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Ryan Portugal Joins Firm, Expanding Health Care and Corporate Practice Groups
PRESS RELEASE: SARASOTA-BRADENTON, FL, October 22, 2019 ––The law firm of Blalock Walters, P.A. is pleased to welcome attorney Ryan P. Portugal to its corporate and health care practice groups. Portugal previously worked at Sarasota law firm Williams, Parker, Harrison...
Managing Partner Matthew Plummer Named Business Observer “40 Under 40”
We are pleased to announce that Managing Partner Matthew Plummer has been named to the esteemed Business Observer "40 Under 40" list. Each year, the Business Observer celebrates and recognizes 40 up-and-coming business leaders on the west coast of Florida. Matt was...
Blalock Walters Ranks 349 on Gulf Coast Top 500 List
Blalock Walters, P.A. is pleased to announce the firm has been recognized in the Business Observer’s 2019 Gulf Coast Top 500 list. Each year the Business Observer spends seven months researching companies on the Gulf Coast to rank the top 500 companies from Tampa to...
Insights
Is Your Real Estate Commission a Violation Of Antitrust Laws?
Are real estate associations, brokers and agents violating antitrust laws, thereby exposing themselves to the threat of litigation and possible lability, through their commission structure? A home seller recently filed a lawsuit in the United States District Court for...
A Simple Succession Planning Tool For Single-Member LLCs
BY MATTHEW J. LAPOINTE, ESQ. and ANTHONY D. BARTIROME, ESQ. It is very common for a small business to be organized as a single-member limited liability company. The LLC affords liability protection to the owner without the formalities required by a corporation, such...
Why Do I Need a Will When I Am Only 21 Years Old?
People of all ages need a will, because if you do not have one, the state statutes will decide which family members will receive your assets at your death and that decision should be yours Imagine you are in your late twenties, you have been happily married for five...
Events & Seminars
Tax Attorney Kristen Ehrlich Serves on Qualified Opportunity Zone Panel
Tax law attorney Kristen Ehrlich will serve on a panel discussing Qualifed Opportunity Zones in Manatee County. She will join representatives from Manatee County Government, City of Bradenton and Carr, Riggs & Ingram, LLC at an event showcasing how our community...
Mark Barnebey Presents “Land Use Law” at The Florida Bar City, County and Government Law Review Course
For the 22nd consecutive year, Blalock Walters’ local government and land use attorney, Mark Barnebey, will present Land Use Law at The Florida Bar’s City, County and Local Government Law Certification Review in Orlando, Florida. He has participated in all of...
Blalock Walters Sponsors Tidewell Hospice Signature Luncheon Featuring Speaker Will Reeve
Blalock Walters is proud to sponsor Tidewell Hospice’s 9th Annual Signature Luncheon on February 9, 2018 at The Ritz-Carlton, Sarasota, Florida. This year’s keynote speaker is Will Reeve, Ambassador and Board Member of the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation,...
Newsletters
Blalock Walters Review – Volume 1, 2017
Litigation and the baby boomer wealth transfer
Small practices not immune from HIPPA enforcement
How can you increase workplace civility?
Your estate plan: avoid small oversights that can turn into big headaches
US Department of Justice publishes ‘The Guidance’ to help set
standards for corporate compliance programs
What is due diligence in commercial real estate?
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