Graham Law Firm, P.A. v. Makawi

Appellant, Graham Law Firm (Graham), appeals the trial court’s order granting respondents’ motion to set aside default judgment on the grounds that the court lacked jurisdiction based upon inadequate service of process. Because we find that appellant was not given sufficient opportunity for discovery and cross-examination of witnesses on the matter of authorization to accept service of process, we reverse and remand for further proceedings consistent with this opinion.

FACTS

In 2007 Graham filed suit against Respondents MKKM, Inc., and Mohamed Makawi, individually and doing business as…