Citra Lawyers

I am Alexander Tanios, the principal attorney at The Tanios Law Firm P.A., where I focus on estate planning, real estate, and business law. My career has been marked by a diverse array of experiences, including roles in law enforcement and customer service, which have equipped me with a unique set of skills that I apply to my legal practice. I earned my law degree from Florida A&M University College of Law, where I honed my abilities in public speaking, leadership, and analytical thinking. My early legal experiences at the State Attorney’s Office, combined with my background in client relations, have...

David is the managing attorney of BRILL & RINALDI, The Law Firm. He is also co-counsel with the Miami-based law firm of Crewmember & Maritime Advocacy Center, P.A. David began his legal career in the Office of the State Attorney in and for the Eleventh Judicial Circuit in Miami, first serving as a Certified Legal Intern and then for over three years as an Assistant State Attorney. He tried six jury trials as an Intern. He tried dozens of bench proceedings and approximately two dozen jury trials as an Assistant State Attorney. After his departure...

My practice is limited to Family Law and Criminal Defense. I also am able to prepare simplified wills. If I am not able to help you or your family with an area of law, I have an extensive network of attorneys I can refer cases to. I was Partner with Bigney & Orth P.A. for 9 years where my specialties were the same as they are now. Prior to that, I was an Assistant State Attorney in Seminole County. In my years as an attorney in Florida, I have been lead trial attorney in over 100 jury...

I have helped individuals to purchase businesses such as restaurants, hotels, gas stations, retail stores, medical practices and medical offices in Jacksonville, Orlando, Ocala, Ft. Lauderdale, Sarasota, Punta Gorda, Poinciana, Miami and all over Florida. I invite you to contact me before making your decision to purchase, invest, or sell a business. I can also assist with your business immigration or individual visa to live, work, and invest in Florida. I have worked closely with attorneys and other professionals on the firm’s domestic and international business matters. I am actively involved in all aspects of litigation support, including drafting pleadings and...

I am certified by the Florida Bar in Construction Law, Business Litigation Law and Civil Trial Law and my practice is primarily in these areas of the law. I also am certified by the Florida Supreme Court as a Circuit Court Mediator. I am author of Chapter One "Introduction" and Chapter Eleven "Delays" of the Florida Bar's Continuing Legal Education manual FLORIDA CONSTRUCTION LAW AND PRACTICE (9th Edition- 2021) and have been a presenter at numerous construction law seminars.

Elizabeth Rice knows that obtaining justice demands sound case preparation, skill, knowledge, experience and the determination to obtain a fair result. Elizabeth will challenge anyone who has wrongfully victimized our client’s health, safety, liberty, or well-being. It is her mission is to provide tireless, dedicated representation to her clients. She has always maintained the highest standard in managing her cases. She works tirelessly. While she was a prosecutor there was a rumor that she never went home. The joke was that she slept there. This is because when she got her teeth into a case she would...

LEGAL PHILOSOPHY

Thank you for inquiring about the Law Office of Michael E. Morris. I have been an attorney since 1994. I have been licensed in Florida since 1996 and New York since 1995. I like helping my clients to solve their legal matters, and I’m not afraid of the complex cases with multiple parties. I do like going to court, and I do like winning at court. However, I do realize that most cases, especially family cases, really have no clear winners or losers in the end. It is almost always in your best...

The Nazareth Law Firm is a boutique law firm which concentrates the majority of its practice on consumer bankruptcy and commercial litigation. We strive to provide our clients with the highest quality legal services. This website is dedicated to providing our clients with answers to nearly all their personal bankruptcy questions and concerns. However, please feel free to call any of our attorneys to schedule a consultation if further information is needed before filing bankruptcy or weighing your financial and legal options. We are centrally located in downtown Orlando and specialize in serving debtors out of the Federal Middle District of Florida...

Asad Ali is a criminal defense attorney who represents clients in state and federal courts. Mr. Ali relies on his extensive criminal law experience at the trial and appellate level to zealously advocate for his clients. Mr. Ali began his career at the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit Public Defender’s Office in Tampa, Florida. There, he discovered his passion for defending people against an often unfair criminal justice system. As an Assistant Public Defender, Mr. Ali successfully represented adults and juveniles charged with offenses ranging from misdemeanors to serious felonies during pretrial proceedings and at trial. After his tenure with the Public Defender’s...

Attorney Daliah Lugo-Auffant has been a practicing attorney since 1996 and is authorized to practice immigration law nationwide. She is based in Orlando, Florida.

Ms. Lugo-Auffant is a member of the Puerto Rico bar, and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First and Eleventh Circuits, and the U.S. District Court for the District of Puerto Rico.

