Supreme Court of Florida

A potential plaintiff may assign a legal malpractice claim involving the preparation of private placement memoranda.

Appellate Information

• Decided 03/17/2005
• Published 03/17/2005

Judges

• CANTERO, J.

Court

• Supreme Court of Florida

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Laura Besvinick of Hogan and Hartson, LLP, Miami, FL on behalf of Cowan, Liebowitz and Latman, P.C.;  Robert Michael Klein and Marlene S. Reiss of Stephens, Lynn, Klein, Lacava, Hoffman and Puya, Miami, FL on behalf of Stephen M. Rosenberg and James J. D'Esposito;  Caryn Bellus of Kubicki Draper, P.A., Miami, FL on behalf of Franzino and Rosenberg, P.C.;   and Deborah Poore Knight of Walton, Lantaff, Schroeder and Carson Corporate Center, Fort Lauderdale, FL on behalf of Marshall Platt, Marshall Douglas Platt, P.A., Jack B. Packer, P.A. and Packer and Platt, for Petitioner., Daniel S. Green of Ullman and Kurpiers, LLC and Tracy Raffles Gunn of Fowler, White, Boggs and Banker, P.A, Tampa, FL on behalf of Florida Defense Lawyers' Association and Paul Steven Singerman, Ilyse M. Homer and Paul A. Avron of Berger Singerman, P.A., Miami, FL on behalf of the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar, as Amici Curiae.


• For Appellees:
  
• Steven E. Stark and David A. Friedman of Fowler White Burnett, P.A., Miami, FL, for Respondent.