Gerrard is a trusted business and tax advisor to entrepreneurs, closely held family businesses, and startups. He is a Florida Bar Board Certified Tax Attorney and serves clients across various industries including finance, hospitality, technology, real estate, healthcare, manufacturing, and entertainment. His experience as both a business-tax attorney and CPA is the best of both worlds for many clients and the skillsets he mastered in both areas stand out among his peers. Gerrard understands the financial implications of tax matters while navigating the legal aspects of complex tax law and business law matters for his clients and their advisors. His law practice includes representing early-stage startups to mid-size businesses and advising on capital raising, M&A, debt-refinancing, structuring complex transactions, and estate planning and asset protection. Gerrard serves as outside general counsel to for-profit organizations which include a registered investment advisory firm with $300 million in AUM and multiple non-profit organizations. In that capacity, he advises management on issues ranging from minimizing legal exposure and contract drafting and review, to daily operational matters. Having over a decade of experience representing taxpayers against the Tax Division of the U.S. Department of Justice, the Internal Revenue Service, and state and local taxing authorities, Gerrard devotes a significant part of his practice to helping taxpayers both domestically and internationally navigate all aspects of federal and state tax controversy matters. These matters include but are not limited to IRS liens and levies, employment and payroll tax, IRS appeals, CDP hearings, IRS audits, and examinations, IRS installment agreements, offer in compromise, and when needed, litigation in the U.S. Tax Court. Gerrard serves in various leadership roles within the Florida Bar and in his community. He is the 2023 – 2024 Chair of the Florida Bar Tax Certification Committee and serves on the Executive Council of the Tax Section where he is a Co-Chair of the IRS Collection Activities Subcommittee. He is a member of the Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section. He is also a proud board member of the UCF Alumni Board and sits on the Advisory Board of the Orlando Sports Foundation, Inc. As an attorney, Gerrard received the esteemed AV Preeminent rating by Martindale-Hubbell, the highest rating for attorneys who are ranked by their peers for exhibiting the highest level of professional excellence for their legal expertise, communication skills, and ethical standards. He has been recognized in publications such as Best Lawyers®, Super Lawyers, Florida Trend Legal Elite, and Orlando Family Magazine as an Awesome Attorney in Tax Law. In his spare time, Gerrard enjoys spending time with his family and is an avid sports fan of the Toronto Raptors NBA basketball team and enjoys rooting for the UCF Knights and Florida Gators sports teams. He is a supporter of Orlando City SC and Chelsea FC football clubs.

Amber is an attorney at Nishad Khan P.L. who focuses on civil litigation and probate administration. Amber attended the University of Central Florida where she earned a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration: Economics. She then attended law school at Stetson University College of Law receiving a Juris Doctor, Cum Laude. She also received an M.B.A. from Stetson University in 2011. Since becoming an attorney, Amber has worked in the Orlando area focusing on estate planning, probate and trust administration and litigation, civil litigation, and family law. Since 2016, she has been recognized as a Rising Star by Super Lawyer for her practice in Estate and Trust Litigation. Amber is licensed to practice law in Florida, the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, and the District of Columbia. In addition to her law practice, Amber has been providing pro bono services to the community through the Orange County Bar Association, while serving as a Committee Member and Chair of numerous Orange County Bar Association committees since 2014. In her role as Committee Chair of the Community Service Committee, she was a founding member of the Wills for Heroes Estate Planning Clinic in Orlando. In 2019, that program received the Florida Supreme Court Chief Justice’s Voluntary Bar Association Pro Bono Service Award. She was selected to receive the award on behalf of the OCBA Young Lawyers Section. When Amber is not working, you will find her spending time with her family and her two little boys. On Saturdays in the Fall, she will be sporting her black and gold while tailgating and attending UCF Football Games in Orlando. Go Knights!

