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Address: #### Fisher Island Drive, Unit #### ####, Fisher Island Property type: Six-bedroom, #,###-square-foot condo built in #### Price: $#.## million, or $###.## per square foot Sellers: Benjamin Huberman and Gisela B. Huberman Buyers: James Howard Desnick and Ahuva Desnick Southwest Ranches home sells for $#.#M Address: ##### Berkshire Court, Southwest Ranches Property type: #,###-squarefoot home Price: $#.# million, or $###.## per square foot Sellers: Charles A. Boyd and Kathleen M. Boyd Buyers: Philip Swift and Ana Rosario Calle

Address: #### Broadview Terrace, Bay Harbor Islands Property type: Two-story, six-bedroom, #,###-square-foot home built in #### Price: $#.# million, or $###.## per square foot Seller: Abraham Dahab and Katia Dahab Buyers: Brett Reizen

A Miramar office building was sold during a foreclosure auction. Address: #### Miramar Parkway, Miramar Property type: ##,###-squarefoot office building on #.## acres Borrower: Shams Unlimited Construction LLC, affiliated with Treasure Construction Corp. Lender/winning bidder: Wells Fargo Bank Judgment amount: $#.# million Bid amount: $###,### Coral Gables office building sells for $#.#M Address: #### Ponce De Leon Blvd., Coral Gables Property type: #,###-squarefoot office building completed in #### on #.## of an acre Price: $#.# million, or $#,###

The owner of two apartment buildings totaling ## units obtained a $#.## million loan. Address: ### NE ##th St., Oakland Park Property type: two apartment buildings totaling ## units Loan value: $#.## million Lender: Centerline Mortgage Capital Inc

Chris Basick has been named managing broker of the Brickell-Downtown branch of Esslinger Wooten Maxwell. John Lonardo has joined Sperry Van Ness in Miami as a senior adviser. Lonardo was a senior associate of Kerdyk Real Estate. Grant Rawdin

An attorney and lobbyists agreed Thursday to waive their fees to help pass a high-profile claims bill that would compensate Eric Brody for debilitating injuries he suffered in a car crash with a Broward sheriff#;s deputy. Attorney Lance Block, who has represented Brody since the #### crash, and lobbyists Brian Ballard and Mike Corcoran asked Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, to file an amendment to the claims bill (SB #) to eliminate a fee provision. "I#;m able to walk and talk and get up and

Baxter International, the global health care company based in Chicago, was feeling the economic pinch two years ago, and its legal department was looking for ways to cut costs. General counsel David Scharf found a unique answer: He turned several legal projects over to an innovative corporate lab at the University of Chicago Law School. And he#;s been delighted with the results. Baxter#;s lawyers coach the students, often holding meetings with them in the company offices. "It#;s a win-win," Scharf said, explaining the students receive real

Robert Barron , a partner of Berger Singerman, has been named to the Southern Florida chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society board of trustees. Howard S. Krooks, a partner of Elder Law Associates in Boca Raton, has been named president-elect of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Mark R. Antonelli , a partner of Gaebe Mullen Antonelli in Coral Gables, has been named president of the South Florida Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle has been recognized by the American Red

A # percent budget cut in operating budgets for the state#;s court clerks appears to be a certainty as time runs out in the legislative session, and the clerks are making plans to severely cut services. The House-Senate conference committee shocked the clerks last week with the proposed cut. The clerks have since been unable to sway the conference committee heads. Karen Rushing, legislative chair of the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers, has lobbied furiously since late last week to reverse or mitigate the damage. "The

The Federal Trade Commission has limited control over dietary supplements, but its effort to penalize a West Palm Beach-based company for alleged false claims about its products failed in the hands of a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks ruled the agency failed to prove Garden of Life violated a #### consent decree that it stop making false statements about what its products can do. The judge held no hearings on the case but decided the issue on the merits of the briefings. The FTC was seeking

Address: #### Fisher Island Drive, Unit #### ####, Fisher Island Property type: Six-bedroom, #,###-square-foot condo built in #### Price: $#.## million, or $###.## per square foot Sellers: Benjamin Huberman and Gisela B. Huberman Buyers: James Howard Desnick and Ahuva Desnick Southwest Ranches home sells for $#.#M Address: ##### Berkshire Court, Southwest Ranches Property type: #,###-squarefoot home Price: $#.# million, or $###.## per square foot Sellers: Charles A. Boyd and Kathleen M. Boyd Buyers: Philip Swift and Ana Rosario Calle

Address: #### Broadview Terrace, Bay Harbor Islands Property type: Two-story, six-bedroom, #,###-square-foot home built in #### Price: $#.# million, or $###.## per square foot Seller: Abraham Dahab and Katia Dahab Buyers: Brett Reizen

A Miramar office building was sold during a foreclosure auction. Address: #### Miramar Parkway, Miramar Property type: ##,###-squarefoot office building on #.## acres Borrower: Shams Unlimited Construction LLC, affiliated with Treasure Construction Corp. Lender/winning bidder: Wells Fargo Bank Judgment amount: $#.# million Bid amount: $###,### Coral Gables office building sells for $#.#M Address: #### Ponce De Leon Blvd., Coral Gables Property type: #,###-squarefoot office building completed in #### on #.## of an acre Price: $#.# million, or $#,###

The owner of two apartment buildings totaling ## units obtained a $#.## million loan. Address: ### NE ##th St., Oakland Park Property type: two apartment buildings totaling ## units Loan value: $#.## million Lender: Centerline Mortgage Capital Inc

