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INSIDE CONSTRUCTION Projects providing consistent source of work in South Florida

LEGAL REVIEW BUILDING CHARTER SCHOOLS

THE RODENT: GOING
TO COURT ISN’T LIKE
ON ‘LAW & ORDER’
A BOOST TO LIMPING SECTOR
The reality is hours of boredom
followed by someone waking the by Eric Kalis, DBR. Charter school projects
judge and attorneys long enough and the expansion of existing schools are
so a verdict can be read, and every- providing opportunity for beleaguered con-
body goes home. A4 struction and development businesses.
For construction companies, charter
schools offer profitable work that is largely
FORMAN: ‘WE WERE LUCKY’ immune
Clerk of Courts Howard Forman said the gunman at the from broad-
Broward County Courthouse should serve as a warning that er economic
security improvements are desperately needed. A2 trends.
Listen to Turner executive Dan LaMorte
One firm,
BONDI WANTS CHALLENGE DISMISSED on DailyBusiness Review.com
Aventura-
Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi is asking for the based ESJ
dismissal of a legal challenge to the passage of anti- Capital Partners, got started in charter school
gerrymandering Amendment 6. A3
construction in 2008 and has completed sev-
eral South Florida projects since, with more in
REAL ESTATE REVIEW J. ALBERT DIAZ the pipeline. Even construction industry giants
Arnaud Sitbon and Gabriel Amiel of ESJ Capital Partners recently completed like Turner Construction are getting involved
REIT HAS $1 BILLION
TO BUY HOTELS construction of the Imagine-Chancellor Charter School in Boynton Beach. in the sector. SEE STORY, PAGE A7
Sunstone, a real estate invest-
ment trust that owns Miami
Beach’s Royal Palm Hotel, plans 4TH DCA Legal battle looms BUSINESS OF LAW Pivnik & Nitsche duo hired
to spend $1 billion to expand its
portfolio of upscale hotels. A7
Governor heading Chartwell opening Miami branch
FINANCIAL REVIEW
CARNIVAL LEAVING SAN DIEGO
for standoff with DBR staff and wire report. The
fast-growing Chartwell Law
Due to the economy and violence in Mexico, Carnival Cruise
Lines is pulling the last of its ships out of San Diego, as other
JNC over judge list Offices, which expanded from
four attorneys to 66 since forming
cruise operators also depart Southern California. A9 by Adolfo Pesquera, DBR. Gov. Rick in Pennsylvania in 2002, started
Scott has an early chance to fill a vacan- the new year by opening a Miami
NOTICE TO READERS cy on the 4th District Court of Appeal. office.
Because financial markets were closed Monday In But he is stuck with a list of four finalists It brings in Jerome A. Pivnik
observance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, there is no Market forwarded to his predeces- and Caroline Nitsche Carlson,
Watch report in today’s paper. It will return Wednesday. sor because the Judicial who have practiced together for
Nominating Commission more than 20 years in the litiga-
is refusing to submit a tion boutique Pivnik & Nitsche
INDEX new and expanded list. and previously with Katten
Scott’s general counsel Muchin Zavis.
LEGAL REVIEW A3 ON THE WEB A12 asked the commission for The new partners specialize in
REAL ESTATE REVIEW A7 LEGAL PRACTICES A6 Scott the maximum six nomi- property insurance defense work
FINANCIAL REVIEW A9 LEGAL SERVICES A5 nees instead of the four sent to then-Gov. as well as commercial and em- J. ALBERT DIAZ
ON REAL ESTATE A8 Charlie Crist. The JNC met behind closed ployment litigation. The Miami New Chartwell partners Jerome Pivnik
REAL ESTATE
doors and came out with the status quo. base is considered a jumping-off and Caroline Nitsche Carlson specialize
LAW JOBS A14 MARKETPLACE A15
In a similar case decided by the point for work along the Gulf in insurance defense.
BUSINESS SERVICES A10 AFTER HOURS A16
Florida Supreme Court in 2009, the gov- Coast and in Latin America.
ernor was told he had no authority to Chartwell chief executive of- fice and expansion beyond its 10
Should you have delivery questions, reject a JNC’s list or manipulate its pro- ficer Clifford A. Goldstein sees offices.
call 1.877.256.2472 cedures. SEE STORY, PAGE A2 room for growth in the Miami of- SEE STORY, PAGE A3