HomeMy Public PortalAboutDefs Mtn for Sanctions/Correspondence (O'Boyle)IN THE CIRCUIT COURT OF THE 15TH
JUDICIAL CIRCUIT, IN AND FOR PALM
BEACH COUNTY, FLORIDA
MARTIN E. O'BOYLE, CASE NO.: 502014CA004474XJOKvIB
DIVISION: AG
Plaintiff,
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TOWN OF GULF STREAM,
Defendant.
DEFENDANT'S MOTION FOR SANCTIONS AGAINST PLAINTIFF MARTIN E.
O'BOYLE, COUNSEL OF RECORD, THE O'BOYLE LAW FIRM P.C., JONATHAN
WAND WILLIAM RING, ESQUIRE
Defendant, Town Of Gulf Stream, moves this Court for the imposition of sanctions against
Plaintiff, Martin E. O'Boyle, Counsel of Record, the O'Boyle Law Firm, P.C., Inc., its President,
Jonathan O'Boyle, and William Ring, Esquire, for unprofessional, unethical and abusive litigation
tactics, and as grounds therefore would show the Court that:
1. On May 30, 2014, Defendant, through its counsel, Sweetapple, Broeker & Varkas, P.L., and
Jones, Foster, Johnson & Stubbs, P.A., filed Defendant's Motion to Disqualify the O'Boyle Law
Firm, P.C., Inc., or in the Alternative, for an Evidentiary Hearing (hereinafter the "Motion").
2. This T1 tion has been withdrawn without prejudice as Defendalt it seeking other remedies
with regard to the matters addressed in the Motion.
3. Significantly, the O'Boyle Law Firm, P.C., Inc., registered as a Florida foreign profit
corporation on February 10, 2014, claiming its principal office as 2146 E. Huntingdon Street,
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
4. Upon � ntormation and belief, at the time of registering the O'ioyle Law Firm, P.C., Inc.
(hereinafter the "O'Boyle Law Firm'), as a Florida foreign profit corporation, the O'Boyle Law Firm
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Martin E. O'Boyle v. Town of Gulfstream
CASE NO. 502014CA004474XXXXMBAG (PALM BEACH COUNTY)
1. Since opening the O'Boyle Law Firm, Jonathan O'Boyle has had a constant
presence in the State of Florida handling legal matters for his father and his
father's businesses, including at least four (4) pro hac vice appearances.
m. Jonathan O'Boyle has misrepresented his residence as part of his filings with the
Court and/or the Bar.
5. Immediately after Defendant filed "the Motion", Plaintiff, Martin O'Boyle (hereinafter
"O'Boyle") and his counsel, William Ring, requested a meeting with Joanne M. O'Connor, John C.
Randolph and Sidney Stubbs of the Jones Foster law firm.
6. On June 4, 2014, O'Boyle, William Ring, Joanne O'Connor, and John Randolph met in the
offices of Jones Foster. Mr. Stubbs was not in attendance.
7. O'Boyle indicated the meeting should be confidential in nature as it was called for the purpose
of arriving at a settlement. However, Plaintiff then proceeded to issue implicit threats, stating that as a
result of the Motion, which was directed at O'Boyle's son's law firm, O'Boyle intended to take steps
against opposing counsel and their children. O'Boyle also made an implicit threat of physical
violence stating, "You know I've never been a violent person. These hands have never touched
anyone." O'Boyle inquired regarding opposing counsel, Joanne O'Connor's, marital status and
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threatened to hire investigators to "watch counsel's daughter to see if she slips up."
8. O'Boyle further stated that he was going to open sober houses throughout the Town of Gulf
Stream.
9. These statements were made for the purpose of intimidating counsel, including undersigned
counsell The above conduct has caused undersigned counsel's co-cbunsel td become witnesses with
regard to these events and this motion.
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undertaken to pressure and intimidate defense counsel into not pursuing the issue of whether the
O'Boyle Law Firm is a bona fide Interstate Law Firm.
15. The issue of whether the O'Boyle Law Firm is a bona fide Interstate Law Firm is one that
should be resolved according to law. It should not be the subject of harassment, intimidation and air
raids by opposing counsel and their client.
16. The misconduct is unprofessional, unethical and it constitutes an egregious example of
litigation abuse. These tactics go beyond zealous representation and are designed to interfere with
defense counsels' ethical obligation to their client. Such conduct undermines society's commitment
to the resolution of disputes in courts of law, rather than in the streets or in the sky.
17. While citizens enjoy the constitutional right of free speech, that protection is afforded to
truthful speech, and while attorneys must zealously represent their client's interests, they are also
officers of the court, and are prohibited from disparaging witnesses and attorneys, or otherwise
undermining the administration of justice.
18. It is well settled that the trial court has inherent jurisdiction to sanction parties and their
counsel for litigation abuse. In this instance, Plaintiff and his counsel have sought to cease any
litigation or determination of the bona fides of the O'BoylIeI Law Firm by threatening and instituting
reprisals against counsel, their client and families.
19. While O'Boyle has the right to continue to make a spectacle of himself, he, with the assistance
of counsel, cannot impugn, malign and attempt to extort opposing parties or their counsel as part of
the litigation process.
120. Abusive conduct is not a novelty for O'Boyle, who lihs left a historic trail of abusive litigation.
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25. In litigation before the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit, Mr. O'Boyle
received an adverse summary judgment ruling on a legal malpractice claim against a law firm, arising
out of a representation where O'Boyle defaulted on an $8.9 million mortgage. The Court ordered
O'Boyle to pay fees and costs to the defendants, and additionally sanctioned O'Boyle. In so ordering,
the Tennessee court noted that: "More than seven years of frivolous litigation, litigation spawned by
the zealous temperament of O'Boyle, has placed an extreme burden on the Clerk of this Court over
and above the everyday course of business... The Court believes and finds that O'Boyle's conduct is
the result of intransigence and stubborn litigiousness on his part, which the Court is not willing to
tolerate." See O'Boyle v. Shulman, Rogers, et. al., 436 Fed.Appx. 449, 2011 WL 3510250 (C.A.6
(Tenn.) (attached hereto as Exhibit 117").
26. O'Boyle and his counsel fail to recognize that a Plaintiff and its counsel are subject to the
Rules of Court. The fact that the bona fides of his son's alleged interstate law firm are being
challenged is not justification for his use of intimidation, threats, extortion or slurs.
27. O'Boyle's counsel must be careful not to advise or condone conduct that interferes with or
illegally exploits the legal system. An attorney must control the client or, under certain circumstances,
subject himself to a claim of complicity.
"[A] lawyer is ... an officer of the legal system, and a public citizen having
special responsibility for the quality of justice." Preamble, Chapter 4, Rules
Regulating the Florida Bar.
An attorney has a duty to refrain from advocacy that undermines or interferes
with the functioning of the judicial system. See Malautea v. Suzuki Motor Co.,
Ltd., 987 F.2d 1536, 1546 (11th Cir.1993)
"An attome j's duty to a client can never outweigh his or her responsibility to see
that our system of justice functions smoothly. This concept is as old as common
law jurisprudence itself."); see, e.g., rules 4-3.5(c) ("a lawyer shall not engage in
conduct intended to disrupt a tribunal"), and 4-8.4(d) (a lawyer shall not "engage
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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
I HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing was served via the
E -Filing Portal this Yd day of July, 2014 to: Giovani Mesa, Esquire, Nick Taylor, Esquire, The
O'Boyle Law Firm, P.C., 1286 West Newport Center Drive, Deerfield Beach, Florida 33442
(Telephone: 1-954-574-6885; E-mail: gmesa@oboylelawfrrm.com, ntaylor@oboylelawfrrm.com);
Jonathan O'Boyle, Esquire, President, The O'Boyle Law Firm, P.C., 1286 West Newport Center
Drive, Deerfield Beach, Florida 33442 (Telephone: 1-954-574-6885; E-mail:
joboyle@oboylelawfinn.com); Joanne O'Connor, Esquire, John C. Randolph, Esquire and Ashlee A.
Richman, Esquire, Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A., 505 South Flagler Drive, Suite 1100, West
Palm Beach, Florida 33402-3475 (Telephone: 1 -561-659-3000; Email: joconnor@jonesfoster.com;
jrandolph@jonesfoster.com; arichman@jonesfoster.com); and William Ring, Esquire, Commerce
Group, Inc, 1280 West Newport Center Drive, Deerfield Beach, Florida 33224 (Telephone:
1-954-570-3510; Email: wring@commerce-group.com).