Chris Basick has been named managing broker of the Brickell-Downtown branch of Esslinger Wooten Maxwell. John Lonardo has joined Sperry Van Ness in Miami as a senior adviser. Lonardo was a senior associate of Kerdyk Real Estate. Grant Rawdin

An attorney and lobbyists agreed Thursday to waive their fees to help pass a high-profile claims bill that would compensate Eric Brody for debilitating injuries he suffered in a car crash with a Broward sheriff#;s deputy. Attorney Lance Block, who has represented Brody since the #### crash, and lobbyists Brian Ballard and Mike Corcoran asked Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, to file an amendment to the claims bill (SB #) to eliminate a fee provision. "I#;m able to walk and talk and get up and

Baxter International, the global health care company based in Chicago, was feeling the economic pinch two years ago, and its legal department was looking for ways to cut costs. General counsel David Scharf found a unique answer: He turned several legal projects over to an innovative corporate lab at the University of Chicago Law School. And he#;s been delighted with the results. Baxter#;s lawyers coach the students, often holding meetings with them in the company offices. "It#;s a win-win," Scharf said, explaining the students receive real

Robert Barron , a partner of Berger Singerman, has been named to the Southern Florida chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society board of trustees. Howard S. Krooks, a partner of Elder Law Associates in Boca Raton, has been named president-elect of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Mark R. Antonelli , a partner of Gaebe Mullen Antonelli in Coral Gables, has been named president of the South Florida Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle has been recognized by the American Red

A # percent budget cut in operating budgets for the state#;s court clerks appears to be a certainty as time runs out in the legislative session, and the clerks are making plans to severely cut services. The House-Senate conference committee shocked the clerks last week with the proposed cut. The clerks have since been unable to sway the conference committee heads. Karen Rushing, legislative chair of the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers, has lobbied furiously since late last week to reverse or mitigate the damage. "The

The Federal Trade Commission has limited control over dietary supplements, but its effort to penalize a West Palm Beach-based company for alleged false claims about its products failed in the hands of a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks ruled the agency failed to prove Garden of Life violated a #### consent decree that it stop making false statements about what its products can do. The judge held no hearings on the case but decided the issue on the merits of the briefings. The FTC was seeking

Brandt v. State A##A#### (##/##/##) TEXT: Blackwell, Judge. Ryan Brandt and William Kollie were tried by a Gwinnett County jury and convicted of crimes arising from a home invasion and two restaurant robberies. They previously appealed their convictions, and as to Brandt, we vacated the denial of his motion to suppress and remanded for reconsideration of that motion in light of Arizona v. Gant , ### U. S. ### (### SC ####, ### LE#d ###) (####), a decision that came down while the appeal was pending. See Kollie v

Jones v. State A##A#### (##/##/##) TEXT: Doyle, Presiding Judge. This appeal arises from the trial court#;s revocation of Marlos Jones#;s probation for violation of the terms thereof. Jones filed an application for discretionary appeal, which this Court granted in order to review whether the trial court was authorized to revoke the balance of Jones#;s probation. # For the reasons that follow, we reverse. The record reveals that Jones pleaded guilty to one count of felony cruelty to children # and was sentenced to ten years

Howard v. Peachbelt Health & Rehabilitation Ctr. LLC A##A#### (##/##/##) TEXT: Phipps, Presiding Judge. We granted Angela Howards application for discretionary appeal in this workers#; compensation case. Howard appeals a superior court order affirming the decision of the appellate division of the State Board of Workers#; Compensation ("Board") to adopt the award of the administrative law judge ("ALJ"), denying her claim for disability income benefits arising from an accident that occurred during her employment with Peachbelt Health and Rehabilitation Center ("Peachbelt"). Key Risk Insurance Company, as the insurer for

Kremer v. Tea Party Patriots Inc. A##A#### (##/##/##) TEXT: Adams, Judge. Amy Kremer appeals the trial court#;s order finding her in contempt of a consent order entered in a declaratory judgment action filed by Tea Party Patriots, Inc. ("TPP"). "[T]he standard of review of a trial court#;s ruling on a motion to cite a party for contempt is . . . the #;any evidence#; standard. Consequently, if there is any evidence from which the trial court could have concluded that its order [was or] was not violated, we

In the Matter of Paul O. Farr S##Y#### (##/##/##) TEXT: PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary surrender of license filed by Paul Owen Farr (State Bar No. ######) pursuant to Rule #-### of the Georgia Rules of Professional Conduct. This Court previously accepted Farr#;s voluntary petition for an indefinite suspension based on mental incapacity, In the Matter of Farr , ### Ga. ### (### SE#d ###) (####). In this petition, Farr states that he remains disabled from practicing law

In the Matter of Creighton W. Sossomon S##Y#### (##/##/##) TEXT: PER CURIAM. In this reciprocal discipline case the Review Panel issued its Report and Recommendation recommending that Creighton W. Sossomon (State Bar No. ######), who has been a member of the State Bar of Georgia since ####, be suspended from the practice of law in Georgia for one year with conditions on his reinstatement. The recommendation was based on the fact that identical discipline was imposed in North Carolina due to Sossomon#;s representation of clients with adverse

