Member Profile: Michael J. Gelfand

	Michael J. Gelfand ARC Mediation 250 South Central Blvd, Suite 104A Jupiter, FL 33458 Tel: (561) 712-4717 Fax: (561) 744-1964 Website: www.arcmediation.com	GoogleMaps for this Location View Available Dates Calendar

ADR Services Include:

Mediation; Arbitration; ADR Training/CME

Commercial/Business Community Associations

Condominiums Construction

Contract Disputes Real Estate

BIOGRAPHICAL:

Michael J. Gelfand is a Florida Bar Board Certified Real Estate Attorney. Mr. Gelfand's practice for over two decades emphasizes Florida community association law in Palm Beach County Courts, including matters affecting condominium, homeowners, property owners and country club communities.

In addition to being "AV" rated by Martindale Hubble, Michael Gelfand is a member of the College of Community Association Lawyers and the American College of Real Estate Lawyers. He is one of the few attorneys who is a Parliamentarian, with a membership in the National Association of Parliamentarians. In addition to being a Mediator (Florida Circuit Civil and Florida County Civil), Michael Gelfand has served as a Special Master for Florida's Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Court and for the City of Boca Raton, Florida.

Michael Gelfand has been repeatedly selected by his peers for bar leadership functions. He served the maximum two terms as the chair of The Florida Bar's Condominium and Planned Development Committee. Locally, he chairs the Palm Beach County Bar's Community Association Continuing Legal Education Committee as well as serving on the Civil Circuit Rules Committee. He has been reappointed to serve as the construction law attorney designee on the Palm Beach County School Board's Construction Oversite and Review Committee.

Michael Gelfand is a sought after community association law commentator, speaking for American Bar Association, American Legal Institute, American College of Real Estate Lawyers, The Florida Bar, the University of Miami and the Chautauqua Institute, among others.

His writings have received acclaim, including most recently The Plaza East Trilogy: Not a Nursery Rhyme, but Scary Warfare , The Florida Bar Journal (April 2008), a critical analysis of the collision between hurricanes and Florida s condominium property insurance legislation. The Florida Bar publishes his works including "Alternate Dispute Resolution, Arbitration and Mediation" and "Condominium and Homeowner Association Liens" and many statutory updates. He also contributed to Harrison's legal treatise Florida Admissibility of Evidence.

EDUCATION:

• University of Florida College of Law, Gainesville, FL - J.D. 1982
  Activities and Honors: Order of Barristers; Moot Court Team; First Place award for the 1982 ABA/LSD Regional Moot Court competition, selected to represent the Moot Court Team at the ABA/LSD National Competition; Dean's Honor List (four of seven grading periods); Appellate Advocacy, Honors, Instructor and member of Board of Editors; Governmental Research Council, Director; John Marshall Bar Association, Representative; Academic Incentives Committee; New Student Advisor; Phi Delta Phi Fraternity; Law League Softball.

Memberships & Affiliations

• The Florida Bar Southern District of Florida Bar (Qualified in Trial and Bankruptcy Courts)
• Middle District of Florida Bar
• United States Eleventh Circuit Bar
• American Bar Association
• Palm Beach County Bar Association

Rates

Michael J. Gelfand is a member of the Florida Circuit-Civil Mediator Society, Florida's premier roster of distinguished attorney-mediators. The FCCMS profile includes more specific local information, such as counties and regions served, and can be visited directly at www.floridamediators.org/michael-gelfand