- GuardianshipThis highly personal practice area emphasizes sophisticated tax and estate planning with individuals of substantial net worth; trust and will preparation for individuals of average means and families with young children; and trust, probate and guardianship administration. We deliver a customized approach that is sensitive to your family as well as to tax concerns. We recognize the value in achieving peace of mind, asset protection and successful wealth transfers. This practice group works closely with individual and corporate fiduciaries, and often collaborate with your other professional advisors to best achieve objectives. In addition to taking pride in the quality and sophistication of the estate planning documents they produce, we can also address your particular needs and circumstances for exit strategies from businesses and asset protection.
- Corporate LawRichard D. Percic is a member of the Florida Bar Association and has been practicing law since 1983. He is Of Counsel with Jeck, Harris, Raynor & Jones, P.A. Prior to his association with Jeck, Harris, Raynor & Jones, P.A., Mr. Percic practiced law in prominent Broward County firms and was a commercial title officer with First American Title Insurance Company. His areas of concentration include multi-million-dollar lending transactions, including workouts of public loans, the purchase and sale of golf clubs, the sale of commercial properties including shopping centers, malls and industrial buildings, the sale of residential properties, stock and asset-based transfers and loans, the representation of residential and commercial lenders and condominium and homeowners associations and corporate law.
- Mergers and AcquisitionsPhilippe C. Jeck is a member of the Florida and New York Bar Associations and has been practicing law since 1980. He is the president of Jeck, Harris, Raynor & Jones, P.A. and was a Certified Public Accountant. His areas of concentration include all aspects of purchasing, structuring, zoning, developing, constructing, marketing, leasing and selling industrial, commercial, residential, condominium and ranch real estate projects, real estate and asset-based lending, business formation and entity selection, mergers and acquisitions, general commercial law, intellectual property/computer law, foreign investments and dispute resolution.
- Business Formation
- Business DisputesOur commerce practice consists of advising and counseling the business community to achieve their goals with the advantages of seamless legal protections and compliance in all general business law and commercial/contract matters. Our goal is to anticipate clients’ needs and offer advice on legal matters that bring added value to the company. We are particularly adept at implementing proactive legal protections that yield benefits long into the future by avoiding ambiguity and disputes and pre-addressing future uncertainties. Examples of our attorneys’ experience include acting as general counsel for a family home office, a golf course aggregator, telecommunications company, representing a multistate restaurant chain, start-up manufacturing companies, the international acquisition of a Florida manufacturing company, the seller of a private jet charter and maintenance company, a chain of small newspapers, real estate brokerage and property management companies, general contractors and trade companies, an emergency room staffing company, national software companies and a variety of both large and small privately held businesses, physicians and other professionals.
- Limited Liability Companies
- Trade Secrets
- Intellectual Property
- Real Estate LitigationWe apply our extensive knowledge about property rights, real estate issues, finance and business to all areas of real estate related controversies. We possess the ingenuity to solve complex issues and the courtroom presence to successfully litigate your real estate disputes. Examples include representing developers seeking to convert mobile home developments into viable assets to enhance the community where they were located, commercial property owners and tenants in condemnation litigation, including appellate arguments before both intermediate appellate courts and the Florida Supreme Court, prescriptive easement actions, representing brokers, property managers, owners and tenants in residential and commercial real estate contract disputes, fraud and misrepresentation claims and evictions, and representing owners, contractors, subcontractors and materials suppliers in construction litigation. The attorneys at Jeck, Harris, Raynor & Jones practice in both state and federal courts.
- Premises Liability
- Construction Litigation
- Real Estate TransactionsAll Florida Land Title Company (“All Florida”), the Firm’s affiliated title insurance agency, has been closing and issuing title insurance policies in residential and commercial real estate transactions throughout Florida since 1993.
- Eminent Domain
- Easement
- Land Use and ZoningEdward A. Proenza is a member of the Florida Bar and has been practicing law since 2016. Edward focuses on residential and commercial real estate, including sales and purchase transactions, leasing, lending, land use and development, and landlord-tenant disputes. Edward also concentrates on the representation of residential and commercial lenders, condominium and homeowners associations, and corporate law. He is fluent in Spanish.
- Landlord-Tenant Disputes
- Personal InjuryOur firm’s litigation practice is primarily commercial and involves trial and appellate work as well as arbitration and mediation. We are experienced in all stages of litigation, including appellate work as well as arbitration and mediation. The practice includes contract litigation from both sides, restrictive covenant enforcement and defense, evictions, lender workouts and foreclosures, foreclosure defense, association collection, enforcement and governance disputes, securities defense, commercial arbitration and other commercial cases, and we act as co-counsel on selected personal injury matters.
- Estate PlanningThe firm’s litigation attorneys are experienced and their practice is diverse. Specific narratives of the manner in which the firm’s litigation attorneys represent clients may be found at the conclusion of the firm’s Real Estate, Estate Planning and Probate, Business and Entity, and Banking practice area descriptions.
- Wills
- TrustsStephen M. Zaloom has been a member of the Florida Bar since 2000 and is a partner with the firm. Prior to his affiliation with Jeck, Harris, Raynor & Jones, P.A., Mr. Zaloom practiced with a prominent international law firm. He is a Florida Bar Board Certified attorney in Wills, Trusts & Estates.
- Power of Attorney
- Probate
- ForeclosureOur financial services practice consists of representing local, national and foreign banks in mortgage and asset-based lending and equipment leasing companies in construction loans, equipment leasing transactions, purchase money mortgage lending and refinancing. We also represent lenders in loan workout situations, asset recovery and foreclosure actions against both real and personal property. Examples include representing private lenders in asset based multi-national lending; an equipment leasing company in a multi-million dollar construction loan and leasing sophisticated medical equipment, a foreign bank in a multi-million dollar development loan for a barrier island residential development project and national and local banks in commercial and residential mortgage lending. Our borrowing clients include income producing property investors and developers.
- Tax Law