Class Action Settlement Lands Law Firm CEO in Hot Water With State Bar

Hank Adorno, head of the largest minority-owned law firm in the U.S., violated nine Florida Bar rules when he engineered a $7 million class action settlement that distributed money to only seven people instead of all Miami taxpayers, the Bar claims. The Bar charged the Adorno & Yoss partner breached his fiduciary duty by making false statements in court, charging excessive fees and representing one client to the detriment of others in a flawed attempt to end a constitutional challenge to a city fire fee.