- DivorceThe Family Law team attorneys have over 30 years of combined experience with handling family law cases throughout the state of Florida. The team helps clients with complex matters involving contested divorce, amicable dissolution of marriage, child custody modification, alimony, and child support. They also handle guardianships.
- Child Support
- Child Custody and Visitation
- Guardianship
- Spousal Support
- FraudAttorneys on the Corporate team counsel clients on compliance with regulatory issues ranging from antitrust to health care fraud and abuse, and privacy statutes. They provide clients opinions on the legality and consequences of corporate transactions and financing under Florida’s Uniform Commercial Code and other provisions of Florida law. Their goal is to provide clients advice that minimizes legal exposure and maximizes compliance efficiency.
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and AcquisitionsAusley McMullen is experienced in advising business clients on a broad range of issues from general corporate advice to forming business entities, mergers and acquisitions, secured transactions, tax, and financings.
- Business TransactionsAttorneys on the Corporate team counsel clients regarding a wide variety of commercial transactions and business relationships. The Corporate team has experience with the purchase or sale of businesses, mergers, stock and asset acquisitions, restructuring, and other corporate reorganizations. They can also assist you in structuring joint ventures and partnerships. Attorneys advise on the appropriate structure for each transaction and handle each from the negotiation stage through closing.
- Intellectual Property
- Unfair CompetitionThe Antitrust and Trade Regulation team has the experience needed to work on government investigations and private cases involving the Florida Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practice Act (FDUTPA) and related laws, unfair competition claims, CAN-SPAM, RICO, Medicaid fraud, and false claims (Qui Tam) statutes. Attorneys on this team also represent clients in matters involving Truth in Lending laws, the Retail Installment Sales Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, and Consumer Credit disputes.
- AntitrustThe Antitrust and Trade Regulation team guides clients needing internal investigations, counsels on disclosures required by law, evaluates advertising claims, and establishes compliance policies and systems designed to reduce the risk of government investigations and lawsuits by consumers or competitors.
- Wrongful TerminationAttorneys on this team regularly represent both public and private sector employers when a discrimination suit has been threatened or filed. They have helped employers, large and small, navigate discrimination allegations in a wide variety of contexts, including individual employees claiming wrongful termination or retaliation, and large discrimination class actions. The employment law attorneys have litigated dozens of cases, and can handle every part of the process, from initial EEOC or FCHR complaint to jury trial to appeal.
- Employment DiscriminationThe Employment Law team represents employers in all types of employment disputes. Attorneys on the Employment Law team have extensive experience in handling lawsuits involving claims of employment discrimination and retaliation, including on the basis of gender or sex, race, color or nationality, age, or disability. As a result, they are very familiar with the ever-shifting standards under Title VII, the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA), the Age Discrimination in Employment Act (ADEA), and the Florida Civil Rights Act (FCRA), among others.
- Employment ContractAusley McMullen helps new and established businesses with their corporate governance and internal agreements. The corporate attorneys design governance arrangements, including shareholder agreements, operating agreements, executive compensation arrangements, employment agreements, and deferred compensation plans. They also review existing corporate governance arrangements to ensure use of best practices.
- Employment LitigationTheir representation covers the full gamut of legal issues that face educational entities. These include interpretation and compliance with the Florida School Code, student discipline, constitutional issues, exceptional student education, employment issues, contracting and procurement, torts representation in both administrative and judicial forums, and other issues impacting local school districts.
- Severance Agreement
- Sexual HarassmentAnti-discrimination training, including sexual harassment training as well as processes and policies to prevent gender, race, disability, age, and national origin discrimination
- Construction LitigationAttorneys on the Construction Law team work closely with attorneys on the firm’s other teams including Real Estate and Lending, Corporate, Employment Law, Tax, and Land Use, Zoning and Environmental Law to meet the varied needs of their clients. Though this collaboration, Ausley McMullen provides preconstruction legal services, such as contract review, drafting, and negotiation.
- Land Use and Zoning
- Landlord-Tenant Disputes
- Estate Planning
- Probate
- Bankruptcy
- ForeclosureThe Construction Law team provides legal counsel to clients regarding complex construction and regulatory compliance issues and, when necessary, represents clients in civil and administrative litigation involving construction claims, state and federal administrative defense, building code and building defect disputes, contract claims, delay claims, bond claims, claims of lien and foreclosure, and state and federal bid protests.
- Tax LawThe Administrative Law and Government Affairs team regularly represents clients before all agencies of government. Whether the representation is lobbying or negotiating the regulatory process, the team has a depth and wealth of experience in assisting clients in their relationships with the State of Florida. If those matters involve administrative litigation, they regularly handle all types of proceedings before the Division of Administrative Hearings, including proceedings affecting substantial interests, bid protests, rule challenges, permit and licensing matters, state tax matters, disciplinary cases, and other types of regulatory disputes.
- Debt Collection