Kristen King Jaiven, Esq. is an attorney that focuses her practice on the representation of small businesses, including real estate brokerages and other related business ventures. Kristen has experience with DBPR investigations, Board of Realtor complaints, commission disputes, and brokerage compliance matters. She also assists with commercial leasing, corporate operations, and implementing robust marketing plans for various types of business ventures. Kristen currently represents the 4th Appellate District on the Florida Realtor-Attorney Joint Committee and serves as Co-Chair of the Real Property, Probate, and Trust Law Section’s (RPPTL) Residential Real Estate and Industry Liaison Committee. Kristen also serves on the Florida Bar Consumer Protection Law Committee and on the Board of Directors of Signatures Gives Back, Inc. Previously, Kristen served as the General Counsel and Vice President of The Signature Real Estate Companies – one of the largest privately-owned real estate brokerages in the state of Florida – and as in-house counsel for American Tower Corporation focusing on commercial real estate. During law school, Kristen clerked for the South Florida Water Management District focusing on environmental enforcement matters. Prior to becoming an attorney, Kristen had a rewarding career as a paralegal and regulatory compliance specialist with Hilton Grand Vacations. When not working, Kristen enjoys beach days or hiking with her son and husband and spending time with her dogs.

Michael Bryan Sanchez is the Managing Workers Compensation Attorney with The Pendas Law Firm. His practice is focused on workers compensation, personal injury and workplace discrimination. Mr. Sanchez was originally born in Boston and was raised in Orlando. Michael graduated high school from Winter Park High and was accepted into Virginia Polytechnical and State University. At Virginia Tech, he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science. Shortly after, he chose to attend The University of South Carolina School of Law in order to pursue a law degree. While in law school, Mr. Sanchez worked for The South Carolina Department of Environmental Health and Control. During his time at DEHC, he was part of a team that handled all permit appeals. Prior to joining The Pendas Law Firm, Mr. Sanchez was a defense attorney primarily in the areas of workers compensation and bodily injury. Mr. Sanchez has a strong focus on case management. His experience as a former defense counsel has served as an integral part of his career by exposing him to the inner workings of the insurance industry.

If you are looking to hire a lawyer in Florida, David Jacquot will be happy to help you.David Jacquot is a practicing lawyer in good standing in the state of Florida.Mr. Jacquot handles cases in many areas of the law, including Estate, Wills & Probate, Trusts, Divorce & Family Law.Our office is based in Orlando FL. However, we serve all of Orange county and the surrounding area in FL.

Ben Baxter is a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor with the knowledge, experience, and skill to fight for the best possible outcome for his clients. Born and raised in Florida, Ben attended Florida State University before earning his law degree from Michigan State University. In law school, Ben focused his studies on Criminal Law and completed advanced seminars in Evidence, Applied Evidence, and Criminal Law Practice, building the foundation for a career dedicated to criminal justice. After becoming a licensed Florida Attorney in 2015, Ben began his legal career as a prosecutor in Brevard and Palm Beach Counties, where he represented the State of Florida at every stage of criminal prosecution from case intake and charging decisions to trial and appeals. As a prosecutor, Ben handled thousands of cases ranging from traffic offenses and DUIs to domestic violence and serious felonies. As a prosecutor, he was trusted to handle some of the most challenging and high-stakes cases, giving him invaluable insight into how the State Attorney’s Office investigates, builds, and prosecutes criminal charges. Today, Ben uses that experience to defend people facing serious criminal accusations throughout Central Florida. As a criminal defense lawyer, he has handled everything from non-criminal traffic infractions to felonies punishable by life in prison, bringing the same strategic, aggressive approach to every case while building a relationship with his clients based on trust and empathy. He has represented clients in tens of thousands of criminal matters, litigated hundreds of motions to suppress evidence, and taken 40 cases to verdict at trial, winning 36 of them. Ben understands that being arrested can be one of the most overwhelming and life-changing experiences a person can face, and he believes that every client deserves a knowledgeable and relentless advocate in their corner.