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EMPLOYMENT LITIGATION
SEXUAL ABUSE & INSTITUTIONAL ACCOUNTABILITY LITIGATION
NBC News
Jane Doe v. Palmetto (Teacher Sexual Abuse Case)
- Interview with Willard Shepard (2019)
- NBC 6 South Florida News Coverage: New Details Revealed in Teacher Sex Case
- Coverage examining allegations of sexual abuse by a teacher and institutional failures to protect a minor.
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Orlando Sentinel
Lake County Jury Awards $12.5 Million Verdict to Molested Boy Against Florida Baptist Convention
- Landmark jury verdict holding a religious institution accountable for sexual abuse.
- Coverage highlights systemic negligence and institutional misconduct.
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Mom of abused boy sues ex-pastor, churches
- The lawsuit says area Baptist groups should have protected the Lake boy. His former pastor is in prison.
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Daily Business Review
Attorney win $12.5Million award for abuse victim
- Miami Attorney Ronald Weil and Mary Olszewska of Weil Quaranta McGobern obtain $12.5 M award for a Tavared man who was murdered by a minister hired by the Florida Baptist Convention.
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BishopAccountability.org
Florida Baptist Convention – Abuse Liability Case
The New York Times
Religion and the Law By ADAM LIPTAK Published: April 14, 2002
- National coverage addressing civil liability of religious institutions for abuse and concealment.
- The legal tactics that Roman Catholic dioceses around the country have used in sexual abuse cases against priests have ranged from withering hardball litigation to mediation to consider payments to victims even after the statute of limitations has expired. ”There is not only an enormous variation from diocese to diocese,” said Patrick J. Schiltz, the dean of the University of Saint Thomas School of Law in St. Paul, ”but also among the attorneys representing a given diocese.”
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Tampa Bay Times
Church Penalized in Molestation Case $4.2 million
- Reporting on civil penalties imposed for institutional failure to prevent sexual abuse.
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Miami Herald
Florida Baptist Convention, $6.7 Million
- Jury Verdict against the Baptist Church and in favor of a 14-year-old boy abused by his youth minister.
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WTVJ-TV
- Representation of a minor in civil rights litigation against a Miami private school for failure to intervene in cyberbullying.
- Lawsuit against Our Lady of Lourdes Academy and the Archdiocese of Miami alleging discrimination, institutional neglect, and failure to protect.
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Weil Law Firm Advocacy on behalf of Victims of Sexual Abuse.
- We deliver justice to victims of sexual abuse by clergy, employers, teachers, therapists, or hospital personnel. For more than 30 years our advocacy of child and adult victims has held the institutions who retain abusers accountable.
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NATIONAL & MAJOR MEDIA COVERAGE
TIME Magazine
- Can a Church Go Broke?
- Examination of financial exposure and accountability of religious organizations.
The New York Times
The Miami Herald
- Church Penalized in Molestation Case
- Includes analysis of organizational suppression and institutional liability.
Tampa Bay Times
Washington Post
BUSINESS & COMMERCIAL LITIGATION
Daily Business Review / Law.com
“Just a Horror Show”: Miami Lawyers Secure $3.1M Settlement for Condominium Client
- Attorney Ron Weil secured a $3.1 million settlement for a Yacht Club at Portofino condominium owner following years of construction delays and emergency court intervention.
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MPA Mag / Realitysearch.com
“Class action accuses Fairway, Hallmark of loan originator kickback scheme.”
- Federal class-action lawsuit alleges Hallmark Home Mortgage originators steered borrowers into inflated construction loans tied to a related builder, involving kickbacks and fraudulent loan draws that left many homes unfinished.
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Brickell City Centre / Frame Art Litigation
NBC 6 South Florida Coverage
- Miami art gallery owner sued developers of the $1B Brickell City Centre project over safety hazards and property damage.
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- Brickell City Centre Faces Legal Hurdle as Nearby Business Owner Sues Over Safety Hazard
- Judge Sides with Brickell City Centre on Falling Debris Complaints
- Law360 Media Coverage
HIGH-PROFILE CIVIL LITIGATION
Broker’s Lawsuit Against Miami Heat President Pat Riley
- Commission dispute between Pat Riley and real estate broker Randy Hill.
- Settled mid-trial with jury empaneled.
- Represented by Ron Weil.
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International Legal Fees Litigation
- $2 million dispute involving unpaid legal fees in South Florida and Brazil.
- Third District Court of Appeal reversed contempt findings that could have resulted in incarceration of a Dubai businessman.
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Circuit Court of the 11th Judicial Circuit in and for Miami-Dade County
- Roberto Zamora, Lafise Coporation Vs Haroldo J. Montealgre
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