Tallahassee, Florida · Serving clients statewide
Attorneys who fight for your license, your rights, and your livelihood.
Sword & Shield, PLLC represents professionals, businesses, and families in administrative licensing, criminal, civil, family, and workers' compensation stop-work order matters.
- DBPR
- Department of Health
- Department of Financial Services
- Department of Agriculture
- Department of Education
- Division of Administrative Hearings
Practice areas
How we can help
From the first investigator letter to the final hearing, we handle matters where your career, your freedom, or your family is at stake.
Licensure & License Defense
Obtaining, protecting, and defending professional and business licenses before Florida state agencies.
Learn moreCriminal Defense
Misdemeanor and felony defense, with close attention to what a charge means for your career and license.
Learn moreCivil Litigation
Contract, business, construction, and property disputes for plaintiffs and defendants.
Learn moreFamily Law
Divorce, time-sharing and parenting plans, child support, alimony, paternity, and injunctions.
Learn moreWorkers' Comp Stop-Work Order Defense
Getting Florida businesses back to work and challenging Division of Workers' Compensation penalties.
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Our name is our method
A sword when you need to advance. A shield when you are under attack.
Some clients come to us to get something: a professional license, a fair result in a contract dispute, a parenting plan that works. Others come to protect something: a license under investigation, a clean record, a business shut down by a stop-work order.
We do both, and we are located where Florida's agencies are. The state's licensing departments and the Division of Administrative Hearings are headquartered in Tallahassee, minutes from our office.
- Direct access to your attorney
- Candid advice about risks, costs, and likely outcomes
- Every resolution weighed for its effect on your license and career
Administrative & professional licensure
Acquisition and defense of Florida agency licenses
We represent applicants and licensees before the state agencies that regulate Florida's professions and businesses.
Department of Business & Professional Regulation
Contractors, real estate licensees, CPAs, cosmetologists, restaurants, alcohol licenses, and more.
Learn moreDepartment of Health
Physicians, nurses, pharmacists, dentists, therapists, and other health care practitioners.
Learn moreDepartment of Financial Services
Insurance agents, adjusters, bail bond agents, title agents, and funeral and cemetery licensees.
Learn moreDepartment of Agriculture & Consumer Services
Pest control, security and investigative licenses, concealed weapon licenses, and regulated consumer businesses.
Learn moreDepartment of Education
Teachers and administrators facing Professional Practices investigations or certificate denials.
Learn moreHow license cases work
Investigations, administrative complaints, Elections of Rights, and hearings explained.
Read the overview
Getting started
Three steps to an answer
Tell us what happened
Use the form below or call (850) 815-0256. Include any deadline or hearing date.
Consult with an attorney
We review your documents with you, explain your options, and answer your questions.
Put a plan in motion
If we are a fit, we agree on the scope and fee in writing and get to work.
Case inquiry
Tell us about your case
Leave your contact information and a short summary of what happened. Someone from our office will review it and reach out to you.
- Call(850) 815-0256
- Emailhelp@swordandshield.com
- Office1453 Market Street
Tallahassee, Florida 32312
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