By:
ROBERT A. SWEETAPPLE
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O'BOYLE, MARTIN E
1280 WEST NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL 33442
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SWEET APPLE SOBER HOUSES, LLC
Filing Information
Document Number L14000091296
FEI/EIN Number NONE
Date Filed 06/06/2014
State FL
Status ACTIVE
Effective Date 06/06/2014
Principal Address
1280 WEST NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL 33442
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1280 WEST NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL 33442
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RING, WILLIAM F, JR.
1280 WEST NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL 33442
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Name & Address
Title MGR
O'BOYLE, MARTIN E
1280 WEST NEWPORT CENTER DRIVE
DEERFIELD BEACH, FL 33442
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UNPUBLISHED OPINION. CHECK COURT
RULES BEFORE CITING.
Superior Court of New Jersey,
Appellate Division.
Martin E. O'BOYLE, Plaintiff—Appellant,
V.
Peter ISEN, Defendant—Respondent.
Argued Dec. 11, 2013.
Decided Jan. 31, 2014.
On appeal from Superior Court of New Jersey, Law
Division, Atlantic County, Docket No. L-234"ll.
Jonathan R. O'Boyle, of the Pennsylvania bar, ad-
mitted pro hac vice, argued the cause for appellant
(Jacobs & Barbone, P.A. and Mr. O'Boyle, attorneys;
Lucille A. Bongiovanni, on the brief).
David W. Sufrin argued the cause for respondent
(Zucker Steinberg Sonstein & Wixted, P.A., attorneys;
Mr. Sufrin, on the brief).
Before Judges GRALL, WAUGH and ACCURSO
PER CURIAM.
*1 Plaintiff Martin E. O'Boyle appeals from a
grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant
Peter Isen on a complaint alleging defamation! ' For
the reasons that follow, we affirm
FN 1. We do not detail the complicated pro-
cedural history of this case in the trial court
because it is not mlterial to the issue raised
on appeal. It suffices to note, this complaint
was consolidated with others for a time and
several of plaintiffs claims were dismissed.
Page 1
This claim of defamation by defendant was
ultimately severed, and the grant of summary
judgment is the only matter before us.
Plaintiff and defendant are both residents of the
Borough of Longport, and plaintiffs cause of action
rests on a single statement made by defendant. The
events preceding defendant's statement provide con-
text. In 2006, Brace Funk, the assistant chief of
Longport's fire department and an employee of its
building department, responded to a call received by
the fire department about plaintiffs property. While
there, Funk observed alterations of the ground level of
the premises that, in his view, violated the Borough's
building code. That December, plaintiff was issued a
notice charging him with violations of the zoning
ordinance.
Defendant was a member of Longport's planning
and zoning boards between January 2007 and January
2010. He was a long-time and year-round resident
of Longport, and for about four years he was plaintiffs
neighbor. Although plaintiff resided in both Longport
and in Florida, he and defendant had both worked on
the mayoral campaign for the candidate who was the
mayor during the relevant time period.
FN2. Defendant issued a public statement on
January 12, 2010, advising that he was re-
signing from the boards. In that notice he
indicates that he held the position for the past
three years.
In August 2007, Funk pursued the zoning viola-
tion charges be had levied against plaintiff. Funk
notified the federal and state officer of emergency
management, and he made an inquiry to the Depart-
ment of Homeland Security about canceling plaintiffs
flood insurance because of the zoning violations. In
Funk's estimation, violation of floodplain regulations
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Plaintiff filed this lawsuit alleging defamation on
July 15, 2008, while his OPRA complaint was still
pending. One month later, the Law Division ruled on
one issue in the OPRA action. The court directed
Longport to accept future OPRA requests from plain-
tiff. In that decision, the court did not address the
merits of plaintiffs claim that Longport's disposition
of the OPRA requests it had accepted violated the law,
and the record does not include the final order in that
action.
The zoning violations were resolved in plaintiffs
favor later in August 2008. Longport and plaintiff
reached an agreement under which the municipality
dismissed the charges based on plaintiffs alleged
non-compliance.
