Forest City Lawyers

As a former Assistant State Attorney in Daytona Beach I handled over 5,000 cases. Working as a prosecuting attorney gave me a great deal of experience in DUI, theft, domestic violence, battery, assault, driving while license suspended, juvenile crimes, drug charges, misdemeanors, motions to suppress, motions in limine, traffic tickets and trial advocacy. I was exposed to numerous criminal defense strategies. This experience taught me what works and what issues The State Attorney's office faces when trying to prove their case. As a former member of the Big 12 championship Nebraska Cornhusker football team I have the mental and physical...

Naji has represented thousands of injury victims and recovered millions of dollars for his clients since 2003. He has dedicated his legal career to seeking justice by fighting insurance companies and big corporations to protect the rights of individuals and their families across the State of Florida. Naji has received numerous awards and recognitions throughout his legal career and is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Court Mediator.

Over 20 years ago, Naji was involved in a serious car accident that left him with permanent injuries, and thousands of dollars in medical expenses. He relied on advertising and hired a big...

Mr. Cressman was born in Lake Worth, Florida in 1962. Before entering college, Mark served in the U. S. Army Infantry. Mark was stationed in Ft. Lewis, Washington and Wiesbaden, Germany and was a member of the “Black Knights” of the 3rd Squadron, 5th Calvary. He earned his A.A. degree from Palm Beach Community College in 1985 and his B.A. from the University of Florida in 1988. In 1994, Mr. Cressman earned his law degree cum laude from Nova Southeastern University. There, during his third year, Mr. Cressman was an Acting Attorney General, prosecuting crimes in the...

Bill's practice is focused on providing his clients with the "second chance" they deserve. As a personal injury and criminal defense attorney, Bill has dedicated his practice to helping his clients begin their journey towards a new and better life - a life they can begin as masters of their own destiny, not merely as victims of circumstance.

Bill has helped numerous people, who have been caught making mistakes and found themselves entrenched in the Criminal Justice system, get a second chance by getting their charges dropped, reduced, or potential sentences mitigated. In many cases, he also has given them the...

D. Graham Anderson is an attorney for the Central Florida law firm of Bogin, Munns & Munns, P.A. He divides his time among the firm's Clermont, The Villages, and Leesburg locations. He specializes in representing individuals and family members of individuals who have been injured due to the negligence of another. He handles all types of Personal Injury, including Wrongful Death, Automobile & Motorcycle Accidents, and Premises Liability (Slip & Falls). Mr. Anderson received his B.A. from Utah State University (2005) and his J.D. from the Barry University School of Law (2008). He speaks English...

Michelle received her B.B.A. at Hofstra University and later went on to study at the City University School of Law at Queens College, where she received her J.D. in 1997. That year, she began practicing law in New York, where she worked for the Insurance Defence Specialty Firm of Longo & D’Apice, Esq. There, she specialized in civil litigation and gained valuable experience as a trial attorney while representing defendants and Insurance companies.

She moved to Florida in 2001, where she began to focus exclusively on personal injury and wrongful death cases. She feels that her experience working for insurance companies...

D. Fuller Haring is an attorney for the Central Florida law firm of Bogin, Munns & Munns. He specializes in the area of Personal Injury, handling cases including Automobile & Motorcycle Accidents, Premises Liability (Slip & Falls), and Wrongful Death. He is a graduate of Brigham Young University, where he received his B.S. in History.

While pursuing his degree, he served a two-year mission trip to the Tohoku region of northern Japan. He received his J.D. from the Florida International College of Law in 2009. He is a former criminal prosecutor for the 18th Judicial Circuit of...

Ileana M. Rivera speaks English and Spanish and has 11 years of experience in the immigration field. She takes pride in being one of the fully bilingual and highly experienced attorneys in the Orlando area, offering full-service immigration representation. Focusing exclusively on immigration law, Attorney Rivera has successfully represented thousands of clients in a wide range of processes, including naturalizations, family petitions, PERMs, EB2 NIWs, I-601 waivers, I-290B motions, removal of conditions with waivers, L1A visas, and E2 visas, among others. Serving the large Hispanic community, many of whom struggle to find competent legal representation, has been both a privilege and...

Jorge E. Sevilla is a West Orlando Immigration Attorney practicing business & immigration law exclusively since 2013. Attorney Sevilla has experience representing individuals, families, and companies before an array of federal agencies, including but not limited to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and U.S. Department of Justice. Attorney Sevilla’s extensive knowledge enables him to work closely with clients to effectively and efficiently achieve their immigration goals. Whether filing to renew a green card, or representing clients in complex federal litigation cases, Attorney Sevilla will apply the same professional standard...

