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RYAN & RYAN, LLC
THIRD FLOOR
700 EAST DANIA BEACH BOULEVARD
DANIA BEACH, FLORIDA 33004-3090
ARCHIE J. RYAN III TELEPHONE 954.920.2921
TIMOTHY M. RYAN FACSIMILE 954.921.1247
CHRISTOPHER J. RYAN www.ryanlawfl.com
March 30, 2022
VIA EMAIL TO: eboutsis@daniabeachfl.gov
Eve A. Boutsis, Esq., City Attorney
City of Dania Beach
100 West Dania Beach Boulevard
Dania Beach, Florida 33004
Re: City of Dania Beach Legal Services
January-December 2021
Purchase Order Number: 2020-00000014
Our File Number: 24809D
STATEMENT OF LEGAL SERVICES
Time
Date Nature of Service Performed Hours
01/04/21 Review and index Notice of Appearance and Plea of Not Guilty for MOV
Defendant Kristopher Fleming, Case No. 20002164MO40A .2
01/04/21 Review email from Attorney Charles D. Barnard
regarding diversion program and plea for MOV Defendant Kristopher
Fleming, Case No. 20002164MO40A .2
01/04/21 Conduct background check on MOV Defendant Kristopher Fleming re:
qualification for Misdemeanor Diversion Program (MDP) for MOV
Defendant Kristopher Fleming, Case No. 20002164MO40A .6
Eve A. Boutsis, Esq., City Attorney March 30, 2022
City of Dania Beach Page Two
01/06/21 Email to Attorney Charles D. Barnard enclosing plea offer on
MOV violation for MOV Defendant Kristopher Fleming, Case No.
20002164MO40A .3
01/07/21 Review and respond to Attorney Charles D. Barnard email
regarding diversion program eligibility for MOV Defendant Kristopher
Fleming, Case No. 20002164MO40A .2
01/07/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Rubrunach Mesidor, Case No.
20001999MO40A; reset, Order on arraignment .7
01/13/21 Review email from Lori Adams regarding Personal Guarantee .2
01/14/21 Telephone conference with Attorney Tom Ansboro regarding
Personal Guarantee format .2
01/14/21 Revise Personal Guarantee and email Personal Guarantee template
to Lori Adams and Attorney Tom Ansboro .4
01/19/21 Review and index MOV Defendant Kristopher Fleming‘s Petition to Plea in
Absentia, Case No. 20002164MO40A .2
01/22/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Ray Scales, Case No.
20006014MO10A .8
01/26/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Rubrunach Mesidor, Case No.
20002163MO40A .6
Eve A. Boutsis, Esq., City Attorney March 30, 2022
City of Dania Beach Page Three
02/03/21 Review email from Attorney Charles Barnard regarding MOV Defendant
Kristopher Fleming re: Notice of Special Magistrate Hearing involving noise
violation, Case No. 20002164MO40A .2
02/03/21 Review incident report and prepare Municipal Information for MOV Defendant
Alexander Yashin, Case No. 21000258MO40A .5
02/04/21 Email correspondence to Erin McClendon regarding Special
Magistrate Hearing for same incident involving Defendant
Kristopher Fleming; review and reply to email .3
02/04/21 Email Attorney Charles Barnard regarding MOV Defendant
Kristopher Fleming’s incident report, Case No. 20002164MO40A .2
02/04/21 Attend Case Status Hearing for MOV Defendant Arthur O’Neil,
Case No.17003521MO40A .8
02/09/21 Review Code Enforcement Order for Dan’s Deals on Wheels
Auto Transport & Sales, LLC .6
02/10/21 Telephone conference with Paralegal Joan Gross from Hagen
& Hagen regarding $5,000 application fee and $2,500 administration
fee, File No. CEB 07-0097 .3
02/11/21 Review file for evidence regarding $5,000 and $2,500 payments made
by Dan’s Deals on Wheels Auto Transport & Sales, LLC,, for variance,
File No. CEB 07-0097 .8
02/11/21 Hand deliver Dan’s Deals on Wheels Auto Transport & Sales,
LLC office file to Code Enforcement Clerk, File No. CEB 07-0097 .4
Eve A. Boutsis, Esq., City Attorney March 30, 2022
City of Dania Beach Page Four
02/12/21 Telephone conference with Joan Gross re: proposed settlement was
rejected by Special Magistrate in 2010, File No. CEB 07-0097 .3
02/16/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Kristopher Fleming, Case No.
