Richard S. Webb IV
Shareholder
phone // 941.366.8100
fax // 941.366.6384
rwebb@icardmerrill.com
ABOUT
Richard Webb concentrates his practice in the areas of real estate law, business law, and manufactured housing law. He has represented clients in complex real estate and business matters in Florida since 1977, handling a wide range of regulatory and administrative law issues, business formations, transactions, financings, and land use matters.
Dick has notable experience handling purchase, sale, and financing transactions related to all types of commercial real estate, including manufactured housing communities, self-storage facilities, office, retail, hotel, other commercial projects, and assisting clients on operational issues as they arise.
As a companion area to his real estate and business practice, Dick serves as title insurance agent for Chicago Title Insurance Company, First American Title Insurance Company, Commonwealth Land Title Insurance Company, Old Republic Title Insurance Company, and Attorneys’ Title Insurance Fund, Inc.
HONORS
- AV® Preeminent™ Peer Review Rated, Martindale-Hubbell®
PROFESSIONAL & COMMUNITY AFFILIATIONS
- The Florida Bar: Member; Business Law Section; Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section
- Sarasota County Bar Association: Member
- Kentucky Bar Association: Member
- Florida Manufactured Housing Association: Member
- Former Chair of the Twelfth Judicial Circuit Unauthorized Practice of Law Committee
- Former Chair of the Sun Coast Mental Health, Inc. Board of Directors
- Sarasota County Chamber of Commerce: Director (2012-2020); Executive Committee Member (2012-2020); Legal Counsel (2012-2015)
- Former Legal Counsel to The John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art
- Former Legal Counsel to the Art Center Sarasota (f/k/a Sarasota Art Association)
PUBLICATIONS & PRESENTATIONS
- Co-author, Mobile Home Parks Chapter, Florida Real Property Complex Transactions, The Florida Bar (Continuing Legal Education), 3rd through 10th Editions
- Author, “Buyer Beware”, An Overview of Buyer’s Due Diligence Requirements in Acquiring a Self Storage Facility, Florida Self Storage Association, FSSA Inprint (December 2012)
- Speaker, Florida Self Storage Association 2013 Annual Convention
NEWS
- Economic Driver Spotlight, Greater Sarasota Chamber The Bridge Magazine, October 2019
- Icard Merrill Represents Seller in $212 Million Manufactured Housing Deal