St. Pete Beach Legal Costs Top $56,000 for December

According to city records, St. Pete Beach paid Bryant Miller Olive over $56,000 in legal fees for work performed in December 2011. Among other items, Bryant Miller Olive billed for the following work and reimbursements:

$5,108 for city legal fees (a $5,000 retainer plus expenses)

$45,863.73 for the Jim Anderson lawsuit*

$2,748.15 for the Coconut Inn lawsuit (plaintiff represented by Jackson Bowman)

$2,145.46 for Bruce Kadoura’s lawsuits*

$307.50 for preparing for threatened litigation*

$143.50 for Ron Holehouse case (plaintiff represented by David Bacon)

$102.50 for Walter Sowa, Jr.’s lawsuit (plaintiff represented by John Thomas)

$28.10 for Bill Pyle’s lawsuits*

*$48,344.79 paid to clients represented by Ken Weiss

These fees included billable hours, long distance calls to St. Pete Beach, making photocopies, and office expenses. Bryant Miller Olive is based in north Florida.