Apparently the office of the Florida Attorney General is becoming quite the place for attorneys to cut their teeth before moving on to more lucrative positions with many of the primary actors in the Florida foreclosure industry. In recent months, the director of the Economic Crimes Division for the Florida Attorney General's office has taken a position with "foreclosure mill" Law Offices of Marshall C. Watson, a former deputy Attorney General has been hired by Lender Processing Services and a former Broward County Judge announced he was leaving his judicial post also to work with the Watson firm.
All the moves prompted assistant state attorney general Andrew Bennett Spark, of the Tampa office of economic crimes, to write a 16-page memo he distributed to several Florida media outlets. The memo outlines several concerns Mr. Spark has with the overall AG's office while focussing on the firing of two former state foreclosure investigators and the flight of staff members to foreclosure companies. Mr. Spark wrote "the people of the State of Florida are entitled to fair and honest government, independent of personal connections and powerful interests."
The Law Offices of Marshall C Watson has responded saying their hirings are within the ethics code and having such experienced counsel overseeing the litigation and compliance departments will "further enhance our practices" and prevent the unethical practices that were rampant in previous years.
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