Bio

Joseph E. Adams joined Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. in 1987. He concentrates his legal practice on the law of community associations, primarily representing condominium, cooperative and homeowners' associations, as well as country clubs, mobile home communities and amenities associations such as marinas and golf courses. He has been very active in community association legislation and rulemaking and has drafted several pieces of legislation affecting community associations that have been adopted by the Florida Legislature. Mr. Adams has achieved an "AV" rating from Martindale–Hubbell, which "identifies a lawyer with very high to preeminent legal ability, [and] is a reflection of expertise, experience, integrity and overall professional excellence." Mr. Adams is the author of a weekly newspaper column called "Community Life," that has appeared in the weekly Real Estate Section of the Fort Myers News-Press since 1996. His three law review articles were published by the Nova Law Review, Nova Southeastern University. In December 2008, he published "New Law Impacts Condominium Reconstruction after Casualty" in the Florida Community Association Journal.