Robert M. Sondak

Of Counsel

Location:

Miami, Florida

Phone:

786-338-9986 (Local)
866-521-5391 (Toll Free)

Fax:

305-670-6152

E-mail:

E-mail Me

Litigation Percentage

100% of Practice Devoted to Litigation

Bar Admissions

New York, 1973
Florida, 1976

Education

Columbia Law School, New York, New York
- J.D. - 1972
- Law Review: Columbia Law Review, Editor, 1971 - 1972
Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut
- A.B. - 1968

Published Works

Money Laundering Law Report, Board of Editors, 1990-Present
Prior Adversary Hearings On The Question of Obscenity, 70 Columbia Law Review 1403, 1970
The Mysterious Civil Forfeiture Laws, Florida Bar Journal, March, 1994
Saving Security Interests, Money Laundering Law Report (MLLR), September, 1990
The Foreign Customer, MLLR, December, 1990
The Parallel Market (Co-Author: Barry D. Hunter), MLLR, June, 1991
International Impact (Co-Author: Joel D. Karp), MLLR, December, 1991
Spotlight on Forfeiture, MLLR, March, 1992
Lessons From Florida, MLLR, August, 1992
Conflict Resolved, MLLR, December, 1992
High Court to Decide Limits on Forfeitures, MLLR, February, 1993
Innocent Owner Defense Strengthened by High Court, MLLR, March, 1993
New Case Will Define Limits on Governmental Seizure, MLLR, April, 1993
Further Limits on Forfeitures, MLLR, July, 1993
Bank Declared Innocent Owner: Analysis of Miraflores Ruling, MLLR, August, 1993
Good is Bad News for Gov't: Due Process Requires Hearing, MLLR, December, 1993
Appeals Court Reverses Leading Bank Forfeiture Case, The Florida Mortgage Banker, November/December, 1993
Innocent Bank Needn't Forfeit Liens on Drug Dealer's Realty, American Banker, September, 1993
Leading Bank Forfeiture Case Reversed, 17 Director's Monthly, No. 10, p.8, October, 1993
"The Tide is Turning: Civil Forfeiture Law is Becoming More Accommodating to Innocent Owners and Innocent Mortgages", Consumer Finance Law Quarterly Report, Spring, 1994
"Access to Courts and the Unauthorized Practice of Law - Ten Years of Unlicensed Practice of Law Advisory Opinions", Florida Bar Journal, February, 1999

Professional Associations and Memberships

Florida Bar Board of Governors, Member, 1988 - 1993
Florida Bar, Past Chair, Board Review Committee on Professional Ethics
Florida Bar, Past Chair, Access to the Legal System Committee
Florida Bar, Budget, Disciplinary Procedure, Disciplinary Review, Member, Rules and By-Laws Committees
Florida Bar, Chair, Standing Committee on Unlicensed Practice of Law, 1986 - 1988
Legal Technicians Study Committee, Vice-Chair, 1991 - 1992
Florida Bar Special Committee on Non-Lawyer Practice, Vice Chair, 1992 - 1994
Florida Bar Unlicensed Practice of Law Task Force, 1995 - 1996
Florida Bar Insurance Study Committee, 1999 - 2000
The Florida Bar Foundation, Member, Board of Directors, 1998 - 2000
Florida Lawyers Mutual Insurance Company, Board of Directors, 1993
Money Laundering Law Report, Board of Editors, 1990 - 1999
Governor's Study Commission on Notaries Public, 1988 - 1989
Florida Supreme Court Ad Hoc Committee on HRS Nonlawyer Counselors , 1988 - 1989