Justia Legal Services & Lawyers Directory

The Law Offices of Jason M. Melton, P.A. has offices in Spring Hill, New Port Richey, Ocala, Tampa, Bushnell, Inverness and Gainesville where we handle Auto Accidents, Slip and Fall, Injury, Wrongful Death, DUI, Criminal, Brain Injury, Divorce and all Family law issues and other related legal matters in the following communities:
Tampa, St. Petersburg, Tarpon Springs, Clearwater, Wesley Chapel, Dade City, Zephyrhills, New Port Richey, Trinity, Hudson, Holiday, Brooksville, Spring Hill, Weeki Wachee, Bushnell, Inverness, Crystal River, Homosassa, The Villages, Ocala, Gainesville, Bronson, Cedar Key, Tavares, Clermont, Bartow, Lakeland - which includes Hillsborough County, Pinellas County, Pasco County, Hernando County, Polk County, Lake County, Sumter County, Citrus County, Marion County, Levy County and Alachua County

Firm Profile

In October 2007, Anthony Reeves decided to create a law firm that would serve the general needs of the community while focusing on achieving a level of excellence in personal service and support. The Reeves Law Firm, P.A. is a full service law firm located in Kissimmee, Florida and Bartow, Florida. Our goal is to offer competent legal advice - the degree of representation you might expect from a large firm. However, we do so without losing sight of the principles that helped structure our firm.

Anthony Reeves is admitted to all of the state courts in Florida, as well as all of the Federal Courts in Florida, the 11th Circuit Court of Appeal and United States Supreme Court. Prior to establishing the Reeves Law Firm, P.A., Anthony Reeves spent 6 years representing exclusively individuals applying for Social Security Disability benefits with an experienced Social Security Disability law firm. Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Reeves spent 3 years with the Florida Department of Labor and Employment Security as a Senior Safety and Health Specialist. During this time, Mr. Reeves facilitated group development of Industry Specific Safety and Health Programs through input and group discussion between large and small employers, workers compensation carriers, union representative and government personnel. In addition, Mr. Reeves conducted numerous on-site safety and health consultations throughout the state of Florida to assist employers in reducing the number of occupational injuries and illnesses in the workplace.

Upon completing his Masters degree in 1995, Mr. Reeves was commissioned as a Naval Officer and stationed at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina as an Industrial Hygiene Officer. During his three years in the Navy, Mr. Reeves conducted industrial hygiene inspection of military and civilian facilities to assist these sections in reducing the incidence of biological, chemical, mechanical, and ergonomic hazards. Mr. Reeves conducted air monitoring, noise monitoring and heat monitoring evaluations of industrial sites, indoor air quality of office spaces, and ergonomic evaluations of work place settings. In addition, Mr. Reeves conducted union grievance training, diversity training, and rights and responsibility training. During his tour, Mr. Reeves conducted an racial discrimination investigation

As a client, you can be assured that your case will receive special care and consideration. That means providing you with the most up-to-date legal advice. It also means taking time to fully explain the legal procedures we recommend, including all the options available to you. The client comes first. The Reeves Law Firm looks forward to serving you and offering you the best solutions available.

Rusten C. Hurd is a founding partner at the law firm of Colombo, Hurd & Brandt, PL, specializing in immigration law as well as workers' compensation and appellate law. Mr. Hurd has extensive experience representing employers and carriers in workers' compensation claims. Mr. Hurd has had notable success at both the trial and appellate levels. He is dedicated to providing thorough, effective and responsive legal representation to his clients throughout Florida.

In addition to his experience as a workers' compensation litigator, Mr. Hurd also devotes a substantial portion of his practice to performing appellate work before appellate courts throughout the state of Florida as well as the Board of Immigration Appeals. Mr. Hurd has also represented clients seeking immigration assistance with a variety of different immigration issues in Florida.

Mr. Hurd is an active member of the Workers' Compensation Section of The Florida Bar. In addition to his practice, Mr. Hurd has served as Guardian ad Litem for troubled children and was recognized by the Legal Aid Society of Orange County for his service and contributions.

Steve Fahlgren is a general practioner in Hilliard, Florida. He handles most types of civil litigation but does not take cases against consumers and does not practice criminal law. For a listing of practice areas, please see them below.

