East Palatka Business Lawyers

Marisa Portuondo was raised in the Key Biscayne community of South Florida. Prior to attending law school, Ms. Portuondo graduated with a Master of Science degree from Florida International University’s College of Business and worked in the pharmaceutical field managing over $60 Million of pharmaceutical raw material in several worldwide locations. While attending the University of Miami School of Law, Ms. Portuondo completed two internships at the Third District Court of Appeal under Chief Judge Juan Ramirez, Jr. (retired) and a third internship in the Miami-Dade County Public Defender’s Felony Division.

Ms. Portuondo’s work focuses on business/commercial law, real estate matters,...

I have been a practicing attorney since 1990. I practiced in NY commencing in 1990 until moving to Florida in the fall of 2001. In 2001 I began my Florida practice and continue to offer legal services in Florida and New York. My primary areas of practice are Real Estate Law, Corporate Law and Transactional Law. I am approved to give the Condominium Board Certification course by the FL DBPR. Prior to moving to Florida I served as a judge in NY for almost 8 years.

Mr. Eskander is an AV Preeminent rated attorney with Capital Partners Law PLLC. He is a dynamic leader, both within the firm and the local business community. As a true legal ambassador to the corporate world, he is passionate about helping individuals and companies succeed in a global economy while maintaining focus on integrity, honesty, high personal ethics, and creating an atmosphere of cooperation & teamwork.

As a business, real estate, and litigation attorney, Mr. Eskander prides himself on being a zealous advocate and trusted advisor to his clients. His knowledge and understanding of the law, combined with his ability...

Jerrold E. Slutzky, J.D., CFP® is a Florida-licensed Attorney at Law and owner of The Slutzky Law Firm, which focuses primarily on Estate Planning Services ( wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, health care surrogate designations, living wills, probate, guardianships, etc.) and Small Business Legal Services (start-ups, buy-sell agreements, drafting of legal documents, contract negotiations, succession planning, and general business law, counseling, and advice. Bachelor of Science Degree in Finance from the University of Illinois ( Champaign -Urbana ), and a Juris Doctor Degree in Law from the John Marshall Law School in Chicago, Illinois

Kevin A. Pollock is the managing member of The Pollock Firm LLC, a boutique law firm that focuses on Wills, Trusts & Estates. The Pollock Firm LLC has offices near Princeton, New Jersey and Boca Raton, Florida.

As head of the firm's estate planning department, Kevin has broad experience helping clients with business succession planning, special needs trusts, tax planning, asset protection planning, probate minimization strategies, and charitable giving.

Kevin graduated from Rutgers College, with a B.A. in History and a minor in Japanese. He was the recipient of the Henry Rutgers Research Scholarship and a member...

Dina Arvanitakis graduated from the University of Chicago and completed her Juris Doctorate & Master of Laws degree in International Business and Trade Law at the John Marshal Law School in 1999. Dina is licensed to practice law in Florida, Illinois and Washington D.C. Dina is a member of the Florida Board of Realtors and is a licensed real estate consultant with Real Net Brokerage. Bilingual: English / Greek

I represent small business owners and real estate investors. We help people plan ahead to protect their assets, and we help those in distress protect what they can and address their debts so that they can move forward.

Matthew is a native of Florida and Brevard County and was raised locally in Merritt Island. Matthew has an extensive and diverse education which includes a bachelor’s degree in accounting, a master’s degree in taxation, and a law degree. Prior to practicing law Matthew acquired his Certified Public Accountant (CPA) license and worked in public and private accounting for several years before entering law school. Matthew’s unique background in law, accounting, and taxation provide a unique perspective that is unmatched by most attorneys. Matthew has been located in the same office in Cocoa for the past 15 years practicing...

Ramil Kaminsky is the first-generation American son of Jewish Uzbek immigrants who fled the Soviet Union (U.S.S.R) under threat of religious persecution. He was raised on Brighton Beach, NY, also known as “Little Moscow”, where he learned not only about the “evils of communism”, but also the value of being an American. Young Ramil was very blessed. Unlike other Jewish parents, who only wanted medical doctors, Ramil’s parents gave him options to either be a medical doctor, a lawyer, or an accountant. Ramil’s parents pursued the American dream from New York to Florida. He moved to the Tampa Bay Area as a Junior...

