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About Douglas Crane Broeker

Douglas Crane Broeker is a lawyer practicing administrative law, appellate practice and advocacy, business law and 1 other area of law. Douglas received a B.A. degree from Colgate University in 1976, and has been licensed for 46 years. Douglas practices at Sweetapple, Broeker & Varkas, P.L. in Miami, FL.

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Posted by MolMar
July 12, 2025
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ROBERT A. SWEETAPPLE, DOUGLAS CRANE BROEKER ARE TWO DISHONEST, CROOKED, CORRUPTED, UNTRUSTWORTHY AND UNSCRUPULOUS ATTORNEYS. BE AWARE. THEY LIED TO US. THEY BREACHED OUR TRUST. THEY COLLECTED $110,000 FROM US IN LEGAL FEES WITHOUT DOING THE JOB THEY WERE HIRED TO DO. THEY WERE GROSSLY AND INTENTIONALLY NEGLIGENT IN HANDLING OUR CASE. THEY OWED US A DUTY OF CARE ARISING FROM THE ATTORNEY-CLIENT RELATIONSHIP, THEY FAILED THAT DUTY. THEY NOT ONLY BREACHED OUR AGREEMENT BUT THEY FAILED TO REPRESENT US WITH DUE CARE. Broeker and Sweetapple were hired by my husband and me to specifically handle the post-trial procedures on a case brought against us by a con artist named Ravi Kadiyala from Illinois who had stolen $1.1 Million Dollars from my husband’s bank account SWEETAPPLE SABOTAGED AND INTENTIONALLY NEGLECTED our case to a loss. We lost the chance for a retrial and appeal and we ended up with a $2.5 M Judgment. STAY AWAY FROM THIS FIRM. THEY ARE CROOKS.

 
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Posted by MARIE
February 03, 2025
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DOUGLAS CRANE BROEKER AND ROBERT A. SWEETAPPLE ARE TWO DISHONEST, UNTRUSTWORTHY AND UNSCRUPULOUS ATTORNEYS. BE AWARE. They lied to us. They breached our trust. They collected money from us without doing the job they were hired to do. In November 2021, Broeker and Sweetapple were hired by my husband and me to specifically handle post-trial procedures on a case brought against us by a con artist who stole $1.1 Million Dollars from us after breaching a contract to purchase my husband’s business mortgage banking licenses. Broeker and Sweetapple were hired specifically by us to undertake the post-trial motions on our case including but not limited to file a 50(B) Motion, request a new trial and file an appeal if necessary. They collected app. $110,000 in legal fees from us without doing the job they were hired to do. Broeker and Sweetapple failed to competently proceed with the prosecution of our case. We lost the chance for a retrial and appeal and we ended up with a $2.5 Million Judgment.

 

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Areas of Law

  • Administrative Law
  • Business Law
  • Other 2
    • Appellate Practice and Advocacy
    • Trial Lawyers

Practice Details

  • Firm Information
    Position
    Member
    Firm Name
    Sweetapple, Broeker & Varkas, P.L.

Experience

  • Bar Admission & Memberships
    Admissions
    1980, Florida
    1980, U.S. District Court, Southern (Trial Bar) and Middle Districts of Florida and U.S. Court of Appeals, Fifth and Eleventh Circuits
    Memberships
    Dade County Bar Association
    The Florida Bar (Vice Chairman, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee "I," 1987-1990
    Chairman, Eleventh Judicial Circuit Fee Arbitration Committee, 1993-1994).
  • Education & Certifications
    Law School
    Washington & Lee University
    Class of 1980
    J.D.
    Other Education
    Colgate University
    Class of 1976
    B.A.
  • Personal Details & History
    Age
    Born in 1954
    Plainfield, New Jersey, April 27, 1954

Douglas Crane Broeker

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777 Brickell Avenue, Suite 600Miami, FL 33131-2803U.S.A.

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