Martin S. Awerbach, a Partner in KHL's Tampa Bay office, is a Board Certified real estate attorney who specializes in real estate title issues. He is also a mediator and has testified in both the state and federal courts as an expert witness on real estate, real property titles, and title insurance matters. Unlike most Florida Bar Board Certified real estate attorneys, Martin is primarily a litigator with a practice focused in the areas of real property litigation and title insurance law.

Martin's breadth of experience gives him a unique, insider perspective on the litigation side of title insurance and real estate disputes, allowing him to anticipate issues and effectively advocate for clients in complex matters.

In 1986, he entered private practice and started the firm that expanded to become Awerbach│Cohn, which eventually merged with KHL Law. Earlier in his career, Martin was Vice President and Associate Regional Counsel for Safeco Title Insurance Company's southeast region, consisting of Florida and five other southern states, and was a Florida State Counsel for USLIFE Title Insurance Company.

Martin earned his J.D. from Rutgers University School of Law in 1982. He received his undergraduate degree from Rutgers College. He is admitted to practice in Florida state courts, as well as the Middle and Northern Federal Districts of Florida and the U.S. Supreme Court.

Martin is recognized by Martindale-Hubbell's Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers and by Florida Super Lawyers. He was also included in the publication "Tampa's Top Rated Lawyers." He is a Vice Chair of the Advanced Real Estate Certification Review Course Committee of The Florida Bar Real Property, Probate and Trust Law Section, and a member of the Florida Land Title Association Claims Prevention, Avoidance and Education Committee. He is also on the RPPTL Section's Executive Council, and a member of the Real Property Litigation Committee, the Real Property Problem Study Committee, and the Title Insurance and Title Insurance Liaison Committee. He is a past chair of The Florida Bar Real Estate Law Certification Committee, the Real Property Litigation Committee, and the Real Property Law Committee of the Clearwater Bar Association. He is also a lecturer at the annual RPPTL Section's Advanced Real Estate Certification Review Course, and has been a frequently requested lecturer at continuing legal education seminars for attorneys and title insurance professionals, and is a co-author of several seminar publications.