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BACKGROUND: Chris was born in Toronto, Canada, November 13, 1946, and has been a resident of Central Florida since 1957. He has been married to Carol Fear for 36 years, has four children, and has resided in Lakeland since May 1973. EXPERIENCE: Chris has a wide variety of business and real estate legal experience, including acquisition, development, financing, leasing and disposition of commercial properties, such as shopping centers, office buildings, subdivisions, mobile home parks; financing, including representation of borrowers and lenders; formation and representation of entities, including corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies and general and limited partnerships; review and preparation of condominium documents; preparation of prospectuses for condominiums and mobile home parks; representation of condominium associations and property owners associations; examination of titles, issuance of title insurance; 1031 exchange transactions; Title agent for Attorneys' Title Insurance Fund, Inc., First American Title Insurance Company, Chicago Title Insurance Company, Lawyers Title Insurance Corporation, Commonwealth Land Title Company, and Old Republic National Title Insurance Company. Chris is a board certified real estate attorney by The Florida Bar. EDUCATION: Stetson University, B.A. (1969) University of Florida, College of Law, J.D. (1972) PROFESSIONAL: The Florida Bar (Board Certified in Real Estate) State Bar of California Lakeland Bar Association 10th Judicial Circuit Bar Association CIVIC: Leadership Lakeland Class XXI Elder, Covenant Bible Church Board of Directors, Servants of Christ Ministries, Inc. Board of Directors, Didymus Fellowship, Inc. | 