20002164MO40A .7
02/16/21 Review and reply email to Attorney Charles Barnard, re:arraignment of MOV
Defendant Kristopher Fleming, Case No. 20002164MO40A
.2
02/22/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Ray Scales, Case No.
20006014MO10A .6
02/26/21 Telephone conference with Dania Beach regarding foreclosures
and title searches handled by Ryan & Ryan, LLC .5
02/26/21 Review Email from Attorney Eve Boutsis regarding foreclosure on
vacant lot, File No. US-02-005; review and reply to the same .3
03/01/21 Review and reply City of Dania Beach email regarding title search software .2
03/02/21 Telephone conference with The Fund regarding title search request for vacant
lot, File No. US-02-005 .2
03/03/21 Review email from The Fund staff enclosed with title report, name search,
lien search, and tax search for vacant lot, File No. US-02-005 .4
03/03/21 Review email from Erin McClendon regarding outstanding title searches .2
Eve A. Boutsis, Esq., City Attorney March 30, 2022
City of Dania Beach Page Five
03/04/21 Review and index documents on six title search reports .6
03/04/21 Review six title search transmittal letters for outstanding title search
reports .6
03/05/21 Attend Status Conference for MOV Defendant Arthur O’Neil, Case No.
17003521MO40A; .7
03/08/21 Review title, tax and name search for Richard Curry, Debra Curry
and Cameal Curry, File No. CEB US-02-005 .8
03/10/21 Email to Judge Gilman’s Judicial Assistant regarding arraignment of MOV
Defendant Dannie Ellis, Case No. 20001840MO40A; review and reply .3
03/10/21 Review and index Affidavit for Failure to Comply with Pretrial Services
for MOV Defendant Arthur O’Neil, Case No. 17003521MO40A .2
03/11/21 Review Warrant and Revocation for Violation of Pretrial Services for MOV
Defendant Arthur O’Neil, Case No.17003521MO40A .2
03/16/21 Prepare Municipal Information for MOV Defendant Jermain Joseph’s
municipal ordinance violation, Case No. 21000645MO40A .3
03/16/21 Prepare Municipal Information for MOV Defendant Savensky Saint
Cloux’s municipal ordinance violation, Case No. 21000646MO40A .4
03/16/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Alexander Yashin, Case No.
21000258MO40A .6
Eve A. Boutsis, Esq., City Attorney March 30, 2022
City of Dania Beach Page Six
03/16/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Joseph Ruffin, Case No.
20002000MO40A .4
03/16/21 Prepare schedule of open municipal ordinance violations and email
to Attorney Eve Boutsis .8
03/18/21 Telephone conference with Attorney Eve Boutsis regarding
FDOT/FAU parking lot .3
03/22/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Ray Carlton Scales, Case No.
20006014MO10A, ROR issued .4
03/22/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Rubrunach Mesidor, Case No.
20002163MO40A; reset, Defendant did not appear; Capias denied .3
03/22/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Dannie Ellis, Case No.
20001840MO40A. Arraignment reset by order of court .3
03/22/21 Attend hearing for MOV Defendant Felicia Dickinson, Case No.
20002023MO40A; Hearing reset by order of court .3
03/22/21 Email correspondence from Attorney Eve Boutsis regarding
FDOT title; review and reply .2
03/23/21 Email correspondence from Attorney Eve Boutsis regarding
scheduling a conference call with Attorney Ryan .2
Eve A. Boutsis, Esq., City Attorney March 30, 2022
City of Dania Beach Page Seven
04/05/21 Attend status hearing of MOV Defendant Arthur O’Neil, Case No.
17003521MO40A. Hearing reset by order of court .8
04/12/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Jermain Joseph, Case No.
21000645MO40A. Arraignment reset by order of the court .5
04/12/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Savensky Saint Cloux, Case No.
21000646MO40A; reset requested by Judge Gilman; Judge
requested research on diversion program offered by Dania Beach .6
04/15/21 Telephone conference with BSO Sergeant Briz regarding MOV diversion
program .3
04/16/21 Review email from Attorney Eve Boutsis regarding recorded Final
Judgment against Mark Calzaretta, File No. CEB 07-0765 .3
04/16/21 Review and reply email from Attorney Eve Boutsis enclosed with recorded
Final Judgment against Mark Calzaretta, File No. CEB 07-0765 .3
04/20/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Savensky Saint Cloux, Case
No. 21000646MO40A .8
05/11/21 Attend Status Conference for MOV Defendant Arthur O’Neil, Case No.
17003521MO40A 1.2
05/18/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Rubrunach Mesidor, Case No.
