Family Law

• Divorce

Business and Corporate Law

• Corporate Law
  Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A.’s commercial litigation practice encompasses all aspects of the commercial relationship, including the creation of the business entity, disputes involving the Uniform Commercial Code, contracts, business dissolutions, buyouts, and other financial arrangements.
• Mergers and Acquisitions
• Business Formation
  Has worked as an attorney at Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A. since 2019.  Shannon handles a variety of legal matters, including local government law, zoning and land use matters, community association law, contract drafting and disputes, real estate transactions, business formation and law, estate planning, and probate administration and litigation.  She represents a wide variety of clients, including local government clients, law enforcement agencies, limited liability companies, for and not-for-profit corporations, community associations, and individuals.
• Business Disputes
  Unfortunately, not all contractual relationships end as planned.  A once thriving contractual relationship can unravel quickly when the expectations of one party or another are not met.  Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A. attorneys are prepared to handle these matters in any variety of disputes.
• Business Transactions
  Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A. boasts a full service real estate transaction practice.  Our knowledgeable attorneys and experienced real estate staff provide cost-effective and high quality services for residential real estate transactions, including purchases and refinances, commercial transactions, and agricultural transactions.  Our attorneys regularly close a range of transactions from the very simple to very complex multi-million dollar transactions.
• Limited Liability Companies

Employment Law

• Employment Contract
  Our attorneys are experienced in matters involving management and corporate control issues, mergers and acquisitions, shareholder appraisal rights, contract disputes, employment agreements, covenants not to compete, financial transactions, and insurance coverage disputes.  Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A. also represents partnerships, partners, and sole proprietors in similar types of commercial litigation.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Represents one of the world’s largest producers of phosphate on real estate matters in Central Florida, including real estate closings, title curative issues, and ensuring the acquisition of all necessary mineral interests.
• Construction Litigation
  Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A. has experience in all aspects of construction law and mechanic’s lien law.  Our attorneys are prepared to provide complete advice and support to the owner, general contractor, subcontractor, or supplier in all legal aspects of construction, from the initial drafting of the contract, through contract administration, to post-construction litigation and dispute resolution.
• Real Estate Transactions
  Conveniently located in Sebring and Lake Placid, our full service real estate transaction offices provide a complete range of services from negotiating, reviewing, and preparing the real estate contract to closing the transaction.
• Easement
• Land Use and Zoning
  Our vast experience in local government law also allows Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A. to represent private clients in matters before county commissions, planning and zoning boards, water management districts, regional planning councils, and various dependent and independent special districts (including community redevelopment agencies, fire districts, and drainage districts), among other governmental entities

Health Law

• Medicaid Planning
  The attorneys at Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A. work with clients to develop personalized plans to fit each client’s individual needs.  If you or a loved one are moving into the next phase of life, whether to in-home care, assisted living, or a skilled nursing facility, talking to an attorney who is experienced in Medicaid planning can preserve assets for your family.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Practices in the Sebring Office, is a shareholder in Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A., and has over 50 years of experience in probate, estate planning, real property and government law.
• Wills
  The attorneys at Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A. understand that the death of a loved one is a tense and emotionally draining event for a family.  Our attorneys have experience with representing both plaintiffs and defendants in a wide variety of Trust, Estate, and Probate disputes including will contests, breach of fiduciary responsibility, and asset management disputes.
• Trusts
  Successfully defended a claim to revoke a Will filed by four children of the decedent. The decedent had a long-standing estate plan which would devise her large, lakefront estate home to her children, in equal shares. Less than two months prior to her death, the decedent changed her estate plan, electing to devise the property instead to T.J.’s client, one of the decedent’s adult grandchildren. The Plaintiffs alleged T.J.’s client procured the new Will through undue influence and claimed the decedent lacked the requisite mental capacity to create the new Will. After a year of litigation in which T.J. took an aggressive approach to the defense, the Plaintiffs, fearing they would have to pay T.J.’s attorney’s fees, voluntarily dismissed the lawsuit. T.J.’s client did not pay the Plaintiffs a dime and continues to own and reside in the property.
• Power of Attorney
  Our attorneys have experience with all estate planning tools, such as wills, revocable and irrevocable trusts, charitable instruments, living wills, health care directives, and durable powers of attorney. Our attorneys also stay on the cutting edge of new planning devices that become available and advisable under newly enacted laws.
• Probate
  Shannon was previously a Senior Staff Attorney for the Tenth Judicial Circuit, State of Florida where she worked for over six years assisting the judiciary in research and analysis of complex legal issues in the areas of civil, criminal, family, juvenile, and probate law. Immediately prior to accepting a position with Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A., Shannon was employed as the Assistant County Attorney for Highlands County.

Finance Law

• Foreclosure
  Swaine, Harris & Wohl, P.A. attorneys have the experience and ability to handle real estate contract disputes, title defects, boundary line disputes, easement disputes, liens, foreclosures, and property tax appeals.  Unfortunately, not every real estate transaction ends up as planned and, sometimes, neighbors are not very “neighborly.”  These are examples of when you may need an attorney for your real estate dispute.
• Tax Law