Before You File is a Florida divorce preparation system written by a family law attorney detailing how a case runs, what a court expects of you, and most importantly, where the attorney’s fees build, in plain language. For less than one billable hour of a lawyer’s time, Before You File will introduce the extensive discovery process, retrieve your bank and financial institution statements for you, and keep your file organized throughout the pendency of your case.
Every Florida case opens with Mandatory Disclosure, a defined set of financial records both parties must exchange whether or not either one requests them. Gathering those records is the first real work of a case, and a firm will do it for you at its hourly rate. AutoCollect retrieves what it can reach instead, Your Case File holds the rest, and the hours nobody spends are hours nobody bills.
Advocacy is worth every dollar. Data collection isn’t.
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What’s left to decide?
So the only question that matters is who spends the hours.
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14 days to change your mind, no reason needed. Written for Florida and nowhere else. Every document carries the date it was last reviewed.
I have been a member of The Florida Bar since 2015 and started my firm in 2017. I first-chaired more than 30 trials and appeared at over 100 evidentiary hearings. In that time, I’ve watched many clients spend money on attorney’s fees they did not need to spend — not on advocacy, but on the parts of a case that never required an attorney at all.
I created this to help you save on your attorney's fees.
Going through a divorce is hard enough.
Florida Bar member · Florida family law since 2017
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Then preparation isn’t the first thing you need. There’s a free guide for this, and you don’t have to share any information to own it. If you share a device with the other party, read it on one they don’t use.
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