David S. Toback is a Tampa-area lawyer with offices in Tampa and St. Petersburg who concentrates his practice in the areas of estate planning and probate, with an emphasis on tax planning, asset protection and business succession planning. Mr. Toback also helps his clients with business entity formation and commercial transactions, tax preparation matters and the resolution of tax controversies. His entire legal career has been focused on estate planning and tax matters for individuals and businesses. David Toback obtained his Bachelor’s degree in Accounting from the University of South Florida in 1994, graduating magna cum laude. He then earned his...

As an attorney dedicated to serving businesses and business owners, I provide counseling in a wide variety of matters which businesses and their owners face: from reviewing contracts and drafting agreements to regulatory compliance, mergers & acquisitions (representing buyers and sellers), employment law (e.g. handbooks, EEOC representation), intellectual property (e.g. copyright, trademark, trade secret), tax (e.g. federal, state, local), and international trade (e.g. China, Israel, Hong Kong, Bermuda, etc.).

As your outsourced general counsel, I help solve your business problems, a few recent matters having been:

A) Work Representing Sellers
1. Helping a business owner sell his multi-million dollar electrical services business.
2. Counseling...

Call Brian Battaglia for a consultation. Handling Labor and Employment Litigation, Business Litigation, Health Care law, Civil Litigation, and Arbitration and Mediation matters. Brian Battaglia has more than 30 years of experience handling litigation matters in state and federal court and administrative forums. Call 727-420-8708 or 813-221-3759 to schedule an appointment. - See more at: https://www.bbdglaw.com/

Brian has argued cases at every level of the Florida Court System, including the Florida Supreme Court.

Brian holds the highest Peer Review Rating of AV Preeminent from Martindale Hubbell and has a 10 Superb Rating from AVVO.

Managing Partner of Bleakley Bavol Denman & Grace, Robert W. Bleakley is Board Certified in Civil Trial practice and an “AV” rated trial lawyer with significant experience litigating trucking and auto claims, employment claims, premises liability claims, commercial and business disputes, sports law and player injury claims, and workers compensation claims. Bleakley has appeared and litigated a diverse range of cases throughout practically every venue in the state of Florida. Bleakley is an experienced litigator in state, federal, arbitration, and administrative proceedings.

Attorney Natalia Ouellette-Grice’s real estate, business, and estate planning practice focuses on helping families and business owners who choose to protect their loved ones from the State’s plan for their business, death and incapacitation. With her expert guidance, Natalia and her team ensure that clients create specific, intentional, and planned actions from running their business to their death and incapacitation based on what the Client wants to happen with their family, assets, and businesses. Everyone is born with an Estate Plan and a Business Plan, the State’s Plan! The default State Plan is expensive, time-consuming, public, and on a...

Serving primarily in the South Florida area, Shayla has developed 11 years of experience in Labor & Employment, working primarily on behalf of businesses to provide them with the guidance they need to manage their personnel. Shayla assists employers in complying with the ADA, FLSA, FMLA, OSHA, Title VII, USERRA, as well as a host of other federal, state, and local employment laws, rules, and regulations. In her 11 years of practice, Shayla also has advised clients regarding their ADA Title III obligations, both for their physical spaces and their websites, whether to prevent litigation or to handle the matter...

Thankful for life, liberty, and happiness. Mr. Marks uses his personal and professional business, legal, and government experience to assist his clients with transactions in business and in residential and commercial real estate. Mr. Marks regularly drafts contracts and agreements. As the managing attorney, Mr. Marks also is experienced in divorce, timesharing, and custody issues as well as domestic violence cases. He uses his business and litigation experience to assist family law clients to shed light on these issues in family law cases. Mr. Marks has drafted numerous premarital agreements between prospective spouses made in contemplation of marriage and post-marital...

I'm Attorney Jim Tanner. I've been a trial attorney for 37 years. I was born and raised right here in Tampa Bay area. My dream was to become a Professional Baseball Player. It came true the very night I graduated from High School I was selected as the third draft choice nationwide by the Detroit Tigers Baseball organization. My Education: I earned my BA from USF in Political Science, and my Juris Doctorate from Boston Suffolk Law School where I served as a Special Prosecutor for the MA Governor's Consumer Boards...

Army Veteran and former Law Enforcement Officer, Sean decided to continue to serve his community by becoming an Attorney. Sean has a mission to protect the people and started Panther Law, P.A. to do just that. He offers legal help in Litigation, Estate Planning, Probate, Bankruptcy, and Special Needs Law.

Timothy C. Martin is licensed to practice law in the state of Florida. As the owner/attorney of Martin Law Office, P.A., he serves the Tampa Bay and Central Florida areas and beyond in matters relating to animal law, estate planning and probate, real estate/real property including landlord/tenant matters, corporate law, business organizations and transactions, LGBT issues, and limited family law matters.

