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Becker & Poliakoff Attorney Rosa de la Camara Appointed to Florida Community Association Living Study Council
Newly Formed State Group Will Receive Public Input on Community Association Living and Make Legislative Recommendations
| Source: Becker & Poliakoff
FT. LAUDERDALE, FL--(Marketwire - September 25, 2008) - Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., a diversified
commercial law firm with more than 125 attorneys in 13 offices throughout
Florida, in New York City, and affiliated offices in Europe, Asia and the
Middle East, today announced that attorney and shareholder Rosa de la
Camara has been named a member of the newly created state Community
Association Living Study Council. Ms. de la Camara was appointed to the
Council, established by the Florida Legislature in 2008, by the Speaker of
the Florida House of Representatives Marco Rubio.
The Council's role is to receive public input regarding issues of concern
with respect to community association living and to make recommendations to
the Legislature for changes in the law related to community associations.
Ms. de la Camara joined Becker & Poliakoff in 1987 and concentrates her
practice exclusively on representing Boards of Condominiums and Homeowner
Associations in Miami-Dade and Monroe counties.
"Rosa de la Camara has immersed herself in the many complex issues facing
condo and homeowners association boards of directors, unit owners, managers
and state and local policymakers," said Marco Rubio. "Her knowledge,
experience and dedication will help to ensure that the Community
Association Living Study Council achieves its goals of addressing the
legislative needs of Florida's homeowner association population."
Ms. de la Camara previously served as a member of the Florida Advisory
Council on Condominiums, the body charged as liaison between the public and
the Division of Florida Land Sales and Condominiums. She has also served on
the Board of Directors of the Community Associations Institute, Greater
Miami Chapter and on the Editorial Advisory Board of Condominium Management
Magazine. She serves as co-counsel for the Miami Beach Council of
Condominiums.
Ms. de la Camara has over 20 years of experience participating as speaker
in instructional and educational seminars concerning the Community
Association Legal practice. She has been a featured panelist at symposiums
on Community Association Law and a speaker at various workshops throughout
South Florida concerning Community Association Law in both English and
Spanish languages. Ms. de la Camara is a member of the Florida and Federal
Bars, Dade County Bar Association and Cuban-American Bar Association. She
served as a mentor in the S.T.A.R.S./H.O.P.E. Education opportunity program
for high school minority students and served as a committee member for the
Village of Key Biscayne.
About Becker & Poliakoff P.A.
Becker & Poliakoff is a diversified commercial law firm based in Ft.
Lauderdale with more than 125 attorneys in 13 Florida offices, New York
City and affiliated global offices in Czech Republic, China, France and
Israel. The firm's core areas of practice include Real Estate, Condominium
and Homeowners Association Law, Construction, International Business &
Trade, Government Law & Lobbying, Civil and Commercial Litigation, and
Corporate, Securities & Tax Law. For more information, visit:
www.becker-poliakoff.com.
