Joshua Magidson

Joel has over 40 years of experience in tax, business, asset protection, and estate and gift tax planning for high net worth individuals and entrepreneurs. He consults on business entities, including limited liability companies (LLCs), S corporations and limited liability partnerships (LLPs). He structures and prepares shareholder agreements, operating agreements and other business agreements. He also routinely handles sophisticated estate planning including the preparation of wills, revocabl...

Gregory J. Perenich is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice area of Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Gregory J. practices law in Clearwater, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Gregory J. Perenich since 2025. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Gregory J. Perenich is held by other lawyers.

John C. Austin is a personal injury attorney with Roman Austin Car Accident and Personal Injury Lawyers in Clearwater, Florida. He was admitted to The Florida Bar in 2008 after earning his J.D. from the University of Florida Levin College of Law. For the first twelve years of his career, Mr. Austin represented the other side. From 2009 to 2016 he defended insurance companies and their insureds against personal injury claims at a Tampa Bay insurance defense firm. From 2016 to 2021 he served as...

Mike Magidson is Board Certified in Health Law by The Florida Bar. Board certification is the highest evaluation of an attorney’s competence and experience comprising only 5% of Florida’s lawyers. Fewer than 130 lawyers in Florida are Board Certified in Health Law. Mike is a transactional lawyer specializing in the representation of health care providers and health care companies in their regulatory, compliance and health care business matters. He also provides counsel to business...

Colleen joined Johnson Pope in 2002 after practicing for five years in Chicago. Colleen practices in the areas of labor and employment law, public sector law and commercial litigation. In addition to representing employers in all aspects of employment litigation, Colleen advises clients on day to day employment and personnel policy issues. Colleen has extensive experience defending property owners from Title III ADA access cases. She also represents governmental entities not only in employmen...

Sean K. McQuaid is a lawyer recognized by Best Lawyers in the practice areas of Criminal Defense: General Practice and Personal Injury Litigation - Plaintiffs. Sean K. practices law in St. Petersburg, Florida Best Lawyers has recognized Sean K. McQuaid since 2023. The Best Lawyers recognition is based on a peer-review survey of lawyers in the same geographic region and legal practice area. The recognition reflects the professional regard in which Sean K. McQuaid is held by other lawyers.

Charles “Chuck” Buford is a dual Board-Certified civil trial and business litigation attorney and a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator with more than forty years of experience handling complex disputes throughout Florida. Based in Clearwater, Florida, Chuck represents businesses, individuals, insurers, and professionals in matters involving Commercial Litigation and Mediation. As a partner with Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns LLP, he focuses on helping...

Zachary D. Messa is a Board Certified Intellectual Property attorney. He has lived in Pinellas County since 1998 and joined Johnson Pope in the fall of 2001 after graduating from Stetson University College of Law. He is a member of the International Trademark Association and has served as an editor of The Trademark Report, The Law Journal of the International Trademark Association. Since joining the firm, Zachary has gradually focused his practice to all facets of intellectual property law, s...

Over 30 years of estate and gift tax planning, and asset protection planning, mostly for high net worth individuals and estates. Consultation, planning and preparation of revocable and irrevocable trusts, grantor trusts, family limited partnerships, S corporations, LLCs, LLPs; shareholder and other business continuation agreements, life insurance trusts; planned charitable giving; post-death tax planning for estates, trusts and the decedent’s family; complex probates.

Timothy M. Ingram has been practicing law for 40 years. He devotes 100% of his practice to plaintiffs (individuals or families), who have been injured or suffered losses, damages or wrongful death as a result of the negligence or wrongful conduct of defendants (persons, insurance companies, or other corporations) . He is the founding partner of Ingram Injury Law, P.A., a personal injury law firm located in Clearwater, Florida. Over the course of his career, Mr. Ingram has represented thousand...