CK PRIVE GROUP 1800, LLC v. DIAZ, REUS & TARG, LLP ( 2021 )


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  •       Third District Court of Appeal
    State of Florida
    Opinion filed December 1, 2021.
    Not final until disposition of timely filed motion for rehearing.
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    No. 3D20-1717
    Lower Tribunal No. 20-1663
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    CK Prive Group 1800, LLC,
    Appellant,
    vs.
    Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP,
    Appellee.
    An Appeal from the Circuit Court for Miami-Dade County, William
    Thomas, Judge.
    Jones & Adams, P.A., and W. Steven Adams, Matthew L. Jones, Jorge
    E. Porro and Daniel Haydar; Levy & Partners, PLLC, and Ely R. Levy and
    Omar Salazar II (Hollywood), for appellant.
    Diaz, Reus & Targ, LLP, and Michael Diaz, Jr., Ahmand Johnson and
    Zhen Pan, for appellee.
    Before SCALES, HENDON and MILLER, JJ.
    PER CURIAM.
    Affirmed. See Dadic v. Schneider, 
    722 So. 2d 921
    , 923 (Fla. 4th DCA
    1998) (recognizing that “[n]o authority supports a cause of action” for
    charging an excessive legal fee); Pressley v. Farley, 
    579 So. 2d 160
    , 161
    (Fla. 1st DCA 1991) (stating that a violation of the Florida Rules of
    Professional Conduct governing a lawyer’s responsibilities neither creates a
    legal duty on the part of the lawyer nor gives rise to a cause of action); Salit
    v. Ruden McClosky, Smith, Schuster & Russell, P.A., 
    742 So. 2d 381
    , 389
    (Fla. 4th DCA 1999) (“An attorney who represents a corporation is ‘not in
    privity with and therefore owes no separate duty of diligence and care to an
    individual shareholder absent special circumstances or an agreement to also
    represent the shareholder individually.’” (quoting Brennan v. Ruffner, 
    640 So. 2d 143
    , 146 (Fla. 4th DCA 1994))).
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