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David Pacheco, Esq., has been handling the claims of injured victims in South Florida and throughout the world for over 23 years. During this time, Mr. Pacheco has represented clients at more than 1,200 depositions and more than 1,500 mediations.

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2018-2020 Avvo Client Choice Award in recognition of Client Satisfaction.

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Assisted as a mediator in over 200 Broward county restitution cases from 1995-1997.

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AV (Highest Rating Possible) Preeminent Peer Review Rating for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability by Martindale-Hubbell Rating Service.

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Member of the Workers Compensation Section of the Florida Bar since 1989.

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Clifford R. Mermell, Esq., created the law firm of Gillis, Mermell & Pacheco, P.A. on March 1, 1996, over 22 years ago. The firm champions the rights of injured workers worldwide.#N#Mr. Mermell has been the senior and managing partner of the firm since its creation.

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AV (Highest Rating Possible) Preeminent Peer Review Rating for Ethical Standards and Legal Ability by Martindale-Hubbell Rating Service.

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How much money did Brooks steal from DHB?

Brooks stole more than $6 million from DHB’s coffers to finance a horse-racing business that had no relationship to DHB’s business and to finance a lavish lifestyle that included corporate-paid trips to exotic locations, the purchase of a luxury car and an armor-plated vehicle, personal jewelry, plastic surgery for his wife, a burial plot for his mother, a plasma television for his son’s bedroom, country club bills, $40,000 leather bound invitations for his son’s Bar Mitzvah and a $101,000 belt buckle encrusted with diamonds, sapphires and rubies. To cover up his theft, Brooks created, and directed others to create, fictitious documents and misclassified these personal expenses as business expenses on DHB’s books and records. In yet another scheme, Brooks scalped tickets to sporting events and concerts that DHB paid for and then kept more than $300,000 that he generated from selling the company’s tickets.

Who is David Brooks?

military and law enforcement agencies was sentenced to 17 years in prison for his leadership role in a $200 million fraud and obstruction of justice case, to be followed by five years of supervised release. DHB Industries, Inc. founder David H. Brooks, who was convicted in September 2010 on 14 counts of conspiracy, mail and wire fraud, securities fraud, obstruction of justice, and lying to auditors and subsequently pleaded guilty to conspiracy to defraud the IRS and filing false income tax returns, was also ordered to pay a fine of $8.7 million, and to forfeit approximately $65 million in illegally-gained profits to the United States. The court will determine the amount Brooks must pay in restitution to the victims of his fraud scheme within 90 days. The sentence was imposed by United States District Judge Joanna Seybert.

What is Brooks's accounting fraud?

Brooks also engaged in accounting fraud schemes designed to increase the net income and profits that DHB reported in its press releases and filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) by falsely inflating the value of DHB’s existing inventory, adding non-existent inventory to the company’s books and records, and fraudulently reclassifying expenses.

What motivated Boudin to study law?

Boudin, 39, has said growing up with incarcerated parents motivated him to study law and reform the criminal justice system . In 2002, the Yale grad and Rhodes scholar told the Guardian: “Growing up in a household where people have a political consciousness, where people think and care deeply about political issues has an impact on you.”

Who were Chesa Boudin's parents?

Chesa Boudin’s parents were members of the far-left, anti-Vietnam war Weather Underground, which was active in the 1960s and 70s. His mother, Kathy Boudin, survived an infamous explosion in Greenwich Village, New York City, in March 1970, when members of the group accidentally detonated a bomb intended for an army ball in New Jersey.