The big downtown Miami law firm Greenberg Traurig was caught up in another scandal (Jack Abramoff, Marvin Rosen, HABDI), as reported by The Miami Herald, including a rare appearance by managing partner Cesar Alvarez to apologize to a federal court for "failing to turn over key financial records on its clients to investors fleeced by Ponzi schemer Scott Rothstein".
Failing to disclose records as required by law also infects government. It has become routine for public records requests made to government agencies and offices, to routinely "edit" and "excise" records that could be damaging to its case/s in legal proceedings. Alvarez, of Greenberg Traurig, was formerly chairman of the board of the Knight Foundation whose website states, "We believe that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged."
Informed and engaged, so long as the result isn't marred by information and engagement, up to and including the selective admission of records as required by law.
Failing to disclose records as required by law also infects government. It has become routine for public records requests made to government agencies and offices, to routinely "edit" and "excise" records that could be damaging to its case/s in legal proceedings. Alvarez, of Greenberg Traurig, was formerly chairman of the board of the Knight Foundation whose website states, "We believe that democracy thrives when people and communities are informed and engaged."
Informed and engaged, so long as the result isn't marred by information and engagement, up to and including the selective admission of records as required by law.
4 comments:
The county will delay and ignore public records requests. In the case of Lester sola, he would tell you to go count or delay the response till the issue was too late to challenge, which of course, is exactly why we get screwed in elections. I have some outstanding requests from 2 years ago he never answered.
Now, Lester is in charge of the county procurement office... Another department where accuracy counts.... And another office where deceptive practices could hurt the tax payer. Did they move him there because he is so good at being flippant, arrogant and totally fearless when it comes to ignoring public records requests?
The question, answers itself.
That whole law firm is a bunch of dishonest people. I have known of them ever since they started and they were never what a lawyer should be. I beat them at a council meeting about 25 years ago and was very happy because of what they were.
And yet another scandal in 2013 involving the chief judge at DOL.
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