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| | Address | | 802 11th Street West, P.O. Box 469 | | Bradenton, Florida 34205-7734 | | (Manatee Co.) | | | |
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(Main Office)
| Blalock, Walters, Held & Johnson, P.A. practices in the following areas of law:
Commercial and Residential Real Property, Estate Planning and Probate and Trust Administration, Commercial, Transactional, Corporate, Zoning and Land Use, Eminent Domain, Administrative Law, Bank Law and Healthcare, Commercial, Environmental and Administrative Law Litigation. General Civil Trial and Appellate Practice in State and Federal Courts. | | Year Established: 1924 | Firm Profile:
Our firm is one of the oldest law firms in Manatee and Sarasota Counties. Its records and files date back into the early 1920's. We emphasize the common sense handling of client matters. As a commercial firm furnishing advice to regional and statewide clients, we focus on middle market business and entrepreneurs, as well as banks, physicians and larger corporations in a broad range of civil contexts and the medical profession. Such focus on personalized service without the inefficiencies, bureaucracy and other burdens of large firms, together with our commitment to technology, allows our lawyers to maximize value. We assist clients in dispute resolution including litigation in all state and federal courts. We also value our experience and expertise in the planning and administration of estates. We are proud of the firm's historical and continuing commitment to the community and its people and to the solution of clients' legal matters. | | Firm Size: 17 | Representative Clients:
Alex Karras Lincoln Mercury; Arvida/St. Joe; Firkins Chrylser-Plymouth-Nissan; Bank of America; National Development Corp.; RMC Property Management; Wyman, Green and Blalock, Realtors; SunTrust Bank, N.A.; SouthTrust Bank, N.A.; Southern Management and Development; Neal Custom Homes; R.E. Investments, LLC; Pinnacle Medical Group, P.A. |
APPROVED ATTORNEYS FOR: Attorney's Title Insurance Fund, Inc.; Chicago Title Insurance Co.; Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Co. | Office Hours:
Monday: 08:30 AM - 05:15 PM
Tuesday: 08:30 AM - 05:15 PM
Wednesday: 08:30 AM - 05:15 PM
Thursday: 08:30 AM - 05:15 PM
Friday: 08:30 AM - 05:15 PM
Saturday: By Appointment Only
Sunday: By Appointment Only
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Other Office Locations of Blalock, Walters, Held & Johnson, P.A.
Sarasota, Florida, U.S.A.
| | PARTNERS | | Robert G. Blalock (Principal) born Bradenton, Florida, November 20, 1938; admitted to bar, 1963, Florida. Education: Princeton University (A.B., 1960); University of Florida (J.D., 1967, replaced LL.B. conferred, 1963). Phi Delta Phi. Recipient, Community Service Award, Manatee County Bar Association, 1999. Past Chairman, Twelfth Judicial Circuit Judicial Qualifications Committee. Past Trustee, New College of Florida. Past President, Manatee Community Foundation. Past Chair, Manatee County Economic Development Council. Director and Past Chair, The John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art. Past Chair, Manatee County Chamber of Commerce. Past Chair, Manatee United Way. Past President, Florida West Coast Symphony. Member: Manatee County Bar Association (Past President); The Florida Bar (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust, Business and Tax Sections); Manatee County Estate Planning Council (Past President). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Wills and Probate; Real Estate; Commercial Law. Email: Robert G. Blalock | | Clifford L. Walters, III (Principal) born Lexington, Kentucky, July 1, 1949; admitted to bar, 1976, Florida. Education: Washington & Lee University (B.S., 1971; J.D., cum laude, 1976). Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa; Phi Alpha Delta. Note and Comment Editor, Washington & Lee Law Review, 1975-1976. Recipient, Lifetime Achievement Award, Manatee County Bar Association. Past Chairman, Twelfth Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee. Past President or Chairman: Manatee County Chamber of Commerce; Manatee United Way; Economic Development Council of Manatee; Goodwill Industries of Manasota; Kiwanis Club of Bradenton; Board of Trustees, University of South Florida, Sarasota-Manatee Campus. Member: Manatee County Bar Association (Past President); The Florida Bar (Member, Real Property, Corporate and Business Sections); International Council of Shopping Centers. Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Corporate Law. Email: Clifford L. Walters, III | | Barbara Ann Held (Principal) born Rochester, New York, May 20, 1958; admitted to bar, 1983, Georgia and Florida. Education: Converse College; University of Georgia (B.A., with honors, 1980; J.D., with honors, 1983). Phi Beta Kappa; Phi Kappa Phi. Member, Manatee-Sarasota Advisory Board, Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, Inc. Past President, Manatee County Girls Club, Inc., d/b/a Just For Girls. Member: Manatee County Bar Association; State Bar of Georgia (inactive); The Florida Bar (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Financing; Loan Transactions; Title Insurance; Purchase Transactions; Sale Transactions. Email: Barbara Ann Held | | Charles F. Johnson, III (Principal) born Allentown, Pennsylvania, November 24, 1965; admitted to bar, 1991, Florida and U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S., with high honors, 1988); University of Florida College of Law (J.D., 1991). Past President and Member, Board of Directors, YMCA of Manatee County. Member: Board of Directors and Executive Committee, United Way of Manatee County; Executive Committee Board of Directors, Home Builder's Association of Manatee County. Member: Manatee County Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member, Trial Lawyers, Appellate Practice, Employment Law and Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections; Unlicensed Practice of Law Committee). Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Alternative Dispute Resolution; Real Estate Litigation; Construction Litigation; Employment Litigation; Commercial Litigation; Trust Litigation; Estate Litigation. Email: Charles F. Johnson, III | | Jonathan D. Fleece (Principal) born Durham, North Carolina, November 21, 1967; admitted to bar, 1997, Missouri; 1998, Illinois; 2001, Florida. Education: Emory University (B.A., 1990); St. Louis University School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 1997). Author: "A New Prescription for Pain," Journal of Health and Hospital Law, Volume 30, No. 1., March 1997. Board of Directors, We Care Manatee, Inc.; Board of Directors, Ear Research Foundation; Trustee and Vice Chair, Manatee County Economic Development Council. CEO Direct Member, Tampa Bay Partnership. Member: Sarasota County, Manatee County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Board Certified in Health Law); The Illinois Bar; The Missouri Bar; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care Law; Corporate Law; Business Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures. Email: Jonathan D. Fleece | | Anthony D. Bartirome (Principal) born Greensburg, Pennsylvania, June 29, 1961; admitted to bar, 1986, Florida. Education: Washington & Jefferson College (B.A., magna cum laude, 1983); Duke University (J.D., 1986); University of Florida (LL.M., in Taxation, 1987). Phi Beta Kappa; Psi Chi; Omicron Delta Epsilon. Member: Board of Trustees, Saint Stephen's Episcopal School, Bradenton, Florida; Manatee County Estate Planning Council. Past Member, Planned Giving Committee, Cardinal Mooney High School, Sarasota, Florida. Member: Manatee County, Sarasota County and American (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section) Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Section). Practice Areas: Ancillary Probate; Trusts and Estates Taxation; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Federal Estate and Gift Taxation. Email: Anthony D. Bartirome | | Stephen G. Perry (Principal) born Charleston, West Virginia, December 12, 1977; admitted to bar, 2001, Florida. Education: Liberty University (B.S., summa cum laude, 1998); Washington & Lee University (J.D., 2001). Phi Delta Phi. Member and Editor, Race and Ethnic Ancestry Law Journal. Member, Board of Directors South Florida Museum. Member: Manatee County Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member: Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Sections). