{"id":295096,"date":"2026-06-03T23:08:31","date_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:08:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/295096\/"},"modified":"2026-06-03T23:08:31","modified_gmt":"2026-06-03T23:08:31","slug":"united-states-fort-lauderdale-team-secures-complete-dismissal-with-prejudice-for-clients-in-professional-liability-lawsuit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/295096\/","title":{"rendered":"United States – Fort Lauderdale Team Secures Complete Dismissal With Prejudice For Clients In Professional Liability Lawsuit"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFounded in 1979 by seven lawyers from a premier Los Angeles firm, Lewis Brisbois has grown to include nearly 1,400 attorneys in 50 offices in 27 states, and dedicates itself to more than 40 legal practice areas for clients of all sizes in every major industry. <\/p>\n

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\n A Fort Lauderdale legal team successfully defended a law firm, attorney, and client against negligence claims arising from a marital dissolution case, securing a complete dismissal with prejudice… \n <\/p>\n


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Fort Lauderdale Partners Cheryl Wilke and Amber Dawson secured a
\ncomplete dismissal with prejudice on behalf of a law firm,
\nattorney, and individual client in a high-stakes negligence action
\nfiled in the United States District Court for the Southern District
\nof Florida arising from contentious marital dissolution
\nproceedings.<\/p>\n

The case stemmed from a marital dissolution proceeding in which
\nthe defendant wife was awarded attorney’s fees from her husband
\nfollowing a two-day evidentiary hearing. The court found the
\nhusband had the ability to pay from his various business accounts.
\nAfter the husband’s non-payment of the attorney’s fee
\naward, notices of levy were issued pursuant to court order to
\ncollect the attorney’s fee award due. The husband refused to
\npay and fled overseas.<\/p>\n

The subject lawsuit was then filed in Miami-Dade County against
\nthe wife in the marital dissolution proceeding, her law firm, and
\nher attorney by a company associated with the husband. The company
\nalleged the wife, attorney, and law firm maliciously and improperly
\nissued a levy causing reputational harm on a bank account not owned
\nby the husband and causing the plaintiff’s account to be frozen
\nby its bank. The complaint alleged one count of negligence against
\nthe three defendants.<\/p>\n

The Lewis Brisbois team timely removed the case to federal court
\nand filed a motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim,
\nasserting the claim was barred by Florida’s litigation
\nprivilege, which confers absolute immunity for conduct occurring
\nduring judicial proceedings.<\/p>\n

The court granted the motion to dismiss, finding there was no
\nduty and that the plaintiff failed to state a claim, but ultimately
\ndismissed the entire case with prejudice, holding that the
\nlitigation privilege provided an absolute bar to any claim arising
\nfrom the conduct alleged and that any amendment would be
\nfutile.<\/p>\n

The decision fully disposed of all claims against the Lewis
\nBrisbois clients and closed the case.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" LB Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP More Founded in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":295097,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[249,251,250],"class_list":["post-295096","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale","tag-fort-lauderdale-headlines","tag-fort-lauderdale-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295096","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=295096"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/295096\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/295097"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=295096"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=295096"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=295096"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}