Florida Lawyers Sofia Guzman to Stacie Schmerling

Firm: Law Office of Sofia Guzman, P.A.

1451 W. Cypress Creek Rd. , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33309

Practice Areas: Immigration, Personal Injury, Litigation, Bankruptcy

The Law Firm of Sofia Guzman, P. A. is a general practice law firm serving individuals and businesses throughout South Florida. We are proud to have represented many of our clients for over a decade. At our law firm, we don’t just respond to a client’s needs, we anticipate them. Because we work diligently to understand each client’s unique situation and business, we can be more proactive about protecting their interests. Our mission is to take a genuine interest in our clients, understand their objectives, and meet or exceed their expectations. We are committed to frequent communication and ready accessibility. We provide superior legal services on a timely, effective, and efficient basis, and maintain the highest standards of professionalism and integrity.. Attorney Sofia Guzman was born in Honduras, Central America and moved to Florida as a child. Ms. Guzman attended Florida public schools through college. She attended Coconut Creek High School and became a dual-enrollment student at Broward Community College, taking college courses while still a 12th grade student. After graduating High School, she attended Florida Atlantic University (FAU). While at FAU, Ms. Guzman was awarded a scholarship to reside at FAU’s Business and Professional Woman’s Scholarship House (BPWSH) based on her strong academic performance. At the BPWSH, Ms. Guzman resided with 15 women who shared academic excellence, leadership experience and community responsibilities. While a full-time student at FAU, Ms. Guzman also served as a member of the FAU Student Senate and worked at FAU Student Government as an assistant student lobbyist and as a paid intern at the United States Bureau of Citizenship and Immigration Services in West Palm Beach, FL with the supervisory adjudication officers. After graduating from FAU with a Bachelor of Arts in Criminal Justice in under three years, she attended and graduated from Nova Southerneastern University with a Master of Science in Criminal Justice and a Minor in Behavioral Science with high honors and a 4.0 Grade Point Average, in under eight months. She then went to attend Thomas M. Cooley Law School in Lansing, Michigan with a partial scholarship and attained a Juris Doctor in Law with a concentration in Litigation.. Even before graduating law school and obtaining a license to practice law, Ms. Guzman was permitted by the Florida Supreme Court to serve as a Certified Legal Intern in the Juvenile Division of the State Attorney’s Office in Miami-Dade County and litigate misdemeanor and felony cases. Prior to engaging in private practice, Ms. Guzman practiced Personal Injury at a Pompano Beach firm. Ms. Guzman is currently located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida and is personally involved in every case in her law firm. Her passion, experience, and honesty combined with her professionalism and enthusiasm makes her the attorney you need to handle your legal matters.  Sofia Guzman is a licensed attorney in the state of Florida and New Jersey and a Member of the Florida Bar Association and the United States District Court for the Southern, Middle and Northern District of Florida.. During her free time, Ms. Guzman enjoys traveling, reading, cooking, and participating in 5k walk/run Fundraisers in the fight against breast cancer and pancreatic cancer. She volunteers her time sorting food at Feeding South Florida food bank and serving food to the homeless at the Miami Rescue Mission/Broward Outreach Centers, where she is also a board member. Ms. Guzman also served as a United Way of Broward County ReadingPal at Dillard Elementary, where she attended first grade.. To contact Attorney Sofia Guzman, call.

Firm: Verras Law, P.A.

31640 US Highway 19 N , Palm Harbor , Florida 34684

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Spiro’s professional background includes estate planning and probate, elder law, corporate and business law, real estate and closings, intellectual property, and civil litigation of all types, with wide experience in admiralty and environmental law, serious personal injury and probate litigation. He has handled class actions, consumer protection, and privacy matters, and was the first attorney to sue Microsoft in the In Re Microsoft Consumer Antitrust Litigation. He has also pursued claims against major financial institutions on behalf of defrauded customers, and he has tirelessly championed civil rights suits.. A native of Tarpon Springs, Florida, Spiro was formerly a partner at Jones, Verras & Freiberg, a New Orleans-based multistate law firm. After returning to the Tampa Bay area, Spiro served as a partner at the Bilirakis Law Group and was also a co-founder of the groundbreaking Unthink social media project, which sought to empower individuals and provide comprehensive privacy and ownership rights. Throughout his career, Spiro has been a zealous advocate for his clients, and he brings the same passion to his estate planning and transactional work.. Spiro’s current practice focuses on estate planning, probate, and trusts, elder law, guardianships, and corporate and commercial transactions. Practicing in a small firm setting for the first time in his career, he has leveraged state-of-the-art technology to create a relaxed office environment with the capabilities of a large firm. Spiro has carefully selected a team that shares his commitment to understanding every client’s concerns and giving each client personalized attention and care.

