What We Do
Practice Areas
Pierce Schultz PLLC represents businesses and their owners across the disputes that come with building, running, and parting ways with a company — from the boardroom to the closing table to the courtroom.
The firm’s work spans three primary practice areas: (1) owner, partner, and shareholder disputes; (2) business and commercial litigation; and (3) real estate litigation.
Owner, partner & shareholder disputes
When the people who own a business no longer agree on how — or whether — to run it together, we represent owners on both sides of the divide.
Shareholder Oppression
Representing minority shareholders frozen out of management, denied distributions or access to books and records, or diluted — and defending controlling owners against oppression and breach claims.
Breach of Fiduciary Duty
Breach of fiduciary duty for conduct such as self-dealing, usurping corporate opportunities, diverting revenue, and using company assets for personal benefit.
Partnership & LLC Member Disputes
Conflicts over management authority, capital and profit allocations, capital calls, expulsion, and enforcement of partnership and operating agreements.
Business Divorce & Buyouts
Separating owners through negotiated or court-ordered buyouts, redemptions, and dissolution, structured to maximize value.
Valuation & Deadlock
Fair value and fair market value fights that decide what an interest is worth, and breaking — or defending against — deadlock among evenly split owners.
Ownership & Governance
Disputed transfers of interests, contests over voting control and board or manager authority, and enforcement of shareholder, buy-sell, and operating agreements.
Business & commercial litigation
The disputes a company faces in the course of doing business — with the people it deals with, competes against, and relies on.
Contract Disputes
Breach of contract claims and defenses across vendor, customer, and inter-company agreements.
Business Torts
Tortious interference, unfair competition, fraud, and civil theft and conversion claims.
Trade Secrets & Covenants
Protecting — and challenging — trade secrets, non-competes, and non-solicitation agreements.
Construction Disputes
Disputes among owners, contractors, and subcontractors, including construction defects, liens, and payment claims.
Collections & Post-Judgment
Enforcing judgments and collecting debts, including post-judgment discovery and proceedings supplementary.
Injunctions & Emergency Relief
Temporary restraining orders and preliminary injunctions when a matter cannot wait.
Real estate litigation
Disputes over property, deals, and development — a core part of the firm’s practice.
Purchase & Sale Disputes
Enforcement, rescission, and termination of real estate contracts, deposits, and financing.
Title & Boundary Disputes
Quiet title actions, easements, boundaries, and errors in legal descriptions.
Commercial Leases
Landlord and tenant disputes, defaults, and lease interpretation fights.
Condominium & Community Association Law
Disputes involving condominium and homeowners’ associations, governing documents, assessments, and developer transition.
Water & Riparian Rights
Docks, seawalls, submerged lands, riparian rights, Florida’s public trust doctrine, and other water law issues.
Development & Permitting
Permitting, zoning, and land-use disputes for developers and owners.
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