OUR FIRM
Founded in 1996, CPLS, P.A. is a full service law firm that offers a broad range of legal services to individuals, small businesses, and multi-national corporations. Our firm represents clients in Florida, throughout the United States, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
Diversity Counts
It is important for any organization to reflect the community which it serves. Its diversity should reflect the diversity of the community. At CPLS, P.A. our attorneys and staff are reflective of Central Florida’s residents and include people from all over the country and world. We believe that we are strengthened by our diversity. Our diversity helps us understand our community’s needs and our client’s needs. It helps us understand the unique problems our clients face within their cultural communities. Our diversity also makes CPLS, P.A. the largest minority owned and most diverse law firm in Central Florida and one of the fastest growing in the region. The firm’s growth is a direct result of our commitment to the diversity of the highest quality of legal services to corporations, public sector entities by a diverse group of highly qualified professionals.
It is the Firm’s policy to ensure equal employment opportunity without discrimination or harassment on the basis of race, color, national origin, religion, age, sex, disability, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by the law. Our commitment to diversity is an integral part of every facet of our firm, including our recruitment, hiring and training efforts as well as the organizations we belong to and programs we sponsor.
Our Mission
CPLS, P.A.’s mission is to help its clients succeed by:
- Attracting, developing, exciting and retaining exceptionally talented people from diverse backgrounds who are passionate about helping others make constant, distinctive, substantial and lasting improvement in their lives and businesses;
- Using the most efficient technology and organizational tools to ensure that our firm can meet all of the demands of our clients and other stakeholders; and
- Anticipating the needs of our stakeholders, with specific emphasis on our clients, and being proactive in filling those needs.
Our Philosophy
CPLS, P.A. believes that a lawyer’s primary role is to help clients be proactive and reduce costly outcomes. Lawyers can help their clients succeed by encouraging them to plan effectively for predictable and unpredictable risks, should help counsel clients before major actions are taken, avoiding negative consequences, and should negotiate and draft agreements and documents that anticipate and reduce their clients’ risks.
When our clients need to be reactive, we feel it is important to help them solve their problems as quickly and cost effectively as possible. We do this by combining our proactive philosophy with thorough knowledge and understanding of the matter at hand. We strive to educate each client about his or her options, analyze the consequences of choosing each option, and zealously represent our client’s interest in pursuing their chosen option while being mindful of the legal and ethical responsibilities relative thereto.
With these principles in mind, we stress…an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure.