Alan Schwartzseid, a Board Certified Specialist in Condominium and Planned Development Law, obtained a B.A. from the University of Florida in 2004, a M.S. in International Business from Florida Atlantic University in 2005, and a J.D. from Nova Southeastern University in 2008. Mr. Schwartzseid initially practiced mortgage foreclosure law, and in 2010, joined Kaye & Bender n/k/a Kaye Bender Rembaum to concentrate in the area of community association assessment collection. In 2014, Mr. Schwartzseid left that employ to manage the collection department of Weiss Serota Helfman Cole & Bierman, and in 2018, moved to Central Florida where he spent several years as managing collection attorney and general community association counsel to over 500 communities, with Clayton & McCulloh, P.A.
In August 2022, Mr. Schwartzseid proudly returned to Kaye Bender Rembaum as a Firm Member and managing attorney of the firm’s Orlando-area office in Winter Springs, Florida, where he assists clients in all facets of community association law (including points north of office location). Mr. Schwartzseid is a member of the Condominium Committee of the Real Property Section of The Florida Bar and authored several chapters of the Homeowners’ Association and Condominium law books now pending publication via that Committee. He serves as Co-chair on its CLE development Subcommittee and was also appointed a member of the SB-4D Task Force by that Committee. Mr. Schwartzseid regularly lectures on Community Association law, is a Florida Supreme Court Certified County and Circuit Civil Mediator and focuses his mediation practice on community association-related disputes.
Kerstin Henze graduated Magna Cum Laude from the University of Miami, in 2003, with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies, and received her Juris Doctor from the Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University in 2006. Following law school, Ms. Henze practiced law with the Law Office of Patrick J. Murphy and Associates, P.A., where her areas of practice included covenant enforcement, foreclosure, commercial litigation, and probate matters. In 2010, Ms. Henze joined Kaye and Bender, P.L. (n/k/a Kaye Bender Rembaum) to concentrate on community association law, with a primary focus on assisting the Firm’s association clients on all aspects of community association operation.
In August 2023, Ms. Henze was elevated to a Firm Member and managing attorney of the Firm’s Tampa, Florida office, where she continues to focus her practice on condominium, homeowner, and cooperative associations. As General Counsel to community associations, Ms. Henze assists board members with their day-to-day operations, including, without limitation, budgets/reserves, corporate governance, drafting and amending governing documents, drafting, revising and negotiating contracts (including complex, multi-million-dollar construction contracts), enforcement of association covenants, management issues, and other association-related matters. Ms. Henze is a frequent lecturer on community association law, and leads seminars on an array of topics of interest to Board members and property managers.
Danielle M. Brennan is a Board Certified Specialist in Condominium and Planned Development Law by The Florida Bar. Mrs. Brennan is a Firm Member in the Palm Beach Gardens’ office and joined Kaye Bender Rembaum as an Associate Attorney in April 2013. She assists community association clients (including residential and commercial condominium associations, homeowners’ associations, cooperatives, and commercial associations) and developer clients with all aspects of community association establishment and operations, including, for example, corporate filings and mergers, governing document drafting and amendments, contract drafting and negotiations, membership meeting and board meeting operations, fair housing matters, land use and zoning matters, and covenant enforcement.
Mrs. Brennan became a member of The Florida Bar in September 2012. In May 2012, she graduated cum laude from Shepard Broad Law Center, Nova Southeastern University, receiving her Juris Doctor degree. During law school, Mrs. Brennan received the “Book Award” in Corporate Finance, an award given to the student who achieved the highest score. She was a founding member of “Beyond the Game”, an organization developed in partnership with the Miami Dolphins Director in Youth and Community Programs and former NFL player, Twan Russell, that informs and educates high school student athletes on contemporary legal issues affecting youth today. Mrs. Brennan served as a “Law Student Advisor” and is a member of the prestigious Phi Alpha Delta legal fraternity. She also achieved Gold Level Status in her law school’s Pro Bono Honor Program by donating over 300 hours of her time to the Office of the General Counsel of the Broward Sheriff’s Office. She received her Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration from the University of Florida in 2009.
