Florida Estate Planning, Foreclosure Defense, Criminal, Personal Injury & Family Law Firm

Apple Law Firm PLLC

324 6th Ave North
Jacksonville Beach, Florida 32250
USA

(904) 425-1910

(904) 875-4081

www.jacksonvillelawyer.pro

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The Apple Law Firm PLLC is a dedicated firm with offices in Jacksonville and Jacksonville Beach, Florida. The firm was founded by lawyers who have been clients in the past. As a result, our services, fees, and business objectives are centered on our clients’ perspective. We believe that communication is the key to successful business relationships and will strive to be available to meet your needs in a timely manner.

Our Florida based law firm uses the latest technology to help us be as responsive as possible. Our firm's stance on technology helps us to keep our costs reasonable. We try to use flat fees whenever possible to avoid billing surprises. In most cases the flat fees even include faxes, copies, and long distance calls.

We know many people do not have time during the day to discuss their legal issues; therefore our lawyers are available after hours to discuss your issues. In most practice areas, we even offer free 30-minute consultations to discuss your options.

Although our primary office is in Jacksonville we represent clients all over Florida including those in Duval County, Clay County, St. Johns County, Flagler County, and Nassau County. Whether you need documents reviewed, drafted, or representation in court, The Apple Law Firm can help every step of the way.

Year this Office was Established: 2010

Practice Areas

Additional Practice Areas: Chapter 7 Bankruptcy; Chapter 13 Bankruptcy; Breach of Contract; Breach of Fiduciary Duty; Duty of Good Faith; Non-Solicitation Agreements; Non-Compete Agreements; Creditor Harassment; Crimes Against Children; Dealing in Stolen Property; Criminal Mischief; Driving Offenses; False Imprisonment; Fleeing and Attempting to Elude a Law Enforcement Officer; Gambling; Making Threats/Extortion; Obstruction of Justice; Stalking; Violation of Probation; Restoration of Civil Rights; Self-Defense; Worthless Checks; Digital Asset Protection Trust; Durable Powers of Attorney; Termination of Parental Rights; Name Change; Gay and Lesbian Issues; Guardianship; Gun Trust - NFA Firearms; Child Injury.

Practice Areas Description

Apple Law Firm PLLC provides legal representation and services in the following areas of law:

- Asset Protection

Florida Asset Protection is a process to protect your family’s income and assets from judgments and garnishments. When a creditor or person tries to enforce a judgment there are certain assets and types of income that are protected by Florida Law and the Florida Constitution. It is best to protect your assets and income before an issue arises but there are certain things that can be done to protect your assets from issues that have already arisen. Asset protection in Florida is something that is often done for high risk individuals as well as those who are creating Florida estate plans.

- Bankruptcy

The Jacksonville Bankruptcy Lawyers and attorneys at Apple Law Firm help consumers reduce or eliminate their debt under the protection of the federal bankruptcy court. We are located in Duval county, but offer services to clients in Duval, Clay, St. Johns and all of north Florida Our Jacksonville Bankruptcy Attorneys and lawyers can help with a liquidation or reorganization of your debt Though Chapter 7, Chapter 11, and Chapter 13 of the Federal Bankruptcy code.

- Business Formation

The decision to form an entity for operating a Jacksonville or Florida base business, asset protection, or estate planning will directly impact your liability and tax situation. The most common types of Florida Businesses are the Florida LLC or Limited Liability Company, and the Corporation. Our Jacksonville Business Lawyers can help you choose the correct type of business entity.

- Business Law

Our business attorneys can help companies negotiate contracts, avoid legal disputes, and deal with general vendor disputes. After starting and running many businesses, Jacksonville Business Lawyer David Goldman is able to apply his business knowledge as with his legal knowledge and training to help prevent and resolve conflicts between competitors, vendors, and business clients. David has experience with all types of agreements and contracts including manufacturing, distribution, marketing, distribution and other related areas.

