Florida Lawyers - Orlando

Firm: De Beaubien, Knight, Simmons, Mantzaris

332 N Magnolia Ave , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Litigation, Criminal Defense

I am an accomplished attorney with over twenty years of experience. My diverse experience includes being a civil litigator, a criminal defense attorney, an attorney ad litem, a guardian ad litem attorney and GAL, a professor at the undergraduate and law school levels and the Director of Program Development for a non-profit. I have also  been a certified family mediator since 1998, and I have conducted many medaitions. In addition, I am a certified arbitrator, and I have conducted many Better Business Bureau Lemon Law artbitrations.  Furthermore, I helped formulate and modify numerous delinquency, dependency, and traffic court rules on Florida Bar committees. Through my experience, I have developed excellent  writing, communication, organizational, litigation and negotiation skills. In addition, I am passionate about helping people improve their lives.

Firm: Karen Persis, P.A.

1415 East Robinson Street , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Civil , Construction , Family

Orange Avenue , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Construction ,Corporate

118 E Jefferson St, Suit 303 , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Family

Firm: Brown, Garganese, Weiss and DAgresta, P.A.

225 East Robinson Street   660  32 , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Corporate ,Municipal ,Zoning, Planning & Land Use

Firm: Morgan & Morgan

988 Woodcock Rd Ste 100 , Orlando , Florida 32803

Firm: Bhavsar Law Group P.A.

5728 Major Blvd , Orlando , Florida 32819

Practice Areas: Immigration

With more than 25 years of experience, Kashmira “Kash” Bhavsar has been practicing law, including Immigration and Real Estate laws, since 1996. She is considered an expert in Immigration Law and represents individuals, families, corporations and investors from the United States and internationally. She provides support for their family and business needs, as well as assists buyers and sellers with their residential closings and title work.. Attorney Bhavsar is 1 of only 78 lawyers to be Board Certified in Immigration and Nationality Law by the Florida Bar. While Attorney Bhavsar became Board Certified in 2004, currently only 6% of Florida lawyers have board certification in one or more of the 24 areas of certification. The percentage of Florida lawyers practicing Immigration Law is even lower. As a Board Certified lawyer, Attorney Bhavsar has been recognized by the Bar and her peers as an Expert. She must maintain the highest level of knowledge, and professional and ethical standards, in the practice of Immigration and Nationality Law.. Attorney Bhavsar was also selected for inclusion on the Florida Super Lawyers lists for 2008, and again in the 2009 list. Only 5 percent of Florida lawyers have been recognized in this list. She was selected through an extensive process of peer nominations, a blue ribbon panel review, and independent research of law and politics. The list appeared in Florida Super Lawyers Magazine.. Born in India, Ms. Bhavsar emigrated to the United States when she was only one year old and has lived in the Orlando area since the early 1970s. She is a former Adjunct Professor for the University of Central Florida and a former Judicial Law Clerk Intern for the Executive Office of Immigration Review (Immigration Court) in Miami, Florida. She earned a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Central Florida in 1992 and a Juris Doctor from the Nova Southeastern University School of Law in 1996.

Firm: Hylton Adamson Watson

120 East Colonial Drive , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Family

I am a Criminal Defense and Family Law attorney in Orlando, FL. I am a former prosecutor and utilize my experience on both sides of criminal cases to benefit my clients.

435 N Orange Ave Ste 400 , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Criminal Defense

Firm: Losey PLLC

1420 Edgewater Drive , Orlando , Florida 32804

Practice Areas: Mediation

Karen Middlekauff has dedicated her law practice to family law.  She prides herself on being responsive, cost-effective, diligent, and determined for every client.  Karen has extensive experience with dissolution of marriage, alimony, asset and liability distribution, attorneys' fees actions, establishment of paternity, child support, child custody, visitation, and timesharing arrangements. Karen additionally handles prenuptial agreements and domestic violence injunctions.. Karen handles family law cases in a wide variety of manners, including mediation, informal settlement negotiation, and at trial.  In addition to litigation proceedings, Karen also practices collaborative family law. In the collaborative process, each party has his or her own attorney, along with a neutral financial professional and counselor. The participants follow a protocol to develop resolution options to work collaboratively towards the dissolution of marriage, as oppose to the traditional adversarial process.. Karen graduated cum laude from the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law, and received her B.A. in Sociology from the University of Delaware, graduating cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa.. Karen is a proud member of the board of directors for the Holocaust Memorial Resource & Education Center of Florida. Karen also is a member of the Florida Academy of Collaborative Professionals and the Collaborative Family Law Group of Central Florida, serving on its membership committee. Karen is actively involved with the Orange County Bar Association and is an editor of its academic publication, The Briefs. She is also a graduate of the Athena NextGen Women's Leadership Institute, and currently serves on its recruitment committee.. Karen is a member of the Florida Bar and is admitted to practice in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida, The U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Florida and the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida.