8201 Peters Road , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33324

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Staci M. Hershey, the managing partner of the Hershey Law Firm, P.A. was previously a partner at Grisales-Racini, Shefer, Hershey, Gonzalez-Rabagh, Miculitzki, LLLP (GRSH LAW), where she was the head of the Civil Litigation Department and Finance Manager.. Education:. Ms. Hershey earned a Juris Doctor and Bachelor of Civil Law degree from Louisiana State University’s, Paul M. Hebert Law Center in 2008. By attending LSU, Ms. Hershey was exposed to a combination of French and Spanish civilian legal traditions, as well as the Anglo American common law tradition, resulting in a bijural legal education which affords her a unique prospective on the law. Ms. Hershey furthered her legal education in Lyon, France studying comparative law issues in civilian jurisdictions while participating in a summer program sponsored by the LSU Paul M. Hebert Law Center in cooperation with the Universite Jean Moulin-Lyon III.

Firm: Law Offices of Staci H. Genet, PA

1323 SE Third Avenue , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33316

Practice Areas: Litigation

Firm: Chisholm & Beach, PLLC

1144 Tampa Rd. , Palm Harbor , Florida 34683

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Flammia Elder Law Firm

2707 W. Fairbanks Avenue , Winter Park , Florida 32789

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

Stacey joined the Flammia Elder Law Firm in 2018. She focuses her practice on estate planning, special needs planning, probate, trust administration, guardianship, and Medicaid planning. She is also an Accredited Veterans Claim Attorney as required to practice law before the VA.. Stacey is a Florida Bar Board Certified Elder Law Attorney, making her a legal expert in Elder Law. Florida Board Certification is the highest level of evaluation by the Florida Bar, awarded only to lawyers with exceptional knowledge, skills, and proficiency, as well as a reputation for professionalism and ethics in a particular field of law. Stacey is a Florida native. She grew up in Miami, Florida before moving to Orlando to attend the University of Central Florida (UCF). Stacey graduated from UCF in 2011 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Legal Studies. During her time in college and before attending law school, Stacey worked as a legal assistant and paralegal gaining hands on experience in the legal field. She then earned her Juris Doctor degree from Barry University School of Law in Orlando in 2016. While in law school, Stacey had the honor of serving on the Barry University Law Review as a Research and Technical Editor. She was also the recipient of several book awards, including Legal Research and Writing I, Legal Research and Writing II, Torts, and Trial Advocacy.. Stacey is a compassionate advocate and advisor who devotes her time to helping families and individuals with concerns related to Elder Law.

Firm: Office of Stacey E. Kircher

861 W. Morse Blvd. Ste 125 , Winter Park , Florida 32789

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Thank you for taking to the time to review my profile. Hiring a lawyer is one of the most important decisions you can make, and greatly affects both the quality of service you receive, and the outcome in your case. When you hire me for your business, estate planning, family, personal injury, or criminal issue, you get a talented advocate in your corner, and someone you can trust. I will put my years of experience to work fighting for you. I will give you the tools you need to get the result you want.