- Creditor Harassment

We can stop collection calls. The (FDCPA) Fair Debt Collection Practices Act is a Federal law that protects people from improper debt collection practices. Once you dispute a debt in writing, the FDCPA orders debt collectors to terminate all contact with you until they comply with Section 809 and validate the debt. If you do not file a dispute within 30 days of when the harassment occurs, the collector can disregard the dispute. It is important to keep all documentation including envelopes, mailing certificates, and records of phone conversations.

- Criminal Defense

Attorney Cynthia Veintemillas, a former Jacksonville public defender, has an in-depth understanding of the criminal law process. She has successfully represented clients in DUI, Drug Crimes, Search and Seizure issues, misdemeanor offenses, domestic violence, domestic abuse, sex crimes, and other criminal offenses. As a former public defender, she understands that it is difficult to give quality representation with a large quantity of clients. However, as a private Jacksonville Criminal Lawyer, she is able to devote extensive time and resources to each individual client.

- Digital Asset Protection Trust

Digital assets are becoming more significant in our daily lives. There are many problems with digital assets and traditional estate planning techniques. The biggest problem is that most digital assets are licenses that are non-transferable and expire upon death or short terms of inactivity. A Digital Asset Trust can manage these assets and allow those who you preselect to access them without violations of the license terms and without potential liability to others who may claim an interest or claim to have been harmed by the improper access and use of information contained in these assets.

- Elder Law

Elder Law often involves planning for long term care insurance, protecting assets, and making sure Medicaid and veteran's benefits are available. In other circumstances we must establish Florida Guardianships to care for parents or spouses who have become incapable of managing their daily personal, health, or financial matters. The Jacksonville, Florida Elder Law Attorneys and lawyers at the Apple Law Firm can help you and your family with your Medicaid benefit needs and other aspects of Florida Elder law.

- Entertainment Law

We help identity and negotiate legal strategies that enhance your position by obtaining and negotiating movie and television deals, celebrity personal appearances, and endorsement. We can also limit your exposer by performing due diligence, obtaining permits, and helping with Florida State and national tax credits. We also have relationships with several venture funds that routinely fund movies. If you are in the entertainment industry and are looking to learn more about what our Florida Entertainment Lawyers can do to make you more successful in your Florida Entertainment projects, we can help.

- Estate Planning

Our Estate Planning Law firm is designed to help you understand and achieve your estate planning needs and desires. Our Jacksonville based lawyers create estate planning documents that are designed to achieve results. The estate planning process involves: setting and defining goals; becoming familiar with the legal terms, tools and basic estate tax rules; gathering the necessary information; and finally designing, drafting, and implementing a customized estate plan that achieves individually tailored results.

- Family Law

Our Jacksonville Family Law can deal with complex divorce issues including jointly owned assets, income, complex custody, child support and alimony matters. Each case includes a comprehensive assessment of our clients’ needs, goals, and objectives. Only after knowing where we are starting and what the desired results are, can give our clients the options necessary to make decisions that will have a dramatic impact on the lives of themselves and others in their family. When facing a divorce, it is important to not only plan for the divorce, but to make plans that will allow our clients to move beyond divorce and into the future securely.

- Foreclosure Defense

Our foreclosure law firm can help in the event that a foreclosure lawsuit if filed against your property in Florida. These legal proceedings can create a hardship for most families in Florida. We can help defend your property rights and stop or delay the bank from taking your home or property whether you are in Jacksonville or the surrounding counties of Duval, Clay, Nassau, or St. Johns. Our Free Florida foreclosure defense review includes reviewing your mortgage documents, the note, all bank disclosures and any legal documents necessary to determine what your options are and how you can protect your real estate from being taken away.