Sid Roman is bilingual Personal Injury Attorney and Florida Supreme Court Certified Mediator who helps the Central Florida community make significant recoveries for their accidents and injuries while providing them with an unparalleled level of personalized service.

He utilizes his insider knowledge of how insurance companies work, along with his top-notch negotiating skills, to recover against insurance companies of all sizes, even in the most difficult cases.

While his focus is on Accident & Injury Law, his practice also includes Mediation and Family Law.

Personal Injury consultations are free, with no cost to clients until we obtain a recovery. Consultation and/or hourly fees...

Zahra S. Umansky is an Orlando Criminal Defense Lawyer and Managing Partner of The Umansky Law Firm, along with her husband William Umansky. She has over 20 years of experience handling all types of criminal cases, including assault, DUI, domestic violence, theft & burglary, sexual assault, probation violations and more. Prior to The Umansky Law Firm, Zahra was an Assistant Public Defender in the 18th judicial circuit in Brevard and Seminole Counties. As a former Public Defender, Zahra handled over 100 felony and misdemeanor trials. She was able to secure a countless number of acquittals, protecting her...

Ingrid Borges Perez is the founder and Principal Attorney of IBP Immigration law, a boutique business and immigration law firm dedicated to assisting foreign nationals. She is a native of Brazil and has lived in the United States since childhood. She has first-hand, personal experience with the language, cultural, and financial barriers that immigrants face. This gives her a unique perspective into these challenges and it is a guiding principle in her work. Prior to founding IBP Immigration Law, Ms. Perez founded another successful immigration focusing exclusively in immigration law. Ms. Perez also has years of experience as a Criminal Defense...

Florida native, Attorney Todd Miner, is backed with years of experience practicing law. As a former lawyer for the largest insurance company in the United States, Attorney Miner has the skills, experience, and knowledge it takes to fight against insurance corporations that wish to have accident victims’ cases dismissed. Whether a person was involved in a car accident, suffered injuries in the workplace, or was harmed by a health care professional’s negligence, he can fight to pursue maximum compensation for his clients. When you choose to work with Attorney Miner, you can rest easily knowing he will examine every element...

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Natalia focuses her practice on all aspects of business and family immigration law. She handles complex immigration cases for large multinational organizations and emerging companies in a variety of industries, including IT, banking, construction, manufacturing, engineering, science, healthcare, and biotech. Her experience includes preparation/filing of employment and family based visa petitions, applications for PERM alien labor certification, I-9 compliance, nonimmigrant and immigrant visa petitions, investment visas, consular processing, permanent residency and naturalization/citizenship matters. Natalia has experience in securing O-1, P-1/P-3 visa approvals on behalf of individual artists, athletes, entertainers, scientists, as well as entertainment groups. She represents clients in filings...

I am an Iowa native who has lived in Lake County, Florida since 2005. I focus my practice primarily on residential and commercial real estate transactions, land use, education law, local government law, and litigating real property matters.

Harlan Paul was born April 1, 1955 in Jacksonville, Florida and began the practice of law in DeLand, Florida in 1979. He practiced as a partner with the law firm of James, Zimmerman & Paul, LLP until founding the firm of Paul, Elkind & Branz, P.A. in 2003. His practice focuses on personal injury and commercial litigation matters. Mr. Paul is AV-Rated by the Martindale-Hubbell Law Directory, the highest rating available for legal ability and ethical standards. He has also been recognized for his legal abilities by being named to the Bar Register of Preeminent Lawyers. His trial...

Professional: Admitted to The Florida Bar on September 17, 2002 (Bar Number 0568831); licensed as a Florida Certified Public Accountant (License Number AC34985) on June 11, 2002; admitted to the Federal Bar, United States District Court, Middle District of Florida, on November 13, 2002; United States Tax Court. on July 29, 2008. Personal: Born Lakeland, Florida, on February 8, 1967. Married to Melody A. Shipley nee Cottingham of New Port Richey, Florida on January 29, 1994. Three sons and two daughters. Education: B.S. in Management, The Florida State University, 1994 B.S. in Accounting, The...

Bilingual Attorney and Senior Certified Professional by the Society for Human Resources Management (SHRM-SCP). Attorney Santiago has been practicing law since 2009, and possesses 25 years of combined professional experience in the legal & human resources fields and vast functional experience in consulting services & project management. Her law firm provides legal representation on immigration matters to individuals and businesses. Also, consulting services for businesses on matters related to compliance with employment laws & regulations and HR practices. Santiago Law Services focuses in providing a quality and personalized service to clients in the United States and Latin America. Services...

