by ShuffieldLowman | Jun 21, 2019 | Blog, News
The Orlando Business Journal’s readership recently voted ShuffieldLowman the area’s best local law firm. Earlier this year, OBJ readers were invited to submit votes in several categories in Orange, Seminole, Osceola, Lake, Brevard and Volusia counties for the 2019...
by ShuffieldLowman | Jun 7, 2019 | News, Press Releases
ORLANDO, FLORIDA – William “Bill” R. Lowman, Jr., Heidi W. Isenhart, Alexander “Alex” S. Douglas, II, and Stephanie L. Cook, all partners with the law firm of ShuffieldLowman, have been selected as 2019 Florida Super Lawyers. Super...
by Nicole Copsidas | Jun 6, 2019 | Blog, Estate Planning & Probate, Fiduciary Litigation
ShuffieldLowman partner, Alex Douglas, also contributed to this post. Once a trustee accepts trusteeship of a trust, there are certain fiduciary duties to the trust beneficiaries, according to the Florida Trust Code. Some of these fiduciary duties cannot be modified,...
by Alexander Douglas | Jun 6, 2019 | Blog, Estate Planning & Probate, Fiduciary Litigation
ShuffieldLowman attorney, Nicole Copsidas, also contributed to this post. In the event that a problem develops in the trust administration of an irrevocable trust (a trust that cannot be amended by the person who created the trust), or if there is an ambiguity in the...
by ShuffieldLowman | Jun 3, 2019 | Announcements, Press Releases
ORLANDO, FLORIDA – ShuffieldLowman attorney Daniel B. Harris was recently elected as Vice-Chair of the Central Florida Hillel, Inc., effective July 2019 for a one-year term. Harris has been an active supporter and leader of Central Florida...
by Nicole Copsidas | May 7, 2019 | Blog, Commercial & Civil Litigation
After a tenancy has been terminated or expired, and the premises have been vacated by the tenant through eviction, surrender, abandonment, or otherwise, a landlord may find himself in possession of abandoned personal property which remains on the premises. Although a...
by ShuffieldLowman | Apr 24, 2019 | Estate Planning & Probate, News
ORLANDO, FLORIDA – ShuffieldLowman recently announced that attorney Julie Ickes has joined the firm, working in the Orlando office. A former business owner and judicial clerk for both the U.S. Bankruptcy Court and the U.S. District Court, Ickes brings these...
by Clay Roesch | Apr 10, 2019 | Blog, Commercial & Civil Litigation, Fiduciary Litigation
Under Florida law and as a matter of public policy, settlements are highly favored and will be enforced whenever possible. Settlement agreements are governed by the rules of contracts, and the existence of an enforceable contract is contingent upon the Parties’...
by Nathaniel Dutt | Apr 8, 2019 | Blog, Real Estate, Tax Advice & Controversy
ShuffieldLowman attorney Jordan Horowitz also contributed to this post In December of 2017, the U.S. Congress established the Qualified Opportunity Zone (“QOZ”) program, designed to help economically-distressed communities where new investments, under certain...
by ShuffieldLowman | Mar 1, 2019 | News, Press Releases
ORLANDO, FLORIDA – ShuffieldLowman recently announced that attorney Justin McConnell has been elected to the Board of Directors of the Greater Orlando Society for Human Resource Management (GOSHRM). Director of Legislative Affairs, he will represent the Board by...
