Real estate Attorney at Saint Augustine, FL
Licensed for 25 years
Construction and development, Land use and zoning, Litigation, Real estate
104 Sea Grove Main St, Saint Augustine, FL 32080
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St. Augustine area’s largest law firm with over 200 years of combined lawyer experience. We match clients with attorneys who focus is on the area of law needed for their transaction or case. Our attorneys are licensed professionals who are dedicated to getting the job done. Our attorneys are committed to providing client service with an eye to growing our reputation through customer service.
We serve clients throughout the Northeast Florida Region, including Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra, Mandarin, Green Cove Springs, Palatka, and Palm Coast. Doug Burnett is the owner and founder of St. Johns Law Group. Serving as Managing Partner, Mr Burnett manages the day-to-day operations of the firm and is available to all clients as a resource to support the other attorneys in the firm.
Mr Burnett balances those responsibilities while maintaining an active commercial real estate and complex litigation practice with a focus on land development and subdivisions. Complex real estate matters and commercial litigation. Mr Burnett practices local government law, including real estate development, as well as real property and construction litigation, homeowners’ association law, land use planning, comprehensive planning and concurrency, development agreements, and financing matters.
Mr Burnett has represented all participants in the real estate industry including homeowners’ associations, landowners, developers, builders, both local and national, contractors, lenders and brokers. His practice includes representation of clients who develop subdivisions, apartment complexes, office buildings, shopping centers and often involves matters such as office space leasing, triple net, NNN, ground leases, physician space sharing and timeshare agreements, contracts, property, construction, business disputes and commercial cases.
Mr Burnett has served as primary attorney on real estate and leasing matters for a major medical company. His experience includes management of sensitive and controversial applications for development approval before planning and zoning agencies, County Commissions and City Councils. Mr Burnett has successfully handled litigation of complex cases before the Trial and Appellate Courts, as well as contested zoning matters through petitions for writ of certiorari.
However, Mr Burnett believes his greatest value is in helping clients negotiate complex deals, analyze HOA matters, navigate contested litigation and obtain approvals for tough projects. St. Johns Law Group has extensive experience writing title and serving as title agent on real estate transactions.
Our attorneys understand that the purchase of real estate is often the largest investment a person will make in his or her lifetime. Our attorneys play a vital role in overseeing all of the important details of your transaction from evaluating the status of the title to pursuing the appropriate legal remedies to clear any title defects.
Real estate closings are often a complicated process and we take pride in being available to our clients to walk them through this process and make the closing as pleasant and effortless as possible. S t. Johns Law Group closes transactions for clients on residential and commercial purchases and sales, refinancing and related matters at rates competitive with title companies .
We are almost always able to beat quotes you may receive from other title companies. Our attorneys regularly work with brokers and real estate agents from contract through closing to make sure the transaction is efficiently and timely carried out.