Business Immigration Services: I provide focused business immigration services relevant to STEM based researchers, US & abroad working professionals, STEM & Non-STEM Entrepreneurs, US STEM students, and accomplished foreign researchers. I provide various immigrant services such as: EB-1A EB-2NIW Non-immigrant visa petitions: O-1(A), O-1(B) Visas. H-1B Visas. TN Visas. E-1 & E-2 Treaty visas. L-1(A), L-1(B) visas. RFE Response to the above petitions. EAD work authorizations: F-1 OPT, H-4 EAD etc. Strategic Planning to both Immigrant & Non-immigrant visas. Trademark Services: I provide affordable trademark attorney legal services. I charge flat-fee for each type of trademark service i provide for clients. I offer trademark services including registration of trademark with USPTO, comprehensive trademark...

Attorney Billy Brown specializes in the areas of commercial, business, corporate, real estate, timeshare, bankruptcy, and elder law. As a previous owner and consultant of businesses such as restaurants, medical offices, and internet companies, Attorney Brown understands the various needs of business entrepreneurs. Through his years of experience, he has witnessed many individuals face financial hardships due to numerous causes. Passionate about helping others, Attorney Brown committed his life to help those in need of legal representation. Prior to employment as a skilled lawyer, Attorney Brown began his pursuit when he attended the University of Central Florida. It...

Attorney Luis A. Mena, Esq. is the leading lawyer at the Miami insurance law firm, Mena Law Firm. He earned his Bachelor’s degree from the University of Miami, and his Juris Doctorate degree from Nova Southeastern University’s Shepard Broad Law Center. Mr. Mena is a member of the Florida State Bar, and is licensed to practice law in State and Federal courts throughout Florida. He has worked in the insurance industry for 15 years and, through his experience, has gained insight into all aspects on insurance claims intake, claims handling, policy drafting, and the claims decision-making process. After witnessing first-hand...

James D. Payer was born in Nashua, NH. In 1976 his parents moved their family to South Florida, where he attended Elementary School and then High School at St. Thomas Aquinas in Fort Lauderdale. After completing High School Mr. Payer attended Stetson University in Deland, Florida and majored in accounting. Upon graduating from Stetson University Mr. Payer returned to South Florida and pursued post graduate studies necessary to become a Certified Public Accountant. In 1992 Mr. Payer passed the CPA exam and became a Certified Public Accountant. After working briefly as an accountant for a multinational hospital supply company Mr. Payer...

We specialize in providing legal solutions to business owners. Having handled these cases from both sides, we know the ins and outs of the legal problems facing you and your business. An ounce of prevention can be worth a point of cure, so please call us at (407)906-5529 now and sit down with on of our helpful and experienced attorneys and see how we can better protect your business and your employees.

A consumer protection practice, the Law Office of Cynthia O'Donnell helps student loan borrowers and identity theft victims as well as other consumers manage their debt and credit issues.

Cynthia Fussell O'Donnell was born and raised in the panhandle of Florida and graduated from Florida State University with a B.A. in Music. Coming from a long line of military veterans, she joined the U.S. Navy and attended Officer Candidate School in Pensacola, Florida in February 2001. While in the Navy, she served onboard USS Mahan (DDG-72) as the Strike Warfare Office and USS Hue City (CG-66) as the Damage Control Assistant...

PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

LITIGATED / ARBITRATED / MEDIATED 1,000+ Contract Law Cases.

CONDUCTED several dozen business MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

COUNSELED DEALERSHIP and FRANCHISE clients from Florida to Hawaii and over half the states in between.

ADMITTED to practice law in FLORIDA and represents clients outside of the state through association with local attorneys.

MEMBER of the American Bar Association, the ABA Forum on Franchising, and the Florida Bar Association.

Originally from the great State of Texas, Mr. Archer has sought the practice of law as his second career. After graduating high school in 1992, Mr. Archer enlisted in the US Air Force and served as a Munitions Systems Specialist and a Training Manager/Instructor until he discharged in 2000. Upon completion of his bachelors degrees at McMurry University (Science) and University of Central Oklahoma (Business Admin.), he attended Barry University School of Law and received his Juris Doctorate in 2005. Mr. Archer began his practice in 2006 and has continued in the areas of Family Law and...

Brent C. Miller is an experienced trial lawyer who dedicates his practice to personal injury and litigation. With more than 25 years of experience, Mr. Miller has helped thousands of clients pursue compensation through personal injury claims. He is a member of the Million Dollar Advocates Forum, joining a limited group of trial lawyers who have demonstrated exceptional excellence, skill and experience by obtaining a settlement, award or verdict of $1 million or more. Mr. Miller attended DePaul University in Chicago, Ill., and graduated with a Bachelor’s of Arts degree. He then pursued his juris doctor degree from Indiana...

