STEPHEN J. BERLINSKY, J.D.

Attorney: Admitted Florida Bar, member in good standing since Nov., 1969, license #117421, Admitted United States District Court, Middle District of Florida

Foreclosure Experience:  Over 18 years of experience handling thousands of foreclosure suits.

Past Chairman of the Mortgage Law Committee of the Florida Bar

Mortgage Law and Closings:  Mr. Berlinsky has over 25 years experience examining Real Estate Titles. Serving as a title examiner for 3 years at American Title Insurance Company, in Miami, Florida; which merged into Fidelity National Title Insurance.  He along with 2 other attorneys handled 100's of closings a month during the 5 years he worked at Spieler & Associates, in Miami, Florida.  He examined titles and managed the Mortgage Foreclosure Department of Broad & Cassel from 1985-1987, and  then managed the Mortgage Foreclosure Department of Fried & Slachter, PA.  After serving with the RTC from 1990-1996, Mr. Berlinsky returned to Florida and examined titles and handled closings for a firm in Coconut Grove, Florida.  Mr. Berlinsky then relocated to Central Florida where he was involved in closings and foreclosures at Roger D. Bear, PA, from 1999-2004.  Since February, 2004, Mr. Berlinsky has focused on real property issues related to Foreclosure Defense, Real Estate/Mortgage Closings, and Bankruptcy.

Former member of the Executive Council of the Real Property and Probate Section of the Florida Bar.

Author, Introductory Chapter, Florida Sales Transactions, Published by the Continuing Legal Education Dept. of The Florida Bar.

Ethics Officer, with the Resolution Trust Corporation for the State of Florida and Puerto Rico during the savings and loan crisis: 1990-1992.

National Ethics Program Manager, with the Resolution Trust Corporation.  While serving in Washington, D.C., as a National Ethics Program Manager at the RTC, he served as a panel member at two Annual Conferences of the U.S. Office of Government Ethics.  Mr. Berlinsky was the Author of a National Directive setting forth all operating procedures for the Contractor Ethics Program of the RTC.  Mr. Berlinsky was also the author and contact person for the Agency Specific Ethics Supplement to the Employee Ethics Regulations published by the U. S. Office of Government Ethics.
 

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT:

Elected to Clermont City Council, July 21, 2006, for a two year term (Nov. 2006 to Nov. 2008).

Former Commissioner- Planning and Zoning Board, of the City of Clermont.  2006

Former Chairman and Member of the Code Enforcement Board, of the City of Clermont, Florida, Feb. 2004-2006.

Former President - Clermont Downtown Partnership, 2006

Former Third Vice President - Clermont - Minneola Lions Club.

Former Director, Secretary, Vice President, Congregation Sinai, Clermont, Florida, 2003-2007.

Executive Director of Ethics for America, Inc., a non profit corporation.