Respect of his colleagues through his tireless competence and hard-work, as Partner with Kelly Kronenberg, Frink was a model litigator. He’s always played by the book, and been very successful in "He’s always been veryĬalculating in making his decisions on what tactics to take, what defense, or Had a very cool, calm, demeanor about himself," Odom recently told the Florida Record. Now the acting president of the TJ Reddick BarĪssociation, Odom believes that Frink will make an excellent addition to the Broward Included product liability, negligent security and wrongful death. ![]() His time with the Broward County Public Defender’s Office, Frink quickly gainedĪ reputation as a fierce yet professional litigator. Judge Keathan Frink was just appoint to the Broward County bench. Frink is licensed to practice law in the District of Columbia, and the Middle and Southern Districts in Florida. He was admitted to the bar in 2000 and has quickly advanced through the legal ranks since. Lauderdale office of the law firm Kelly Kronenberg, and a member of the TJįrink obtained a Bachelor of Science degree fromįlorida State University before achieving a Juris Doctorate from the University Rick Scott recently filled a vacancy on the Broward County bench when he appointed long-standing public servant Keathan Frink toįrink’s extensive resume includes working as the assistant public defender in Broward County and serving as assistant regional counsel for “But I was pleasantly surprised that the judge granted the motion for partial summary judgment.LAUDERDALE-Florida Gov. “Summary judgment often-times is a difficult standard,” Angelo said. Under the current summary judgment standard, the slightest doubt could result in the defeat of a summary judgment motion. He was surprised with the ruling by Frink. And following the deposition of Amaturo’s son, Lawrence, in which the son “admitted” that the plaintiff was “never given notice” as stipulated in the con-tract, Angelo moved for summary judgment. Florida’s highest court stated the switch would “improve the fairness and efficiency of Florida’s civil justice system, to relieve the parties from the expense and burdens of meritless litigation,” according to the ruling. The Florida Supreme Court closed out the year 2020 by replacing the current summary judgment standard with the federal standard. Instead, Angelo pointed to the phasing out of the summary judgment standard in the State of Florida on May 1. While Seiler was previously the mayor of Fort Lauderdale for nearly a decade, Angelo claimed that the biggest challenge was not opposing his adversary nor the prominent businessman to prevail for his client. Seiler, a partner at Seiler, Zaden, Rimes & Wahlbrink in Fort Lauderdale who represented Southwest Broward in the litigation, declined to comment. Fink will deter-mine the amount of damages and attorney fees in the second part of the proceeding. But, Angelo said, Southwest Broward backed out of the deal and violated the contract with Billy Jacks, leading to the com-plaint filed in May 2019.Now, Broward Circuit Judge Keathan Frink has granted partial summary judgment in favor of Billy Jacks. Amaturo owns sever-al businesses, including multiple radio stations and is a major philanthropist, with donations to entities like the Broward Amphitheatre, which honored him and his wife with the naming of the Amaturo Theater.Īmaturo, through his holding company, funded the plaintiffs’ first restaurant in Lauderdale-By-The-Sea and then entered into the commercial lease and agreement to build out the second location at issue, in Davie. The holding company is owned and controlled by prominent businessman Joseph Amaturo. “There is justice out there for people that don’t have the same resources as the very wealthy who think they can unilaterally do things with-out any consequences.” The dispute in the case in-volved a breach of a commercial lease between the startup with Southwest Broward Theaters Holdings Ltd. “The takeaway is that the little guy doesn’t always lose,” Angelo said. The start-up is controlled by its owners John Hart and Todd Zimmer. ![]() Angelo, the man-aging shareholder at Angelo & Banta in Fort Lauderdale who represented the startup business, Billy Jacks Shack Davie LLC, said the damages and attorney fees will be substantial for his startup clients. The spotlight came through litigation in which a startup business faced a company controlled by a well-connected businessman, which was rep-resented by the former mayor of Fort Lauderdale, in litigation involving its expansion to a second location in Davie and won. Read the original article by the Daily Business Review Here But litigants are already seeing the effect. Changes to the summary judgment standard in Florida are set for May 1.
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