Howard Allen Cohen
The Real Estate professionals at Atkinson, Diner, Stone, Mankuta & Ploucha, P.A. offer innovative counseling, expert service and practical advice for all sectors of the real estate industry. Our diverse client base includes developers, investors, institutional lenders, borrowers, landlords, tenants, retailers, property managers, and property associations. Our team of accomplished attorneys delivers quality professional legal services for a wide variety of legal needs covering both commercial and residential properties. Practice areas of the Department include:
* Acquisition and Sale transactions for both commercial and residential properties;
* Lender and borrower representation for all levels of commercial loan transactions including complex commercial real estate loans and SBA financing;
* Developer representation for residential and commercial projects through each stage of development from acquisition through leasing or sales;
* Commercial, office and industrial lease preparation and negotiation;
* Preparation of community association documents for condominiums, residential subdivisions and medical, office and industrial parks;
* Title examination and issuance of title insurance including services to resolve title defects;
* Negotiation and litigation of title insurance claims.
The Firm’s real estate attorneys serve as authorized agents for Chicago Title Insurance Company, First American Title Insurance Company and Attorney’s Title Insurance Fund. These attorneys are actively engaged in shaping the future of the real estate practice through their participation in numerous committees of the Florida Bar and local, state and national real estate associations. The attorneys in the Department include Board Certified real estate practitioners who are supported by experienced paraprofessional staff. To meet the rapid pace of today's transactions, the Department utilizes in-house advanced technology and specialized software produced exclusively for the real estate practice. Our attorneys and professional paralegals have the expertise and technical skills to enable the Department to respond efficiently to the needs of its clients.
Real Estate Certified Attorney - Florida Bar
Howard Allen Cohen
Atkinson Diner Stone Mankuta & Ploucha PA
1 Financial Plaza #1400
Fort Lauderdale FL 33394-0043
Tel: 954 925-5501
Fax: 954 920-2711
E-mail: hac@atkinson-diner.com
Howard Allen Cohen is a Martindale-Hubbell® AV rated Florida Board Certified Real Estate Lawyer who concentrates his practice in the area of commercial real estate, with emphasis on mortgage financing by institutional lenders (construction and other loans requiring custom produced documentation), development of planned unit developments, condominiums (including conversions to condominium), and other forms of cluster housing, construction contracting, and the acquisition and sale of both residential and commercial properties. He has extensive experience in leasing (both commercial and residential), title insurance, tax deferred exchanges, and resolving title defect claims. Howard represents parties in real property litigation, including access, easement, and quiet title disputes.
Howard’s practice also includes corporate and business law, creditor representation in insolvency matters, computer law, commercial litigation, and representation of non-United States persons in connection with investments in the United States. Howard graduated cum laude from Rutgers--The State University at New Brunswick, New Jersey, winning the Edward McNall Burns Prize for achieving the highest grade point average in the Political Science Department. He was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and as President of the Political Science Honor Fraternity (Pi Sigma Alpha). Howard graduated from the University of Chicago Law School and was appointed as a New Jersey Deputy Attorney General during 1973. In that capacity he represented the state in both criminal appeals and state grand jury investigation of official corruption before relocating to Florida. Mr. Cohen served as instructor of law at the University of Miami Law School during 1976-77 and has been engaged in the private practice of law ever since. Howard is an active member of the Construction Law and Real Property Law Committees of the Broward County Bar Association and the Construction Law Committee (and its Green Building Subcommittee) of the Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section of The Florida Bar.
Howard serves on the Board of Legal Specialization and Education (BLSE) of The Florida Bar. BLSE has general jurisdiction over all matters pertaining to the administration of the board certification plan of The Florida Bar, the continuing legal education requirement, and the basic skills course requirement under Bar rules. Previously, Howard served for six years on the Real Estate Certification Committee (chair during 2003-04), which deals with the evaluation and testing of Florida attorneys seeking recognition as Florida board certified real estate lawyers.
Howard’s publications and speaking engagements have included The Law of Real Estate Titles (National Business Institute, February 2008), Ethical Considerations in Real Estate Closings (National Business Institute, March 2008), Obtaining Access to Real Property--The Right to Use the Road (National Business Institute, 2001), Selling Real Property Without Getting Taken to The Cleaners--What are the Environmental Risks? (National Business Institute, 1993), and, as reviser, Legal Forms and Worksheets, Conveyancing (Young Lawyers' Section, The Florida Bar, 1982).
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