Brenda Ezell - Lawyer in Jacksonville, FL

Brenda Ezell, founding partner and shareholder of the Ezell Law Firm, is board certified in Real Estate Law by the Florida Bar. Ms. Ezell acts as counsel to buyers and sellers, landlords and tenants, developers, lenders, borrowers, and agencies at all levels of government in various types of commercial real estate and regulatory transactions. Her areas of expertise include commercial transactions such as purchase and sale, leasing, lending and title insurance as well as regulatory matters such as zoning and land development, easements and servitudes, covenants and restrictions, and corporate and business association law. Ms. Ezell also has substantial experience with business and public finance transactions, low-income elderly and multifamily housing programs, and community redevelopment programs including tax incentives and tax-exempt financing. She graduated summa cum laude from Jacksonville University and earned her J.D. with honors from the University of Florida. Ms. Ezell is a member of several professional organizations such as the Jacksonville Bar Association, the American Bar Association, and the Executive Council of the Florida Bars Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, for which she serves as Chair of its Real Estate Leasing Committee, and Co-Chair of its Membership and Inclusion Committee. She is also active in the Jacksonville Area Real Estate Council of which she is a board member and immediate past president. Ms. Ezell is a member, past president and former board member of Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW) Jacksonville, a local affiliate of CREW Network, which is a network of over 11,000 commercial real estate professionals globally, and was a member of the Board of Directors for the Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce in 2015 and the Board of Governors for the Jacksonville Area Chamber of Commerce in 2016. Ms. Ezell has received numerous professional honors. She was selected to the inaugural Fellowship Class of the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar in 2008 and was later selected as a Florida Bar Leadership Academy Fellow in 2013. Most recently, Ms. Ezell was named to the list of Super Lawyers for 2019, 2020 and 2021. She is married with two adult children. Her hobbies include running, college and pro football, raising tropical marine fishes and travelling.