Overview
- Pardo Pope received a Bar letter confirming a disciplinary file and must respond by Dec. 10, with Corben granted 10 days afterward to rebut.
- The Bar describes this as an early investigatory step that is not a finding of misconduct, and says only about a quarter of matters reach this stage.
- Corben’s Nov. 20 complaint followed her September statement to the Miami New Times asserting he had lost a defamation case.
- Corben counters that he did not lose and says his side won a six-figure fee award under Florida’s anti-SLAPP statute.
- The inquiry unfolds as Pardo Pope faces Monica Matteo-Salinas in a Dec. 9 Miami Beach City Commission runoff.