Family Law

• Guardianship
  Our attorneys represent clients involved in probate litigation, including will and trust contests, disputes over guardianships, administration of trusts and inheritance. Oftentimes these matters involve significant emotional and financial issues. We have represented heirs, beneficiaries, and trustees in complex cases involving large estates.

Criminal Law

• Criminal Defense
  Investigations and civil litigation initiated by the SEC and FTC can lead to a parallel criminal action. Each Florida trial lawyer at Mathews Giberson LLP has worked with a variety of highly skilled criminal defense attorneys throughout the country when faced with a parallel criminal action. We are effective at working with criminal counsel to employ defense strategies that are mutually beneficial to the client.
• Fraud
  The Firm’s federal practice includes representing clients, whether plaintiffs or defendants, in complex matters. We have prosecuted and defended fraud and securities fraud claims, whether brought by individuals or by government agencies. More and more we are seeing individuals who find themselves in federal court accused of receiving fraudulent transfers as part of a Ponzi scheme when they thought they had been receiving legitimate profits. Our Florida litigation attorneys have defended clients against such actions and resolved many of these claims under favorable terms.

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Our network of professionals can assist you in all types of corporate formation, company formation and partnerships. It is important to consider tax implications, personal liability, and asset protection when forming a business.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
  The Florida business attorneys at Mathews Giberson LLP frequently work with corporate lawyers to serve clients ranging from small and emerging entrepreneurial businesses to mid-size multinational corporations. Please contact us if you require legal advice on corporate and securities law, mergers and acquisitions, public and private equity financing, domestic and cross-border transactions, as well as corporate governance matters.
• Business Formation
• Business Disputes
  Our lawyers understand that litigation is disruptive to your business, so we will do everything possible to ease your burden and achieve an optimal resolution to your business dispute. We also realize that your time and resources are best spent running your businesses; therefore, whenever it is suitable, we will seek opportunities to use negotiation, mediation, or arbitration to resolve business disputes quickly and cost effectively. We will help you evaluate the benefits and risks of alternate dispute resolution versus business litigation. If business litigation is necessary to achieve a favorable outcome, we will be prepared to take your case to trial.

Employment Law

• Employment Litigation
  The Firm has also represented broker/dealers, financial advisors and registered representatives before FINRA involving a wide range of issues including: FINRA initiated investigations, Form U5 defamation, employment disputes, and a FINRA broker/dealer application adjustment.

Property Law

• Land Use and Zoning
  From the purchase of residential to commercial property, contact Mathews Giberson LLP to assist in your purchase or sale of property. In addition, the attorneys at Mathews Giberson LLP can assist you identify land use and zoning attorneys who are able to work closely with city, county and state decision makers to assist clients in real estate development projects.

Health Law

• Personal Injury
  The Firm regularly represents individuals in personal injury actions and has successfully resolved many other personal injury disputes without engaging in protracted litigation. Publicly filed cases included...

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  The Firm’s trusts and estates practice provides a wide range of services to assist our clients, from drafting routine wills, to providing complex estate plans for young professionals and executives.  Areas of emphasis include gift, estate and generation-skipping tax planning; preparation of wills and trusts; administration of probate and trust estates; estate planning for the business owner; charitable and deferred giving (including private foundations); and representation of executors and trustees.
• Wills
• Trusts
• Probate

Finance Law

• Bankruptcy
• Tax Law