General Credit Hours:8.5
This program will identify new laws passed by the U.S. Congress and the 2025 Florida Legislature that the committee believes are of the greatest interest to attorneys practicing in the fields of real property, estates, trusts, construction, guardianships and estate planning, as well as select presenters to relay the information to program
attendees.
Opening Remarks
Jennifer Slone Tobin, Program Chair
Legislative Potpourri: Tax Cuts, Synthetic Turf, Dog Bites and other “Tidbits’ from the Legislative Sausage Factory
Peter M. Dunbar, Tallahassee
French Brown, Tallahassee
Florida’s Civil Procedure Revolution Will Be Televised: New Rights, New Obligations – HB 157, SB 538, HB 513 and HB 913
Shawn Brown, Tampa
Who Speaks For Charitable Trusts? Florida First!
Sarah Butters, Tallahassee
Small But Mighty: How HB 913 Reshapes Governance and Operations in Commercial Condos – Community Associations Part 1
Alex Dobrev, Orlando
Bringing Further Clarity to the Application of the Statutory Power to Decant; The Trust Code Gets Its Own Statute Regarding Ademption by Satisfaction (Part 1 of the Trust Bill)
David Akins, Orlando
Public Construction and Private Permitting: The Ruthless Elimination of (Potential) Contracts, Local Preference, Plan Review and Inspection
Brett Henson, Tampa
One Bite is Enough: Finality for Former Trustees (Part 2 of the Trust Bill)
Stacy Rubel, Coral Gables
Florida’s Legislature Throws Condominiums a Financial Lifeline – Will Condominiums Sink or Swim (Community Associations Part 2)
Allison Hertz, West Palm Beach
A Nip, Tuck & Tweak – Updates to the Florida Community Trust Act (Part 3 of the RPPTL One Big Beautiful Bill (a/k/a the Trust Bill)
Travis Hayes, Naples
Strict Construction of the Law, Ethics, and Otherwise: Recent Florida Appellate Court Decisions Impacting the Real Estate Practitioner
Michael Gelfand, West Palm Beach
Back to the Future: A Professionalism and Ethics Review, including Florida Bar Ethics Opinion 24-1 on AI and Florida Statute 836.12
Andy Sasso, Clearwater
Yoshi Smith, Boca Raton
A Clear Path Forward – Community Associations Part 3
Telese Zuberer, Sarasota
Understanding SB 106 on Vulnerable Adults which revises Florida Statutes Section 825.1035.
Stephanie Cook Orlando
Development Update: SB 1730 Live Local Act Amendment, SB 492, SB 784, SB 1080 – Mitigation Banks, Platting, Local Land Regulation
Aaron Dunlap, Tallahassee
Jin Liu, Tampa
HB 999 – Legal Tender
Deb Boje, Tampa
SB 268 Public Records Exemption
Amber Ashton, Tampa
SB 1622 Customary Use of Beaches
Susan Spurgeon, Tampa
Landlord Tenant Items – SB 322 (Unlawful Action), SB 180 (Emergencies), SB 615 (Electronic Notices), SB 948 (Condo Landlord Disclosures)
Kristen King Jaiven, Orlando
Probate Case Law Update
Lair Lile, Naples
Closing Remarks
Salome Zikakis
Course Number:9292
Credit Hours:
General Credit Hours:8.5
Professional Responsibility Credit Hours:2
Ethics Credit Hours:2
Condominium and Planned Land Development Law:1
Real Estate Credit Hours:4
Wills, Trusts, and Estates Credit Hours:4