Kenneth W. Edwards, born Windsor, Ontario, Canada; admitted to bar, 1976, Florida.

Education: University of Florida (B.A. cum laude, 1972; J.D., 1976).  Phi Delta Phi.

Member: Palm Beach County and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar

Practice Areas: Real Estate; Governmental Law; Administrative Law; Estate Planning; Probate; Trust Law; Special Districts.

Email: edwards@caldwellpacetti.com

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Charles F. Schoech, born West Palm Beach; admitted to bar, 1974, Florida; 1981, U.S. Supreme Court; 1985, New York; 1986, District of Columbia.

Education: Florida State University (B.S., 1971); Valparaiso University (J.D., 1974).

Member: Palm Beach County Bar Association; The Florida Bar (member: Local Government Law Section; Executive Council, 1983-1985; Secretary, 1986; Chairman Elect, 1987;Chairman, 1988; Administrative Law Section; Environmental Land Use Law Section; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section); The District of Columbia Bar; National Lawyers Association; Florida Association of County Attorneys (Vice President, 1983, President 1984, Chairman, Board of Directors, 1985); International Municipal Lawyers Association.

Practice Areas  Governmental Law; Administrative Law; Environmental Law; Real Estate; Probate; Trust Law; Estate Planning; Municipal Law.

Email: schoech@caldwellpacetti.com

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Mary M. Viator, born in Ft. Lauderdale, FL; admitted to bar, 1978, Florida; 1980, District of Columbia.

Education: Newcomb College of Tulane University; Stephens College (B.A., 1974); Nova University (J.D., 1977).

Member: Palm Beach County Bar Association; The Florida Bar; District of Columbia Bar.

Practice Areas  Governmental Law; Administrative Law; Probate; Real Estate; Special Districts; Municipal Law.

Email: viator@caldwellpacetti.com

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James L. Watt,  born Miami, FL; admitted to bar, 1969, Florida; 1970, U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida; 1985, U.S. Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.

Education: University of Miami (B.A., 1966); University of Florida (J.D., 1969). Phi Delta Phi. Author: Article, “Code Enforcement Boards – An Alternate,” University of Detroit Journal of Urban Law, August 1983.  Assistant City Attorney, 1971-1973 and City Attorney, 1973-1978, City of West Palm Beach. Member, Florida House of Representatives, 1978-1986. County Commissioner, Palm Beach County, 1988.  Special Counsel, United States Senate, HUD Investigation, 1989-1990. President, Palm Beach County Sports Commission. 1993-1995. Chairman, Board of Trustees, Palm Beach Community College, 1999 - .

Member: Palm Beach County Bar Association; The Florida Bar (Member, Local Government Section).

Practice Areas:  Government Law; Real Estate.

Email:  watt@caldwellpacetti.com

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Elizabeth S. (Betsy) Burden, born Knoxville, Tennessee; admitted to bar, 1986, Louisiana; 1988, U.S. District Court, Middle District of Louisiana; 1989, Florida.

Education: Harding University (B.A., cum laude, 1981); Louisiana State University (J.D., 1986). Phi Delta Phi (President 1985-1986). Member, Moot Court Board. Author: “When This Old House is a Landmark,” Florida Real Estate, 1991. Lecturer: Palm Beach Atlantic College, Paralegal Update. Member, Palm Beach County Charter Advisory Committee, 1992.

Member: Palm Beach County, Louisiana and American Bar Associations; The Florida Bar (Member: Environmental and Land Use Law Section; Local Government Law Section).

Practice Areas: Special Districts, Environmental, Land Use, Zoning, Municipal, Code Enforcement, Permitting, Administrative, and Governmental. Mrs. Burden is the attorney for the lead permittee for the Palm Beach County NPDES Permittees which are comprised of 39 governmental entities and which conduct monthly Steering Committee meetings. She has served as Town Attorney for the Town of Hypoluxo and also Code Enforcement and Zoning Board Attorney for the Town of Lake Clarke Shores.

Email: burden@caldwellpacetti.com

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FRANK S. PALEN,

Education: Bachelor of Arts (cum laude), Allegheny College (1969); Alden Scholar; Pi Gamma Mu. Juris Doctor (cum laude), State University of New York at Buffalo (1974); Student Editor, Law & Society Review; Jaeckle Fellow. MSW, Florida Atlantic University (expected 2006); Phi Kappa Phi

Member: Admitted to Practice of Law, States of Florida (1989), Washington (1975), New York (1978). Member, Florida and Palm Beach County Bar Associations. Certified Title Agent, Attorney’s Tile Insurance Fund. Member, American Planning Association; American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP)
Adjunct Faculty, Florida Atlantic University, Department of Urban and Regional Planning (1999-2001)

Practice Areas: Land use, land development, platting, zoning, land development permitting and government approvals; drafting development codes. Urban and regional planning; developments of regional impact; large scale land development; inter-governmental development coordination. Real estate transactions and related matters. Historic preservation

Email: palen@caldwellpacetti.com

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John A. Weig   born in Cheektowaga, New York. 

Education: He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English from the University of Florida in 1988 and his law degree from the University of Florida College of Law in 1991, and was admitted to the Florida Bar in 1992.  He worked as a judicial law clerk at the Fourth District Court of Appeal from 1992 to 1993, and began working at Caldwell & Pacetti LLP as an Attorney in 1993. 

Member: He is a member of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar and the Palm Beach County Bar Association.  He is also an approved title insurance agent for Attorney’s Title Insurance Fund, Inc.

Practice Areas: Mr. Weig specializes in the areas of estate planning, wills and trusts, probate and trust administration, and real estate law, and also practices in the areas of governmental law and general civil law litigation. 

Email: weig@caldwellpacetti.com

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