Jacksonville Bar Association President Tad Delegal has appointed Jamie Karpman and Leah Goryl as co-chairs of the Transactional Law Section. They were selected based on their records of leadership, service and commitment.
The Transactional Law Section is responsible for hosting the Marshall M. Criser Jr. Transactional Law CLE Seminar.
The fifth annual seminar Nov. 8 will feature topics relevant to transactional law practitioners including the impact and consequences of social media endorsements on businesses, key aspects of documentary stamp and intangible taxes, intellectual property pitfalls, updates on developments in business law and what to watch out for when encountering health care law issues.
The section also directs the efforts of the Corporate, Business, and In-House Counsel Law Committee, Elder Law Committee, Environmental & Real Property Law Committee, Estate Planning & Tax Law Committee, Franchise, Intellectual Property & Technology Law Committee and Health Law Committee.
Karpman is an attorney-advisor in the Office of General Counsel, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. Her practice focuses primarily on multifamily and health care real estate transactions.
On behalf of the Office of Multifamily Housing and the Office of Residential Care Facilities, she has successfully closed more than 200 transactions representing approximately $2.5 billion in federally insured loans and grants.
Karpman earned a bachelor of science in public affairs from Indiana University and her Juris Doctor, summa cum laude, from Florida Coastal School of Law. She is a licensed member of The Florida Bar and the State Bar of Arizona.
In addition to serving as co-chair of the JBA Transactional Law Section, she is vice chair of The Florida Bar Journal Editorial Board, president-elect of the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association, and chairs committees for the Florida Coastal School of Law Alumni Association Board and the Florida Association for Women Lawyers.
In 2016, FAWL named Karpman a “Leader in the Law,” and she was voted Florida Trend Legal Elite in 2016 and 2017 as one of the top government/nonprofit attorneys in the state.
Goryl works as leasing counsel at Regency Centers, where she represents employees in field offices across the country in matters ranging from negotiating leases and lease-related documents to reviewing title and managing community relationships.
She joined Regency in 2016, after working as an associate attorney at Driver, McAfee, Peek & Hawthorne, where her practice focused on real estate law including retail leasing, commercial transactions and land use and zoning matters.
Some of Goryl’s favorite memories as a JBA member include visiting the underserved elderly community while delivering gifts as part of the annual Holiday Project (which she notes is a great way to involve family and friends in the JBA and thanks her husband for driving the “sleigh”), gathering like-minded real estate and environmental attorneys to learn and socialize while co-chairing the Environmental and Real Property Committee, and being published in the Bar Bulletin.
She looks forward to using her passion for helping others and her love of learning to inspire the various committee leaders within the Transactional Law Section to make this the best year yet for its members.