Aventura Business Lawyers

Greg Popowitz, Florida Bar Board Certified in Intellectual Property Law, is a partner in our Fort Lauderdale office. He is a Registered Patent Attorney with the United States Patent & Trademark Office and focuses his practice on Intellectual Property. Mr. Popowitz helps clients protect their inventions, brands, and other creations using patent, trademark, and copyright rights. This includes the prosecution of patents and trademarks, licensing, co-existence agreements, evaluating new inventions, brands, and technology, clearance searches, and litigation. Mr. Popowitz enjoys counseling clients on the various mechanisms available to protect their Intellectual Property, which ultimately adds value to their business. Mr. Popowitz's...

Eric N. Assouline, Esq., is a litigation partner and concentrates his practice in commercial and bankruptcy litigation. Mr. Assouline has litigated a wide variety of business law disputes. Mr. Assouline also handles cases involving Ponzi scheme Clawback litigation, 547 and 548 defense cases, automatic stay litigation, and real estate and landlord and tenant disputes in state and bankruptcy court.

Attorney Phil Rarick has 30 years of experience in both private and public legal work. Mr. Rarick concentrates in the fields of estate planning (wills and trusts), asset protection, probate, and business law. Integrated asset protection with an estate plan designed to protect wealth and secure tax advantages are a primary focus of his practice.

Mr. Rarick is an active member of the Elder Law Section of the Florida Bar, and the Real Property, Probate and Trust Law section of the Florida Bar Association. He is the primary writer and editor for the Miami Trusts & Probate Alert newsletter and...

Since 1979, Jay has concentrated his practice in estate planning, IRS tax controversies, trust administration, corporate and commercial law, probate and real estate law. In addition, Jay has extensive experience in local governmental matters and also represents condominium associations and property owner associations in their governance and property matters Jay works with individuals and business owners to ensure cost effective transfer of family wealth to desired beneficiaries, including charities, with minimal estate and gift taxes. Jay also represents emerging and mature businesses in most aspects of corporate law, including employee, shareholder and partnership agreements, financing and leasing agreements, mergers and...

Mr. Parafinczuk is a Board Certified Civil Trial Attorney, barely 1% of lawyers in the State of Florida hold that title. He has extensive jury trial experience and several verdicts in excess of $1 million. As a trial lawyer, he has tried almost every type of civil case. Most of his trial practice is currently devoted to Engle Tobacco cases and other serious injury and wrongful death cases. He spends a significant amount of time litigating mass tort cases throughout the country. As the first lawyer in the country to file an Essure Birth Control case, he has a significant role...

Neal Kalis is a highly experienced, dedicated and a solution oriented attorney who is recognized for his multi-disciplined transactional practice, which encompasses corporate, probate, real estate, land use and zoning law.

Mr. Kalis is often called upon to handle the most complex of real estate transactions. He represented a seller in Fort Lauderdale throughout a consummated $80,000,000 beachfront hotel transaction which closed in 2002. He also served as the lead land use attorney in obtaining the approval for a 28 story condominium on the previous and historic Lauderdale Beachfront Hotel Property.

Mr Kalis' clients also call on him to work with government...

M. Scott Kleiman is an experienced and dedicated trial and transactional attorney who has practiced law in Dade, Broward and throughout Florida for 30 years. He represents clients in the areas of real estate and corporate transactional matters, after devoting many years of his practice to commercial litigation. He continues to litigate select matters for his clients, primarily in commercial and real estate based actions, including lender-borrower matters, foreclosures, landlord-tenant disputes, partnership and shareholder disputes, and consumer and collection matters.

Mr. Kleiman’s real estate transactional representation and experience includes: the purchase and sale of commercial and residential real property; real estate...

The Law Offices of Richard J. Kaplan, P.A., offer many legal services to our clients. Practicing primarily in the areas of Wills/Trusts, Estate Planning, Probate, Real Estate and Mortgage Closings, and Business Formation and Agreements. With the main office in Coral Springs (1999 University Drive, Suite 402), serving Broward and Palm Beach Counties; the firm also provides an office in Hollywood (4310 Sheridan Street, 2nd Floor), serving southern Broward and Miami-Dade County; and Delray Beach, serving Palm Beach County. Additionally, our firm is prepared to be available for matters on a variety of other subjects...

