Mr. M.B. Adelson
M.B. Adelson, LL.M. - Practices throughout Florida and consults nationwide, on property and property rights law, natural resources (especially water) and environmental law; title and boundary issues, easements, shoreline property rights and submerged lands; public lands, resource conservation, fisheries resources; boat ramps, docks, marinas and waterway access; local, state and federal regulatory agency licensing, permitting, compliance and remediation; firearms personal ownership and firearms business laws; professional ethics; provides representation in administrative and judicial trials and appellate litigation. Mr. Adelson is a certified mediator, a member of The Florida Bar, and is admitted in the Florida federal courts. He served in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida Department of Natural Resources; and has been in private practice since 2001. He holds a B.A. (1973) from Virginia Military Institute, an M.S. (1979) and M.B.A. (1981) from Florida Institute of Technology, and a J.D. (1987) and LL.M. (2012) from Florida State University College of Law. His LL.M. Dissertation studied shoreline property rights and associated access/egress easements. He is a retired US Army officer, a former rugby player (1971 - 1987), and he enjoys outdoor sports and recreation. He is a Federal Firearms License (FFL) holder, and he advises and supports firearms owners, manufacturers, retailers and shooting ranges. He is a Life Member of the National Rifle Association, Ducks Unlimited, North American Fishing Club, and he supports Olympic, military and youth marksmanship teams. He regularly presents Continuing Legal Education seminars and webinars for National Business Institute (www.nbi-sems) and others in the above-described practice areas.
- Environmental Law
- Gov & Administrative Law
- Administrative Law, Government Contracts, Legislative & Government Affairs
- Real Estate Law
- Easements, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Firearms law
- Property law, upland riparian rights & submerged land
- Boundary and Easement law
- Permitting and Licenses
- Free Consultation
- Florida
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- Federal Circuit
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- German: Spoken, Written
- Managing Shareholder
- Adelson Law Firm
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- Boundary and shoreline location determinations, easements, property rights, determination of ownership, transfer and inheritance, trespass and nuisance issues, riparian rights, permitting, regulatory compliance, public lands law
- Senior Attorney, Chief Permitting Attorney
- Dept. Natural Reources - Dept. Environmental Protection
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- Florida State University College of Law
- LL.M. (2012) | water resources, environmental law
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- Florida State University College of Law
- Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor | Fundamentals of federal, state and administrative law and practice
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- Florida Institute of Technology
- MBA | business administration, management information systems
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- Florida Institute of Technology
- M.S. | Engineering management, systems analysis
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- Virginia Military Institute
- B.A. | English, Chemistry
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- Distinguished Attorney, with Very High Ethical Standards (BV)
- Martindale Hubbel
- continuous rating for more than 16 years
- Florida State Bar # 694215
- Member
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- Firearms Law and Gun Trusts, Presenter for CLE conferences, national webinar
- National Business Institute
- numerous presentations
- Timeshare and Vacation Properties, national webinar presentations, national webinar
- National Business Institute
- 8-hour CLE presentation
- Resolving Boundary and Easement Disputes, national webinar presentations, national webinar
- National Business Institute
- numerous presentations
- Title and Title Insurance Law, Presenter for CLE conferences, national webinars
- National Business Institute (NBI)
- numerous presentations
- Ethics, Presenter for CLE conferences, national webinars
- National Business Institute (NBI)
- numerous presentations
- Certified Civil Circuit and County Court Mediator
- certified by the Florida Supreme Court
- Q. I have title to a mobile home that lives on jointly owned property. If there is a partition, can I take the trailer?
- A: Sounds like you own the trailer yourself - and for 17 years your siblings have not asked for rent for the trailer space. Do all 3 of you share the house? Or, is it rented out to a non-family member, or along those same financial lines, is one of your siblings living in it? "Somebody" should look at how the value (or the rent, or the rent that can be claimed...) is actually being divided - 50-25-25 ? Who pays the taxes and insurance? In the perfect "answer" you would be telling me that you 3 sibs have a joint checking account, all 3 of you put money in it, and y6ou are "fairly" paying the taxes, insurance, upkeep according to the interest you have (your inheritance ... Read More
