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Scott Westheimer Becomes Florida Bar President-Elect While Opponent Under Scrutiny for Annual Dues Claim

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By Michael Mora 

March 23, 2022 

Scott Westheimer, a partner at Syprett Meshad in Sarasota, won the race to become president-elect of The Florida Bar. A member of the bar’s board of governors acknowledged Westheimer’s opponent has been the subject of complaints about inaccurate statements her campaign allegedly made about the bar’s annual dues.

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What Is a Digital Wallet?

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By Geoff Williams
Edited by Melanie Pincus
Reviewed by Whitney Blair Wyckoff
March 18, 2022

If you want to simplify how you make payments – and you don’t want to rely on physical cash and credit cards – you may want to use a digital wallet, also known as an electronic wallet, e-wallet or, when used on your phone, mobile wallet.

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‘That One Rare Case’: Miami Judge Lifts Lid on ‘Heart Wrenching’ Surfside Collapse Litigation

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By Raychel Lean 

March 18, 2022 

Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton Founder and Partner Harley Tropin and X-Dispute Mediator David Ichel quizzed Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman about Surfside’s Champlain Towers South litigation at the University of Miami’s Class Action and Complex Litigation Forum.

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‘A Lot of Motion Practices Are Really Time Wasters’: How to Disappoint a Class Action Judge

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By Raychel Lean 

March 16, 2022 

Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton Founder and Partner Harley Tropin joined Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Michael Hanzman, X-Dispute LLC Mediator and Arbitrator David Ichel, and other legal experts at the recent University of Miami’s Class Action and Complex Litigation Forum.

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Leading the Way: Three-Time Managing Partner Corali Lopez-Castro on Why Everyone Should Try Firm Leadership

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By Dan Roe
March 1, 2022

Our weekly firm leadership Q&A series features Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton managing partner Corali Lopez-Castro.

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The Eleventh Circuit Clarifies the Standards for Seeking Approval of Bar Orders in Bankruptcy

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Winter 2022

Did you know that third-party releases is the hot topic in our bankruptcy world? The Eleventh Circuit recently settled a long-standing debate over the proper standards bankruptcy courts should apply in approving them.  KTT Attorneys David L. Rosendorf and Mindy Y. Kubs discuss the opinion and its implications in an article appearing in the Business Bankruptcy Newsletter published by the American Bankruptcy Association.

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Attorney Javier Lopez, 41, is Fighting to Breathe as He Shares His EmergencyRoom COVID-19 Struggle

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By Michael Mora

January 12, 2022

Most attorneys avoid any appearance of weakness at all costs, but Javier Lopez was brave enough to share his battle with the coronavirus that continues to this day.

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Aetna ‘Wrong’ to Deny Cancer Treatment Coverage, Judge Says

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By Jacklyn Wille Berthelsen

January 28, 2021

KTT Attorneys Maria D. Garcia and Robert Neary, along with co-counsel Stephanie Casey, were recently granted their motion for summary judgement in the Southern District of Florida for their clients, the putative plaintiffs in a case against Aetna for denial of PBRT coverage.

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The 3 biggest higher education controversies of 2021

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By Sam Becker

January 4, 2022

Higher education isn’t a stranger to scandals and controversies, and 2021 was no exception. While some scandals from previous years approached their inevitable conclusions, the COVID-19 pandemic—or ongoing pandemic, as we enter its third year—fueled a swath of lawsuits at colleges around the country. What’s more, students also took to the picket lines at some universities, demanding better treatment (and bigger paychecks).

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