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Jaime D'Alessandro

Education Law & Guardianship Law

5126 NW 57th Dr, Coral Springs, FL 33067, USA

Area of Practice: Education Law & Guardianship Law Attorney and Founder of D’Alessandro Law, Jaime A. D’Alessandro, received a Bachelor of Arts from the University of Florida and a Juris Doctor from the University of Miami School of Law. Ms. D’Alessandro has dedicated her legal career to areas of the law that are of particular importance to children and families. As a mother of three children, Ms. D’Alessandro is especially attuned to the needs of families. Ms. D’Alessandro provides legal representation for individuals seeking guardianships for their loved ones. She also provides legal representation to children with special needs to ensure that they receive an appropriate education in accordance with federal and state law. Additionally, Ms. D’Alessandro provides families with comprehensive Estate Planning and provides legal representation in Probate Court to individuals whose family members have passed away. She works in the area of Dependency Law as well, by providing legal representation to foster care children in Dependency Court as their Attorney ad Litem. Ms. D’Alessandro is a member of the Florida Bar, Education Law Committee, Real Property, Probate & Trust Law Section, Public Interest Law Section, and Broward County Bar Association. She is also a member of the University of Florida Alumni Association as well as the University of Miami Law Alumni Association. Ms. D’Alessandro enjoys spending quality time with her husband and three children. She enjoys volunteering at her children’s school and supports the school and PTA as a proud business sponsor.

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James (Jim) I Knudson

Featured Lawyer

Personal Injury Law

2210 Front St suite 307, Melbourne, FL 32901, USA

Mr. Knudson embarked on his legal journey after graduating from the University of Illinois in 1969 and initially working at Argonne National Laboratories, and thereafter studying law at Tulane University Law School. At Tulane, Mr. Knudson was not only a dedicated, academically, successful student who served as a Judge on the Honors Moot Court, but he was also elected by his fellow law school classmates to serve as Senior Class President, graduating in 1973. Demonstrating his unparalleled dedication to becoming a lawyer, Mr. Knudson, in addition to his legal studies, worked his way through law school. After his first semester in law school, he was hired to serve as a Law Clerk assisting attorneys at a nationally, renowned personal injury law firm in New Orleans where he would go to work at the end of each day’s classes. That employment as a Law Clerk provided Mr. Knudson with extremely valuable, “real world” personal injury experience and learning at the law firm, supplementing the legal knowledge he was also obtaining from his legal education while attending law school.

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James H. Sutton, Jr.

James H. Sutton, Jr.

Distinguished Lawyer

Tax Law

8875 Hidden River Pkwy suite 110, Tampa, FL 33637, USA

James H. Sutton, Jr is both an attorney and CPA and a Shareholder of the firm. James concentrates in the area of Florida tax matters, with an almost exclusive focus on Florida Sales and Use Tax. He joined the firm in 2011 and has been a licensed Certified Public Accountant since 1994 and a licensed member of the Florida Bar since 1998. Mr. Sutton has 30+ years of experience working in Federal tax as well as State and Local Tax ("SALT"), including Arthur Andersen and a tax consulting firm handling a wide variety of state tax planning and consulting work for Fortune 1,000 companies. Since 2002, Mr. Sutton has been an Adjunct Professor of Law at Stetson University College of Law teaching State and Local Tax, Accounting for Lawyers, and Federal Income Tax I and also at Boston University College of Law's LLM of Taxation program teaching Sales and Use Tax. Mr. Sutton ventured into the realm of construction as part owner, CFO, and in-house counsel for two construction companies, one residential and one commercial, giving him the opportunity to experience the "big picture" with all aspects of business and an improved ability to see things from a business owner's perspective. Mr. Sutton is also the State and Local Tax Chairman of the American Academy of Attorney - Certified Public Accounts and now dedicates his time defending companies and individuals against the aggressive tactics of the Florida Department of Revenue. Mr. Sutton has been quoted in the news by Fox News Tampa Bay, Daily Business Review, Law360, Bloomberg BNA Daily Tax Report, State Tax Notes, & Tampa Bay Business Journal.

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