Robson David Charles Powers, Esq. is a founding partner of Powers & Rogers, PLLC., a Cape Coral, Florida based law firm. Mr. Powers is a practitioner in a wide variety of high stakes litigation from commercial disputes, breach of contract cases, real estate disputes, landlord -tenant disputes, and probate and trust litigation. Robson graduated cum laude from the University of South Florida in 2009 with a Bachelor of Arts in International Studies with Certificates in Latin American Studies and Portuguese. He then received his Juris Doctor degree from Stetson University College of Law in 2012 where he was the recipient...

Eric is a Naples Personal Injury Attorney and the founder of Cardinal Law, P.A. Having lived in Southwest Florida since 1991, Eric has deep roots in the community, a love for and understanding of the area, and a passion for helping those in need. Before starting his own firm, Eric was a litigator at the world’s largest law firm — Dentons— and spent almost a decade fighting over complex business, construction, commercial, and real estate disputes.

Since 2000, more than 25,000 people have come to The Cohen Law Firm seeking a fresh start. Whether it’s for Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 Bankruptcy, attorney Brian J. Cohen has used his vast experience and exceptional knowledge of the bankruptcy laws to assist them in getting a fresh financial start. In fact, since he began almost 25 years ago, Brian has filed more bankruptcy cases than any other attorney located in Palm Beach County. Brian J. Cohen and the staff at The Cohen Law Firm will handle your case from start to finish. Bankruptcy is ALL WE DO. Our...

John Richert is a Managing Attorney at Richert Quarles, P.A. He received his Juris Doctor from Stetson University College of Law in Gulfport, Florida and a Master’s in Business Administration from Stetson University in Deland, Florida in May 2013. While at Stetson, John participated in Stetson’s pro bono program and was a member of the Phi Alpha Delta Law Fraternity. Before attending Stetson, John attended the College of William and Mary located in Williamsburg, Virginia and received a Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration majoring in Finance. John was admitted to the Florida Bar in September 2013. John’s practice is focused...

Attorney Bruce S. Rosenwater was born in Cleveland, Ohio. He is a veteran attorney, having assisted Floridians for more than 20 years. Bruce founded and developed his law firm as a law firm for life. He developed the firm’s practice areas to span most, if not all of an individual’s and a family’s lifetime legal needs. He has distinguished his practice by willingly being a family’s lawyer and counselor throughout the various stages and circumstance of their lives, from owning a first home to unfortunately unavoidable disputes, business and real estate legal needs and even injury, probate and guardianship law....

Scott B. Smith, Esq. is a Board Certified Civil Trial Lawyer. He has been Board Certified in Civil Trial Law by The Florida Bar since 2008. He specializes in the areas of personal injury, auto accidents, premise liability and product liability. In 2017, Mr. Smith was selected and recognized as the "Lawyer of the Year" in Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs in West Palm Beach, FL. He has litigated hundreds of personal injury and wrongful death cases throughout all of Florida in more than 1/2 of Florida's 67 counties. He also conducted jury trial...

Nico Apfelbaum is a native of Argentina, and he is fluent in Spanish and English. Nico founded Apfelbaum Law with the goal of providing dedicated and exceptional personalized services to individuals and businesses. Prior to founding Apfelbaum Law, Nico Apfelbaum began practicing law in Orlando, Florida representing national and international businesses, investors and individuals in complex commercial litigation, business transactions and bankruptcy matters. Nico and his wife settled in the Treasure Coast and have made their home and family here. For a number of years, Nico practiced law at a large firm concentrating his practice in the areas of...

Timothy W. Weber is Board Certified in Appellate Practice and practices in the areas of appellate law, civil and commercial litigation, business litigation, employment and labor, civil rights and education, land use and real estate, criminal, and family. He represents clients in state and federal courts at both the trial and appeal levels. Before co-founding the firm, Tim was a shareholder at Battaglia, Ross, Dicus & Wein, P.A. in St. Petersburg for 16 years. He has been board certified in Appellate Practice since 2004 and has been selected as a SuperLawyer every year since 2014. He has also...

