Board Legal Counsel Works for Whom?

Most community association attorneys have been scolded by unit owners more than once when an owner claims “I pay your bills, you work for me!.”   The association’s legal counsel represents the corporate entity and answers to the board of directors, not the unit owners.

In a recent appellate court decision from the Florida Third District Court of Appeals, the court explicitly held that an association attorney owes no duty to unit owners.

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