The Joseph Smith Firm PLLC is a boutique law firm specializing in the following areas of law:

• Business Consultations
• Starting a business can be an overwhelming task.  Business lawyers provide a through roadmap to ease the process.  Specifically, we assist you in business formation, incorporation, and operation.  We walk you through the process of learning your assets, liabilities, and potential liabilities.  We also prepare and review essential documents related to your business venture.
  
  
• Business Litigation
• Providing skilled negotiation courtroom strategy while aggressively and persuasively defending your business law issue.  The Joseph Smith Firm will advise you of your options and risks and then develop a strategy designed to achieve your goals. Your input is paramount.
  
  
• Civil Litigation
  
  
• Labor and Employment
• For employers, The Joseph Smith Firm partners and assists your company to anticipate and identify areas of potential liability to employees under Florida and Federal law, and offer cost-effective solutions that can avoid compliance problems and minimize the risk of a lawsuit. We provide comprehensive training for your managers, supervisors, and human resource personnel about the right and wrong way to handle simple and complex labor and employment issues.  We also prepare and review employee handbooks for legal compliance.
• For the current or former employee, we assist you in analyzing potential labor and employment claims.  This include preparing discrimination complaints, assistance in workplace investigations and to educate you on potential employment claims involving sex, race, age, gender, disability, and pregnancy discrimination; sexual harassment; hostile work environment issues; employer retaliation; rights under the Family and Medical Leave Act or Americans with Disabilities Act, or wage and hour violations. 
  
  
• Bankruptcy
• The Joseph Smith Firm assists individuals who owe more debt than he or she can repay to have the debt forgiven under a Chapter 7 bankruptcy filing; or to develop a payment plan to repay a portion of the money over a certain period of time under a Chapter 11, 12, or 13 bankruptcy filing. 
  
  
• Foreclosure Defense
• Under current economical restraints, homeowners are losing their homes by the second.  If you are in a position where you’re facing Homeowners facing large interest rate increases for adjustable rate mortgages or imminent foreclosure, you will need to obtain competent legal representation to assist you in negotiating with the bank to save your home.  The Joseph Firm is here to help you. 
  
  
• Real Estate
• The purchasing or selling commercial or residential real estate requires a lawyer who will translate the inundated legal jargon in a manner that is simple and stress-free. Our firm takes the time to explain the diverse situations resulting from your real estate transaction in a manner that makes you, the client, feel comfortable and at ease. Our services include the following areas of law:
  • Title insurance, searches and closings
  • Foreclosures
  • Purchases and sales
  • Commercial and residential closing
  • Contract drafting and negotiation
  • Drafting leases
  • Mortgages
  • Landlord/Tenant disputes

 

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