Empowering families through legal excellence
Southern Legal is a law firm committed to providing comprehensive, personalized, and efficient legal advice to businesses, real estate, and construction clients. Founded in 1996, Southern Legal has built its reputation on the promise of delivering legal services tailored to each client's unique situation, goals, and needs. We take pride in our long-term relationships with individuals, businesses, and entrepreneurs across Florida.
Our Mission
The mission of Southern Legal's attorneys is to build long-term relationships with clients in the business, real estate, and construction industries and provide them with the comprehensive, customized counsel they require to be leaders in their fields. Our team focuses on four core practice areas: real estate, business law, construction law, and civil litigation.
Industries We Serve
- Business: We offer advice to businesses at any stage of their venture, from start-up to dissolution. We cover it all.
- Real Estate: Our real estate services include representation of buyers, sellers, and developers.
- Construction: We provide representation to owners, general contractors, subcontractors, and designers involved in the construction process.
- Civil Litigation: We represent clients when litigation is the best option for resolving their disputes.
What Makes Us Different
At Southern Legal, we take pride in our unique approach to client relationships and service. Our firm is not a cookie-cutter law firm that treats all clients and cases the same. Instead, we provide each client with personalized, detail-oriented, and efficient representation, ensuring that we meet their individual needs and goals. We also offer a high level of customer service, including flexible appointment scheduling, 24/7 document sharing and communication, and keeping pace with today's fast-moving legal environment.
Our firm's managing partner, Michael H. Crew, is certified by the Florida Bar as a construction law expert, the highest recognition for competency and experience in the area of construction law. Southern Legal focuses on cases that other attorneys may deem "too difficult, " and we have a proven track record of success in handling complex and demanding cases.
We are not the type of firm that handles piecemeal matters for a large clientele base. Instead, we limit the number of clients we have so that we can fully concentrate on their needs. This approach allows us to grow intimately familiar with our clients' businesses and provide them with long-term, customized representation they require.
Meet Our Team
Our experienced team consists of three attorneys: Alisha D. Hurwood, Jill W. Crew, and Michael H. Crew. Together, we bring nearly a century of experience advising businesses throughout Florida. We are skilled litigators, capable negotiators, and experienced problem-solvers, dedicated to helping our clients achieve their goals.
Why Choose Us
Our firm offers a unique combination of experience, personal attention, resources, and expertise. When you choose Southern Legal, you can expect:
- Experience: Our lawyers combine nearly a century of experience advising businesses throughout Florida.
- Complex Matters: We help businesses spot legal issues early and solve problems that could threaten their operations if not quickly and effectively addressed.
- Personal Attention: We limit the number of matters we handle to give clients the full attention they deserve.
- Resources: We have the technological capacity and a network of experts to handle complicated matters effectively and resolve disputes efficiently.
- Construction Expertise: Michael H. Crew is certified by the Florida Bar as a construction law expert, providing clients with unparalleled expertise and experience in the construction industry.
- Valued Relationships: We are committed to establishing long-term relationships with clients, offering them a trusted legal advisor for all their needs.
Legal Advice You Can Count On
At Southern Legal, we thrive on our reputation for providing timely, comprehensive, and accurate advice to our clients when they need it. That is how we have built decades-long relationships with the people and businesses we represent. Contact us today to schedule a private consultation and experience the Southern Legal difference.
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Positive Feedback
Southern Legal has received numerous accolades for its exceptional service and professionalism. Reviewers have praised the firm's attorneys for being brilliant, professional, and caring. Many have expressed gratitude for the attorneys' ability to listen, provide guidance, and go above and beyond to represent their interests. The firm has a reputation for being excellent, dedicated, experienced, and extremely thorough.
Negative Feedback
On the other hand, one reviewer expressed a starkly different experience. They accused the firm of having a horrible lawyer who uses high pressure tactics to take advantage of clients. This reviewer strongly discouraged others from using the firm.
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