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Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice:
Commercial Litigation
Banking Litigation
Construction Litigation
Real Estate Litigation
Creditors' Rights
Creditor Bankruptcy Litigation
Non-Competition/Trade Secret Enforcement
Probate Litigation
Commercial Landlord/Tenant Litigation

Significant Representations:
Represented several national financial institutions and national insurance companies in disputes involving lender liability, fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, foreclosures, and collections.

Successful handling of numerous injunction proceedings to enforce and defend non-compete agreements and trade secret protection statutes.

Represented large commercial landlords in virtually every aspect of lease enforcement and tenant litigation.

Represented national residential builder in breach of contract, easement, and fraud litigation.

Represented national oil company in declaratory relief, recorded declaration, and development litigation.

Successfully prosecuted and defended cases involving a wide variety of subjects including business contracts, corporate/partnership disputes, shareholder disputes, employment contracts, probate, trust and will disputes, declaratory actions, and commercial torts.

Successfully defended national real estate holding company in breach of real estate contract and fraudulent inducement claims.

Successful handling of appeals before Florida's Fifth District Court of Appeals.

West Practice Categories

Bankruptcy Law, Creditors' Rights, Business & Commercial Law, Construction Law, Litigation & Appeals, Bankruptcy Litigation, Real Estate Law, Landlord/Tenant

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1990
• U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida

Professional Associations and Memberships

• American Bar Association - Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section (Member)
• The Florida Bar - Board of Governors/ Young Lawyers Section (Former Member)
• Orange County Bar Association (Member)
• Orange County Bar Association - Young Lawyers Section (Former Treasurer, President-Elect, and President)
• Ninth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee (Former Member)
• The Florida Bar Foundation, Inc. (Fellow)

Honors and Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell: AV Rating

Education

• University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, Florida, 1989
  J.D.
  Honors: Chairman, Moot Court Team
  Honors: Member, Trial Competition Team
• University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1986
  B.S.
  Honors: cum laude

Address

800 North Magnolia Avenue
Suite 1500
Orlando, FL 32803

Phones

407-428-5127

Faxes

(407) 423-1831

Emails

mchapman@deanmead.com

Websites

http://www.deanmead.com