Lanigan & Lanigan, P.L.
831 W. Morse Blvd., Winter Park, Florida 32789
407-740-7379
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Top Winter Park Florida attorneys Eric Lanigan and Roddy Lanigan provide legal services including real estate, appeals, Chapter 11 bankruptcy, white collar criminal defense to clients across Florida, the U.S., and internationally. Attorney Eric A. Lanigan has practiced law in Florida since 1976 strengthening the law firm through partnership with Roddy B. Lanigan in 2007 to form Lanigan & Lanigan, P.L. The Lanigans are passionate about the practice of law and counsel clients who are facing complicated financial and business legal issues in Florida, the U.S., North America, South America, Europe, Asia, Central America. Lanigan and Lanigan provide legal advice, negotiation and litigation including: Asset Protection Bankruptcy Business and Civil Litigation Business Workouts Criminal Defense Corporate Reorganization Foreclosure Defense Mortgage Workouts Real Estate Litigation Securities and Investment Losses Eric Lanigan and Roddy Lanigan are committed to helping clients to achieve individual legal goals with attention given to each unique set of needs. The Lanigans personally attend every client meeting and handle all cases. They’re able to provide the benefits and resources of a big law firm without the hassles. Consult with Lanigan and Lanigan to determine what you should do when you need legal guidance. Eric Lanigan and Roddy Lanigan are experienced attorneys for clients seeking aggressive representation with a personal touch. Call 407-740-7379 for a meeting at their Winter Park...
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Investment fraud is big business in Florida. There are millions of people who retire in the state for health reasons because they need warm weather. The retirement funds come with the seniors who move down and fall prey to the scam artists who through a wide array of financial schemes go after life savings and assets. Winter Park, Florida, law firm Lanigan and Lanigan, P.L., has been providing legal guidance to recover investment losses and pursue charges against those responsible for the many securities crimes that take from people of all ages. Eric Lanigan and Roddy Lanigan work with clients to bring the investment and securities criminals to justice by uncovering the fraud committed against unknowing, innocent individuals. Seniors aren’t the only group with investment funds. People of all ages retire early and move to Florida for a life near the ocean and are often taken advantage of through elaborate investment and pyramid schemes with the promise of quickly doubling their savings or investments. Common Florida Investment Schemes and Fraud: Commodities Fraud – Commodities are valuable products or materials of uniform quality–precious metals, coffee, crude oil–scam artists use fake sales practices to solicit victims’ funds for commodities transactions that either never occur or are inconsistent and short of the original sales pitch. High yield investment frauds known as Ponzi or pyramid schemes – These promise high rates of return with little or no risk. If it sounds too good to be true, it is. A Ponzi scheme uses money collected from new investors to pay returns promised to first investors. Success stories in the first group gives the impression...
Real Estate, The Law
A major increase in real estate litigation comes due to issues surrounding agency representation according to Winter Park attorney Eric Lanigan. Buying and selling a new home is an emotional experience. It can also become a legal experience if you hire a realtor to find the home of your dreams or sell your home and something doesn’t work out as planned. Regardless if it’s your home, a home you’re buying, are having issues with a disclosure form or a dispute over a home warranty, a property line, a land zoning or quality issue consult with Lanigan and Lanigan, P.L. If you have a problem purchasing property work with Florida real estate attorney Eric Lanigan or Roddy Lanigan to handle your legal issues. The number one reason that real estate agents and brokers are involved in litigation are due to client and agent issues regarding agency representation according to a survey conducted every two years by The National Association of Realtors. Agency representation issues refer to whether a real estate agent represents buyers or sellers or provides dual agency representing both parties. If a realtor represents both parties, it must be divulged before the contract for agency is signed. Agency representation cases rose 36 percent from 2009. Agency issues were one of the top 3 causes of litigation: Agency 73% Property condition disclosures 68% Ethics 53% Third-party liability 49% Fair housing 48% Technology 48% Anti-trust issues 47% The lawsuits were based on accusations that an agent or a broker had breached client fiduciary duty. For example, an agent was accused of failing to explain the importance of property disclosures and instructing...
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There are new immigration legislative measures (U.S. Start-up Visas) recently announced by President Obama created to help bring and keep people from other countries. The focus is on individuals who will provide jobs through businesses and who will strengthen existing businesses with the level of skill they bring. Eric Lanigan and Roddy Lanigan have been preparing employment visas for multinational corporations hiring foreign nationals. The Lanigans handle immigration cases. Consult with the Lanigan about immigration when your business is trying to solve immigration issues and navigate the many rules, regulations and changes that are involved in the process of bringing foreign employees into the United States. The Startup Visa is the name of the program with makes the H-1B program stronger. It includes providing green cards to foreign-born science, technology, engineering, and math graduate diplomas to help keep them working in the U.S. The Obama Administration is trying to attract and keep highly-skilled immigrants which is described as critical to job creation and economic recovery. New jobs in the U.S. are created in start-ups and small businesses. Statistics show that 25 percent of high-tech startups in the United States were founded by immigrants, leading to more than 200,000 jobs in America. The following initiatives to change the H-1B program have been offered: Allow spouses of F-1 students to enroll in part-time study courses Allow spouses of H-1B holders (known as H-4 visa holders) who are waiting for USCIS action on an adjustment of status green card application to apply for work authorization after meeting a minimum period of H-1B status in the U.S. Support employment-based immigrant visa applications for...
The Law
When you go to court to pursue a settlement in a lawsuit for personal injuries received on the job, in a slip and fall at a store, or from a failed product in a vehicle, or other personal injury case, you should be prepared for what’s ahead of you. The attorney will tell you that they need you to keep detailed records of what you feel, how your recovery goes. This is important because a person recovering from a personal injury is totally consumed with getting better and healing. A personal injury attorney is there to be sure that a settlement will be given to the victim by ensuring that all the details of the injury and recovery are documented. The reason this is important is that the victim is going to need money to pay the medical bills after suffering physically in the personal injury. You hear people discussing settlements, but if you’re a victim of a personal injury, you should know what that is. A settlement is a legal wrap to ending a dispute. It’s an agreement between the injured party and the disputing persons to resolve the damages. Terms in a settlement are agreed in writing. The written agreement is a contract enforced by the court. If the case goes to court, the usual way that you come to a settlement is through mediation. Mediation is a formal settlement in which all sides in the dispute discuss terms to settle the disputes. A court can force mediation attendance but the court can’t force the disputing parties to settle. Settlements become complicated because of the need to payoff...
The Law
Personal Injury Settlements May Determine Quality of Life When you need personal representation for a personal injury, consult with Central Florida personal injury lawyer Roddy Lanigan of Lanigan and Lanigan in Winter Park, Florida. Tragically, sometimes, medical and personal care is needed for the rest of an individuals’ life when a personal injury occurs. You need personal and attentive representation by a lawyer who will see a case through to the end with a commitment to the most positive outcome. There are times, when a case can be resolved before having to go into a courtroom. Preparation, insight, analysis, expertise and planning decide what can be done in the immediate, current and long-term time-frame of a case. When making a decision that will affect you, your family and your future after an accident or an injury, find out what steps to take first through a consultation sharing the facts and details of your case with Roddy Lanigan, of Lanigan and Lanigan, P.L. You’ll benefit from experienced attorneys who provide clients aggressive representation with a personal touch. Lanigan and Lanigan practices personal injury law in the following areas: Assault & Battery Amusement Park Injury Birth Defects Defective Products Industrial Accidents Medical Malpractice Motor Vehicle Accident Nursing Home Abuse Product Liability Slip and Fall Toxic Exposure & Poisoning Wrongful...
