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Daniel C. Elkins is an attorney in Central Florida where he concentrates his practice in Personal Injury, Bankruptcy, and Family Law. While attending Washington University in St. Louis School of Law, Mr. Elkins served as a law clerk for the Honorable Rodney W. Sippel, U.S. District Judge in the Eastern District of Missouri. During law school, Mr. Elkins received the highest grades in the class in Corporations, Legal Research & Writing I and Legal Research & Writing II. Prior to attending law school, Mr. Elkins worked for a real estate development firm in south Florida.

Carole C. Schriefer, R.N., J.D., has in excess of 25 years of experience in representing and advising health professionals and providers. Her practice encompasses most aspects of health law and nursing law, professional licensing and credentialing matters, professional board representation, administrative hearings, contracts, licensure issues, corporate matters, transactional matters, Medicare and Medicaid audits, products liability litigation and criminal defense litigation. Ms. Schriefer is a registered nurse in the state of Colorado. She earned her Juris Doctor (J.D.) from the University of Kentucky College of Law and is licensed to practice law in Colorado, Virginia and Florida. After receiving her J.D., Ms. Schriefer was commissioned as an officer in the Navy Judge Advocate General’s (JAG) Corps. As a Navy JAG, she worked as a defense counsel at the Navy Legal Services Office in Virginia for several years and was then transferred to a position as Commander, Naval Medical Command, Mid-Atlantic Region. Ms. Schriefer’s previous experience also includes trying medical malpractice cases in the District of Columbia Superior Court, the U.S. District Court of the District of Columbia and products liability litigation in Colorado and federal courts. She has devoted many years of her practice to health care law, providing legal opinions on federal and state statutory and regulatory issues.Prior to joining The Health Law Firm, Ms. Schriefer owned and operated The Law Office of Carole C. Schriefer, P.C., in Fort Collins, Colorado. Ms. Schriefer is currently a member of The American Association of Nurse Attorneys (T.A.A.N.A.) and the Colorado Bar Association.

Carlos Arias was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2004. Mr. Arias is also admitted to practice in federal court in the Northern, Southern and Middle Districts of Florida. Mr. Arias has experience handling general litigation matters and has practiced in Clayton & McCulloh’s Litigation Department handling such matters as eminent domain, lien foreclosure, mortgage foreclosure, bankruptcy, fair housing complaints, discrimination complaints, contract disputes and covenant enforcement. He has also been involved in real estate closings, document drafting and document interpretation.

Brandon was born in Indiana.  He grew up in South Florida.  After high school, he moved to Orlando to attend the University of Central Florida.  While there, Brandon was a member of Sigma Phi Epsilon and Phi Alpha Delta.  He also competed on the Mock Trial Team at UCF.  With the team, Brandon was able to compete in multiple Mock Trial competitions across the country, learn essential trial practice skills, and earn a Best Attorney award at the American Mock Trial Association’s Southeast Regional Mock Trial Competition.  After UCF, he moved to Chicago to attend Loyola University Chicago’s School of law, where he also competed on the Mock Trial Team, continued to develop and refine his trial practice skills, and earned a Certificate in Advocacy.. After graduating law school, Brandon joined the Orange County State Attorney’s Office as an Assistant State Attorney.  At the State Attorney's Office, he prosecuted criminal defendants, enforced criminal laws, and advocated on behalf of the State of Florida, as well as the victims of criminal misconduct.  While there, Brandon also independently prosecuted a high-volume felony caseload from intake to disposition, prepared numerous motions, delivered arguments in various types of circuit court hearings, conducted the depositions of both state and defense witnesses, and performed all phases of the trial process from jury selection to closing arguments.  In his first two years as a prosecutor, Brandon tried over 30 jury and non-jury trials to verdict as lead council.  Before leaving the office, he was promoted through five levels of prosecution, including county court misdemeanor, entry level circuit court felony, the juvenile bureau, the DUI unit, and the Drug Unit.. Brandon is now using the information and things he learned as a prosecutor, to build strong cases for his criminal defense clients at The Fighter Law Firm.

Born in Cuba, Carlos and his family traveled to the United States and settled in Florida in 1994. The son of two tirelessly-working parents, Carlos learned at an early age the importance of approaching every task with urgency, and pursuing every goal with hard work and conviction. Carlos graduated from Rollins College where he obtained his Bachelor of Arts Degree. He then attended and earned a JD Degree from Stetson University College of Law, where he competed on the school’s Dispute Resolution Board. Carlos was also recognized with the Victor O. Wehle Award for excellence in trial advocacy, which was awarded to the best advocate of each class. While in school, he clerked and worked within firms that specialized in insurance disputes, helping clients recover compensation for their losses.. Carlos is devoted to serving each client’s needs without compromising the importance of one case over another. He emphasized the importance of maintaining an exceptional level of communication with his clients.

