Practice Areas: Real Estate, Business & Corporate; view more
Licensed in Florida since: 2013
Education: Florida State University College of Law
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Chelsea L. Metka is the managing attorney at The Metka Law Firm, which is located in Winter Garden, Florida. She focuses her practice on real estate and business law and is board-certified as a specialist in real estate law by The Florida Bar. Serving clients throughout Central Florida, she has been in the legal field for ten years.
Ms. Metka has years of experience representing clients in a variety of difficult residential and commercial real estate and financial transactions, which has contributed to her competence. As a personable lawyer who values client contact and thinks creatively, she is frequently praised for ensuring that each client is making wise decisions in the pursuit of achieving their ultimate objectives.
With a Bachelor of Science degree in business marketing, focusing on professional sales, Ms. Metka graduated from the Florida State University College of Business. Graduating magna cum laude, she earned her Juris Doctor from the Florida State University College of Law in 2013. In law school, she served as the notes and comments editor for the FSU Law Review.
Ms. Metka has memberships in The Florida Bar, the Orange County Bar Association and the Real Property Probate & Trust Section of The Florida Bar. She is a board member of the Project Scholars, Inc. and former director of the Central Florida Real Estate Counsel.
Recognized for her impeccable work in the field of law, Ms. Metka has a “Very Good” rating on Avvo and was named on the Best Real Estate Attorney list by the Orlando Weekly’s Reader’s Choice 2022.
Practice areas
Real Estate: Business, Real Estate: Consumer, Business/CorporateFocus areas
Business Formation and Planning, Contracts, Mortgage & Refinance
- 50% Real Estate: Business
- 40% Real Estate: Consumer
- 10% Business/Corporate
First Admitted: 2013, Florida
Professional Webpage: https://www.metkalawfirm.com/meet-the-team/
- Real Property Probate & Trust Section of the Fla. Bar, Member 2018-Present
- Florida State University Law Review, N&C Editor, 2011 – 2013
- The Florida Bar, Member, 2013 – Present
- 2014-Present Attorneys Title Fund Member, 2022
- 2018-2021 Central Florida Real Estate Attorneys Counsel Member, 2021
- Central Florida Real Estate Counsel, Director 2016 – 2018
- (2018-2020) Represented Numerous HOAs in negotiating settlement agreements and payment plans to assist homeowners who were delinquent on HOA assessments and in foreclosure. Payment plans were effective in allowing homeowners to become current and foreclosures were dismissed., 2020
- Represented Numerous HOAs in drafting amendments to Governing Documents and assisting with collections matters, 2024
- Assisted commercial Landlord with amicable settlement with Tenant. , 2023
- Represented client with amicable settlement between neighbor regarding a boundary line dispute., 2023
- Assisted client with amicable settlement between neighbor regarding easement dispute. , 2023
- Represented Buyers and Sellers in pre-suit escrow dispute negotiations and settlements, 2022
- Represented numerous commercial Landlords and Tenants throughout the year by negotiating Letters of Intent, Lease Agreements, Options to Renew, Amendments etc., 2023
- Assisted multiple clients with foreclosure defense strategies including without limitation, short sale negotiations. , 2023
- Successfully represented clients with easement and boundary line disputes. , 2023
- Directly advise local brokers and real estate agents regarding new NAR Settlement proceedures, 2024
- Independently advice local brokerages on day-to-day legal questions and custom contract preparation. , 2024
- Managing attorney of residential closing department overseeing approximately 10 residential and 3 commercial closings/month, 2024
- Represented private lenders for commercial loan transactions, 2024
- Represented claimant and settled claim against contractor for misappropriation of claimant construction funds, 2024
- Prepared and negotiated join tenant agreement between two non-married owners of real property, 2024
- Assisted with drafting and negotiating ingress/egress easements for numerous clients on residential and commercial properties, 2024
- Represented local financial institution in numerous complex commercial financing transactions, 2024
- Commercial contract drafting, assisted numerous Buyers and Sellers with drafting costume contracts for purchase and sale of commercial development, including negotiations for flips with national builders. , 2024
- Assisted two separate HOAs with Revitalization of their governing documents, 2024
- Represented clients in negotiating deposit disputes, 2024
- Represented numerous residential and commercial landlords through eviction proceedings, 2024
- Represented numerous commercial landlords and tenants in negotiating leases, and termination of leases without necessity of evictions. , 2024
- Successfully identified attempted fraudulent real estate transactions and stopped the fraud before it occured. , 2024
- Assist two separate homeowners associations with corporate mergers and mergers of governing documents to form one HOA governed by one set of DCCRs while maintaining two separate plats, 2024
- Successfully identified attempted fraudulent real estate transactions and stopped the fraud before it occured. , 2022
- 2021-Present Board Certification, Real Estate Law
- (2022 - Present) Board Member of Project Scholars, Inc. and provide pro bono legal service in the way of generalized advice to the organization's board as well as contract preparation and review, 2022
- Best Real Estate Attorney or Law Firm, Orlando Weekly Reader's Choice, 2022
- Super Lawyers Rising Star 2023 Honoree (Fla.), 2023
- Florida State University College of Business, Bachelor’s Degree, 2010
- Commercial and Residential Landlord/Tenant
- Commercial And Residential Real Estate
- Community Associations
- Construction
- Lending
Selections
- Rising Stars: 2023 - 2025
Certificates and credentials
Real Estate
