JSL Law Group

Jay Steven Levine is the founder and Sole Shareholder of the Jay Steven Levine Law Group.  Jay Steven Levine Law Group is doing business under Jay Steven Levine, P.A., which was founded in 1978.

Mr. Levine counsels community associations on all matters including hurricane matters, such as, but not limited to, casualty and insurance issues, statutory and document interpretations, recommending courses of action, and reviewing insurance requirements and policies.

In addition, Mr. Levine is experienced in pursing insurance claims against insurance carriers.  He has substantial litigation experience including in the areas of collections, foreclosures, rule and covenant enforcement and contract disputes.

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Jay Steven Levine is the founder and Sole Shareholder of the Jay Steven Levine Law Group.  Jay Steven Levine Law Group is doing business under Jay Steven Levine, P.A., which was founded in 1978.  Mr. Levine counsels community associations on all matters including hurricane matters, such as, but not limited to, casualty and insurance issues, statutory and document interpretations, recommending courses of action, and reviewing insurance requirements and policies.  In addition, Mr. Levine is experienced in pursing insurance claims against insurance carriers.  He has substantial litigation experience including in the areas of collections, foreclosures, rule and covenant enforcement and contract disputes.

As such, in addition to representing developer clients, Mr. Levine has represented hundreds of community associations state-wide in matters ranging from covenant enforcement to operations management, including document amendments and contract preparation and rendering opinions interpreting governing documents and statutes.  Mr. Levine is also experienced in the defense of code violations.

In addition to Mr. Levine’s extensive “hands on” experience representing condominium, homeowner, cooperative and mobile home associations, he is also a member of the Condominium and Planned Unit Development Committee of the Florida Bar.

Mr. Levine has authored articles and newsletters relating to the practice of Community Association law and the issues faced by communities across Florida.

Community Associations Institute, a premier national organization for community associations, has also engaged Jay’s services to speak at events from California to Florida.  In addition to his national speaking engagements, Jay is also an approved provider for educational courses for Community Association managers in the State of Florida.

EDUCATION:

• University of Miami School of Law, J.D.
• State University of New York at Albany, B.A., Economics, Magna Cum Laude

PROFESSIONAL:

• The Florida Bar
• United States Federal District Court, Southern District of Florida
• District of Columbia Court of Appeals

MEMBERSHIPS:

• Member, Condominium and Planned Unit Development Committee of the Florida Bar
• Member, Advisory Board of the University of Miami Law Center’s Institute on Condominium and Cluster Developments
• Previously served on the legislatively mandated task force appointed by the Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes to study the changes to the law regulating homeowners associations

PUBLICATIONS:

• Author, Insurance Issues, a chapter in the Florida Condominium and Community Association Law Treatise published by the Florida Bar

SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS:

• Presented “Assessment Collection Crisis - The Next Generation” for BankAtlantic’s Lunch and Learn Seminars for community associations managers (2009)
• Annual speaker at the Univer sity of Miami Institute of Condominium and Cluster Developments Housing Seminar
• National Speaker, Community Association Institute (CAI)
• Speaker, CLE International
• Speaker, The Florida Bar Continuing Legal Education

AFFILIATIONS:

• Advisory Board of the University of Miami’s Institute of Condominium and Cluster Developments
• Community Associations Institute
• Condominium Owners, Managers & Associates, Inc. (COMA)
• Gold Coast Builders Association

OTHER:

• State of Florida approved provider for community association manager (CAM) licensing courses
• Member, Condominium and Planned Unit Development Committee of the Florida Bar - advisory committee regarding significant changes to Chapter 607, F.S. (Florida Business Corporation Act) and Chapter 617 (Florida Not For Profit Corporation Act)
• Testified in hearings before the Subcommittee on the Constitution of the Committee on the Judiciary United States Senate (One Hundredth Congress) as to S.558 entitled “A bill to amend title VIII of the Act commonly called the Civil Rights Act of 1968, to revise the procedures for the enforcement of fair housing, and for other purposes (April 9, 1987); Resulted in “Fair Housing Amendments Act of 1988”