Miami litigators cleared of all wrongdoing

According to the Daily Business Review Miami litigators Michael Tein and Guy Lewis have been cleared of all wrongdoing in a recent dispute.

The legal issue involved concerned their representation of Tribe members Tammy Gwen Billie and her father, Jimmy Bert, who were involved in a car crash that killed a Miami woman 14 years ago.  Although the woman’s family was supposed to be awarded $3.2 million in 2009 the amount has yet to be paid. 

The two lawyers were accused of wrongdoing over alleged discovery violations in their representation of Billie and Bert and have been cleared of all charges. 

Kendall Coffey, who is representing Lewis  and Tein in front of the bar explains that the two of them were completely cleared.  “The Bar examined the issues thoroughly and carefully, and the result is a complete vindication for Lewis Tein, one of our pre-eminent litigation firms," Kendall Coffey said.

But there is still a dispute that the Bar is monitoring, regarding whether the assertion by Tein and Lewis that the clients- not the tribe- paid their legal fees. 

Why is this an issue?  Read the full article over at the DailyBusiness Review.