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Civil trial lawyers · Tampa · Jacksonville · Fort Myers

Every case starts as a binder you can read.

Business, contract, partnership, construction and property lawsuits, in state and federal court and in arbitration. We take the side bringing the claim or the side answering it, for owners, companies and individuals.

Describe your caseMeet the lawyers
  • Plaintiffs and defendants
  • State and federal court
  • Arbitration and mediation
Four black trial binders with colored index tabs, stacked beside a thick file of tabbed pages on a white desk

Sample matters

Four short rules, each with the case behind it

How we think about a dispute, in four lines. Each is paired with a matter of the kind we handle.

  • Read the contract before the complaint.

    Supply agreement · Tampa

    A restaurant group was sued for $210,000 under a supply contract. Clause 14 capped damages at one month of orders, and the case settled at mediation for $38,000.

  • Ask for the paperwork early.

    Subcontract payment · Jacksonville

    An electrical subcontractor was owed $57,000 on an apartment job. The general contractor's own pay applications showed the owner had paid for the work. Paid in full, with interest, before trial.

  • Owners deserve a clean exit.

    Medical practice · Fort Myers

    Two physicians who co-owned a clinic stopped speaking. We negotiated a buyout at the value their shareholder agreement set, and it closed in five months.

  • Try it when it's worth trying.

    Commercial lease · Tampa

    A landlord claimed $95,000 when a tenant left early. The jury found the landlord hadn't tried to re-let the space and awarded $11,500.

Sample matters that show the kind of dispute we take and how we work it. Every case turns on its own facts, and past results don't guarantee a similar outcome.

People

Four lawyers in three offices, on one file

Every case has a lead lawyer at the office nearest you and a second lawyer who reads every filing. Their pages say what each one takes on and where they're admitted.

  • Margit Varga, a woman with short grey hair and glasses in a grey suit, reading a black folder against a dark slate wall

    Margit Varga

    Founding partner · Tampa

    Contract, partnership and lease disputes for companies and owners. Margit reads the whole contract before she reads the complaint.

  • Amaury Quintero, a man with short dark hair and a beard in a black blazer over a white T-shirt, on a grey studio backdrop

    Amaury Quintero

    Partner · Jacksonville

    Construction and real estate cases. Amaury grew up on his family's job sites and still asks for the daily logs first.

  • Leonie Mbatha, a woman with long dark hair in a charcoal suit and striped shirt, standing against a concrete wall

    Leonie Mbatha

    Partner · Fort Myers

    Owner and shareholder disputes, and property cases. A CPA before law school, Leonie asks for the general ledger first.

  • Torben Teague, a man with a short beard and glasses in a grey suit and yellow tie, on a white backdrop

    Torben Teague

    Associate · Tampa

    Arbitration and trial preparation. Torben builds the binders; if it's in the record, he knows the tab.

Offices

Tampa, Jacksonville and Fort Myers

Meet at any office or by video. Hearings take us to courthouses across the state.

Served with a lawsuit, or ready to file one?

Send the short version: who the other side is, which contract or property, and any date on the papers. A lawyer reads it and calls to talk through your options and deadlines.

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