Baker, Bernard R. III

Current Employment Position(s)

Of Counsel

Lawyer Overview

Bernard R. "Robin" Baker III is of counsel to the firm. He is also president of Premier Title Company, the firm's affiliated title insurance agency and is a director of Owners and Members National Insurance Services, LLC, an affiliate of the firm that markets specialized insurance products for the private club industry.

Areas of Practice

• Leisure & Resorts
• Golf and Amenities Master-Planned Community Development
• Club Membership Plans; and Real Estate Development and Finance
• Real Estate Development and Finance
• Private Clubs

West Practice Categories

Banking & Finance, Entertainment, Sports & Leisure, Real Estate

Bar Admissions

• Ohio, 1972
• Florida, 1976
• U.S. Tax Court, 1972

Professional Associations and Memberships

• Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Bar, 1981 - 1986 (Member, Grievance Committee)
• Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Bar, 1984 - 1985 (Vice Chairman, Grievance Committee)
• American Bar Association, Corporation Banking and Business Law Section (Member)
• American Bar Association, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section (Member)
• Palm Beach County Bar Association (Member)
• National Golf Foundation (Sponsor Member)
• National Club Association (Member)
• Urban Land Institute, 1995 - 2001 (Vice Chairman, Community Development Counsel, Blue Flight)
• Urban Land Institute, 1995 - 1996 (Member, International Counsel)
• Urban Land Institute, 1997 - 2001 (Member, Program Committee)

Honors and Awards

• AV Rated by Martindale-Hubbell
• Florida Bar Presidnet's Award for Meritorious Public Service
• Appointed Permanent Member of Faculty of Harvard University School of Design, 1998

Classes and Seminars

• “Ask the Experts: Golf and Golf Communities,”, The Urban Land Institute Charleston, SC, 2001 - Present
• “Ask the Experts: Golf and Golf Communities,”, Scottsdale, AZ, 2000 - Present
• “Ask the Experts: Golf and Golf Communities,”, Washington, DC, 1999 - Present
• “Development Decisions and Golf Course Positioning - The Legal Angels,”, Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, 1996 - 1999
• “Global Leisure Development,”, South African Property Owners Association, Sun City, South Africa, 1997 - Present
• “Breaking the Mold: Innovative Golf Marketing Concepts,”, The Urban Land Institute, Napa Valley, CA, 1996 - Present
• “The Earth is Flat, My Advertising is Working and Other Erroneous Assumptions,”, The Urban Land Institute, Cleveland, OH, 1996 - Present
• “Raise More Money from Memberships,”, Crittenden Golf Inc. Expo, Atlanta, GA and Monterey, CA, 1994 - Present
• “Maximizing Your Return From Membership Sales,”, Crittenden Golf Inc Expo, Nashville, TN, 1993 - Present
• “New Tends In Club Membership Programs,”, Institute for International Research Golf Course Development, Financing Operations Conference, Orlando, FL, 1992 - Present
• “Designing a Membership Plan,”, Golf Course Europe ‘90, Paris, France, 1990 - Present

Past Employment Positions

• National Insurance Services, LLC, Director of Owners and Members

Education

• Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio, 1972
  J.D.
• University of Toledo, Toledo, Ohio, 1969
  B.A.

Ancillary Businesses

• President, Premier Title Company
• Director, Owners and Managers National Insurance Services, LLC

Published Works

• Joining the Club, Florida Trend magazine, 1998
• Private Club Fees Up To Remedy Discriminatory Practices, The Club Marketing Report, 1995
• Club Memberships and Real Estate Sales: Resolving the Tensions Between Marketability and Flexibility, Golf Development Magazine, 1992
• International Memberships: New Capital Markets for Golf Projects?, Urban Land 24, 1991
• A Tax- Wise Equity Club Structure; co-author, Urban Land 23, 1990
• New Equity Club Structure Improves Cash Flow, Land development 21, 1990
• New Equity Structure Improves Cash Flow, Golf Course News 29, 1990
• Membership Law,” The Legal Reference Guide for Private Clubs
• Private Clubs Tee Up To Remedy Discriminatory Practices
• Equity Membership Plan Concepts

Address

777 South Flagler Drive
Suite 500 East
West Palm Beach, FL 33401-6194

Phones

(561) 650-0505

Faxes

561-655-5677

Emails

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Websites

http://www.gunster.com