Lake Harbor Business Lawyers

Jonathan May, Esq., M.A. studied communications at the University of Illinois, the University of Miami and Law at Nova Southeastern University. Attorney May developed skills in leadership, teaching, coaching and physical training as a collegiate football coach with the University of Miami, University of Illinois and Florida International University.
Attorney May then became a communications professor and has taught at over sixteen schools in the area. This is a unique background that has helped contribute to his success in the legal field. Most people are not aware that a communications background involves education and the development of...

Mark R. Osherow is a Florida Bar Board Certified Specialist in Business Litigation with nearly 30 years of experience. He has practiced for the majority of those years in both state and federal courts throughout Florida. With significant trial and alternative dispute resolution experience, Osherow has taken countless depositions ans served as first-chair in numerous trials, arbitrations and mediations. He serves as a legal advisor for his clients as they assess their business risks across a large segment of industry and service providers.

Mr. Osherow was recently selected by his peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America...

Venus Caruso is a Florida-based attorney who has been practicing law for nearly two decades. Her professional experience includes serving as the lead in-house legal counsel for two different companies spanning over 7 years. Prior to that, Venus was a Partner at the national law firm of Akerman where she represented large and mid-size companies in complex commercial litigation cases, including breach of contract, fraud, healthcare fraud and abuse, and other tort-based claims arising from business disputes and practices. At the same time, Venus counseled business owners, small and large, as well as professionals on various legal matters, including business...

We are a West Palm Beach-based law firm that focuses on the following areas of law: - providing strategies to DEFER INCOME TAX and DEFER CAPITAL GAIN TAX - creating WILL, TRUST, and ESTATE PLAN, - handling REAL ESTATE transactions and TITLE CLOSING, - assisting with CORPORATE and BUSINESS matters, - handling any other civil law issue that may arise. If you have any legal inquiries, please don’t hesitate to reach out to us. We offer Free Consultations with No Obligations on your part, as we are dedicated to assisting you with all your legal needs.

Looking to gain legal experience during his final year of law school at Nova Southeastern University, Geoffrey Sherman started working for Oppenheim Law as a law clerk. He quickly became a valued employee of Oppenheim Law while assisting in discovery research for a multi-district national class action lawsuit against DuPont. Teflon Products Liability Litigation, MDL No. 1733, 4:06-md-01733-REL-CFB, United States District Court, Southern District of Iowa, Central Division. Upon graduating law school, Geoff Sherman became an associate attorney for Oppenheim Law in 2008. As an associate of the firm, Mr. Sherman significantly contributed to the development of Oppenheim Law’s mortgage foreclosure...

Frederick A. Neustein, a Miami native of 56 years, has been a licensed attorney in the State of Florida for 31 years. Mr. Neustein, together with the staff at NLG, have been responsible for defending Thousands of foreclosure cases across the state of Florida and saving 1000's homes. For twelve years, Mr. Neustein worked “for the Banks” in the Mortgage Banking Industry for various Institutional Investment Banks. Mr. Neustein served as Vice President and counsel for American Residential Equities (ARE) headquartered in Miami-Dade County, which acquired approximately $1 Billion in residential and commercial mortgages. At ARE, Mr. Neustein was primarily responsible for...

Florida Bar Board Certified business litigation lawyer Best Lawyers in America - US News and World Report Florida Super Lawyer Florida Legal Elite AV-Preeminent Peer Review Rated - Martindale-Hubbell Senior Fellow, Litigation Counsel of America Business law and corporate structuring, contracts, business litigation, arbitration, and mediation, and real estate disputes. Owner and founder of the Law Office of David Steinfeld. Board Certified expert in business litigation by the Florida Bar. Of the more than 100,000 attorneys in Florida, only about 250 are Board Certified in business litigation. Board Certification means an attorney has been evaluated for professionalism, and tested for expertise. To...

