A respected retired judge and his former co-counsel joined forces as trial attorneys to win a $1.44 million negligence award for a young marine fire inspector and repairman.

In the process of getting the verdict for Diosdado Vasquez, former Chief Miami-Dade Circuit Judge Joel Brown and Philip Freidin joined forces again after 28 years. They represented Vasquez, who was injured in an April 2011 collision outside PortMiami and will never work again in his chosen profession.