Top 5 things to do before you start your car
5. Make sure you have adequate PIP insurance coverage. Under Florida law, PIP (Personal Injury Protection) is mandatory and pays 80% of your medical bills and 60% of your lost wages if you get into an auto accident, regardless of fault. Insurance agents or companies may attempt to sell PIP insurance with various deductibles. Don’t .. read more
Syprett Meshad Attorney Receives Award for Pro Bono Work
May 10, 2012 – Sarasota, FL – Amanda King, associate attorney at Sarasota law firm Syprett Meshad, was recently presented with the “Outstanding Service by a Young Lawyer” award by Legal Aid of Manasota. This award honored King for donating more than 200 hours to pro bono projects in 2011, and for giving a presentation .. read more
Nancy Cason to appear as panelist at forum in Sarasota on Real Estate
A free community forum provided by Sarasota Herald-Tribune and New College of Florida will take place on Wednesday, February 22nd 2012. This Herald-Tribune Hot Topics forum is titled “2012 Real Estate: The Year of the Short Sale”. Real estate experts will examine the local market and how the ‘shadow inventory’ will affect foreclosures and short .. read more
Syprett Meshad Managing Partner Receives AV Rating by Martindale-Hubbell
January 11, 2012 – Sarasota, FL – Scott Westheimer, a managing partner with Sarasota law firm Syprett Meshad, has been recognized as an AV® Preeminent Peer Review Rated™ attorney from Martindale-Hubbell. Martindale-Hubbell Peer Review Ratings are driven by the confidential opinions of lawyers and members of the judiciary who receive invitations from LexisNexis Martindale-Hubbell to provide reviews .. read more
Calming of people in housing jam is real estate lawyer Nancy Cason’s first task
Syprett Meshad partner and real estate attorney, Nancy Cason, talks about the options homeowners have that are affected by the housing downturn and current economy. You can read the article here: Sarasota Herald-Tribune: Calming of people in housing jam is lawyer’s first task
Tenth Amendment
Below is Jesse Butler’s article from "Celebrate Freedom, Celebrate Civics: Second Edition" magazine, which is published by the Sarasota County Bar Association’s Civics Committee, in partnership with the Herald-Tribune. This is material that the committee collaborated on to bring civics into Sarasota’s 7th grade classrooms. The "Celebrate Freedom, Celebrate Civics: Second Edition" PDF is available here. .. read more
The 2010 SCBA/Richard R. Garland Diversity Scholars (The Docket)
Below is Jesse Butler’s article from the August 2011 issue of the Sarasota County Bar Association’s The Docket. You can read a PDF of the article here. Jesse Butler is an attorney at Syprett, Meshad, Resnick, Lieb, Dumbaugh, Jones, Krotec & Westheimer, P.A. and member of the Sarasota County Bar Association. This year the Sarasota .. read more
Florida Senate Bill Abandoning Frye for Daubert Fails (The Docket)
Below is Jesse Butler’s article from the June 2011 issue of the Sarasota County Bar Association’s The Docket. You can read a PDF of the article here. Jesse Butler is an attorney at Syprett, Meshad, Resnick, Lieb, Dumbaugh, Jones, Krotec & Westheimer, P.A. and member of the Sarasota County Bar Association. This past legislative session, .. read more
Nancy Cason appointed to Twelfth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission
Nancy E. Cason, managing partner of the Syprett Meshad Law Firm, is one of five appointed to the Twelfth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission by Governor Rick Scott on August 16, 2011. The full press release is below: Governor Rick Scott Appoints Five to Twelfth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission Tallahassee, Fla. – Governor Rick Scott today .. read more
A Challenging Year, and Another Ahead (SCBA – The Docket)
Below is F. Scott Westheimer’s Sarasota County Bar Association President’s Message printed in the August 2011 issue of The Docket. You can read a PDF of the article here. F. Scott Westheimer is managing partner at Syprett, Meshad, Resnick, Lieb, Dumbaugh, Jones, Krotec & Westheimer, P.A. and President of the Sarasota County Bar Association, (2010-2011). .. read more
