Legal Practice Areas in Northeast Florida

Appellate court proceedings are a special kind of litigation. Identification and analysis of prospective appellate issues, the creation of briefs, and the delivery of oral arguments to appellate courts are all included. Our attorneys have successfully evaluated, prepared, presented, and argued appeals in state and federal courts. Their extensive experience includes appeals in wrongful death or personal injury cases, family law issues, and business lawsuits.

Additionally, our firm provides trial support and advice to trial lawyers throughout all stages of the legal process. Our focus is helping trial lawyers with matters like:

We have worked with clients in industries focused on healthcare, food products, real estate, residential construction, software, marketing and advertising, manufacturing, distribution, sales, financial services, and collections. Our members, highly skilled in various corporate and business law areas, assess a transaction’s tax and financial issues as a crucial component of such representation to provide the best possible legal framework.

We represent clients in state and federal courts in a wide spectrum of civil cases. Our litigation lawyers have extensive trial and appellate litigation experience and work on significant litigation major practice areas, such as:

While resolving any litigation or dispute, our trial lawyers make an effort to keep expenses, potential outcomes, and workable solutions in mind.

Homeowner associations and country club communities have long benefited from the legal services rendered by our firm. Among these services are advising the governing board on business and legal matters, managing various commercial and real estate transactions, bringing or defending legal claims, and attending to various member concerns.

Our history of representing homeowners in country club communities in cases involving equity conversions and other comparable transactions intended to restructure club membership is quite unique.

An important aspect of estate planning is being sensitive to personal goals, tax advice, practical solutions, financial awareness, creditor laws, and other legal issues. Our attorneys carefully study and weigh these factors when recommending and carrying out clients’ estate plans. We specialize in creating complex wills, trusts, and related legal forms and calculating the associated income, gift, estate, and generation-skipping tax implications.

When developing practical plans and concepts that consider elements not typically considered in traditional estate planning, our expertise in real estate and business matters is frequently a key contributor. In the international setting, our lawyers have provided non-American citizens guidance on applying domestic and foreign tax laws, including international tax treaties.

Our firm also represents clients concerning the management and administration of trusts and estates and the fiduciary duties of trustees and personal representatives. We are well-versed in the many issues that can arise when administering a trust or probate action, including tax elections and post-mortem tax planning.

For more than 20 years, the lawyers at our company have represented foreign investors in the U.S. and domestic investors in other countries. Additionally, the firm has helped non-Americans who have established full or part-time residences in the U.S. with their legal, tax, and estate planning concerns.

Critical to providing representation is a clear and comprehensive knowledge of U.S. tax laws pertaining to the following:

Our foreign activities include contract structuring, commercial dispute resolution, stock and asset acquisition and disposition, inbound and outbound investment and finance, and contract negotiation. We also provide individual clients with tax, estate planning, and reporting advice and assistance.

Depending on the sort of business involved, mergers and acquisitions can raise a variety of complex legal, financial, risk analysis, licensing, and tax difficulties. Our members have a wide range of experience in these types of transactions, including the creation of holding company structures, the acquisition of stock and assets, reorganizations, spin-off transactions, reincorporation, and transactions creating or involving consolidated groups.

Having handled multiple transactions in various states, some of which involved hundreds of residential lots in inventory, the firm has amassed substantial expertise in selling and acquiring residential homebuilders. Our firm also has a lot of experience with healthcare organizations, including buying hospitals and clinics, reorganizing existing practices, and acquiring physician or group practices from large national healthcare providers.

Our members have worked on asset and stock transactions involving numerous additional industries, such as food businesses, manufacturing facilities, and real estate holdings.

Even in states other than Florida, our firm actively handles commercial real estate cases. Our employees bring an owner’s perspective to their work because they have firsthand expertise in purchasing, developing, and managing commercial real estate. On the other hand, our attorneys are acutely aware of the tax, accounting, financial, and operational challenges involved in real estate transactions and ownership.