Located in south Sarasota County, the firm represents a diverse group of clients in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, Hillsborough and Pasco Counties, ranging from multi-building, waterfront, commercial, and industrial condominiums to both small and expansive homeowners associations.
Examples of the services The Firm provides to assist boards of directors in meeting and maintaining the needs of their communities:
- Interpreting and enforcing governing documents. Additionally preparing amendments to governing documents to meet the changing needs of a community.
- Addressing maintenance and repair issues and addressing who is responsible for those expenses.
- Providing legal counsel as needed on day to day questions regarding operational, technical, regulatory and practical issues, and assisting with the development of policies and rules governing same.
- Collecting past due assessments, including sending statutory demand letters, filing of claims of lien, and filing assessment foreclosures on same.
- Aggressively representing the rights of community associations in mortgage foreclosure cases.
- Providing assistance to boards of directors with required notices, attendance requirements, and voting requirements as needed for board and member meetings.
- Drafting and reviewing contracts for the management, maintenance, repair, construction of improvements, and/or operation of the community.
- Reviewing loan documents and structuring commercial lines of credit and/or arranging sources of financing.
- Providing reservation and revitalization of communities under the Florida Marketable Record Title Act.
- Assisting with Fair Housing, Handicap and Civil Rights matters.