Lisa Willis

Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Philadelphia

Senior Litigation Reporter at Law.com

Current litigation reporter. Emmy award-winning news anchor, reporter, weathercaster, news director, producer, editor, photographer, floor director, and writer.

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Articles

Broward Judge Accused of Highlighting Fake Tape Maligning Other Jurists

5 days ago | law.com | Lisa Willis

A book about alleged salacious goings-on in the Orange and Osceola circuit courts by a former employee found its way into a Broward judge's 2024 election campaign. Now the Florida Judicial Qualifications Commission has filed a Notice of Formal Charges against Broward County Judge Lauren Nicole Peffer, accusing her of quoting a book she admitted never having read and not exercising "due diligence to determine the reasonableness of the author's claims."
'More Judges Are Crossing the Line:' 2 South Florida Jurists Suspended

5 days ago | law.com | Lisa Willis

Two Florida judges' election campaign antics have drawn suspensions from the state's Supreme Court. Thursday, the Florida Supreme Court upheld the Judicial Qualifications Commission's recommendation to suspend Broward Circuit Judge Marti Levey Cohen for 10 days without pay, and a public reprimand for violating judicial canons during her 2022 reelection campaign.
Sylvia Walbolt Retires: More than 60 Years of Breaking Barriers in Law

6 days ago | law.com | Lisa Willis

Sylvia Walbolt, a legal pioneer and Carlton Fields shareholder, has retired after a career spanning more than 60 years, leaving an indelible mark on Florida’s legal landscape. As the first female attorney at Carlton Fields, Walbolt broke barriers in a male-dominated field, arguing for change in Florida's same-sex marriage and adoption laws, and securing reversals of $1 billion judgments.
Attorney and Law Firm Accused of Defamation in WWE Litigation

1 week ago | law.com | Emily Cousins |Lisa Willis

The Miami attorney—Alejandro Brito of Brito Law, who secured a $15 million settlement in the Trump v. ABC News & George Stephanopoulos defamation case—now represents celebrity physician Dr. Carlon M. Colker and Peak Wellness Inc. in a new defamation lawsuit against a plaintiff lawyer and law firm.
Litigator Rises to Managing Partner in Miami Big Law

2 weeks ago | law.com | Lisa Willis

Hunton Andrews Kurth, a global law firm formed by the merger of Hunton & Williams and Andrews Kurth on April 2, 2018, has announced several key leadership appointments, effective April 1, including a partner promotion in South Florida. John Delionado, a litigation partner and former Assistant U.S. Attorney, has been named the managing partner of the firm’s Miami office.
Attorneys Shocked After News of Defendant's Alleged Suicide

2 weeks ago | law.com | Lisa Willis

The estranged husband of Ana Maria Henao Knezevich, who was set to stand trial for her alleged kidnapping and murder, was found dead in his cell at the Federal Detention Center in Miami Monday, of an apparent suicide family members said. "It's been terrible to process this," said defense attorney Jayne Weintraub. "Chris and I were with David on Sunday."
Florida House Approves $2.61M Claim Bill for Infant’s Wrongful Death

2 weeks ago | law.com | Lisa Willis

In a unanimous vote Thursday, the Florida House of Representatives passed House Bill 6533, to benefit the family of M.N., a six-month-old girl whose 2016 death was attributed to the Broward Sheriff’s Office’s admitted negligence. The bill, which seeks $2.61 million to compensate M.N.’s father and grandmother, addresses BSO’s failure to protect the infant, and its subsequent failure to report the claim to its insurance carrier, leaving the family to pursue a legislative claim bill.
Florida Judge Arrested on DUI and Drug Charges

2 weeks ago | law.com | Lisa Willis

St. Lucie County Judge Brett M. Waroniki was arrested by a Martin County Sheriff's deputy, and charged with DUI, possession of drug paraphernalia, and failure to submit to a field sobriety test. The arrest report also indicates the passenger in Waroniki's Ford F-150 was 19th Circuit Court Judge Sherwood Bauer's judicial assistant, Wendy Lynn DiTroia.
$45M Florida Verdict: 'This Case Is About the Corporatization of Healthcare'

2 weeks ago | law.com | Lisa Willis

An Orange County Circuit Court jury has awarded the family of a Florida man $45 million in a negligent-death lawsuit after a series of what the plaintiffs alleged were systemic failures at a major health facility in Orlando.
New Named Partner Joins South Florida Personal Injury Firm

3 weeks ago | law.com | Lisa Willis

Broward County personal injury lawyer Peter K. Spillis, a trial attorney and former managing partner at Kelley|Uustal, has joined Freedland Harwin Gander Valori as a name partner, rebranding the firm as Freedland Harwin Gander Valori & Spillis. Spillis, who will split his time between the firm’s Fort Lauderdale and Coral Gables offices, brings more than 25 years of trial expertise, fortifying the firm’s medical malpractice and catastrophic injury litigation.