OUR TEAM

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Leigh Katzman

President & CEO
Tel: (954) 845-3970
Fax: (954) 845-3975
[email protected]

Leigh C. Katzman is one of the Founding Partners of the statewide community association law firm of Katzman Chandler. Mr. Katzman has dedicated himself since 1994 to providing the best possible representation for community association clients by delivering insightful and innovative solutions and strategies along with high quality legal services in the most cost effective manner possible. Mr. Katzman has assisted Florida legislators with community association bill drafting and has coordinated and facilitated town hall meetings throughout the State attended by public policy makers, i.e. Florida State Senators and House Representatives who focus on community association issues. Mr. Katzman also has hosted educational workshops for community association managers and Community Association leaders and coalitions’ regarding legal trends and best practices in the specialized area of community association law.


Florida Trend Magazine has recognized Mr. Katzman among its “Legal Elite” in the area of Business Law. This designation was based upon a poll of Florida attorneys, who selected peers in the top 2% of their respective practice areas. In 2019 Mr. Katzman also became Board Certified in Condominium and Planned Development Law as a member of the Florida Bar.

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MARY ANN CHANDLER

Vice President & COO
Tel: (954) 486-7774
Fax: (954) 845-3975
[email protected]

Practice Areas
All Aspects of Community Association Law, including, but not limited to, General Representation, Governing Document Review and Amendment, Covenant Preservation and Revitalization, Association Merger, Contract Preparation, Review and Enforcement, Legal Opinions, Bank Loan Review and Opinions of Counsel, SBA Loans, Covenant Enforcement, Arbitration and Mediation, Election Disputes, Delinquent Account Collection, Board and Membership Meeting Attendance, and Board Education.

Education
J.D., Nova Southeastern Law School (1997) B.A., University of Miami (1994)

Bar Admissions
Florida Bar (1998) Florida United States District Court for the Southern District of Florida (2004)

Just like each of us, every Community Association client is unique.  Each has its own history, experiences, challenges, successes, failures, issues and aspirations.  Throughout my more than eleven years of experience in representing Community Associations, meeting and working closely with their Boards of Directors, Community Association Managers, and other agents, I have found that the best crafted and most successful strategies and practical solutions to issues, are often based upon a true and meaningful understanding of my clients and their particular circumstances and situations.

 

While many common interest communities share similar structures and/or plans, it is not the bricks and mortar that make the Community.  Rather, it is the membership – led by a group of volunteer Board Members who give selflessly of their time and efforts for the good of the Community as a whole, who are supported and guided by their thoughtfully selected Community Association Managers, and other agents that assist them in doing so, that truly transform an Association from a neighborhood into a Community that everyone is proud to call “home.”  In short, it is the personal relationships, individual situations, circumstances and issues of a particular Community Association that drive its needs and goals.  For this reason, I have always believed that to best serve my clients’ needs, it is important to get to know them, and understand not only “what” they wish to accomplish, but “why.”   Understanding the specific facts, circumstances and motivations that lead a Board to seek legal counsel is the most important factor in formulating innovative solutions and ultimately, delivering successful results.  At Katzman Chandler, we pride ourselves on crafting “outside of the box” strategies, specifically tailored to the individual needs of your Community.  Our role as legal counsel is to listen to you, understand your Community’s unique issues, concerns and goals, and guide and assist you in resolving those issues in the most practical, effective and cost-efficient manner.  Once we understand your Community’s specific challenges and needs, we strive to provide you with as much relevant information as possible in an effort to fully inform your Board as to its options for addressing a particular matter or achieving a particular goal.  We believe that this level of individualized, personal service greatly assists our Community Association Boards in determining the most desirable course of action and achieving a successful outcome.It is my pleasure to meet with you, visit your property, learn about your Community, and discuss the many ways in which our Law Firm can provide benefit to your Community Association, its Board of Directors and Membership.  At Katzman Chandler, we want to share your passion for and commitment to your Community, and build an enduring relationship – all while providing legal services that are unparalleled in quality.  I look forward to hearing from you, discussing the innovative strategies and unique offerings tailored specifically for your Community, and ultimately, having the opportunity to welcome you to the Katzman Chandler family of clients.

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Aaron M. Rosenberg

Treasurer & CFO
Tel: (954) 486-7774
Fax: (954) 845-7782
[email protected]

Aaron Rosenberg’s decades of experience and success in the business and financial arenas evidence both his passion and dedication to developing winning business strategies.  As the founder and president of his own company that sold and serviced office equipment, Aaron honed his business acumen early in his career.   Having built a very successful company, Aaron decided to pursue another passion and put his skills to work in the financial services industry – where he spent more than 18 years as a Regional Vice President working for insurance companies such as AIG, Lincoln Financial and Hartford Financial.   Aaron’s success in the Financial Services Industry includes producing more than $1.5 Billion Dollars in retirement solution investment products – even during the 2008-10 financial market downturn.


In addition to Aaron’s extensive career experience and business success, he studied business administration and marketing at the University of Florida.


Seeking to combine his business and financial industries experience with his business and marketing education, Aaron joined the Law Firm of Katzman Chandler in 2019, as the Director of Business Development.  In this role, Aaron enjoys the ability to work with Community Association Boards and Management Companies – forming business and personal relationships, and utilizing his vast career experience and passion to assist Associations in overcoming their challenges and achieving their financial goals.

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EVAN GLASSMAN

Founder
Tel: (954) 000-0000
Fax: (954) 000-0000
[email protected]

Evan Glassman is an accomplished insurance executive with a track record of developing innovative insurance programs that provide risk transfer globally for exposures that are difficult to impossible to cover traditionally. Mr. Glassman was part of the development team that invented and brought to market the Assessment Recovery Indemnity Insurance Policy that indemnifies condominium associations against having to write off bad debt due to lender repossession Mr. Glassman presently serves as President and CEO of New Paradigm Underwriters since inception in February of 2013. New Paradigm is a parametric insurance specialist underwriter and program manager utilizing proprietary technology as a method to provide risk transfer for exposures to natural catastrophe losses that are difficult to impossible to obtain through traditional methods. 

 

Mr. Glassman has been an entrepreneur in the insurance industry for approaching 15 years and has previously been the top producing agent at one of Florida’s ten largest privately held insurance agencies (top 50 nationally as ranked by the Insurance Journal in 2012) specializing in designing insurance solutions for many of South Florida’s largest condominium associations. Mr. Glassman is regularly asked for comments by the news media, and to speak on panels and in front of groups pertaining to developments in the insurance marketplace. Mr. Glassman studied Finance at Tulane University and The Ohio State University, and was honored in 2010 by the South Florida Business Journal as Forty under 40 (Honoring the Region’s best and brightest professionals under forty years old).

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