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Certified Circuit Court Mediator since 2005

Presently I am General Counsel for Southern Management Group, Inc., a multi-state and multi-faceted real estate management company operating in Florida and Alabama. As an experienced real estate, corporate, business, ciivil litigation, and intellectual property attorney, I am licensed in Florida and Alabama for my current in-house position.

I am a Partner with Bivins & Hemenway, P.A., a law firm located in Valrico, FL. My practice focuses on business law, real estate transactions, and estate planning, but I also practice in other areas such as commercial law, corporate law, contracts, commercial real estate, real estate title insurance, leases and leasing, banks and banking, trusts, and probate, among others. I assist clients in both transactional and litigation matters. I also currently handle the majority of the residential real estate closings completed by my firm.I earned my law degree, cum laude, from the University of Florida. My education included a strong emphasis on business and estate planning topics, and I developed further experience with estate planning and probate matters by serving as a student extern in the probate division of the Eighth Judicial Circuit Court in Alachua County, Florida.

William S. Kramer is a Florida Bar Board Certified Real Estate lawyer, specializing in both real estate law and business/corporate law. With more than 30 years of experience, he represents banks and other lenders, investors, developers, builders, buyers and sellers, and landlords and tenants in a wide range of complex real estate matters in Palm Beach, Broward and Miami-Dade counties. He also serves as outside counsel to large and small closely held businesses and health care practices.. Mr. Kramer is admitted to practice law in Florida and is Chair of the Florida Bar’s Real Estate Certification Committee. He has previously served as chair of the South Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Real Estate Committee, the Florida Bar’s Boca Raton Area Grievance Committee, the Palm Beach County Bar Association’s Liaison Committee with CPAs, and the City of Parkland Code Enforcement Board. Additionally, he is a member of the Executive Council and is the Chair of the Board of Directors for SOS Children’s Villages in Broward County. He lectures extensively at professional conferences and seminars on topics pertaining to corporate/business and real estate law.. AV Preeminent® rated by Martindale-Hubbell, Mr. Kramer has been named “Lawyer of the Year” in Real Estate by U.S. News & World Report’s Best Lawyers in America, has been repeatedly named a “Top Lawyer” in South Florida by South Florida Legal Guide, named a “Florida Super Lawyer” by Super Lawyers magazine, and recognized as one of Florida’s “Legal Elite” by Florida Trend magazine.. Mr. Kramer received his Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration from University of Florida. After graduating, he passed the CPA exam the same year, and then went on to receive his Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law, where he was a member of the Moot Court team.