Bankruptcy, foreclosure defense, family law and real estate litigation for families across Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach. The firm opened in 2008, in the middle of the recession and the housing crisis, and has handled this work ever since.
A full-service firm built around one situation: money trouble rarely stays in one lane. A foreclosure turns into a bankruptcy, a bankruptcy strains a marriage, a marriage ends in a division of property. The same office handles all of it, so nothing gets handed off and lost.
Chapter 7 and Chapter 13 filings, wage garnishments, car repossessions, collection actions on medical bills, and license suspensions from unpaid accident judgments. Every client leaves with a plan to rebuild credit afterward.
Foreclosure defense, loan modification, short sales, deed in lieu of foreclosure and real estate litigation. The goal is straightforward: buy time, save the house, or exit without the debt following you.
Divorce, paternity, custody and time-sharing, child support, alimony and modifications, prenuptial and marital settlement agreements, military divorce, mediation and collaborative divorce.
Most disputes are worth settling in negotiation, and the team starts there. When talks reach an impasse, the litigators are prepared to try the case, from a simple commercial dispute to a stock purchase fight among business partners.
General counsel work for companies: incorporation, contracts, asset protection, labor and employment, financing and working capital, mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, buyouts and shareholder disputes.
Wills, trusts, guardianship and asset protection, plus probate administration: validating the will, inventorying assets, settling creditor claims and taxes, and distributing what remains to the heirs.
In 2008 the firm opened its doors in the middle of the recession and the real estate crisis. Foreclosure defense and real estate litigation were the first practice and they still are: evaluating every home retention option, filing under Chapter 7 or Chapter 13 where it helps, and negotiating with the lender rather than waiting for the court date.
You have nothing to lose but a home to retain.
Antonio Pagan, P.L. is a full-service law firm dedicated to high calibre representation at a cost people in financial trouble can actually carry. The practice began with bankruptcy and real estate litigation, helping families in foreclosure weigh their home retention options, and grew from there into wage garnishments, repossessions, collection suits and credit repair.
Financial hardship rarely stops at the mortgage. Many clients going through a divorce need a bankruptcy at some point, and the strain of debt is often what ends the marriage. That is why the firm added a full family law practice ten years ago, so one office can see the whole picture.
A national network of attorneys the firm brings in by matter, licensed across Florida, Washington D.C., Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New York and Michigan, with eight languages between them.
| Attorney | Licensed | Practice | Language |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Gonzalez, Esq.Associate attorney | Florida | Bankruptcy, family, real estate, litigation | English, Spanish |
| Alex Funes, Esq.Associate attorney | Florida, Washington D.C. | Bankruptcy, family, real estate, litigation | English, Spanish |
| Joseph Charles Frechette, Jr., Esq.Associate attorney | Florida | Real estate, wills, trusts, estates, probate | English, conversational Spanish |
| Nisith Sihdu, Esq.Attorney of counsel | Massachusetts | Business, family, litigation, real estate | English, conversational Hindi |
| Andre Gibeau, Esq.Attorney of counsel | Massachusetts, New Hampshire | Criminal, family | English, Portuguese |
| Michael D. Stewart, Esq.Attorney of counsel | New York, Florida | Corporate, criminal, family, intellectual property, litigation, real estate | English, conversational Portuguese |
| Lance Denha, Esq.Attorney of counsel | Michigan, Florida | Corporate, family, litigation, real estate | English, Farsi |
The main office sits on Brickell Avenue in Miami. Clients in Broward and Palm Beach are met at the Fort Lauderdale and West Palm Beach locations by appointment, so nobody drives an hour for a first conversation.
Tell the firm what is going on and get a straight answer about the options. There is no charge for the call and no obligation afterward.