Emily E. Gannon is a Firm Member in the Pompano Beach office of Kaye Bender Rembaum. She joined the Firm as an Associate Attorney in April 2012. Ms. Gannon is a frequent lecturer on community association law, leading various seminars providing CEUs for property managers and certifications for board members. She assists community association clients with all aspects of community association law, including, drafting and amending governing documents, negotiating contracts, conducting membership meetings, board meetings and elections, addressing fair housing matters and covenant enforcement issues.
Ms. Gannon received a Bachelor of Arts in history from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and was a member of the Dean’s List. She then continued her education at Wake Forest University School of Law where she received her Juris Doctor in 2005. As a law student, she interned at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office. Following law school, Ms. Gannon practiced criminal law and gained experience handling personal injury, misdemeanors and felonies. She assisted with the defense in a murder case which was one of the early “Stand Your Ground” cases in Florida. She then transitioned to civil litigation and practiced bankruptcy law at one of the biggest mortgage foreclosure firms in Florida. Prior to joining Kaye Bender Rembaum, Ms. Gannon assisted community associations with their bankruptcy, collection and lien foreclosure matters. While Ms. Gannon joined Kaye Bender Rembaum to continue working in litigation, handling collections and foreclosure matters, she has since transitioned into handling the general association matters, as she prefers assisting clients with day-to-day operations to being in a courtroom.
Jeffrey Green is Florida Bar Board Certified in Construction Law and a Martindale-Hubbell “AV” rated member of the Firm. In 2024 he was named Litigation Chair for Kaye Bender Rembaum, directing the Litigation Department. Mr. Green brings a broad range of expertise to civil litigation, complex and commercial litigation, construction litigation, arbitration, and appeals. He routinely represents community associations in multi-million-dollar construction defect disputes, as well as construction and accounting turnover claims arising from the transition of control from developers to non-developer owners. Additionally, Mr. Green handles lien claims, bond claims, insurance coverage disputes, code enforcement actions, and other complex litigation matters from inception through appeal.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
- J.D., University of Florida Levin College of Law, 2006
- Honors: cum laude; Dean’s List
- B.A., University of Florida, 2003
ADMISSIONS
- Florida, 2007
- U.S. District Court Southern District of Florida, 2010
REPRESENTED CASES
- Alshouse v. Atrium on the Ocean Condo. Assn., Inc., 336 So. 3d 280 (Fla. 4th DCA. 2022)
- Comery v. Florida’s Attainable Home Co., LLC, 322 So. 3d 71 (Fla. 4th DCA. 2021)
- Cash v. Gagnon, 306 So. 3d 106, 111 (Fla. 4th DCA. 2020)
- Ramblewood E. Condo. Ass’n, Inc. v. Kaye Bender Rembaum, P.L., 294 So. 3d 923 (Fla. 4th DCA 2020)
- Mt. Hawley Ins. Co. v. Galleon Condo Apts., Inc., No. 19-60267-CIV-JEM, 2019 WL 8164395 (S.D. Fla. Oct. 15, 2019)
- Lenzi v. Regency Tower Ass’n, Inc., 250 So. 3d 103 (Fla. 4th DCA 2018), review denied, No. SC18-1450, 2018 WL 6619774 (Fla. Dec. 17, 2018)
- M & M Prop. Mgmt., LLC v. Palm-Aire Country Club Condo. Ass’n No. 2, Inc., 209 So. 3d 57 (Fla 4th DCA 2016)
- Circle Prop. Owners’ Ass’n, Inc. v. Circle One Condo. Ass’n, Inc., 159 So. 3d 423 (Fla. 4th DCA 2015)
After graduating from Boston College, Gerard Collins received his law degree from Western New England College School of Law in 1996, where he participated in the Jessup International Law Moot Court Competition. He practiced civil trial litigation for seven years in the Massachusetts and Connecticut State and Federal Courts before moving to Florida in 2004, where he continued his practice in insurance litigation and community association representation. Prior to joining Kaye Bender Rembaum, Mr. Collins practiced extensively in community association law, including covenant enforcement, foreclosure, commercial litigation and construction litigation.
With his extensive insurance background, Mr. Collins often provides advice and guidance to community associations on issues such as insurance coverage, policy interpretation, reservations of rights and declaratory judgment actions.
