Practice Areas

Please click on one of our practice areas below for more information:

Asset Protection – the application of lawful techniques to protect assets from creditors. The techniques are designed to do several things: deter potential creditors from chasing you, frustrate creditors should they decide to do so, and preventing or making it very difficult for future creditors to grab hold of your assets or collect judgments against you.

Bankruptcy – Filing for Bankruptcy in Florida is a decision that is best evaluated with an experienced Tampa Bankruptcy lawyer. There are differences between the different chapters of bankruptcy. There are Chapter 7, Chapter 13, Chapter 11 and Chapter 12. Since 2005, there are certain qualifications for filing for Chapter 7, see if you qualify here.

Foreclosure Defense – A foreclosure is a lawsuit stating that the lender intends to evict the homeowners and take back the property. After the lender takes the property the house will be put up for auction.

Any homeowner facing foreclosure is well advised to Contact Us: Tampa Foreclosure Defense Attorneys immediately. YOU HAVE OPTIONS. A foreclosure can be detrimental to your credit for many years. If you want to stay in your home there are options to prevent foreclosure all together or to use effective legal techniques to defend your home for your family, which often takes a long period of time, while trying for a workout solution. We can provide you the time you need to exercise all of your options.

Estate Planning – Most of the time death is not planned, but what you can plan for is how your affairs will be managed after you pass on. Whether you need to draft a simple will, revise an existing will or create a comprehensive estate plan from scratch, PLG is happy to provide you with many services including:

• Wills & Trusts

A properly drafted Will can solve many legal questions that arise whenever anyone dies. A trust is a legal instrument that can accomplish the same things as a will and even more. Even though you have a trust, it is still important to have a will.

• Probate

the process by which property of the decedent is transferred to his or her beneficiaries. Even a will must be admitted to probate to determine that the will is valid, hear any objections to the will, orders creditors to be paid and ensures that a personal representative is named to distribute property according to the will. Probate can take a long time preventing your beneficiaries from enjoying what you have left them. There are ways to avoid probate.

• Powers of Attorney and Advance Directives

Powers of Attorney can be Regular, Durable and/or Springing. In general they enable someone to make decisions on your behalf. Advance Directives, like a Living Will, explain to others your wishes in case you become incapacitated.

• Special Needs Trusts

trusts designed to provide for an individual with a disability. A special needs trust was the tool used in the hit movie “Rain Man” starring Tom Cruise and Dustin Hoffman.

Florida Business Law – If you are doing business, you should have the proper shield of protection and identity. There are differences between a C Corporation, S Corporation, an LLC, Partnerships, Limited Partnerships, etc. Click here to find out the differences.