Douglas Crane Broeker

ROBERT A. SWEETAPPLE AND 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. In November 2021, 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 by forging my husband’s signature after breaching a contract to purchase my husband’s mortgage banking business licensing platform. Broeker and Sweetapple collected approximately $110,000.00 in legal fees from us without doing the job they were hired to do. Robert Sweetapple failed to competently proceed with the prosecution of our case 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 Million Judgment. During the time of Sweetapple’ and Broeker’s engagement by us they did almost nothing in furtherance of our interests. We lost the chance for a retrial and appeal due to Robert Sweetapple and Douglas Crane Broeker’s failure to file the appropriate post-trial motions to preserve our case for appeal thereby leaving us without a remedy for relief. Knowing in advance we stood no chance at appeal due to Broeker’s and Sweetapple’s failure to preserve our issue for appeal, they then ignored, neglected our appeal and missed all crucial deadlines. Sweetapple referred to me and my husband after being paid by us as stupid, ignorant idiots, fraudsters, nuts and even threatened to shoot us at one point. We have all of it in writing. I DO NOT RECOMMEND THE SERVICES OF DEVIOUS, DISHONEST AND CROOKED ATTORNEYS ROBERT SWEETAPPLE, DOUGLAS CRANE BROEKER AND THEIR LAW FIRM SWEETAPPLE, BROEKER & VARKAS IN BOCA RATON TO ANYONE. THEY ARE CROOKS.

DOUGLAS CRANE BROEKER AND ROBERT SWEETAPPLE ARE TWO DISHONEST, UNTRUSTWORTHY AND UNSCRUPULOUS ATTORNEYS. BE AWARE.... They lied to us. They betrayed us. They breached our trust. They collected money from us without doing the job they were hired to do. In November 2021, Sweetapple and Broeker were retained by my husband and me to specifically handle some post-trial procedures on a case brought against us by a con artist who had stolen $1.1 Million Dollars from us after breaching a contract to purchase my husband’s business mortgage banking licenses. Robert Sweetapple and Douglas Broeker were hired specifically by us to undertake the post-trial activities on our case including but not limited to file a 50(B) Motion, request a new trial and file an appeal if necessary. They did not perform the services which they were hired to do and paid approximately $110,000 in legal fees by my husband and me. They failed to competently proceed with the prosecution of our case. During the time of their engagement they did almost nothing in furtherance of our interests, we lost the chance for a retrial and appeal due to their failure to file the appropriate post-trial motions to preserve our case for appeal thereby leaving us without a remedy for relief. Knowing in advance we stood no chance at appeal due to their failure to preserve our issue for appeal, they then neglected our appeal case and missed all crucial deadlines. We, of course, lost the appeal. That was no big surprise to Sweetapple and Broeker. Their failure to preserve our appeal by filing the 50(b) motion and asking for a new trial during those crucial 30 days following the jury verdict failed below the standard of care of attorneys. By failing to properly preserve our issue for appeal after the trial within the allotted time which Robert Sweetapple and Douglas Broeker were hired to do and paid for by us, Robert Sweetapple and Douglas Broeker deprived us from the relief we could have obtained on appeal. We ended up with a $2.5 Million Dollars judgment against us. Robert Sweetapple and Douglas Broeker owed us a duty of care arising from the attorney-client relationship, they failed that duty. Robert Sweetapple and Douglas Broeker not only breached our agreement but they failed to represent us with due care. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND THE SERVICES OF ATTORNEY ROBERT A. SWEETAPPLE AND DOUGLAS CRANE BROEKER NOR THEIR LAW FIRM SWEETAPPLE BROEKER & VARKAS TO ANYONE. THEY SIMPLY CAN'T BE TRUSTED.