Roy Oppenheim has been a Real Estate Lawyer since 1987, with experience in all phases of real estate development and redevelopment, from land acquisition to multifamily, retail, office hotel, industrial, and mixed-use development, as well as single-family home development for sale and rent. He represents developers, investors, home buyers, and lenders in commercial transactions in Florida and throughout the United States, from acquisition and due diligence to financing and closing. Mr. Oppenheim also represents high and ultra-high net worth individuals and families, providing counsel on estate planning, asset protection, and preservation and growth. Clients appreciate his sharp legal acumen and...

For the past three decades, Ellen Pilelsky has focused her practice areas on real estate transactions, commercial litigation, and business law. Ms. Pilelsky has represented both purchasers and sellers in their real estate contracts, developers, landlords and tenants concerning their commercial leases and contractual issues. These issues include buyer and seller defaults, change of mind/remorse, material misrepresentations, fraudulent inducement and concealment, nondisclosures, and escrow disputes representing buyers, sellers, developers, realtors, and title companies. As the Managing Partner of the firm, Ms. Pilelsky is proud of the firm’s 10.0 rating, the highest rating from AVVO, a distinguished national rating...

My legal practice has always involved the representation of stock market participants, including investors, financial professionals and firms, nationwide. My work includes representation of in connection with FINRA Examinations and Enforcement Proceedings, as well as SEC investigations. I also represent individual brokers from virtually every major firm in their contract negotiations, employment termination, U-4 and U-5 issues. In specialized situations where the facts or law present novel issues, I also represent investors. I have appeared before arbitration panels and regulators in 22 states, have written legal columns for a number of industry publications, been a...

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...

Jon has spent his entire legal career practicing securities. He handled over 1,000 securities matters and has successfully represented some of the most demanding clients in multi-million-dollar disputes throughout Florida and United States. He has represented individual and corporate clients in civil actions in state and federal court (at the trial and appellate level); in regulatory investigations; in arbitrations; and in private mediations.

Jon has handled a wide range of matters, including: (i) stockbroker misconduct and investment fraud disputes (including claims involving unsuitability, churning, unauthorized trading, failure to execute trades, failure to hedge, selling away, theft, research analyst conflicts of...

Eric N. Assouline, Esq., is a litigation partner and concentrates his practice in commercial and bankruptcy litigation. Mr. Assouline has litigated a wide variety of business law disputes. Mr. Assouline also handles cases involving Ponzi scheme Clawback litigation, 547 and 548 defense cases, automatic stay litigation, and real estate and landlord and tenant disputes in state and bankruptcy court.

In 2007, Mr. Kerr established the law firm Russell Kerr, P.A. with an emphasis on Business and Real Estate Transactions, Civil Litigation and Immigration Law. Mr. Kerr has extensive experience in real estate and business matters which include a wide array of transactions from residential and commercial real transactions to small business matters to complex mergers and acquisitions. Mr. Kerr is also actively engaged in finding practical Immigration solutions for his clients in this ever-changing complex area of federal law. Mr. Kerr began his legal career with a highly regarded insurance defense firm located in Rockville, Maryland, a...

Mr. Sallah is an AV Preeminent® rated attorney who concentrates on securities and commodity futures regulation and enforcement, broker-dealer compliance and defense, receivership litigation, securities arbitration, and business litigation.

Since leaving the Securities and Exchange Commission in 2004, Mr. Sallah has represented national and regional brokerage firms, as well as publicly traded companies and individuals, in a variety of matters, including SEC, FINRA, stock exchange, and state regulatory investigations, congressional investigations, internal investigations, federal and state lawsuits, administrative actions, and arbitrations. He has successfully handled matters through trial, arbitration, and regulatory enforcement proceedings. Mr. Sallah has also represented individuals in Congressional...

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...

Brett L. Goldblatt is an experienced personal injury attorney and business litigator. He concentrates his practice in the areas of car, truck, and motorcycle accidents, premises liability, wrongful death, and a variety of business litigation matters, including breach of contract cases, non-competes, and real estate matters.

