Grace Mackey is the newest addition to the Simon & Sigalos legal team. Grace was admitted to the Florida Bar in October and immediately handled the caseload with great success. Grace is a 2011 graduate of Case Western Reserve University School of Law in Cleveland, Ohio. She earned her undergraduate degree from the University of [...]

Michael Simon was recently awarded the Palm Beach County, Healthy Mothers/Healthy Babies Coalition 2010 Pro Bono Award at the agencies’ annual meeting. For nearly 15 years Mr. Simon has provided legal services to the agency related to real estate and contract matters through his assignments from the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County. Also, [...]

Effective July 1, 2009, the State of Florida will be increasing court filing fees in a number of categories. Some fees have already increased as of June 1, 2009. Below is a summary of new fees.
Civil actions over $15,000–$401.00

Foreclosure Filing Fee
- $50,000 or less–$401
- Between $50,000 and $250,000–$906
- $250,000 or more –$1,906.00

Filing Cross Claim, Counter Claim, Counterpetition or Third Party Complaint
- Circuit Civil–$395
- Foreclosure $50,000 or less–$395
- Foreclosure between $50,000 and $250,000–$900
- Foreclosure $250,000 or more–$1,900.00