Rebecca Newman Casamayor

Equity Partner, Chair of the Condominium and HOA Practice Group

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Rebecca Newman Casamayor has particular expertise in representing and providing guidance to condominium and homeowners’ associations in all aspects of their governance, operations, and legal compliance. She routinely handles the various issues that regularly confront community associations, such as interpretation, drafting, and amendment of governing documents; covenant and rule enforcement; membership voting and Board elections; analysis and compliance with Florida statutes including Chapters 617, 718, and 720; developer turnover and transition of control to membership; negotiation, preparation, and review of vendor contracts; disputes, pre-suit mediation, arbitration, and lawsuits with owners, tenants, vendors and third parties; and assessment collection, liens, and foreclosures. Rebecca has also litigated lawsuits and appeals in the community association law context as well as in other areas, including cases involving business and real estate disputes, breach of contract, fraud and misrepresentation, construction law, probate litigation matters, shareholder’s derivative actions, and creditor’s rights in bankruptcy.

Rebecca currently serves as Chair of the Firm’s Condominium and HOA Practice Group. She frequently presents educational courses for board members and management companies regarding legislative updates and legal trends for community associations. She has also been recognized each year from 2016 through 2026 by Florida Super Lawyers as a “Rising Star”.

PRACTICE AREAS

  • Condominium and Homeowners Association
  • Collections and Foreclosures
  • Commercial Litigation
  • Complex Business Litigation
 

Education

    J.D., University of Miami School of Law, Coral Gables, Florida, 2012

  • Magna Cum Laude, 2012
  • Honors: Order of the Coif
  • Honors: University of Miami Charles C. Papy, Jr. Moot Court Board
  • Honors: University of Miami Inter-American Law Review
  • Honors: Dean's Merit Scholarship, 2009-2012

    B.A., University of Miami, Coral Gables, Florida, 2009

  • Magna Cum Laude, May, 2009
  • Honors: Phi Beta Kappa Society
  • Honors: Bowman Foster Ashe Scholarship, 2005-2009
 
 

Admissions

  • Florida, 2012
  • U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 2012
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 2013
  • U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of Florida, 2016
 
 

Professional & Bar Association Memberships

  • Florida Bar
  • American Bar Association
  • Dade County Bar Association
 
 

Honors and Awards

  • Super Lawyers, Rising Stars 2026
  • Florida Rising Stars, 2016 - 2025
    • South Florida Business & Wealth Prestigious Women Awards, Rising Star 2022
    • FL Community Association Journal, Women of the Industry, 2018