Family Complex Litigation & Collaborative Group

Your Lawyers from Start to Finish

Family Complex Litigation & Collaborative Group (FCLC Group) is devoted to the resolution of high-stakes, complex or complicated marital and family law cases, whether through the litigation process, the appellate process, mediation, settlement or the collaborative process.

FCLC Group is your Orlando Family Law team from start to finish. We believe in an efficient and effective resolution. We also believe that each one of our clients plays an active role in the process, and together we work as a team.

FCLC Group president, John Foster, was born and raised in the Orlando area. He has more than 36 years of complex litigation experience, is deeply involved with the Family Law Section of the Florida Bar Association and is positioned to handle divorce and family law cases in the Orlando area and beyond.

FCLC Group attorney, Alessandra Manes, practices immigration law as well as issues such as equitable distribution of marital assets and liabilities, alimony, parenting issues, timesharing, child support, and contempt and enforcement of orders. As a native of Brazil, she is fluent in Portuguese.

FCLC Group is Sensitive to the Impact of Divorce on Business

Prior to directing his focus exclusively to family law, John litigated numerous state and federal cases and appeals that put him in direct contact with sophisticated business persons, entrepreneurs, and general or corporate counsel responsible for litigation management. In many divorce and family law cases, the business entities with which a spouse is employed or involved may be added as parties or may become entangled in the discovery process. John’s background and experience places him is a unique position for remaining sensitive to the impact of divorce on the business interests of FCLC Group’s clients.

FCLC Group has Deep Roots in Orlando

John is committed to helping FCLC Group’s clients with their family law issues, and he is also committed to helping those fighting drug and alcohol addictions. He holds leadership roles with Turning Point of Central Florida, Inc. and Mind, Body & Soul Recovery Housing, LLC and he has held leadership roles at First United Methodist Church of Orlando and Youth Ministry Institute, LLC. While FCLC Group attorney Alessandra Manes and her family are originally from Brazil, she and her family have become an integral part of the Orlando and Central Florida area. Her family founded and operate the Jornal Brasileiras & Brasileiros (the Jornal “B&B ”), a popular and highly regarded news publication with a wide circulation among the large population of Central Floridians who speak Portuguese.