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TUESDAY, JANUARY 18, 2011

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DAILY BUSINESS REVIEW

MIAMIDADE

 VOL. 85, NO. 151

J. ALBERT DIAZ

Arnaud Sitbon and Gabriel Amiel of ESJ Capital Partners recently completedconstruction of the Imagine-Chancellor Charter School in Boynton Beach.

BUILDING CHARTER SCHOOLS A BOOST TO LIMPING SECTOR

CONSTRUCTION Projects providing consistent source of work in South Florida

by Eric Kalis, DBR. Charter school projectsand the expansion of existing schools areproviding opportunity for beleaguered con-struction and development businesses.

 For construction companies, charterschools offer profitable work that is largely

immunefrom broad-er economictrends.

One firm, Aventura-based ESJCapital Partners, got started in charter schoolconstruction in 2008 and has completed sev-eral South Florida projects since, with more inthe pipeline. Even construction industry giantslike Turner Construction are getting involvedin the sector. SEE STORY, PAGE A7

BUSINESS OF LAW Pivnik & Nitsche duo hired

Chartwell opening Miami branchDBR staff and wire report. The

fast-growing Chartwell LawOffices, which expanded fromfour attorneys to 66 since formingin Pennsylvania in 2002, startedthe new year by opening a Miamioffice.

It brings in Jerome A. Pivnikand Caroline Nitsche Carlson,who have practiced together formore than 20 years in the litiga-tion boutique Pivnik & Nitscheand previously with KattenMuchin Zavis.

The new partners specialize inproperty insurance defense workas well as commercial and em-ployment litigation. The Miamibase is considered a jumping-off point for work along the Gulf Coast and in Latin America.

Chartwell chief executive of-ficer Clifford A. Goldstein seesroom for growth in the Miami of-

fice and expansion beyond its 10offices.

SEE STORY, PAGE A3

4TH DCA Legal battle looms

Governor headingfor standoff with JNC over judge list

by Adolfo Pesquera, DBR. Gov. RickScott has an early chance to fill a vacan-cy on the 4th District Court of Appeal.But he is stuck with a list of four finalists

forwarded to his predeces-sor because the JudicialNominating Commissionis refusing to submit anew and expanded list.

Scott’s general counsel

asked the commission forthe maximum six nomi-nees instead of the four sent to then-Gov.Charlie Crist. The JNC met behind closeddoors and came out with the status quo.

In a similar case decided by theFlorida Supreme Court in 2009, the gov-ernor was told he had no authority toreject a JNC’s list or manipulate its pro-cedures. SEE STORY, PAGE A2

LEGAL REVIEW

FORMAN: ‘WE WERE LUCKY’Clerk of Courts Howard Forman said the gunman at theBroward County Courthouse should serve as a warning thatsecurity improvements are desperately needed. A2

BONDI WANTS CHALLENGE DISMISSEDFlorida Attorney General Pam Bondi is asking for thedismissal of a legal challenge to the passage of anti-gerrymandering Amendment 6. A3

REAL ESTATE REVIEW

REIT HAS $1 BILLIONTO BUY HOTELSSunstone, a real estate invest-ment trust that owns MiamiBeach’s Royal Palm Hotel, plansto spend $1 billion to expand its

portfolio of upscale hotels.A7

FINANCIAL REVIEW

CARNIVAL LEAVING SAN DIEGODue to the economy and violence in Mexico, Carnival CruiseLines is pulling the last of its ships out of San Diego, as othercruise operators also depart Southern California. A9

NOTICE TO READERSBecause financial markets were closed Monday Inobservance of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, there is no MarketWatch report in today’s paper. It will return Wednesday.

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ON REAL ESTATE A8

LAW JOBS A14

BUSINESS SERVICES A10

ON THE WEB A12

LEGAL PRACTICES A6

LEGAL SERVICES A5

REAL ESTATE

MARKETPLACE A15

AFTER HOURS A16

THE RODENT: GOINGTO COURT ISN’T LIKEON ‘LAW & ORDER’

The reality is hours of boredomfollowed by someone waking the judge and attorneys long enoughso a verdict can be read, and every-body goes home. A4

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J. ALBERT DIAZ

New Chartwell partners Jerome Pivnik and Caroline Nitsche Carlson specializein insurance defense.