Flat-Fee Strategy Retainer · Florida
Florida Family Law Flat-Fee Strategy Retainer.
A monthly behind-the-scenes advisory engagement for Miami, Coral Gables, and Florida family law clients who want a second expert attorney inside the strategy — without changing counsel of record.
22 yrs Florida family law · Forbes Legal Advisory Board · 14-day written report · Flat fee · EN · ES · Miami-Dade · Broward · Palm Beach
What it is
A flat monthly retainer that puts an expert Florida family law attorney inside your strategy on a recurring basis. I read what's coming in. I pressure-test what's going out. I prep you — quietly, independently, and with the same instinct for what a Miami-Dade, Broward, or Palm Beach judge will actually do that I built over twenty-two years of contested Florida family law work.
Your counsel of record stays your counsel of record. Your self-represented case stays yours. I sit one layer behind the public-facing decisions and tell you, in plain English, what I would do next and why.
Who it's for
- Represented clients with active Florida family law cases — divorce, custody, alimony, high-conflict — who want expert shadow strategy between billable touchpoints with their attorney.
- Self-represented clients negotiating their own Florida divorce or post-judgment matter who want premium expertise without paying for full representation.
- Miami and South Florida professionals — physicians, founders, executives — who need expert counsel that fits in around the rest of their life.
Who it's not for
- People who need a courtroom litigator of record.
- People in jurisdictions outside Florida.
- People hoping the flat-fee retainer will eventually convert into me taking over the case. It will not.
- People who want hourly billing or a traditional open-ended retainer.
Three monthly tiers
Match the tier to the intensity of the case.
All tiers are flat monthly fees. Move up or down as the case shifts. Cancel any time with 30 days' notice.
Starter
Starter Flat-Fee Retainer
$1,500
per month
For represented clients who want an expert Florida family law strategist on call between billable touchpoints with their counsel of record.
- •Up to 2 hours of advisory time per month
- •One scheduled 45-minute video strategy call
- •Email and document review between calls
- •Pre-mediation and pre-deposition prep
- •Independent read on settlement offers and proposed orders
A typical month: one 45-min strategy call before mediation, two email reviews of opposing counsel correspondence, one read on a proposed order.
Most chosen
Standard
Standard Flat-Fee Retainer
Most South Florida clients with active mediation or motion practice start here.
$3,500
per month
The working tier. For active Florida cases — Miami-Dade, Broward, or Palm Beach — where mediation, depositions, or major motion practice are on the calendar and you want a second expert attorney inside the strategy.
- •Up to 5 hours of advisory time per month
- •Two scheduled video strategy calls
- •Filing, financial-affidavit, and parenting-plan review
- •Mediation strategy memo before each session
- •Independent settlement-posture analysis
- •Direct text/email access for time-sensitive questions
A typical month: two strategy calls around a mediation or motion deadline, a written settlement-posture memo, review of three filings, direct text access during the week of a hearing.
Premium
Premium Flat-Fee Retainer
$7,500
per month
High-stakes, high-conflict, or high-asset Florida matters. Effectively a parallel expert attorney — without ever appearing of record. Built for long-running Miami divorces, complex custody, business-asset cases, and self-represented clients facing represented opposition.
- •Up to 12 hours of advisory time per month
- •Weekly scheduled strategy calls
- •Full review of every filing, motion, and order
- •Co-development of trial themes, exhibit lists, and witness outlines with your counsel
- •Custom strategy memos on demand
- •Same-day turnaround on urgent strategic questions
A typical month: weekly strategy calls, full review of every filing and order, co-development of trial themes with your counsel of record, same-day turnaround on urgent strategic questions.
Billing terms
- Auto-billed on the 5th of each month via PayPal.
- Cancel at any time with 30 days' written notice. The final 30-day period is honored at the current tier.
- Fees deemed earned on receipt. Monthly flat-fee retainers are non-refundable. Unused hours do not roll over.
- Tier changes take effect the following billing cycle.
What this is — and isn't
This is an expert strategic advisory product. It is not litigation representation, it is not a referral service, and it is not a path to me eventually taking over the case.
I do not accept case transfers of cases I provided second-opinion or flat-fee retainer services. I will only evaluate and advise. That structural independence is the point. It is what allows me to give you an unconflicted read every month — instead of a read shaped by what would be good for my own docket.
Start with a Second Opinion intake.
Every flat-fee retainer begins with a $500 Second Opinion intake review so I understand the shape of the matter before we commit to a monthly cadence. Within five business days, you'll receive a written read on your case and a recommended flat-fee retainer tier.
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