Firm: Riad Law, LLC

390 N. Orange Avenue, Suite 2300 , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Immigration

Jumana (Gigi) Alkhatib is a thriving, young trilingual Arab American Attorney catering to Central and South Florida.  She graduated Cum Laude with a Bachelor’s Degree in Criminology from the University of Florida and attained her Juris Doctorate from Florida A &M University College of Law.. In addition, she graduated from American University Washington College of Law with a Masters of Law (LL.M) in Law and Government with a Concentration in Civil and Constitutional Rights, and specialization in Gender and the Law.. Her practice areas include:  Immigration, Family Law, Criminal Defense and various Civil Matters.  She has successfully represented applicants in matters ranging from several criminal offenses (ranging from misdemeanor & Felony), Divorce, Child Support,  variety of immigration matters approved include: fiance visas, US Citizenship/Naturalization, I-130 Sponsorships to name a few.. Ms. Alkhatib is also an Adjunct Criminal Justice Professor at both the Associate and Bachelors level for over 4 years at a private Orlando college.. Attorney Alkhatib strongly believes in community outreach and serve as a Guardian Ad Litem with the Legal Aid Society of Orange County and the Legal Advisor for the Domestic Violence Committee of Arab American Community Center of Florida. She is also a Volunteer Board Member for Orange County Sheriff's Office Arab American Committee.. With almost a decade of legal experience in both the public and private sectors, Ms. Alkhatib is compassionate and fights for the rights of all her clients.

Firm: Cole Scott & Kissane

1900 Summit Tower Blvd Ste 400 , Orlando , Florida 32810

Practice Areas: Workers Compensation

Firm: The Washington Trial Group, PLLC

37 N. Orange Ave. , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Family

I'm a veteran of the U.S. Navy and a former Law Professor. I'm also politically active as I ran an unsuccessful bid for City Commissioner for District 6 in Orlando, FL. In my free time I enjoy gardening, exercising and spending time with family.

Firm: Dutton Law Group

3659 Maguire Boulevard, Suite 151 , Orlando , Florida 32803

Practice Areas: Insurance, Foreclosure

I am originally from New York and grew up in the New York City Metropolitan area. I then went to attend undergraduate education at the State University of New York at Albany, ("UAlbany"). I graduated from UAlbany in 2006 with cum laude honors for my studies in Political Theory and History. After graduation, I moved to South Florida to attend Nova Southeastern University's Shepard Broad Law Center and graduated 6 months prior to my scheduled graduation date. While attending Nova Southeastern, I was actively involved in the Environmental Law Society, the Public Interest Law Society, and acted as a incoming student liason as a Law Student Advisor. Also, I was a participant in Nova Southeastern's Children and Family Law Clinic in which I received high honors for my time and dedication to helping less fortunate individuals with family law related issues in the South Florida community.. I then moved to Central Florida in January of 2011 to prepare for the Florida Bar Exam. After receiving news of passing the Bar Exam, I then volunteered at Community Legal Services of Mid-Florida, Inc. as a pro-bono attorney. I worked there for a period of 6 months and dedicated over 200+hours of time assisting the less foruntate in Central Florida. I then worked at the Kramer Law Firm, P.A. Attorneys & Counselors at Law in September of 2011. At Kramer Law, I practiced as a general civil litigator and focused in foreclosure defense, bankruptcy, family law, business and other civil matters.. In May of 2014, I began working at the largest Insurance Defense firm in Florida and was promoted to Partner of the Personal Injury Protection Group for the Orlando office in July of 2017. Following that, I supervised a group on 12 attorneys, supervising 1000's of pending suits and handling a personal case load of over 200 cases in various stages of litigation from pre-suit to trial and appeal. I handled Personal Injury Protection, SIU (special investigation unit/fraud claims), First Party Property (homeowners claims), General Liability (trip/fall, catastrophic accident, automobile accident, trucking accident, premises liability) and Product Liability claims.. In February of 2021, I began working at Dutton Law Group, P.A. in Orlando, Florida.