Summary judgment in favor of defendant on
plaintiffs defamation claim was not entered until
September 23, 2011. Judge Higbee determined that
defendant's statement describing plaintiff as "the
enemy of Longport" cannot, as a matter of law, sup-
port a finding of defamation, because the asserted
description is an opinion, not a fact
*3 In reviewing a grant of summary judgment in
favor of defendant, this court applies the same stand-
ard as the trial court The question is whether de-
fendant is entidel to judgment as a matter of law,
because a jury giving the plaintiff the benefit of all
favorable evidence and inferences could not return a
verdict for plaintiff. Brill v. Guardian Life Ins. Co. of
Am., 142 N.J. 520, 540 (1995). Applying that stand-
ard, we agree with and affirm Judge Higbee's deter-
mination.
Plaintiff contends that the judge erred in con-
cluding that defendant's comment was incapable of
having a defamatory meaning. That is a question of
law for the courts, DeAngelis v. Hill, 180 N.J. 1, 14
(2004), which we must review de novo. Toll Bros.,
Page 3
Inc v. Twp. of Windsor, 173 N.J. 502, 549 (2002).
Judge Higbee, in our view, correctly resolved this
question.
Liability for defamation is imposed based upon
publication of a false statement that injures the repu-
tation of another. Salzano v. N. Jersey Media Grp.,
Inc, 201 N.J. 500, 512 (2010), cert. denied, — U.S.
—, 131 S.Ct. 1045, 178 L Ed2d 864 (2011). The
tort recognizes that people should be free to enjoy
their reputations without suffering false and defama-
tory attacks. Turf Lawnmower Repair, Inc. v. Bergen
Record Corp., 139 N.J. 392, 409 (1995), cert denied,
516 U.S. 1066, 116 S.Ct. 752, 133 L Ed2d 700
(1996).
Thus, to establish defamation, a plaintiff must
show that he or she suffered damages as a result of a
statement of fact made by the defendant concerning
the plaintiff, which was false and which was commu-
nicated to a person other than the plaintiff. Singer v.
Beach Trading Co., Inc., 379 N.J.Super, 63, 80
(App.Div2005). A statement is not defamatory unless
it is false. W.J.A. v. D.A., 210 N.J. 229,238 (2012).
In determining whether a statement is capable of
defamatory meaning, courts consider three factors: the
coutent, the verifiability and the context of the chal-
lenged statement. DeAngelis, supra, 180 N.J. at 14. To
analyze the content of theistatement, courts consider
the fair and natural meaning that the words would be
given by persons of reasonable intelligence. Ibid
Although "epithets, insults, name-calling, profanity
and hyperbole" may be offensive, they are not ac-
tionable as defamatory. /bid Thus, courts must dis-
tinguish defamation from offensive "obscenities,
vulgarities ... and other verbal abuse." Ibid
Plaintiff reliefi on Ml{ ovich v. Lorain Journal
Co., 497 U.S. 1, 19, 110 S.Ct. 2695, 2706, 111 L
Ed2d 1, 18 (1990), a case involving an expression of
the writer's opinion that a coach committed perjury.
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NJ.Super.A.D.,2014.
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Waving handmade signs and grasping yellow balloons, a small group marched last fall outside Stale Attorney Mchael WAuliffe's office, angrily calling for him to resign. McAuliffe
had Just. negotiated a plea deal that meant Paul Mchael kforhfge, who killed bur relatives on Thanksgiving Day 2009, would escape the death penalty.
But most of the protesters weren't there out of outrage. They were there because they were getting paid.
Theywere get6rg paid because the man rho wanted W-Auliffe's Job, Dare Arenberg, wanted a proles y but dldn'twant his name �nked to It. Since he could not delher enough
Preis him elf, he asked newfound ally, GutfSkeam millionaire Marty O'Boyle, lo help.
M O'Boyle asslstantllned up a parry planner. And there how a protest trumpeted an the nightlynews as an outpouring efcommunityanger actuallystarred a half -down actors
more accustomed to playing princesses, downs and dinosaurs.
Thatwas only the start. Uerfour months, Arenberg and O'Boyle teamed up fora campaign ofatlacks against McAuliffe, cautioustysklrting Florida laws designed to assure
transparencyin elections, according to InleMews and documents obtained byThe Palm Beach Post.
Theywotked In strict secrecy. Aronberg — now the front-runner for state allDmey—had not yet declared himself a candidate, so he took help from O'Boyle without disclosing to the
public whet otherwise would have amounted to donations.
