Stephen Looney Featured in The American Law Institutes’ The Practical Tax Lawyer

By Julia Thomas | September 2, 2021

Dean Mead attorney, Stephen R. Looney, was recently featured in the September issue of ALI CLE’s The Practical Tax Lawyer. The article titled, “Demystifying the 20 Percent Deduction for Qualified Business Income Under Section 199A” broadly covers the Code section 199A final regulations and operational rules and definitions. Stephen R. Looney practices in Dean Mead’s Orlando…

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Updated General Revenue Forecast to Include Additional $2.6 Billion for State: What Does that Mean for Corporate Income Taxes?

By Julia Thomas | August 20, 2021

Earlier this week, the Revenue Estimating Conference updated its general revenue forecast to include an additional $2.6 billion for state fiscal years 2021-22 & 2022-23.  The addition of these revenues imply that the general revenues are now exceeding the State’s pre-COVID revenue forecasts; suggesting that Florida’s economy has recovered from the pandemic-related revenue losses seen…

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Florida Trend Magazine Recognizes Seven Attorneys as ‘Legal Elite’

By Julia Thomas | August 10, 2021

Seven attorneys have been recognized among Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite 2021. The list includes four of the firm’s shareholders who are members of the distinguished Hall of Fame. Darryl M. Bloodworth, Lauren Y. Detzel, Peter M. Dunbar and Mark E. Holcomb have consistently earned high rankings from their peers in the annual Legal Elite voting. The…

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15 Dean Mead Attorneys Recognized by 2021 Florida Super Lawyers List

By Julia Thomas | August 10, 2021

FLORIDA – June 2021 – Dean Mead announces that 15 of its attorneys have been selected for inclusion in the 2021 edition of Florida Super Lawyers, an annual list of top-ranked lawyers. This also includes one attorney recognized as a “Rising Star,” an up-and-comer under the age of 40. Additionally, two of Dean Mead’s attorneys…

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Big Win for Agricultural Property Rights

By Julia Thomas | June 24, 2021

The U.S. Supreme Court yesterday ruled that a nearly 50-year-old California regulation which requires agricultural businesses to allow union organizers to enter on their property for a minimum number of hours and days each year, is an unconstitutional taking without compensation. In this case, a California nursery and a shipping company challenged the regulation as…

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