In the Matter of James Swain S##Y#### (##/##/##) TEXT: PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary discipline filed by Respondent James Swain (State Bar No. ######) pursuant to Bar Rule #-### (b) before the issuance of a formal complaint. Swain requests a public reprimand for his admitted violations of Rules #.# (d) and #.# (a) (#). From the admissions made in his petition, it appears that Swain, who has been a member of the Tennessee Bar since ####

AT THE BEGINNING of our workshops, we ask our participants what they want to accomplish. Recently a student said, "I want to learn how to bend the audience to my will. " Everyone laughed, and so did I. The problem, however, is that many people really do believe that persuasion is about applying some sort of magical dark force. Not so. But anyone can learn to persuade if they follow the Ten Commandments of Persuasive Speaking. #. Thou shalt listen first. There#;s an old saying that goes, "All things being

IN TODAY#;S HIGH-TECH world, little can be done without personalized alpha-numeric passwords. Whether it#;s paying for online purchases, accessing bank accounts or checking a child#;s grades, usernames and passwords are mandatory. But what if that secret code hides possible incriminating evidence? Do prosecutors have the right to force a suspect to hand over encrypted information? The ##th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta, in a ruling Feb. ##, found that a demand by law enforcement violates the Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination

Address: #### Fisher Island Drive, Unit #### ####, Fisher Island Property type: Six-bedroom, #,###-square-foot condo built in #### Price: $#.## million, or $###.## per square foot Sellers: Benjamin Huberman and Gisela B. Huberman Buyers: James Howard Desnick and Ahuva Desnick Southwest Ranches home sells for $#.#M Address: ##### Berkshire Court, Southwest Ranches Property type: #,###-squarefoot home Price: $#.# million, or $###.## per square foot Sellers: Charles A. Boyd and Kathleen M. Boyd Buyers: Philip Swift and Ana Rosario Calle

Address: #### Broadview Terrace, Bay Harbor Islands Property type: Two-story, six-bedroom, #,###-square-foot home built in #### Price: $#.# million, or $###.## per square foot Seller: Abraham Dahab and Katia Dahab Buyers: Brett Reizen

A Miramar office building was sold during a foreclosure auction. Address: #### Miramar Parkway, Miramar Property type: ##,###-squarefoot office building on #.## acres Borrower: Shams Unlimited Construction LLC, affiliated with Treasure Construction Corp. Lender/winning bidder: Wells Fargo Bank Judgment amount: $#.# million Bid amount: $###,### Coral Gables office building sells for $#.#M Address: #### Ponce De Leon Blvd., Coral Gables Property type: #,###-squarefoot office building completed in #### on #.## of an acre Price: $#.# million, or $#,###

The owner of two apartment buildings totaling ## units obtained a $#.## million loan. Address: ### NE ##th St., Oakland Park Property type: two apartment buildings totaling ## units Loan value: $#.## million Lender: Centerline Mortgage Capital Inc

Chris Basick has been named managing broker of the Brickell-Downtown branch of Esslinger Wooten Maxwell. John Lonardo has joined Sperry Van Ness in Miami as a senior adviser. Lonardo was a senior associate of Kerdyk Real Estate. Grant Rawdin

An attorney and lobbyists agreed Thursday to waive their fees to help pass a high-profile claims bill that would compensate Eric Brody for debilitating injuries he suffered in a car crash with a Broward sheriff#;s deputy. Attorney Lance Block, who has represented Brody since the #### crash, and lobbyists Brian Ballard and Mike Corcoran asked Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fort Walton Beach, to file an amendment to the claims bill (SB #) to eliminate a fee provision. "I#;m able to walk and talk and get up and

Baxter International, the global health care company based in Chicago, was feeling the economic pinch two years ago, and its legal department was looking for ways to cut costs. General counsel David Scharf found a unique answer: He turned several legal projects over to an innovative corporate lab at the University of Chicago Law School. And he#;s been delighted with the results. Baxter#;s lawyers coach the students, often holding meetings with them in the company offices. "It#;s a win-win," Scharf said, explaining the students receive real

Robert Barron , a partner of Berger Singerman, has been named to the Southern Florida chapter of the Leukemia and Lymphoma Society board of trustees. Howard S. Krooks, a partner of Elder Law Associates in Boca Raton, has been named president-elect of the National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys. Mark R. Antonelli , a partner of Gaebe Mullen Antonelli in Coral Gables, has been named president of the South Florida Council of the Boy Scouts of America. Miami-Dade State Attorney Katherine Fernandez Rundle has been recognized by the American Red

A # percent budget cut in operating budgets for the state#;s court clerks appears to be a certainty as time runs out in the legislative session, and the clerks are making plans to severely cut services. The House-Senate conference committee shocked the clerks last week with the proposed cut. The clerks have since been unable to sway the conference committee heads. Karen Rushing, legislative chair of the Florida Association of Court Clerks and Comptrollers, has lobbied furiously since late last week to reverse or mitigate the damage. "The

The Federal Trade Commission has limited control over dietary supplements, but its effort to penalize a West Palm Beach-based company for alleged false claims about its products failed in the hands of a federal judge. U.S. District Judge Donald Middlebrooks ruled the agency failed to prove Garden of Life violated a #### consent decree that it stop making false statements about what its products can do. The judge held no hearings on the case but decided the issue on the merits of the briefings. The FTC was seeking

