PRACTICE AREAS:
Real Estate Closings and Title Insurance

EDUCATION:
Illinois State University, 1977, B.S.
Florida State University, 1986, J.D. with Honors

BAR MEMBERSHIPS:
Florida Bar, 1986 to present

COURT ADMISSIONS:
Middle District Court of Florida

PROFESSIONAL RECOGNITION AND ASSOCIATIONS:
Level 1 Agent - Attorney’s Title Insurance Fund

FAVORITE MUSICIANS:
Mindy Abair, Boney James, Coldplay, Dixie Chicks

FAVORITE SPORTS TEAMS:
Florida State Seminoles, Tampa Bay Rays, Tampa Bay Buccaneers

OTHER HOBBIES AND INTERESTS:
Golf, Painting & Decorating, Volunteer Work President, Pinellas Auxiliary of the Children’s Home & Co-chair of annual fashion show and golf tournament; Social Chairman & Event Planner, Bayou Club

PUBLICATIONS, NEWS & EVENTS
Editor, The Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law, 1985 & 1986

BIOGRAPHY:
Hope Dogali was born in LaGrange, Illinois in 1955. She received a Bachelor of Science in Political Science from Illinois State University and relocated to Florida in 1977. Mrs. Dogali worked as a real estate secretary and paralegal for six years before attending law school at Florida State University. At FSU, she served as an Editor for the Journal of Land Use and Environmental Law and graduated with honors in 1986.

Mrs. Dogali devotes much of her spare time to volunteer work. She contributes to the Mid-Pinellas Auxiliary of The Children’s Home, Inc., Pinellas County School system, and her neighborhood homeowner’s association.

Mrs. Dogali has practiced law in the Tampa Bay area for 18 years, primarily focusing on residential real estate closings, contracts, and foreclosures. She is married to Andy and has two children, Nicholas and Scott.