The Legal Journey of Matt Palentchar

When Matthew Palentchar was growing up in Colonia, NJ and playing sports, it’s likely that he didn’t envision himself as a prominent Florida lawyer, but there he is. He now has more than a dozen years’ experience in the law. Matt’s current firm features a far more specific focus on real estate transactions and property law than his other legal practice exploits in the past. Over the course of a dozen years, he has ably represented hundreds of lenders, purchasers and sellers in complex commercial transactions.

That said, however, Matt Palentchar doesn’t pawn off his other duties on others. He continues to do the smaller, more run-of-the-mill real estate work that is a critical part of the process. That means he performs tasks such as title searches, title exams, and issuing title insurance for residential and commercial closings and he can do it all better than most other attorneys, which gives him an edge. Matt Palentchar is still a member in good standing of the Florida Bar, and he spends what little personal time he has as a volunteer for CASA, where he serves as a court-appointed Guardian Ad Litum for disadvantaged children.

Florida Attorney Matt Palentchar

For the most part, Matthew Palentchar has practiced law in Florida since 2004. He’s practiced in a number of areas, but his current law practice specializes in real estate, corporate transactions, probate, simple estate planning, and small business law. It’s been a long road to get here, however. He moved to Florida after law school and passed the bar exam, after which he began practicing as something of a journeyman with a general practice law firm in Naples. He soon tired of that and formed Matthew G. Palentchar, Esq., P.A., which he ran from 2005 through 2010, when a life threatening illness and other issues forced him to leave Florida for a while. .

He then used his internal toughness and overcame all that. He soon returned to Florida, forming Matthew G. Palentchar, PLLC in St. Petersburg, where he currently lives with his wife Heather and their two dogs. In addition to being a member in good standing of the Florida Bar Association, Matt also likes to spend his free time volunteering for CASA as a court appointed Guardian Ad Litum for children who need help. He can handle virtually any commercial real estate transaction, but he also handles smaller real estate matters, as well.

Florida Lawyer, Matthew Palentchar

For the most part, Matthew Palentchar has practiced law in Florida since 2004. Since then, he has practiced in a number of areas, although his current law practice specializes in real estate, corporate transactions, probate, simple estate planning, and small business law. After high school in New Jersey, he earned a B.A. in political science from Rutgers University-New Brunswick and then a Juris Doctor from Ohio Northern University.

Following law school, Matthew moved to Florida and passed the bar exam, after which we started practicing with a general practice law firm in Naples. There, he was something of a jack-of-all-trades, in that he practiced in real estate, estate planning, civil, criminal and business law. Soon, he tired of that and formed Matthew G. Palentchar, Esq., P.A., which he ran from 2005 through 2010, when a life threatening illness and other issues forced him to leave Florida for a time.

However, when he showed his toughness and overcame all that, he returned to Florida, forming Matthew G. Palentchar, PLLC in St. Petersburg, Florida, with his wife Heather and their two dogs. In addition to being a member in good standing of the Florida Bar Association, Matt also likes to spend his free time volunteering for CASA as a court appointed Guardian Ad Litum for children who need help.

Matthew Palentchar - A Passionate Attorney

Matthew Palentchar has always been a man that is passionate about life. While he currently resides in St. Petersburg, Florida, with his wife, Heather, and their two dogs, Gryffindor, a hound, and Sirius, a lab mix, he is originally from New Jersey. He moved to the sunshine state after graduating with an undergraduate degree from Rutgers University - New Brunswick and his graduate degree from Ohio Northern University. As soon as he arrived to Florida, he began practicing law with a wide variety of specialties from real estate, estate planning, civil, criminal and business law. This gave him an opportunity to learn and sharpen his skills in a lot of different areas of the law. 

In 2010, Matthew Palentchar went through some personal hardships that forced him to put his practice on pause and go passionately pursue resolving these issues. Upon the resolve of the struggles, he returned to Florida more passionate than ever about his work and life. He currently performs mostly real estate related law such as titles searches, titles exams, issuing of title insurance for residential and commercial closings. He enjoys being able to fulfill the needs of his clients.
In his free time, he volunteers and thoroughly enjoys sports both playing and watching. In High School, he played both baseball and basketball. He roots for the New York Yankees, Cleveland Browns and the Chicago Blackhawks.