The 2020 edition of The Best Lawyers in America® honors thirteen Becker attorneys spanning nine practice areas. Additionally, Lee A. Weintraub is recognized as Lawyer of the Year in Construction Litigation, an honor only bestowed upon one attorney for each specialty practice and location. Best Lawyers is one of the oldest and most respected peer […]
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Attorney Spotlight: Scott A. Marcus
Scott A. Marcus co-chairs the residential real estate division of the firm’s Real Estate practice group. With over twenty-five years of experience, he focuses his practice on both residential and commercial transactions ranging from the representation …
Read MoreNew Far/Bar Rider for Miami-Dade County Residential Property
Effective June, 2019, The FAR/BAR Contract documents now include a new Rider: CC. Miami-Dade County Special Taxing District Disclosure. Rider “CC.” should be used with contracts for the sale of certain residential property in Miami-Dade County. The rider stems from an amendment to Sec. 18-20.2 of the Miami-Dade County Code which requires that sellers […]
Read MoreWhat’s Up with All This Traffic? The Impact of Neighboring Development on Community Association Roads
Whether you know it or not, the roads traveling through your subdivision are likely easements created for the purpose of providing ingress/egress access to public streets. And whether you know it or not, those easements may also benefit neighboring pro…
Read MoreBuyer Beware: How Home Buyers Can Avoid Buying a Liability
Home hunting is often very frustrating. This true horror story of home buyers suing their real estate agent for $2 million after discovering that their home was infested with snakes is a cautionary reminder that all home buyers should take the necessary precautions to ensure that they too are not buying a home infested with snakes, or […]
Read MoreChallenging the New Development Next Door
In most county and city governments, the land use process is one that will allow for some basic decisions to be made at staff levels, with higher levels of review in the form of public hearings required for larger scale projects, or proposals that deviate too far from the established standards for a given development. […]
Read MoreAttorney Spotlight: Philip C. Rosen
This month’s Attorney Spotlight introduces you to the Chair of Becker’s Real Estate Practice Group, Philip C. Rosen.
His practice is focused on commercial and residential real estate matters and business transactions. With more than 16 year…
Can You Lose Your Escrow Deposit Because Your Buyer’s Agent or Lender is Not Diligent?
In 2017, the Florida Bar and Florida Realtors made significant changes to the “As-Is” Residential Contract for Purchase and Sale and the FAR/BAR Standard Contract. One of the biggest and more controversial of the changes was the replacement of the phrase “loan commitment” with “loan approval,” and the duties such change imposed on any prospective […]
Read MoreIs Your Real Estate Agent On Your Side?
Buyers and Sellers of Florida real estate, particularly residential real estate, generally assume that their brokers and agents are working exclusively for them. And though I have no doubt that the vast majority of brokers are ethical, honest and hardworking, the fact is that Florida law provides that all broker relationships are presumed to be […]
Read MoreSuper Lawyers Recognizes Sixteen Becker Attorneys in 2019 Edition
June 3, 2019 – Ft. Lauderdale, FL – Becker is pleased to announce that sixteen of its attorneys have been named as 2019 Super Lawyers, an honor that recognizes the top 5% of the total lawyers in any given state. The following attorneys have been listed in the 2019 edition of Super Lawyers: Florida Super […]
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