A jury decided a doctor and his professional group were not liable for alleged brain damage during an infant#;s delivery. Plaintiff counsel contended Samuel Kaufman#;s use of a vacuum in the delivery of Melissa MacDonald#;s son Jordan caused disrupted blood flow in Jordan#;s brain, resulting in a hypoxic ischemic injury that manifested as cerebral palsy. Defense counsel argued the use of the vacuum was reasonable because MacDonald was exhausted and no longer able to adequately push to help deliver the baby and the baby#;s head

A restaurant agreed to pay $###,### to a man who claimed he fractured his hip in an outdoor fall. Boris Brodsky, then ##, was leaving Hanna#;s Gourmet Diner in North Miami Beach at night when he tripped and fell over a curb due to the slope of a cement pathway. Plaintiff counsel contended Brodsky could not see the change in elevation because the path was over a grass slope, and patrons had to go down the slope to get to the parking lot. Defense counsel contended there was

Case: Ritzy Romero v. Toyota Motor Sales USA Case no: ####-cv-##### Description: Product liability, negligence Filing date: May ##, #### Trial dates: Jan. ##-Feb. ##, #### Jury decision: $#.## million Judge: U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams, Miami Plaintiff attorneys: Justin Parafinczuk, Daniel L. Koch and Marcus Susen, Koch Parafinczuk & Wolf, Fort Lauderdale; Raul Carlos De La Heria, De La Heria & Associates, Miami Defense attorneys: Robert J. Rudock and Whitney V. Harrell, Arnstein & Lehr, Miami; Bard Borkon, Bowman and Brooke, Minneapolis Details: Ritzy Romero was

Information provided to the Daily Business Review by brokers MIAMI-DADE #### NW ##th Ave., Doral Square Footage ##,### (warehouse) Tenant Barthco International Tenant Rep ProVenture Broker Taylor Hillenmeyer Landlord ProLogis Landlord Rep State Street Realty Brokers George Pino and Ed Lyden ### SE Second St., Miami Square Footage #,### (office) Tenant DRRT Investigators Landlord LaSalle Investment Management Landlord Rep Transwestern Broker Gordon Messinger ##### NW ##rd Ave., Miami Square Footage #,### (industrial) Tenant Proline International Group Tenant Rep Vivo Real Estate Group Broker David Olalde Landlord

The owner of a Royal Palm Beach commercial property faces foreclosure. Address: ### S. State Road #, Royal Palm Beach Property type: #.##-acre commercial parcel Lender: Legacy Bank of Florida Borrower: Pizza I Real Estate Ventures LLC, Anthony Dardano, managing member Original loan value: $#.## million in August #### School investor grabs ## acres in Davie An Aventura investor heavily involved in charter school development acquired more than ## acres in Davie. Address: #### Griffin Road, Davie Property type: Two mixed-use parcels totaling ##.## acres

The owner of a Fort Lauderdale industrial facility obtained a $#.# million loan. Address: #### NW ##nd St., Fort Lauderdale Property type: ##,###-square-foot industrial building on #.## acres Loan value: $#.# million Lender: CLI

Stiles Development has added three development managers to its staff: Jessica Joly, Reed McLane and Evan Rosenblatt. Joly managed major renovations and unit owner relations with Trump International in Sunny Isles. McLane was a real estate analyst evaluating feasibility and profitability of real estate investment opportunities with Stiles Investment Services. Rosenblatt was a pre-construction manager with Stiles Construction. Michael Pecchia has been named manager of CBIZ and Mayer Hoffman McCann in Boca Raton. Pecchia was attest supervisor of the firm. Donna Abood, chairwoman and founding partner of Colliers International

Parts of a New York state rule requiring attorneys who promote themselves as certified specialists to make prescribed disclosure statements violates the First Amendment, the #nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. Buffalo personal injury lawyer J. Michael Hayes convinced the #nd Circuit that there was a lack of clear standards for enforcing Rule #.# of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct on attorney specializations. Hayes drew the attention of the Attorney Grievance Committee for inadequate disclosures on his letterhead and on one of two billboards advertising

Want to know more about the latest trends in white collar crime affecting businesses? There may not be an app for that yet, but there is a newsletter from the American Bar Association. The white collar crime committee, part of the ABA#;s business law section, is planning to publish three issues a year. It sent out its first issue last week. The committee and the newsletter focus on those aspects of white collar criminal law that impact squarely on businesses and executives. The effort is chaired by David Rosenfield

Ending a ##-year fight with the federal government over the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.#;s #### seizure of Meritor Savings Bank, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ordered the U.S. government to pay a $### million judgment to Meritor#;s shareholders. Investors stand to receive $#.## a share, and their counsel, Winston & Strawn, will get a $## million contingency fee. The firm#;s Thomas Buchanan has represented shareholders since ####. The order followed years of tortured litigation involving not just Meritor but various banks that failed

A Miami jury has added $## million in punitive damages to a $## million compensatory award to the family of a smoker who died at ## of lung cancer. The case before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Peter Lopez is one of the so-called Engle progeny cases flowing from a Florida Supreme Court decision disbanding a statewide class of sick smokers suing cigarette makers. Alexander Coleman, the owner of a cleaning company and a lifelong Miami resident, died after smoking for more than ## years. The defendant was Lorillard Tobacco

E. Adriana Kostencki, an associate at Fowler White Burnett, has been named as alternate director of the board of directors of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Guy Quattlebaum, of counsel in the litigation practice group

