- Business DisputesEvery business, no matter how large or small, faces legal challenges that can have a major impact on its bottom line. Our firm’s experienced attorneys help you achieve your business goals. Services include business entity organization, design and structure, business entity dissolution and liquidation, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, tax-free reorganizations, partnerships and joint ventures, and professional practices.
- Real Estate LitigationOur professionals represent buyers, sellers, and brokers in commercial and residential real estate transactions, including acquisition of properties and related easement; title and development work; closing services for major real estate transactions (including mortgage loans); real estate litigation, including cases involving access, drainage, and riparian rights; utility and other easements; sovereign lands and other title issues; zoning and land use; growth management; and comprehensive plan issues. We are title agents for several national title insurance companies and issue title insurance for residential and commercial real estate closings and loan transactions.
- Real Estate Transactions
- Easement
- Land Use and ZoningProfessional Associations & Memberships: The Florida Bar (1986) – Environmental and Land Use Law Section (ELULS), Past Chair 2001-02; Judy Florence Outstanding Service Award, 1992, 2000; Florida Bar Bill Sadowski, Jr., Memorial, Public Service Award, 2015; The Jacksonville Bar- Environmental and Land Use Law Section, Chair, 1993-1995; American Bar Association – Environment, Energy and Resources Section - Constitutional Law Committee, Chair, 2013-15; Former Co-Editor of Environment, Energy, and Resources Law Year in Review; Florida Coastal School of Law, Adjunct Professor in Water Law 2010; Jacksonville University, Marine Science Research Institute Graduate School, Adjunct Professor in Coastal and Ocean Law, 2013 - present. General Counsel to the Florida School for the Deaf and the Blind from 2005 through 2008. Board Counsel to School Board of Indian River County, 2023-24.
- Estate PlanningOur experienced estate planning attorneys offer a broad range of services to assist clients in addressing their estate planning needs, including preparation of all types of trust agreements; preparation of all types of wills; preparation of related estate planning documents, such as powers of attorney; designation of health care surrogates; living declarations; HIPAA authorization; representation in all probate matters; and representation in all trust administration matters.
- Wills
- Trusts
- Power of Attorney
- Probate