Bresky Law Successfully Defends Motion for Appellate Attorney’s Fees Based on Failure to Apportion Settlement Offer

Bresky Law Successfully Defends Motion for Appellate Attorney’s Fees Based on Failure to Apportion Settlement Offer Bresky Law recently successfully defended against a motion for appellate attorney’s fees based on opposing counsel’s failure to apportion a settlement offer. The case concerned the Defendant’s failure to pay for professional services rendered by her attorney in a...

Bresky Law Helps Father Obtain Co-Guardianship of Developmentally Disabled Adult Daughter

Bresky Law Helps Father Obtain Co-Guardianship of Developmentally Disabled Adult Daughter Bresky Law recently assisted a father and his trial counsel in obtaining co-guardianship of the father’s developmentally disabled adult daughter over the objections of his ex-wife. Our client’s ex-wife, who is the girl’s mother, filed a petition for guardianship of their daughter without providing...

Bresky Law Obtains Affirmance of Order Ruling that Obligation in Property Settlement Agreement Did Not Apply to Non-Probate Assets

Bresky Law, with appellate co-counsel and trial counsel Amy Beller, recently obtained a per curiam affirmance of a trial court order in our client’s favor in a dispute over the interpretation of language in a property settlement agreement (“Agreement”). The Decedent entered into the Agreement as part...

Fourth DCA Holds That Inheritance Commingled with Marital Funds Became Marital Property Subject to Equitable Distribution

Fourth DCA Holds That Inheritance Commingled with Marital Funds Became Marital Property Subject to Equitable Distribution A divorce proceeding forces the parties, their attorneys, and possibly the court, to examine the parties’ assets to determine which assets are marital and which are non-marital. Absent an agreement between the parties, the marital assets are then subject...

Bresky Law Wins Rehearing of Order Holding Former Husband in Contempt for Failure to Pay Alimony

Bresky Law Wins Rehearing of Order Holding Former Husband in Contempt for Failure to Pay Alimony Bresky Law recently succeeded on a motion for rehearing of an order that had held our client in contempt for failure to pay alimony. The parties’ marriage was dissolved in 2009. In early 2012, the former wife filed a...

Bresky Law Wins Reversal of Summary Judgment in Homeowner’s Dispute Over Condo Association’s Use of Chemical Pesticides**

Bresky Law Wins Reversal of Summary Judgment in Homeowner’s Dispute Over Condo Association’s Use of Chemical Pesticides Bresky Law recently won reversal of a trial court’s order granting summary judgment for a condominium association against a unit owner who objected to the association’s use of pesticides in her unit. The dispute began when the elderly...

Alter Egos No More! Bresky Law Assists with Unique California Appeal

Alter Egos No More! Bresky Law Assists with Unique California Appeal Bresky Law was retained in 2013 to assist two California attorneys with an appeal in Los Angeles. We researched and drafted portions of the briefs and assisted in editing and polishing the drafts into cohesive products, which were reviewed, finalized, signed, and filed by...

Bresky Law Wins Affirmance of Final Summary Judgment Finding Condominium Purchaser Entitled to Benefit of Safe Harbor Statute

Bresky Law Wins Affirmance of Final Summary Judgment Finding Condominium Purchaser Entitled to Benefit of Safe Harbor Statute Bresky Law recently successfully defended an appeal by a condominium association of a final summary judgment finding our client entitled to the safe harbor protection of section 718.116(1)(b), Florida Statutes. We represented a condo owner who purchased...

Firm Obtains Writ Disqualifying Judge from Presiding over Family Law Case

Firm Obtains Writ Disqualifying Judge from Presiding over Family Law Case The Father in a post-dissolution family-law dispute had twice filed motions asking the judge to disqualify herself because of the appearance of partiality. One motion was based on a letter where the judge disclosed that she had been personally represented by a partner in...

Bresky Law Obtains Affirmance of Foreclosure Judgment

Bresky Law Obtains Affirmance of Foreclosure Judgment The Third District Court of Appeal recently affirmed a foreclosure judgment in favor of the lender, for whom Bresky Law was lead appellate counsel. The homeowner raised numerous issues in her two initial briefs totaling almost 100 pages in these consolidated appeals. Many were procedural, such as arguing...