaround Edition

Posted on February 09, 2009
Thomas J. Rebull assures Herald readers that despite the nationwide search for the Civilian Investigative Panel's executive director, it is quite possible someone from South Florida is somehow competent enough to handle the job:The search beyond South Florida simply means that the CIP wants to make sure that it finds the best person for this community...

SFL Friday -- Last Day for Turtlenecks Edition

Posted on February 06, 2009
Hi kids, well that was a nice event last night for the judges, huh? David writes it up -- sans Barfield -- here.Choice choices, me I'm heading out early, gonna try to hit Equinox and work up a sweat before I get ready for my weekend. How about you?We still have one more day of sweater weather, so let's try to enjoy it before summer sets in again...

Judge Carnes Fiddles; Meanwhile, Our Schools.....

Posted on February 06, 2009
Oy -- I could have guessed the result when I saw that Judge Carnes authored the Vamos a Cuba decision reversing Judge Gold's reasonable and measured ruling:In a 2-1 decision, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta said the board did not breach the First Amendment, and ordered a Miami federal judge to lift a preliminary injunction that had allowed Vamos a Cuba to be checked out from school libraries...

Off to the FBA Judicial Reception.

Posted on February 05, 2009
Well I'm just about done for the day and soon I'll be heading over to the Hyatt to hobnob with many of you and also Brett Barfield.Actually, I believe the ticket contractually obligates you to mingle with Brett.I kid I kid -- Brett's a great guy (darn adhesion contracts!)...

Fun With Bernie Madoff!

Posted on February 05, 2009
Hey kids, see if you're enough of a South Florida macher to have lost your shirt investing with Bernie Madoff:Madoff Trustee's List of the Firm's Customers Publish at Scribd or explore others: Court Filings Business & Legal alixpartners bernard madoff Holy crap -- this dude ripped off Sandy Koufax...

Tom Cardwell Fights For the Poor and Underprivileged!

Posted on February 05, 2009
There's no greater victim in this whole economic meltdown than the poor and beleaguered bailout bank exec, especially now that noted Black Socialist Muslim Barack Obama wants to limit their pay to a measly half million.Sheesh, that guy's a failure already!Fortunately, those downtrodden and penniless bankers have a friend in Akerman attorney J...

3d DCA Watch -- Time To Wallow In the Mire Edition

Posted on February 04, 2009
Hi kiddies it's a cool clear Wednesday and inside the concrete bunker by the highway our favorite judicial scribes are gathering around the coffee-maker, wearing an extra layer and wool socks beneath their resplendent robes, issuing PCAs like little kindlings thrown onto a fire...

Grand Slammin' It With Jeremy Alters and Bruce Rogow.

Posted on February 04, 2009
So there I was yesterday, waiting patiently with the unwashed masses for my free Grand Slam breakfast over at the Denny's on Biscayne Boulevard and 36th street, when who walks in but Jeremy Alters and his entire Design District firm, including new special counsel Bruce Rogow:"Hey guys, hold on a minute -- what are you doing? There's a long line here, you can't just walk in and jump over everybody else...

Cry Me A River.

Posted on February 04, 2009
Poor Gonzo can't get a job:Guess it's tough out there, even if you were the former Attorney General for the United States.I'd still take our beloved newbs over this knothead any day of the week.

WIllie Gary -- The New Doctor Detroit??

Posted on February 03, 2009
The always-flamboyant Willie Gary spread his "Wings of Justice" far and wide and landed improbably in front of cameras in the beautiful city of Detroit:Gary, a Florida lawyer whom the Miami Herald says has built a fortune by winning cases worth hundreds of millions of dollars, said he came to Detroit at Kilpatrick?s request...

Noted Without Comment (UPDATED).

Posted on February 03, 2009

The Revolution's Here, Baby!

Posted on February 03, 2009
Call out the instigatorsBecause there's something in the airI don't know about you, but when I was in law school I wanted to change the world. Oh yeah, I was going to bring down the houses of corruption and fight tirelessly for our rights and for truth, justice and the American Way...

BREAKING -- Suntrust and One Biscayne On Lockdown

Posted on February 03, 2009
Robbers apparently hit the Citibank downtown and ran into the Suntrust building.Anyone with more info let me know.Please stay safe, folks.UPDATE -- The Herald reports it as the City National Bank at One Biscayne.EVEN LATER UPDATE: The DBR fills in some details (but hey, you did hear it here first) --City National Bank?s branch in the One Biscayne Tower was robbed in the morning...

All Brucey Monday Mashup.

Posted on February 02, 2009
'Morning, folks!So Bruce rocked, the commercials sucked, and jurors like to ask questions.What else is new?Still, that was fun.I'm shocked -- shocked -- to hear that Joe Francis and his lawyers are having some kind of problem.In sad news, we say farewell to Irving Cypen, RIP my friend...