Deborah Sugarman graduated from the State University of New York at Binghamton in 1990 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree in Psychology. She then relocated to South Florida where she received her Juris Doctor in 1993 at Shepard Broad Law Center at Nova Southeastern University. In 1993, she also became a member of the Florida Bar and an associate of Kaye & Roger, P.A. and then Robert Kaye & Associates, P.A., where she had been the supervising attorney for collections and foreclosures for the Firm since 1996. Ms. Sugarman continues in this role at Kaye Bender Rembaum. Her other areas of emphasis include covenant enforcement, commercial litigation, probate, and guardianship matters.
Andrew B. Black is a Firm Member in the Pompano Beach Office. He is a Board Certified Specialist in Condominium and Planned Development Law, and has been exclusively representing community associations since being admitted to the Florida Bar in 2006, when he joined Robert Kaye & Associates, P.A. (n/k/a Kaye Bender Rembaum since 2012).
Mr. Black assists the Firm’s Association clients on all aspects of operations, such as interpretation and amendment of governing documents, covenant and rule enforcement, contract drafting and negotiation, fair housing issues, conducting membership/board meetings, construction defect matters, compliance with federal and state statutory and administrative requirements, developer turnover/transition issues, assessment collection and foreclosures, and general corporate issues. Mr. Black has been a frequent lecturer on several topics of interest to boards of directors, property managers, and owners, and has led various seminars providing continuing education for property manager and certifications for board members. Mr. Black obtained his Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Miami and his law degree from Nova Southeastern University.
Peter C. Mollengarden is a Board Certified Specialist in Condominium and Planned Development Law. He began practicing law in 1984 and has spent his entire legal career concentrating on community association law; including several years as an attorney in the Washington D.C. Metropolitan area representing developers and preparing condominium and homeowners association documents. Since 1992, Mr. Mollengarden has represented community associations in South Florida regarding all aspects of community association law and has also been a frequent lecturer for organizations serving community associations and related businesses. Mr. Mollengarden graduated with distinction from the University of Virginia in 1981, and the University of Miami School of Law in 1984.
Jeffrey A. Rembaum is Board Certified in Condominium and Planned Development Law with considerable experience representing countless community associations that include condominium, homeowner, commercial and cooperative associations. He regularly provides legal representation to new and established associations and developers. He has experience in a vast number of real estate and land use related matters. He is most adept at identification and implementation of creative strategies to accomplish his clients’ goals. Mr. Rembaum is a frequent lecturer to board members, property managers and fellow lawyers and regularly publishes in the area of community association law, including “Rembaum’s Association Roundup, the community association news you can use” emailed to thousands of board members, managers, and developers around the State of Florida and which is also published each month in the Florida Community Association Journal. He has published well over 300 articles to date. In addition, Mr. Rembaum is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator.
Mr. Rembaum is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. In 2022, Mr. Rembaum was once again named to the “Legal Elite” by Florida Trend Magazine; only 1.2% of lawyers in Florida earn this distinguished designation. Every year since 2012, Mr. Rembaum has been selected to the Florida “Super Lawyers” list. Each year, no more than 5% of the lawyers in the state are selected by the research team at “Super Lawyers” to receive this honor.
After earning his law degree, Mr. Rembaum was an Assistant Public Defender for the 15th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County and, thereafter, he gained civil litigation experience. Prior to joining Kaye Bender Rembaum, he worked with several prestigious community association law and real estate firms in Palm Beach County. Prior to earning his law degree, Mr. Rembaum worked for the Development Corporation for Israel selling Israel bonds and worked for General Mills Corporation.
Mr. Rembaum is active in a variety of civic, professional and political organizations in Palm Beach County. He is a member of the Real Property Section of the Florida Bar and is active with its Condominium Planned Unit Development sub-committee. In addition, he was a member of the National Community Associations Institute where he served on its Amicus Curie Brief Committee and is a member of the Community Associations Institute, Gold Coast Chapter.
Mr. Rembaum received his Bachelor’s Degree from Florida State University (B.A. 1987) and his law degree from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center (J.D. 1996).
