Cliff concentrates on business counseling and planning, complex real estate transactions, commercial law, and strategic estate planning. He represents business executives and owners, large and small entrepreneurial businesses, and commercial real estate developers.Cliff handles business succession and wealth transfer planning; real estate deals from entity formulation, due diligence, project financing to permitting, construction and development services; and commercial law matters, such as contract negotiations, buying and selling of businesses, dispute resolution and risk management issues.
Honors
AV Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell
Named the Best Lawyers® 2020 Real Estate Law “Lawyer of the Year” in Sarasota.
Selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America© in the field of Real Estate Law (2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020)
Robert P. Bartz Outstanding Leadership Award Winner, 2018
Edgar H. Price, Jr. Humanitarian Lifetime Achievement Award
Distinguished Citizen, 2016, Boy Scouts of America Southwest Florida Council
Lifetime Achievement Award, Manatee County Bar Association
Distinguished Leadership Award, Leadership Manatee
Kiwanis – George Hixon Award & Legion of Honor
Who’s Who in Tampa Bay Law – Tampa Bay Business Journal
Goodwill Ambassador of the Year, 2014