Business Law & Corporate Planning

Skilled Legal Support for Florida Business and Banking Clients

McCarthy, Summers, Bobko, Wood, Norman, Bass & Melby, P.A. lawyers have extensive experience handling all types of legal matters involved in doing business in Florida communities including Stuart, Port St. Lucie, Palm City, Fort Pierce, Vero Beach, Hobe Sound, Okeechobee, West Palm Beach and Jupiter. Our firm develops innovative legal solutions to fit the unique situations faced by corporations, banks, commercial property owners, partnerships, and businesses large and small. McCarthy, Summers, Bobko, Wood, Norman, Bass & Melby, P.A. lawyers can help with planning, risk avoidance, and legal strategies across the full spectrum of business concerns, including:

  • Benefits contracts
  • Business restructuring
  • Buying or selling a business
  • Capital acquisition
  • Closely held corporations
  • Collections
  • Commercial fraud
  • Commercial leases
  • Commercial liability
  • Commercial litigation
  • Contracts
  • Construction issues
  • Incorporation
  • Limited liability companies
  • Corporate boards
  • Debtor and creditor
  • Directors and officers
  • Dissolution of business
  • Employment law
  • Equipment leasing
  • Fiduciary relationships
  • Financing
  • Forming a business
  • Franchise relationships
  • Fraud and misrepresentation
  • Management duties and liabilities
  • Mergers and acquisitions
  • Non-compete agreements
  • Partnerships
  • Real estate transactions
  • Secured transactions
  • Selling a business
  • Shares and stockholders
  • Small businesses
  • Tax issues

Business Litigation

Businesses can find themselves entangled in legal disputes. Our firm represents corporate, small business, and banking clients in disputes such as:

  • Breach of contract
  • Employment discrimination claims
  • Fraud and misrepresentation
  • Unfair competition and business practices
  • Shareholder disputes
  • Partnership dispute
  • Premises liability
  • Trials and appeals in local, state and federal courts

Whether you are starting a new business or facing challenges to a mature enterprise, our goal is to help you maximize the effectiveness of your business arrangements and limit the impact of any negative events.

Contact the firm online or call (772) 286-1700 to discuss your important business and personal legal needs.