Jeffrey Solomon has practiced in South Florida since 1980. He has had his own practice since 1988. After graduating high school in South Florida, he attended Emory for college (Phi Beta Kappa) and graduated in the top 10 percent of his class at the University of Virginia Law School. He has lectured at numerous seminars on bankruptcy. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Broward County Bar Association and has received awards from the Broward Bar. He takes pride in providing individual service to his clients.

Tony Andre, Esq. is the principal shareholder of Andre Law. Before founding Andre Law, Mr. Andre worked at two of prominent law firms in the city. Mr. Andre is experienced in an assortment of legal matters from litigation to transactions. He has represented institutional clients and investors in transactions and litigation and has also represented those same clients in various capacities (including plaintiff, defendant, and neutral third party). Mr. Andre’s representative matters include the representation of a leading national bank in federal court involving high-stakes litigation involving the Republic of Argentina. In addition, Mr. Andre has represented countless...

Gavin T. Elliot is an international lawyer who is licensed to practice in Florida, Washington D.C., England, and Wales. Gavin is the founder of The Elliot Legal Group, P.A., a private practice with offices in Fort Lauderdale and Miami. Established in 2010, Attorney Elliot and his firm concentrate on business law, real estate law, foreclosure defense, and general counsel services. Throughout his accomplished career, Mr. Elliot has represented a wide variety of clients, including single member LLCs and Fortune 500 companies. Recognized for his work inside and outside of the courtroom, Mr. Elliot understands what is best for his clients. Beginning...

A finance professor at Cornell first interested Kevin in bankruptcy law by relating the professor’s experiences under the Bankruptcy Act of 1898. At Villanova University School of Law, Kevin assisted a professor for two years updating an early treatise on the then-new Bankruptcy Code of 1978. Just out of law school, two bankruptcy judges in Newark, NJ hired Kevin as a shared law clerk. Thereafter Kevin has practiced in boutique firms, a large firm, as a solo practitioner, and currently practices with Patricia Gleason, whom he met in bankruptcy court during her internship with Chief Bankruptcy Judge...

Harris Nizel focuses his practice on litigation in the areas of employment law and business disputes. Nizel Law, P.A., utilizes technology to improve the delivery of legal services and keep clients informed every step of the way.

Mr. Nizel's skill in employment cases and commercial matters, along with his substantial trial experience, uniquely position him to effectively represent clients in a wide range of employment, business, and other civil disputes at every stage in litigation, from guiding pre-suit strategy through trial.

Jason D. Katz is a Florida licensed attorney. His practice includes both litigation and transactional work. Mr. Katz graduated from University of Virginia with a degree in Systems Engineering, and he received his J.D. degree from Nova Southeastern University. Mr. Katz graduated first in his law school class. While in law school, Mr. Katz clerked at the Broward County attorneys’ office. After law school he worked for a national law firm specializing in construction law and government contracts. He is admitted to all Florida state courts and all Federal District Courts in Florida. Mr. Katz is a Board Certified...

Charlip Law Group, LC carries on a decades-long tradition of meeting the legal needs of businesses and individuals in Miami, throughout Florida and across the nation. Firm founder and principal attorney David H. Charlip is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Civil Trial Law. As a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer, Mr. Charlip has been recognized for his special knowledge, skills and proficiency in civil trial law, as well as his professionalism and ethics in practice. Board Certification is the highest level of evaluation by The Florida Bar of an attorney’s competency, experience, ethics and professionalism.

Born and raised in Canada and the United States, I have been representing people and small businesses in legal matters for over 22 years.

Richard L. Steinberg received his bachelor’s degree in Business Administration with Honors from the University of Florida in 1994. He went on to receive his Masters in Business Administration with a Specialization in Finance and an Award of Academic Merit and his Juris Doctorate Cum Laude from the University of Miami in 1998. He served over a decade in elected office first as a Miami Beach Commissioner, and then as Florida State Representative. He has also served on the Boards of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Greater Miami, the Miami-Dade Bar, the Miami Beach Bar Association, and the Miami...

