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• Violating the Code of Ethics can get you sued.

Specialties & Experience of this Expert Witness

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Larry Lowenthal is a real estate expert witness and broker who has been retained for dozens of lawsuits over troubled or failed transactions, most of which name real estate brokers who are charged with malpractice, failure to disclose, negligence, dishonesty, deceptive conduct, violations of state license statutes and/or the Realtor Code of Ethics. Some cases stem from commission or procuring cause disputes. Depending upon the facts and the law, Larry works for plaintiffs and defendants, and testifies at depositions and trials. (Note; he will only accept cases that he is comfortable with.) Larry had twenty years of experience with his Board of Realtors in South Florida serving on the Grievance Committee -- where he examined and analyzed over 250 ethics complaints and arbitration requests -- and on the board's Professional Standards Committee, sitting on ethics and commission arbitration hearing panels, which act as judge and jury. As an adjunct professor, he taught evening courses: Economics at Nova Southeastern University and Business Writing at Broward College. Larry was nominated by Judge Mort Abrams (dec.) for the Broward Bar Association's Silver Medal (didn't get it), but did win the Silver Medal awarded by the American Advertising Federation, Broward Chapter He is an accomplished writer, presenter, photographer, and a pretty fair cook. He is married to Jan, who retired as a school psychologist in South Florida.  Their son and his growing family live in Chicago.