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<br />-.'" .....- .... - <br /> <br />"\r\TEISS SEROT.AHELF'MAN <br /> <br />PASTORIZA COLE & BONISKE, P.A. <br />ATTORNEYS AT LAW <br /> <br />-OF COUN5EL <br /> <br />l'lAQUI!:L I!:LI!:.JABARRIE:TA <br />CHAO FFlIE:CIOlAN <br />Cll.IVE:Fl G. OILIlEFlT. III <br />DOUGLAS R. GONZAl-ES <br />TARA L. GOULD <br />GI'lI!:GORY A. HAILE <br />..JOHN ..J. KENDFlICK. III <br />"'ETEFl A. L.ICHTMAI>l <br />t<AREN L.IEBERMAN- <br />MATTHI!:W H. MANDEL <br />MICHAE:L .I. MARRE:FlC <br />ALE:XANDE:Fl L, "'ALENllUELA-MAl.lFiI <br />MICHAEL. S. 1"01"01<- <br />.JOHN ,J. QUICK <br />ANTHONY L., RECIO <br />SCOTT A, ROB I N <br />GAIL C. SEFiOTA- <br />..JEFFR~ P. SHEFFEL <br />U;YFIEL.L.ITA 5. SIPILA <br />MIC~AEL L. STINE:S <br />JOSE: S. TALAVE:RA <br />STE:VE:N E:. T,e.YLOFl <br />JAMES E, WHITE; <br /> <br />MITCHELL A, ElIE:FiIo4AN <br />NINA L. ElCNISKt <br />MITCHEL.L ,J, Ill.lflN5TEIN <br />JAMI!!: AlAN COLE; <br />STEPHEN ..J. HELF'MAN <br />HARRIE:T Fi. LEWIS <br />GILBERTO PA5TCfll;;:A <br />GART I. FlE5NICK <br />,JOSEPH H. SEFIOTA <br />NANcY It. STROUD <br />SUSAN L, TFlE\lAFI,.HEN <br />RICHARD ..JAY WEISS <br />DAVID M. WQLPIN <br />5TE:VE:N W. :zE:LKOWln <br /> <br />IlItOWAItCl O,."ICII: <br />3107 STIRLING ROAD. SUITE 300 <br />rORT L.AUDERDAL.E, FLORIDA 33312 <br /> <br />.JAMIe: AL.AN COL.E: <br />MANAGING SHARE:HOLDE:Fl-E1FiOWAFlD OFFICE <br /> <br />THOMAS J. ANSBRC- <br />LILLIAN AFlANGD DE LA HCZ. <br />,JAMt5 E. BAt<EIl <br />E;LAIN~ .... COIi!!:N <br />JOFlGE I.. Cl'lu:r-aUSTILLQ <br />VIVIAN DEi: LAS CUEVAS.CIA<: <br />STEPHANIE: DEUTSCH- <br /> <br />TELEPHONE 95+763-4242 <br />TELECOPIER 954-764-7770 <br />WYMI.WSM-LAW.COM <br /> <br />MIA'" I-ClADE: OFFICE <br />01665 SOUTH E1AYSHOFlE CFlIVE: . SUITE: 4i!O <br />MIAMI, FLCFlIOA ~~I~~ <br />'reLE:PHONE 305.85400800 · TELECOPIER 305-8$4.013013 <br /> <br />August 31,2005 <br /> <br />Via F3csimile and U .S_ Mail <br />Hans Ottiiio(City Attorney <br />City of Sunny Isles Bea(:h <br />Sunny Isles Beach Government Center <br />18070 Collins Avenue <br />8Ulmy Isles Beach, FL :\3160 <br /> <br />Dear Mr. Ottinot: <br /> <br />You have asked me to analyze Respondent Vanguard Car Rental USA Inc.'s Motion to <br />Tax Attorney's Fees, Expert's Fees, and Costs ("Motion") and to evaluate whether the claim by <br />Vanguard Rental USA Inc. ("Vanguard") fOT payment of attorney's fees is appropriate under <br />applicable eminent domain Jaw and Paragraph 20 of the First Addel1dum to Lease Agreement <br />between the City of SUIlllY Isles Beach and Vanguard ("First Addendum"). In evaluating <br />Vanguard's claim for a11omey's fees~ I have reviewed and analyzed all time records, pleading <br />and correspondence fill~:s provided by Vanguard's counsel, and relevant eminent domain <br />statutory and common hw regarding payment of attorney's fees. I have also analyzed the First <br />Addendum and an appr~iser's valuation of Vanguard's leasehold estate. My analysis reveals that <br />Vanguard's Motion is legally appropriate. <br /> <br />Under F3.092, Florida Statutes, attomey's fees are payable by a condemnor to an owner <br />whose property is acquired through eminent domain. A party that is named as a respondent 1n a <br />petition in eminent domain and that holds a leasehold estate is considered an owner for the <br />purpose of entitlement tt) attorney's fees. <br /> <br />Customarily, analysis of Vanguard's claim for attomey's fees would fall under <br />~73.092(2) because an sHomey's defense of an owner of a leasehold estate named in a petition in <br />eminent domain is ordinarily viewed as an apportionment claim. Under g73.092(2), a valiety of <br />factors are utilized to as~;ess attorney's fees payable for those services, such as defeating a talcing, <br />apportionment, or supph~mental proceedings, that fall outside of the traditional calculation of <br />