Chelsea L. Metka
Top rated Real Estate attorney in Winter Garden, Florida
Practice Areas:
Contracts
Education Qualification:
Florida State University College of Law
Practice Areas:
Contracts
622 Vineland RdWinter Garden, Florida, 34787
First Admitted: 2013, Florida
Professional Webpage: https://www.metkalawfirm.com/meet-the-team/
Bar / Professional Activity:
- Real Property Probate & Trust Section of the Fla. Bar, Member 2018-Present
- Florida State University Law Review, N&C Editor, 2011 – 2013
- The Florida Bar, Member, 2013 – Present
- 2014-Present Attorneys Title Fund Member, 2022
- 2018-2021 Central Florida Real Estate Attorneys Counsel Member, 2021
- Central Florida Real Estate Counsel, Director 2016 – 2018
Verdicts / Settlements (Case Results):
- (2018-2020) Represented Numerous HOAs in negotiating settlement agreements and payment plans to assist homeowners who were delinquent on HOA assessments and in foreclosure. Payment plans were effective in allowing homeowners to become current and foreclosures were dismissed., 2020
- Represented Numerous HOAs in drafting amendments to Governing Documents and assisting with collections matters, 2024
- Assisted commercial Landlord with amicable settlement with Tenant. , 2023
- Represented client with amicable settlement between neighbor regarding a boundary line dispute., 2023
- Assisted client with amicable settlement between neighbor regarding easement dispute. , 2023
- Represented Buyers and Sellers in pre-suit escrow dispute negotiations and settlements, 2022
Representative Clients:
- Represented numerous commercial Landlords and Tenants throughout the year by negotiating Letters of Intent, Lease Agreements, Options to Renew, Amendments etc., 2023
- Assisted multiple clients with foreclosure defense strategies including without limitation, short sale negotiations. , 2023
- Successfully represented clients with easement and boundary line disputes. , 2023
Transactions:
- Directly advise local brokers and real estate agents regarding new NAR Settlement proceedures, 2024
- Independently advice local brokerages on day-to-day legal questions and custom contract preparation. , 2024
- Managing attorney of residential closing department overseeing approximately 10 residential and 3 commercial closings/month, 2024
- Represented private lenders for commercial loan transactions, 2024
- Represented claimant and settled claim against contractor for misappropriation of claimant construction funds, 2024
- Prepared and negotiated join tenant agreement between two non-married owners of real property, 2024
- Assisted with drafting and negotiating ingress/egress easements for numerous clients on residential and commercial properties, 2024
- Represented local financial institution in numerous complex commercial financing transactions, 2024
- Commercial contract drafting, assisted numerous Buyers and Sellers with drafting costume contracts for purchase and sale of commercial development, including negotiations for flips with national builders. , 2024
- Assisted two separate HOAs with Revitalization of their governing documents, 2024
- Represented clients in negotiating deposit disputes, 2024
- Represented numerous residential and commercial landlords through eviction proceedings, 2024
- Represented numerous commercial landlords and tenants in negotiating leases, and termination of leases without necessity of evictions. , 2024
- Successfully identified attempted fraudulent real estate transactions and stopped the fraud before it occured. , 2024
- Assist two separate homeowners associations with corporate mergers and mergers of governing documents to form one HOA governed by one set of DCCRs while maintaining two separate plats, 2024
- Successfully identified attempted fraudulent real estate transactions and stopped the fraud before it occured. , 2022
Special Licenses / Certifications:
- 2021-Present Board Certification, Real Estate Law
Pro bono / Community Service:
- (2022 - Present) Board Member of Project Scholars, Inc. and provide pro bono legal service in the way of generalized advice to the organization's board as well as contract preparation and review, 2022
Honors:
- Best Real Estate Attorney or Law Firm, Orlando Weekly Reader's Choice, 2022
- Super Lawyers Rising Star 2023 Honoree (Fla.), 2023
Educational Background:
- Florida State University College of Business, Bachelor’s Degree, 2010
Industry Groups:
- Commercial and Residential Landlord/Tenant
- Commercial And Residential Real Estate
- Community Associations
- Construction
- Lending
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