A jury decided a doctor and his professional group were not liable for alleged brain damage during an infant#;s delivery. Plaintiff counsel contended Samuel Kaufman#;s use of a vacuum in the delivery of Melissa MacDonald#;s son Jordan caused disrupted blood flow in Jordan#;s brain, resulting in a hypoxic ischemic injury that manifested as cerebral palsy. Defense counsel argued the use of the vacuum was reasonable because MacDonald was exhausted and no longer able to adequately push to help deliver the baby and the baby#;s head

A restaurant agreed to pay $###,### to a man who claimed he fractured his hip in an outdoor fall. Boris Brodsky, then ##, was leaving Hanna#;s Gourmet Diner in North Miami Beach at night when he tripped and fell over a curb due to the slope of a cement pathway. Plaintiff counsel contended Brodsky could not see the change in elevation because the path was over a grass slope, and patrons had to go down the slope to get to the parking lot. Defense counsel contended there was

Case: Ritzy Romero v. Toyota Motor Sales USA Case no: ####-cv-##### Description: Product liability, negligence Filing date: May ##, #### Trial dates: Jan. ##-Feb. ##, #### Jury decision: $#.## million Judge: U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams, Miami Plaintiff attorneys: Justin Parafinczuk, Daniel L. Koch and Marcus Susen, Koch Parafinczuk & Wolf, Fort Lauderdale; Raul Carlos De La Heria, De La Heria & Associates, Miami Defense attorneys: Robert J. Rudock and Whitney V. Harrell, Arnstein & Lehr, Miami; Bard Borkon, Bowman and Brooke, Minneapolis Details: Ritzy Romero was

Information provided to the Daily Business Review by brokers MIAMI-DADE #### NW ##th Ave., Doral Square Footage ##,### (warehouse) Tenant Barthco International Tenant Rep ProVenture Broker Taylor Hillenmeyer Landlord ProLogis Landlord Rep State Street Realty Brokers George Pino and Ed Lyden ### SE Second St., Miami Square Footage #,### (office) Tenant DRRT Investigators Landlord LaSalle Investment Management Landlord Rep Transwestern Broker Gordon Messinger ##### NW ##rd Ave., Miami Square Footage #,### (industrial) Tenant Proline International Group Tenant Rep Vivo Real Estate Group Broker David Olalde Landlord

The owner of a Royal Palm Beach commercial property faces foreclosure. Address: ### S. State Road #, Royal Palm Beach Property type: #.##-acre commercial parcel Lender: Legacy Bank of Florida Borrower: Pizza I Real Estate Ventures LLC, Anthony Dardano, managing member Original loan value: $#.## million in August #### School investor grabs ## acres in Davie An Aventura investor heavily involved in charter school development acquired more than ## acres in Davie. Address: #### Griffin Road, Davie Property type: Two mixed-use parcels totaling ##.## acres

The owner of a Fort Lauderdale industrial facility obtained a $#.# million loan. Address: #### NW ##nd St., Fort Lauderdale Property type: ##,###-square-foot industrial building on #.## acres Loan value: $#.# million Lender: CLI

Stiles Development has added three development managers to its staff: Jessica Joly, Reed McLane and Evan Rosenblatt. Joly managed major renovations and unit owner relations with Trump International in Sunny Isles. McLane was a real estate analyst evaluating feasibility and profitability of real estate investment opportunities with Stiles Investment Services. Rosenblatt was a pre-construction manager with Stiles Construction. Michael Pecchia has been named manager of CBIZ and Mayer Hoffman McCann in Boca Raton. Pecchia was attest supervisor of the firm. Donna Abood, chairwoman and founding partner of Colliers International

Parts of a New York state rule requiring attorneys who promote themselves as certified specialists to make prescribed disclosure statements violates the First Amendment, the #nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. Buffalo personal injury lawyer J. Michael Hayes convinced the #nd Circuit that there was a lack of clear standards for enforcing Rule #.# of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct on attorney specializations. Hayes drew the attention of the Attorney Grievance Committee for inadequate disclosures on his letterhead and on one of two billboards advertising

Want to know more about the latest trends in white collar crime affecting businesses? There may not be an app for that yet, but there is a newsletter from the American Bar Association. The white collar crime committee, part of the ABA#;s business law section, is planning to publish three issues a year. It sent out its first issue last week. The committee and the newsletter focus on those aspects of white collar criminal law that impact squarely on businesses and executives. The effort is chaired by David Rosenfield

Ending a ##-year fight with the federal government over the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.#;s #### seizure of Meritor Savings Bank, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ordered the U.S. government to pay a $### million judgment to Meritor#;s shareholders. Investors stand to receive $#.## a share, and their counsel, Winston & Strawn, will get a $## million contingency fee. The firm#;s Thomas Buchanan has represented shareholders since ####. The order followed years of tortured litigation involving not just Meritor but various banks that failed

A Miami jury has added $## million in punitive damages to a $## million compensatory award to the family of a smoker who died at ## of lung cancer. The case before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Peter Lopez is one of the so-called Engle progeny cases flowing from a Florida Supreme Court decision disbanding a statewide class of sick smokers suing cigarette makers. Alexander Coleman, the owner of a cleaning company and a lifelong Miami resident, died after smoking for more than ## years. The defendant was Lorillard Tobacco

E. Adriana Kostencki, an associate at Fowler White Burnett, has been named as alternate director of the board of directors of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Guy Quattlebaum, of counsel in the litigation practice group

