Mr. M.B. Adelson

M.B. Adelson, LL.M. - Practices throughout Florida and consults nationwide, on property and property rights law, natural resources (especially water) and environmental law; title and boundary issues, easements, shoreline property rights and submerged lands; public lands, resource conservation, fisheries resources; boat ramps, docks, marinas and waterway access; local, state and federal regulatory agency licensing, permitting, compliance and remediation; firearms personal ownership and firearms business laws; professional ethics; provides representation in administrative and judicial trials and appellate litigation. Mr. Adelson is a certified mediator, a member of The Florida Bar, and is admitted in the Florida federal courts. He served in the Florida Department of Environmental Protection and the Florida Department of Natural Resources; and has been in private practice since 2001. He holds a B.A. (1973) from Virginia Military Institute, an M.S. (1979) and M.B.A. (1981) from Florida Institute of Technology, and a J.D. (1987) and LL.M. (2012) from Florida State University College of Law. His LL.M. Dissertation studied shoreline property rights and associated access/egress easements. He is a retired US Army officer, a former rugby player (1971 - 1987), and he enjoys outdoor sports and recreation. He is a Federal Firearms License (FFL) holder, and he advises and supports firearms owners, manufacturers, retailers and shooting ranges. He is a Life Member of the National Rifle Association, Ducks Unlimited, North American Fishing Club, and he supports Olympic, military and youth marksmanship teams. He regularly presents Continuing Legal Education seminars and webinars for National Business Institute (www.nbi-sems) and others in the above-described practice areas.

• Firearms law
• Property law, upland riparian rights & submerged land
• Boundary and Easement law
• Permitting and Licenses

• Free Consultation

Florida

Since 1987

Federal Circuit

Managing Shareholder

Adelson Law Firm

2004 - Current

Boundary and shoreline location determinations, easements, property rights, determination of ownership, transfer and inheritance, trespass and nuisance issues, riparian rights, permitting, regulatory compliance, public lands law

Senior Attorney, Chief Permitting Attorney

Dept. Natural Reources - Dept. Environmental Protection

1991 - 2003

Florida State University College of Law

LL.M. (2012) | water resources, environmental law

2009 - 2012

Florida State University College of Law

Doctor of Jurisprudence/Juris Doctor | Fundamentals of federal, state and administrative law and practice

1987

Florida Institute of Technology

MBA | business administration, management information systems

1981 - 1982

Florida Institute of Technology

M.S. | Engineering management, systems analysis

1978 - 1979

Virginia Military Institute

B.A. | English, Chemistry

1969 - 1973

Distinguished Attorney, with Very High Ethical Standards (BV)

Martindale Hubbel

continuous rating for more than 16 years

Florida State Bar  # 694215

Member

1987 - Current

Firearms Law and Gun Trusts, Presenter for CLE conferences, national webinar

National Business Institute

numerous presentations

Timeshare and Vacation Properties, national webinar presentations, national webinar

October 25, 2016

National Business Institute

8-hour CLE presentation

Resolving Boundary and Easement Disputes, national webinar presentations, national webinar

National Business Institute

numerous presentations

Title and Title Insurance Law, Presenter for CLE conferences, national webinars

National Business Institute (NBI)

numerous presentations

Ethics, Presenter for CLE conferences, national webinars

National Business Institute (NBI)

numerous presentations

Certified Civil Circuit and County Court Mediator

certified by the Florida Supreme Court

Q. I have title to a mobile home that lives on jointly owned property. If there is a partition, can I take the trailer?

February 15, 2017

A: Sounds like you own the trailer yourself - and for 17 years your siblings have not asked for rent for the trailer space. Do all 3 of you share the house? Or, is it rented out to a non-family member, or along those same financial lines, is one of your siblings living in it? "Somebody" should look at how the value (or the rent, or the rent that can be claimed...) is actually being divided - 50-25-25 ? Who pays the taxes and insurance? In the perfect "answer" you would be telling me that you 3 sibs have a joint checking account, all 3 of you put money in it, and y6ou are "fairly" paying the taxes, insurance, upkeep according to the interest you have (your inheritance shares) and having the 2d dwelling (the mobile home) either shares the water/utilities or it has its own account. A partition is not your "first" option to sort this out - try meeting and working out something - or go to a formal mediator - before anybody files a lawsuit! ... Read More