Ep. 3 | Michael Minton and French Brown | Attorneys with Dean Mead

Small Biz Florida host Tom Kindred speaks with Michael Minton and French Brown, attorneys with Florida's premier statewide business law firm, Dean Mead. The firm serves Florida's business marketplace with 5 offices and regularly handles matters across several practice areas including corporate law, agri-business, water law, tax law, business law, business litigation, administrative law, bankruptcy, and creditors' rights, employee benefits, ESOPs, intellectual property, labor, and employment government relations, and lobbying. The firm's real estate and land use lawyers regularly work on commercial, residential and mixed-use land development projects throughout Florida. Dean Mead attorneys also work with high net worth individuals on trust and estate litigation and estate and succession planning matters.

The discussion included why a small business needs to engage and build a relationship with a qualified business attorney, the importance of understanding and dealing with tax issues upfront instead of waiting for surprises, Florida's economic outlook and the top issues facing a business owner in 2020.