Legal counsel for businesses and families on Florida's Space Coast.
The Law Offices of Brian Giaquinto meets with clients by appointment at the Suntree Business Center in Melbourne, serving Viera, Suntree, Melbourne, and communities throughout the Space Coast.
The firm's practice brings together Business Law, Estate & Succession Planning, and Probate & Trust Administration, providing counsel for business owners, companies, individuals, families, and fiduciaries facing decisions that often extend beyond a single legal matter.
Schedule a free consultation →Counsel for entrepreneurs, business owners, companies, buyers, and sellers in matters involving formation and governance, contracts, mergers and acquisitions, outside general counsel, and business succession.
The Space Coast's concentration of aerospace, defense, technology, manufacturing, and growing businesses creates opportunities, and legal issues, that often develop as companies add employees, enter contracts, bring in owners or investors, pursue acquisitions, and plan for future transitions.
Explore Business Law →Planning for individuals, families, executives, and business owners, from wills and revocable trusts to incapacity planning, asset protection, advanced planning, and the transfer of business and family wealth.
Explore Estate & Succession Planning →Representation for personal representatives, trustees, beneficiaries, and families administering Florida estates and trusts, including probate, homestead, fiduciary responsibilities, beneficiary issues, and distributions.
Explore Probate & Trust Administration →The firm works with founders, owners, partners, and companies in Melbourne, Viera, Suntree, and across Brevard County, from new ventures to established Space Coast businesses.
That work covers business formation and governance, contracts and transactions, buying or selling a business, outside general counsel, and business succession planning.
Formation is usually where it starts. A Florida LLC is formed by filing articles of organization with the Florida Division of Corporations. That filing creates the company, but it is only the first document. The operating agreement is where the owners set the rules for what happens when they disagree, want out, become disabled, or die.
Most of the work comes after that. Contracts set the terms with customers, vendors, and partners. Buying or selling a business adds due diligence and deal documents. Some companies want a lawyer they can call as questions come up, without hiring in-house counsel.
When an owner plans to step back, succession should be coordinated with the owner's estate plan.
Explore Business Law →The firm helps individuals, couples, retirees, executives, and business owners in Melbourne, Viera, Suntree, Rockledge, and across Brevard County build a Florida estate plan that fits their family and what they own.
The planning work covers wills and trusts, incapacity planning (such as durable powers of attorney and health care surrogate designations), asset protection as a planning area, advanced planning, and estate and succession planning for families whose personal and business plans need to fit together.
For Brevard homeowners, the plan should also account for how Florida homestead rules may affect who can receive the home.
Many Space Coast residents moved here from another state or have children and property in more than one place. Having a plan is not the same as having a Florida plan. One written elsewhere, or years ago, is worth reviewing under Florida law.
Explore Estate Planning →When a family member dies, the firm represents personal representatives, trustees, and families in Melbourne, Viera, Suntree, and throughout Brevard County as they work through Florida probate and trust administration.
Brevard County is part of Florida's Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, which serves Brevard and Seminole counties. Brevard probate cases are handled by the Probate Division of the circuit court and are filed with the Brevard County Clerk of Court, which has offices in Viera, Melbourne, and Titusville. The Moore Justice Center is in Viera.
One deadline comes early. Under Florida law, whoever holds the original will must deposit it with the clerk of court within 10 days after learning of the death.
The firm's probate and trust work covers probate administration (formal and summary), trust administration, and fiduciary guidance for personal representatives and trustees, including homestead and beneficiary issues that come up during administration.
The firm's Brevard County presence allows clients to meet locally while preserving the direct attorney involvement of a focused practice.
For businesses, that means understanding that legal questions arise within a regional economy shaped by established companies, entrepreneurs, contractors, professionals, and the broader aerospace and technology community. For individuals and families, it means being available locally when planning for the future or dealing with the responsibilities that follow incapacity or death.
Clients can meet with the firm by appointment in Suntree, with convenient access from Viera, Melbourne, Rockledge, and surrounding Space Coast communities.
The firm also serves clients in Volusia, Flagler, and Seminole counties, with an office in Daytona Beach.
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The Law Offices of Brian Giaquinto helps business owners in Melbourne, Viera, Suntree, and across Brevard County form Florida LLCs and put operating agreements in place. The firm meets by appointment in Suntree. See the Business Law page and Business Formation & Governance.
Yes, the firm counsels Space Coast business owners on business succession planning and coordinates it with their personal estate plan. See Business Succession Planning.
You can meet with The Law Offices of Brian Giaquinto by appointment at the Suntree Business Center, 3270 Suntree Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32940. The firm prepares Florida estate plans for clients in Melbourne, Viera, Suntree, Rockledge, and across Brevard County. See the Estate Planning page.
Yes. The Law Offices of Brian Giaquinto prepares Florida estate plans, including wills, trusts, durable powers of attorney, and health care surrogate designations, for families in Viera and Rockledge, and meets by appointment at the Suntree Business Center, 3270 Suntree Blvd., Melbourne, FL 32940.
Sometimes, but a will alone is not always enough. It depends on your family, how your assets are titled, and whether you want to plan for incapacity or avoid probate. Read Is a Will Enough in Florida? for a fuller answer.
Yes, if you are survived by a spouse or a minor child, Florida law limits how you can leave your homestead by will or trust. See Florida Homestead Devise Restrictions and Florida Homestead in a Revocable Trust.
Yes, the firm represents personal representatives and families in Brevard County probate and trust administration. It meets by appointment in Suntree, close to Viera. See Probate & Trust Administration for how the process works.
A Brevard County probate case is filed with the Brevard County Clerk of Court and handled by the Probate Division of the circuit court in the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit. Which type of administration fits depends on the estate. The Probate Administration page explains the options.
Yes. You can schedule a free consultation through the Contact page; consultations are available for Business Law, Estate & Succession Planning, and Probate & Trust Administration matters.
The Law Offices of Brian Giaquinto
Suntree Business Center
3270 Suntree Blvd.
Melbourne, FL 32940
Available by appointment
We return every call and email no later than the next business day, and often sooner.
Consultations are available for Business Law, Estate & Succession Planning, and Probate & Trust Administration matters.