I have maintained a private law practice for 35 years in the areas of criminal defense, juvenile, dependency, bankruptcy, real estate, corporate, contracts, estate planning, and probate administration. I served the public sector as Assistant Prosecuting Attorney for Coumbus, Ohio; Assistant Prosecuting Attorney, Juvenile Division for Jefferson County, Ohio; Special Agent and Assistant Ohio Attorney General, Medicaid Fraud Division; and Service/Safety Director for Reynoldsburg, Ohio. I was also a registered lobbyist and in-house legal counsel for the Ohio Municipal League. I am focusing my practice now on estate planning, business, and probate administration.

Chase earned his J.D. and M.B.A. degrees at Stetson University College of Law in 2021, where he graduated Valedictorian of his class, with Magna Cum Laude honors. Chase also earned his Business Law Concentration and was a Senior Associate of Stetson Law Review. While in law school Chase earned a 4.0 high grade distinction in the following courses: Property Law, Business Entities, Federal Income Taxation I, Administrative Law, Sales and Leases, and Products Liability. During law school, Chase was a Judicial Intern to the Honorable Edward C. LaRose of the Florida Second District Court of Appeal and clerked with Fisher...

Sean Lopez founded Lopez Law Group Accident Injury Attorneys to provide client-centered legal representation to all accident victims. Mr. Lopez is an experienced St. Petersburg personal injury lawyer serving clients throughout South Florida. Mr. Lopez represents victims in all types of personal injury cases involving injuries resulting from the negligent or intentional actions of other parties. He handles claims involving car accidents, product liability, slip & fall accidents, and more. Over his career, he has secured millions of dollars in injury compensation for hundreds of accident victims. Mr. Lopez and Lopez Law Group often accept clients who get turned down by other...

I bring a unique combination of legal, business, and executive experience to my role at Prego Law Group, PLLC. With over 25 years in the banking and financial services industry, including time spent as a C-suite executive and compliance leader, I offer deep insight into the complexities of regulatory compliance, risk management, and strategic business growth. My career includes leadership roles at Merrill Lynch, Espírito Santo Bank, Gibraltar Private Bank & Trust, and Brickell Bank. In these roles, I led compliance programs, addressed complex regulatory issues, and managed high-stakes mergers and acquisitions (M&A) transactions. My hands-on experience in banking operations and...

Mr. Bachman is a key member of Chepenik Trushin LLP’s probate and trust litigation department. Mr. Bachman is particularly experienced in the areas of probate and trust litigation, complex commercial litigation and insurance defense. He is familiar with the latest developments in Florida law relevant to challenging and defending wills and trusts, and is a key player in the firm’s many complex probate litigation cases, including those involving claims of lack of capacity, undue influence, insane delusion and tortious interference with expected inheritance.

In his free time, he likes to travel and play with his dog, Stink, and cat, The Babadook.

Offering top-notch legal services in South Florida for over 36 years.

Mr. Benitah earned his B.S.B.A. cum laude in General Business Administration from the University of Central Florida in 2002. He earned his law degree cum laude in 2005 from Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad Law Center, where he was a Junior Editor of the NSU International Citator and Research Project. While in law school, Jonathan was honored with the Book Award in Contracts, and was a teacher's assistant for Civil Procedure in NSU's Academic Resources Program. His article, "Anti-Scalping Laws: Should They be Forgotten?" was also published in the University of Texas School of Law, Texas Review of Entertainment...

Mr. Barak, the person whom will handle your case, has been licensed to practice law since 1981 and has practiced in the areas of Immigration law, business law, U.S. and international transactions, personal injury and civil litigation. Mr. Barak has played in many competitive sports in his lifetime, and he always plays to win. As a client of his, you gain his winning attitude. He has literally attended thousands of Immigration interviews with his clients at U.S. Immigration offices, as well as in Immigration Court. His face is familiar to countless Immigration officers and Immigration judges, making it that much...

Jay Farrow is the Managing Attorney and Founder at Farrow Law Firm and licensed to practice in the state of Florida and New York. Mr. Farrow is a University of Miami School of Law , Cum Laude, in 2002. Mr. Farrow was honored as a member of the Executive Board of the Business Law Review as the Senior Articles and Comments Editor and a member of the Entertainment and Sports Law Review. Since 2003, Mr. Farrow’s career has spanned a wide range of legal disciplines and has represented individuals and companies such as Fortune 500 general contractors in private and...

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...

Forged in large-firm environments and two decades of practice with my own firm, I litigate and provide advice in business matters in Georgia, Florida and Puerto Rico. My experience in state and federal courts and arbitration fora includes creditor rights, business torts, antitrust, distribution law, corporate control, securities, tax controversies, construction defects and commercial insurance coverage disputes.