Firm: Swicke and Associates

8211 W Broward Blvd Ph 4 , Plantation , Florida 33324

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Bartlett Law Offices

34921 U.S. Hwy 19 N., Ste 340 , Palm Harbor , Florida 34684

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

I decided that I was going to practice law at the age of 8 because I have always had a passion for helping people.  Being able to fight for other people is in my DNA and comes across in everything that I do.  I am passionate about fighting for justice in all circumstances and I believe in our system when it’s working as it should.. And, at the end of the day, that’s my job! I get to help add a layer of accountability to our system to ensure that it works properly for all people.  This means helping people to know their rights, fighting to ensure those rights are upheld, and making sure that the criminal justice system isn’t overwhelming for my clients.. I believe that people deserve second chances, that a mistake shouldn’t define anyone, and that a label such as “criminal” shouldn’t become anyone’s identity. Because of this, I work tirelessly to combine compassion, zeal and integrity in my practice.  I fight for my clients at the worst moments they will ever face and pride myself on seeking the best possible outcome to allow my clients to move beyond that interaction with the system.. No one should pay for a crime they didn’t commit and no one should be forced to pay indefinitely for a momentary lapse in judgment.. As a long-term Tampa Bay area resident, I attended the University of South Florida where I received a full scholarship and graduated cum laude. I then worked my way through law school and earned my law degree from Stetson University College of Law, which is recognized as one of the top law schools in the country for trial advocacy. There I participated on the client counseling team and competed nationally as a member of the dispute resolution team.. After graduating in 2004, I began to work for a Fortune 100 company and spent close to a decade practicing in corporate America.  I have benefited from numerous leadership, management, and relationship-building courses during my tenure and have been awarded recognition for my performance, collaboration and negotiation skills, and leadership in difficult situations.  My real-world experience gives me the ability to look outside the box and bring a different perspective to my client’s cases. I am able to combine my knowledge of the criminal justice system with this experience to earn results for my clients.. I am a full-time wife, mother of two beautiful children, and criminal defense attorney. Thank you for taking the time to learn a little about me.  I am still humbled that I get to live my dream of helping my clients each and every day and I look forward to helping you too.

Firm: Ricci~Leopold, P.A.

2925 PGA Boulevard   200 , Palm Beach Gardens , Florida 33410

Practice Areas: Medical Malpractice,Motor Vehicle Accidents,Personal Injury,Products Liability,Wrongful Death

Firm: Kelley Kronenberg Gilmartin Fichtel & Wander, PA

8201 Peters Road , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33324

Practice Areas: Immigration

Multilingual Business Immigration Attorney (Spanish, Portuguese, French, Farsi/Persian, Italian and English).. EB-5/ E-1/E-2 Treaty Trader/ Treaty Investor Visas. Employment immigration. Labor Certification. Temporary work visas. Consular visa processing. Fiancé and marriage visas. Family based immigration. Naturalization and Citizenship. Family-based and employment-based adjustment of status and change of status matters. Non-immigrant visas

Firm: The Rhodes Law Firm

255 S Orange Ave , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Bogin, Munns & Munns

1000 Legion Place, Suite 1000 , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Civil , Corporate , Real Estate , Real Estate

Spencer R. Munns is a Partner with the Central Florida law firm Bogin, Munns & Munns.  Mr. Munns handles a variety of practice areas such as Commercial Real Estate, Probate, and Business Litigation in addition to Real Estate Development, Commercial Leasing, and Commercial Closings.  Mr. Munns oversees the Commercial Law division of his firm, involving legal matters such as Business Transactions, Bankruptcy, Family Law, Estate Planning, Immigration, Criminal Defense, and more.

Firm: Seventh Circuit State Attorney's Office

251 N. Ridgewood Avenue , Daytona Beach , Florida 32114

Practice Areas: Government

Firm: Law Office of Spencer Cordell, P.A.

1625 Hendry Street , Fort Myers , Florida 33901

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

I am Board Certified in Criminal Trial Law. That means I have been recognized by the Florida Bar as an expert in Criminal Trial practice. Before opening my own practice, the Law Office of Spencer Cordell, P.A., I worked for Brown, Suarez, & Rios, the largest criminal defense firm in SW Fla. Before I was a defense attorney, I worked as a prosecutor at the State Attorney's Office for the 20th Judicial Circuit.. I practice not only Criminal Defense, but also Appeals, Personal Injury, and traffic. I handle all types of Criminal cases, and have extensive experience handling DUI cases. Here's a link to an article I wrote on my blog about changes in Florida DUI laws:. Here's the link to a recent media story on a case I handled, including some courtroom footage. The case was overturned on appeal based on my motion to dismiss under Florida's 'Castle Doctrine' portion of the Stand Your Ground Law.  The court ordered a rehearing on the motion, which we won, and my client was exonerated of the charges.  He walked out of jail on a 10 year sentence!. ?S=12808115. Here's a story that I commented on regarding Florida's expanding DNA sampling:

Firm: FL Trusts & Estates Law Firm, LLC

1250 S Pine Island Road , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33324

Practice Areas: Probate

Firm: Lewis Brisbois

110 SE 6th St Ste 2600 , Fort Lauderdale , Florida 33301

Practice Areas: Business

Soo Jin Isicoff is an associate in the Fort Lauderdale office of Lewis Brisbois and a member of the Corporate Practice. Ms. Isicoff has experience handling several high profile securities fraud cases involving EB-5 and real estate development investments both in state and federal courts.. Prior to joining Lewis Brisbois, Ms. Isicoff practiced and interned with some of Miami’s premier business litigation firms, where she represented international investors and business owners in complex business disputes, including claims brought pursuant to Florida's RICO Statute against a prominent South Florida real estate developer. Ms. Isicoff also participated in the defense of a major financial institution in a large-scale investment fraud class action.. While attending University of Miami School of Law, Ms. Isicoff served as a judicial intern for the Chief Bankruptcy Judge of the Southern District of Florida. She also served as a judicial intern for United States Magistrate Judge Patrick A. White. Ms. Isicoff was selected as a committee member of the 2017 Women to Watch/Rising Leaders of the Dade County Bar Association and is fluent in Korean.

Firm: The Salkin Law Frim

950 South Pine Island Road , Plantation , Florida 33324

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy & Debt

Ms. Salkin represents individual and business debtors, bankruptcy trustees, lenders, landlords, creditor committees, and both secured and unsecured creditors. Her bankruptcy practice encompasses small debtor cases to complex bankruptcy litigation, involving many different areas of business. Prior to founding her own law firm, Ms. Salkin practiced with Smathers & Thompson and Kelley, Drye & Warren, handling large bankruptcies including Eastern Airlines, Union Caribe, Air Texas, and trustee representation. Ms. Salkin was appointed to the panel of United States Bankruptcy Trustees for the Southern District of Florida and has served as a Panel Trustee for the past twenty years. During that time, she gained experience in individual and business cases in the areas of manufacturing, computers, pharmaceuticals, automotive, retail, aviation, healthcare, hotels, storage facilities, shopping centers, recycling plants, gambling cruise lines, and financial industries. She has substantial experience in bankruptcy litigation matters, including both sides of litigation for preferences, fraudulent transfers, non-dischargeability actions, turnover, and claw-back actions.

Firm: McMichen, Cinami & Demps

1500 East Concord Street , Orlando , Florida 32803

Practice Areas: Divorce, Divorce & Separation

Firm: Kelley Kronenberg

10360 W. State Road 84 , Lauderdale , Florida 33324

Practice Areas: Consumer Protection

Stacie J. Schmerling is a Partner and a Co-Business Unit Leader of the Justice for Kids Division, the firm’s national practice dedicated to providing legal services to abused, disabled, and catastrophically injured children harmed in foster care, shelters, residential treatment centers, group homes, and other child welfare settings, as well as all children harmed by the acts of others. She practices in the areas of Foster Care and Disabled Persons damages, Civil Rights, Personal Injury, and Child welfare litigation.. She has spent much of her legal career protecting children, especially in cases of foster child abuse, child sexual abuse, child sexual assault, child-on-child sexual abuse, and other harm and abuse in the child welfare system. She has helped achieve multi-million dollar damage awards and settlements and usher in systemic change in how governmental and private agencies care for the State’s most vulnerable citizens.. Prior to joining Kelley Kronenberg, Stacie and nationally recognized children’s rights advocate, Howard Talenfeld, founded Florida’s first law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of abused, disabled, and injured children. Stacie was a Partner in the firm and focused on representing children harmed in various child welfare settings. She was also previously an Associate with a prominent Fort Lauderdale law firm in the foster care / disabled persons damages practice area. Prior to becoming an attorney, Stacie dedicated the first ten years of her career to the protection of at-risk children in the child welfare field. As a Child Protective Investigator and supervisor for Broward Sheriff’s Officer, her team investigated allegations of child abuse and neglect, provided intervention services to at-risk families and brought serious cases of child abuse and neglect to the dependency court system. In addition, she was a case manager for the New Jersey Division of Youth and Family Services, where she facilitated safety and permanency for abused and neglected children in the state child welfare system.. Stacie earned her Bachelor of Arts degree, magna cum laude, from Rowan University and then went on to earn her Jurist Doctor degree, summa cum laude, from Nova Southeastern University Shepard Broad Law Center.