Donna DiMaggio Berger

Shareholder

Ft. Lauderdale , Florida

T: 954.987.7550

dberger@beckerlawyers.com

  • University of Miami School of Law, J.D.
  • University of Miami, B.A.
  • Northwestern University
  • Florida

Donna DiMaggio Berger is a Shareholder in Becker’s Community Association Practice in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida. She is a member of the College of Community Association Lawyers (CCAL), a prestigious national organization that acknowledges community association attorneys who have distinguished themselves through contributions to the evolution or practice of community association law and who have committed themselves to high standards of professional and ethical conduct in the practice of community association law. She is also one of only 190 attorneys statewide who is a Board Certified Specialist in Condominium and Planned Development Law.

As Founder and Executive Director of Becker’s Community Association Leadership Lobby (CALL), Ms. DiMaggio Berger has led various community association advocacy initiatives, working with legislators and other public policymakers on behalf of those who live, serve, and work in common interest ownership communities. She has testified before the Florida Legislature regarding community association law and frequently appears on radio talk shows and in print media discussing these issues.

Ms. DiMaggio Berger is the host of Take It To The Board with Donna DiMaggio Berger, a Becker-produced podcast that explores the reality of life in a condominium, cooperative or homeowners’ association, what’s really involved in serving on its board, and how to maintain that ever-so-delicate balance of being legally compliant and community spirited. Take It To the Board listeners are guaranteed to learn more about every facet of the shared ownership lifestyle and are invited to tune in for candid discussions with a variety of association leaders, experts, and vendors about issues they are facing, have faced, or something that might be in their future.

Ms. DiMaggio Berger has been honored as a member of Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, named a Woman Extraordinaire by South Florida Business Leader, and honored at the 4th Annual 100 Outstanding Women of Broward County benefiting the Boys and Girls Club. She has also been recognized by Broward Lawyers Care for her commitment to pro bono service and served as the Pro Bono Legal Advisor for The Broward Coalition from 2008-2011, a not-for-profit organization which represents the interests of approximately 200 Broward County community associations. In addition, she has given seminars and speeches around Florida detailing community association legislative lobbying efforts. She was also recently appointed to the Board of Directors of the American Lung Association in Florida. Ms. DiMaggio Berger received her J.D. and B.A. from the University of Miami. Ms. DiMaggio Berger represents all types and sizes of community associations throughout Florida.

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RECOGNITION

Ms. DiMaggio Berger has been honored as a member of Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, named a Woman Extraordinaire by South Florida Business Leader and honored at the 4th Annual 100 Outstanding Women of Broward County benefiting the Boys and Girls Club.

Ms. DiMaggio Berger was recognized in the 2023 and 2024 editions of The Best Lawyers in America®, one of the oldest and most revered peer review publications, in Community Association Law

Ms. DiMaggio Berger has also been recognized by Broward Lawyers Care for her commitment to pro bono service and served as the Pro Bono Legal Advisor for The Broward Coalition from 2008-2011, a not-for-profit organization which represents the interests of approximately 200 Broward County community associations.

In addition, Ms. DiMaggio Berger has given seminars and speeches around the State detailing community association legislative lobbying efforts.

Ms. DiMaggio Berger also serves on Senator Maria Sachs’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Disaster Preparedness.

PROFESSIONAL / COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES

  • Served on two (2) Florida Bar Committees: the LOMAS Advisory Board and the Media & Communications Law Committee
  • Ms. DiMaggio Berger has been appointed to the board of the American Lung Association in Florida.
  • Ms. DiMaggio Berger is a regular contributor to the Miami Herald as a columnist.
  • The Florida Bar (Member, Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section)
    • Pandemic Task Force, Chair, 2020
  • College of Community Association Lawyers (CCAL)
  • Community Association Institute (CAI)
  • National Association of Professional Women
  • Best Lawyers in America
  • Board Certified – Condominium & Planned Development Law