Collins Brown Barkett, Chartered - Vero Beach, FL
756 Beachland BoulevardVero Beach, FL 32963
Vero Beach Real Estate Law Firm
Overview
The Firm has been serving the Vero Beach community since 1974, and now offers a broad spectrum of professional services in the Treasure Coast area. The Firm is AV rated, the highest rating available, by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
LEGAL SERVICES
Collins Brown Barkett, Chartered continues to grow and offers a broad spectrum of professional services today. The Firm currently consists of eleven attorneys and...
The Firm has been serving the Vero Beach community since 1974, and now offers a broad spectrum of professional services in the Treasure Coast area. The Firm is AV rated, the highest rating available, by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
LEGAL SERVICES
Collins Brown Barkett, Chartered continues to grow and offers a broad spectrum of professional services today. The Firm currently consists of eleven attorneys and...
The Firm has been serving the Vero Beach community since 1974, and now offers a broad spectrum of professional services in the Treasure Coast area. The Firm is AV rated, the highest rating available, by Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory.
LEGAL SERVICES
Collins Brown Barkett, Chartered continues to grow and offers a broad spectrum of professional services today. The Firm currently consists of eleven attorneys and an extensive support staff. Collins Brown Barkett, Chartered offers expertise, counseling, and professional services in real estate, litigation, trusts & estates, guardianship, corporate, land use, governmental, administrative and business entity law. We represent a diversity of clients, including Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund; Becker Holding Corporation; Bent Pine Golf Club, Inc.; Bill Bryant & Associates, Inc.; First American Title Insurance Co.; Harris Bank; John’s Island Club; LandAmerica / Lawyers Title; National Oil and Gas; Northern Trust Bank; Insurance Fund; Oculina Bank; Orange State Retail Properties; Oslo Citrus Growers Association; Perfect Pavers, Inc.; PNC Bank, NA; Poseidon Undersea Resort; Proctor Construction Company; Realtors Assoc. of Indian River County; Red Stick Golf Club; Seacoast National Bank; Sun Aviation, Inc.; The Packers of Indian River Ltd.; U S Submarines; Vero Beach Country Club; local and foreign corporations; partnerships; real estate trusts; real estate developers; general construction companies; real estate brokers; and individuals and smaller enterprises of every kind. Specific areas of practice are listed below.
Real Estate
Real Estate law directly or indirectly affects most business within the State of Florida. Collins Brown Barkett, Chartered enjoys a prestigious real estate practice. We represent international, national, state, and local concerns, as well as a variety of lending institutions. The scope of ventures with which the Firm is involved ranges from individual residential sales and purchases to large-scale multi-use projects involving complex transactions and major institutions. The Firm handles complex commercial real estate transactions, representing buyers, sellers, lenders, and real estate brokers in different transactions. Firm attorneys are familiar with the legal requirements to close as well as the practical aspects of each party's interests in a transaction. Real estate practice is a mainstay of Collins Brown Barkett, Chartered. We regularly assist clients with the financing, acquisition, development, construction and sale of real property.
The Firm maintains an extensive trial and appellate practice. We represent a wide range of clients, large and small. Our goal is to offer vigorous and professional representation. The Firm offers representation in a diversity of areas, including:
Breach of Contract
Commercial and Construction Litigation
Construction and Design Claims
Family Law
Guardianship and Guardian Advocacy
Personal Injury
Probate & Trust Litigation
Product Liability
Property Disputes
Real Estate and Related Litigation
Wrongful Death
Our litigation attorneys have experience in courts at trial and appellate levels. Their practice includes trials, negotiations, arbitration, administrative hearings and appeals in the Florida and Federal trial courts, Florida District Courts of Appeal, and the Florida Supreme Court.
Part of the Firm's tax practice focuses upon the application of federal, state and gift tax law to the planning of individual estates. This includes drafting simple and complex wills and trusts, and preparing comprehensive estate plans, including family business planning and charitable trusts and foundations.
The Firm also represents personal representatives of estates and trustees, and offers professional services regarding all facets of the administration and distribution of estates and trusts. We are involved in preparation of federal estate tax returns for estates, as well as representation of clients in will contests, disputes involving the rights of spouses and other family members in estates and trusts, cases involving improper administration of estates, and matters relating to the defense of the estate's position with the Internal Revenue Service.
Corporate and Business Organization
Collins Brown Barkett, Chartered represents large, small and mid-sized corporations, partnerships, and other business entities. The Firm advises clients with respect to the choice of business entity, the formation of the enterprise, the operation and annual filings, buy-sell agreements, options, shareholders rights and agreements, employment contracts, noncompetition agreements, and sale or termination of the enterprise. These decisions are critical to the client in today's business oriented society, and it is the Firm's commitment to work with the client's partners, accountants and other professionals to provide the best advice available.
Land Use
Collins Brown Barkett, Chartered's attorneys regularly appear before all planning and zoning boards within the area; the Indian River County Commission; the City Councils of Vero Beach and Indian River Shores; Boards of adjustments (variance boards); code enforcement boards; the Indian River County Environment Control Board; and State environmental and land use permitting agencies. We offer services involving the following matters:
Coastal Construction
Control Line Permits
Comprehensive Land Use Plan Amendments
Conditional Uses
Planned Unit Developments
Property Tax Adjustments
Rezoning
Site Plan Approvals
Special Exceptions
Subdivisions & Plats
Submerged Land Leases
Variances
Wetlands
Collins Brown Barkett, Chartered enjoys a long-standing and successful reputation representing banking and lending institutions. The Firm represents several local institutions, both state and federally chartered. Our lawyers are noted for their knowledge and experience regarding legal questions arising from the operations of banks, the decisions of their boards of directors. We regularly provide legal advice to bank trust departments regarding the administration of trusts, the operation of common funds and other investment activities, as well as the interpretation of wills and trusts. Issues involving commercial and installment lending, credit arrangements used by lending institutions, mortgages and loan agreements, and other issues critical to successful operations are regularly referred to the Firm. Our representation of financial institutions extends to matters involving troubled loans and agreement disputes which are a part of every institution's operation.
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