Michele Diglio-Benkiran
Legal Counsel, P.A.
Michele Diglio-Benkiran is the founder of Legal Counsel, P.A. Mrs. Diglio-Benkiran has been practicing law for over 24 years with a special emphasis on Real Estate and Business Law. Mrs. Diglio-Benkiran earned her Juris Doctor Cum Laude from Michigan State University College of Law in 1999 where she was the Business Manager of Journal of Medicine and Law, Justice of Phi Alpha Delta, a scholarship recipient, and published in Who’s Who: American Law Students 1998. She graduated from law school and immediately began working at the Office of the State Attorney – 15th Judicial Circuit in Palm Beach County, Florida where she gained valuable courtroom experience prosecuting both misdemeanor and felony cases. Michele Diglio-Benkiran grew up in an entrepreneurial family where she learned business fundamentals at a very early age. Over the years Mrs. Diglio-Benkiran owned several thriving businesses. As such, Mrs. Diglio-Benkiran understands the fundamentals of successful business practices. She incorporates this “hands-on” business knowledge and experience when counseling her business clients. Mrs. Diglio-Benkiran understands, implements and counsels on the principals of “deal making” and not “deal breaking.”
Additionally, Ms. Diglio-Benkiran dedicates a significant portion of her practice to Real Estate Law. For over 2 decades, Ms. Diglio-Benkiran has represented commercial and residential clients in real estate acquisition and sales, commercial condominium developments, homeowner associations, leasing, financing, and real estate related litigation cases. Her real estate law experience involves litigation cases (foreclosures, quiet title actions, partitions, ejectments, etc.), closings, transactional matters, tax deeds, commercial development, and investor representation. She has a special interest in her investor/wholesale clients as she assists her investor clients by “cleaning up” properties containing various encumbrances, code violations, defects, liens, etc.
- Michigan State University
- J.D. (1999) | Law
- Honors: Cum Laude
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- Florida International University
- B.S. (1991) | Criminal Justice
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- Partner/Attorney
- NeJame Law
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- Attorney
- Benkiran Law Firm, P.A.
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- Assistant State Prosecutor
- Office of State Attorney 15th Judicial Circuit Palm Beach County
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- Which Business Entity is Right for You?
- NeJame Law
- The New Law Governing Limited Liability Corporations and their Real Property Transactions
- NeJame Law
- Changes to the FAR/BAR Contract
- NeJame Law
- Cum Laude
- Michigan State University
- Outstanding Achievement in the Study of Law
- Who's Who Among American Law Students
- Florida Bar, Litigation Section
- Member
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- American Immigration Lawyers Association
- Provisional Member
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- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
- Member
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- Florida State Bar # 162620
- Member
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- Florida Bar, Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
- Member
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- Orange County Bar Association
- Member
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- Florida Bar Association Business Section
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- Florida
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- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship Estate Administration, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Real Estate Law
- Commercial Real Estate, Condominiums, Easements, Eminent Domain, Homeowners Association, Land Use & Zoning, Mortgages, Neighbor Disputes, Residential Real Estate, Water Law
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
- Litigation
- Commercial Real Estate Development
- Residential Real Estate Development
- Title Insurance
- Mortgage Modification
- English: Spoken, Written