Appellate Attorney Robin I. Bresky Honored With 2019 Soroptimist International Women of Distinction Award

BOCA RATON, Fla. – Appellate attorney Robin I. Bresky, Founder and President of Bresky Law, won the 2019 Soroptimist International Women of Distinction award in the category of Community Involvement. Bresky was recognized for her many contributions to Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County where she has served as a board member for the...

Daily Business Review Features Bresky Law’s Appellate Matter Holding the Disqualification of Trial Judge

Florida Rule of Judicial Administration 2.330 and section 38.10, Florida Statutes, govern the disqualification of trial judges. A party may seek to have a judge disqualified where the party “fears that he or she will not receive a fair trial or hearing because of specifically described prejudice or bias of the judge.” “The question...

Update: Minor Child Permitted To Relocate Out Of State to Reside With The Father After The Trial Court Granted A Motion For Rehearing In Favor Of The Father Who Received Litigation Support From Bresky Law

Following the trial court’s dismissal of his Second Supplemental Petition to Permit Relocation with Minor Child in a paternity action, the Father retained Bresky Law to draft a Motion for Rehearing to be filed by trial counsel. The trial court granted the Motion for Rehearing, which effectively undid the dismissal order. Following the granting of the...

Bresky Law Obtains Per Curiam Affirmance for Appellees in Ejectment and Conversion Case

Bresky Law in Boca Raton, Florida, recently helped its clients, who are landowners in Hendry County, to maintain the victory they had previously won in the trial court in a case involving the ejectment of squatters from their farmland and the assessment of damages for the squatters’ conversion of personal property. The underlying case began...

Five Things You Should Do in the Trial Court to Boost Your Chance of Winning an Appeal

Everything you do in the trial court should be geared towards a potential appeal. It seems that one side or the other is likely to appeal nearly any order. If you’re the Appellant, trying to reverse an order adverse to your client, the statewide statistics show less than a 20% chance of success on...

Protecting Your Adult Children: The Underappreciated Benefit of a Revocable Living Trust

By Jennifer L. Fulton, Esquire Bresky Law The golden age of the pension plan is waning. Social security is at risk of going bankrupt. The divorce rate has risen, and can wreak financial havoc in a person’s life. How will your children retire? While you may not be able to protect them from these possibilities, your...

What If You’re Not Sure Whether an Order Is Final and Appealable?

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Bringing Up Baby: Estate Planning for Your Little Bundle of Joy

By Jennifer L. Fulton, Esquire It’s easy to think that estate planning is just for those with a little gray around the temple. However, the birth of a little one is a very important time to talk about your estate plan. And yes, grandparents can talk about it too. As parents, now is the time...

Bresky Law Prevails in Classifying Order as Final, Appealable Order

August 2019 District courts of appeal have jurisdiction to review final orders under Florida Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.110 and certain nonfinal orders under Rule 9.130. Other kinds of nonfinal orders not listed in Rule 9.130 cannot be reviewed via an interlocutory appeal; they can be reviewed only within a plenary appeal from an eventual...

Attorney’s Fees and the Requirement of Expert Witness Testimony in Florida

July, 2019 A party to litigation in Florida is often entitled to recoup its reasonable attorney’s fees from the opposing party pursuant to a statute or a contract between the parties. Florida law requires in most cases that a party seeking its fees from the opposing party introduce the testimony of an expert witness in...