For O'Boyle, it was Just one act In his relentless quest to wipe a DUI conviction off his daughters record. For Arenberg, ilwas an opporlunityfo take ad Vantage of a millionaire's
displeasure to undermine a rival. They moved assertively, running adtedlsements, paying protesters and digging up dirt.
At stake: one of Palm peach County's mot Important elected Jobs. The state atlomeyhas enormous d' oration In deciding which criminal pees to pursue, including political
corruption. I i
Arenberg. Men a statewide prosecutor, guided O'Boyle's efforts, occasionally on taxpayer time. He emailed Instructions to O'Boyie's assistant from his BlackBery during work
hours, a potential rf013flan of state rules. Once, he accepted a round-trip ride to Tallahassee on O'Bayfe's pd mte plane.
Throughout, Arenberg toyed with running. In one rare instance, an small reveals Arenberg's Intent. Just six days before he announced, he urged an O'Boyle employee to payfor
Facebook ads, saying,'I Mink theyneed to run before I become a candidate'
Arenberg's collaboration with O'Boyle tapered off ager Jan. 17, when McAuliffe—Influenced in part, he said, bythe nastycampaign swirling around him—announced he would
not seek re-elecgon. Arenberg declared his candidacy three days later and within sixmonths had raised 5471,000, none of it from O'Boyle.
But In enlisting O'Boyle, Arenberg miscalculated. Mer months together, O'Boyle turned on him, releasing to The Post hundreds of smalls —including about log written by
Arenberg—documenting their contacts In the time before Arenberg announced.
Ultimately, O'Boyle would Wm on The Post as well. Mer a reporter old O'Boyle the newspaper was checking whatherone of his exchanges with Arenberg could be viewed as an
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be the end OfmyPolitcal career,'Arunberg said in a MayTVappearance.
O'Boyle, trough, had plenty of money—and, with the banners, had shown a willingness to spend it tormenting McAuliffe.
Aronberg reached out to Gem hman. O'Boy1e's daughters atamayand now Amnbarg s Thai for state momey. Baric then, Gem hman had no plan to tan, but it seemed to him that
Amnberg did. *His pitch was he wanted financial support for his nun and he dewed Martyin that lashhm, Gem hman said. Gem hman told O'Boyle he had talked to Aronberg.
The political courtship between Amnberg and O'Boyle began In late July over lunch a1 The Office, a Delray Beach hot spot.
They started exchanging em ails. Amnberg peppered O'Boyle with links to stades about McAuliffe. O'Boyle gate Aronberg a cryptic heads -up to 'enjoy your lunch' at Banners
Coffee Shap amund the Court House.* Two days later, as pmmised, a plane new the banner.'Smile If you Mink Mkey McAuliffe is a putz"
Arcnberg asked OBoyle to take a trip with him to Tallahassee. On Oct 3, they drove to Fort Lauderdale, loaded into O'Boyfe's single-engine Cessna and flew north.
The neA moming, they mel with a Political consullanL O'Boyle said that with Aronberg out of the room, consultant Screven Watson talked to him about paying 3180,000 for four-
page mailers target ig Palm Beach County Democrats. O'Boyle wasn't buying.
Watson said he was sizing up O'Boyle atAvonberg's request Wetson's conclusion: The guy had moneybutneverwould be a reliable contributor. His real lnlerestiayin messing
with McAuliffe.
While theywam there, Aronberg Wok O'Boyle around the Capital. Theylunched, O'Boyle said, at Andrew's Capital Grill—home of the Yvonbergxr SplcyVeggle Burger; named
during Aronberg's Senate days.
Theymmewed polling results with a police union lobbyist thatshowed Armberg leading WAuliffe In a hypothefical matchup. Theydiscussed whether Amnberg should declare his
candidacy.
Theydsited the state Commission on Ethics W pick up a complaint against McAuliffe. Amnberg pressed the commission director to euplain whythe complaint had been dropped.
O'Boyle said.
On the flight back O'Boyle said, Aronberg contnuouslyretumed to a point he had made on the wayup.'Ifs just so wrong what theydw W yourdaughter," O'Boyle recalled
Amnberg saying.'Ijust can't believe theywould do such a thing.'
Protesters assembled outside the Palm Beach County state allomey's office Thursday morning In oPPoslfion to a plea deal thatsent Thanksgiving massacre killer
Paul A6chaef Merhige to prison orlife. More Man a dozen people stood outside state allomey"chael hVAutilfe's office holding signs...'
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A few weeks later, a news story caught Aronberg's eye.
At the end of October, McAuliffe agreed to a plea deal with Marli In 2009, Merhige had killed four relatives —Including 6 -year-old Makayla Siton—over Thanks giving dinner in
Jupiter. The plea would put Marhige away for lite and bdng closure to one of Palm Beach Counlys most hanific crimes.
But Jim Sitton, Makayla's father, detested the deal and begged the judge not to lake it He wanted a trial and then the death penalty.
Arenberg saw an opportunity.
Mer theyfirsl mel, O'Boyle assigned one of his assistants to work with Arenberg. Trained as a paralegal, the assistant, Denise DeMertnd, was one of O'Boyles best. "She'll mote
a mountain with one hand,' O'Boyle said.
Amnberg asked DeMartinl to organize a protest of the deal outside the state attorneys olnca.
DeMartinl began moving mountains.
She and O'Boyle consulted lawyers to find out where protesters could stand. She directed another O'Boyle employee W make fliers and lo order bright yellow balloons Imprinted
with "DUMP MCAULIFFE.*
Theydrew up signs. Aronberg proposed several slogans, DeMaMnl wrote in an email, including:'MCAuliffe coddles killers; 'Resign, McAuliffe, Resign; 'Democrats Against
McAuliffe"a — more strikingly—'Justice for Makayla."
The protestwas almost ready. Onlyone tldng was missing: protesters.
Initially, Aronberg told DeWrtini he would find them. But he came up emply'He was of the mind,'We gotta getit done, we gotta do it You guys got contacts —you guys can gal it
done; ' O'Boyle recalled.
DeMartinl got it done.
She called Kids Feidyand, a CoconutCreek companythatthmws children's partes.
A contact called for'10 people to participate In Rally Pmtest' The cost 51,400 or four hours. Afew protesters len early, so O'Boyle got a $500 discount
On Nov. 10, a videographerhired by O'Boyle captured the scene. More than a down protesters walked in a loop in fronlofthe state attorneys o6ice.Almostall were either O'Boyle
employees orpaid actors. O'Boyle himselfwore a cap that said Draml — his daughters school—and a sandwich boafd:'Mc ullffe Accepl This Plea Resign'
Atasl immfdlalelg Amnberg asked for a second protest— this time outside McAuliffe's 4mpalgn �dckoffparlyat E.R. Bradleys Salomon the Flagler Drive waterfront The that
oril was so much work and money, O'Boyle wasn't eager to do It again. But Arenberg pushed, O'Boyle said. On Nov. 16 It happened, with six actors for 3600.
As they prepared, O'Boyle emailed a worker who had put Amnberg's name in an email:'Amnberg's name is not to be menfioned'Md in both cases, Aronberg was nowhere to
be seen.
But Aonberg's presence was felt He drove bythe first protest several times, sending gleeful text messages to O'Boyle and DeMartni, theysaid.
And his hand was evident. They used several of his slogans, Including "Democrats Against McAuliffe' and "Resign. McAuliffe, Resign.'
OBoyle: 'Dave —being the amaleurthat I am, I do not see a material difference in the ads. So 1 can not give you intelligent input'
Amnberg:'Fair enough.... ill send u the one I preterin a separate email.... Happy Thanksgivingl'
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Arenberg pressed OeMartini to follow upon one request that was still pending. He wanted McPulitfe's email exchanges with The Posts editorial board, which had been critical of
Aronberg. When Amnberg felt the request had been unduly delayed, he wrote to DeMartinl:'You may want to haw a lawyers and a reminder letter. ) assume Marty would agree?'
DeMartini sentlhe em ails to Aronberg on Feb. 24. Six days later they appeamd on two local websites, including Gossip Fla.
Despite being an official candidate, Aronberg never declared DeMartinrs help as a campaign canbibution. But the Web postings would prove useful to Amnberg's campaign. Mer
The Post ran a story in June about Aronberg, he linked to one of them in an email to supporters, wdting that the paper's'false accusations and manufactured sources have been
discredited by independent observers'
Masdy though, Aronberg's relationship with O'Boyle shifted. Now thalhe had an oRciai campalgn, he asked O'Boyle foran official contribution.
