S. David Sheffman,
Esq. Sole practitioner. A primary focus of the practice
is real estate, construction and business litigation.
Practice also includes transactional & appellate
components. Pro Bono
legal representation of abused & neglected children.
Significant trials have included Real estate fraud case
involving escrow violations, Breach of Oral Contingent
Fee Contract, Breach of Brokerage Listing Contract case
including allegations of fraud, conspiracy & forgery,
4 week bench trial defending shareholder’s derivative action,
Commercial landlord tenant actions including jury trial
with Retaliatory Eviction counterclaims, and Dependency
cases include termination of parental rights cases.
Significant real property transactions have included
representing purchasers and sellers of large hotel and
apartment transactions, representing property owners in
various municipal land use and administrative
proceedings and representing secondary mortgage lenders
in all aspects of the business transactions from loan
closing to foreclosing to bankruptcy proceedings.
March 1988 - October
1988
Hyman & Kaplan, P.A. Associate: Commercial Litigation mostly condominium
association issues, enforcement of covenants and
restrictions, lien litigation, collection of
assessments, foreclosure actions, etc.
September 1986 -
March 1988
Richard & Richard,
P.A. Associate: High end commercial litigation boutique
firm specializing in complex business lawsuits. The
managing partner is one of South Florida’s top trial
lawyers.