Jones v. State A##A#### (##/##/##) HEADNOTE: The Court of Appeals reversed the revocation of Marlos Jones#; probation, holding that the trial court erred in revoking the nearly #-year balance of Jones#; probation based on his failure to register as a sex offender, because the Georgia Department of Corrections#; petition for probation revocation contained no such allegation. The Department recommended a #-month revocation based on Jones#; failure to report to a probation officer and permit the officer to visit him at home or elsewhere. TEXT: Doyle, Presiding

Kremer v. Tea Party Patriots Inc. A##A#### (##/##/##) HEADNOTE: The Court of Appeals affirmed the order finding Amy Kremer in contempt of a consent order entered in a declaratory judgment action filed by Tea Party Patriots Inc. (TPP) to determine ownership of the Tea Party Patriots trademark and various associated websites and internet accounts, holding that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in holding Kremer in contempt on the basis that she had not taken all the necessary steps to deliver administrative control of the enumerated

A jury decided a doctor and his professional group were not liable for alleged brain damage during an infant#;s delivery. Plaintiff counsel contended Samuel Kaufman#;s use of a vacuum in the delivery of Melissa MacDonald#;s son Jordan caused disrupted blood flow in Jordan#;s brain, resulting in a hypoxic ischemic injury that manifested as cerebral palsy. Defense counsel argued the use of the vacuum was reasonable because MacDonald was exhausted and no longer able to adequately push to help deliver the baby and the baby#;s head

A restaurant agreed to pay $###,### to a man who claimed he fractured his hip in an outdoor fall. Boris Brodsky, then ##, was leaving Hanna#;s Gourmet Diner in North Miami Beach at night when he tripped and fell over a curb due to the slope of a cement pathway. Plaintiff counsel contended Brodsky could not see the change in elevation because the path was over a grass slope, and patrons had to go down the slope to get to the parking lot. Defense counsel contended there was

Case: Ritzy Romero v. Toyota Motor Sales USA Case no: ####-cv-##### Description: Product liability, negligence Filing date: May ##, #### Trial dates: Jan. ##-Feb. ##, #### Jury decision: $#.## million Judge: U.S. District Judge Kathleen M. Williams, Miami Plaintiff attorneys: Justin Parafinczuk, Daniel L. Koch and Marcus Susen, Koch Parafinczuk & Wolf, Fort Lauderdale; Raul Carlos De La Heria, De La Heria & Associates, Miami Defense attorneys: Robert J. Rudock and Whitney V. Harrell, Arnstein & Lehr, Miami; Bard Borkon, Bowman and Brooke, Minneapolis Details: Ritzy Romero was

Information provided to the Daily Business Review by brokers MIAMI-DADE #### NW ##th Ave., Doral Square Footage ##,### (warehouse) Tenant Barthco International Tenant Rep ProVenture Broker Taylor Hillenmeyer Landlord ProLogis Landlord Rep State Street Realty Brokers George Pino and Ed Lyden ### SE Second St., Miami Square Footage #,### (office) Tenant DRRT Investigators Landlord LaSalle Investment Management Landlord Rep Transwestern Broker Gordon Messinger ##### NW ##rd Ave., Miami Square Footage #,### (industrial) Tenant Proline International Group Tenant Rep Vivo Real Estate Group Broker David Olalde Landlord

The owner of a Royal Palm Beach commercial property faces foreclosure. Address: ### S. State Road #, Royal Palm Beach Property type: #.##-acre commercial parcel Lender: Legacy Bank of Florida Borrower: Pizza I Real Estate Ventures LLC, Anthony Dardano, managing member Original loan value: $#.## million in August #### School investor grabs ## acres in Davie An Aventura investor heavily involved in charter school development acquired more than ## acres in Davie. Address: #### Griffin Road, Davie Property type: Two mixed-use parcels totaling ##.## acres

The owner of a Fort Lauderdale industrial facility obtained a $#.# million loan. Address: #### NW ##nd St., Fort Lauderdale Property type: ##,###-square-foot industrial building on #.## acres Loan value: $#.# million Lender: CLI

Stiles Development has added three development managers to its staff: Jessica Joly, Reed McLane and Evan Rosenblatt. Joly managed major renovations and unit owner relations with Trump International in Sunny Isles. McLane was a real estate analyst evaluating feasibility and profitability of real estate investment opportunities with Stiles Investment Services. Rosenblatt was a pre-construction manager with Stiles Construction. Michael Pecchia has been named manager of CBIZ and Mayer Hoffman McCann in Boca Raton. Pecchia was attest supervisor of the firm. Donna Abood, chairwoman and founding partner of Colliers International

Parts of a New York state rule requiring attorneys who promote themselves as certified specialists to make prescribed disclosure statements violates the First Amendment, the #nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled. Buffalo personal injury lawyer J. Michael Hayes convinced the #nd Circuit that there was a lack of clear standards for enforcing Rule #.# of the New York Rules of Professional Conduct on attorney specializations. Hayes drew the attention of the Attorney Grievance Committee for inadequate disclosures on his letterhead and on one of two billboards advertising

Want to know more about the latest trends in white collar crime affecting businesses? There may not be an app for that yet, but there is a newsletter from the American Bar Association. The white collar crime committee, part of the ABA#;s business law section, is planning to publish three issues a year. It sent out its first issue last week. The committee and the newsletter focus on those aspects of white collar criminal law that impact squarely on businesses and executives. The effort is chaired by David Rosenfield

