Resources
Florida Courts
State Trial Courts
- Miami-Dade County Clerk of the Circuit Court
- Miami-Dade Complex Business Litigation Section (CBLS) Rules
- Miami-Dade CBLS Administrative Order No. 08-1
- Broward County Clerk of the Circuit Court
- Broward County Complex Business Unit Rules and Administrative Order
- Collier County Clerk of the Circuit Court
- Monroe County Clerk of the Circuit Court
- Palm Beach County Clerk of the Circuit Court
State Appellate Courts
- Supreme Court of Florida
- First District Court of Appeals
- Second District Court of Appeals
- Third District Court of Appeals
- Fourth District Court of Appeals
- Fifth District Court of Appeals
Federal Trial and Appellate Courts
- U.S. Supreme Court
- U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
- U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
- U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida
- PACER system (Federal Judiciary’s center for electronic access to all U.S. courts
- Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts (general Federal Court information)
- Federal Judicial Center
State Bars
Legal Associations and Organizations
Florida Law Schools
Law Reviews
Legal and Business Publications
Perishable and Fresh Produce, and PACA
- Produce Marketing Association (PMA)
- Blue Book (Produce Reporter Company)
- The Produce News (Produce Reporter Company)
- The Packer
- U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
- Fruit and Vegetable Market News (USDA’s Agricultural Marketing Service)
- U.S. Food & Drug Administration (FDA)
- Uniform Commercial Code (UCC), Article 2 – Sales
- Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act (PACA statute)
- USDA’s PACA regulations
- USDA’s PACA homepage
- Federal Maritime Commission (FMC)
- Port Everglades, Florida
- Port Everglades Facilities Guide
- Port of Miami, Florida
- Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services
Intellectual Property
Copyright
- U.S. Copyright Office
- American Society of Composers, Authors & Publishers (ASCAP)
- Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)
- Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA)
- Writers Guild of America (WGA)
- Copyright Statutes
Patents
- United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- European Patent Office
- Japan Patent Office
- Patent Statutes
- Rules of Practice in Patent Cases (MPEP)
Trademarks (Federal, Florida and International)
- United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO)
- Trademark Manual of Examining Procedure (TMEP)
- Trademark Official Gazette
- Trademark Rules of Practice (TMRP)
- Trademark Statutes
- U.S. Patent and Trademark Depository Library Program
- Florida Department of State, Division of Corporations
- Florida Trademark Statutes
- International Association of Trademark Owners (INTA)
- Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN)
Intellectual Property Generally
- American Intellectual Property Law Association (AIPLA)
- Canadian Intellectual Property Office
- Department of Commerce
- Federal Communications Commission (FCC)
- Florida Bar’s Section of Entertainment Arts & Sports Law (EASL)
- Law Library of Congress
- National Institute Standards of Technology (NIST)
- U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Federal Circuit
- World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO)
Real Estate
- Florida Real Estate Commission (FREC)
- Florida Association of Realtors (FAR)
- National Association of Realtors
- Realtor Association of Miami-Dade County
- Florida Real Estate Statutes
- Florida Commercial Real Estate Law
- Florida Real Estate Broker Law
- Miami-Dade County real estate property tax records
- Miami-Dade County real property records
- Miami-Dade County property appraiser
- Miami-Dade County Building Department
- Interstate Land Sales Full Disclosure Act (15 USC 1701)
- U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD)
- Attorney’s Title Insurance (The Fund)
- Old Republic Title Insurance Group
- Florida Land Title Association
- Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act
- Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation, Division of Florida Land Sales, Condominiums and Mobile Homes
- Uniform Relocation Assistance and Real Property Acquisition Policies for Federal and Federally Assisted Programs
- Brochure – Your Rights and Benefits as a Displaced Person under the Federal Relocation Assistance Program
- Association of Eminent Domain Professional (AEDP)
Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
- American Arbitration Association (AAA)
- Federal Arbitration Act (Title 9, U.S. Code)
- Florida Arbitration Act (Chapter 682, Fla. Stats.)
- Florida International Arbitration Act (Chapter 684, Fla. Stats.)
- World International Property Organization (WIPO) Arbitration and Mediation Rules and Procedures
- United Nations Commission on International Trade Law (UNCITRAL) Arbitration Rules
- Society of Maritime Arbitrators, Inc., Maritime Arbitration Rules
- International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Court of Arbitration
- London Court of International Arbitration, Arbitration Rules
- International Institute for Conflict Prevention & Resolution (CPR) International Arbitration Rules
- Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA f\k\a NASD) Arbitration Rules
Receivers
- Lewis B. Freeman, Esq., CPA, Lewis B. Freeman & Partners
- Kenneth Marlin (Miami, Florida): Telephone: (305) 255-2747
Other Florida Counsel
- Appellate Law: Patti Talisman, Esq.
- Bankruptcy – Steve Mishan, Esq.
- Banking Law and General Corporate: Robert Stewart, Esq.
- Civil Litigation, Jeffrey Rubinstein, Esq.
- Criminal Law, including traffic violations: Richard Hersch, Esq.
- Marital and Family Law, Marsha Elser
- Personal Injury: Donna Michelson
- Personal Injury: Brent Probinsky
- Professional Liability Defense, Ilisa Hoffman and Robert Klein, Esq.
- Real Estate and General Corporate: Robert Brandt, Esq.
- Real Estate, Paul Palmer, Esq.
- Trusts and Estates, David Mangiero, Esq.
Sources Of The Law
Other Resources
- Martindale Hubbell
- Trial Graphics (Kroll’s TrialGraphix)
- Courtroom Graphix
- Web Design: Reid Stott
- AARP
- Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)
- Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC)
- Google Maps
- Yahoo Maps
- Florida Business Information
- Florida Employment Guide
- Florida Department of Revenue
- Internal Revenue Service (IRS)
- Florida Department of Business and Professional Regulation
- Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
- Florida Department of Financial Services
- U.S. Department of Labor
- U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC)
- Florida’s Federal Legislators
- Florida’s Office State Portal
- Florida Governor
- Florida Senate
- Florida House