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Finance; Loan Transactions; Shopping Center Leasing. Email: Stephen G. Perry | | William C. Robinson, Jr. (Principal) born Bradenton, Florida, November 15, 1975; admitted to bar, 2000, Florida. Education: University of Notre Dame (B.A., Finance, International Relations Certificate, 1997); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Member, Board of Directors: Manatee County Chamber of Commerce; Meals on Wheels Plus of Manatee. Chairman, Manatee Young Professionals. President, Manatee Young Republicans. City of Bradenton Downtown Development Authority (Chairman). Executive Editor, Stetson Law Review. Author: "Go West Florida! Adopt Recent Federal Exceptions to Inadmissible Character Evidence and Follow the Modifications in Both California and Arizona," Stetson L. Rev., May 2000. Law Clerk to the Hon. Gary R. Jones, U.S. Magistrate Judge, Middle District of Florida, 2000-2001. Board of Directors, Chairman of Young Professionals Division; Board of Directors, Meals on Wheels of Manatee. Member: Manatee County Bar Association; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Zoning, Planning and Land Use; Real Estate; Real Estate Development. Email: William C. Robinson, Jr. | | Fred E. Moore (Principal) born Jupiter, Florida, August 17, 1974; admitted to bar, 2000, Florida; 2004, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1996); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2000). Barrister, Judge John M. Scheb American Inn of Court, 2003. Member, Board of Directors: Legal Aid of Manasota, Inc. Board Certified in Business Litigation Law, The Florida Bar. Member: Manatee County and Sarasota County Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Appellate Practice Law; City, County and Local Government Law; Environmental and Land Use Law; Trial Law). (Board Certified Business Litigation Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Trial Practice; Real Property Litigation; Estate Litigation; Trust Litigation; Complex Commercial Litigation; Eminent Domain; Construction Law; Labor and Employment. Email: Fred E. Moore | | Melanie Luten (Principal) born New York, N.Y., September 25, 1959; admitted to bar, 1997, Georgia; 2005, Florida. Education: New York University (A.A.S., 1985); Western Connecticut State University (B.B.A., cum laude, 1994); University of Connecticut School of Law (J.D., with honors, 1997). Recipient: CALI Awards for Advanced Real Estate Practice, Land Use Controls and Disability Law Clinic; Connecticut Bar Association Real Property Section Award; The Honorable M. Joseph Blumenthal Award for Outstanding Client Service. Notes and Comments Editor, Connecticut Law Review, 1996-1997. Practice Areas: Corporate Law; Business Law; Mergers and Acquisitions; Real Estate. Email: Melanie Luten | | ASSOCIATES | | Dana Carlson Gentry (Associate) born Sarasota, Florida, April 18, 1957; admitted to bar, 1983, Florida. Education: Florida Atlantic University (B.A., with honors, 1978); Stetson University (J.D., with honors, 1982). Phi Kappa Phi; Phi Alpha Delta. University Scholar. Staff Attorney to Judge John M. Scheb, Second District Court of Appeals, Florida, 1984-1986. Member, Manatee County Estate Planning Council. Member: Manatee County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Real Property, Probate, Trust Law and Tax Sections). (Board Certified Wills, Trusts and Estates Lawyer, Florida Bar Board of Legal Specialization and Education). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Wills; Probate; Estate Planning; Estate Administration; Trust Administration; Estate and Gift Taxation; Generation Skipping Tax; Inheritance Tax. Email: Dana Carlson Gentry | | Lisbeth P. Bruce (Associate) born Union, New Jersey, March 13, 1966; admitted to bar, 1992, Florida. Education: University of Miami (B.S.S.A., summa cum laude, 1987; J.D., summa cum laude, 1992). Order of the Coif; Omicron Delta Kappa. Reid Scholar. Member: Moot Court Board; University of Miami Law Review. Recipient: American Jurisprudence Book Awards in Conflict of Laws and Commercial Law I. Past Board Member, American Red Cross, Manatee County Chapter. Pro Bono Counsel, Manatee County Habitat for Humanity, Inc. Member: Manatee County Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member, Sections on: Business Law; Real Property). Practice Areas: Commercial Real Estate; Shopping Center Leasing; Real Estate Title Insurance; Like Kind Exchanges; Contracts; Subdivisions. Email: Lisbeth P. Bruce | | James R. White (Associate) born Bradenton, Florida, September 8, 1970; admitted to bar, 1996, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.A., 1992); Mercer University School of Law (J.D., 1996). Member, Board of Directors, Manatee Community Blood Center, Inc, 1996-2001. Past President, Board of Directors, Estate Planning Council of Manatee County, 1999-2003. Member, Planning and Sponsorship Committees, "Brunch on the Bay," University of South Florida Sarasota/Manatee, 1999-2007. Member: Board of Directors, Humane