Three of South Florida’s prime group affiliation legal professionals have left Becker & Poliakoff for a rival agency.
Veteran legal professionals Michael Góngora, Lilliana Farinas-Sabogal and Adam Cervera have joined Affiliation Legislation Group (ALG), reshaping a part of the Sunshine State’s condominium and householders’ affiliation authorized panorama.
The three legal professionals convey a long time of expertise representing condominium, householders’ and cooperative associations throughout Florida.
Góngora and Farinas-Sabogal are Florida Bar Board-certified in condominium and deliberate growth legislation, and the group’s work has included governance, litigation and regulatory compliance issues for affiliation purchasers.
The transfer, introduced Thursday, expands ALG’s bench normally counsel companies, litigation and advisory work, positioning the agency to tackle a bigger consumer base.
“This choice displays our shared imaginative and prescient for the way forward for the affiliation legislation observe,” Góngora mentioned in an announcement.
“Affiliation Legislation Group supplies the platform, management and client-first tradition that permits us to proceed delivering the very best degree of service to our purchasers whereas innovating how associations are represented.”
Cervera mentioned the agency’s operational method was a key issue within the choice.
“ALG’s dedication to its purchasers, responsiveness and sensible options align completely with our values, and we’re excited to proceed these relationships below the ALG banner,” he mentioned.
Farinas-Sabogal described the transfer as a chance for progress and to “construct one thing transformational for our affiliation purchasers statewide.”
“The momentum behind ALG is plain,” she added.
Past their non-public observe credentials, Góngora and Cervera additionally convey public sector expertise to the agency, offering ALG with authorized insights from figures accustomed to native authorities processes and regulatory environments.
Góngora beforehand served as Miami Seashore Vice Mayor and Commissioner. He final ran for public workplace in 2023, when he misplaced a runoff for Miami Seashore Mayor.
Cervera is a sitting Broward County College Board member, appointed in April by Gov. Ron DeSantis.
Solomon mentioned the hires replicate the agency’s long-term technique. “Michael, Lilliana and Adam are elite attorneys and revered leaders in our area,” he mentioned. “Their choice to affix ALG is a testomony to our mission and our dedication to redefining affiliation legislation.”
ALG, based roughly twenty years in the past by actual property lawyer Ben Solomon, has constructed a statewide observe with workplaces in Miami, Fort Lauderdale and Boca Raton, with greater than 15 legal professionals targeted completely on representing group associations.
