An expert Florida family law strategist in your corner, every month, never in the courtroom.

Private Counsel is an ongoing strategic engagement. You retain me by the month to think alongside you on your Florida family law matter whether you are representing yourself or have a litigator on your team. We meet, I review what comes in, I pressure test ideas and strategies and I tell you what I would do at every fork.

I work behind the scenes. I do not appear in court. I do not become counsel of record. I do not file anything in your case or contact opposing counsel. Your litigator handles that work. I handle the thinking.

The engagement is built for people who want conflict-free expert strategic input on a continuing basis, without the cost structure of an hourly retainer and without changing who is listed as counsel of record in their matter.

Every engagement is shaped to your matter, not to a template. Inside the monthly engagement, you have access to:

• 60 minutes, weekly strategic conversation, when your matter needs them.
• Document review and written strategic notes on what you send me. Settlement offers, proposed parenting plans, financial affidavits, opposing counsel correspondence, anything where you want a second mind on the page.
• Strategy memos for the decisions you are facing, in writing, yours to keep.
• Preparation for mediation, deposition, settlement conferences, and meetings with your own counsel.
• Email and message responsiveness from an expert attorney who knows your matter and is paid to be honest with you about it. Conflict-free advice always.

Scope is set at the consultation based on the intensity of what is in front of you. Custom arrangements can be made depending on the intensity of the engagement.

• People in an active Florida family law matter who already have counsel of record and want an independent strategist working behind the scenes.
• People self-representing who want senior advisory backing for an extended period, without retaining a litigator.
• People making big strategic decisions on a timeline of months rather than weeks. Settlement runway, custody negotiation, complex disclosure, business valuation rounds, pre-mediation positioning.
• People who want flat, predictable monthly pricing instead of an hourly meter that runs every time they send an email.
• People who can use a thinking partner, not just a transactional service.

• People who need a litigator of record. I do not appear in court, do not file motions, and do not handle emergency relief.
• People in jurisdictions outside Florida. I am licensed to practice law in Florida only.
• People looking for a one-time read on their case. The Second Opinion engagement is the right path for that.
• People looking for the lowest possible monthly fee. The structure is premium by design because the attention is.

1. The 60-minute consultation. Every Private Counsel engagement begins at the consultation. We walk through your situation, I confirm Private Counsel fits, and we agree on the scope and the monthly fee. Flat fee $695. Credited in full toward your first month’s fee if you sign within 48 hours.
2. Engagement letter. Within one business day of the consultation, you receive a written engagement letter naming the scope, the monthly fee, and the cancellation terms. Once signed, the engagement begins.
3. The work, month over month. You send me what comes in. I read it, I think on it, and I tell you what I see. We talk when your matter needs us to talk. The relationship continues for as long as you want it.
4. Cancellation, on your terms. You can end the engagement at any time with 30 days notice. No multi-month commitment. No exit fee.

Private Counsel is a flat monthly fee, set in writing at the consultation based on the scope and intensity your matter needs.

• Starting at $2,500 per month. The monthly fee scales with the intensity of the engagement. Custom arrangements can be made for matters that need more.
• Billed monthly. Paid through the same flat-fee structure that runs the rest of the practice. No hourly billing. No surprise add-ons.
• Cancel anytime with 30 days notice. The engagement is month to month by design. No long retainer. No commitment beyond the next 30 days.
• The $695 consultation fee credits in full toward your first month’s fee when you sign within 48 hours.

People ask which one they need. The short version:

• Second Opinion is a one-time written analysis of your matter, delivered on a 30-day standard turnaround, and the engagement ends at the debrief call. You walk away with a portable written report.
• Private Counsel is an ongoing strategic relationship, billed monthly, for as long as you want it. You walk away whenever you decide to. The deliverable is the relationship itself.

If you want a document, take the Second Opinion. If you want an ongoing voice in your ear, take Private Counsel. We sort it at the consultation, and either path begins through the same door.

I do not litigate. I do not appear in court. I do not become counsel of record on any matter I am advising on. The flat monthly fee is the entire fee.

That structural independence is what makes the counsel worth retaining. A strategist who would not benefit from a longer fight gives you straighter advice.