David H. Rogel

Overview

For more than forty years, Mr. Rogel has concentrated his practice on the law governing common interest ownership associations. In that time, he has represented condominium, cooperative and homeowner’s associations as well as homeowners and developers. Before joining Becker, Mr. Rogel’s practice included both civil and criminal litigation. This included time during which Mr. Rogel was prosecutor with the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office.

An AV plus rated lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory (the highest level attainable), Mr. Rogel’s career at Becker began as a litigator, an area in which he continues to practice. Mr. Rogel’s litigation experience includes representation before administrative bodies and state and federal courts. Mr. Rogel has appeared for his clients in numerous arbitrations governed by Section 718.1255, Florida Statutes. As part of his practice, Mr. Rogel has represented his clients in many appeals, including appeals before the Third District Court of Appeals covering Miami-Dade and Monroe County.

Mr. Rogel has been involved in significant post-disaster legal work. He handled large insurance claims following Hurricanes Andrew, Opal, Wilma, Katrina and Irma. He has litigated and negotiated claims both disaster and non-disaster related claims, where insurance companies have denied coverage.

After Hurricane Andrew, Mr. Rogel became involved in what was one of the first and is still the largest termination of a condominium – Naranja Lakes. Over ten years, the termination wove its way through both the Circuit and Bankruptcy Courts. During and since then, Mr. Rogel’s experience with termination extended to terminations in properties whose age or development problems made them no longer viable. In Miami Beach and Sunny Isles Beach, Mr. Rogel’s involvement in terminations and sale related issues has included representation of associations, unit owners and developers who both sought and attempted to avoid termination.

As transactional/corporate counsel Mr. Rogel represents over 200 community associations. As part of his litigation experience, Mr. Rogel has been involved in many disputes addressing developer financial obligations during and after developer control. Mr. Rogel also provides advice regarding financial operations of condominium, cooperative and homeowner’s associations, including budgeting and reserve issues. Mr. Rogel has spoken before. The Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants regarding reserves, including the pooling of reserves for funding of deferred maintenance and replacement costs