Practice Areas
- Leisure & Resorts
- Golf and Amenities Master-Planned Community Development
- Club Membership Plans; and Real Estate Development and Finance
Education
Case Western Reserve University, J.D., 1972
University of Toledo, B.A., 1969
Professional Associations and Memberships
Ohio Bar, admitted 1972
The Florida Bar, admitted 1976
Fifteenth Judicial Circuit Bar Grievance Committee Member,
1981-86
(vice chair, 1984-85)
United States Tax Court, admitted 1972
American Bar Association
Corporation, Banking and Business Law Section
Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
Palm Beach County Bar Association
National Golf Foundation, sponsor member
National Club Association
Urban Land Institute (vice chair, Community Development
Council, Blue Flight, 1995-01)
Member, International Council, 1995-96
Member, Program Committee 1997-02
Civic and 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
Palm Beach Board of Realtors Education Committee Member,
2007
Palm Beach Sailing Club
Commodore, 1979 and 2000-01
Director, 2001-07
Honors
Florida Bar President's Award for Meritorious Public
Service
AV Rated (means that his legal ability and ethical standards are
very
high to preeminent) as independently
determined by
Martindale-Hubbell
Appointed permanent member of faculty of Harvard University
School of Design,
1998.
Seminars and Presentations (partial listing)
“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 Angels,” Harvard University Graduate School of
Design, Cambridge, MA, 1996-1999
“Global Leisure Development,” South African Property Owners
Association, Sun City, South Africa, 1997
Moderator: “Breaking the Mold: Innovative Golf Marketing
Concepts,” The Urban Land Institute, Napa Valley, CA, 1996
Moderator, “The Earth is Flat, My Advertising is Working and Other
Erroneous Assumptions,” The Urban Land Institute,
Cleveland, OH, 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 Tends 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 (partial listing)
"Joining the Club," Florida Trend Magazine,
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," 2 Golf Course
News 29, 1990.
Bernard R. Baker III
Of Counsel, Real Estate Department
West Palm Beach, FL
(561) 650-0505 Direct Dial
(561) 655-5677 Facsimile