The Miami Herald
February 1, 2003 

TALK OF OUR TOWN By JOAN FLEISCHMAN 

DAY IN COURT  

When attorney xxxxxx xxxxxxxx broadsided the Honda of Carla Somoza Portocarrero, daughter of deposed Nicaraguan president Anastasio Somoza Debayle, [causing it to flip over], he stepped out of his Jaguar in May 2001 and blew a .135 and .121 on the breath alcohol machine. Florida's limit for driving is .08.

xxxxxx went to court Thursday and pleaded no contest to misdemeanor "simple'' DUI. Miami-Dade County Judge Israel Reyes adjudicated him guilty. Sentence: six months' probation, six months' license suspension, and a $750 fine plus $504.75 in court costs. xxxxxxxx, 56, also attended DUI school and agreed to contribute $2,500 to charity. (He picked Catholic Health Services; the Miami Archdiocese is one of his clients.) He also paid restitution to Portocarrero, 46. As part of the deal, the state dropped more serious charges including DUI with [serious] bodily injury and property damage. Prosecutor: Andrea Ricker Wolfson. Defense attorney: Robert Reiff. xxxxxxxxxx obtained a "hardship'' license that allows him to drive for business and other essential purposes.