19th Annual ‘Beautiful People’ List Recognizes Dennis Corrick

Dean Mead real estate attorney and shareholder, Dennis G. Corrick, was once again named one of St. Lucie County’s ‘Beautiful People’ for community activism. He first made this list in 2013 in the same area. Earlier this year, Corrick received the Kathryn Basile Champion for Children Award as recognition for his leadership of the campaign…

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Vicki Berman Honored with Outstanding Achievement Award by CREW Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. – Vicki L. Berman, a 30-year veteran of the real estate industry and attorney at Dean, Mead, Egerton, Bloodworth, Capouano & Bozarth, P.A., was honored with the Outstanding Achievement Award by Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Orlando during the organization’s 12th Annual Celebration of Champions gala on November 12, 2015. The award for…

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President Obama Signs PATH Act Into Law

Last week, Congress passed H.R. 2029, The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH).  The PATH Act would extend for varying degrees of time, some permanently, many expired tax provisions. Our initial summary of the PATH Act can be found here.  On Friday, President Obama signed the PATH Act into law. As a result, taxpayers have a…

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St. Lucie County Education Foundation Awards $50,000 to School Board

The Education Foundation of St. Lucie County (EDSLC) received $25,000 in a matching funds grant through the State of Florida School District Education Foundation Matching Grant Program. The funds were provided by the Consortium of Florida Education Foundations (CFEF). Dean Mead shareholder, Joel C. Zwemer, was on hand along with fellow EDSLC Board members, to present…

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Common Interest Associations’ Ability to Collect Past Due Assessments

Homeowners’ associations (“HOAs”) across Florida run into problems when it comes to trying to collect past due assessments. This problem is especially apparent in cases where the owner’s unit for which the past due assessments were owed has entered foreclosure. Generally, a foreclosure proceeding by a senior lien holder – like a lender who forwarded…

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Tax Extenders are (almost) Here

In what has replaced Santa Claus as the most anticipated December arrival [for U.S. taxpayers at least], Congress reached a bipartisan agreement to retroactively extend numerous tax benefits that expired at the end of last year. The Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (PATH) was announced by Congress late last night.  PATH needs…

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It’s Official – The FAA Will Require Consumer Drone Registration

The registration website will go live next Monday, December 21, 2015. There will be no fee for the registration for the first 30 days. The FAA announced on December 14, 2015, that it will implement a streamlined and user-friendly web-based registration process for UAS (Unmanned Aircraft Systems, or drones) weighing more than 0.55 lbs. but…

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Must-reads to Understand Florida and its Water

If you’ve ever been subjected to the punishment of having to read dense government reports that analyze our water problems, the last thing you’re probably looking for is a book-length treatise on water issues. I’m going to recommend some reading on water, and I promise that you won’t feel like you’re being punished. As a…

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