November 17, 2022
Attorneys representing victims of the 2018 Parkland school shooting testified Thursday in Florida federal court that they felt "betrayal" after a young colleague usurped a team effort when a $127.5 million settlement was reached with the FBI and went behind everyone's backs to negotiate an unauthorized fee.
November 17, 2022
An attorney on Wednesday testified in a Florida federal court that her colleagues working on litigation relating to the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting were "thrilled" about the $127.5 million settlement she negotiated with the U.S. government, but when they learned she had only negotiated a 10% fee, they tried to remove her as lead counsel.
March 11, 2022
A Florida federal judge recused herself Friday from a fee dispute between lead counsel from Podhurst Orseck PA and other lawyers representing victims of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting in a class suit that produced a $127.5 million settlement with the FBI, despite saying case law weighed against her stepping down.
March 10, 2022
A new controversy has arisen in the already acrimonious relationship between lead counsel from Podhurst Orseck PA and other attorneys representing victims of the 2018 Parkland, Florida, school shooting in a class suit that produced a $127.5 million settlement with the FBI.
December 17, 2021
A group of lawyers who represented a class of victims of the 2018 shooting in Parkland, Florida, asked a Florida federal judge Thursday to remove Podhurst Orseck PA as lead counsel for the class after the firm asked for a 10% cut of the plaintiffs' $127.5 million settlement with the FBI.
November 22, 2021
The U.S. Department of Justice on Monday told a Florida federal court that it had reached a deal with the survivors and family members of victims of the 2018 shooting in Parkland, Florida, with news reports pegging the settlement figure at approximately $130 million.
October 15, 2020
The families of students killed in the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School on Wednesday blasted the federal government's efforts to convince a judge to reconsider a ruling that kept their suit alive, calling it an improper attempt at a "second bite at the apple."
August 31, 2020
A Florida federal judge said Monday that the FBI must face a Federal Tort Claims Act suit filed by the families of students killed in the February 2018 shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School, ruling that the agency had a duty to the students to follow through on tips received about the shooter prior to the tragic event.