Heather M. Meglino serves as General Counsel for Quality One Wireless and is the chief legal officer for the organization. She has broad experience counseling clients in areas spanning every aspect of business and commercial law, including contracts, complex business litigation, fraud-misrepresentation, employment law, intellectual property, and licensing. Heather was previously Founder at Meglino Law, a law firm focused on business and commercial law. Additionally, Heather litigated cases including employment discrimination, sexual harassment, retaliation, overtime and unpaid wages, FMLA leave and disability issues, employment contracts, whistleblower and other employment law claims under various state and federal laws. She is licensed...

Practice specializing in complex business and immigration law issues as well as strategic immigration planning for businesses, employers and individuals. Principal attorney in the Orlando-based law firm SilzerLaw Chartered that focuses on immigration, business and employment law. Extensive experience as counsel for universities and colleges in issues relating to human resources, labor relations and immigration. Legal advisor to community and business organizations.

Matthew Sean Tucker is a Registered Patent Attorney holding a B.S. in Electrical Engineering from the University of Central Florida. Furthermore, Matthew received his J.D. at the University Of Baltimore School Of Law with a dual concentration in intellectual property law and business law. He is also a member of the Florida Bar, and an inventor of several patent pending inventions.

Brian D. Tadros, Esquire is a long-time Florida resident. He was raised in Jacksonville, FL, which will always be his home. He graduated from the University of North Florida in 2000 before attending law school at Florida Coastal School of Law. He obtained his Juris Doctor degree in 2004.

Before even attending law school, Mr. Tadros worked as a legal assistant for a plaintiff firm in Jacksonville, Florida handling nothing but workers’ compensation cases. In 2006, he relocated to the Central Florida area and began working for a regional, multi-state defense firm doing nothing but defending...

With over 29 years of trial experience, attorney Michael Herring has zealously represented those that have been accused of all crimes, the injured and small business interests in all state courts of Central Florida. Herring and Herring P.A., a third generation Sanford Fl Law Firm, is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell, conveniently located in the County Seat of Sanford, Seminole County, Florida. As a criminal defense lawyer, Michael Herring has been representing the accused for more than two decades in Central Florida. He handles a wide variety of cases ranging from high profile felonies to simple misdemeanors. Mr. Herring...

As Founder and President of Barrett Law, a boutique law firm located in Windermere, Lynn Barrett focuses on educating and helping healthcare providers navigate the complex and ever-changing world of laws and regulations that govern today's health care delivery system. Lynn has helped hundreds of providers understand and comply with a wide range of corporate and health care laws. Prior to opening her practice, Lynn spent half of her 34-year career in private practice and the other half in-house at for-profit, non-profit and public systems, where she served in such roles as General Counsel, and Chief Compliance Officer. These experiences have...

Larry L. Doan, an immigrant originally from Vietnam, sought refuge from the communist regime and arrived in the United States at the age of 10. Growing up in California, he identified himself as a devoted "math and science nerd." Despite initially pursuing a career as an engineer in the defense industry, Larry found it lacking in fulfillment. Opting for a career change, he transitioned to law and discovered the profound satisfaction of practicing immigration law. Drawing from his personal journey, Larry now positively impacts the lives of numerous immigrants. During his leisure time, Larry relishes moments with his partner and their...

I have been practicing Personal Injury and Immigration Law for over 25 years. Throughout my career, I have been honored with several awards including the Wiley W. Manuel Pro Bono Award for Legal Services, the Martindale-Hubbell Client Distinction Award, and three American Jurisprudence Awards for achieving the top grades in three of my Law School classes. I am a member of the State Bars of Florida and Texas, The Orange County Bar, The American Immigration Lawyers Association, The American Bar Association, and the U.S District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts in Florida. In my personal injury practice, I operate...

David Hill obtained his undergraduate and law degrees from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and is admitted to practice before the U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida, and all state courts of Florida. Mr. Hill has practiced exclusively in criminal defense in the state of Florida, primarily in the Central Florida community, since graduating from law school and represents clients in a far-ranging array of matters, including felony, misdemeanor and traffic allegations, in both State and Federal courts. He has twenty years of experience as a criminal defense lawyer having been admitted to practice in 1991,...

Veronica Anderson, Esq. is the founding shareholder of Anderson and Associates, P.A.. She started the firm in 2000, after serving 12 years in the government at the local and state levels. Schedule your consultation with Mrs. Anderson today!