Having spent her formative years between Puerto Rico, the United States and Spain, Ms. Lugo-Auffant is fully bilingual in English and Spanish. She has a B.A. in English from Oberlin College, a J.D. from the University of Puerto Rico and...

A native of Florida, Raymond O. Bodiford has been representing the people of Florida for more than 25 years. He was born and raised in Miami, FL and attended Killian High School . For undergraduate school, he attended the University of Miami, knowing at an early age he wanted to be involved in advocating for the injured. He received his Bachelor's Degree in Political Science at the age of 20. He attended law school at the University of Florida in Gainesville where he graduated in 1981. During law school, he worked as a certified legal intern at the Public Defender's Office...

Attorney Samuel A. Walker heads CPLS, P.A.’s federal and Virgin Islands appeals team, and is its chief federal and Virgin Islands appellate attorney. Mr. Walker earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Loma Linda University and a Doctor of Jurisprudence degree from Howard University School of Law. After law school Mr. Walker served as a judicial law clerk to the Honorable Ishmael A. Meyers at the Superior Court of the United States Virgin Islands. Mr. Walker advised Judge Meyers on a variety of civil and criminal matters, including appeals. Since completing his judicial clerkship, Mr. Walker...

I graduated from the University of Miami School of Law in 2013 and have been practicing law for more than 9 years. I started out as a State Prosecutor where I gained significant courtroom experience. A few years later I opened my own law firm at the beginning of 2018. Sing 2013, I have been the lead attorney in more than 25 jury trials and some non-jury trials as well. Now I focus on criminal defense, personal injury, and landlord-tenant law, in which I often represent tenants with consumer protection claims against landlords.

Laura Douglas received a B.A from the University of Central Florida and began her professional career as an award winning news producer at WFTV in Orlando, where she developed the passion for investigation and advocacy that led her to law school. While attending St. Thomas University School of Law in Miami, she served as a Certified Legal Intern for the U.S. Attorney for the Middle District of Florida and clerked for the Florida Department of Transportation trial division. Following early graduation, Laura obtained priceless courtroom experience as an Assistant State Attorney in Miami-Dade County, prosecuting domestic violence, child abuse and...

Blair T. Jackson was born in Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada in 1965. He attended McGill University in Montreal where he earned his bachelor’s degree in 1988. He then attended the Western Michigan Cooley School of Law where he received his juris doctorate in 1991. Mr. Jackson also graduated from the University of Alabama School of Law with a LL.M. (Masters of Law) degree in Business Transactions in 2014. Mr. Jackson has more than twenty-three (23) years of civil litigation experience, practicing in both state courts in the State of Florida, as well as the United States District Court of the Middle...

Kim De Arcangelis (formerly Kim Woods) was born in Washington, D.C., raised in Orlando, Florida and then later resided in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida for a number of years. Ms. De Arcangelis practices in the labor and employment litigation division of the Orlando, Florida office of Morgan & Morgan. She has both bench trial and Federal jury trial experience. She represents numerous employees with matters including wage and hour disputes and ranging from single plaintiff actions to class/collective actions. Ms. De Arcangelis attended Nova Southeastern University for both her undergraduate degree and law degree.

Mrs. Díaz-Sampedro currently works as an Immigration attorney for the Vasquez Law Firm in Orlando, Florida. She received her B.A., Magna Cum Laude, from the Inter American University of Puerto Rico. As a testament to her overachieving character, in 2011 and at the age of 23 she completed her Juris Doctor at the Inter American University, School of Law. While in law school, she worked as a clerk at the Puerto Rico Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation. Mrs. Díaz has also taken advanced international law courses in cities such as London, Venice, Madrid and Beijing, which experience has granted her...

Paul Byron graduated from the University of Michigan with honors in 1983 and from the Louisiana State University Law Center in 1986. Mr. Byron served in the U.S. Army Judge Advocate General’s Corps from 1986 to 1990 as a prosecutor. He then returned to Central Florida and served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Middle District of Florida for 10 years where he prosecuted complex white-collar crime, including international money laundering. Mr. Byron also practiced in the civil division of the U.S. Attorney’s Office, concentrating on medical malpractice defense and affirmative civil litigation. In 2001, Mr. Byron was selected to...

SPECIALIZING IN BUSINESS, CONTRACTS, LICENSING AND REGULATORY LAW

Baker Law, P.A. is a prestigious, dynamic law firm headquartered in beautiful Wesley Chapel, Florida, part of the Tampa Bay Area. The firm is proud to offer a full suite of services throughout the state including business purchases and sales, workers' compensation counsel, alcoholic beverage licensing, hospitality licensing, hemp and CBD licensing, liquor license financing, administrative complaint resolution, physician and other employment contract review, drafting and negotiation, and much more. By working with Baker Law, P.A.'s exceptionally talented staff, the firm's clients achieve remarkable results.

