Business and Corporate Law

• Mergers and Acquisitions
  We provide strategic, solution-oriented counsel in nearly all tax-related matters for business entities and tax-exempt organizations. Services include mergers and acquisitions, divestitures, and reorganizations. We also can help with everything from operational arrangements and contracts, succession plans, and deferred compensation arrangements. No matter the need, our goal is to help you maximize benefits and minimize costs, whether it’s a federal or state tax issue. Finally, when needed, we represent clients before federal and state taxing authorities and courts, such as the Internal Revenue Service, United States Court of Federal Claims, United States District Courts and Courts of Appeal, and the Florida Department of Revenue.
• Business Disputes
  Every 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.

Property Law

• Real Estate Litigation
  Our 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 Zoning
  Professional 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.

Trusts and Estates

• Estate Planning
  Our 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

Finance Law

• Tax Law
  Awards & Recognitions: AV Preeminent, Martindale-Hubbell; Florida Super Lawyer (2006 – 2015); Top Attorneys in Florida, as published in The Miami Herald (2015); Top Rated Lawyer in Tax Law, as selected by Martindale-Hubbell and ALM and published in Daily Business Review (2015); Top Attorneys in Florida, as published in Miami Magazine (2011 – 2015); Top Rated Lawyers of 2014, as published in The American Lawyer and the National Law Journal; Top Lawyers in Jacksonville and Northeast Florida, as published in Jacksonville Magazine’s 904 (2010 – 2015); America’s Most Honored Professionals – Top 1%, awarded by The American Registry (2011 – 2015); Volunteer of the Year Award, Volunteer Jacksonville, Inc. (2000); Charles A. Dukes Award for Outstanding Volunteer Service, Duke University Alumni Association (2000).