Richard M Sepler is a lawyer serving the greater South Florida area. He has been practicing law for decades and is a proud native of South Florida. He has provided valuable legal assistance to the South Florida community and in his time of practicing law, he has encountered almost every kind of legal situation imaginable. Learning to handle all of the different situations a client can throw at you has provided an invaluable wealth of knowledge.
Mr. Sepler has focused his practice on transactional law, wills and trusts, estate planning, real estate law, contract drafting and negotiation, and other areas of law. Sepler also provides pro bono services as an attorney for low-income clients.
About Sepler:
He was born and raised in Miami, Florida. He graduated from Miami High School and attended the University of Florida. He received his Juris Doctor from the University of Miami, graduating at the top of the class of 1956. After earning his education, he served in the United States Army and retired as a Captain on the Judge Advocate General Corp (JAG). He has earned a wealth of experience in different practice areas throughout this time.
In a more entrepreneurial role, Sepler is a real estate developer and had an active project called Keowee Mountain in upstate South Carolina that recently sold. Keowee Mountain was a gated residential community sitting on over 700 acres in the Appalachians.
He also founded the South Florida Savings and Loan Association, a successful banking institution serving the South Florida area.
In his role as a developer, he has built apartment buildings, townhome communities residential homes, office buildings, shopping centers, and mixed-use properties in South Florida.
• Areas of Practice •
Transactional Law
Richard M Sepler can help with all of your transactional legal needs. In today’s economy, there are a ton of complex deals that are happening every day. It is often necessary to protect yourself from anything that could go wrong in your business transaction. Real estate deals, business formation, business sales, and lots of other situations require legal documents. He can help make sure these documents are prepared correctly and in your best interests.
Having much experience handling purchases and sales from the perspective of both the buyer and seller, we can help to ensure that your purchase or sale of a Florida business goes as smoothly as possible. Are you thinking about buying or selling a business? We can discuss the details and provide advice for a business purchase or sale with you today. Richard M Sepler will also advise when buying or selling a business and consult on investment decisions. The firm has represented ownership in the sale of an apartment building in Washington DC, selling at a higher than market value rate. He has also helped business sales, partnerships, and other transactional needs for many years and he has helped clients all over Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Washington D.C.
Representing a Burger King Franchisee selling 9 restaurants in Gainesville Florida:
” Mr. Sepler represented ownership in marketing and selling and legal obtaining a price of $21,000,000 that closed in record time given the complex transaction. The client was seeking in excess of $13,000,000 and was extremely happy with over a 50% increase in price. It was an extremely difficult deal given all the players, personalities, and complications. “
Mr. Sepler is anxious to assist other owners of franchise entities in marketing and selling and, of course, providing the legal services from beginning to closing. Give him a call today to get the inside way to best handle this type of transaction
Wills & Trusts
Richard Sepler and his team have many years of experience drafting simple and complex wills that serve a variety of purposes in dealing with your estate. We can help create living wills, revocable, and irrevocable trusts and specializes in probate avoidance by creating trusts and other mechanisms that anticipate the future and provide for the same.
The death of a loved one can be a touchy subject to discuss. However, it is very important to be properly prepared so that you may have one less thing to stress over at such a difficult time. Without proper planning, your estate will be distributed according to Florida’s laws of intestacy. These statutes might not reflect your wishes. A Living Will and Testament can help provide the proper directives for the assets and liabilities left behind. Sepler and his team create instruments of transfer that save clients money and protect the assets against claims of creditors and make the affective transfers to save costs and time and aggravation.
“Mr. Sepler recommends the use of Trusts and a transfer of all assets to the trust to avoid probate. The reliance on only a Last Will and Testament creates a great amount of work for attorneys and can lead to contests and costly expense and grief. Mr. Sepler assists in reducing those costs by creating a trust, assisting in moving all assets into that trust managed by the client and for the client’s benefit, and providing a passageway to successor beneficiaries and trustees. Easily this is the preferred way to plan for the future.”