Firm: Rosenthal Meyer PLLC

13000 Avalon Lake Drive , Orlando , Florida 32828

Practice Areas: Estate Planning

I have worked for Finra, a financial regulator; LeClairRyan; and the Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia. I have been recognized as a Technology Litigation Fellow by the Center for Legal and Court Technology, in Williamsburg, Virginia and was selected to participate in the Center’s annual lab trial.  I focus on corporate law and estate planning for the small business owner.. During my time at Finra, I worked in Registration and Disclosure, developing policies relating to past criminal sanctions, as well as assisting in decisions regarding expungment of customer complaints against registered brokers.  While at LeClairRyan, I assisted in the representation of a Community Association against a developer and worked to develop litigation strategies.  I also examined tax and school law issues.  At the Legal Aid Society of Eastern Virginia, I worked with an underserved population and assisted clients in estate planning, and protection from debt collectors.  I also advised clients on property matters and uncontested divorces.  I worked for the National Center for State Courts, a non-governmental policy organization, helping to establish a guidebook for judicial election and campaign oversight.. Prior to entering law school, I worked as a financial and legal writer, with articles appearing in national and regional publications as well as Yahoo! Finance.  I also worked as a senior research analyst for a think tank in Princeton, NJ, focusing on real estate and hedge fund due diligence best practices.. I earned a B.A. from the University of Maryland, College Park, an M.A. from Stony Brook University, both in history, and a J.D. from the Marshall-Wythe School of Law at the College of William and Mary, where I was a member of the William & Mary Journal of Women and the Law.  I was Education Chair of the College’s chapter of the Virginia Bar Association, andam a member of the New Jersey Bar Association, New York Bar Association and Suffolk County Bar Association.

Firm: Fisher & Phillips LLP

200 South Orange Avenue , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Employment & Labor

Firm: Latham, Luna, Eden & Beaudine, LLP

111 N Magnolia Ave Ste 1400 , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Chapter 11 Bankruptcy

Justin M. Luna is a partner in the firm’s bankruptcy and business reorganization department.  Mr. Luna’s concentrates his practice on complex commercial reorganizations, loan workouts as well as banking litigation.  Although Mr. Luna’s primary representation focuses on representing debtors in complex reorganization case, he also has represented and represents secured creditors, purchasers, trustees as well as individual in all aspects of Chapter 11 and Chapter 7 bankruptcy proceedings, bankruptcy related litigation, assignment for the benefit of creditors proceedings, foreclosure and receivership actions as well as loan workouts.. Mr. Luna has represented clients in the hospitality, retail, manufacturing, healthcare, timeshare, real estate development and construction industries.  Notable representations includes: The Vue at Lake Eola, Furniture Country Gallery, Gooding’s Supermarkets, Rigo Tile Gallery as well as a number of hoteliers. Justin also has experience handling international litigation and cross border arbitration proceedings as well as representing business owners in international business transactions. Prior to joining Latham, Shuker, Eden & Beaudine, LLP, Justin was an associate in the Orlando office of GrayRobinson, P.A.. Prior to his legal career, Justin spent time working as a business consultant. While in law school, Justin was an extern for the Honorable Karen S. Jennemann, Bankruptcy Judge for the Middle District of Florida. He also served as the Executive Research Editor for the Florida Journal of International Law and was a member of the International Commercial Arbitration Moot Court where he competed In the World Finals in Vienna, Austria.

Firm: Burger Meyer & DeAngelo LLP

200 S Orange Ave Ste 2170 , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Bankruptcy & Debt

Firm: Bogin, Munns & Munns, P.A.

1000 Legion Place , Orlando , Florida 32801

Practice Areas: Probate

Justin Brick is an estate planning & probate attorney with the Central Florida full service law firm, Bogin, Munns & Munns.  He serves the Orlando, Clermont, and Kissimmee areas.  His areas of practice include Estate Planning, Probate, Trust Administration, Landlord/Tenant, and Real Estate Transactions.. Justin received his undergraduate degree in geoscience from Pennsylvania State University and his law degree from Barry University School of Law located in Orlando, Florida. Justin worked full time during the day for an estate planning and probate-focused law firm in Longwood, Florida as a legal assistant while attending law school classes at night.. After joining the Florida Bar, Justin continued to work as an associate attorney where one of his responsibilities was to review all of a client's assets to determine how each asset should be titled to best fit the client's overall estate plan. Justin helped to determine how assets such as bank accounts, business interests, life insurance policies, retirement accounts, and personal property should be titled to effectuate a client's overall estate plan.. While at Barry, Justin earned the highest grade (the book award) in Construction Law; Criminal Procedure; Animal Rights Law; Copyright Law; and Legal Research and Writing II. He also served a term as the Secretary of the Animal Rights Law Society.. Between 2014 and 2017, Justin opened his own law practice to help individuals and families in the Orlando, Florida area understand and implement their estate plans.. Justin is a member of the Florida Bar; The Fund; and the Lake County Bar Association.

Firm: The Skambis Law Firm

720 Rugby Street , Orlando , Florida 32804

Practice Areas: Commercial Litigation, Employment Law