About
I am an entrepreneur at heart and went to university to examine business. While in university I commenced operating at a regulation workplace, where I observed my passion for the regulation. While in law college, I centered my studies on commercial enterprise law, and wills, trusts and estates. I graduated from law school in May of 1996 and become admitted to the Florida Bar in September 1996.
My first activity out of law college changed into running for a sole practitioner representing agencies in workers repayment cases. Soon thereafter I took a task with an worldwide law workplace handling a satellite tv for pc office in Tampa, supplying criminal offerings to small and startup commercial enterprise, as well as dealing with wills, trusts, and property making plans matters for people. Wanting to provide my clients with extra personalized provider, I began my own practice at the start of 2002 imparting cheap criminal representation to small and startup groups, in addition to continuing to offer estate making plans offerings.
Over the beyond 21+ years I have represented several thousand small businesses handling a wide range of felony and enterprise topics, in addition to providing fashionable suggest to my commercial enterprise clients to help them shield themselves, their corporations and their investments. During that time I have also manged, operated, and grown numerous groups, as well as creating a worthwhile franchise model and franchise documents for a manufacturing company. I even have also been a SCORE licensed business mentor considering 2015.
I have considerable revel in within the setup of commercial enterprise entities, together with groups, restrained legal responsibility corporations, expert institutions and non-income companies, the acquisition and sale of corporations, the reviewing, drafting and negotiating of contracts, including franchise agreements, the filing of emblems, the coping with of employment subjects, and the handling of enterprise disputes which could bring about lawsuits.
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Legal Issues
- Business Law
- Business Contracts, Business Dissolution, Business Finance, Business Formation, Business Litigation, Franchising, Mergers & Acquisitions, Partnership & Shareholder Disputes
- Estate Planning
- Guardianship & Conservatorship, Health Care Directives, Trusts, Wills
- Trademarks
- Trademark Litigation, Trademark Registration
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Certificates
Languages
Accepted Jurisdictions

Experience
- Managing Lawyer
The Law Office of Jeffrey Dowd, PA
2016 - Corporate Cousel/Business Development
Werever Products, Inc.
2011 - Corporate Counsel/Sales Manager
C & P Westerkamp, LLC
2010 - Corporate Counsel/Regional Manager
P & C Westerkamp, LLC
2009 - Managing Lawyer
Jeffrey A. Dowd, PA
2002 - Lawyer
Spiegel & Utrera, PA
1997
Educations

Graduation year: 1993