Jacqueline A. Salcines, P.A.

Focus and practice areas

Salcines Law works out of Coral Gables, Florida, under the legal name Jacqueline A. Salcines, P.A. Its work centers on real estate, and the site organizes that work into several clear lanes. These cover residential and commercial closings, title services, and real estate litigation.

The firm handles matters that sit next to those closings as well. It lists landlord-tenant law, business law, foreclosure, and debt settlement among its areas. Real estate law is the through-line, and the other areas read as work that a property-focused office would field on a regular basis.

In my opinion, the practice area list tells you what to expect before you call. A client buying or selling property, closing on a commercial space, or working through a title question can see the fit right away. The firm states that it services the whole state of Florida, so the reach is not limited to the Coral Gables area.

How the team is built

Two attorneys are named on the firm's team page. Jacqueline A. Salcines, Esq. is the founding attorney and principal. Lissette Ortiz, Esq. is of counsel.

Salcines came to law by way of accounting. She earned a B.B.A. in accounting from the University of Miami and worked as an accountant before she earned her J.D. from the University of Miami School of Law. That background sits close to the numbers side of real estate deals, where closing costs, escrow, and title figures all matter.

Her practice covers real estate transactions, real estate litigation, title and closing services, and business matters. So the founder's own focus lines up with the firm's main area of work. That kind of overlap between the person at the top and the core service is worth noting.

Ortiz brings a different mix to the of-counsel role. She earned her J.D. from the University of Maine School of Law in 1993, and her practice covers corporate, real estate, tax law, and estate planning. She also speaks Spanish, which matters in a market like South Florida where many clients prefer to handle legal work in Spanish.

Support staff

Beyond the two attorneys, the firm describes a broader staff. It names a law firm administrator, paralegals in both the litigation and real estate departments, and legal assistants. There is also intake, marketing, and accounting staff on the roster.

That split between a litigation department and a real estate department fits the two sides of the firm's work. Closings and transactions run on one track. Disputes and foreclosure defense run on another. Having paralegals assigned to each suggests the firm keeps those functions separate in daily practice.

Tools the site puts in front of clients

The website carries more than a service list. It offers a blog, an e-book, and a set of client testimonials. For a real estate practice, that kind of published material gives a prospective client something to read before a first conversation.

The site also includes calculators, and these are the detail that stands out to me. There are tools for recording fees, closing costs, and seller proceeds. A seller trying to estimate what they walk away with, or a buyer sizing up closing costs, can run the numbers on the firm's own pages.

As a reviewer, I read those calculators as a sign of where the firm puts its attention. They speak directly to the transactional side of real estate work, the closings and the figures that come with them. The site also notes that using it does not create an attorney-client relationship, which is a standard and sensible line to include.

What the listing shows and what it leaves open

The firm's own pages give a consistent picture. This is a Coral Gables real estate practice, led by an attorney whose training pairs accounting with law, backed by an of-counsel attorney with a corporate and tax reach and staffed across litigation and transactional departments.

Some items that clients often ask about are not stated on the site. The firm does not list a founding year, and the team page gives names and titles without full bios, law school details for every credential, or admission years for each attorney. Where the site does give detail, on Salcines and on Ortiz, the practice focus comes through clearly.

In my opinion, the strongest signal here is alignment. The practice areas, the founder's own focus, the department structure, and the client-facing calculators all point back to real estate and the transactions and disputes that surround it. A client with a Florida property matter, a closing, a title question, or a landlord-tenant issue can read this listing and know what the firm handles.