When owners stop agreeing, the company is what suffers. The Elliot Legal Group represents Fort Lauderdale partners, LLC members, and shareholders in ownership disputes — protecting your stake and, where possible, the business itself.
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What working with the firm involves, and what you can expect from us.
Owners of Florida businesses in conflict with a co-owner — including minority owners being frozen out and majority owners dealing with an obstructive partner. We take business and real estate litigation matters where a real dispute, an identified opposing party, and a real decision-maker are present. We do not handle personal injury, criminal, family or immigration matters.
Want out of a 50/50 LLC? Read the options when an owner wants to leave, including buyouts, withdrawal and court-ordered dissolution under Chapter 605.
Where cases are filed. The firm works from one office in Fort Lauderdale and appears in Broward (Seventeenth Judicial Circuit), Miami-Dade (Eleventh) and Palm Beach (Fifteenth) county and circuit courts. Where an ownership case is filed depends on the company, the claims and any forum or arbitration clause in the governing documents.
Ownership disputes are part of the firm's business law practice.
You will always know what stage your matter is at, and what happens next.
Before your first call, have ready: the articles and current Sunbiz record; the operating agreement, bylaws or partnership agreement and every amendment; recent tax returns, K-1s and financial statements; any personal guarantees; and the names of every owner and company involved, for the conflict check. Do not send these through the website.
The firm serves clients from its Fort Lauderdale office. Consultations are available by phone, by video, or in person. We appear in Broward, Miami-Dade and Palm Beach courts.
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Sometimes. A buy-sell provision in the governing documents is the usual route and controls both trigger and price. Without one, options include a negotiated buyout, a claim for breach of fiduciary duty, or a petition for judicial dissolution. Which applies depends on entity type and what the documents say.
A direct claim is for harm to you personally as an owner. A derivative claim is brought on the company’s behalf for harm to the company, with any recovery going to the company. Derivative claims carry procedural requirements, including a demand on management, that direct claims don’t.
Florida law gives LLC members and shareholders inspection rights over company records, and those rights are enforceable in court. Refusal is often the first sign of a larger problem. A written demand with a specific list of records is usually the correct first step and preserves the issue.
The first call is a 20-minute Initial Case Assessment with Jenny Elliot, who is not an attorney. The call addresses the nature of the matter, party information for conflict checks, firm fit, and scheduling. The attorney handles legal advice and determines whether the firm can accept the matter.
The team can arrange an attorney consultation by phone, video or in person, subject to availability. The Initial Case Assessment is non-attorney intake; it does not include legal advice or document review. Ask the team to confirm the consultation fee, scope and payment arrangements before booking.
Whether you have a legal question, need to schedule a consultation, or want to learn more about how we can help, we respond quickly and clearly.
Nothing on this form creates an attorney-client relationship. Do not send confidential information until an engagement is signed.
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