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Welcome Chris Loy

A long overdue welcome to Chris Loy who joined our Jacksonville-based team as an associate attorney back in March!

Christopher Neal Loy, Jr. is an associate attorney at Kilinski | Van Wyk where he specializes in the establishment and representation of special districts, including community development districts, improvement districts, stewardship districts, and recreational districts. He also represents private and public clients in construction law matters, serves as issuer’s counsel in conjunction with public financing, and represents landowners around Florida in conservation programs with the state.

Celebrating yet another closing!

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Celebrating yet another closing! Closed on May 17th, Lauren Gentry of Kilinski | Van Wyk served as District Counsel for River’s Edge III CDD in the issuance of $9,815,000 Capital Improvement Revenue Bonds, Series 2024. The bonds will be assigned to a 318 residential lot phase of the community. Great work everybody, we are excited to have been a part of this process!

REMINDER: Important information for 2024

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REMINDER: Beginning January 1, 2024, Form 1 will no longer be filed with your local Supervisor of Elections office. Instead, all Form 1s will be filed electronically with the Commission on Ethics. The Form 6 full disclosures that resulted in a number of city and county commissioners resigning does not apply to special district supervisors! Ethics training will need to be completed by the end of the year for all current special district supervisors – contact your Kilinski | Van Wyk attorney for more specific information.

Kilinski | Van Wyk PLLC is excited to announce the hiring of attorney Savannah Hancock

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Kilinski | Van Wyk is pleased to welcome Savannah Hancock to its growing Tampa office. Savannah joins a five-member lawyer team in our Tampa office and represents community development districts, improvement districts, stewardship districts and other types of special district clients in all matters related to contracting, real property, public procurement, ethics, finance and construction. In addition, she serves as counsel to developers and homebuilders in the establishment of special districts, serves as issuer’s counsel in conjunction with public financing matters involving tax-exempt bonds and represents landowners throughout Florida in conservation program matters with the State of Florida.

Savannah graduated near the top of her law school class and holds degrees in finance and international business from University of Florida, with a certificate in financial accounting from Harvard Business School. This background coupled with her past professional experience as an analyst with one of the premier asset managers worldwide and her prior work in real estate, land use and environmental matters in her former large law firm experience makes her the ideal candidate for representing Kilinski | Van Wyk clients in all facets of development and complex financing and business matters.

About KILINSKI | VAN WYK PLLC
KILINSKI VAN WYK is a professional limited liability company with its practice focused in the areas of special districts, construction law, governmental law, real estate associations, ethics and related areas. With over five decades of combined years of experience, the members, previously of Hopping Green & Sams, PA, founded Kilinski Van Wyk PLLC, with the intent to focus exclusively on the needs of clients in a nimble and innovative environment.

The Kilinski | Van Wyk team serves clients throughout Florida now from three offices: one in Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee; from its Tampa office, staffed with an experienced team of lawyers and headed by partner, Lauren Gentry; and from its new Naples office. Kilinski | Van Wyk prides itself on efficiency, responsiveness and creative strategic thinking. More information is available at www.cddlawyers.com or 877-350-0372.

Kilinski | Van Wyk PLLC is excited to announce the hiring of attorney Corey Roberts

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Kilinski | Van Wyk PLLC is excited to announce the hiring of attorney Corey Roberts to its Tampa office. Corey focuses his practice on the establishment and representation of special districts, including community development districts, improvement districts, stewardship districts, and recreational districts. He also represents private and public clients in construction law matters and serves as issuer’s counsel in conjunction with public financing.

Corey helps clients in the areas of public finance, public procurement, open government (Sunshine Law) and ethics, rulemaking procedures, construction matters, navigating various licensing requirements, real property transactions, election law, government contracts, and a wide array of District governing documents. Corey represents landowner and resident populated special districts, where he takes great pride in offering policy, business and legal advice in support of the elected officials’ direction and goals. A resident of a special district himself, he understands the importance of sound policy and supporting legal advice for special district communities and their residents.

About KILINSKI | VAN WYK PLLC
KILINSKI VAN WYK is a professional limited liability company with its practice focused in the areas of special districts, construction law, governmental law, real estate associations, ethics and related areas. With over five decades of combined years of experience, the members, previously of Hopping Green & Sams, PA, founded Kilinski Van Wyk PLLC, with the intent to focus exclusively on the needs of clients in a nimble and innovative environment.