News Flash: Miami Lawyers Not That Civil?

Posted on February 02, 2009
Miami refugee lawyer Carl Schwait explains that the grass is always greener in Gainesville:He started at the firm 19 years ago today after he and wife, Anna Schwait, a professor of nursing at the University of Florida, decided he should leave his practice and resign from the city commission to get away from South Florida; at the time, it was ahead of a mass migration away from the area...

Downtown Takes Another Blow

Posted on February 02, 2009
Bye-bye to all the beautiful women professionals I see rushing to work in the morning:Macy's will close its Florida headquarters in Miami and eliminate 600 jobs. The Cincinnati-based retailer (NYSE: M), which operates Macy's and Bloomingdale's department stores, announced restructuring of its central operations on Monday...

Merger Mania?

Posted on January 30, 2009
Interesting story by Alana Roberts on the uptick in mergers, particularly at the midsize firm level:As law firm merger activity has accelerated nationally, South Florida firms have gotten into the dealmaking.Fort Lauderdale-based litigation firm Gordon Hargrove & James got together with San Francisco-based business law firm Sedgwick Detert Moran & Arnold after the latter firm targeted the Southeast for expansion...

SFL Friday -- Turtlenecks and Calvados Edition!

Posted on January 30, 2009
Hi kids, well it's almost that time, I'm starting to get a little antsy to start the weekend, how about you?A few items I wanted to highlight before I go -- overthinking your putt will screw you up, there is apparently some kind of sporting event this weekend, and good 'ole Normie Kent, who has been fighting the good fight for as long as I can remember, has a new blog...

Never Give A Sucker An Even Break!

Posted on January 29, 2009
Well I sure hope everyone is watching that great PBS documentary series on comedy in America, Make 'Em Laugh, which was on again last night. If you want insight into the anti-authoritarian, mostly Jewish outsider perspective that motivates us to make a lawyer or judge joke on this crappy blog every so often, take a look at this well-produced anthology...

3d DCA Watch -- The Not-So-Innocent, Elvis, and Judge Schwartz Edition

Posted on January 28, 2009
Hi kiddies, it's a chock-filled, action-packed 3d DCA Watch this week, so without further adieu let's jump right in and see what our resplendently robed coffee swillers to the south are up to:Well, whaddaya know? In a single week the 3d decided to issue opinions on the enforceability of consumer arbitration clauses; the economic loss rule and fiduciary duty claims; and the standards for disqualification of a judge...

3d DCA Watch Addendum -- Judge Salter Makes Giant Boo-Boo.

Posted on January 28, 2009
Everyone knows we love Judge Salter around here, but several readers have alerted me to this whopper, in finding that a class rep is not "adequate" because it (a small company with limited assets) could not shoulder the costs of class notice:While the class?s attorney?s fees may be contingent, the costs of mailouts, administration of opt-outs, establishment of a web site, expert witness fees, document production, and transcripts, for example, generally fall in significant part on the class representatives...

A People's Investiture.

Posted on January 28, 2009
What a remarkable reception this afternoon for Carlos J. Martinez, our first elected Hispanic Public Defender in United States history. From pumping gas at an Exxon station to Miami-Dade College and on to law school and more.Great idea to hold it at the Freedom Tower, where Carlos and his parents first arrived to find freedom and opportunity in this country...

JPK To Helm Greenberg Traurig?

Posted on January 27, 2009
I kid I kid -- he joined a small firm, remember?Actually, it's Cesar giving way to Richard Rosenbaum: Greenberg Traurig's Cesar Alvarez, who has presided over a more than four-fold increase in the Miami-based law firm's ranks since becoming chief executive 12 years ago, will hand over the reins to President Richard A...

Hy Shapiro Raises Interesting Legal Question.

Posted on January 27, 2009
Let's say you're a nice young Miami Beach arms dealer, interested in shipping huge amounts of ancient Chinese munitions, stored in dubious conditions in Albania for decades, to our fightin' boys in Afghanistan.Oh -- you also want to grossly overcharge American taxpayers in the process, and still have time to take in a nice dinner at Barton G before nightfall...

That's Why I Love Miami....

Posted on January 26, 2009
My inner Philosopher-King got slightly annoyed by this WP opinion piece by sitting 4th Circuit Court of Appeals Judge J. Harvie Wilkinson III, in which he both denies that the 4th Circuit is ideologically very conservative, yet pleads that the status quo on that bench stay the same forever:Ideological fervor is law's great antithesis...

Be A Mentor, You Plebes!

Posted on January 23, 2009
Even if it's just tutoring everyone's favorite newb on the finer points of our practice, it's a good thing to be a mentor to somebody else.So as we reach the end of National Mentoring Month, take a moment to reflect on who you are helping to become a better attorney -- an associate, an intern, a clerk...

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