Committed to Serving South Florida

Atkinson, Diner, Stone, Mankuta & Ploucha, P.A., has made a commitment to actively participate in civic and professional organizations in the South Florida community. Members of the Firm  have strong roots in the area from which they have derived not only professional, but personal benefit. In turn, their involvement has shaped the Firm's commitment to reinvest those benefits into the community. In short, each member of the Firm is committed to the idea of making South Florida a better place in which to live, and each is willing to invest his or her personal  resources toward this end.

Because of their intensive involvement in a wide variety of civic activities, the Firm's attorneys are included among a group of South Floridians who are shaping the area's future. Firm members have served in such prominent positions as the South Broward Hospital and Parks Districts, the Chamber of Commerce and the Community Redevelopment Agency. The Firm's professional staff play active roles in a variety of other community, business, professional and charitable organizations including service on the governing boards of major financial, educational, health care and civic institutions.

In addition to their community involvement, the Firm's attorneys are considered prominent members of the legal profession due to their participation in state and local Bar Associations and Committees related to their particular disciplines. Since 1979, the Firm has had attorneys serving on the Florida Bar Grievance Committee, a committee which actively polices the legal profession to ensure that consumers receive the highest quality legal services.  Firm members have served on the Judicial Evaluation Committee of the State Bar, the Broward County Bar Association Judicial Selection and the Professional Ethics Committee evaluating the credentials and  qualifications of State and County judges and the Florida Bar Board of Governors.

This diverse and intense participation in the community, its governing bodies and the legal profession clearly demonstrates that Atkinson, Diner, Stone, Mankuta & Ploucha, P.A., has a strong commitment to Florida's future.

Making the Law Relevant to Individuals and Businesses

Atkinson, Diner, Stone, Mankuta  & Ploucha, P.A. has developed a philosophy to ensure that its clients receive prompt and personal attention. This philosophy has led the Firm to fashion a legal environment enabling it to respond both to clients' immediate  legal needs and to provide current information on emerging legal trends. As new  laws and regulations are enacted or new court rulings are issued which may  affect a clients life or business, the Firm provides the client with all the  necessary information, advice and counsel to function within those legal and regulatory guidelines.

The communication effort may take  the form of a personal phone call, e-mail, a newsletter, a formal letter or a seminar sponsored by the Firm or jointly conducted with other professional organizations to inform and educate a large body of clients outlining the  effects of a particular proposed or enacted law, regulation or case.

It is this ability to heighten client awareness and to avoid potential legal pitfalls that makes Atkinson,  Diner, Stone, Mankuta & Ploucha a firm noted for its active, rather than  reactive, approach to legal services.

Utilizing Tomorrow's Resources Today

Atkinson, Diner, Stone, Mankuta & Ploucha has made a corporate commitment to excellence. This commitment  includes utilization of state-of-the-art technology and information resources to assist in the timely delivery of high quality legal services to the Firm's clients.

A computerized legal research system with internet access at all workstations augments the Firm's comprehensive in-house library. These computer capabilities provide access to a nationwide electronic network of case law as well as national and international data bases on a host of topics. The availability of this technology affords each  professional the capacity to represent clients as thoroughly as possible in their area of need. Accordingly firm members and clients current information on  elements such as unpublished IRS letter rulings and technical memoranda, pending federal laws and regulations on legal issues in banking, health care and a variety of other industries, and detailed information regarding judges, expert witnesses and opposing counsel.

The Firm's staff has developed and maintains a firm wide data retrieval system, cataloged by subject including documents prepared by the Firm's attorneys and legal assistants. The internal data bank includes cases, legal memoranda, briefs, opinion letters and pleadings which serve as vital reference sources. Maintenance of a system of this nature reduces the time required to research a wide range of legal issues and enables the professional staff to provide a prompt, efficient response to a client's questions.

Each department of the firm utilizes the firms technical resources uniquely. The Firm's real estate paralegal staff use this equipment to perform most title searches, develop amortization tables, perform escrow accounting and develop closing and title binder packages. The Real Estate Division has developed an extensive form bank which further reduces the time required to close most real estate and loan transactions. The Litigation section also uses specialized computer programs relevant to litigation management. These functions include docket control systems and document retrieval systems for complex legal cases.

Additionally, the Firm uses computer assisted administrative, accounting and word processing procedures which provide high quality documents to round out its ability to efficiently deliver critical legal services.

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