Tampa, Fla. – June 24, 2019 – Carlton Fields Shareholder Robert S. Freedman, who co-chairs the firm’s Real Estate & Commercial Finance practice, was elected as chair of The Florida Bar’s Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section (RPPTL). His one-year term begins July 1.
Since 2002, Freedman has served in numerous leadership roles for the RPPTL Section including chairing its condominium and planned development, legislation review, and CLE seminar coordination committees. He also served as director of the section’s real property division and treasurer.
At Carlton Fields, Freedman has represented developers, lenders, and purchasers of developments in Florida and other states for more than 25 years. He has extensive experience in the acquisition, structuring, design, development, and operation of residential and commercial condominiums, subdivisions, homeowners associations, community and master associations, master-planned communities, mixed-use projects, resort communities, and timeshares, fractionals, and vacation clubs.
He earned his J.D. from Stetson University College of Law and his A.B. from Duke University.
About Carlton Fields: Carlton Fields has more than 300 attorneys and government and financial services consultants serving clients from offices in California, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, and Washington, D.C. The firm is known for its national litigation practice, including class action defense, trial practice, white-collar representation, and high-stakes appeals; its insurance practice, including life and financial lines, property and casualty, reinsurance, and title insurance; its regulatory practice; and its handling of sophisticated business transactions and corporate counseling for domestic and international clients. For additional information, visit www.carltonfields.com.