Ryan Vatalaro Real Estate Lawyer

Practice & Experience
 
Ryan’s practice focuses on representing clients across the resident and commercial real estate industry. He has extensive experience in property management, community association, and landlord-tenant law. This includes representation of land-lease communities, manufactured home communities, real estate investment trusts (REIT’s), apartment owners, developers, commercial landlords, Fortune 500® companies, and numerous publicly-traded companies. When advising clients, Ryan addresses not only the legal implications, but also the business, practical, and ethical perspectives.
 
Ryan advises on and litigates a wide-range legal issues which his clients face in the real estate management and development industry, including residential and commercial lease disputes, security deposit claims, rent negotiation and mediation, CAM reconciliation, commercial contract disputes, title disputes, lien foreclosures, construction liens, debt collection (FDCPA) claims, housing disability and discrimination claims, subsidized housing, appeals, etc. 
 
Background
 
Prior to working with Atlas Law, Ryan gained experience working as a law clerk for a judge in the Florida court system and in local government in the county attorney’s office. He then gained experience in regulatory compliance while working for the Walt Disney Corporation in Orlando, Florida. 
 
Since joining Atlas Law, Ryan has dedicated his practice and career to the representation of property owners, developers, and management companies.  
 
Ryan conducts training seminars on a range of topics including Introduction to Landlord-Tenant Law, Compliance with State and Federal Law in Property Management, and Introduction to the Fair Housing and Americans with Disabilities Act. 
 
Ryan also serves on the Board of Directors of the Florida Manufactured Housing Association (FMHA) and has served as a committee member for the Florida Mobile Home Relocation Corporation (FMHRC).  
 
Personal 
 
Ryan serves as a tutor in the Lawyers for Literacy program in which he is paired with a local student each year to work one-on-one on reading and comprehension skills. 
 
Education
  • B.A., University of South Florida (2012) summa cum laude
  • J.D., University of Akron School of Law (2016) magna cum laude
Admissions
  • Florida State Bar Association
  • Georgia State Bar Association
  • United States Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals
  • United States District Court, Middle District of Florida
  • United States District Court, Northern District of Florida
  • United States District Court, Southern District of Florida
  • United States Bankruptcy Court, Middle District of Florida