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dmuller@becker-poliakoff.com
Professional Experience
David G. Muller concentrates his legal practice on the law of community associations, primarily representing condominium, cooperative, mobile home and homeowners’ associations. Mr. Muller also represents developer clients regarding association operations. He represents community associations located in Sarasota, Manatee, Charlotte, Lee, Polk, Desoto, Brevard and Highlands counties.
Mr. Muller joined Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. in 2005. He is a Shareholder with the Firm and works out of Becker & Poliakoff’s Sarasota office. Mr. Muller began his legal career as an Assistant State Attorney in Brevard County, Florida. He has extensive trial experience in covenant enforcement, personal injury, criminal, construction and foreclosure law.
Mr. Muller also serves as the Co-Executive Director of Becker & Poliakoff’s Community Association Leadership Lobby (“CALL”), which represents the interests of the Firm’s 4,000+ community association clients by monitoring and responding to legislation emerging from Tallahassee which can significantly impact common ownership housing communities. One of CALL’s primary goals is to provide residents in common interest ownership communities with a megaphone to provide meaningful input into the legislative process that can impact their communities and homes. In his role as Co-Executive Director of CALL, Mr. Muller has drafted several pieces of legislation affecting community associations which have been adopted by the Florida Legislature.
Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Muller worked as a staff member for United States Congressman Dave Weldon, M.D. (FL 15th District, Melbourne). While working for Congressman Weldon, Mr. Muller assisted constituents by serving as a liaison between local government, business officials and federal agencies.
Activities & Memberships
Mr. Muller is an active member of the West Florida Chapter of the Community Associations Institute (“CAI”), the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar and the Sarasota County Bar Association. He is a frequent lecturer on community association law and has spoken on the topics of collection of assessments, effective covenant enforcement and insurance for CAI. Mr. Muller also serves on the legislative task force for the Condominium & Planned Development Committee of the Florida Bar.
Publications & Media
Mr. Muller has been interviewed and quoted by many leading national media outlets regarding community association law, including the USA Today, MSNBC and Bankrate.com. He also recently served as an Editor of the Community Update, the Firm’s monthly newsletter dedicated to community association law.
Bar Admissions
Florida, 2000
Texas, 2002
Court Admissions
U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida, 2005
U.S. District Court for the Northern, Western, Southern and Eastern Districts of Texas, 2002
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