Personalized Service
Practice Areas
Personalized Service
Practice Areas
Construction Law
Our attorneys represent all of the participants in the construction process, from public and private owners and their design professionals through developers, contractors, subcontractors and their sureties, to material and equipment suppliers. We regularly handle drafting and negotiation of construction contracts, as well as the prosecution and defense of litigation and arbitration matters related to contract interpretation and administration, extra work, changes, differing site conditions, delays, acceleration, impact, suspension of work, termination for convenience and for default, construction liens, bonds, design and construction defects, warranties, and payment.
We have provided representation and counsel in many different types of construction projects including:
Commercial Real Estate
The Firm counsels clients in all matters relating to commercial real property. Our Firm regularly represents buyers and sellers from the letter of intent stage to closing of the purchase.
As such, we can prepare, review and negotiate leases, purchase and sale agreements and financing documents. As an additional service to our clients, our Firm is an agent for multiple national title insurance companies and can provide title services.
Our Firm has experience in small commercial transactions as well as those on a larger scale such as:
Commercial Financing
Our Firm has represented several local, regional and national lenders, in a broad range of commercial lending related transactions and litigation. We represent these lenders in the areas of loan structuring, negotiating and drafting transaction documents, foreclosure, loan work-outs, and collateral perfection.
The Firm has provided representation and counsel to lenders on varied projects including:
Our clients include: Fifth Third Bank, SunTrust Bank, The Palm Bank, Century Bank of Florida, Platinum Bank, and Community Bank.
Commercial Litigation
Our Firm has built a strong reputation for providing proactive, aggressive and cost effective representation in commercial litigation.
The attorneys at the Firm have the depth and experience to handle virtually any type of commercial litigation matter including commercial foreclosures, business disputes, contract disputes, real estate disputes, enforcement of medical device sales and distributorship agreements, corporate and shareholder matters, collections, landlord-tenant matters, ERISA claims, and health insurance law.
We have represented individuals, businesses and institutional clients before state and federal trial courts, appellate courts, administrative agencies and regulatory authorities as well as in arbitration and other alternative dispute resolution proceedings.
Representative examples of commercial litigation matters handled by our attorneys include:
General Business and Corporate Law
Our attorneys are business strategists and regularly counsel and represent local, national and international business owners, officers, managers and shareholders.
We offer clients a wide-range of services to achieve their business objectives, including but not limited to:
formation of various business entities, preparing any necessary contracts, shareholder agreements, operating agreements, compensation agreements, employment agreements, severance agreements, medical device sales and distributorship agreements, and non-competition and trade secret agreements.
We also have extensive experience in sales of businesses
and/or assets, mergers and acquisitions.
We have provided representation in counsel on varied projects including:
Merger and Acquisitions
At Carey, O'Malley, Whitaker, Mueller, Roberts & Smith P.A., we provide clients with trusted legal guidance in all aspects of mergers, acquisitions, and business sales. Our attorneys have extensive experience advising both buyers and sellers—from small business owners to large corporations—on how to structure, negotiate, and close successful transactions.
Our team understands that M&A deals are not just legal processes—they are business-critical decisions. We partner with our clients to ensure that each transaction aligns with their strategic objectives and minimizes risk.
We guide clients through every phase of the M&A process, offering services that include: