"For years, Broward County's socially and politically connected marveled at the astonishing success of Fort Lauderdale lawyer Scott Rothstein and wondered: How does he do it?...
...Sakowitz said Rothstein boasted of having sophisticated eavesdropping equipment and that former cops would sift through potential defendants' garbage. With compromising evidence in hand, the firm urged the targets of the claims to pay a settlement without a public lawsuit." (more)