Society of Manatee County, Inc., 2005; Board of Trustees, Manatee County United Way Foundation, 2007; Resource Development Committee, United Way of Manatee County, Inc., 2007. Member: Manatee County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section). Practice Areas: Trusts and Estates; Wills; Probate; Estate Planning; Probate Administration; Trust Administration; Estate and Gift Taxation; Generation Skipping Tax; Inheritance Tax. Email: James R. White | | Mary Fabre LeVine (Associate) born Syracuse, New York, March 18, 1950; admitted to bar, 1980, Florida and U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1983, California and U.S. District Court, Eastern and Northern Districts of California; 1988, U.S. District Court, Central and Southern Districts of California and U.S. Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit; 1989, U.S. Supreme Court; 2002, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida; 2004, U.S.Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit. Education: University of Rochester (B.A., 1971); University of Miami School of Law (J.D., 1978). Managing Editor, University of Miami Journal of International Law. Member: Manatee County Bar Association (President, 2007-2008; Member, Board of Directors); The Florida Bar (Member, Appellate Practice Law Section; Vice-Chair, 12th Judicial Circuit Grievance Committee); State Bar of California; Florida Association of Women Lawyers. Reported Cases: Loney v. Superior Court of Nevada County (3rd DCA 1984) 160 Cal. App. 3d 719, 206 Cal. Rptr. 769; Swearingern v. Fall River Joint Unified School District (3rd DCA 1985) 166 Cal. App. 3d 335, 212 Cal. Rptr. 400; Furhman v. California Satellite Systems, (3rd DCA 1986) 179 Cal. Cal. App. 3d. 408; 225 Cal. Rptr. 140; Mahon v. Safeco Title Insurance Company (3rd DCA 1988) 199 Cal. App. 3d 616, 245 Cal. Rptr. 103. Practice Areas: Civil Appeals; Business Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Mary Fabre LeVine | | Robert S. Stroud (Associate) born Boynton Beach, Florida, September 25, 1978; admitted to bar, 2004, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S.B.A., 2001); Stetson University College of Law (J.D., cum laude, 2004; Certificate of Concentration in Health Law). Member: Manatee County Bar Association; The Florida Bar; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Corporate Law; Business Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Contracts; Real Estate. Email: Robert S. Stroud | | Aaron J. Tracy (Associate) born Sante Fe, New Mexico, September 1, 1971; admitted to bar, 2004, Florida. Education: University of South Florida (B.A., 1996); Thomas M. Cooley Law School (J.D., cum laude, 2003); Georgetown University Law Center (LL.M., Taxation, 2004). Member: Mantee County Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member, Taxation Law Section); The American Bar Association (Member, Taxation Law Section). Practice Areas: Taxation Law; Corporate Law; Business Law. | | Derek A. DiPasquale (Associate) born Rockester, Michigan, February 14, 1977; admitted to bar, 2004, Florida. Education: Michigan State University (B.S., 2000); Florida State University College of Law (J.D., 2004). Member: Manatee County Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member, Section on Trial Law). Practice Areas: Employment Litigation; Commercial Real Estate Litigation; Construction Litigation; Commercial Litigation. Email: Derek A. DiPasquale | | Mary Lindstrom (Associate) born Galesburg, Illinois, August 5, 1982; admitted to bar, 2007, Iowa; 2008, Florida. Education: University of Northern Iowa (B.A., summa cum laude, 2004); Drake University (J.D.; M.B.A., 2007). Captain, National Appellate Advocacy Team. Inducted, National Order of the Barristers. Member: Manatee County Bar Association; The Florida Bar; The Iowa Bar; American Health Lawyers Association. Practice Areas: Health Care; Corporate Law; Business Law; Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestitures; Contracts. | | Matthew Plummer (Associate) born Hershey, Pennsylvania, May 6, 1982; admitted to bar, 2008, Florida. Education: University of Florida (B.S.B.A., summa cum laude, 2004; J.D., cum laude, 2007). Member: Manatee County Bar Association; The Florida Bar. Practice Areas: Residential Real Estate; Banking Law; Leases and Leasing. Email: Matthew Plummer | Other Office Addresses: Links to Other Offices
Sarasota, Florida Office: 2 North Tamaimi Trail, Suite 408, 34236. Telephone: 941-748-0100.
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