Over the years, Mr. Goldblatt has recovered millions of dollars for his clients and achieved great success in the courtroom. He is a diligent and committed advocate, who works tirelessly for his clients to obtain the best possible outcome.

Prior to founding Goldblatt Law, Mr. Goldblatt worked for a well-known personal injury firm...

Healthcare - M&A - Employment Contracts - For Physicians and Dentists. Cross disciplined in healthcare compliance, corporate governance and transactions | advise management and review physician, dentist and related commercial agreements | real estate and supply chain contracting | litigation - counsel on over 1,700 court cases| insurance coverage (PL, GL, PD, Cyber) | methodical process work-flow and project tracking | strategic risk assessment. Through these times of corporatization of medicine, Ben Mirza offers practical legal advice to avoid the pitfalls in healthcare regulations; guiding healthcare businesses during their most challenging times including mergers and acquisitions and complex...

Brian P. Kowal, Esq. was born in Rochester, New York but since 2003, he has called South Florida his home. Upon moving to Florida, Brian knew South Florida is where he wanted to raise a family and build his practice. Prior to opening up his own practice, Brian gained valuable experience representing various clients across the legal spectrum. Brian opened his practice with the sole goal of providing his clients’ with the best possible legal representation.

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....

Business law and transactions attorney assisting entrepreneurs and established business enterprises. Anthony J. Horky provides legal services in the areas of business entity formation, governance, preparation of governing and organizational documents, mergers and acquisitions, preparation of transactional documents and legal representation/negotiations in the areas of stock purchase agreements, asset purchase agreements, escrow agreements, stock pledge agreements, commercial leasing and licensing, and many other forms of transactions. Anthony Horky also has over 12 years of commercial litigation experience handling cases involving breach of contract, shareholder disputes, fraud and civil theft, wrongful disassociation, and many other areas of business disputes....

Practice Areas: Real estate law, foreclosure defense, landlord/tenant, evictions, debts, credit card debt, small claims.

Dawn Richards Law provides our clients with superior services in the areas of probate, estate planning, business, and contracting. Located in Jupiter, FL we are convenient to clients from Boynton Beach to Stuart. We accommodate our clients by scheduling document signings in home or at an inpatient facility, when necessary. Our team consists of one attorney, 2 paralegals and one legal assistant - big enough to get the job done but small enough to remember your name and provide you with personalized services. Dawn Richards has been practicing law since 2008 when she opened...

I have been practicing business litigation and appellate practice in West Palm Beach since 1997. Prior to going in to private practice, I was a law clerk at the Third District Court of Appeal in Miami. From 1997 to 2014, I was a shareholder in a business litigation boutique handling all manner of complex civil and business related disputes, including matters in arbitration, state court, federal court, and on appeal. In 2014, I joined this firm as a shareholder, adding my business litigation cases and appellate work to the firm's thriving probate litigation practice. I routinely...

Christopher B. Hopkins is a member of McDonald Hopkins LLC, a business advisory and advocacy law firm.

He has more than 20 years of trial and appellate experience representing businesses and families in the areas of defamation, privacy, cyber security,
commercial, malpractice, nursing home, and probate litigation.

In addition to his work in the courtroom, Christopher’s practice involves a wide range of emerging technologies such as cybersecurity, data breach, e-discovery, Internet crimes, policy/terms-of-service drafting, privacy, and social media discovery. Christopher’s work in these areas permits him to protect client data as well as effectively target discovery and investigation...

Joshua A. Katz practices in the areas of Securities Arbitration and Litigation, Complex Commercial Litigation, Securities Regulation and Enforcement, Receivership Litigation, and Broker-Dealer Compliance and Defense.

Since 2004, Mr. Katz has focused his practice in the area of broker-dealer arbitration before FINRA, or the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, formerly known as the NASD or National Association of Securities Dealers. Mr. Katz has extensive experience representing public investors, brokers, and broker-dealers in arbitrations.