Board Certified in Marital and Family Law. Jennifer C. Frank is a Board Certified Marital and Family Law attorney. Board certified lawyers have met The Florida Bar’s highest standards for specialized knowledge, skills, and proficiency within their area of expertise.  The experience and competency of Certified lawyers have been rigorously evaluated, and they are the only Florida lawyers allowed to refer to themselves as “specialists” or “experts” in their particular field.  Only approximately 6% of licensed attorneys are Board Certified by The Florida Bar.   Jennifer has therefore distinguished herself with the Florida Bar and within her legal community as a specialist and expert in her practice area of Family and Marital Law.. Frank Family Law Practice Philosophy. Jennifer has been handling family law matters since 1994 and, while she is a fully seasoned trial litigator, Jennifer is committed to exhausting all other creative avenues and options before resorting to the use of our unpredictable Court system to solve her client's problems.  Jennifer’s practice style is both compassionate and practical. Her family law clients appreciate her honesty and her ability to provide realistic goals while protecting their interests.  Jennifer understands that it never makes sense for families to spend all of their hard-earned income and assets on lawyers and litigation.  She is therefore devoted to finding creative settlement solutions which minimize damage to the family, to their finances, to their businesses, and which work towards positive co-parenting relationships in the future. Jennifer works hard to resolve cases in a civilized and dignified manner while always working to keep the financial and emotional well-being of the family as a whole at the forefront.. Marital and Family Law Practice Areas. The Frank Family Law Practice is located in Altamonte Springs, Florida, near Orlando and Winter Park and Jennifer is its founder and president. Frank Family Law Practice represents clients throughout Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Lake and Volusia Counties. The practice is focused entirely on all aspects of Marital and Family Law including, but not limited to, divorce, timesharing (child custody and visitation), alimony, the division of marital wealth and assets (including cases requiring business valuations and other complex asset analysis), child support, enforcement of child support, alimony and equitable distribution, modifications of child support, alimony, and other post-judgment cases, domestic violence injunctions, pre-nuptial and post-nuptial agreements, and paternity cases.. Collaborative Law. Jennifer is specially trained and has extensive experience in successfully handling cases within the Collaborative Law model.  This dispute resolution model teams two Lawyers (each representing one spouse) with two highly trained neutral professionals (a Mental Health Neutral and a Financial Neutral).  The roles of the neutrals are absolutely essential and central to the process.  Both parties sign an agreement in advance committing themselves to the Collaborative process and agreeing, as a form of “insurance,” that they must end their attorney’s representation and find new counsel if the Collaborative process were to break down and move to litigation. This team then works intensely outside of the court system through a series of carefully planned and well-organized meetings to assist the spouses in finding their best possible resolution to their divorce or post-divorce matter. While these cases are not always easy, this process allows the spouses to work through some of their pain and frustrations within the safety of the team while still working creatively and cooperatively to solve the practical and legal problems created by the divorce.  Often these Collaborative cases result in the spouses ending their marriage, after a lot of hard work, while maintaining a tone of respect, dignity, and civility with one another that is difficult to achieve in a typical litigation case.. Certified Family Law Mediator. Jennifer is a State of Florida Certified Family Law Mediator. As a mediator, she works hard to limit positional and intractable bargaining behaviors that prevent settlement.  Instead, she works with parties and their lawyers to have the often difficult face-to-face conversations necessary to reach a creative resolution while in a safe, comfortable, non-threatening and effective mediation environment. Jennifer explores and develops creative and workable solutions and is committed to providing parties and their attorneys the necessary time and space needed to ensure that all aspects of their Agreement are fully understood before signing.. Adoption & Surrogacy – Family Building Services. Frank Family Law Practice provides services to help clients grow their families. This can include adoption as well as contracts for surrogacy and third-party egg or sperm donation. Frank Family Law practice is dedicated to providing knowledgeable and compassionate adoption and fertility advice so that clients can make decisions about growing their families that are right for them. For birth mothers, Jennifer and her firm offers compassion, experience and skill that can help them find the right family and to arrange a placement that honors their wishes for the future. These legal services extend to same-sex couples seeking to begin or expand their families.. Professional & Community Involvement. Jennifer has been an active member within her community and has held several leadership roles over the years. Currently she sits on the Executive Board for The First Central Florida Family Law Inn of Court where she has been a member since its inception. She also serves on the board for the Florida Symphony Youth Orchestra. She is an active member of the Collaborative Family Law Group of Central Florida.  In 2012 (Chicago, IL) and in 2013 (San Antonio, TX) Jennifer participated in the International Association of Collaborative Professionals (IACP) 4-day Forums for Advanced Collaborative Law Training.  Jennifer is a member of the Tiger Bay Club of Central Florida and the League of Women Voters, Orlando Chapter. In 2007 she served as chair of the Florida Bar Association Grievance Committee. She also worked on the executive committee of the Orange County Bar Association, Family Law Section from 1999 to 2005, serving as the chair and co-chair from 2003 to 2005.. Jennifer graduated from the University of Miami in 1994 with her Juris Doctorate and began practicing law that same year in St. Petersburg. After 2 years, she moved to Central Florida. As a wife and mother, Jennifer is a mindful and practical attorney who seeks fairness and balance at every turn.

Attorney Mark K. McCulloch represents clients in state and federal appeals, post-conviction, and criminal defense. An accomplished litigator and advocate, Attorney McCulloch was a successful criminal defense advocate in western Massachusetts before moving his practice to Florida. He has successfully represented clients pursuing direct appeal and post-conviction relief in nearly every federal appeals court and in the United States Supreme Court, as well as in all courts in Florida and Pennsylvania. His practice is not limited to appeals. Attorney McCulloch knows his way around the courtroom and has represented criminal defendants charged with simple misdemeanor crimes and those charged with serious felonies including aggravated assault, sex crimes, and homicide. Attorney McCulloch is dedicated to providing honest advice and counsel and pursuing justice for his clients.