John B. Neukamm, Former Shareholder (Of Counsel)

EDUCATION:
University of Florida College of Law, J.D., with honors, 1984
University of Florida, B.S., with high honors, Accounting, 1981

PRACTICE AREAS:
Real Estate
Corporate

After nearly 37 years of practicing law, including 19 years as a shareholder with Mechanik Nuccio, John Neukamm became Of Counsel to the firm as of July 1, 2021.

John Neukamm engaged in a varied real estate and business law practice, including representation of parties to real estate and business transactions, businesses and business owners, lenders, borrowers, developers, landlords and tenants, as well as serving as an expert witness and as an arbitrator in real estate disputes, prior to retiring from the active practice of law and becoming of counsel to the firm.

John served as Chair of The Florida Bar's Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section in 2009 - 2010 and has remained an active member of the Section's Executive Council since 1993. He was the recipient of the Section's Annual Service Award in 1998 and his contributions to Florida attorneys and the public in promoting the highest standards of ethics and professionalism was recognized by the Section with the presentation of the Section’s Lifetime Professionalism Award in 2014. John has previously served as the Section's Real Property Division Director, Treasurer and Secretary, as Editor of its ActionLine publication and chaired many of the Section's committees, including its Model and Uniform Acts, Real Property Professionalism, Trust Account Issues, Budget, Convention and Real Property Forms Committees and was an active member of its Legal Opinions, Real Property Finance & Lending, Commercial Real Estate, Landlord & Tenant and Title Insurance Committees. John chaired the Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section of the Hillsborough County Bar Association from 1995 – 1996, received the Section’s inaugural Outstanding Lawyer Award in 2009 and also served the Association as Chair of its United Way Fundraising, Social and Membership Committees. He has authored many articles and presented numerous seminars concerning various real estate issues to legal, real estate and other organizations, was a member of Florida Legal Education Association and served as a volunteer lawyer for Bay Area Legal Services.

John received a B.S. in Accounting, with high honors, in 1981 and a J.D., with honors, in 1984 from the University of Florida. He was a Board Certified Real Estate Lawyer from 1992 until his retirement from the active practice of law, had an "AV" Martindale-Hubbell rating, was recognized as a Florida Legal Elite lawyer by Florida Trend magazine, as a Florida Super Lawyer and was elected as a member of the prestigious and exclusive American College of Real Estate Lawyers in 2007.

As a member of Leadership Tampa's class of 2002, John has also been extensively involved in the Tampa Bay community. He is an active member of the Downtown Tampa Rotary Club, having served on its Board of Directors and as Chair of its Community Service & Grants Committee and being recognized twice as its Rotarian of the Year, and regularly delivers meals to homebound members of our community through Meals on Wheels. He has served on the Development Advisory Board at Christ the King Catholic Church, has been a Big Brother to two young men and has chaired or served on numerous committees of the local United Way. As an Eagle Scout and father of an Eagle Scout, John has been an dedicated Scout leader, serving on the Executive Board of the BSA's Gulf Ridge Council, as Chair of its Nominating Committee, Chair of the Council's Rough Riders District Committee, which was responsible for all Scouting programs in south Tampa, as a Den Leader and Cubmaster for Cub Scout Pack 4, as a Scoutmaster for Boy Scout Troop 4 and as an Advisor to a local Law Explorers Post.