During or After Your Divorce, It’s Time to Update Your Estate Plan

By Jennifer L. Fulton, Esquire If you are going through a divorce, consider your estate plan. Most people want someone other than the spouse they are divorcing to make their health care decisions for them. You may also want to change the fiduciaries named in your documents and change the beneficiaries. The rules are different...

Hand Sanitizer, Toilet Paper and… An Estate Plan?

By Jennifer L. Fulton, Esquire The recent coronavirus pandemic has all of us making our emergency preparedness list: hand sanitizer, toilet paper, sanitizing wipes, etc. But perhaps you haven’t thought of another important measure that should be in place, to protect you and your family: a basic estate plan. This can be done with social...

Bresky Law successfully secures ruling in a case of national origin discrimination and retaliation

Bresky Law was recently successful in securing affirmance of a substantial verdict in favor of a former employee in a suit against her former employer for national origin discrimination and retaliation. The Plaintiff began working for the employer through a temp agency and was later hired full-time. Shortly thereafter, persons from a certain country became...

Significant Caselaw: When Expert Testimony Is Not Required to Obtain an Award of Attorney’s Fees

April 1, 2020* Robin Bresky argued before the Fourth DCA and successfully defended an award of attorney’s fees involving an important issue of law. Bresky Law assisted the appellee, another law firm, in an appeal by that firm’s former client, a condominium association. The association challenged the fee award due to the absence of supporting...

What Is a Power of Attorney and Why Would I Want One?

We live in uncertain times. Our GPS re-routes us for accidents during our commute. There are rumors of epidemics that may impact our health. According to the Alzheimer’s Association, 1 in 3 seniors dies with Alzheimer’s or another dementia. It is uncomfortable to think about moving from being healthy and in control of your...

Bresky Law Obtains Disqualification of Trial Judge for Clients Before Attorneys’ Fee Hearing

In Florida, “every litigant is entitled to nothing less than the cold neutrality of an impartial judge.” State v. Parks, 141 Fla. 516, 194 So. 613, 615 (Fla. 1939). If a trial court judge says or does something that appears to indicate bias, prejudice, partiality, or prejudgment against a litigant, that party may have...

Pass-Through Jurisdiction: Potential Fast Track to Highest Appellate Review

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When to Hire an Appellate Attorney in a Florida Family Law Case

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Bresky Law Assists Estate in Obtaining Per Curiam Affirmance of Order Sanctioning Plaintiffs and Plaintiffs’ Attorneys

Bresky Law recently assisted a defendant’s estate in defending the propriety of a sanctions order in an appeal by the plaintiff. The plaintiff sued the defendant after the defendant stopped payment on a check for goods to be purchased from the plaintiff. The defendant filed a motion for sanctions pursuant to section 57.105, Florida...

Home Sweet Florida Home: Establishing Your Domicile in Florida

By Jennifer L. Fulton, Esquire There’s no place like home . . . and from an estate and tax planning perspective, there is no place to call home like Florida. In addition to all that sunshine, Florida has no state income, fiduciary, estate or inheritance tax, and offers strong constitutional homestead creditor protection, making it...