South Florida Law Blog

We congratulate our co-founder, Ellen Pilelsky, for being featured as a Who’s Who women of Influence in the September 3, 2020 issue of Lifestyle Magazine. Here is the full story: With COVID now, what is your biggest challenge to balance your profession and family? With COVID-19, there are new challenges to maintaining a work life balance. While technology has been […]

Fort Lauderdale Foreclosure Defense Attorneys look to ease the government employees affected by the current shutdown by helping them with their foreclosure and housing needs, and deferring payment for such services until they return to work Ellen Pilelsky and Roy Oppenheim, co-founders of Oppenheim Law, announce today that due to the historic government shutdown, their firm will assist government employees […]

As many of you know by now Thanksgiving is one of my most favorite holidays as well as times of the year. This year, as I collect my thoughts for Thanksgiving which is about a week away, I do so as I celebrate my 30th anniversary with my partner and wife Ellen from halfway around the world!  By the time […]

The Fourth of July. What does this holiday truly mean? Perhaps a long holiday weekend comes to mind. Firecrackers. Barbeques. Getting together with family and friends. Picnics. Parades.

  Every year just before Thanksgiving, as many as you know, I like to share some personal thoughts about the Thanksgiving holiday.  It is, after all, a holiday I am most fond of for many reasons; but the reason that stands out year after year is that regardless of your ethnic background, your race, your economic position in life or […]

by Ellen Pilelsky – From the Heart There is something so deeply wrong and disturbing with the current foreclosure crisis. Simply: While most of us have some opinion as to the foreclosure mess, many don’t seem to care about the incredible amount of fraud that has occurred and continues to take place each day. Some argue that people who fail […]

From the Heart by Ellen Pilelsky Picture this. In Florida: Retired judges being pulled out of retirement and paid to sit on foreclosure courts. Purpose: To decrease the amount of Florida’s foreclosure backlog. Reality? The outcome of many cases is questionable, at best. Seems many of these judges, who may be well intentioned, are actually ruling in favor of the […]

Cooperation, Persistence, Patience, Sharing, and Positivity This post is the third for Oppenheim Law’s senior partner, Ellen Pilelsky, as she discusses Florida real estate and foreclosure, sharing her perspective “From the Heart.” Oppenheim Law looks forward to your continued feedback and support for this new column. It has been seven years since Fred Rogers, the star of Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, […]