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Senior Vice President of Operations

Island Hospitality Management is a National Hotel management company with a stellar reputation for its expertise in managing upscale extended stay, select service and full service hotels across major brands such as Marriott, Hilton, Hyatt, Starwood and many more in demographically divergent markets with varied demand generators that require intense focus on differing market segments. Our company is nationally recognized for its ability to successfully improve a property's bottom line through stringent P&L controls and standards. While paying attention to each and every line item thereby ensuring generous bottom line flows, we never lose sight of our guests and the need to maintain the highest standards of service, cleanliness and ambience. The ownership perspective of maximizing top line revenue without sacrificing net operating income is deeply entrenched in our corporate culture. We aggressively pursue this goal. We are a fast moving, performance-based, goal oriented organization, where passionate, competent and focused individuals are given the tools, guidance and techniques to make a difference. Based in Palm Beach Florida, we operate hotels across the United States. We are one of the largest independent, third-party hotel management companies serving the industry with over 75 hotels in our portfolio.

Experienced business litigation attorney, with experience in banking, bank operations and real estate litigation, in general commercial litigation, and in trust and estate litigation. Experienced in managing cost-effective e-discovery issues in state and federal court. Representative experience includes:|- Represented a national bank in litigation under the TCPA and FCCPA;|- Represented a national charitable organization in trust litigation on a dispute amongst beneficiaries of a series of trust amendments (successfully settled);|- Conducted successful three-day arbitration (as second-chair trial counsel) of a dispute between partners under a limited partnership agreement, regarding control of, and profits from, an eight-figure luxury residential and country club development in Palm Beach County, Florida;|- Represented a trust company in litigation arising from alleged breach of a custody agreement;|- Represented an international technology company in breach of contract and misappropriation of idea litigation;|- Represented lenders in complex commercial foreclosure proceedings, including proceedings seeking the replevin of a business jet, and proceedings to foreclose a downtown condominium tower, and including receivership proceedings;|- Represented a subcontractor in substantial breach of contract litigation (successfully settled);|- Represented an executive in litigation under a stock option agreement (successfully settled);|- Represented numerous owners of real property in successfully challenging ad valorem tax assessments.|- Pro bono: Successfully represented a resident of a mobile home community in a dispute with the board of the mobile home community.|- Mock Trial Presentation, The Appraiser as an Expert Witness: Preparation & Testimony, Boca Raton, FL, October 2009;|- Mock Trial Presentation, Litigation Skills for the Appraiser, Palm Beach Gardens, FL, September 2008;|- Mock Trial Presentation, Litigation Skills for the Appraiser, Miami, FL, July 2008.