Robert "Bert" Savage is a New Jersey native who has been living in Florida since college. He earned his law degree and master of business administration from the University of Florida and has been a member of the Florida Bar since January 1994. Mr. Savage has significant experience in all manner of investor stock and investment losses. He is licensed to practice in all Florida state courts and the Federal District Courts for the Middle District and the Southern District of Florida Since graduating from the University of Florida with his undergraduate, master of business administration and law degrees, Mr....

Healthcare - M&A - Employment Contracts - For Physicians and Dentists. Cross disciplined in healthcare compliance, corporate governance and transactions | advise management and review physician, dentist and related commercial agreements | real estate and supply chain contracting | litigation - counsel on over 1,700 court cases| insurance coverage (PL, GL, PD, Cyber) | methodical process work-flow and project tracking | strategic risk assessment. Through these times of corporatization of medicine, Ben Mirza offers practical legal advice to avoid the pitfalls in healthcare regulations; guiding healthcare businesses during their most challenging times including mergers and acquisitions and complex...

Eric Bluestein concentrates his practice in personal injury, automobile accidents, medical malpractice, consumer fraud, premises liability, wrongful death litigation, insurance bad faith and commercial litigation. He has tried numerous cases and obtained verdicts in excess of one million dollars for his clients.

Mr. Bluestein has been recognized by Florida Trend's Magazine as a Florida Legal Elite Up and Comer annually since 2011 and has been honored as a Rising Star in Super Lawyers Magazine consecutively since 2013.

In 2016, he was elected by the Young Lawyers Division of the Dade County Bar Association to serve as President for the 2017 to...

Looking to gain legal experience during his final year of law school at Nova Southeastern University, Geoffrey Sherman started working for Oppenheim Law as a law clerk. He quickly became a valued employee of Oppenheim Law while assisting in discovery research for a multi-district national class action lawsuit against DuPont. Teflon Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1733, 4:06-md-01733-REL-CFB, United States District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Central Division. Upon graduating law school, Geoff Sherman became an associate attorney for Oppenheim Law in 2008. As an associate of the firm, Mr. Sherman significantly contributed to the development of Oppenheim Law’s mortgage foreclosure...

For the past three decades, Ellen Pilelsky has focused her practice areas on real estate transactions, commercial litigation, and business law. Ms. Pilelsky has represented both purchasers and sellers in their real estate contracts, developers, landlords and tenants concerning their commercial leases and contractual issues. These issues include buyer and seller defaults, change of mind/remorse, material misrepresentations, fraudulent inducement and concealment, nondisclosures, and escrow disputes representing buyers, sellers, developers, realtors, and title companies. As the Managing Partner of the firm, Ms. Pilelsky is proud of the firm’s 10.0 rating, the highest rating from AVVO, a distinguished national rating...

Roy Oppenheim has been a Real Estate Lawyer since 1987, with experience in all phases of real estate development and redevelopment, from land acquisition to multifamily, retail, office hotel, industrial, and mixed-use development, as well as single-family home development for sale and rent. He represents developers, investors, home buyers, and lenders in commercial transactions in Florida and throughout the United States, from acquisition and due diligence to financing and closing. Mr. Oppenheim also represents high and ultra-high net worth individuals and families, providing counsel on estate planning, asset protection, and preservation and growth. Clients appreciate his sharp legal acumen and...

Evelyn I. Suero is owner & principal attorney of Suero Law, PLLC, a law firm focusing on the legal needs of businesses & nonprofit organizations, global entrepreneurs & entertainment professionals. The firm helps clients to launch & protect their business, expand their business to Florida or internationally, register their trademarks & copyrights, and protect investments with wills & trusts / probate administration services. Evelyn is fluent in English and Spanish and earned her Juris Doctor law degree from the University of Pennsylvania Law School. In addition to her legal practice, she also proudly serves as a leader and...