TALLAHASSEE — A long awaited report on the firings of two foreclosure fraud attorneys from Attorney General Pam Bondi’s office concluded that no one within the office acted improperly in dismissing Theresa Edwards and June Clarkson last spring.
“A review of the facts did not indicate that their forced resignation/termination was conducted in violation of any rule, policy or law,” the report states.
Edwards and Clarkson were making national headlines for exposing mortgage lenders and law firms for unsavory practices related to the foreclosure mess plaguing the state and country. But then Bondi’s office abruptly fired them at the end of May, leading to a public fight between the two lawyers and Bondi’s office.
The lawyers said the firings were political. Bondi’s office defended the action though, saying that the two attorneys kept inadequate case files and had essentially publicly vilified a company, Lender Processing Services, in a power point presentation to other lawyers about deceptive foreclosure practices.
Bondi’s office released a statement with the report, which was completed by Chief Financial Officer Jeff Atwater’s office, saying that the report confirmed that the firings were not political.
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