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We are pleased to announce that veteran real estate attorney James H. Ryan has joined the firm as Senior Counsel based in our Jupiter office. Jim is the sixth attorney to join Jones Foster this year, bringing decades of experience representing developers, buyers, sellers, and lenders in complex commercial and residential real estate transactions.

Beginning July 1, 2025, every charity, foundation, social-welfare organization, professional fundraiser, and commercial co-venturer that asks Floridians for contributions must police its funding sources for any link—direct or indirect—to seven “foreign countries of concern.” Florida’s Senate Bill 700 layers an unprecedented “foreign influence” screen onto the state’s long-standing charitable-solicitation regime and also launches a publicly searchable “Honest Services Registry."

Jones Foster attorneys combined their extensive knowledge and experience across practice areas to successfully represent the Town of Jupiter in a lawsuit regarding the Town’s right to create a fire department. The legal team included Shareholder and Land Use & Governmental Practice Group Co-Chair Thomas J. Baird, Town Attorney for the Town of Jupiter; litigation shareholders Travis J. Foels and Joanne M. O’Connor; and litigation attorneys Brett T. Lashley and Lainey W. Francisco.