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Richard D. DeBoest, II is the co-founder and managing partner of Goede, Adamczyk,  DeBoest, & Cross PLLC. His practice is concentrated exclusively in community association law.. Mr. DeBoest regularly speaks and writes on community association law topics. In the past his presentations have covered topics such as assessment collection, conducting board meetings, community association law updates, covenant enforcement and financial aspects of association operation.. Richard is the co-author of the chapter on drafting condominium declarations in the book Florida Condominium and Community Association Law published by The Florida Bar. He also contributes as regular guest columnist on various Condo and HOA legal issues in the Naples Daily News, Stuart News, St. Lucie News Tribune and Indian River Press Journal.. Focusing on preventing problems before they occur and finding common sense solutions to problems after they occur is Mr. DeBoest’s personal philosophy with regard to practicing community association law. Additionally, he prides himself on making prompt personal service a cornerstone of the attorney-client relationship.. Staying in touch professionally is a key element of his success. Mr. DeBoest is a member of The Florida Bar and serves on its Condominium and Planned Development Committee. He is also on the Board of Directors of the South Gulf Coast Chapter of the Community Associations Institute and was the Chapter President for 2001, as well as having served as a past member of the Florida Legislative Alliance Committee.. Mr. DeBoest received his undergraduate degree from the University of Southern California in 1986 and his law degree from Nova Southeastern University in 1993. During law school he was Executive Editor of the Nova Law Review which is where he met his wife, Heather, who is also a lawyer.. Serving all of Southwest Florida including: Counties of Lee, Collier, Charlotte, Broward, Dade, Glades, Hendry, and Palm Beach.  Cities of Fort Myers, Cape Coral, Lehigh Acres, Naples, Bonita Springs, Marco Island, and LaBelle.. The hiring of a lawyer is an important decision that should not be based solely upon advertisements. Before you decide, ask us to send you free written information about our qualifications and experience. This web site is designed for general information only. The information presented at this site should not be construed to be formal legal advice nor the formation of a lawyer/client relationship.

Member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar, and a member of the Lee County Bar Association. Other community activities include: Finance Committee for the Diocese of Venice (Southwest Florida Catholic Churches); Chairman of the St. Francis Parish Church Council; and Fort Myers Property Owners Association. I have been with the firm since 1969 assisting clients with Wills, Trusts, Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate and Real Property Law cases.

Kevin F. Jursinski is recognized as one of Southwest Florida's more experienced and knowledgable attorneys in the areas of Real Estate, Business and Construction Law. He has practiced in Fort Myers and Naples, Florida for 40 years.. Kevin is a three-time Florida Bar Board Certified Attorney.  He is certified in Real Estate, Business Litigation and Construction Law.  He is only attorney (out of more than 106,000 attorneys in Florida) who has ever received certification in these three areas of law.  Board Certification recognizes attorneys’ special knowledge, skills and proficiency in their area of law and professionalism and ethics in practice.  It is the highest level of evaluation by the Florida Bar of competency and experience.  The Florida Bar deems Kevin as a Board Certified Specialist (B.C.S.) and expert in his fields of practice.. Kevin’s skill and experience has earned him many accolades.  He is rated AV Preeminent®, which is the highest ranking level of professional excellence, skill and integrity under the Martindale-Hubbell® Peer Review Rating System.  He has also earned a perfect 10.0 score on , a lawyer rating and referral website.  Since 2010, Kevin has been named a Florida Super Lawyer by Super Lawyers Magazine.. Kevin’s four decades of legal experience qualifies him to handle business and real estate contracts from the initial stages of negotiation and drafting through the actual closing of the transaction and the issuance of title insurance through Attorneys’ Title Fund Services, LLC.  He’s handled real estate transactions ranging from basic residential closings to commercial transactions exceeding $29,000,000.. Kevin is one of only a handful of Board-Certified Real Estate Attorneys in Southwest Florida who is also skilled as a Commercial Litigator.  He has successfully tried numerous cases, both bench and jury trials, as well as effectively arbitrated business and real estate related matters.  Kevin is a certified Circuit Court mediator as well as a state qualified arbitrator who handles only real estate and business related issues. Because of his vast experience, Kevin has also been used as an Expert Witness in many State and Federal Court cases with regard to Real Estate, Business or Construction related matters.. Kevin is also recognized as one of the top attorneys in Florida in the area of gaming and entertainment law relating to use of video games, arcade amusement centers and game promotions.. Kevin is a graduate of Kent State University (B.A. Criminal Justice) and graduated in the top 15 percent of his class at Ohio Northern University Pettit College of Law (J.D. 1980). He is admitted to practice in all Florida state courts and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida.. Kevin is a member of The Florida Bar's sections on: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law and Business Law.  He is a 35+year member and agent of Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund and a Florida licensed real estate salesman for the past 35+ years.. Kevin and his wife, Darlene have lived and raised their family in Southwest Florida since 1980.  Their three daughters are also proud to call Southwest Florida home.  In fact, Kevin's law firm is centered around his family with Darlene as his office manager, his eldest daughter, Jamie Lampitt, as his Marketing Director and his youngest daughter, Kara Jursinski Murphy, as his firm partner.  In his spare time, Kevin enjoys spending time with his family, including his seven grandchildren and occasionally playing some golf.

