St. Augustine's Largest Law Firm
Trial Appeal and Land Use Wins
With over 10 attorneys plus paralegals and closers, we have experienced success with our clients. Did you know? One of our attorneys has 50 years of experience, one has 40 years experience, and three have over 20 years of experience.
It is with a sincere thank you to the clients represented in the successes below that we share this list.
Litigation and Property Disputes
Successfully won at trial a specific performance action on a real estate contract where builder attempted to cancel contract and obtained damages.
Successfully won at trial on a construction lien claim for an unpaid contractor.
Successfully defended against deficiency judgments brought by a lenders.
Successfully brought lawsuits against insurance companies on behalf of hurricane flood victims.
Successfully won numerous partition actions concerning residential and commercial property and forced physical division of property.
Successfully helped numerous St. Augustine and Ponte Vedra clients client renegotiate and modify home mortgages in an effort to restructure debt.
Successfully obtained temporary injunctions on an emergency basis for homeowner’s associations seeking to enforce covenants.
Successfully litigated partnership disputes involving multimillion dollar investment properties.
Successfully defended a business dispute at trial concerning the sale of a restaurant on King Street in St. Augustine.
Successfully defended a local government against claims that the local government was violating the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA).
Successfully obtained judgments in multiple cases for citizens on a contingency fee in defending against developer Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participate (SLAPP) lawsuits.
Land Use, Zoning and Development Approvals
Successfully obtained approval for numerous hotels in St. Augustine and St. Johns County.
Successfully obtained approval for numerous residential, commercial and warehouse condominium projects.
Successfully obtained Historic Architectural Review Board (HARB) approvals for the demolition of historic designated structures.
Successfully obtained approval for numerous mini-warehouse and self-storage facilities in Northeast Florida.
Successfully obtained numerous approvals of a Comprehensive Plan Amendments and Planned Unit Developments for a National Home Builders for the construction of 1,000 lots.
Successfully obtained approval of permits for a controversial gas station location in St. Augustine.
Successfully negotiated a development agreement for a group of 14 developers for roadway improvements on State Road 207 in St. Augustine.
Successfully obtained approvals of Comprehensive Plan Amendments on State Road 16 in St. Johns County for development of new Planned Unit Developments (PUD).
Successfully obtained approval for an 800 unit residential subdivision in St. Augustine.
Successfully obtained approval for multiple zoning variances to allow for the construction of a major grocery story in Vilano Beach.
Successfully obtained approvals for marinas and dry stack storage.
Successfully obtained approval for small scale comprehensive plan amendments for an infill residential developments.
Successfully obtained approval for a major gas station chain’s new location in St. Augustine and obtained an amendment to the St. Johns County Land Development Code to allow for digital sign for fuel pricing.
Successfully obtained approvals for numerous assisted living facilities.
Closings and Real Estate Transactions
Successfully closed $60 million in commercial real estate transactions in 60 days.
Successfully negotiated hospital building expansions and medical office building leases for use as imaging and radiation oncology centers.
Successfully processed and written title on 1,000’s of residential real estate closings.
Successfully negotiated multi-million dollar lease and ground lease agreements.
Successfully managed leasing for over 200 locations for a major medical provider and served as real estate attorney.
Successfully closed numerous real estate transactions and loans measuring in the $100’s of millions.
Successfully closed and written title on 100’s of real estate transaction for residential and commercial property.
Successfully managed leasing for commercial developers and shopping center landlords for 100’s of leases.
Mediation and Mediator
Successfully mediated multi-party civil disputes in complex cases.
Successfully settled equitable distribution, timesharing, child support and alimony in contested and uncontested divorce cases.
Successfully mediated property and real estate disputes.
Successfully resolved and negotiated mediated settlement of land use dispute between developers.
Successfully mediated family law cases involving assets and children.
Probate Trust and Estate Disputes
Successfully litigated high value probate cases where the estate was disputed.
Successfully brought actions on behalf of an heirs against trustees of trust in numerous cases.
Successfully sought removal of personal representative and trustee in cases of fraud, misappropriation or other bad conduct.
Appeals and Appellate Wins
Successfully appealed St. Johns County’s denial of rezoning applications for numerous projects.
Successfully obtained reversals and remands of trial court decisions on appeal in numerous civil litigation cases. See some of our appellate wins.
We serve Northeast Florida, including St. Augustine, Ponte Vedra, Nocatee, Silverleaf, St. Johns, Palm Coast, Flagler, Palatka, Putnam, Green Cove Springs, Clay, Jacksonville, Duval, Fernandina, Nassau, and the Beaches.