Jonathon W. Baker, Esq., President of Baker Law, P.A.,...

Before moving to Orlando last summer, I worked as an assistant county attorney in southwest Florida for 4 years. I was the primary drafter of Lee County’s comprehensive plan, land development code, and administrative codes while representing a number of county departments including planning and zoning, transportation, utilities, natural resources, and parks and recreation. Prior to working for Lee County, I worked at a private law firm practicing Real Estate, Local Government, Environmental Law, Land Use, HOA Law, and Condominium Law for nearly 10 years.

Attorney Chavelys Y. Alers was born and raised in Puerto Rico. She specifically grew up in the towns of Vega Baja and Dorado. Attorney Alers is bilingual, as she is fluent in both English and Spanish. Two decades ago, Attorney Alers migrated from Puerto Rico to the mainland United States, Central Florida. Attorney Alers attended Boone High School and excelled, graduating with Honors. Attorney Alers is a proud alumnus of the University of Miami, where she graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and an associate’s degree in Music Business & Entertainment Industries. After several years in the workforce,...

Attorney Jeff Ippoliti graduated Magna Cum Laude from Barry University School of Law as the class salutatorian. During law school, Jeff also served as the senior editor of the Barry Law Review. He is experienced as an entrepreneur, business executive, and philanthropist. Jeff has lived in Celebration since 2003, and focuses his practice on the areas of business law, real estate, personal injury, and insurance litigation. To learn more about retaining the representation of an attorney from Celebration Law, PA, contact the Florida firm today!

Catherine J. Jones is a 2001 distinguished military graduate of Florida State University with a Bachelor of Arts in Information Studies and a minor in Studio Art. She graduated from Florida State University College of Law in December 2003. Catherine was admitted to the Florida Bar in 2004, and admitted to practice in the Middle District of Florida in 2010. Prior to entering private practice, Catherine served as a military lawyer in the United States Army Judge Advocate General Corps. She was the managing attorney for the legal assistance office in the 82nd Airborne Division in...

Michael J. Faehner is the founder of Faehner PLLC, based in Oldsmar, Florida. With over 25 years of legal experience, he focuses his practice on estate planning, corporate, and tax law, serving clients throughout the Tampa Bay area. Michael earned bachelor’s degrees in Finance and History from the University of Notre Dame. He went on to receive his law degree from Valparaiso University Law School, and obtained a Master of Laws degree in taxation from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. He is admitted to practice before all Florida state courts, the U.S. District Court for the Middle District...

As I enter my 29th year of practice as a criminal practitioner, I feel stronger than ever that my role in the criminal justice system is as critical as any time in history. Criminal defense attorneys represent the last hurdle against over-reaching by the government to take one's liberty. I find my role to be one of holding the government to their burden of proof using admissible evidence. I help people that are both under investigation, have been arrested and later charged. It is always critical to get a lawyer during the investigation phase in order...

I was born in Rochester, New York and attended the State University of New York at Albany, where I acquired a BA in psychology. I obtained my law degree from the University of Houston in 1986. In 1994, I founded the firm Debt Relief Legal Centers, which became one of the nation’s largest filers of consumer bankruptcies. Although I have represented many large banks, financial institutions and insurance companies, my practice is now concentrated solely on representing the interests of consumers in bankruptcy and foreclosure defense. I am a member in good standing of the Florida...

Ms. Calta was born in Miami, Florida and raised in Staten Island, New York, where she graduated Magna Cum Laude from St. John's University in 1988. In 1991, Ms. Calta graduated from Brooklyn Law School where she earned the American Jurisprudence Award in Evidence and immediately began her legal career as an Assistant District Attorney with the Kings County District Attorneys' Office, where she litigated misdemeanor and felony trials. In October of 1994, Ms. Calta relocated to Florida and in 1995, began representing injured persons against insurance companies. Ms. Calta's zealous dedication to...

Immigration and Nationality Law.

I serve exclusively as a certified mediator and arbitrator in civil litigation throughout the State of Florida, including personal injury and wrongful death, product liability, insurance coverage and property claims, commercial, real estate and nursing home cases. My experience is built on 34 years as a practicing litigator, prosecuting and defending cases from pre-suit through verdict and appeal, and includes attendance and negotiation at countless mediations and arbitrations.

The geographic scope of my services includes all Circuits from the Fifth through and including the Thirteenth Circuits, the Twentieth Circuit, and by telephone appointment, the Fifteenth, Seventeenth and Eighteenth Circuits.