Sondak, Robert M.

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

West Practice Categories

Property (Ad Valorem) Taxes, Banking & Finance Law, Collections, Business & Commercial Law, Business Organizations

Bar Admissions

• New York, 1973
• Florida, 1976

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Florida Bar Board of Governors, 1988 - 1993 (Member)
• Florida Bar (Past Chair, Board Review Committee on Professional Ethics)
• Florida Bar (Past Chair, Access to the Legal System Committee)
• Florida Bar, Budget, Disciplinary Procedure, Disciplinary Review (Member, Rules and By-Laws Committees)
• Florida Bar, 1986 - 1988 (Chair, Standing Committee on Unlicensed Practice of Law)
• Legal Technicians Study Committee, 1991 - 1992 (Vice-Chair)
• Florida Bar Special Committee on Non-Lawyer Practice, 1992 - 1994 (Vice Chair)
• Florida Bar Unlicensed Practice of Law Task Force, 1995 - 1996
• Florida Bar Insurance Study Committee, 1999 - 2000
• The Florida Bar Foundation, 1998 - 2000 (Member, Board of Directors)
• Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, 1993 (Board of Directors)
• Money Laundering Law Report, 1990 - 1999 (Board of Editors)
• Governor's Study Commission on Notaries Public, 1988 - 1989
• Florida Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee on HRS Nonlawyer Counselors , 1988 - 1989

Education

• Columbia Law School, New York, New York, 1972
  J.D.
  Law Review: Columbia Law Review, Editor, 1971 - 1972
• Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut, 1968
  A.B.

Published Works

• Money Laundering Law Report, Board of Editors, 1990-Present
• Prior Adversary Hearings On The Question of Obscenity, 70 Columbia Law Review 1403, 1970
• The Mysterious Civil Forfeiture Laws, Florida Bar Journal, March, 1994
• Saving Security Interests, Money Laundering Law Report (MLLR), September, 1990
• The Foreign Customer, MLLR, December, 1990
• The Parallel Market (Co-Author: Barry D. Hunter), MLLR, June, 1991
• International Impact (Co-Author: Joel D. Karp), MLLR, December, 1991
• Spotlight on Forfeiture, MLLR, March, 1992
• Lessons From Florida, MLLR, August, 1992
• Conflict Resolved, MLLR, December, 1992
• High Court to Decide Limits on Forfeitures, MLLR, February, 1993
• Innocent Owner Defense Strengthened by High Court, MLLR, March, 1993
• New Case Will Define Limits on Governmental Seizure, MLLR, April, 1993
• Further Limits on Forfeitures, MLLR, July, 1993
• Bank Declared Innocent Owner: Analysis of Miraflores Ruling, MLLR, August, 1993
• Good is Bad News for Gov't: Due Process Requires Hearing, MLLR, December, 1993
• Appeals Court Reverses Leading Bank Forfeiture Case, The Florida Mortgage Banker, November/December, 1993
• Innocent Bank Needn't Forfeit Liens on Drug Dealer's Realty, American Banker, September, 1993
• Leading Bank Forfeiture Case Reversed, 17 Director's Monthly, No. 10, p.8, October, 1993
• "The Tide is Turning: Civil Forfeiture Law is Becoming More Accommodating to Innocent Owners and Innocent Mortgages", Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report, Spring, 1994
• "Access to Courts and the Unauthorized Practice of Law - Ten Years of Unlicensed Practice of Law Advisory Opinions", Florida Bar Journal, February, 1999

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