Fort Lauderdale trial attorneys defending and prosecuting business claims in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach — for owners, executives and their companies.
Payment has stopped, deadlines are being missed, or the other side is reading the contract in a way you never agreed to. The first question is what the document actually obligates each party to do — and what your options are for enforcing it or defending the reading you signed up for.
Deadlock, books and records withheld, a partner drawing funds or moving business elsewhere. Your operating agreement and Florida's LLC and corporate statutes set out what each owner is entitled to — including access to records, an accounting, and in some circumstances dissolution.
Most Florida civil complaints require an answer within 20 days of service. If you have already been served, the response deadline runs whether or not you have counsel yet. If you have just been served, start here.
Your first call is a 20-minute Initial Case Assessment with Jenny Elliot, our non-attorney Executive Operations Manager. Jenny confirms fit, conflicts and next steps. Legal questions are handled by the Managing Attorney.
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A contested commercial case in Florida state court commonly runs 12 to 24 months from filing to trial, and longer where discovery is heavy or an appeal follows. Many matters end earlier — at mediation, which Florida courts routinely require, or on motion. The timeline depends on the court's calendar and on how the other side litigates, so we give you a range for your matter rather than a date.
Your first call is a 20-minute Initial Case Assessment with Jenny Elliot, our non-attorney Executive Operations Manager. If the matter is a fit, fee arrangements for the representation itself are discussed with the Managing Attorney before anything is signed.
Both. We prosecute claims for owners and companies that have been harmed, and we defend businesses and executives who have been sued. Which side you are on changes strategy, sequence and cost — not whether we can take the matter.
Tell us before you describe the matter. Florida Bar rules limit contact with someone who already has counsel in the same dispute. If you are seeking a second opinion or your engagement is ending, our Executive Operations Manager confirms how we may proceed before any legal discussion happens.
The contract, lease or agreement at issue; correspondence with the other side; entity documents such as the operating agreement, bylaws or shareholder agreement; invoices, statements or accounting covering the amounts in dispute; and anything you have been served with. If you only have part of it, come anyway.
You submit the form or call. Our intake coordinator reaches you within 15 minutes during business hours and books a 20-minute Initial Case Assessment. Jenny confirms who the opposing party is so we can run a conflict check, what the dispute involves, and whether it falls inside what we handle. If it does, she schedules time with the Managing Attorney.
After fit is confirmed and conflicts are cleared. That sequence protects you as much as it protects the firm — a conflict check has to happen before an attorney hears the substance of your matter. Legal questions raised on the first call are answered by the Managing Attorney, not by Jenny.
