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Rochelle Friedman Walk

Of Counsel
Location:
Tampa, Florida
Phone:
813-944-2084
813-990-0662
888-553-5240
941-306-3806
Fax:
813-899-6069
E-mail:

Rochelle Friedman Walk is an experienced, thoughtful and strategic attorney, business executive and neutral mediator. She has been court-appointed as a receiver and mediator, and is a member of the FINRA arbitration panel. She is known for her negotiating skills and the ability to bring parties together in win-win, creative solutions. She offers a practical and business-oriented approach to the practice of law. Her background in business enables her to relate well to clients and to quickly define the work and potential solutions. Through her law practice, The Flat Fee Lawyer, she offers transactional legal services on a project fee rather than hourly basis, enabling her clients to budget and avoid financial surprises.

In her more than twenty-five years of business and legal experience, she has served as the chief restructuring officer, chief administrative officer, chief legal officer and Business Unit Manager to several national and multi-national business organizations. As an attorney, she has represented plaintiffs and defendants in a wide range of legal transactions and disputes including complex commercial, insurance coverage, real estate, construction, financial restructuring and employment matters. She has served as an ombudsman in employment, elder care, NAACP, creditor and shareholder matters and has worked with a number of different international unions to resolve concerns.

A graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law and Colgate University, she is a Florida Supreme Court Circuit Civil and Appellate certified mediator, licensed to practice law in the States of Florida and Ohio, and is a member of the America Bar Association, Section for Dispute Resolution, the Hillsborough County Bar Association and the Florida Academy of Professional Mediators. She has been recognized by the YWCA as a Woman of Professional Excellence and the Tampa Jewish Community Federation as a Woman of Distinction. She volunteers for SCORE as a presenter on various business topics and  serves on the Boards of a number of not-for-profit community agencies in the Tampa Bay area, including a community foundation and assisted living facility.

For additional information and pricing about her flat-fee services, please visit www.theflatfeelawyer.com.

AV | Peer Review Rated | Preeminent | Martindale-Hubbell from LexusNexus | 2012

Areas of Practice

  • Business and Commerical Transactions
  • Mergers and Acquisitions
  • Real Estate Transactions and Leasing
  • Employment and Labor
  • Intellectual Property/Licensing and Trademarks
  • Corporate Governance
  • Business Planning
  • Non-profit & Tax-exempt Organizations
  • Mediation
  • Receiver

Certified Legal Specialties

  • Certified Mediator, Circuit Civil, Appellate, Residential Mortgage Foreclosure, Florida Supreme Court, 2010/11

Bar Admissions

  • Ohio, 1986
  • Florida, 2011
  • U.S. District Court Middle District of Florida, 2011
  • U.S. District Court Northern District of Ohio, 1987

Education

  • Case Western Reserve University Law School, Cleveland, Ohio
    • J.D. (Cum Laude) - 1986
  • Colgate University, Hamilton, New York
    • A.B. (Cum Laude) - 1983
    • Honors: With Honors
    • Honors: Dean's List
    • Major: Urban Studies
  • Darden School of Business Administration, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
    • Major: Strategic Marketing Management
  • Kellogg School of Management, Northwestern University
    • Major: Communications Strategy

Representative Clients

  • Business Transactional Work for all Industries
  • Real Estate Transactional Work

Classes/Seminars

  • Presenter, Going into Business, SCORE, 2011 - Present
  • Presenter, Advising the Corporate Board, Ohio Bar, 2006 - Present
  • Panelist/Presenter, Business Law Section Spring Meeting, ABA, 2007 - Present
  • Presenter, Seminar Series, Ohio Bar Association, 2006 - Present
  • Panelist/Presenter, Glasser Legalworks SEC Conference, 2002 - 2004

Honors and Awards

  • Merrill Jacobs Leadership Award, 2011 - Present
  • Woman of Distinction, Tampa Jewish Community Federation, 2010 - Present
  • Martindale-Hubbell Bar Register of Preeminent Women Lawyers, 2011 - Present
  • Tampa Bay's Top Lawyers by Tampa Bay Magazine, 2010 - Present
  • Leadership Cleveland, Class of 2002
  • Cleveland YWCA Woman of Professional Excellence, 1996 - Present

Professional Associations and Memberships

  • Florida Bar Association, Member, 2011 - Present
  • Florida Academy of Professional Mediators, Member, 2010
  • American Bar Association, Business Law and Dispute Resolution Sections, Member
  • Ohio Bar Association, Member, 1986 - Present
  • Tampa Bay Bankruptcy Bar Association, Member, 2010 - Present
  • Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Member, 1999 - 2010
  • Weinberg Village LLC, Member, Board of Managers
  • Tampa Orlando Pinellas Foundation, Trustee
  • GMP Retiree Medical Trust, Trustee
  • Providence House, Trustee, Fund Development and Governance Committees, 2000 - 2006
  • Providence House, Secretary, Governance and Executive Committees, 2001 - 2003
  • Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Ohio Chapter Treasurer, 2005
  • Society of Corporate Secretaries and Governance Professionals, Secretary, 2006
  • Greater Cleveland General Counsel Society, 2003 - 2006
  • Hillsborough County Bar Association, 2011 - Present

Past Employment Positions

  • The Flat Fee Lawyer/ Corporate Governance Solutions, PLLC, CEO, 2010 - 2011
  • Anchor Glass Container Corporation, VP, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer & Secretary , 2007 - 2010
  • Oglebay Norton Company, VP, General Counsel & Secretary, 1998 - 2007
  • Sherwin-Williams Company, Business Unit Director, Licensed Brands, 1995 - 1998
  • Sherwin-Williams Company, Director, Marketing Communications, 1993 - 1995
  • Sherwin-Williams Company, Corporate Counsel, 1990 - 1993
  • Ulmer & Berne, LLP, Attorney, 1986 - 1990

Pro Bono Activities

  • Bankruptcy Mediation for US Bankruptcy Court for Middle District of FL, 2011 - Present
  • Presenter, SCORE - Business Counseling and Workshop, 2011 - Present

Ancillary Businesses

  • Mediation, Arbitration and ADR
  • Business Planning
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The attorneys of McIntyre, Panzarella, Thanasides, Hoffman, Bringgold & Todd, P.L., represent clients throughout the Florida Gulf Coast and west central Florida regions, including Tampa, St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Sarasota, Bradenton, Lakeland, Fort Myers, Orlando, Lakeland, Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Pasco County and Polk County.