Notice: Ripoff Report VIP Arbitration Decision: A neutral and independent Arbitrator has determined that the following Report contained one or more false statements of facts. The false statements have been redacted as ((Statement REDACTED as false pursuant to Ripoff Report VIP Arbitration)). | PADULA HODKIN PLLC - ADAM HODKIN ATTORNEY ADAM HODKIN ADAM HODKIN ((Statement REDACTED as false pursuant to Ripoff Report VIP Arbitration))Boca Raton Florida
RIPOFF REPORT VIP ARBITRATION
SUMMARY OF ARBITRATOR’S DECISION
Padula Hodkin, PLLC, Complainant
v.
Anonymous, Author of Report #1264808,
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Complainant Padula Hodkin, PLLC (the “Complainant”) has challenged the truthfulness of certain specific statements (each, a “Statement”) posted by Author Anonymous (the “Author”) on the Ripoff Report website at www.ripoffreport.com as Ripoff Report #1264808 (the “Report”). The Report states that the law firm of Padula Hodkin, PLLC provided unsatisfactory legal services. The Author has identified himself and has submitted a Statement withdrawing the allegations made in the Report. The Complainant denies the allegations. The Author did not provide a response to this matter. Therefore, in accordance with the Ripoff Report VIP Arbitration Rules (the “Rules), the Author waived their right to participate in this Arbitration. By submitting a Report and a Complaint on the Ripoff Report websites, both the Complainant and the Author have agreed to submit the dispute to the Ripoff Report VIP Arbitration Program.
In accordance with the Rules, the Arbitrator was asked to decide whether the challenged Statements were an opinion or a fact. If, and only if, the Statement was determined to be a statement of fact, the Arbitrator was asked to further decided if, by a preponderance of the evidence, to determine if the Statement was true or false. If the statement identified by the Complainant is determined to be an opinion, no determination will be made as to that particular Statement because an opinion cannot be determined to be true nor false.
In this case, the Arbitrator had only the evidence submitted by the Complainant to consider. The evidence submitted included Ripoff Report #1264808, Complainant’s Arbitration Statement, Complainant’s Witness Statements, and supporting documentation.
Each Statement challenged by the Complainant has been considered, together with any Witness Statements and Documents provided by the Complainant for determination of the truth or falsity of the Statement. The Author did not provide a response to the Complaint.
The Arbitrator determined that the certain statements challenged in the Report were false. Therefore, according to the VIP Arbitration Rules, those statements have been redacted.
Decided June 15, 2016,
Bruce E, Meyerson, Arbitrator
* A copy of the full Arbitrator’s Decision is available upon request. Please e-mail arbitration@ripoffreport.com with the name of the Complainant and Report number.
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4 Updates & Rebuttals
THIS REPORT WAS PLACED MY MISTAKE. PLEASE DELETE: AUTHOR
#5Author of original report
Fri, March 04, 2016
AUTHOR: THIS REPORT WAS PLACED BY MISTAKE. PLEASE DELETE
Adam Hodkin
Boca Raton,Florida,
USA
Notice to Author
#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Wed, December 23, 2015
Please take notice that Adam Hodkin(“Plaintiff”) has initiated an action in the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County, Florida, case number 2015-CA-013256-MB-AI (“the Action”), due to false statements made by “the author of original Report.” In the Action, Plaintiff seeks to subpoena the records of Xcentric Ventures, LLC for your identifying contact information to be sent to Adam Hodkin, Esq., Padula Hodkin, PLLC, 101 Plaza Real South, St. 207, Boca Raton, FL 33432. Plaintiff has served a subpoena on Xcentric Ventures, LLC, the company that owns and operates this website, to reveal your identities. You may have a right to file and serve a response to the subpoena anonymously. If you intend to file and serve a response, please do so, or notify us of your intent to do so, on or before January 5, 2016 at the address above or Adam Hodkin's email address (ahodkin@padulahodkin.com) or facsimile number, both of which you should have since you claim to have been a client of Hodkin's firm.
Adam Hodkin
Boca Raton,Florida,
USA
Hoax Report
#5REBUTTAL Owner of company
Wed, December 02, 2015
This report is a hoax and a fabricated story. I have filed a lawsuit in the Circuit Court of Palm Beach County, Florida, captioned Adam Hodkin v. John Doe, Case No. 2015 CA 013256 XXXX MB AI, to discover the identity of the poster, and am issuing a subpoena to "Ripoff Report's" corporate owner to obtain the identity of the poster.
The poster's anonymity is indicative of the poster's lack of truthfulness. A poster telling a "truthful" story would have no fear of liability, and thus, should have no concern about revealing his/her identity. This poster has chosen to be anonymous because the poster knows that his/her comments are false and constitute libel per se against me and my law firm.
Amongst other professional honors I have been privileged to receive throughout my career, I have been recognized as "AV" rated by Martindale Hubbell since 2012, the highest rating given by that organization. I have been named in Florida Trend Magazine as the South Florida Business Journal as one of the "Best of the Bar" and "Legal Elite" in Florida. I currently serve, and have served in the past, on Florida Bar committees. I am a member in good standing of the Florida Bar, and have no disciplinary history with the Florida Bar.
The "hoax" report is demonstrably untrue in the following respects:
1. Neither I nor my firm were hired in September, 2015 for any family law case.
2. We have only one paralegal in our office, and the same person has served as our paralegal for over four years. We have had no other paralegals during that time. It is impossible for a client who hired us in September, 2015 to have come to our office and to have met 4 different paralegals, much less 3 who started fresh on the hoaxster's "case". Such persons do not now and have never existed.
3. I was not in New York, nor a hospital, nor on vacation for "one month in [sic] a half" at any time from September, 2015 to the present. I have never taken a "one month in a half" vacation in my working career.
Other untrue statements in the post that would be known as untrue by anybody practicing law in Florida:
4. It is unlikely that for a new case filed in September, 2015 that hearings could be set for more than one or two motions between September and November, when this hoax post was put on Ripoff Report.
5. Neither we nor virtually any other attorney can resolve a "contested" family law case for under $10,000. I have never told any potential client that such would be possible.
6. A "parenting plan" is a short form that can be filled out within an hour or two that specifies when a mother and father will have visitation with their child(ren) (e.g., rotating weeks, vacations, and holidays). I have yet to experience a parent needing over a month to prepare a parenting plan.
Other untrue statements in the "hoax" post:
7. I have never given a client a fictitious bill, nor do I create false time entries. Nor am I running a Ponzi scheme.
8. I return all client calls and emails within 24 hours of their receipt, if not immediately.I challenge the poster to do all of the following -- none of which should be problematic except for the fact that the story the poster put up is a fabrication: (a) provide his/her identity; (b) produce an engagement letter with my firm for the matter described in the hoax post; (c) produce the notices of multiple hearings the poster claims were set; (d) produce the alleged fictitious bill; and (e) any other evidence of the poster's fictitious claim.
ADAM HODKING ((Statement REDACTED as false pursuant to Ripoff Report VIP Arbitration))
#5Author of original report
Fri, November 06, 2015
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