Probate
Probate is the process through which a will or trust is administered upon death. Probate can be contentious and expensive, but also avoided if the benefactor’s death is properly planned for. During probate, the decedent’s appointed personal representative manages assets, pays any debts, files required tax returns and various court documents, and distributes the estate assets. However, a court may intervene at any time and order supervised probate, where the probate judge must approve every detail of the estate administration. Without proper planning, probate proceedings can become difficult. Richard Sepler and Associates can help plan for the death of you or a loved one and create the necessary tools to avoid a contentious battle over the assets left behind.
Mr. Sepler specializes in probate avoidance by creating trusts and other mechanisms that anticipate the future and provide for the same by creating instruments of transfer. This will help create much less pressure and stress at such a difficult time. Probate can often take a significant amount of time and the delay can lead to many problems. Provided that these documents are correct, as Mr. Sepler will make sure of, the probate proceeding will be relatively easy.
Estate Planning
With Richard M Sepler, you can expect experience in all different scenarios dealing with estate planning. The death of you or a loved one is not a subject many people like to discuss, but proper planning can make the experience much less stressful. Without proper planning, your estate will be distributed according to Florida’s laws of intestacy. These statutes might not reflect your wishes. However, if you do plan in advance, you can have your estate administered according to your preferences. Proper planning is necessary to make sure that your assets and directives are taken care of in the way you want them to. It is important to have an attorney to help you achieve this by creating an estate plan. Our team can guide you through the estate plan process.
A comprehensive estate plan may include a Will, Trusts, Powers of Attorney, Advance Directives, and Health Care Documents. These documents are essential to provide the directives you desire upon death. Mr. Sepler specializes in the creation of these documents to ensure they are proper as prescribed by statute and case law. He can help you avoid a messy probate proceeding and eliminate some of the stress upon the death of a loved one. This will help you save time and money as well.
Contract Negotiation
In his years of experience practicing law, Mr. Sepler has seen all sorts of contract negotiations that have helped shape his abilities as a negotiator. He is a highly skilled attorney in negotiations. He also has experience representing buyers, sellers, borrowers, and lenders. For all these parties, he brings his expertise and knowledge to produce the best outcome possible for his clients.
Mr. Sepler is so confident in his abilities if a transaction does not close after negotiation, he will refuse any compensation. It is very important to have proper representation in contract negotiations. He can help make that not even the tiniest advantage is given up for no reason. Whether you are buying a home or a commercial property, forming a new business, or investing in a new venture, it is important to have a trusted attorney by your side from contract to closing.
Some of Mr. Sepler’s past negotiations have led to the sale of a Burger King franchise in Gainesville, Florida at a much higher price than the seller intended. He negotiated this price for his client, the seller of the Burger King. He has also negotiated a lower purchase price for real estate across the country for clients. Sepler also managed a large apartment building sale in Washington DC.
Contract Drafting
Richard M Sepler can help provide legal assistance when drafting contracts for all sorts of business situations. In today’s economy, it is very often necessary to protect yourself from anything that could go wrong in your business transaction. Complex transactions require contracts that can protect your rights. It is important to have an attorney draft these contracts so that they are properly created and protect your best interests. Real estate deals, business formation, business sales, and lots of other situations require legal documents.
Over his accomplished career, he has encountered a wide variety of different contract needs and has passed this knowledge on to his associates and staff.
Real Estate Law
Richard M. Sepler also has experience in providing assistance with real estate law throughout The United States. Mr. Sepler has been involved in real estate since the beginning of his career and has dealt with all manners of real estate transactions. He has seen all sorts of situations arise and this has provided an endless amount of knowledge to handle any real estate matters in the United States. It is important that you hire a real estate attorney in your real estate transactions.
Even the smallest step missed in the process can cost you dearly. Whether you are buying a home or a commercial property it is important to have a trusted attorney by your side from contract to closing. This includes conveyance, leasing, encumbering, restricting, releasing, and restructuring land and land deals. Mr. Sepler has dealt with the state and county laws and has advised on zoning changes, modifications, variances, and adjustments. He has worked with residential and commercial properties, such as hotels, shopping centers, mixed-use communities, homeowner associations, and more.