Mavrick Law Firm

Who the firm represents

The firm works with businesses and business owners across Florida, and it runs from two offices. One is in Fort Lauderdale and one in Miami, with the Miami office open by appointment. Its work centers on commercial disputes and the contracts that companies depend on. In my opinion, a defined client focus like this one tells a reader more than a long service menu would.

Mavrick Law Firm handles both litigation and contract drafting for the same audience. That combined focus keeps the same office involved when a signed contract later becomes a filed case. For an owner weighing a dispute, that continuity has practical value.

The disputes the firm handles

The firm names six areas of litigation: business litigation, employment and labor litigation, non-compete litigation, trade secret litigation, trademark infringement litigation, and appellate litigation. Each area connects back to companies and the people who run them.

Business and commercial disputes

Within business litigation, the firm lists disputes over the sale or purchase of a business, breach of contract, and fraud claims. It also handles claims under Florida's Deceptive and Unfair Trade Practices Act, a statute that covers unfair or deceptive conduct in commerce. These are the disagreements that tend to surface after a transaction closes or a partnership sours.

Cases like these often turn on documents. Purchase agreements, financial records, and email trails become the evidence a court reviews. A firm that both drafts and litigates these deals reads that paperwork with an eye toward how it will hold up later.

Contracts, employment, and intellectual property

The contract side of the practice covers non-compete, non-solicitation, non-disclosure, and separation agreements. A clearly drafted agreement often decides a later dispute before it begins. A sound non-compete, for example, shapes what a court can enforce once an employee leaves.

Employment and labor litigation rounds out this group. For a firm that represents employers, that work overlaps with the non-compete and trade secret cases, since a departing employee can raise all three questions at once. Trademark infringement litigation adds a further layer that protects the brand a business trades under.

How the team is built

Four attorneys appear on the firm's website: Peter T. Mavrick, Jacob M. Resnick, Bryan DuBon, and Sal Coppolino. The site gives each the title of attorney. Peter T. Mavrick has represented clients in jury trials, bench trials, arbitrations, and appellate litigation, which spans most of the ways a business dispute can reach a decision.

That range matters because business cases resolve in different rooms. Some go to a jury, some to a judge alone, and some to an arbitrator the parties choose. A lawyer who has worked in each setting has seen how the same facts play differently depending on who decides them.

A roster of four lawyers points to a small team. In a firm that size, the attorney a client meets early tends to stay on the matter through trial. Peter T. Mavrick's name carries both the firm and the courtroom experience the site describes, which points to close involvement from the top.

Where the firm has appeared

The firm states it has represented clients in nine Florida counties: Broward, Palm Beach, Miami-Dade, Collier, Lee, Sarasota, Hillsborough, Hendry, and Orange. Those counties cover the southeast coast around Broward and Palm Beach. They also reach the Gulf Coast in Lee and Sarasota and central Florida in Orange.

For a business, geographic reach affects where a case can be filed and argued. A company in Fort Myers or Tampa can hire a Fort Lauderdale firm and still have counsel appear in the local court. As a reviewer, I read that county list as a sign the firm travels for its work.

How these matters generally proceed

Non-compete disputes often move quickly. An employer may ask a court for a temporary injunction to stop a former employee from competing while the case continues. Florida law sets out how a judge weighs whether the agreement is reasonable.

Trade secret cases ask a different question. The court looks at whether the owner kept the information secret and whether it held value because it stayed hidden. Trademark infringement claims turn on likelihood of confusion, which asks whether an ordinary buyer would mix up two brands.

How a business case moves

Business litigation itself tends to follow a longer arc. After a complaint, the parties exchange documents and take depositions, and many Florida courts order mediation before trial. A dispute can settle at any point along the way, which is why trial experience and negotiation both matter.

Appellate litigation is a separate stage. An appeal reviews the trial record for legal error, and it does not retry the facts or hear new witnesses. Handling an appeal well calls for close reading of the record and tight written argument. A firm that handles its own appeals can carry a case it tried into the appellate court itself.