Mr. Fahlgren also practices debt collection defense and credit litigation throughout Florida. He is AV rates (the highest) by Martindale-Hubbell, the oldest and most widely used lawyer rating service. Mr. Fahlgren recognizes that credit reputation is becoming even more important every day. For over four years, Mr. Fahlgren has represented consumers exclusively in consumer litigation matters. During his more than eleven years of experience, Mr. Fahlgren has represented consumers in litigation relating to the Fair Credit Reporting Act, the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, Florida's Consumer Collection Practices Act, Florida's Unfair and Deceptive Trade Practices Act, the Truth in Lending Act, the Consumer Leasing Act, the Magnuson-Moss Warranty Act, Florida's Motor Vehicle Retail Sales Finance Act, Florida's Motor Vehicle Repair Act, Florida's Title Loan Act, Florida's Motor Vehicle Lease Disclosure Act, Florida's False Advertising law, Equal Credit Opportunity Act, Fair Housing Act, and has also handled claims involving fraud, negligent misrepresentation, conversion, civil theft, breach of fiduciary duty, breach of express warranty, breach of implied warranty, assault, battery, false imprisonment, and restitution. Mr. Fahlgren has litigated credit report errors and is very experienced in all facets of Fair Credit Report Litigation from the credit dispute letters to the requirement that credit bureaus maintain reasonable procedures to ensure maximum possible accuracy.

Mr. Fahlgren handles cases in the following Florida counties and occasionally handles cases outside of those counties when the circumstances merit: Baker, Bradford, Clay, Columbia, Duval, Flagler, Hamilton, Nassau, Putnam, St. Johns, Suwannee, Union, Citrus, Lake, Marion, Sumter, Brevard, Orange, Osceola, Seminole, Volusia, Hardee, Hernando, Hillsborough, Manatee, Pasco, Pinellas, Polk, Sarasota, Charlotte, Collier, DeSoto, Glades, Hendry and Lee. Mr. Fahlgren handles cases in the following Florida cities, among others: Jacksonville, Bryceville, Hilliard, Orlando, St. Augustine, Gainesville, Ocala, Daytona Beach, Deland, Haines City, Altamonte Springs, Apopka, Bartow, Casselberry, Cocoa, Edgewood, Fort Meade, Atlantic Beach, Celebration, Deltona, Eustis, Eagle Lake, Fort Myers, Hawthorne, Holly Hill, Lady Lake, Lake Wales, Maitland, Neptune Beach, Palm Bay, Lake alfred, Lake Mary, Melbourne Beach, Mount Dora, Ocoee, Orange Park, Keystone Heights, Oviedo, Ponce Inlet, Indialantic, Kissimmee, Lakeland, Leesburg, Longwood, Minneola, Clermont, New Smyrna, Palatka, Port Orange, Brevard, St. Cloud, Tavares, Winter Garden, Winter Springs, Sanford, Tampa, Winter Haven, and Winter Park. Many of Mr. Fahlgren's clients cannot afford to pay on an hourly basis, so Mr. Fahlgren often takes cases on a contingency fee basis if the client's expectations are reasonable.

After graduating with Honors from the University of Florida College of Law, Mr. Fahlgren began his legal career practicing commercial litigation and collection law at Foster & Kelly, P.A. He then joined Fisher, Rushmer, et al and expanded his practice to the areas of consumer litigation and employment litigation. Mr. Fahlgren left Fisher, Rushmer et al. to form his own firm, Law Offices of Steven M. Fahlgren, P.A., to focus on consumer litigation. Mr. Fahlgren, who formerly served as a Counterintelligence Agent in the U.S. Army, is a member of the Florida Bar, the State Bar of Georgia, all state and federal courts in Florida, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit, and the Supreme Court of the United States. Mr. Fahlgren is a member of the National Association of Consumer Advocates, the Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers, and is a graduate of Leadership Orlando Class 48.

Mr. Fahlgren has published various articles on Consumer Law. Over the years, Mr. Fahlgren has lectured on computer law and internet related issues and has provided information in in numerous stories for television, radio and newspapers. For over a year, Mr. Fahlgren hosted a popular radio show entitled "For the Consumer" on AM 950 WTLN in Orlando.

Mr. Fahlgren also handles a very select few cases involving employment law matters. He has filed claims for age discrimination, sexual harassment, gender discrimination, retaliation, unpaid wages, Fair Labor Standards Act, and the Family Medical Leave Act. Mr. Fahlgren's jury trial experience includes a patent infringement trial lasting in excess of five weeks and a ground breaking same-sex sexual harassment trial in which Mr. Fahlgren's client obtained a jury verdict for an amount in excess of one million dollars.

In November 2007, Mr. Fahlgren and his co-counsel obtained a record $2.9 million dollar verdict against Equifax for violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act.

Mr. Fahlgren is also a Certified Circuit Civil Mediator and has fulfilled the arbitrator training required by the Supreme Court of Florida for court appointed arbitrators. Having represented both sides in his career, Mr. Fahlgren is a successful mediator.

For more information, please feel free to contact Mr. Fahlgren's office by contacting me at (904) 845-2255 or my cell (407) 852-1711. My email for potential clients is stevefahlgren@gmail.com