Jones Foster proudly announces that Chairman Scott G. Hawkins has been appointed to the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County’s (BDB PBC) board of directors for the 2024-2025 term. Mr. Hawkins was nominated by the Economic Council of Palm Beach County to retain one of its designated seats and was appointed to the board in a unanimous vote during the BDB’s Fourth Quarter Luncheon.

Jones Foster real estate attorneys John Campo, Carlee Mattison, and Ben Alexander discuss Florida House Bill 799, which allows property owners to create an easement, servitude, or other interest in the owner's real property, and how the new legislation might conflict with state laws already in place, such as the the common law merger doctrine.

Jones Foster litigation shareholder Peter A. Sachs and litigation attorney Hanna B. Rubin successfully represented the son of a decedent against a motion seeking attorneys’ fees upwards of $104,000 in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida. The dispute arose out of a lawsuit filed by the client pro se contesting an amendment to his late father’s revocable trust.