The new opinion clarifies whether an expert witness is necessary to confirm the amount of fees being claimed. Palm Beach County attorney Peter Feaman and Nancy Guffey of PETER M. FEAMAN, P.A. in Boynton Beach represented the appellee. “Basically, they said they’re kind of overruling the 1985 Supreme Court case, saying that if you have an attorney testifying as an expert, [the] fees must be awarded as costs,” Feaman said https://loom.ly/7tdKbCc

In July 2021, Gordon Dieterle was re-appointed by Governor Ron DeSantis to serve another 4-year term on the 15th Judicial Nomination Commission for Palm Beach County, with the new term running through July 1, 2024.