An independent expert read on your Florida case whether it is pre-filing or pending in court.

Every Second Opinion is built around careful, unhurried attention to your matter, so the work is rationed by month. I accept no more than one Bespoke Second Opinion engagement per month, and no more than three standard Second Opinion engagements per month. The cap exists so that once you sign, the time the report needs is the time it gets.

If a deadline is on your calendar already, book the soonest open consultation slot. I will tell you at the consultation whether intake space exists for the turnaround you need.

A Second Opinion is a written, confidential review of your active Florida family law matter by a senior attorney who is not handling it. You hire me to do one job. Read everything. Tell you the truth about where your case stands, whether your lawyer’s strategy is benefitting them more than it is benefitting you, whether your strategy is effective, and whether the deal in front of you is one to sign or should you ask for more.

I do not call your current lawyer. I do not contact your spouse’s lawyer. I do not appear in court. I never take over your case. That structural independence is what makes the read worth getting.

The deliverable is a written report you own. Take it to mediation. Hand it to your counsel of record. Use it self-represented. The report does not evaporate when our calls end.

Every Second Opinion engagement includes:

• •A written report covering issue map, posture analysis, settlement-range realism, and strategic options for the matter.
• •Two video calls with me, one mid-engagement and one after report delivery, to walk through what I found and what to do with it.
• •Conflict check and intake review before the engagement begins.
• •A portable, independent strategic asset that is yours to share or hold.

Step 1 · The 60-minute consultation. Every Second Opinion engagement begins at the consultation. We walk through your matter, I confirm a Second Opinion fits, and we agree on the flat fee and turnaround based on the documents and complexity in front of us. Flat fee $695. Credited in full toward the Second Opinion engagement if you sign within 48 hours.

Step 2 · Engagement letter and document upload. Within one business day of the consultation, you receive a written engagement letter with the flat fee, the scope, and the turnaround. Once signed and the retainer is paid, you upload the documents we identified.

Step 3 · The review. I read everything. Financial affidavits, the proposed marital settlement agreement, the parenting plan, the major discovery, the procedural posture. I run the numbers under current Florida law, including the 2023 alimony reform and the equal-timesharing presumption where they apply.

Step 4 · Mid-engagement call. A scheduled call partway through, to align on what I am seeing and confirm I have what I need.

Step 5 · Report delivery. A written report covering the issue map, the posture analysis, the settlement-range realism, and the strategic options. Yours to keep.

Step 6 · Debrief call. A scheduled call after the report lands, to walk through it together and answer questions about how to use it.

The Second Opinion engagement is a flat fee scoped at the consultation, based on document volume, complexity, and how much of your matter actually needs to be reviewed.

Standard range: $3,500 to $12,500 by depth band. Most matters land in this range. The fee is set in writing at the consultation. No hourly billing. No surprise add-ons.

Bespoke matters: quoted custom. Ultra simple or complex high-asset matters, matters with 350+ docket entries, multi-front motion practice, or a record that simply needs more depth are scoped and quoted as Bespoke at the consultation.

Expedited or Rush turnaround add-on. Standard delivery is 30 days. Faster lanes are available as flat-fee upcharges agreed at the consultation. See Turnaround below.

The $695 consultation fee credits in full toward the Second Opinion engagement when you sign within 48 hours.

Standard · 30 days from countersignature of the engagement letter. Included in the flat fee.

Expedited · 14 days · +$2,000. For deadlines on the calendar that the standard turnaround would miss.

Rush · 7 days · +$3,500. For mediations, depositions, or hearings within a tight window.

Expedited and Rush are flat-fee upcharges disclosed and agreed at the consultation. They are not hourly. Faster lanes require all materials at countersignature and are subject to capacity. If a deadline is already on your calendar, flag it at the consultation and I will tell you which lane fits, or if due to time constraints I will not be able to provide you with the service.

Every other attorney evaluating your case has a financial incentive to find problems they can solve by litigating for you. The Second Opinion is built so that incentive does not exist.

I do not litigate. I do not appear in court. I do not become counsel of record on any matter I have given a Second Opinion on. I do not accept transfers from Second Opinion clients. The flat fee is the entire fee.

That structural independence is the entire point of the engagement. A second set of eyes that has no other agenda is the one worth listening to.

Anonymized engagement summaries. The Florida Bar restricts what attorneys may publish about prior results. These reflect individual matters and do not predict the outcome of any future case. A second opinion report is a professional opinion assessment of your case and no guarantees are made on the results you or your attorney may obtain.