In the beginning, there was the 91-day silence. Then, Adam said, “Let there be 2 pages,” and he saw that they were good (for his narrative).
Three weeks after my grievance graduated from legal purgatory and into the Florida Bar’s Branch Office, Bar Counsel began requesting documents from me and my former attorney, Adam Mann.
I was asked to send information about the lawsuit that was filed on my behalf (by my new attorney). I provided the information within the hour. The first request to Adam sounded simple as well: provide the legal representation agreement we signed. ⛪📨
What happened next became one of the strangest little chapters in this entire saga.
And not because of what was said, but because of what was missing. ✂️📖
The First Confession ⛪👀
On April 22, 2026 at 4:37pm, Branch Counsel requested additional information from Adam.
At 9:05pm, he submitted what he described as the Retainer Agreement between myself and Cohen & Cohen, P.A.
The Gospel, apparently, consisted of two pages because that is what Adam sent in his email. 📄📄 Not the original packet that contained sixteen pages, but two.
Two.
The Book of Omissions ✂️📚
I have a confession of my own to make: I stared at that email for a few moments. I almost convinced myself I was wrong about what I remembered (and what I still had in my files). It was the only way my brain could process what I was reading.
“Why would he only send two pages when there are 16? Am I… I need to read this again, maybe I don’t have the whole file he sent over. No, no I have the whole file. It’s two pages. Why would he do that? Am I missing something? What is going on here?”
Roughly 45 minutes later, I submitted the full 16-page intake packet that was executed at the start of my representation.
My supplemental filing stated:
“The 2-page excerpt previously submitted by the Respondent does not represent the entirety of our contractual agreement.”
For transparency, I also included screenshots captured on the original signing date.
At that moment, the investigative record contained two very different versions of the same “agreement”:
• the abbreviated scripture
• and the full testament
The Missing Verses 📜😮💨
Then came the dawn revelation.
While most people were sleeping or hitting the snooze button at 5:29am, Adam Mann was emailing Branch Counsel again to “clarify” that I was correct (audible gasp) and the full intake packet actually consisted of approximately 16 pages.
Yes, apparently he had to admit there were indeed additional verses. 📚🌅
Adam explained that he submitted only the two-page portion because he was attempting to avoid providing documents that were “not specifically requested.” Whatever that means.
He then acknowledged that the packet also included:
• The Statement of Client Rights for Contingency Fees
• Medical authorizations
• Insurance authorizations
• Related intake forms
That sounds like the full retainer agreement to me, but what do I know?
He offered to provide the remainder of the packet if requested.
By sunrise, the scriptures had expanded considerably.
Selective Revelation 👁️📜
At 9:44am, Branch Counsel acknowledged receipt of both submissions.
More importantly, Branch Counsel specifically acknowledged that my supplemental filing contained “several additional pages in addition to the legal representation agreement.”
Then came the next request:
“If you could please provide a copy of the full intake packet related to this matter…”
At 10:14am, the complete intake packet was finally submitted into the record by Adam. 📂⏳
The canon, at last, appeared complete.
The Curated Testament 📖🔥
Over the course of this grievance, I have repeatedly encountered:
• partial disclosures
• narrowed timelines
• “misidentified” details
• selective framing
• retrospective clarifications after contradictory evidence surfaced
And now, during one of the first major document exchanges of the Branch investigation, the pattern appeared again:
a narrower version entered the record first, followed later by the fuller context.
I knew he felt comfortable omitting information when I was a client, I just didn’t think he would also feel comfortable (and emboldened) behaving that way during a Florida Bar investigation.
The issue was never the existence of additional pages. The issue was why the Gospel apparently began with two. ✂️📖
From Saint to Scripture 😇🔥
In my previous posts, I discussed the contrast between my former attorney’s public image and how he behaves when he’s under investigative scrutiny: “Saint on Google, Sinner in the Bar and “Out of Purgatory & Into the Branch Office.”
This newest chapter reminded me of something important: Transparency is either complete, or it is curated. A record is either presented fully, or it is presented selectively.
And eventually, people stop debating the missing verses and begin questioning the author.