"For a civil judge to ultimately find somebody in criminal contempt and to sentence them to prison is incredibly extraordinary and something that virtually never happens," Jorge L. Piedra of Miami's Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton.
January 29, 2024 at 11:40 AM
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In what attorneys call a rare move, a Florida judge has sentenced a former scientist at the Everglades Foundation to a 10-day jail term for criminal contempt of court.
The decision by Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Carlos Lopez comes after a ruling last May, where Lopez found Thomas Van Lent guilty of breaching a 2022 court order related to a lawsuit.
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Jorge L. Piedra, left, of Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, and Michael C. Rayboun, right, of Rayboun Winegardner. Courtesy photos
Judge Carlos Lopez of Miami-Dade Circuit Court. (Courtesy photo)
