AG investigation into foreclosure law firms dealt blow
October 04, 2010
By: Julie Kay
Palm Beach Circuit judge dealt a blow today to Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum’s investigation of foreclosure law firms by quashing a subpoena issued to one of the firms.
Judge Jack Cox in a sharply worded order said it’s up to the Florida Supreme Court and The Florida Bar to regulate attorneys, not the attorney general. He also called the attorney general’s subpoena of Shapiro & Fishman “overbroad, vague, inconsistent and unduly burdensome.” McCollum’s office had no immediate response.
The office had subpoenaed three of the state’s largest foreclosure law firms — the Law Offices of David Stern in Plantation, the Shapiro firm with offices in Boca Raton and Tampa, and the Law Offices of Marshall Watson in Fort Lauderdale — as part of a wider investigation into foreclosure firms.
Critics including consumer advocate groups and foreclosure defense firms have alleged the firms targeted by McCollum’s office filed incorrect or even phony paperwork to achieve foreclosure judgments in the state courts. The plaintiff law firms have denied wrongdoing.
October 04, 2010
By: Julie Kay
Palm Beach Circuit judge dealt a blow today to Florida Attorney General Bill McCollum’s investigation of foreclosure law firms by quashing a subpoena issued to one of the firms.
Judge Jack Cox in a sharply worded order said it’s up to the Florida Supreme Court and The Florida Bar to regulate attorneys, not the attorney general. He also called the attorney general’s subpoena of Shapiro & Fishman “overbroad, vague, inconsistent and unduly burdensome.” McCollum’s office had no immediate response.
The office had subpoenaed three of the state’s largest foreclosure law firms — the Law Offices of David Stern in Plantation, the Shapiro firm with offices in Boca Raton and Tampa, and the Law Offices of Marshall Watson in Fort Lauderdale — as part of a wider investigation into foreclosure firms.
Critics including consumer advocate groups and foreclosure defense firms have alleged the firms targeted by McCollum’s office filed incorrect or even phony paperwork to achieve foreclosure judgments in the state courts. The plaintiff law firms have denied wrongdoing.
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