Rob Klein and Lisa Harris were successful in a multi-week trial of a legal malpractice claim against a large national defense firm, which had purportedly failed to advise an insurance carrier client that it was being “set up” for bad faith in a claim against an insured, who was represented by the Firm. The insurance...Read More

Rob Klein and Richard Jones were successful in affirming a summary judgment secured on behalf of an attorney who served as an escrow agent to a transaction between a home buyer and a home builder. The attorney was sued by a private lender who loaned money to the buyer to be used in the purchase...Read More

Rob Klein and Mark Sullivan were successful in the trial of a bar grievance matter against an attorney who had been accused of making false statements to a state circuit court judge, who ultimately found the attorney guilty of contempt in a civil proceeding. The client admitted a lack of candor, but refused to accept...Read More

Richard Jones was successful in obtaining dismissal with prejudice against a bankruptcy attorney. The plaintiff alleged that the attorney was negligent in rendering pre-and-post petition advice regarding the decision to file a Chapter 11 petition and in preventing the subsequent conversion of the case to a Chapter 7. After removing the case to bankruptcy court,...Read More

Michael Shelley and Mark Sullivan obtained a directed verdict and final judgment in favor of a Miami Beach hotel following four days of jury trial on a malicious prosecution claim in “Elegant” Elliot Offen v. Intercontinental Hotels Corporation, et al. After previously dispensing with the plaintiff’s other four counts on dispositive motions, Mr. Shelley and...Read More

Alex Diaz was successfully in affirming the dismissal of a legal malpractice complaint against a criminal defense attorney that he had previously secured. The plaintiff alleged that the attorney had provided negligent legal services. The court dismissed the plaintiff’s claim on the basis that the plaintiff’s complaint failed to state a cause of action. The Third...Read More

Partners Robert Klein, Sherryll Dunaj and Mark Sullivan successfully affirmed the second motion for summary judgment in a case against an attorney alleging violations of the Federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) , 15 USC Sec. 1692(e) (5). The Federal District Court in that matter had granted summary judgment on a prior occasion in...Read More

Following a six-day evidentiary hearing on a Sworn Motion to Strike the Plaintiff’s Complaint as a Sham Pleading, a Miami Dade Circuit Court entered a 15 page written order dismissing a plaintiff’s legal malpractice lawsuit against her former divorce attorney with prejudice. At the evidentiary hearing, Klein Glasser attorneys Rob Klein and Mark Sullivan presented...Read More

Rob Klein and Houston Park were successful in affirming a summary judgment which Mr. Park had secured for attorney clients who had allegedly failed to initiate a timely legal malpractice action on behalf of that very same client. Ironically, the Court of Appeal ultimately agreed with the Firm’s contention that the statute of limitations had...Read More

Rob Klein, Mark Sullivan and Sherry Dunaj obtained a summary judgment for an attorney client in a Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim filed in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The firm had secured a prior summary judgment, which was affirmed in large part by the U.S. Court of...Read More