Ralph E. Boyer Institute on Condominium and Cluster Development

Founding Director - Ralph E. Boyer

In the 1970s, the sales of condominiums and similar property interests became a large and growing part of the housing market and at that time legislation and judicial and administrative decisions at the state and federal levels kept condo laws in a state of constant change. Hence, Ralph E. Boyer, who was a professor of law at the University of Miami, established its Condominium and Cluster Housing Institute in 1976 to provide a review of the current state of the law and identify issues facing the industry, government, and consumer.

Boyer taught at Miami Law from 1951-85 primarily in the area of Property and wrote numerous books and articles on property law, including the original treatise, Florida Real Estate Transactions. In 1988, the Institute expanded and became formally known as the First Institute on Real Property Law and Thirteenth Institute on Condominium and Cluster Developments. Read article from Miami Law's 1976 Barrister Magazine on the first institute.

Current Director - William P. Sklar

William P. Sklar, J.D. '80, co-directed the First Institute on Real Property Law with then Professor Emeritus Boyer in 1996. It was coined The Boyer Institute on Condo and Cluster Development. Sklar has been Director of the Institute on Condominium and Cluster Development since 1990. At Miami Law, Sklar studied under his mentor, Ralph E. Boyer, and Miami Law’s real estate program drew Sklar in, so much so, that he co-founded Miami Law's LL.M program in Real Property Development with Boyer.

Today Sklar is the Director of the Institute and is a leader in the real estate industry, specializing in law practice areas including representation of developers and lenders in a broad range of planning, drafting and development of residential, commercial, and complex mixed-use condominiums and planned developments. His expertise was recognized when he was appointed in July 2021, in the wake of the Surfside collapse, to chair the Florida Bar's Condominium Law and Policy on Life Safety Task Force. Read 2016 article, "William Sklar: Real Estate Industry Leader and Trailblazer in Boyer Institute and Graduate Law Program."

PENDING APPROVAL: Florida Bar CLE: 18.0 general credits, including 1.0 in ethics and 1.0 in technology.

PENDING 18.0 Certification Credits: in business litigation, condominium and planned development law and real estate.

Sponsorship opportunities are available at several levels. For more information, contact events@law.miami.edu.

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• Michael J. Gelfand, Esq.
  Gelfand & Arpe, West Palm Beach, Florida

• Joseph E. Adams, Esq.
  Becker, Fort Myers, Florida

• Jennifer Cilar, Chief, Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida
• Toyia T. Herring, Chief, Bureau of Standards and Registration, Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida
• Julie Scarbrough, Deputy Director
  Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida

• Allison Hertz, Esq.
  Becker, West Palm Beach, Florida
• Thomas Coyle, Esq.
  Greenspoon Marder, Ft. Lauderdale, Florida

• Joseph E. Adams, Esq.
  Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., Fort Myers, Florida
• Robert S. Freedman, Esq.
  Carlton Fields, Tampa, Florida
• Michael J. Gelfand, Esq.
  Gelfand & Arpe, West Palm Beach, Florida
• Steven H. Mezer, Esq.
  Becker & Poliakoff, P.A., Tampa, Florida
• Margaret A. Rolando, Esq.
  Shutts & Bowen LLP, Miami, Florida
• William P. Sklar, J.D. '80
  Carlton Fields, West Palm Beach, Florida

• Alessandra Stivelman, Esq.
  Eisinger Law, Hollywood, Florida
• Aaron C. Dunlap, Esq.
  Carlton Fields, P.A., Tallahassee, Florida

• Telese L. Zuberer, Esq.
  Icard Merrill, Sarasota, Florida

• Jonathan Goldstein, Esq.
  Haber Law, LLP, Miami, Florida
• Alan Schwartzseid, Esq.
  Kaye, Bender, Rembaum, P.L, Orlando, Florida

• Joel M. McTague, Esq., J.D. '98
  Frank, Weinberg & Black, Plantation, Florida
• Carolina Sznajderman Sheir, Esq.
  Eisinger Law, Hollywood, Florida

• Martin A. Schwartz, Esq.
  Bilzin Sumberg, Miami, Florida
• Margaret A. Rolando, Esq.
  Shutts & Bowen LLP, Miami, Florida
• William P. Sklar, J.D. '80
  Carlton Fields, West Palm Beach, Florida

• Matt Kuisle
  Reserve Advisors, Orlando, Florida
• Steven H. Mezer. Esq.
  Becker, Tampa, Florida

Moderator

• William P. Sklar, J.D. '80
  Carlton Fields, West Palm Beach, Florida

Panelists

• Jennifer Cilar, Chief, Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares, and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida
• Toyia T. Herring, Chief, Bureau of Standards and Registration, Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida
• Julie Scarbrough, Deputy Director, Division of Florida Condominiums, Timeshares and Mobile Homes, Tallahassee, Florida

• Allison L. Hertz, Esq.
  Becker, West Palm Beach, Florida

• Christine Ashburn, Chief of Communications, Legislative and External Affairs, Citizens Property Insurance Corporation of Florida, Tallahassee, Florida
• Shawn G. Brown, Esq.
  Shawn G. Brown, P.A., Tampa Florida
• Andrea Northrop, Esq., Vice President
  Insurance Office of America, Jupiter, Florida

• Eric Appleton, Esq.
  Appleton Reiss, PLLC, Tampa, Florida
• Aaron J. Silberman, Esq.
  Aaron J. Silberman, Esq., Tampa, Florida