ATTORNEY’S: RETAINING LIEN: SUA SPONTE ORDER TO MAKE FILE AVAILABLE FOR INSPECTION AND COPYING BY SUCCESSOR COUNSEL: MOTION FOR REHEARING WOULD NOT CURE DUE PROCESS VIOLATION; APPEALS: CERTIORARI: IRREPARABLE HARM  

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Heims v. G.M.S. Marine Service Corporation, ___ So. 3d ___, 39 Fla. L. Weekly D1700 (Fla. 4th DCA August 13, 2014)

After a law firm asserted a retaining lien, the trial court sua sponte ordered the firm to make its file available for inspection and copying by successor counsel.  The appellate court granted the law firm’s petition for certiorari … Click To Read Full Case Law Review...