Annette Lopez Teal

Annette Lopez Teal is a premier real estate attorney and title insurance agent with global clientele spanning the Americas, Europe and Asia. With over two decades of experience, she has built a reputation as the go-to legal expert for real estate buyers, sellers, developers, business owners, financial institutions and investors navigating complex real estate transactions.

As the founder of Lopez Teal Real Estate Law & Title, established in 2013, Lopez Teal leads a boutique firm known for delivering strategic, client-driven legal services. Her expertise extends across the negotiation of purchase and sale agreements, issuance of title opinions, facilitation of closings, commercial lease representation, refinancing loans and creative title solutions for primary residences and high-value investment properties. Beyond transactions, she serves as outside general real estate counsel to developers and national corporations, advising clients in their ongoing real estate affairs and investments. Her expertise in title insurance ensures clients enjoy smooth, hassle-free closings, with expert guidance on clearing title issues, securing title insurance and protecting their investments—whether for a primary residence, investment property, commercial property or complex real estate development.

Lopez Teal began her legal career defending property rights at Brigham Moore LLP before joining Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A., one of Florida’s most prestigious real estate law firms. Her peers have consistently recognized her as an industry leader, earning her national recognition with Lawyers of Distinction, as a Florida Trend Legal Elite, and as a Super Lawyer every year since 2010.

In addition to running her firm and counseling clients, Lopez Teal shares her extensive knowledge with the legal community across numerous publications and at speaking engagements. She’s written for the South Florida Legal Guide, the American Legal Institute – American Bar Association, the University of Miami Inter-American Law Review and Proyecto Magazine, among others. As a guest speaker at conferences such as the Florida Bar Conference and the American Bar Association Eminent Domain Conference, she has covered topics concerning constitutional rights of property owners as well as general real estate matters. 

Lopez Teal is deeply involved in the professional community, holding memberships in Commercial Women in Real Estate, Urban Land Institute, Leadership Miami, Florida Association for Women Lawyers, and the Cuban American Bar Association.

She is a cum laude graduate of Boston College and earned her Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law, where she served as an Associate Editor for the Law Review.

For those navigating Florida’s competitive real estate market, Annette Lopez Teal offers the legal expertise, strategic insight and personalized service needed to close deals with confidence.