Blalock Walter Incompetent law firm screwed up counter complaint causing losses of hundreds of thousands of dollars Bradenton Fl 34205, Sarasota Fl 34236 Florida

Don't use this law firm!!  They screwed up my case and I got ripped off by a fraudster Landlord 

I was being sued by a Plaintiff fraudster(a fraudster is a person who commits fraud) Landlord, Developer Diversified Realty or DDR , who had written a lease for the operation of an existing franchised restaurant.  The existing tenant wanted to sell his restaurant to us.  The lease acknowledge the existing franchised tenant (a franchise is the license to operate the restaurant) was on the premises, who had to transfer the franchise to us to operate the restaurant with Landlord's approval. 

We signed the lease first, but the Landlord didn't sign immediately.  The Landlord then terminated the existing tenants lease terminating his franchise (license).  Subsequently, the Landlord signed our lease, falsely stating the existing tenant was on the premises which was not true.  The now prior tenant could not transfer the franchise (right to operate the restaurant) and we were screwed.  We had a lease for a franchised Restaurant that we could not operate. 

The franchisor told us to shut down or face a law suit.  We had to default on the fraudulent lease.  Five years later the Landlord sued us for non performance of the lease.   

 Fraud is defined as "a purposeful misrepresentation of an important ("material") fact, with knowledge that it is false, to a victim who justifiably relies on the misrepresentation; and who suffers actual loss including physical, financial or loss of rights”. 

It was a set up by Developer Diversified Realty to victimize my wife and I for hundreds of thousands of dollars. 

Charles Johnson of BlalockWalters, as a defense attorney failed to file a counter complaint against the Landlord for fraud and instead subjected us to a Mediation siding with the Plaintiff Landlord over the fraudulent lease and false complaint for non performance.  The mediation over this false lease/complaint caused us to lose more tens of thousands of dollars to the fraudster Landlord.