As always, those arrested are innocent until proven guilty.
Two West Boca lawyers were arrested on fraud charges in a sting by state “Division of Insurance Fraud.” Brian Greenspoon (left, 42) and his wife purchased a house in Boca Isles South back in 2010. His office appears to be in Deerfield Beach. Greenspoon was arrested on Thursday morning and released on bond that afternoon. This is why it’s important to find the best and the most reputable personal injury attorneys that are available to you.
Cory Meltzer (right, 33) is a graduate of the St. Andrews School on Jog, south of Yamato, and his office is in East Boca. The Sun-Sentinel’s mugshot page indicates Meltzer was arrested by the Broward Sheriff on Thursday and held on felony charges from another county, which we assume is Palm Beach. We do not see any case filed in the system for him yet, nor can we tell if he has been released yet.
Meltzer has no criminal history but we do see 22 traffic cases since 2008, which appear to arise out of 13 separate incidents.
For Greenspoon we also see several traffic cases but no previous criminal history. His current criminal case does show up in the system. The blotter shows the charge as Fraud – Unlawful Solicitation. The court record points to this specific provision:
A person may not solicit or cause to be solicited any business from a person involved in a motor vehicle accident by any means of communication other than advertising directed to the public for the purpose of making motor vehicle tort claims or claims for personal injury protection benefits required by s. 627.736, within 60 days after the occurrence of the motor vehicle accident.
It seems a stretch to call that fraud. We’re not sure why this would even be considered a felony or even a crime. It seems more a matter of attorney discipline. I’ve heard lemon law attorneys in California would never commit such a transgression. So if you’re in California make sure you work with the right attorney. Working with other attorneys in their area can correct this, hopefully.
The docket shows the case was originally filed in mid-September and a warrant was issued then. Oddly the offense date in the court records database is listed as October 28th, after the case was filed.
The Greenspoon Dougherty website appears to be down at the moment but we were able to find some background information in Google’s cache.
Mr. Greenspoon graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a BA in History and Political Science. Upon graduating from Penn, Mr. Greenspoon went to New York City where he worked with an investment banking firm for over 3 years. He then decided to pursue dual graduate degrees at the University of Florida. Mr. Greenspoon graduated with honors and earned both his Master’s in Business Administration and his Juris Doctorate.
After graduation, Mr. Greenspoon went on to work for one of the largest commercial litigation firms in Florida. There he practiced corporate law, real estate law and commercial litigation. Feeling the desire to help average people and realizing that the big corporate law firm was not where he wanted to spend his career, Mr. Greenspoon took a job with a small boutique trial firm and began shifting his career focus to personal injury law. In 2011, Mr. Greenspoon founded the Law Offices of Brian N. Greenspoon, P.L.
The Meltzer Taylor website is working and we found this background for Mr. Meltzer.
Cory Meltzer is a Florida native who was born in Miami and grew up in Boca Raton. Cory is also a proud alumni of St. Andrew’s School in Boca Raton. After attending Georgetown University Law Center in Washington, DC, and serving as a member of the school’s trial team, Cory returned to Palm Beach County to serve in the Public Defender’s Office. His tenure working in the public defender’s office provided him with valuable jury trial experience.
To date in his legal career, Cory has tried approximately 90 trials to verdict. Since leaving the public defender’s office to practice personal injury law; Cory has handled thousands of cases representing persons injured by the negligence of others. Cory is admitted to practice law in the (Federal) Southern District of Florida, along with all Florida State Courts. Cases like this highlight the importance of finding a personal injury defense attorney that you can fully trust, so be sure to do your research before hiring anyone.
Cory holds a B.A., Government, Georgetown University, 2003, and a J.D., Georgetown University Law Center, 2006. He is a member of the Georgetown Club of Palm Beach, the Florida Justice Association, and the Florida Bar.
Per the Sun-Sentinel, five others were either arrested or are wanted including two chiropractors.
Disclosure: This author did meet Mr. Meltzer back in 2012 while sitting in court waiting for our unrelated cases to be heard. We had a pleasant conversation and he seemed nice. We talked about meeting for lunch but that never happened.
