Name:

Eric Appleton

Location:

3930

School:

University of Florida

Language:

English

Rate:

$$$

Specialty:

Estate Law

Brief Bio:

Mr. Appleton is a founding partner and member of Appleton Reiss. Mr. Appleton has practiced association and real estate law in Florida, including litigation and transactional matters, since 1999. He has substantial experience representing real estate owners, developers, office parks, commercial associations and residential condominium and homeowners’ associations throughout Florida. Mr. Appleton’s law practice focuses on assisting association officers, directors and community managers with corporate operations, including litigation, arbitration, mediation and transactions. Mr. Appleton has represented real property owners, commercial associations and residential community associations in complex disputes with residents, tenants, lenders, insurance carriers, neighboring property owners, vendors and developers at mediation, arbitration and trial. Mr. Appleton also has considerable experience with condominium terminations, collection and foreclosure litigation, as well as property damage and construction defect claims in Florida. In addition to having significant and well-known experience as a community association attorney in Florida, Mr. Appleton is certified by the Supreme Court of Florida as a Circuit Court and Appellate Court Mediator. Mr. Appleton offers common interest community certification courses to board members and their management teams on a regular basis. Mr. Appleton also has appeared as a lecturer at various events sponsored by The Florida Bar, the Community Associations Institute, the Hillsborough County Bar Association and Lorman Education Services.

Name:

Karen Cox

Location:

3930

School:

Georgetown University

Language:

English

Rate:

$$$

Specialty:

Business Law / Corporate Law

Brief Bio:

Karen Cox is a shareholder with Appleton Reiss. She began her career as a prosecutor, first with the State Attorney’s Office for the 13th Judicial Circuit, followed by the United States Attorney’s Office for the Middle District of Florida. While a state court prosecutor, she was promoted through a variety of divisions and was ultimately appointed to the be the head of the homicide department. While a federal prosecutor, Ms. Cox was recognized for having the most indictments returned in one year, and was honored for her work by the United States Secret Service and Federal Bureau of Investigation. She has represented the United States of America in more than 100 cases before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeal. In 2001, Ms. Cox began the private practice of law. As a private practitioner, she has represented court-appointed fiduciaries in Federal and State courts in a number of complex matters stemming from fraudulent schemes, most recently in the Botfly case, a Ponzi scheme based on purported Forex trading. Ms. Cox has extensive experience as a trial lawyer in Federal and State courts and has litigated hundreds of jury trials to verdict. She also has extensive experience as appellate lawyer in Federal and State courts. For more than ten years, Ms. Cox’s practice has included representation of community associations.

Name:

Melissa Visconti

Location:

3930

School:

University of Miami School of Law

Language:

English

Rate:

$$$

Specialty:

Business Law / Corporate Law

Brief Bio:

Melissa Visconti is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer who has appeared in state and federal courts across Florida and around the country. Ms. Visconti is Of Counsel to the Firm and focuses her practice in the areas of state and federal court appeals, complex litigation, and receiverships. Ms. Visconti has extensive experience in state and federal appeals courts, as well as in the areas of products liability, whistleblower and False Claims Act cases, securities, multidistrict litigation, and class action litigation. She is also experienced in criminal law, advising clients who are the subjects of or material witnesses in federal and state investigations. Ms. Visconti is a graduate of Princeton University (B.A. 1990) and the University of Miami School of Law (J.D., magna cum laude, 1995), where she was an officer on the Moot Court Board and a recipient of the Order of the Coif. Ms. Visconti served as a law clerk for Judge Ursula Ungaro of the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida. During her nearly eleven years as an Assistant United States Attorney, Ms. Visconti investigated and prosecuted cases involving major crimes, immigration, international arms smuggling, and matters of national security. She conducted numerous jury trials in the United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida and successfully handled cases before the United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals. In recognition of her outstanding performance as a prosecutor, Ms. Visconti received the Attorney General’s Award for matters of national security and was named federal prosecutor of the year by the Miami Dade County Chiefs of Police. Since leaving the U.S. Attorney's Office, Ms. Visconti has focused on civil litigation and appeals. She has handled appeals of multi-million dollar product liability verdicts and has numerous notable complex litigation matters in State and Federal Courts. Ms. Visconti routinely represents federal equity receivers and is frequently brought in by plaintiffs and defendants to handle complex issues arising in federal and state litigation. Ms. Visconti is lead counsel on behalf of Ariel Quiros in the highly publicized SEC Enforcement Action and numerous related state and federal actions involving the EB-5 Immigrant Visa Investor partnerships at Jay Peak, Vermont. Ms. Visconti is actively engaged in Federal and State Bar organizations and focuses her efforts on educating lawyers regarding practice in Federal courts. Ms. Visconti is a member of the Florida Bar and is admitted to practice in the U.S. Courts of Appeals for the Third and Eleventh Circuits, and the U.S. District Courts for the Southern District of Florida and the Eastern District of Pennsylvania, and the Supreme Court of the United States.

Name:

Michael Abdan

Location:

3956

School:

University of Florida

Language:

English, Hebrew

Rate:

$$$

Specialty:

Estate Law

Brief Bio:

Experienced Litigation Attorney with a knack for business, has demonstrated a successful track record working in the legal services industry. Skilled in Sales, Negotiation, Trial Practice, Legal Writing, Trials, and Civil Litigation. A proven legal professional who graduated from the University of Florida - Fredric G. Levin College of Law.

Name:

Mandeep Kumar

Location:

3930

School:

University of Florida

Language:

English

Rate:

$$$

Specialty:

Estate Law

Brief Bio:

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Name:

Zarish S. Baig

Location:

3924

School:

Language:

English

Rate:

$$$

Specialty:

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Rick Davila

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Location:

3919

School:

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Language:

English

Rate:

250

Specialty:

Family Law, Business Law / Corporate Law

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Name:

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Location:

3919

School:

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Language:

English

Rate:

250

Specialty:

Family Law

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lisa clark

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Specialty:

Business Law / Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Health Care Law, Civil Law, General Practice, Business Law / Corporate Law, Criminal Law, Health Care Law, Civil Law, General Practice

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