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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 Molly Maggiano to its newly opened Naples office. Molly focuses her practice in real estate law, including representation of private and public clients in the acquisition and sale of property, review and drafting of leases, title review and property due diligence, and formation of community associations in connection with development of master planned communities. Molly represents various developers in the creation of property owner associations for residential, commercial, and mixed-used projects, and provides guidance and legal services relative to the operation of such and helps facilitate the transmission to resident- controlled associations. She also practices in the area of general representation of community development districts and other special districts.

Molly’s professional legal experience is further informed by her earlier professional experiences with a national homebuilder and special district management firm, making her uniquely positioned to further establish Kilinski | Van Wyk’s position in Southwest Florida and efficiently service firm clients in that part of the State. In addition to her professional pursuits, Molly is active in the community, including her role on the Sydney & Berne Davis Art Center Board of Directors. Welcome, Molly!

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 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 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 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.