Breach of Contract & Partnership Disputes

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When Business Relationships Break Down

Business disputes are never just about the legal issue, they threaten your revenue, your relationships, and your ability to operate. Whether a vendor failed to deliver, a partner went rogue, or a former employee violated a non-compete, you need an attorney who understands the business impact alongside the legal exposure.

We approach every commercial dispute through an ROI lens. Before filing suit, we assess the realistic cost of litigation against the probable recovery. And when litigation is warranted, we prosecute it aggressively, with the goal of resolution, not billable hours.

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Breach of Contract

From vendor agreements to service contracts to joint ventures, we handle the full range of contract disputes. We pursue damages, specific performance, and injunctive relief depending on what achieves the best outcome for your business. We also defend against breach claims, challenging damages calculations and raising affirmative defenses that can narrow or eliminate liability.

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Partnership & Shareholder Disputes

When business partners can't agree, on direction, distributions, or dissolution, the fallout can destroy the company. We represent majority and minority owners in disputes over fiduciary duties, oppression claims, forced buyouts, and judicial dissolution. Our transactional background means we also know how to draft the operating agreements that prevent these fights in the first place.

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Non-Compete & Trade Secret Enforcement

Florida's non-compete statute, § 542.335, provides enforceable protections, but only when the agreement rests on a statutorily-defined legitimate business interest, trade secrets, substantial relationships, specialized training, or goodwill, and the restriction is reasonable in time, geography, and scope.

We obtain temporary injunctions under Fla. R. Civ. P. 1.610 to stop departing employees or competitors from using proprietary information, and we defend against overbroad restrictions. The statute requires courts to modify rather than discard over-long or over-broad covenants, which cuts both ways, we exploit it when enforcing and when defending. For a deeper walk-through of what makes a Florida non-compete enforceable, see our guide to § 542.335 enforcement.

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Commercial Collections & Creditor Actions

When accounts go unpaid and demand letters are ignored, we escalate to litigation, filing suit, pursuing prejudgment remedies where available, and executing on judgments. We also handle creditor claims in probate proceedings and receivership matters where business assets need to be marshaled and distributed.

Related reading

• →Breach of Contract in Florida, remedies, damages calculations, and enforcement strategy.
• →Florida Non-Compete Enforcement (§ 542.335), the legitimate-business-interest test and what gets injunctions granted.
• →Commercial Litigation & Asset Recovery, receivership, replevin, fraud, and emergency injunctive relief.
• →Business Transactional, the operating agreements and contracts that prevent these disputes in the first place.
• →Florida Business Formation FAQ, 16 common questions about LLCs, operating agreements, and partner exits.