Providing outstanding, personalized legal services to Central Florida & the Space Coast since 1977. Experienced in repesenting domestic and international clients in commercial and residential real estate transactions. litigation, wills, trusts, estate planning, bankruptcy, family law, foreclosure prevention, probate and adersarial probate litigation.
FLORIDA BAR CERTIFIED SPECIALIST IN REAL ESTATE LAW; CONTRACTS, CLOSINGS, TITLE INSURANCE, SHORT SALE NEGOTIATIONS; DEED IN LIEU NEGOTIATIONS; BANKRUPTCY; ESTATE PLANNING, WILLS, TRUSTS, PROBATE; UNCONTESTED DISSOLUTION OF MARRIAGE; BUSINESS FORMATION AND SALES.
Specializing in representation of all aspects of your real estate purchase and sales, contracts, closings, and other legal needs for over thirty years.
REAL ESTATE TRANSACTIONS. We offer complete "one stop" sale by owner Services. When you buy or sell real estate, we can advise you concerning the best way to handle your transactions and assist you in carrying it out to completion. Our real estate work includes the sale or purchase of real estate, drafting of contracts, leases, lease purchases, title insurance, title searches and closing. We can clear titles. We can assist and advise in your financing. We can refer you to lenders and prepare all documentation necessary for a successful closing.
REAL ESTATE LITIGATION: We can file and prosecute a foreclosure suit to protect your interests, if your debtor is not paying his mortgage. If there is a cloud on your title, we can file and pursue a quiet title suit in order to clear the title to your real estate. If you have purchased property via a tax deed, we can file and pursue a Quiet Title suit to give you marketable title. We can mediate and/or defend you in a foreclosure suit.
LOAN RESTRUCTURE: If you are behind in your mortgage payments, we may be able to assist with loan resturcture workout, modifications, short sale, or deed in lieu in defending the foreclosure. We are familiar with the government incentive programs and will advise you if you may be a candidate for such incentives.
WILLS & TRUSTS: We can discuss and advise on your estate planning needs and prepare all necessary documentation to assure that your property and assets will be distributed according to your wishes and, if applicable, to assure that your children will have the proper guardian you choose. These services include but are not limited to the preparation of wills, durable power of attorneys, health care surrogate designations, living wills, and revocable trusts.
PROBATE & ESTATE ADMINISTRATION: We handle the probating of Florida estates. We will assist the family or personal representative to open, manage and settle the estate by giving guidance and preparing and filing all of the necessary notices and documents to probate a deceased person's Estate. We will assist in assuring all proper claims are paid and that assets are distributed to the intended heirs.
BUSINESS LAW: We can help you organize and maintain your business and work with you as it grows. We handle incorporations, limited liability company formations, business contracts, annual minutes and partnership agreements. We can draft and prepare buy and sell agreements, leases, contracts for purchases and sales of businesses, asset purchases and sales, and can handle the closing of all such contracts and the preparation of all necessary closing documents.
BANKRUPTCY: We can help you prepare all the necessary bankruptcy documents, and we will facilitate the process moving your file through bankruptcy proceedings.
FAMILY LAW: We handle uncontested dissolutions. We prepare marital settlement agreements, parenting plans and time sharing schedules. Our services include stepparent adoptions and change of names.
SEMINARS: We can provide you or your group lectures on wills, trusts, estate planning, real estate contracts, title insurance, and short sale negotiation processes.
OTHER MATTERS: We can be your personal, family and business lawyer. If you have a legal problem that we do not handle, we will gladly refer you to other outstanding attorneys, lawyers and counselors who have expertise in that area. We can work with, and refer you to honest, and excellent accountants, tax specialists, realtors, mortgage brokers and lenders.