Ending a ##-year fight with the federal government over the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp.#;s #### seizure of Meritor Savings Bank, the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ordered the U.S. government to pay a $### million judgment to Meritor#;s shareholders. Investors stand to receive $#.## a share, and their counsel, Winston & Strawn, will get a $## million contingency fee. The firm#;s Thomas Buchanan has represented shareholders since ####. The order followed years of tortured litigation involving not just Meritor but various banks that failed

A Miami jury has added $## million in punitive damages to a $## million compensatory award to the family of a smoker who died at ## of lung cancer. The case before Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Peter Lopez is one of the so-called Engle progeny cases flowing from a Florida Supreme Court decision disbanding a statewide class of sick smokers suing cigarette makers. Alexander Coleman, the owner of a cleaning company and a lifelong Miami resident, died after smoking for more than ## years. The defendant was Lorillard Tobacco

E. Adriana Kostencki, an associate at Fowler White Burnett, has been named as alternate director of the board of directors of the Venezuelan-American Chamber of Commerce of the United States. Guy Quattlebaum, of counsel in the litigation practice group

Dealmakers: Jeffrey Davidson The Deal: Davidson helped Chopard, a Swiss-based luxury watch, jewelry and accessory company, buy two floors of office condos in Coral Gables for $#.## million. The seller was Gables Square Twelve Nine LLC. The deal closed on Jan. ##. Details: Chopard was leasing space at ## Valencia Ave. when it decided to acquire ##,###-square feet on the ninth and ##th floors. The units were not on the market but Chopard executives knew Gables Square, led by Oscar Vega, was facing financial troubles. Its

Dealmakers: Todd Linden, Richard Tasca and Steve Vecchitto The Deal: The Advenir executives worked their company#;s $##.# million acquisition of a Boynton Beach apartment community. The New York-based Holiday Organization was the seller of the ###-unit Colony Club Apartments. The deal closed Jan. ##. Details: Linden said Advenir signed a deal for the ##.##-acre property in October and faced several challenges. At that time, the property was ## percent vacant and Linden feared the occupancy level would continue to decrease during the due diligence

Address: #### N. State Road #, Lauderhill Property type: ##,###-squarefoot retail building on #.## acres Price: $###,###, or $##.## per square foot Seller: St. Mina#;s Plaza LLC, Samy Yacoub, manager Buyer: Peleg Group (USA) LLC, Ami Peleg, manager Past sale: $#.## million in January #### Office building sells for $###,### Address: ### E. Sheridan St., Dania Beach Property type: #,###-squarefoot office building on #.## of an acre Price: $###,###, or $###.## per square foot Seller: Richard Uecker

The owner of a Hialeah Gardens industrial facility obtained a $# million loan. Address: #### W. Okeechobee Road, Hialeah Gardens Property type: ##,###-square-foot industrial building completed in #### on #.## acres Loan value: $# million Lender

Office Depot, the Boca Raton office supply retailer, said its offer to redeem $### million in notes early has been oversubscribed. The company also announced plans for a private debt offering of $### million to major institutional investors. The proceeds will be used to fund the early redemptions. Office Depot said investors had tendered a total of $###.## million of the notes eligible for early redemption. That represents roughly ## percent of the outstanding notes, which had a yield of #.## percent and were due in ####. The

The Justice Department finds itself in a bind in a public records dispute in Washington over a photographer#;s reported work as a confidential informant during the civil rights era. A Washington federal judge in late January ordered the government to produce information in response to a demand for records from the Memphis newspaper Commercial Appeal. The problem is, Justice Department lawyers said Friday in a court filing, the index of records that the government was ordered to disclose would reveal whether Ernest Withers was an informant. DOJ contends the

Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, expects lawmakers to have to return to Tallahassee to redraw at least portions of the redistricting proposals being considered by the Florida Supreme Court. Haridopolos made the statement Monday in response to a question about whether he would support a special session to work on personal-injury protection legislation if that effort falters in the session#;s final days. "We#;re going to be here for an extraordinary session, in my guess, given the give and take last week in the Supreme Court

Republican attorneys general from nine states including Florida called themselves the "last line of defense for an out-of-control federal government," launching an effort to educate voters about what they called the "illegal" actions of President Barack Obama#;s administration. These attorneys general, speaking at a Republican Attorneys General Association-sponsored event Monday, represent states that have filed the most lawsuits against the Obama administration and have formed a "de facto task force" to fight back. They said their actions aren#;t political but rather a reaction to the

Bond Street Holdings in Miami, an acquirer of struggling banks in the southern half of the state, may have to wait longer for a payoff than other private-equity groups with big bets on Florida banks. Bond Street#;s national bank subsidiary, Florida Community Bank in Miami, a $#.# billion-asset amalgam of eight acquired banks, lost about $## million last year despite loan-loss protection from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Thomas E. Constance , a director of Bond Street, said plans for a $### million initial public offering

Judge Juan Ramirez Jr. the #rd District Court of Appeal is resigning his post to take a position with JAMS, a mediation firm that recently announced plans to open a Miami office. "You know, it was only a matter of time," he said in an interview Tuesday. Ramirez is ## and had begun thinking about life after reaching the state#;s mandatory judicial retirement age of ##. "Basically, I decided I would leave on my own terms and my own schedule," he said. "I got a very nice offer from

Dealmakers: Jeffrey Davidson The Deal: Davidson helped Chopard, a Swiss-based luxury watch, jewelry and accessory company, buy two floors of office condos in Coral Gables for $#.## million. The seller was Gables Square Twelve Nine LLC. The deal closed on Jan. ##. Details: Chopard was leasing space at ## Valencia Ave. when it decided to acquire ##,###-square feet on the ninth and ##th floors. The units were not on the market but Chopard executives knew Gables Square, led by Oscar Vega, was facing financial troubles. Its

