Defense of Personal Representatives: Defense of personal representatives accused of improprieties in managing estates, wills and assets.

Breach of Fiduciary Duty: Beneficiaries wishing to remove a personal representative or a trustee accused of wrongdoing. Bloodworth Law defends trustees and personal representatives facing removal actions.

Undue Influence: Improper influence over a person to change a will.

Lack of Capacity: Absence of mental capacity at time a will was executed.

Accounting Actions: Defense of personal representative accused of wrongdoing, or assist beneficiaries petitioning the court for estate or probate accounting.

Tortious Interference with a Testamentary Expectancy: Questionable, detrimental interference with a will.

Breach of Contract: A valid contract is broken, a loss has occurred, a legal remedy is needed.

Business Torts: Describes the many causes of civil action within business litigation.

Shareholder & Partnerships: A shareholder pertains to partners or owners of a corporation. A partnership is a subset of business litigation involving company owners.

Breach of Fiduciary Duty: One party’s position breaches duty of trust to others in a contract.

Real Estate Litigation: Actions to resolve property or contract disputes.

Fraudulent Misrepresentation: One party lies to get another party into a contract with the other.

Negligent Misrepresentation: One party makes false statements to close a deal.

Draft/Revise Employee Handbooks: Review company rules and procedures, employment laws to protect business owners.

Draft/Revise Independent Contractor Manuals: Ensure that contractors have contracts with job descriptions, and conform to non-employee roles and responsibilities. Help in assessing whether independent contractors should be employees.

Help Transfer Contractors to Employees: Compliance with Florida laws when contractors transition to employees make sure employers are following rules.

Employment Agreements: Preparation of employment agreements in accordance with Florida employment laws to secure valuable employees.

Non-Competes: Prevent loss in enforceable Florida non-compete agreements between employers and employees. Defend against non-compete challenges. Protect trade secrets, clients, and proprietary creations.

Non-Solicitation Clauses: Prevent employees from solicitation of business clients during and after employment.

Upper Management Contracts: Attorneys generate and regularly review employee contracts for compliance with Florida law.

Hourly & Wage Violations: Attorney consultations ensure employers are protected against wage violations through regular checks to ensure Florida laws are upheld.

Harassment & Discrimination Policy: Review and uphold laws to protect employers from harassment and discrimination lawsuits by clearly establishing zero-tolerance standards.

Probate: When your estate goes through probate you’ll need our help to resolve and move your case forward.

Summary Probate: Abbreviated Florida probate that doesn’t require personal representative where total value of assets minus creditor claims and exemptions doesn’t exceed $75,000.

Formal Probate: When an estate must be opened by filing a petition for a hearing in probate court which may need involvement of the court. Necessary when an original will can’t be found.

Guardianship: Guardianship cases handled are for relatives who have dementia or have been physically incapacitated due to an accident or an illness.

Estate Planning Documents: Preparation of all estate planning documents which includes:

• Wills
• Trusts
• Living Wills
• Living Trust
• Powers of Attorney
• Asset Protection
• Advance Health Care Directives

Business Succession: Who and what will come with the next generation of your business and how will you turn it over without disruption?

Business Sales: Prepare the sale of your business with a legal team to support plans for profitability and ownership transition.