Michael B. Denberg
Michael B. Denberg joined the law firm of Young, Stern & Tannenbaum
in North Miami Beach, Florida, and became a partner in 1985, practicing
in the Real Estate, Banking and Condominium Law Section. Mr. Denberg
prepared condominium documents and provided real estate closing
services to numerous luxury developments in the Aventura/North
Miami Beach area, as well as to Institutional Lenders. In 1990,
Mr. Denberg co-founded the Aventura office of Buchanan Ingersoll,
a Pittsburgh-based national law firm, and was a shareholder in
the Real Estate Section representing National Mall and Shopping
Center Owners, Financial Institutions in workouts and complex
real estate acquisitions and financing. In May 1998, Mr. Denberg
became a partner in Fieldstone Lester Shear & Denberg.
Mr. Denberg is a member of
the South Florida Builders Association and has lectured on the
topic of condominiums as securities. Mr. Denberg is a member of
the Real Property and Probate and Trust Section of the Florida
Bar and concentrates his practice in Real Estate, Banking and
Transactional Law, representing developers, Financing Institutions
and Investors.
Steven
Gold Esq.
Steven A. Gold was born on March 7, 1947, in the Bronx, New York.
He obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree from Long Island University
and his Juris Doctor Degree from New York Law School in 1983 and
was admitted to the New York Bar that same year. He practiced
law in New York for fifteen years prior to relocating to Florida
and becoming a member of the Florida Bar in 1999.
Mr. Gold was a school teacher
prior to becoming an attorney in 1983. Since becoming an attorney,
Mr. Gold's practice has been primarily in real estate and corporate
law. He represented developers in New York on acquisitions, creation
of condominium and cooperative properties and development of shopping
centers. He has also practiced in the field of employment law
drafting executive employment agreements for corporate clients.
Paul
Lester, Esq.
Paul A. Lester was born on January 19, 1950, in Newton, Massachusetts.
He obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree with highest honors (history
major) and earned admission to Phi Beta Kappa from the University
of Rochester, Rochester, New York, in 1971. He obtained his Juris
Doctor Degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School in
1974 and was admitted to the Pennsylvania Bar in 1974, and to
the District of Columbia Bar and the Florida Bar in 1975.
Mr. Lester moved to Miami,
Florida, as a young child and had his early elementary schooling
there. He attended high school in Great Neck, New York, and graduated
in 1967.
After graduation from law
school, Mr. Lester was a Staff Attorney and then Assistant to
the Director of the Bureau of Consumer Protection at the Federal
Trade Commission in Washington, D.C., from 1974 to 1977. Thereafter,
he returned to South Florida in February of 1977 and was an associate
in both the real estate and corporate departments at Greenberg,
Traurig, Miami, Florida, from 1977 to 1981. Mr. Lester joined
the corporate department of Broad and Cassel in its Miami office
in August of 1981 and became a partner in 1983. Mr. Lester then
headed the corporate department of the Miami office through mid-1984.
In July 1984, Mr. Lester became a principal in Shapiro, Hoffman,
Lester & Abramson, P.A., which had an extensive commercial
law practice. From mid-1984 until 1988, Mr. Lester also acted
as a principal in real estate projects including office building
and shopping center developments. In July 1988, Mr. Lester formed
Paul A. Lester, P.A., where he practiced until August 1991, when
he formed Fieldstone & Lester with Ronald R. Fieldstone, his
law school classmate. The Firm changed its name to Fieldstone
Lester & Shear in June, 1993, with the addition of David Shear,
P.A. and to Fieldstone Lester Shear & Denberg in June 1998,
with the addition of Michael B. Denberg, P.A.
Mr. Lester has published
several articles in legal journals and is a member of the Computer
Law Committee, the Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section,
and the Business Law Section of the Florida Bar.
David Shear, Esq.
David Shear was born on April 3, 1951, in Montreal, Canada. He
obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree (economics major) from McGill
University in Montreal in 1972. He attended the Masters in Business
Administration program at McGill University from 1972 through
1973. He obtained his Bachelor of Civil Law degree magna cum laude,
from the University of Montreal in 1976 and was admitted to the
Bar of the Province of Quebec in 1977. He also graduated from
Nova University Law School in Fort Lauderdale, with a J.D. degree
in 1980, and was admitted to the Florida Bar in August 1980.
Mr. Shear moved to South
Florida in 1978 from Montreal, Canada and worked as in-house counsel
for a real estate development partnership until 1980. Upon becoming
admitted to the Florida Bar in 1980, he joined the real estate
department of Broad and Cassel in their Miami office. Mr. Shear
became a partner in Broad and Cassel in 1985 and the head of their
real estate department in the Miami office in 1988. He became
a partner in Fieldstone Lester & Shear in June 1993.
Mr. Shear is a member of
the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section and the Land
Use and Environmental Law Section of the Florida Bar. He practices
, condominium, construction, and law representing developers,
local and foreign investors and lenders. Mr. Shear speaks French.
Don
Jump, CPA, CFP
Donald E. Jump has been in the practice of public accounting
since 1972. He served three years in the United States Navy from
1966 to 1969 and graduated from Rider College with a Bachelors
degree in Accounting. He then joined the national accounting firm
of KPMG for seven years before starting his own firm.
He is a member of the Monmouth/Ocean
County Chapter of the New Jersey State Society of Certified Public
Accountants and the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants.
Don is also a Certified Financial Planner and a member of the
International Association for Financial Planners since 1988.
Don has developed financial plans based on asset allocation
models for many high net worth clients.
Don's substantial and diverse
professional experience includes clients ranging in size from
publicly owned international corporations to private, self-employed
individuals. He has extensive experience in commercial entities,
and has been instrumental in the negotiation and structure of
sales of numerous businesses for clients. He has also participated
in all aspects of raising capital for a significant number of
clients through private placements, as well as public offerings.
Michael Rosenbaum Esq.
Michael J. Rosenbaum was born in Laredo, Texas on May 9, 1971,
after his family emigrated from Havana, Cuba. Mr. Rosenbaum received
four (4) separate degrees from the University of Florida: Master
of Laws (LL.M.) in Taxation; Juris Doctor; Master of Accounting;
and Bachelor of Science in Accounting.
Mr. Rosenbaum is a Certified
Public Accountant in the State of Florida. Further, Mr. Rosenbaum
is admitted to the Florida Bar and is a member of the Tax Section
of the Florida Bar. Mr. Rosenbaum is also a Florida-licensed real
estate salesperson
Mr. Rosenbaum received his
big-firm experience over approximately six years with the law
firms of Shutts & Bowen, LLP, Holland & Knight, LLP, and
Akerman, Senterfitt & Eidson, LLP. For the past three years,
Mr. Rosenbaum has practiced as partner in a well-known tax boutique.
Mr. Rosenbaum is Director and President of a fast-growing pharmacy
chain out of Miami Beach, Florida.
Mr. Rosenbaum's areas of
expertise include the following: international and domestic asset
protection and wealth preservation; international and domestic
income, gift and estate tax planning for business entities and
individuals, including tax treaties and pre-immigration matters;
inbound and outbound trade planning for foreign and domestic business
entities; mergers, acquisitions, reorganizations and spin-offs
involving real estate transactions and related tax matters; corporate
transactions and contracts, such as entity formations, corporate
agreements and joint ventures; state and local tax, including
corporate, ad valorem, intangible and sales taxes; internal revenue
service mediations; and consulting in real estate acquisitions,
financing, insurance, and accounting matters.
Mr. Rosenbaum is fluent in
Spanish and proficient in Portuguese, and serves as a committee-assistant
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