- Gay and Lesbian Issues

Our law firm is committed to providing legal support and services to our LGBT clients and community. We keep current with the legal issues, accomplishments, defeats, and news concerning gay and lesbian rights nationwide. We engage in creative lawyering to find new interpretations of existing law to apply to the non-traditional family. We are passionate in our quest to obtain the rights, privileges, benefits, and responsibilities that revolve around marital status, and will zealously advocate that these rights are afforded to all persons, regardless of gender identity or sexual orientation.

- Guardianship

Our guardianship lawyer helps families deal with incapacitated family members or allows others to take care of minor children. Sometimes companies or individuals take advantage of the elderly and obtain guardianships in an effort to take control of the person’s assets. In these cases a dispute may arise and the individual may have created liability for their actions against the elderly person. Our Florida Guardianship Attorneys and Florida Guardianship Lawyers work with Families involved with Florida Guardianships.

- Gun Trust - NFA Firearms

NFA Trusts, Firearms Trusts, Title II Trusts, Class 3 Trusts are all specific types of a Revocable Living Trust that deal with the unique issues of owning, transferring, and possessing Title II firearms (Silencers, Short Barrel Rifles and Shotguns, and Machine Guns). The Apple Law Firm has Gun Trust lawyers in Florida and South Carolina and maintains relationships with NFA Trust Lawyers in more than 40 states to help you create a custom NFA gun trust that deals with your families specific needs.

- Personal Injury

Personal Injury claims or lawsuits arise when one is injured or killed because of the carelessness or negligence of another. When a person or child is injured due to the negligence of another, the injured or their family may recover money damages for related medical expenses, wage loss, pain and suffering, mental anguish and lost enjoyment of life. Our Jacksonville Injury Law Firm handles a variety of Jacksonville injury claims for clients located in the Florida, including Jacksonville, Orange Park, St. Augustine, Atlantic Beach, Ponte Vedra Beach or in the areas around Duval, St. Johns, Nassau, and Clay counties

- Probate

Our probate lawyers deal with the distribution of assets from a Florida Probate estate. The fees for these services are typically set by statute, but often with larger Florida Probate cases they are negotiable. The fees are generally based on the assets that are subject to probate and not all of the decedent's assets. Typically the home and other assets are not counted when fees are calculated.

- Probate Litigation

Our probate litigation lawyers help beneficiaries and personal representatives in Florida Probate litigation. Most of our cases are in Jacksonville but we work on cases in other areas of Florida. We work with clients located all over the world on Florida Probate cases and deal with Florida Will Contests, Florida Will construction, Elective Share Litigation, Determination of Heirs, Breach of a Fiduciary Duty, Removal of a Personal Representative, or Estate Accounting Issues.

- Traffic Tickets

What are my options upon receiving a Florida Traffic Ticket or Florida Speeding Ticket? Many just pay the fine and move on. Did you know that this is a guilty plea and can add points to your insurance and cause you to lose your Florida driver's license? For truck drivers, taxi drivers, or pilots these points can cause a revocation of their license to work and their ability to provide for their families. We can aggressively challenge your tickets and work to have charges reduced, dismissed, or ask for a withhold of adjudication.

- Trusts

A Florida Trust is a relationship protected by the courts in which one person, called the trustee, holds a property interest for the benefit or use of another person. Any person who is legally capable of transferring property can create a trust. A trust can be a simple arrangement or a complex arrangement. Common uses of a Florida Trust include: Protection of assets from creditors; Protecting the assets from the misuse of the beneficiaries; Probate avoidance; Simplification of the distributions of assets upon death; and, No public record of the assets or distributions by a trust as compared to probate.

- Trust Litigation

Our trust litigation lawyers represent beneficiaries who have been affected by improper actions of an individual (often a trustee). We represent individuals and families in Jacksonville and the surrounding areas in Florida Trust Litigation. Our Florida Trust Attorneys and Florida Trust Lawyers work with clients in Florida and with Florida Trust Disputes. Our Florida lawyers work with clients in cases involving Trust Contests, Trust construction, Breach of a Fiduciary Duty, Removal of an Agent or Fiduciary, and Trust Accounting Issues.