District Court of Appeal of Florida

An out-of-state attorney's petition for writ of certiorari seeking review of an order revoking his pro hac vice admission status arising from discovery abuse in an underlying action is granted where the trial court departed from the essential requirements of the law in revoking petitioner's status without notice and an opportunity to be heard, and petitioner suffered irreparable injury and had no adequate remedy at law.

Appellate Information

• Decided 05/24/2006
• Published 05/24/2006

Judges

• MAY, J.

Court

• District Court of Appeal of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Marie A. Borland and Benjamin H. Hill, III, of Hill, Ward & Henderson, P.A., Tampa, and John A. DeVault, III, of Bedell, Dittmar, DeVault, Pillans & Coxe, P.A., Jacksonville, for petitioner.


• For Appellees:
  
• Jack Scarola of Searcy, Denney, Scarola, Barnhart & Shipley, P.A., West Palm Beach, Joel D. Eaton of Podhurst Orseck, P.A., Miami, and Jerold S. Solovy, Ronald L. Marmer, Paul M. Smith and Jeffrey T. Shaw of Jenner & Block, LLP, Chicago, IL, for respondent Coleman (Parent) Holdings, Inc.