General Session

Breakout Session

Residential Session

Commercial Session

 

Description

Audience interaction is encouraged during this presentation in analyzing ethical considerations related to commonly encountered real estate transactional practice scenarios including: Non-lawyers (paralegals) handling closings; requisite knowledge of an attorney handling a closing; fees & costs for legal services; disclosure of information; identification of the client; establishing the attorney-client relationship and duties to the non-client; unlawful inducement; dealing with real estate brokers, lenders and other referral sources; and the importance of having an engagement letter.

Presenter(s)

Frederick W. Jones

Attorney at Law

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Frederick W. Jones is a Florida Bar Board Certified Real Estate lawyer. He has been a member of The Florida Bar for over 40 years, and his legal career includes serving as Staff Counsel for the Florida Real Estate Commission, private practice and Judicial Magistrate positions. In private practice for more than 35 years, most recently as Partner in the Winter Park law firm of Graham, Builder, Jones, Pratt & Marks, LLP, (now Burr & Forman LLP), he has specialized in residential and commercial real estate transactions, mortgage law, agency, title insurance and lender and broker representation, as well as estate planning and probate. He served as a Special Magistrate for the Orange County ad valorem tax Value Adjust Board and most recently was General Magistrate in Orange County, 9th Judicial Circuit Courts handling residential mortgage foreclosure cases.

Mr. Jones received his B.A. from the University of Florida and his J.D. from the University of Florida College of Law. He holds an “AV” rating by Martindale Hubbell and has been recognized as a Florida Super Lawyer from 2007 – 2012. He is a member of The Florida Bar and United States Supreme Court Bar, and has been an active member of the American Bar Association and Orange County Bar Association.

Mr. Jones is on the Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar, has served as Chairman of the Section’s Residential Real Estate & Industry Liaison Committee and currently is an At Large Member representing the 9th Judicial Circuit. Mr. Jones was appointed by The Florida Bar as an Attorney member on the Florida Realtor-Attorney Joint Committee and has continuously served on the Joint Committee since 1997, where he is on the FAR/BAR Contract Sub-Committee.

He is founding member and past chair of the Central Florida Real Estate Attorneys Council and currently serves as President of the Attorneys’ Real Estate Councils of Florida. He is past Chairman of the Real Property Committee of the Orange County Bar Association, and was honored with the Attorney Appreciation Award by Orlando Regional Realtors Association in 1996. Mr. Jones is a member of Florida Blue Key, Rotary Club of Winter Park, Winter Park Chamber of Commerce and serves on the boards of various community and charitable organizations.

Lynwood F. Arnold, Jr.

Attorney

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Lynwood F. Arnold, Jr. received his undergraduate degree from Stetson University and his law degree from Florida State University. He is a member of the Executive Council of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar, currently serving as Co-Chair of the Membership and Inclusion Committee and as Lead At Large Member for the Second Judicial Circuit.

Mr. Arnold is a past chair of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Hillsborough County Bar Association. He is a member and past president of the Bay Area Real Estate Council. He is a director of the Capital Region Real Estate Council and member of the Tallahassee Bar Association.

Mr. Arnold serves on the Professional Ethics Committee of The Florida Bar and on the Board of Directors of the Legal Aid Foundation of the Tallahassee Bar Association. He is a Master in the William H. Stafford Chapter of the American Inns of Court.

Mr. Arnold’s practice areas include real estate transactions and litigation; estate and trust litigation; wills, trusts and estates; and the mediation of real estate and estate disputes. Mr. Arnold has been certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Board Certified Real Estate Lawyer and a Circuit Court Mediator. He has an AV rating from Martindale-Hubbell.

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