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"Insider's News" to the Philosophy of Pohl & Short, P.A.

• "Boutique Firm Sticks to Early Roots"
   
• "Pohl's 'Boutique' Enjoys Healthy Growth"
• "Wanted: Old Fashioned LAW FIRM"
• "The Business of Winning - An Interview with Houston Short"
• "WMFE Sponsor Profile - An Interview with Frank Pohl"
• "The Pohl & Short Collection" - Orlando Arts Magazine

• "New Member Profile" - Building Central Florida Magazine

• "Featured Board Member" - Rollins College,
  Crummer Graduate School of Business,
  Center for Entrepreneurship News Journal

"News: Awards and Accolades"

Pohl & Short, P.A. has received various awards and accolades signifying the firm’s dedication to producing quality legal services to our clients and community. Please click on the links to read more:

• "READERS' CHOICE AWARDS - Orlando Business Journal -
  'Establishments Without Equal' "
• "READERS' CHOICE AWARDS - Orlando Business Journal -
  'Best Small Law Firm' "
• Fannie Mae Recognition as one of Southeast Region's Top Three
  Closing Agents
• Winner of The Greater Seminole Chamber of Commerce
  "1999 Small Business Award"
   
• The Martindale-Hubbell's "AV" Rated Attorneys
   
• The Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers

"Recent Publications"

Please click on the links to read the articles:

Luxury Homes and Estates of Florida Magazine

• "Can You Avoid A Personal Guaranty By Signing As An Officer?"
   
• "Corporations: Not A License To Steal"
   
• "ELECTRONIC Signatures Have the Same Force and Effect As
  Written Signatures"
   
• "USURY: The Pitfalls of Charging Too Much Interest"
   
• "The Naked Promise To Buy A Home Is Enforceable"
   
• "Marketable Record Title Act:
  The Clock May Be Ticking Against Homeowners Associations"
   
• "Lis Pendens Are Not Necessarily Free"
   
• "What Happens If The Cost To Build A Home Exceeds The Contract Price?"
   
• "Get Your Share of Surplus Funds Remaining After a Foreclosure Sale"
   
• "Mr. Short Represents the Firm"
   
• "Lease Option/Renewal Deadlines Are Not Written In Stone"
   
• "Beware of an Unconditional and Continuing Guaranty"
   
• "Sexual Harassment - How To Avoid Litigation."
   
• "Covenants Not to Compete"
   
• "Homeowner's Associations May Prohibit Parking Cars In The Street"
   
• "When Dealing With A Bank, You Had Better Get It In Writing"
   
• "Beware of Pool Contract Arbitration"
   
• "Construction Defects: A Homeowner Cannot File Suit Until Complying With Notice Under 558 Of The Florida Statutes."
   
• "Statute of Limitations for Building Problems"
   
• "Basic Florida Mechanics Lien Law"
   
• "You Have Obtained a Final Judgement: Now What?"
   
• "Liability of Successor Corporation/De Facto Merger"
   
• "Embezzlement: An Employee Will Not Get Off The Hook By Asserting The 5th Amendment Privilege Against Self-Incrimination"
   
• "One Sided Construction Contracts May Not Be Enforced By The Courts"
   
• "If Your Contract is Improperly Written, the Deposit May Not Be Retained in the Event of a Default."
   
• "A Bank Account Owned by Husband and Wife is Immune from Collection by a Creditor of Only One Spouse"

Winter Park Home Magazine

• "Contracts 101 - The Sequel"
• "Contracts 101"
• "Nice Home...How Do I Get To It?"
• "The Unexpected Heir"
• "Should Will Be Done?"
• "WATER, WATER EVERYWHERE - Is any of it mine?"
• "There's oil in my backyard. I'm rich ... Maybe"
• "Ye Olde Florida Homestead - Part 2"
• "Ye Olde Florida Homestead"
• "What do you do when the sale falls through?
• "IF ONLY...When "fee simple" may not be so simple."
• "Mechanics Liens & How To Avoid Them"
• "Who do you trust?"
• "Surveys can be a Buyer's Best Friend"
• "When A Tree Falls In Winter Park...Who Pays?"

Park Avenue Business Forum

• "The Importance of Due Diligence"

The Docket

• "Volunteer Board Members are Protected by Federal & State Laws"
• "I'm taking it all the way up! But how do I get there?" Jurisdiction of the Florida Supreme Court