Questions clients ask us.
How can your firm help my business?
Mostly by keeping problems small. For a new company, that means the right entity, a sound operating or shareholder agreement and clear contracts with customers and suppliers. For an established one, it means reviewing the agreements you already rely on, helping you through a sale, purchase or financing, and keeping you in step with employment law.
When a dispute does arise, we assess it honestly and scale the response to what the business needs, from a negotiated resolution to trial. Our attorneys have run businesses and sat on boards, so the advice is practical. See commercial transactions and commercial litigation.
How can you help personal injury victims?
If you were hurt through someone else’s negligence, Florida law may allow you to recover for medical expenses, lost wages, property damage, and pain and suffering. We can deal with the insurers for you, help collect and preserve the evidence, and make sure your losses are fully documented.
Steve Mortimer spent years as insurance defense counsel before representing injured people, so he knows how claims are evaluated. Every case depends on its facts, and no lawyer can promise a result. Read more on our personal injury page.
What should I do after a car accident?
In short: check for injuries, stay at the scene, call the police, take photos, report the accident to your insurer, see a doctor even if you feel fine, keep a file of everything, and talk to an attorney before you give the insurance company a statement.
We have set the eight steps out as a card you can print and keep in your glovebox: what to do after a car accident.
Do you give free consultations?
Yes. Lawyers are not required to offer one, but we will sit down with you, listen to the issue and give you our initial thoughts, with no cost and no obligation. Schedule a consultation, or call the office at (727) 823-4191.
These answers are general information, not legal advice for your situation, and reading them does not create an attorney-client relationship.
The cheapest lawsuit is the one that never happens.
Put it in writing.A handshake deal is only as good as everyone’s memory. A short written agreement settles who does what, for how much, and by when.
Read before you sign.Have a lawyer review a lease, purchase contract or partnership agreement before you commit, not after a problem appears.
Plan the estate.A will or trust, kept current, can spare your family a long, public and expensive probate.
Keep a file.Contracts, emails, receipts and notes made at the time are often what decides a dispute. Keep them together.
Call early.A question asked before a deadline or a demand letter is almost always cheaper to answer than one asked after.
