Association Governance Legal Strategies HOA

About this Webinar

In this session, five Haber Law attorneys, Rebecca Casamayor, Jonathan Goldstein, Marnie Dale Ragan, Darrin Gursky, and Kyle Alonso, walk HOA board members through their legal obligations under Florida’s Homeowners Association Act, covering fiduciary duty and board liability, governing documents and covenant preservation, architectural control, records requests, collections and foreclosure defenses, association contracts, and borrowing.

HOA board members

Community association managers

Property managers

The Key Learning Objectives for this Course are as Follows:

Describe the core responsibilities board members owe to their community, including acting in good faith, making informed decisions, and putting the association’s interests ahead of personal interests.
Explain how to properly schedule, notice, and conduct board meetings and elections, including required timeframes for posting notices, rules for voting, and how to fill board vacancies.
Recognize what the association can and cannot do when enforcing community rules, including limits on fines, required steps before penalizing a homeowner, and restrictions on regulating what owners do inside their homes or out of public view.
Identify what records the association must keep and how homeowners can access them, including how long records must be retained, deadlines for responding to owner requests, what personal information must be kept private, and when records must be posted online.
Understand the criminal consequences board members can face for misconduct, including penalties for destroying records, accepting kickbacks, rigging elections, misusing association funds, and when a director must be removed from the board.

Meet the Speakers

Rebecca Casamayor

Equity Partner, Chair of the Condominium and HOA Practice Group

Rebecca has particular expertise representing condominium and homeowners’ associations in governance, operations, and legal compliance, from covenant enforcement to collections and foreclosures. She frequently presents educational courses for board members on legislative updates and legal trends.

Jonathan Goldstein

Equity Partner

Jonathan is board-certified in Condominium and Planned Development Law and has represented community associations in everything from turnover disputes to lien foreclosures and corporate governance. He is a Martindale-Hubbell AV-rated attorney and a regular lecturer on community association law.

Marnie Dale Ragan

Equity Partner, Managing Partner for the Broward Office

Marnie is board-certified in Condominium and Planned Development Law and has practiced community association law for over twenty years, from drafting governing documents to running board meetings. She regularly lectures for board members and managers on legislative changes affecting associations.

Darrin Gursky

Senior Partner

Darrin specializes in community association law and construction, including construction defect negotiation, turnover representation, and covenant enforcement. He is a state-designated facilitator for continuing education programs for community association board members.

Kyle Alonso

Partner

Kyle specializes in civil litigation and community association law, serving as trusted general counsel to condominiums, HOAs, and businesses. He brings a pragmatic, solution-focused approach to resolving client issues both in the courtroom and the boardroom.

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