I knew something was up because I tweeted out on Dec 21, 2012. “Has anyone heard of a foreclosure mill owner who might have been disbarred in FL?”

I was close enough!

Has anyone heard of a foreclosure mill owner who might have been disbarred in FL?

— StopForeclosureFraud (@Din_SFLA) December 21, 2012

Palm Beach Post-

The owner of the Fort Lauderdale-based Law Offices of Marshall C. Watson has agreed to plead guilty in a proposed Florida Bar consent judgment that accuses him failing to supervise or train his employees in foreclosure-related work.

The judgment, which still requires final approval by the Supreme Court of Florida, is believed to be the first punitive action taken against the owner of one of Florida’s large law firms that represent banks in foreclosure cases.

Florida Attorney General Pam Bondi closed her office’s foreclosure investigations last year after a Florida Supreme Court decision upheld a ban preventing the state from subpoenaing documents from the firms. Watson’s firm was the only one of those investigated that agreed to a settlement with Bondi’s office, paying $2 million while admitting no wrongdoing.

[PALM BEACH POST]

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