Lanigan & Lanigan, P.L., Winter Park, FL.

(Winter Park, Florida) Experienced Florida attorneys Eric Lanigan and Roddy Lanigan provide clients with extensive knowledge and courtroom skill in business and civil litigation, complex immigration, real estate law, white collar crime, securities and investment losses and more.

Eric Lanigan and Roddy Lanigan's practice areas include civil litigation primarily dealing with business issues like:

Breach of contract

Fraud

Embezzlement

Real estate

The Lanigans also handle complex immigration law from E-1 visas to L-1 visas and helping companies set up in the United States:

Venezuela

Colombia

Guatemala

Honduras

Panama

It's easy enough to find an attorney, but it's difficult to know if your attorney has the skill to fight for and win your case. You'll know if your lawyer is attentive to your calls and questions, but beyond that, you have to trust the attorney to be honest about their ability.

Is your attorney prepared to relentlessly pursue your case? Can your attorney be persistent, stand up to a fight, never letting go of trying to reach a successful conclusion?

Does your lawyer know how to handle a case and understand the benefit of settlement or taking a case to trial? Can your lawyer succeed at trial and what kind of experience do they hold in courtrooms?

Winter Park, Florida attorneys Eric Lanigan and Roddy Lanigan have seen a lot in Florida’s economy since 2007. 

The foreclosure collapse, the bankruptcies, the real estate rush and buyouts by cash buyers in the state. 

Filing Bankruptcy in 2016?

People like to start the new year with a fresh financial slate. We get asked a lot of questions about bankruptcy like which kind should you file? We have answers and have helped thousands of people in Florida file since 1976. 

Questioning a family member’s will is no simple process. Winter Park, Florida, attorney Roddy Lanigan explains the reasons someone may question a will. 

Adversary actions are generally brought when a family member challenges the validity of a will based on: 

1. Undue influence exerted over the person making the will

2. Lack of testamentary capacity or the soundness of mind of the person making the will

Keep Financial Options Open by Seeing a Lawyer 

Do You Have to File Chapter 11 Bankruptcy?

Many people, including some very savvy CEOs will wait until the last minute before going to an experienced bankruptcy attorney for advice that may save their business. 

Winter Park Florida bankruptcy attorney Eric Lanigan explains in a video that Chapter 11 Bankruptcy is not always the only option when revenue drops and debt rises

There could be one or two tough creditors who want what you owe them: Now. Maybe a top salesperson quit in the midst of a big deal. You lost your lease and have to relocate but don’t have the assets 

There are so many ways to deal with problems that you see as insurmountable. If only your pride would let you call someone for advice. A consultation. It could save your business, it could provide solutions, or you may be right: bankruptcy may be your only option.

You Don’t What You Don’t Ask For

You’ll never know what you don’t ask and Chapter 11 bankruptcy law can put a halt to the calls, but do you really need to file bankruptcy? 

Time to make a call, set a meeting and get some legal advice. Most lawyers will give you the legal advice you seek in a 20 or 30 minute consult. If you decide to move forward, then yes, the legal fees will begin.

If your dream business owes more than it earns, that may be a temporary situation. Then again, you may have let things go for too long and the options have disappeared. 

Worry and Wonder Waste Time

The longer you wait, the fewer options your business may have. So put your pride to the side. Take your facts, bring some figures and sit down with a skilled Florida bankruptcy attorney. Eric Lanigan has practiced Florida law since 1976; Roddy Lanigan since 2007. 

The Lanigans may say, "you know what? We can work things out with those creditors so that you don't have to file bankruptcy." 

Or, based on your specifics, you may indeed have to consider filing a Chapter 11 bankruptcy. 

Tips for Investing in Florida Real Estate from Overseas

If you're considering Florida real estate as an investment and you live in another country, Winter Park, Florida, real estate attorney Eric Lanigan offers a few pointers. 

When you're purchasing land and you haven't seen the property and are taking the advice of a team of advisors put together by an acquaintance, you need someone who will overlook the sale. 

Buy property carefully. Assemble a team by researching the background and skill. Don't hire someone provided to you with an offer of one stop shopping. 

Winter Park foreclosure attorney Eric Lanigan and Roddy Lanigan ask clients not to wait until the last minute to handle a Florida foreclosure defense.

The more quickly that you respond to the lender, the more options that you'll have available to you in finding a resolution. 

The personal stress that you're feeling will be alleviated when you take control of the situation and act on it. 

If you’re a foreign investor coming into the United States specifically to buy real estate and owning real estate in Central Florida.

Hire your own team: Don’t use a referral for your real estate from one person. That one person doesn’t have

Real Estate Inspector: Make sure you have a licensed contractor who is also a licensed inspector go with you to spot real estate problems

Title Insurance: Title should be free of liens

Buyer’s Agent: Never work with a seller’s agent

Real Estate Attorney: meet with three real estate agents to decide who has the experience and the skill to achieve what you need done.

Research Real Estate: Florida real estate is very hot or very cold. The booms and busts are extreme. Property may be hot on one block and cold one block over.

Living or renting property: Will this property be an investment property or will it be a future home for your family or a retirement property.

No matter what you decide, take the time hire your own real estate team. Consult with an experienced Florida real estate lawyer.