Attorneys & Staff

Bernard R. “Robin” Baker III is of counsel to the firm. He is also president of Premier Title Company, the firm’s affiliated title insurance agency and is a director of Owners and Members National Insurance Services, LLC, an affiliate of the firm that markets specialized insurance products for the private club industry.

Practice Areas

• Leisure & Resorts
• Golf and Amenities, Master, Planned Community Development
• Club Membership Plans
• Real Estate Development and Finance

Education

• Case Western Reserve University, J.D., 1972
• University of Toledo, B.A., 1969

Bar Admissions

Ohio Bar, 1972

• The Florida Bar, 1976
  • Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Bar Grievance
    • Committee member, 1981-86
    • Vice-Chair, 1984-85

Court Admissions

• United States Tax Court, 1972

Professional Associations & Memberships

• World Affairs Council of the Florida Palm Beaches
  Director, 2009
• National Golf Foundation, Sponsor member
• National Club Association
• Urban Land Institute
• Community Development Council
  Blue Flight, Vice-Chair 1995-2001
  International Council, member 1995-96
  Program Committee, member 1997-2002
• American Bar Association
  Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section
  Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
• Palm Beach County Bar Association

Honors

• Florida Bar President’s Award for Meritorious Public Service
• AV Rated as independently determined by Martindale-Hubbell
• Appointed permanent member of faculty of Harvard University School of Design, 1998

Seminars & Presentations

• “Ask the Experts: Golf and Golf Communities,” The Urban Land Institute, Charleston, SC, 2001, Scottsdale, AZ, 2000, Washington, DC, 1999
• “Development Decisions and Golf Course Positioning—The Legal Angles,” Harvard University Graduate School of Design, Cambridge, MA, 1996-1999
• “Global Leisure Development,” South African Property Owners Association, Sun City, South Africa, 1997
• “Breaking the Mold: Innovative Golf Marketing Concepts,” The Urban Land Institute, Napa Valley, CA, Moderator, 1996
• “The Earth is Flat, My Advertising is Working and Other Erroneous Assumptions,” The Urban Land Institute, Cleveland, OH, Moderator, 1996
• “Raise More Money from Memberships,” Crittenden Golf Inc. Expo, Atlanta, GA, and Monterey, CA, 1994
• “Maximizing Your Return From Membership Sales,” Crittenden Golf Inc Expo, Nashville, TN, 1993
• “New Trends In Club Membership Programs,” Institute for International Research Golf Course Development, Financing and Operations Conference, Orlando, FL, 1992
• “Designing a Membership Plan,” Golf Course Europe ‘90, Paris, France, 1990

Publications

• “Joining the Club,” Florida Trend, 1998
• “Private Clubs Tee Up To Remedy Discriminatory Practices,” The Club Marketing Report, 1995
• “Club Memberships and Real Estate Sales: Resolving the Tensions Between Marketability and Flexibility,” Golf Development magazine, 1992
• “International Memberships: New Capital Markets for Golf Projects?” Urban Land 24, 1991
• “Equity Membership Plan Concepts,” “Membership Plan Concepts/Non-Equity or Annual Programs,” and “Equity Clubs—Maximizing the Value of Golf and County Club Amenities,” National Golf Foundation Executive Summaries, National Golf Foundation, 1990
• “A Tax-Wise Equity Club Structure”, Urban Land 23, 1990; Co-author, “New Equity Club Structure Improves Cash Flow,” Land Development 21, 1990
• “New Equity Structure Improves Cash Flow,” Golf Course News 29, 1990

Civic & Community Service

• Palm Beach County Association for Retarded Citizens
  President, 1984
  Director, 1979-84
• Palm Beach Community Chest/United Way
  Vice-President, 1988
  Director, 1984-88
• Boys and Girls Clubs of Palm Beach County
  Director, 2000-01
• Palm Beach Civic Association Transportation Committee
  Member, 2006-07
  Water Committee member, 2007-09
• Palm Beach Board of Realtors Education Committee
  Member, 2007-09
• Palm Beach Sailing Club
  Commodore, 1979 and 2000-01
  Director, 2001-08
• World Affairs council of the Palm Beaches
  Director, 2009

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West Palm Beach, FL 33401-6194

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