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Lawyer Overview

Areas of Practice:
Real Estate Sales and Acquisitions
Real Estate Leasing
Real Estate Development and Financing
Mining and Mineral Rights

Practice Profile:
Ms. Berman has been with the firm for over 20 years.  During that time, she has represented buyers and sellers, landlords and tenants, borrowers and lenders, investors and developers in a wide variety of commercial and residential real estate transactions.  She has principal responsibility for one of the firm's largest clients, a REIT, which is currently the largest office landlord in Orlando.  In addition to office leasing, Ms. Berman has significant experience in retail leasing as well.  She is also on the team which represents the firm's largest client, a major Florida landowner, and has handled several significant transactions for the purchase and sale of real estate, including several 1031 transactions.

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance Law, Business & Commercial Law, Mergers & Acquisitions, Business Organizations, Real Estate Law, Commercial Leasing, Commercial Real Estate, Landlord/Tenant

Bar Admissions

• Florida, 1984

Professional Associations and Memberships

• NAIOP (National Association of Industrial and Office Parks) (Member)
• CREW (Commercial Real Estate Women) (Member)
• The Florida Bar Foundation, Inc. (Fellow)
• ICSC (International Council of Shopping Centers)
• ALFA Retail Real Estate Team

Honors and Awards

• Martindale-Hubbell: AV Rating

Education

• Duke University School of Law, Durham, North Carolina, 1984
• University of Florida, Gainesville, Florida, 1980
  B.A.
  Honors: Phi Beta Kappa

Address

800 North Magnolia Avenue
Suite 1500
Orlando, FL 32803

Phones

407-428-5135

Faxes

(407) 423-1831

Emails

vberman@deanmead.com

Websites

http://www.deanmead.com