At first O'Boyle said. Arenberg asked for $80,000. For O'Boyle, that meant more than wrifing one big check. Sfote law raps donations a13500 per person; O'Boyle would have to
find a bundle of 160 $500 checks —from himself, his companies, family members, employees or friends.
'Wow, thars kind of strong, Dave; O'Boyle recalled saying. instead, he offered Aronbarg 525,000.
Aronberg readllyagreed, wdflng In a Jan.30 email that'Wur commitrnent of raising 325K goes a long way.'
Butweeks passed, and O'Boyle didn't send Amnberg the check. Instead, he sent hlm documents from his daughter's case.
Bythen, O'Boyle said, he had spent528,000 helping Amnberg.'I said to mywffe,'Before I putup another$25,000, I want fo make sure that this guyis thinking like wa re thinking;
O'Boyle recalled.
Aronberg neverevplicillyhad promised to help, O'Boyle said. But O'Boyle said he believed he and Aronberg had an understanding.
'Dave kept sayfng:'1 can'tbeliew theydid this to your daughter. I Just can't belleve they did this. So wrong for them to do. You know that McAuliffe, I isn't belleve he did thlsr Now
when somebody's saying that to you aboutyaur daughter, what are you thinking?' O'Boyle asked.
In mid-March, Amnberg prepared for an end�lmonth deadline to disclose far the first time how much moneyhe had raised since announcing his candidacy. He wanted to deliver
a huge sum to deter potential opponents.
One opponent already had been scared off. Circuit Judge Kdsta Marx had considered running as a Republican, but backed down, The Post reported, after she received threats
linked to Amnberg.
On March 16, O'Boyle said, he met with Aronberg for nearly three hours In his Deerfield Beach office. His account of that meeting, provided to The Post without wriatiun In several
Interviews, wenlllke this:
O'Boyle asked Aronberg what he thought of his daughter's case. Aronberg demurred. Finally, Aronberg said that if he were elected, he would tum the case over to an assistant
prosecutor, who would haw final say.
O'Boyle pressed. 'I seid,'But you're the boss; you should decide what should happen."
Arenberg fled the Mom. *1 chased him into the parking lot' O'Boyle recalled. 'I sald,'At leastsaygoadbyer'
Later, Horenburger— the woman who had Introduced Arenberg to O'Bayle—told O'Boyle thatAmnberg thought O'Boyle had been wearing a wire. O'Boyle was livid.
'Here's the way l mad it rw got your money now. l don't need you. rm getting outof here; O'Boyle said.
O'Boyle never delivered the $25,000 contribution. Still. after the meeting, both O'Boyle and Amnberg did one favor for the other.
At Aronberg's request, O'Boyle approached Gershman, his daughters attorney, who by then was considering his own run for state attorney. O'Boyle told Gershman he stood no
chance against Aronberg.
Gershman responded bitterly, O'Boyle said, and threatened to drop his daughters case. Gershman said he was disappointed but meant only that he would withdraw from
representing O'Boyle in two civil sults related to the DUI arrest. He still represents O'Boyle's daughter in her criminal case, which Is being appealed.
Aranberg, meanwhile, helped O'Boyle line up a meeting with the new stale attorney—Ankmaccl, an old friend —tu discuss the DUI case.'Pete Anfonacci will meet with you and
you should call his assistant" Amnberg said in a March 20 voicemail left for O'Boyle's in-house attomey. Bill Ring.
Arenberg provided a number. Antonaccl took the I
meeting. Antonacci told The Post that Arenberg had nothing to do with IL *I'm a public servant,' he said.'f meet with everybody.'
On April 3, Anlonacc!O'Boyle a letter calling the legal arguments In Sara sentrBayle's case wanting'The state would let her appeal pljyout, Antonami wrote.
On April 9, Itall came to a head.
Merry O'Boyle wrote Amnberg a scathing email. Gershman would not enter the race, O'Boyle predicted. But he had lost Gershman as a Mend and an attorney, he wrote. The latter
loss would cast O'Boyle 530,000, he told Amnberg—the price fora new attorney to catch up on the lengthy record in his daughters DUI case.
'I got the screwing ofmylife,' O'Boyle wrote. *Both you and Gershman haw taught me good.'
And in reference to Aronberg's fears that O'Boyle maybe%been recording their conversation, O'Boyle added:*If you want lo spend a few minutes and haw a chat chit we could
haw it in a steam bath and I will agree to a rectal so there is no concent that I am wearing a wire!'