The Kilinski | Van Wyk team serves clients throughout Florida now from three offices: one in Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee; from its Tampa office, staffed with an experienced team of lawyers and headed by partner, Lauren Gentry; and from its new Naples office. Kilinski | Van Wyk prides itself on efficiency, responsiveness and creative strategic thinking. More information is available at www.cddlawyers.com or 877-350-0372.

Kilinski | Van Wyk Partner Jennifer Kilinski serves on CDD Boot Camp Panel

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On Thursday, April 27, Jennifer Kilinski served as a panelist for CDD Boot Camp, a program delivered by the Developers Council of the Greater Orlando Builders Association (GOBA). The CDD Boot Camp provided attendees with insights on CDDs, covering topics including district formation, legal matters, district operations and financing strategies. In addition to providing a crash course overview, the presentation explored the development considerations and financing benefits associated with CDDs.

The panel also included Pfil Hunt of Wrathell Hunt, Richard Jerman of SunTerra Communities and was moderated by Matt Ramirez of KB Home. Kilinski | Van Wyk thanks GOBA, their Developers Council, attendees and fellow panelists for a terrific program.

Similar to this event, Kilinski | Van Wyk routinely presents CDD 101 to clients and parties interested in how CDDs may help achieve their business and development goals. To schedule a CDD 101 for your team, email Jennifer at [email protected].

Kilinski | Van Wyk Attorney Meredith Hammock to Speak at Public Finance Seminar

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Kilinski | Van Wyk attorney Meredith Hammock will present during The Florida Bar’s City County and Local Government Law Section Public Finance Seminar on April 27 in Palm Coast, Florida. Her presentation, “Opinions: You Need How Many Lawyers to Issue a Bond,” will cover a thorough review of the three major legal opinions that bond investors require (Issuer’s Counsel Opinion, Bond Counsel Opinion and Disclosure Counsel Opinion). The seminar also includes information on bond validations and updates regarding hurricane recovery bonds and contractual sovereign immunity concerns, TIF-backed and COPs structured debt, and post issuance issuer responsibilities. George Smith of George A Smith, PLLC is coordinating the seminar.

Kilinski | Van Wyk attorneys counsel special districts in Florida on various matters relating to finance, operation and policy governance, construction law, contracts, public procurement, ethics, public records, and the Sunshine Law. Kilinski | Van Wyk attorneys also serve as issuer, bond and disclosure counsel in various public financing transactions.

KE LAW GROUP ANNOUNCES NAME CHANGE TO KILINSKI | VAN WYK PLLC

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Firm rings in 2023 with new name reflecting its deep roots and continued growth.

TALLAHASSEE, FL. (February 6, 2023) – KE Law Group, PLLC, with its practice focused in the areas of establishment and representation of special districts, announced today that it has changed its name to Kilinski | Van Wyk PLLC. The new name reflects the personal commitment the founders and firm have to each other and to providing clients with efficient, responsive and business-minded strategic thinking in its legal counsel. Founded in 2021, the firm launched with nearly six decades of combined experience with the intent to focus exclusively on the needs of clients in a nimble and innovative environment. “We do that by listening, collaborating, strategizing and bringing the strength of our decades of experience and legal and business minded expertise to bear on our clients’ objectives. We commit ourselves every day to being, hiring and training the best attorneys in our practice area, so that our clients can be the best in their business area,” said co-founder Jennifer Kilinski. She continued, “the name change reflects our personal commitment to serve and counsel our clients in that manner and to each other.” Future announcements will follow – the Firm’s new website will be located at www.cddlawyers.com. Kilinski | Van Wyk PLLC focuses its practice in the areas of special districts, construction law, governmental law, public contract law, ethics and related areas.

About KILINSKI | VAN WYK, PLLC

KILINSKI | VAN WYK is a professional limited liability company with its practice focused in the areas of special districts, construction law, governmental law, public contract law, ethics and related areas. With nearly six decades of combined years of experience, the members, previously of Hopping Green & Sams, PA, founded Kilinski & Van Wyk PLLC, with the intent to focus exclusively on the needs of clients in a nimble and innovative environment.

The Kilinski & Van Wyk team serves clients throughout Florida from two offices, with a third on the way: one in Florida’s capital city of Tallahassee and from its Tampa office, strategically located in Central Florida staffed with an experienced team of lawyers and headed by partner, Lauren Gentry. Kilinski | Van Wyk prides itself on efficiency, responsiveness and creative strategic thinking. Its founders created the firm with the mission to provide excellent, solution-oriented legal counsel focused on representing special districts that achieves the desired results to make special district operations, implementation of policy and businesses successful. More information is available at www.cddlawyers.com or 877-350-0372.