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Real Property, Banking, Business and Corporate Law,
and Civil Litigation
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Credentials and Significant Cases
PERSONAL INFORMATION
- Born Tachikawa, Japan, May 28, 1963
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
- Schwartz, Gold, Cohen Zakarin and Kotler, P.A., Partner
EDUCATION
- Villanova University School of Commerce and Finance (B.S.B.A., 1985)
- Villanova University School of Law (J.D., 1988)
MEMBER: Jessup International Moot Court Team
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
- American Bar Association
- Palm Beach County Bar Association
- South Palm Beach County Bar Association
- Pennsylvania Bar Association
- Florida Bar Association
(Member, Real Estate, Probate and Trust Law Section; Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section)
- Palm Beach County Bar Association
Real Estate CLE Committee Member (2003)
- The District of Columbia Bar
- Approved Attorney For: Attorney's Title Insurance Fund, Inc., and First American Title Insurance Company
SIGNIFICANT CASES AND ACCOMPLISHMENTS
- Teacher in economics at Omni Middle School for Junior Achievement
2000/2001; 2003/2004
- Teacher of Success Skills - Junior Achievement High School
Program 2002
- Special Master for property tax appeal cases for Palm Beach County
1997-1998, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007
- President of Villas of Ocean Crest Homeowners' Association 2000
Secretary 2005, Director 2005, 2006, 2007
- Presenting Lecturer for Palm Beach County Bar Association
Real Property CLE Section: Commercial Loan Documentation
- Presenting Lecturer for Palm Beach County Bar Association
Commercial Real Estate Transactions - Due Diligence
- Presenting Lecturer for Accounting continuing education STRDA Business Service
Legal Aspects of Sale of Business: Asset Sale Compared With Stock Sale
- Presenting Lecturer for Accounting continuing education STRDA
Business Service: Escheat
- Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers
Mock Trial Competition Judge
- Represented Developer in development and sale of ocean front luxury homes valued between Two Million and Five Million Dollars
- Ann Roy v. Highland Ocean Associates, LP
(Successfully negotiated settlement of easement dispute after multi-year litigation)
- F & A Dairy, Inc. v. Imperial Foods, Inc. and Palm Coast Veal Corp.
(Successfully represented cheese manufacturing company in bad check case, including trial and appeal resulting in treble damages-reported in South Florida Business Journal)
- Blakely v. Hauber International GMBH
(Successfully tried case under salesman statute. Affirmed on appeal)
- Dobard v. St. Mary's Medical Center
(Obstetrical/Neonatal Medical Malpractice - $6,000,000 Recovery)
- Bleiweiss v. Cofar
(Wrongful Death)
- Author: "Decorators, Designers and Contracting - Identifying What You Can and Cannot Do to Avoid Serious Trouble"
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Admitted to bar in Florida 1988
- Admitted to bar in Pennsylvania 1989
- Admitted to bar in District of Columbia 1991
- Admitted to United States District Court Bar
Southern District of Florida 1989
- Admitted to United States Bankruptcy Bar, Trial Bar
Southern District of Florida 1989
- Admitted to bar of the United States Supreme Court 2004
REPRESENTATIVE CLIENTS
- Highland Ocean Associates Limited Partnership
(Real Estate Developers)
- Metro Bank of Dade County
(Commercial Real Estate Lender)
- Pro Series, Inc.
(Producer of the McDonalds Air and Sea Show)
- Bank of America, N.A.
- Merchantile Bank
Commercial Real Estate Lender)
- Telesystems International, Inc.
- South Ocean Group. LLC
(Real Estate Developer)
- International Museum of Cartoon Art, Inc.
- Eileen Miller Designs, Inc.
(Interior Decorating Firm)
- Renzo's Italian Restaurant, Inc.
- Rob Branson Companies
(Manufacturers, suppliers and installers of stone and construction materials)
PERSONAL INTERESTS
- Coral Springs Youth Basketball coach
- Music Composition
- Martial Arts
- Golf, Basketball and Tennis
- Artist: Acrylics on Canvas
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