Appearance alert: on Jury Room
We discussed the recent revelations that Randall Shochet has a long history of deceit.
I was back on Jury Room yesterday.
We discussed several issues, but in particular, a shocking lawsuit which was recently unearthed which served as the basis for an article Richard Luthmann wrote earlier in the week.
In the lawsuit, a law firm accused Randall Shochet, Jeremy Hales go to attorney, of subverting Florida Bar rules and trying to poach clients.
The lawsuit stated in part.
Recently, attorney Randall M. Shochet, Esq., of the Shochet Law Group (hereinafter, ‘Shochet’), began a campaign of repeated indirect solicitations of AW clients.
Although disturbing, the method by which Shochet continues to contact AW clients is still being investigated. However, upon information and belief, Shochet is attempting to subvert the Florida bar rules regarding the improper solicitation of clients by having a public adjuster contact AW clients first and steer them to Shochet.
At all times material, the public adjusters referenced in this motion are Pat Goins or Eli Goins of The People’s Choice Public Adjuster.
The lawsuit highlighted over twenty instances in which Shochet allegedly used this scheme.
Shochet did not respond to an email for comment.
The lawsuit also highlighted other acts of deceitful and unethical behavior, like when a judge issued an order stating that Shochet made several sworn statements “that appear to be blatantly false (emphasis mine).”
The lawsuit also cited an article in the Sun Sentinel, which recounted allegedly unethical behavior by Shochet.
A “mole” fed trade secrets to a water damage contractor and an attorney to help them extract money from one of South Florida’s leading insurance companies, the insurer is charging in court.
Heritage Property & Casualty Insurance Co., which had 72,134 policies in the tri-county region at the end of June, is suing Hollywood-based contractor Titan Restoration and Lake Worth-based attorney Randall Shochet in separate actions filed in Pinellas County Circuit Court. Heritage is headquartered in Clearwater.
Both suits assert that an unknown employee inside Heritage — identified as “Jane Doe” — acted as a “mole” by disclosing confidential claims information about the company’s policyholders. The stolen information helped Titan steal damage restoration business from contractors in Heritage’s managed repair network and was used by Shochet to try to extort money out of Heritage, the suits allege.
Attorneys for Heritage and Titan, as well as Shochet himself, all declined to comment about the allegations when contacted by the Sun Sentinel.
The lawsuit also cited Shochet’s Arkansas Bar rejection. Prior to being a lawyer, he was a dentist who committed fraud. Arkansas rejected his application in part because it found he was not full truthful about his prior troubles.
Despite the laundry list of shenanigans on Shochet’s part, he only has one minor infraction, according to the Florida Bar.
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