The Law Office of Scott K. Petersen, PLLC

08/21/2019

The Law Office of Scott K. Petersen, PLLC updated their business hours.

The Law Office of Scott K. Petersen, PLLC updated their business hours.

12/20/2017

WE WISH YOU AND YOUR FAMILIES A VERY HAPPY AND SAFE HOLIDAY SEASON!

02/02/2017

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Check out my article on Building a Solo Practice in this month's Docket from the Sarasota County Bar Association:

02/17/2016

We're celebrating our 1st year in business!

Thank you to our great clients, friends and family for all of your support!

-Scott & Robin-

11/24/2015

Wishing you and yours a holiday filled with love and joy.

06/15/2015

Florida Courts Leave Associations Out in the Cold

Once again, the Florida appellate courts have left community associations out in the cold. Homeowners’ associations cannot rely on their remedies under Florida statutes in bank foreclosure cases if the statutes are in conflict with the governing documents, so said the Fourth District Court of Appeal in Pudlit 2 Joint Venture, LLP v. Westwood Gardens HOA, Inc., Case No. 4D14-1385 (Fla. [ 748 more words. ]

http://skplegal.com/florida-courts-leave-associations-out-in-the-cold/

Once again, the Florida appellate courts have left community associations out in the cold. Homeowners’ associations cannot rely on their remedies under Florida statutes in bank foreclosure cases if...

05/20/2015

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST.

ANOTHER ONE BITES THE DUST. http://wp.me/p5Lmzw-bU

DANGER, WILL ROBINSON, DANGER! Foreclosure mill Butler & Hosch closes its doors. Butler & Hosch, the Orlando-based foreclosure mill, shut its doors on May 14, 2015, after Bob Hosch, the firm’s CEO informed employees that the firm’s strategic plan of buying up its competitors had caused the firm to grow to quickly and left it without the cash to pay its employees. [ 505 more words. ]

03/30/2015

Don’t Let the Rules Get in Your Way

Don’t Let the Rules Get in Your Way http://wp.me/p5Lmzw-bL

Robert’s Rules of Order were developed to provide a standard procedure to facilitate orderly meetings of parliamentary organizations. To some, however, Robert’s Rules are a confusing morass of protocols that impede, not promote, a Board’s effectiveness. It’s worth noting that Robert’s Rules of Order are not a creation of the Legislature or part of the common law. In other words, Robert’s Rules are not legally binding and there is no requirement that any board of directors employ all or some of the Rules in conducting their meetings. [ 357 more words. ]

02/16/2015

Rulings could breathe new life into dead foreclosure cases

Josh Salman has been writing great stuff about foreclosures for years. And I say that completely objectively, even if he did quote me in his latest article. http://www.heraldtribune.com/article/20150214/ARTICLE/150219802/2416/FRONTPAGE

It took seven years for Florida’s court systems to erase a backlog of nearly half a million home defaults left over from the Great Recession.