20001999MO40A. Arraignment reset by order of the court. 1.0
Eve A. Boutsis, Esq., City Attorney March 30, 2022
City of Dania Beach Page Eight
05/25/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Alexander Yashin, Case No.
21000258MO40A; Arraignment reset on court order .5
05/25/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Joseph Ruffin, Case No.
20002000MO40A .4
05/25/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Cornelius Betterson, Case No.
20006014MO10A .6
06/15/21 Attend Arraignment of MOV Defendant Felicia Dickinson, Case
No. 20002023MO40A. .8
06/16/21 Attend Case Status Conference for MOV Defendant Arthur
O’Neil, Case No. 17003521MO40A 1.4
07/15/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Jermain Joseph, Case No.
21000645MO40A .7
07/15/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Ray Carlton Scales, Case No.
20006014MO10A; .8
07/21/21 Attend case management hearing of MOV Defendant Timothy Lang,
Case No. 21003208MO10A 1.4
08/19/21 Attend hearing of MOV Defendant Timothy Lang, Case No.
21003208MO10A 1.5
08/30/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Rubrunach Mesidor, Case No.
2002163MO40A; Hearing reset on court order 1.2
Eve A. Boutsis, Esq., City Attorney March 30, 2022
City of Dania Beach Page Nine
10/04/21 Attend trial of MOV Defendant Felicia Dickinson, Case No.
20002023MO40A. Defendant did not appear, case set for Status
Hearing 1.5
10/11/21 Attend arraignment of MOV Defendant Jermain Joseph, Case No.
21000645MO40A; Hearing reset by order of the court. 1.2
10/21/21 Attend case status hearing of MOV Defendant Timothy Lang, Case No.
21003208MO10A. 1.6
11/02/21 Attend Status Hearing of MOV Defendant Rubrunach Mesidor, Case No.
20001999MO40A; Hearing reset on court order 1.0
11/04/21 Attend Trial of MOV Defendant Timothy Lang, Case No.
21003208MO10A. Defendant acquitted. 1.4
12/02/21 Review Incident report and court docket for MOV Defendant
Dannie Lee Ellis, Case No. 20001840MO40A .4
12/02/21 Phone conference with witness William Galdorise regarding
MOV violation and witness availability for trial of MOV Defendant
Dannie Lee Ellis, Case No. 20001840MO40A .6
12/03/21 Preparation for trial of MOV Defendant Dannie Lee Ellis,
Case No. 20001840MO40A .3
12/06/21 Attend trial of MOV Defendant Dannie Lee Ellis, Case No.
20001840MO40A; Capias issued against Defendant 1.8
Eve A. Boutsis, Esq., City Attorney March 30, 2022
City of Dania Beach Page Ten
12/06/21 Phone conference with Attorney Richard Ansara, counsel
for MOV Defendant Rubrunach Mesidor, regarding the status
of the City’s response to Defendant’s demand for discovery in
Case No. 20001999MO40A .4
12/07/21 Review demand for discovery from MOV Defendant
Rubrunach Mesidor, Case No. 20001999MO40A .3
12/13/21 Review Docket, Municipal Information, Incident Report,
and ordinance for MOV Defendant Felicia Dickinson, Case
No. 20002023MO40A .4
12/14/21 Preparation for Case Status Hearing for MOV Defendant
Felicia Dickinson, Case No. 20002023MO40A .2
12/14/21 Attend Case Status Hearing for MOV Defendant Felicia
Dickinson, Case No. 20002023MO40A; Capias issued against
Defendant 1.6
12/20/21 Prepare City’s Response to MOV Defendant
Rubrunach Mesidor’s demand for discovery, Case
No. 20001999MO40A .8
12/20/21 Phone conference with Attorney Richard Ansara,
counsel for MOV Defendant Rubrunach Mesidor, regarding
City’s response to Defendant’s demand for
discovery on Case No. 20001999MO40A .3
12/21/21 Finalize City’s Response to MOV Defendant Rubrunach
Mesidor’s demand for discovery, Case No. 20001999MO40A .4
Eve A. Boutsis, Esq., City Attorney March 30, 2022
City of Dania Beach Page Eleven
Total hours 49.5
49.5 hours @ $140 per hour $6,930.00
DISBURSEMENTS
Ryan & Ryan, LLC (administrative costs): $207.90
Total Disbursements $207.90
SUMMARY
Attorney’s Fees: $6,930.00
Total Disbursements: $207.90
BALANCE DUE: $7,137.90