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HILLARY N. MESA
Ms. Mesa focuses her law practice on HOA Condo Association Attorney matters, including association general counsel, civil litigation related covenant and condition enforcement, assessments, drafting association documents, condominiums, community associations, and real estate litigation. Ms. Mesa’s practice also includes contract disputes, eviction actions and landlord-tenant leasing, defense, business and partnership disputes, partition of property, quiet title, boundary disputes, insurance disputes and claims, and all types of similar civil cases.
Understanding the HOA or Condo association client’s priority of setting goals, accomplishing tasks and getting the job done in a cost-effective and transparent manner, Ms. Mesa enjoys community association practice and working with board members and management companies. She routinely works in a team approach to evaluating evidence, developing strategies for cases and working with clients to resolve day-to-day problems and controversies.
Today, Ms. Mesa leads St. Johns Law Group’s HOA practice team. She represents clients as HOA Condo Association Attorney for communities ranging in size from small, 10 unit projects to subdivisions with over 600 units.
EDUCATION
University of Florida, Levin College of Law, J.D.
- Graduated Cum Laude
- Book Awards: Legal Research and Child, Parent, and State
- Dean’s List Recipient
- UF Law Ambassador
University of Florida, Bachelor of Science, B.S.
- Graduated Cum Laude
- Dean’s List recipient
EXPERIENCE
- General Counsel for Palm Coast Plantation HOA
- General Counsel for Island Estates Neighborhood Association
- Successfully obtained Summary Final Judgment in Litigation Cases
- Successfully defended Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation (SLAPP)
- Successfully defended Appeal of Final Judgment in Breach of Contract Action. Patel v. Sparrow, 2021 Fla. App. LEXIS 13578, 325 So. 3d 865, 2021 WL 4535653 (Fla. 5th DCA 2021)
- Successfully defended Appeal of Final Judgment. Cooper v. Cooper, 318 So. 3d 1291, 2021 Fla. App. LEXIS 9487, 46 Fla. L. Weekly D 1506 (Fla. 5th DCA 2021)
PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITIES
- Adjunct Instructor, Flagler College
- Member of the Jacksonville Women Lawyers Association
- Member of the Jacksonville Bankruptcy Bar Association
BAR MEMBERSHIPS
- The Florida Bar
- United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
- Ms. Mesa is an avid Florida Gator fan and follows all Gator Sports.