Prior to joining Sallah Astarita & Cox, Mr. Katz was an associate for the law firm of Klein & Sallah, LLC. He has advised and represented brokerage firms in proceedings...

Mr. Cox is a Founding Partner at Sallah Astarita Cox LLC. With over 20 years of experience, he provides skilled and knowledgeable counsel to clients with a broad array of legal needs. His practice is concentrated on Arbitration & Mediation, Business Law, Securities Law, Stockbroker & Investment Fraud, and White Collar Crime matters. Mr. Cox is committed to providing outstanding service and aggressive representation for his clients.

In 1995, Mr. Cox received a B.S. in Political Science from Furman University. He earned a J.D. from Nova Southeastern University—Shepard Broad Law Center in 1999. Following law school, Mr. Cox served as...

During 15 years of working directly under senior management of prestigious companies, such as Panasonic and Liteon, I developed an intimate knowledge as to how a business becomes successful. Also, as the result of day to day participation, my legal service embodies Japanese craftsman's spirt, that is to be responsive, responsible, resilient and respect. My ultimate goal is to help small business owners to avoid costly, time-consuming and painstaking litigation. My services start from legal strategy designing, as opposed to filling out templates, which requires predicting possible scenarios and solutions. Contracts to be drafted cover all aspect of business operation,...

Craig I. Kelley is the Managing Partner of Kelley Kaplan & Eller, P.L. Mr. Kelley founded the firm in 2001. His vision when he founded the firm was to find creative solutions to difficult problems, as presented by his various clients. To this day, this philosophy remains as the foundation of the services provided by Kelley Kaplan & Eller, P.L.. Mr. Kelley has extensive experience handling a wide variety of complex matters, from restructuring and insolvency proceedings to complex state court litigation. His motto is that every problem has a solution. Specifically, Mr. Kelley focuses his practice in the representation of creditors and...

I am Board Certified in Intellectual Property and a partner in SRIPLAW where we take your intellectual property seriously. We file patents, trademarks and copyrights at very reasonable rates. We bring and defend infringement litigation in state and federal courts. We are flexible and willing to entertain alternative fee arrangements. We strive to deliver value to our clients with everything we do.

Having always wanted to open her own law firm, Anila Rasul spent almost her first decade in practice garnering experience at various large and medium sized firms throughout the South Florida area. During this time, Anila represented a variety of clients in bankruptcy, real estate and business law matters. Her clientele ranged from national financial institutions to mid-sized community associations and even first time homebuyers. As counsel for such clients, Anila worked extensively on matters involving creditor rights in bankruptcy cases of all chapters, negotiation of loan modifications and workouts of defaulted loans and accounts, drafting and preparation of...

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.

Stephen Orchard is the founder and principal attorney at the Law Offices of Stephen Orchard in Boca Raton, serving clients from West Palm Beach to Broward County in the areas of bankruptcy and real estate law. Stephen Orchard is a hard-working and compassionate lawyer dedicated to providing cost-effective, personal service of the highest quality.

Stephen Orchard has been in private practice in Boca Raton since attaining his license to practice law in the state of Florida in 2002. In 2015, he was one of only a handful of individuals to receive the Outstanding Young Owl award from the Florida Atlantic University...

Mr. Halvorson is a Shareholder and Partner of the firm. He is Board Certified by the Florida Bar in the areas of Personal Injury and Wrongful Death and has successfully prosecuted numerous high profile cases. His practice is devoted 100% to litigation and he has specialized in the areas of motor vehicle accidents, medical malpractice, personal injury, products liability and wrongful death since 1977.

Firm founder Andrew Schwartz has nearly 30 years of legal experience, with his entire legal career focused on litigation, particularly in the areas of contract enforcement and interpretation. Along with his associates, Andrew Schwartz and the Schwartz & Salivar Legal Team serve clients in West Palm Beach, Boca Raton, Fort Lauderdale and throughout Palm Beach and Broward counties in South Florida with high quality legal representation tailored to meet their individual goals. Contact our Boca Raton business & real estate attorneys today.