Attorney Alexander Van Heyde Earns Florida Bar Real Estate Board Certification

By Julia Thomas | August 1, 2024

Published: August 1, 2024 (Orlando, FL) With just one in 20 Florida Bar members able to call themselves “board certified”, the Board of Legal Specialization has recognized attorney Alexander Van Heyde for earning The Florida Bar Certification in Real Estate. Board certified lawyers are “evaluated for professionalism and tested for expertise.” The purpose of the…

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Conservation Easements – Landowner Guide – The Pathway to Conservation

By Julia Thomas | June 21, 2024

Published: June 21, 2024 Published by SVN Saunders Ralston Dantzler Real Estate, “Conservation Easements – Landowner Guide – The Pathway to Conservation” provides an overview of conservation easements, their benefits, legal considerations, and tax implications. The publication features content authored by Dean Mead attorneys Austin Alderman, Stephen R. Looney, Michael D. Minton, and Brian M….

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Dean Mead Welcomes Attorney Jenna F. Barbato

By Julia Thomas | May 22, 2024

Published: May 22, 2023 (Orlando, FL) Jenna Barbato has joined Dean Mead’s Real Estate Department where she will focus on transactional real property law and land use. Jenna joins Dean Mead with experience representing sellers, purchasers, owners, and developers as they navigate the real estate industry. “Having served as an attorney with a well-known boutique…

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FinCEN’s Proposed Rulemaking Impact on Residential Real Estate

By Julia Thomas | May 7, 2024

Published: May 7, 2024 The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN), a bureau of the U.S. Department of the Treasury, recently proposed a rule aimed at enhancing the transparency in residential real estate transactions and transfers. The intent is to curb money laundering and fraud in the real estate sector through similar requirements to those imposed…

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Attorney Austin Alderman Reviews FinCEN’s Proposed Rule on Real Estate

By Julia Thomas | May 7, 2024

Published: May 7, 2024 Orlando, FL) In his article “FinCEN’s Proposed Rulemaking Impact on Resident Real Estate” attorney Austin Alderman reviews Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN)’s proposed rule. With the continued goal of enhancing transparency in residential real estate, the rule would require the collection and disclosure of beneficial ownership involved in the transaction. Alderman…

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Dean Mead Welcomes Attorney Thomas A. Joynt

By Julia Thomas | March 6, 2024

Published: March 6, 2024 (Orlando, FL) Dean Mead announced Thomas A. Joynt has joined the firm as an attorney in the Real Estate Department. Tom is primarily focusing on acquisition, disposition, and leasing transactions, along with land development matters, representing owners, developers, investors, lenders, borrowers, landlords, and tenants as they navigate the real estate industry….

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The Role and Benefits of Conservation Easements in Protecting Land

By Julia Thomas | November 1, 2023

Legal concepts related to the permanent preservation of the natural landscape have existed since the 1930s.  It took several more decades for federal and state governments to develop the necessary incentive packages to encourage landowners to take advantage of those concepts and, thereby, contribute to the conservation of natural places.  After much maturation, one specific…

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