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J. Anthony Van Ness is the founder of the firm. Mr. Van Ness graduated from the State University of New York at Albany with a Bachelor of Arts degree in Political Science. He received his juris doctor from Albany Law School at Union University (NY).

Mr. Van Ness represents national mortgage lenders, servicers and financial institutions throughout Florida handling both commercial and residential real estate matters.  He supervises all firm representation which includes foreclosure, bankruptcy, eviction, collections, title and litigation. Upon graduation from law school, Mr. Van Ness began his career in the area of default servicing with the Foreclosure and REO Departments of Ocwen Federal Bank, FSB (West Palm Beach). Thereafter, he would establish the REO Closing and Eviction Departments of Bayview Loan Servicing (Miami) before leaving to practice with the law firms of Rutherford, Mulhall & Wargo, PA (Boca Raton) and later Vargas, Zion & Kahane, PA (Hollywood).

Mr. Van Ness is a member of the Florida Bar and is admitted to practice in the United States District Courts for the Middle and Southern Districts of Florida. He is a member/agent of Attorney’s Title Fund and a licensed agent for Fidelity National Title Insurance. Mr. Van Ness is a member of the Real Property, Probate & Trust Section of the Florida Bar as well as a Fellow with the Florida Bar Foundation. Also, Mr. Van Ness is a member of the following organizations: The Legal League 100, T.J. Reddick Bar Association and the REO MAC.