Ananberg never responded. In April, he reported raising 5275,000, none of 11 from Mary O'Boyle. Soon after, Gershman entered the race.
O'Boyle remained angry.'I was swindled,' he salt{.-Mere's no doubtin mymipd.'
In they, Mary O'Boyle quite phone cull from a Past reporter.
He returned the call.And started talking.
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(Cite as: 436 Fed.Appx. 449, 2011 WL 3510250 (C.A.6 (Tenn.)))
mortgage dispute, O'Boyle sued various defendants in
Tennessee state court. He essentially claimed that
these defendants had conspired to bankrupt his part-
nership and to take unlawful control of the center.
Representing O'Boyle, among others, was the law
firm of Shulman, Rogers, Ganda], Pordy & Ecker
P.A. ("Shulman Rogers"), • and specifically two of
its attorneys, Ross Cooper and Mark Guberman (we
refer to Shulman Rogers, Cooper, and Guberman
collectively as "Defendants").
In December 2004, the Tennessee circuit court
granted summary judgment for the defendants in that
case on each of O'Boyle's claims. On September 27,
2005, the court also ordered O'Boyle to pay over S 1.6
million of fees and costs to those defendants, per a
loser -pays provision in the mortgage note. O'Boyle
moved to amend that order that same day. In De-
cember 2005, the court denied both that motion and a
separate motion to vacate its December 2004 sum-
mary -judgment order. The court then entered judg-
ment against O'Boyle.
The state -court defendants moved for sanctions
against O'Boyle in January 2006. The Tennessee court
granted this motion in November 2006, ordering
O'Boyle to pay $125 million to the defendants and
$5,000 to the court. O'Boyle thereafter moved to
amend the sanctions order. In January 2007, the court
granted this mot]o� and vacated the $125—mil'ion
award, so long as O'Boyle paid the $5,000 sanctions
awarded to the court.
Meanwhile, in October 2006, Shulman Rogers
and Cooper entered into a tolling agreement with
O'Boyle. Guberman was not a party to the agreement.
The agreement stated that it did not revive any claims
that had already become time-barred. The agreement
expired in October 12007, but Shulman Rogers imd
O'Boyle extended it through February 2009. Cooper
did not sign the extension.
Page 2
O'Boyle sued the Defendants in New Jersey state
court in December 2008, claiming that he had lost the
Tennessee case as a result of their alleged malpractice.
The Defendants removed the case to federal court.
O'Boyle voluntarily dismissed the suit and refiled in
Tennessee federal court in April 2009. That case is the
one now before us. The district court dismissed
O'Boyle's claims as untimely under Tennessee's
one-year statute of limitations. This appeal followed.
We review de novo the district court's determi-
nation that O'Boyle's suit was untimely. See In re NM
Holdings Co., 622 Fad 613, 618 (6th Cir2010). The
parties agree that Tennessee's one-year statute of lim-
itations applies. See generally Tenn.Code. Ann. §
28-3-104(a)(2). The statute begins running when the
plaintiff knows or reasonably should know that he was
actually injured by his attorney's malpractice. See
John Kohl & Co. P.C. v. Dearborn & Ewing, 977
S.W.2d 528, 532 (Tenn.1998). Although knowledge
"is usually a fact question for the jury to determine,"
Wyatt v. A Best, Co., 910 S.W.2d 851, 854
(Tenn.1995), a defendant nonetheless is entitled to
dismissal for failure to state a claim where "the plain-
tiff undoubtedly can prove no set of facts consistent
with its allegations that would entitle it to relief." La.
Sch Emps. Ret. Sys. v. Ernst & Young, LLP, 622 F.3d
471,477-78 (6th Cir2010).
••2 Here, O'Boyle's oqn pleadings state that the
Defendants had "repeatedly advised [hum] that [his]
claims would defiantly withstand any motion for
summary judgment and would, to a reasonable prob-
ability, result in a successful outcome[.]" Compl. Q
19(c). Those assurances were proven false in De-
cember 2004, when the Tennessee court dismissed all
of O'Boyle's claims. Thus, by then O'Boyle had reason
to know that he had been injured by the Firm's alleged
malpractice. And O'Boyle hid all the more reason to
know that alleged fact by September 2005, when the
court ordered him to pay over $1.6 million in fees to
the defendants. Both of these dates precede by more
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