Dealmakers: Todd Linden, Richard Tasca and Steve Vecchitto The Deal: The Advenir executives worked their company#;s $##.# million acquisition of a Boynton Beach apartment community. The New York-based Holiday Organization was the seller of the ###-unit Colony Club Apartments. The deal closed Jan. ##. Details: Linden said Advenir signed a deal for the ##.##-acre property in October and faced several challenges. At that time, the property was ## percent vacant and Linden feared the occupancy level would continue to decrease during the due diligence

Address: #### N. State Road #, Lauderhill Property type: ##,###-squarefoot retail building on #.## acres Price: $###,###, or $##.## per square foot Seller: St. Mina#;s Plaza LLC, Samy Yacoub, manager Buyer: Peleg Group (USA) LLC, Ami Peleg, manager Past sale: $#.## million in January #### Office building sells for $###,### Address: ### E. Sheridan St., Dania Beach Property type: #,###-squarefoot office building on #.## of an acre Price: $###,###, or $###.## per square foot Seller: Richard Uecker

The owner of a Hialeah Gardens industrial facility obtained a $# million loan. Address: #### W. Okeechobee Road, Hialeah Gardens Property type: ##,###-square-foot industrial building completed in #### on #.## acres Loan value: $# million Lender

Office Depot, the Boca Raton office supply retailer, said its offer to redeem $### million in notes early has been oversubscribed. The company also announced plans for a private debt offering of $### million to major institutional investors. The proceeds will be used to fund the early redemptions. Office Depot said investors had tendered a total of $###.## million of the notes eligible for early redemption. That represents roughly ## percent of the outstanding notes, which had a yield of #.## percent and were due in ####. The

The Justice Department finds itself in a bind in a public records dispute in Washington over a photographer#;s reported work as a confidential informant during the civil rights era. A Washington federal judge in late January ordered the government to produce information in response to a demand for records from the Memphis newspaper Commercial Appeal. The problem is, Justice Department lawyers said Friday in a court filing, the index of records that the government was ordered to disclose would reveal whether Ernest Withers was an informant. DOJ contends the

Senate President Mike Haridopolos, R-Merritt Island, expects lawmakers to have to return to Tallahassee to redraw at least portions of the redistricting proposals being considered by the Florida Supreme Court. Haridopolos made the statement Monday in response to a question about whether he would support a special session to work on personal-injury protection legislation if that effort falters in the session#;s final days. "We#;re going to be here for an extraordinary session, in my guess, given the give and take last week in the Supreme Court

Republican attorneys general from nine states including Florida called themselves the "last line of defense for an out-of-control federal government," launching an effort to educate voters about what they called the "illegal" actions of President Barack Obama#;s administration. These attorneys general, speaking at a Republican Attorneys General Association-sponsored event Monday, represent states that have filed the most lawsuits against the Obama administration and have formed a "de facto task force" to fight back. They said their actions aren#;t political but rather a reaction to the

Bond Street Holdings in Miami, an acquirer of struggling banks in the southern half of the state, may have to wait longer for a payoff than other private-equity groups with big bets on Florida banks. Bond Street#;s national bank subsidiary, Florida Community Bank in Miami, a $#.# billion-asset amalgam of eight acquired banks, lost about $## million last year despite loan-loss protection from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. Thomas E. Constance , a director of Bond Street, said plans for a $### million initial public offering

Judge Juan Ramirez Jr. the #rd District Court of Appeal is resigning his post to take a position with JAMS, a mediation firm that recently announced plans to open a Miami office. "You know, it was only a matter of time," he said in an interview Tuesday. Ramirez is ## and had begun thinking about life after reaching the state#;s mandatory judicial retirement age of ##. "Basically, I decided I would leave on my own terms and my own schedule," he said. "I got a very nice offer from

In the Matter of Paul O. Farr S##Y#### (##/##/##) HEADNOTE: The Supreme Court accepted the voluntary surrender of Paul O. Farr#;s license to practice law in Georgia. Farr, whom the Court previously suspended indefinitely, remains disabled from practicing law and acknowledges that he may apply for readmission no earlier than five years from the date of the Court#;s opinion. TEXT: PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary surrender of license filed by Paul Owen Farr (State Bar No. ######

In the Matter of Creighton W. Sossomon S##Y#### (##/##/##) HEADNOTE: The Supreme Court suspended Creighton W. Sossomon from the practice of law in Georgia for one year from the date of this opinion based on his suspension from the North Carolina State Bar for representing clients with adverse interests. Sossomon#;s reinstatement is conditioned upon proof of his reinstatement to practice law in North Carolina and full compliance with all conditions for reinstatement therein. TEXT: PER CURIAM. In this reciprocal discipline case the Review Panel issued its Report

In the Matter of James Swain S##Y#### (##/##/##) HEADNOTE: The Supreme Court ordered that James Swain receive a public reprimand based on his admitted violations of Rules #.# (d) and #.# (a) (#). Swain notarized the signature of a client#;s father on an irrevocable trust document outside the father#;s presence. TEXT: PER CURIAM. This disciplinary matter is before the Court on the petition for voluntary discipline filed by Respondent James Swain (State Bar No. ######) pursuant to Bar Rule #-### (b) before the