Business Lawyer in Tallahassee for Contracts, Disputes & Licensing

Business counsel for,
whatever comes across your desk.

Business moves across silos. Bender.legal works as outside general counsel—broad enough to catch whatever crosses your desk, deep enough to resolve it.

Quick Intake

How Bender.legal helps you as a business owner & operator

Transactions

  • Contract lawyer

    Contract drafting & review for Florida businesses (MSA/SOW, NDA, buy-sell, operating agreements). 

  • Negotiation & redlines

    Reduce risk and close deals on your terms.

  • Close your deal

    Whether it's an independent contractor/vendor agreement, operating agreement, or asset purchase agreement, we secure required consents, prepare assignments, file UCC statements, and coordinate funds to close.

Litigation

  • Pre-Litigation

    Demand letters, evidence holds, and strategies to resolve disputes before filing a lawsuit. 

  • Alternative Dispute Resolution (Mediation/Arbitration)

    Enforce alternative dispute resolution clauses, prepare briefs, and negotiate business-first resolutions.

  • Business disputes we handle

    • Breach of contract & unpaid invoices/accounts receivable.

    • Non-compete & non-solicitation agreements; trade secrets/confidentiality agreements.

    • LLC/member disputes; buy-sell and asset/member purchase agreement disputes.

License & Administrative

  • Licensing & compliance

    DBPR & Florida agency licensing and compliance support, including policies and procedures.

  • Notices & investigations

    Responses to notices of non-compliance, subpoenas, and investigations. 

  • Hearings & resolutions

    We can assist with letter of warning absent discipline, informal/formal hearings, and variances/waivers to keep operations moving. 

Outside General Counsel

  • On-call business counsel

    One point of contact for contracts, disputes, and agency/licensing issues for Florida businesses.

  • Day-to-day support

    We provide a legal operations layer for your company. We provide day-to-day contract work  and dispute prevention while keeping an eye on policies, approvals, and risk. Plans include a defined number of contract reviews, on-call advice, and quarterly strategy check-ins. 

Contracts: CLEAR, ENFORCEABLE, ON TIME

  •   Drafting and review with pragmatic risk notes

  •   Negotiation strategy and redlines that close deals

  •  Turnaround tiers: 24-72 hours

Testimonials

“I showed up to my business on a Tuesday to find my co-owner had changed the locks and ‘fired’ me. I met with Curt that Friday. By the following Tuesday, I had control of the business. After litigation, I’m now the sole owner.”
— Client name withheld pursuant to settlement

“During COVID, Curt stopped by my lot about a drive-in movie idea. I passed—but hired him to take over a dispute with a prior finance company that had wrongfully taken a vehicle from my lot. We settled the case for a multiple of our cost.”
— Client name withheld pursuant to settlement

Frequently asked questions (FAQs)

General information, not legal advice.

Calendar the deadline, preserve records (emails, logs, policies and procedures, and witness testimony), and respond with a clear plan. Bender.legal prepares responses, communicate with the investigator, and handle resolutions. If needed, Bender.legal can litigate via a hearing.

Business counsel across silos—contracts, disputes, and licensing—so decisions line up and momentum doesn’t stall.

First-pass contract review typically 1–3 business days. Urgent items (after-hours demands, investigator contact, TROs) are triaged immediately.

Yes—for clearly scoped work such as NDA, short vendor/contractor agreements, standard MSA/SOW review, template builds, Early Case Assessment, motions to compel arbitration, and licensing deficiency cures.

Yes. We source, engage, and manage the right co-counsel or vendors while staying lead on strategy and communication.

Yes—based in Tallahassee, serving clients statewide (remote where permitted).

Send the contract/notice/timeline and goals. We’ll confirm scope, fee, and turnaround and get to work.