Our Practice

Appleton Reiss, PLLC provides full-service representation for homeowners associations, condominium associations, civic associations, commercial associations, community development districts, special taxing districts, and property owners at all stages of community development.  Our attorneys are recognized as individual leaders in the association law due to their broad and diverse experience and expertise in real estate and community association matters.  Our attorneys and staff have decades of experience handling community association matters. With several hundred condominium and homeowners’ association clients, Appleton Reiss, PLLC is the preeminent full-service legal solution for Florida community associations.

Appleton Reiss, PLLC provides all aspects of community association legal services.  Our areas of experience include:

  • Arbitration and Mediation
  • Association Disputes
  • Association Lien Foreclosure and Mortgage Foreclosure
  • Bankruptcy
  • Board governance, corporate operations, and enforcement of bylaws and articles of incorporation
  • Budgeting and Financial matters
  • Collection of Maintenance and Special Assessments, Fines and Fees
  • Community Association Administration
  • Common area and common element maintenance, repair, alteration, and improvement
  • Compliance with Marketable Record Title Act
  • Construction and Defect Litigation
  • Contract Drafting and Preparation, Review, and Litigation and Enforcement
  • Coordination among master associations, sub-associations, and community development districts
  • Election disputes and recalls
  • Eminent domain, land use, and zoning matters and litigation
  • Enforcement of Covenants and Rules
  • Fair Housing Act complaints and compliance
  • Governing Document Preparation, Interpretation and Amendment
  • Insurance matters and litigation
  • Labor and Employment Issues and Litigation
  • Landlord/tenant
  • Litigation and Appeals
  • Meeting and election notice, preparation and advice
  • Meeting and election administration and supervision
  • Preparation of governing documents and restrictions for condominiums and homeowners associations
  • Resolution of Title Issues
  • Special assessments and loans
  • Termination of Condominiums
  • Turnover and transition from Developer