Hagen Law Firm's mission since 2003 is providing PROVEN Real Estate Law and Estate Planning Strategies in SW FL. Our  attorneys and skilled support staff work utilize a team approach. Each team member has a particular practice focus. Real estate closings and title insurance, buyer and seller representation, estate planning, probate and real estate issues are Hagen Law's emphasis.. Michael Hagen served as the Lee County Property Appraiser's attorney 1994-2003 and continues to practice property tax consulting and appeals. He owns TaxCuts1, Inc., SW FL's leader in appealing $2M+ valued property tax assessments of commercial and upscale residential properties.. Hagen and his staff endeavor to always provide creative, reliable, cost-effective legal services for each of their many valued clients.

Gordon R. Duncan, born in Jacksonville, Florida, January 19, 1953. Admitted to the Florida Bar 1978; to the United States District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.  Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1975); Stetson University (Juris Doctor, 1978).  Member: Lee County Bar Association; Florida Bar Association.  Rated –“AV” (highest possible ranking) by Martindale-Hubble Law Directory.

BARBARA M. PIZZOLATO was first admitted to practice law in 1987.  In July of 1994, she opened her own practice in Dix Hills, New York after practicing in Manhattan from 1987 to 1993 and then in Melville, New York for a year and a half.  She presently maintains offices in Melville, New York; West Orange, New Jersey; and Fort Myers, Florida.  Although still admitted in the State of Connecticut, she no longer actively practices in that State.. Ms. Pizzolato received her Juris Doctorate from New York Law School, Night Division, in 1987 and obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from the State University of New York at Stony Brook in 1982 where she was a member of Alpha Kappa Delta Sociology Honor Society.. Licensed to practice law in the states of New Jersey (1987), New York (1988), Connecticut (1988) and Florida (2002), Ms. Pizzolato is admitted to practice before the New Jersey Superior and U.S. District Courts (1987), the New York Supreme Court (1988), the U.S. District Court for the Southern (1990) and Eastern Districts (1992) of New York, the Connecticut Superior Court (1988), the U.S. District Court, District of Connecticut (1992), the Florida Supreme Court (2002) and the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida (2005).  Reported Cases:  TTF, Inc. v. Brozman Archer Realty Services, Inc., 722 N.Y.S.2d 408 (2d Dep’t 2001).. In New York, Ms. Pizzolato was an arbitrator for the Small Claims Part of the New York State Unified Court System from 1998 to 2002; a Matrimonial Fee Dispute Arbitrator for the Suffolk County Unified Court System from 1995 to 2002; an Officer of the Suffolk Academy of Law; Member and Secretary of the Board of Managers of the Pro Bono Foundation of the Suffolk County Bar Association (1993-2002), Chair of the Solo and Small Firm Practitioners’ Committee (1996-1998, 1999-2002); Member of the Suffolk County Bar Association Committees on Fee Disputes, Corporate Law, Tax Committee; Member of the National Association of Female Executives (1993-2001); and First Vice President and Treasurer of Long Island Women’s Network (1996-2001).. Ms. Pizzolato was previously a Member of the Board of Directors of Sarah’s Center, Chairperson of the Citizens' Advisory Committee for the Resource Center for Persons with Disabilities of the Town of Huntington; a Member of the Board of Directors of The Long Island Center for Professional and Business Women (1996-1998) as well as Nassau/Suffolk Law Services Committee, Inc.; in addition, she was a former member of the following organizations: Long Island Association (Tax Policy Committee); The Association of the Bar of the City of New York (1988-1994), The Real Estate Board of New York (1990-1993); the Queens County Bar Association (1988-1993); New Jersey State Bar Association; Connecticut State Bar Association; a Major Trustee Investor of the Chamber of Southwest Florida and former Chair of Professional Development for The Business Network of Southwest Florida.. After the events of September 11, 2001, Ms. Pizzolato served on the American Bar Association’s Disaster Relief panel of legal experts offering pro bono assistance to victims of the World Trade Center attacks involving landlord/tenant issues.  