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Hugo Alvarez was the featured speaker on Friday, July 28, at the 2017 CLM Management & Professional Liability Conference in Boston, MA. Hugo’s session, “How Technology has Impacted the Duty to Defend and Duty to Indemnify in EPL Claims,” focused on best practices when faced with claims involving new issues such as Uber/ride sharing, Airbnb/house sharing, […]

Becker & Poliakoff is proud to announce that Steven B. Lesser, shareholder and Chair of our Construction Law and Litigation group, has been appointed Chair of the Annual Meeting Program Planning Committee of the national American Bar Association. Mr. Lesser was appointed Chair by Hilarie Bass, President-Elect of the ABA, for a one-year term. In this […]

Trump’s Immigration Policy Won’t Help Construction Industry   As the title suggests, Conrad commented on the ramifications this proposed policy would likely have on the construction industry. With the nationwide boom in construction starts, Conrad writes that an already tight labor market will only get tighter with immigration restrictions. In Tampa Bay alone, labor supply […]

Hugo Alvarez, shareholder in our Business Litigation group, and Yolanda Cash Jackson, shareholder in our Government Law & Lobbying group, have been nominated as Legal Luminary Award finalists by the Dade County Bar Association. Mr. Alvarez is a nominee in the Insurance category, Ms. Jackson in the Lobbying & Government Relations category. With over 71,000 […]

Becker & Poliakoff is proud to announce that five of our shareholders were recently recognized in the 2017 edition of Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite™.  Alan Becker, Steve Lesser and Ken Direktor from our Ft. Lauderdale office, Steve Mezer from our Tampa office, and Joseph Adams from the Fort Myers office were among the list of 1,080 honorees, published in the July issue of […]

Jay Roberts, senior attorney in Becker & Poliakoff’s Ft. Walton Beach office, has been unanimously appointed to serve on the Destin Board of Adjustment by the Destin City Council. The Board of Adjustment hears and decides real estate and zoning matters such as applications for variances, special exceptions and administrative appeals around decisions and zoning […]

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. – June 22, 2017 – Becker & Poliakoff shareholder and state lobbyist Yolanda Cash Jackson and Lauderdale Lakes Mayor Hazelle P. Rogers met in 2000 and their careers have intersected ever since. Each woman has dedicated her professional life to advancing the interests of underrepresented communities throughout Florida, Ms. Jackson as an attorney […]

Becker & Poliakoff is proud to announce that Steven H. Mezer, shareholder in the Community Association group of our Tampa Bay office, has been re-appointed Group Vice-Chair of the American Bar Association’s Hospitality, Timesharing & Common Interest Development Group. Mr. Mezer was re-appointed Vice-Chair by the Chair-Elect of the ABA’s Section of Real Property, Trust and Estate Law, Elizabeth C. […]

President Trump’s Buy American executive order is bold in theory and short on details, and specific future changes, if any, to the existing law, are unclear. The executive order signals an effort to strengthen and fine tune the law, and it may have a significant impact on those bidding for federal contracts, both positively and […]

Lee Weintraub, vice chair of our construction law and litigation practice and vice chair of public-private partnerships, spoke with the Engineering News Southeast in its May 8, 2017, issue. In an article on the use of design-build as the delivery method for construction projects, Lee discusses reasons for its increasing popularity. To read the article, click here.  

Becker & Poliakoff is proud to announce that Jon Polenberg, shareholder in our Ft. Lauderdale office, has been appointed to the standing committee on the Florida Rules of Civil Procedure of The Florida Bar. Mr. Polenberg was appointed by the President-Elect of The Florida Bar, Michael J. Higer, for a one-year term beginning July 1, 2017. Jon’s […]

George M. Burgess, Becker & Poliakoff’s Senior Government Relations Strategist and Consultant and co-chair of the firm’s Public Private Partnerships Group, has been appointed to serve on the Miami-Dade Charter Review Task Force. Mr. Burgess will be part of a high-level, 15-member group tasked with thoroughly reviewing Miami-Dade County’s Home Rule Charter — essentially the […]