Charles M. Baron

Offering top-notch legal services in South Florida for over 34 years.

• Personal Injury
• Civil Rights
• Consumer Law
• Business Law
• Employment Law
• Appeals & Appellate
• Criminal Law
• Animal & Dog Law
• Family Law
• Collections
• Arbitration & Mediation

• Land Use & Zoning
• Car Accidents
• Slip & Fall
• Police Misconduct/False Arrest
• General Civil
• Condominium Law
• Discrimination
• Handicap Rights
• Malicious Prosecution

• Credit Cards Accepted
• Contingent Fees
  Contingent (percentage) fees offered in appropriate cases
• Rates, Retainers and Additional Information
  Free consultations for some types of cases; otherwise, reasonable consultation fees.

Florida

Since 1985

11th Circuit

Since 1989

University of Florida

J.D. (1984) | Law

1982 - 1984

University of Florida

B.A. (1981) | Political Science

1978 - 1981

Broward County Bar Association

Current

Florida Dispute Resolution Center

Current

Association of South Florida Mediators and Arbitrators

Current

National Lawyers Guild

Current

South Broward Bar Association

Current

Certified Circuit Civil Mediator

Florida Dispute Resolution Center

Qualified Arbitrator

Florida Supreme Court

Q. My wife suffers from TBI. She suffers from a lack of impulse control. She has been spending money like crazy.

11 August 2020

A: Sorry to hear about your ordeal. The ADA covers discrimination based on disability and failure to provide reasonable accommodation for a disability, so is likely inapplicable. One issue you need to look at is mental competence to enter into a contract. A contract may be invalidated if a party did not have the mental competence to understand the basic terms of the deal. If she did understand what she was doing, however, then it would be good to consult an attorney handling bankruptcy and/or asset protection. The first step would be to reach out to the lender to attempt to fix the problem, and if that fails, determine if bankruptcy would be a good solution.

Q. Hello I need help confirming a business name that I’ve “registered” and someone is possibly challenging this name

9 August 2020

A: Your inquiry is a bit vague as to whether your corporate name and/or fictitious name are registered with the Fla. Division of Corporations exactly as you intended. That is - does the name appearing on Sunbiz.org match the name you are using? Only names that are registered are protected - that is, no one else may legally use those names, and if they do, legal action may be taken (or start with a threat of legal action). If you are using a name that is unregistered, you need to fix it. If someone else registered a name that you wanted to use, but did not register, that party has the right to use that name, and you don't.

Q. USING A HYPHENATED NAME ON A NOTARIZED DOCUMENT: THE NAME CHANGE GAME - TRICKERY TO AVOID LEGAL LIABILITY

7 August 2020

A: To answer that question, a review of all relevant documents and communications would be required because notarization is not normally needed to create an enforceable contract. So the issue is whether the faulty notarization makes a difference, as opposed it being irrelevant because of having a binding contract with an individual whose identity is known, with signatures that bind without notarization. A related issue is whether the type of contract you have requires witnesses in order to be valid - a separate issue from notarization.