In addition, after Hurricane Charley, Ms. Pizzolato provided pro bono services to individuals through the Young Lawyers Division Emergency Panel and has volunteered her services again for each upcoming hurricane season.. Presently, Ms. Pizzolato is a member of the American Bar Association, 1988-Present, New York State Bar Association );  Florida Bar Association, Lee County Bar Association, and Rotary South of Fort Myers.. Ms. Pizzolato is the Author of "The Pizzolato Newsletter", a quarterly newsletter which offered clients, colleagues and others updates on current legal issues; the following are Ms. Pizzolato’s published articles: "Limited Liability Companies", One on One, Newsletter of the General Practice Section, Vol. 15, No. 3, page 22-23 [Fall, 1994], N.Y.S.B.A. and "Public and Private Agencies Spur Economic Growth", Real Property Law Section Newsletter, Vol 21, No. 3, pages 21-25 [Summer, 1993], N.Y.S.B.A.  Ms. Pizzolato regularly contributed articles concerning landlord/tenant matters to The Suffolk Lawyer, a monthly publication of the Suffolk County Bar Association as well as The Rhodes Real Estate Review and Action Line, a publication of The Florida Bar’s Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section.  In addition, in New York, Ms. Pizzolato was a member of the Suffolk Academy of Law’s Practicum Project Faculty and annually taught landlord/tenant law to attorneys in New York.. Ms. Pizzolato, the sole shareholder of Barbara M. Pizzolato, P.A., concentrates her practice in Trusts and Estates, Probate, Estate Administration, Estate Planning, Family Trusts, Family Wealth Transfer, Living Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Trust Planning, Wills and Living Wills, Business Law, Business Estate Planning, Business Formation, Business Planning, Business Start-Ups, Business Succession Planning, Business Transfers, Buy-Sell Agreements, Buying and Selling of Businesses, Closely Held Business Estate Planning, Family Business Successions, Joint Ventures, Limited Liability Company Law, Professional Practices, Small Business Law, Sole Proprietorships, Commercial Transactions, Corporate Law, Closely Held Corporations, Corporate Contracts, Corporate Formation, Corporate Organization, Corporate Partnerships, Corporate Planning, Incorporation, Professional Corporations, S Corporations, Small Business Corporations, Partnership Law, Family Limited Partnerships, Family Partnerships, Limited Liability Partnerships, Limited Partnerships, Partnership Dissolution, Partnership Formation, Partnership Organizations.. She resides in Fort Myers, Florida with her husband and two children.  Her interests include golf, reading and entertaining.

Attorney Keith A. Fousek is Honorably Discharged and Retired from the United States Navy. After retiring from the Navy, he was a Marine Law Enfircement officer for U.S. Customs, where he was a certified criminal investigator, in the Ft. Lauderdale, Florida area. After leaving U.S. Customs he spent twelve years as a Private Investigator and a licenced Process Server in Broward, Miami-Dade, and Palm Beach County.. Graduated from St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, Florida, in December 2002.. Honors: Dean's List. Graduated from Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida in 2000.. Honors: Dean’s list, Member Phi Alpha Delta, Member of the Nova Southeastern University’s award winning Mock Trial Team, which competed nationally.. He Received a sholarship to St. Thomas University School of Law.. Graduated from Broward Community College in Pembroke Pines, Florida in 1998.. Graduated with high honors, Member of Phi Theta Kappa the two year honors fraternity. Received a full Honors scholarship to Nova Southeastern University in Davie, Florida. Made the National Dean’s List 1998 and 1999.