by Mike on September 3, 2010
Imagine a law firm so sloppy the court imposed a $49,000 fine on them. Well, you don’t have to imagine – Smith, Hiatt & Diaz got hit with that fine last week. I promised you I’d post the court order as soon at it was released – and here it is: the order of contempt […]
by Mike on August 30, 2010
I just got a short report from a friend in Manatee County about big events happening in Bradenton today: “Judge Dunnigan just fined Smith Hiatt & Diaz $49,000.00.” If they don’t pay within 4 days, it’s another $7,000 per day. This apparently arises from an incident a few weeks ago when Manatee County Judge Janette […]
The Plaintiff’s firm in a foreclosure action we’re defending just filed an affidavit in support of its request for attorney fees on this contested case. After reciting all the boilerplate preliminaries, the affidavit said: Smith, Hiatt, & Diaz has reached a fee agreement with their client wherein the Firm is paid based upon a flat […]