Ms. Brandt has practiced community association law in Florida since 2010, representing condominium and homeowners’ associations throughout the State of Florida. She has advised clients in all aspects of community association law, and takes a special interest in foreclosure, collections, and bankruptcy. Ms. Brandt particularly enjoys the research and investigation of complex issues.
Prior to focusing on community association law, Ms. Brandt served as a Trial Court Staff Attorney for the 18th Judicial Circuit in and for Seminole County, Florida. Her experience handling mortgage foreclosures subsequent to the real estate market collapse of 2008 sparked her interest in real estate law.
A Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania native, Ms. Brandt relocated to and was raised in Pinellas County, Florida. She is a graduate of Seminole High School in Seminole, Florida. After obtaining her bachelor’s degree in economics from Charleston Southern University in Charleston, South Carolina, Ms. Brandt moved to California and worked in accounting for several years prior to law school. Ms. Brandt attended Chapman University School of Law in Orange, California, and returned to Florida after obtaining her juris doctor.
EDUCATION
- Chapman University School of Law, J.D., 2005
- Certified Law Clerk, Orange County District Attorney
- Claremont Center for Constitutional Jurisprudence Constitutional Law Clinic participant
- Authored amicus curae brief filed in the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals on behalf of the Claremont Center in Barrnes-Wallace v. Boy Scouts of America, 275 F.Supp.2d 1259 (Cal. 2003)
- Legal Intern, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Center for Faith-Based and Community Initiatives
- Assisted with final draft of 45 CFR Parts 74, 92, 96, and 87: Participation in Department of Health and Human Services Programs by Religious Organizations; Providing for Equal Treatment of all Department of Health and Human Services Program Participants
- Charleston Southern University, B.S., Economics, 1997
BAR ADMISSIONS
- Florida Bar, Admitted 2007
- United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, Admitted 2010
- United States District Court, Southern District of Florida, Admitted 2013
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
- Hillsborough County Bar Association
- Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar
- Community Associations Institute, Suncoast Chapter
- Tampa Bay Symphonic Winds, Principal Oboe
SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS
- “Legal Q&A” – Community Associations Institute, 2011, 2012, 2018, and 2023
- “Legal Q&A” – Associa Gulf Coast luncheon series, 2018-2019