Middleburg Lawyers

Christopher V. Carlyle has been Board Certified by The Florida Bar in appellate practice since 2006 and is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell. Mr. Carlyle has consistently been named to Florida Trend's Florida Legal Elite in Appellate Practice and as a Florida Super Lawyer in Appellate Law by Thomson Reuters. Mr. Carlyle has an extensive background in appellate as well as commercial litigation. Prior to joining The Carlyle Appellate Law Firm, he practiced a wide range of commercial litigation with Holland & Knight, LLP and McLin & Burnsed, P.A. Mr. Carlyle is admitted to practice in Florida state and federal...

I've been in practice for more than 33 years. My areas of practice are Divorce, Paternity, Child-Custody, Guardianship, and I am also a Supreme Court State Certified Family Law Mediator.

Marcia K. Lippincott provides personal appellate representation to individuals, businesses, and governmental entities statewide. She will work with your trial attorney, or alone, to be “Your Appellate Partner.”

She has held the Florida Bar designation “appellate expert” since the 1994 inception of that board certification and has also received Martindale-Hubbell’s elite “Av” rating for excellence in legal ability, conduct, ethics, reliability, and diligence since 1988.

In 2011-2016, 2018-2019 Florida Trend Magazine named Ms. Lippincott one of Florida’s Legal Elite, an honor bestowed on only 2% of Florida attorneys. Florida Trend states attorneys chosen “exemplify a standard of excellence in their profession, and...

Hi! I’m the founder of Jackson Lee | PA, a Florida consumer protection law firm that represents victims of unfair or deceptive business practices. Our legal team has a long history of holding credit reporting agencies, insurance companies, and other big businesses accountable. We’ve helped hundreds of individuals whose rights have been violated. Learn more at www.jacksonleepa.com. I’m also an adjunct professor experienced in curriculum development. My main goal is to create a challenging and engaging learning environment to equip students for success in their respective industries. My academic interests range from consumer protection law to privacy and cybersecurity. Outside...

Marianne Howanitz, Esq. is the founder of MARIANNE HOWANITZ, PA, an Ocala, Florida law firm that limits its practice to the representation of accident victims and their families who have been injured or killed as a result of the negligence of others. Ms. Howanitz started her legal career in Fort Lauderdale, Florida where she first worked as an Assistant State Attorney and then as an Assistant Public Defender. While working in the criminal justice system, Ms. Howanitz discovered her desire to help accident victims and made it her ultimate goal to concentrate her practice in the field of...

Craig J. Cannon grew up in Ocala and graduated from Forest High School in 1980. He attended Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia where he graduated cum laude in 1984 with a B.S. degree in Geology. After working as a tennis professional for several years, Craig attended law school at the University of Florida College of Law where he graduated in 1991. Since graduating from law school, Mr. Cannon has been working as a trial attorney in Ocala. Mr. Cannon began his practice as an insurance company lawyer. In February 2000 he shifted his focus to personal injury law and...

Attorney Dylan Tessier practices U.S. immigration law exclusively, focusing her practice on family petitions, employment-based visas, adjustment of status, waivers of inadmissibility, consular processing, naturalization, VAWA petitions for survivors of battery and/or extreme cruelty, and U Visas for victims of crime. Dylan brings diverse experiences that give her a unique perspective when representing her clients. Prior to practicing law, Dylan worked in the U.S. refugee resettlement program, welcoming and resettling refugees from Somalia, Liberia, Afghanistan, and many other countries throughout the world. She then moved to Ghana, West Africa, where she worked for the U.S. Refugee Admissions...

A native and life-long resident of Live Oak, Florida, Lucas Taylor graduated Magna Cum Laude from Valdosta State University, with a degree in Criminal Justice. Mr. Taylor went on to receive his J.D. from Florida Coastal School of Law in 2007, and he was admitted to the Florida Bar in September of that year. Mr. Taylor is a member of both the Florida Bar and American Bar Association. Mr. Taylor began his law career with the State Attorney’s Office in the Third Judicial Circuit as an Assistant State Attorney, where he handed cases ranging from Petite Theft to First Degree...

I am a lifelong resident of Florida licensed to practice in all state and federal courts in Florida.

Todd Mazenko is a decorated U.S. Navy veteran who received his law degree from the University of Florida (Cum Laude). Attorney Mazenko is the founder and owner of the Mazenko Elder Law Firm located in Mount Dora, Florida. His law practice focuses on estate planning, probate, Medicaid Planning, and will contests and trust litigation. Attorney Mazenko is the chairman of the Advent Health Waterman Foundation Board of Directors, is a member of the Christian Legal Society and is active in his local Church. He also serves as a volunteer for several Veteran’s groups including the Wounded Warrior Project...

I am a native Floridian raised in Daytona Beach, Florida. Since I first learned about the U.S. Constitution and the civil rights cases of the 1950s and '60s when I was a young boy, I knew I wanted to be a lawyer: to help and serve people when liberty, freedom, or property are on the line; to ensure justice is served. I am a fervent defender of the Constitution and its guarantees enumerated in the Bill of Rights and subsequent amendments. Nothing is more integral to my practice of law than helping others, serving my community, and ensuring the protection...