Pinellas County

Congrats to Howard Ross & Aubrey Dicus for being peer-selected for inclusion in the 26th Edition of The Best Lawyers in America.

Our firm was founded in 1956 by Anthony Battaglia. We are one of the oldest firms in St. Petersburg and are still going strong.

Battaglia, Ross, Dicus & McQuaid, P.A. today announced Taylor Shallenburg has joined the firm as the Personal Injury Department Case Manager/Paralegal.

Whether investing in art for love, money, or both, collectors of all types of art and collectibles should incorporate their collections into their overall estate plans.

Rachel Drude-Tomori was awarded the 2018-2019 St. Petersburg Bar Association Rockin’ Chair of the Year Award for her hard work in leadership as the Probate & Guardianship Section Chair at the St. Petersburg Bar Association Leadership Installation held June 6, 2019.

Battaglia, Ross, Dicus & McQuaid, P.A. is proud to announce that it won the gold for “Best Attorney/Law Firm” from The Tampa Bay Times for 2019! The Best of the Best…

Hurricane Michael formed from a tropical disturbance off of the Yucatan Peninsula of Mexico. As a loosely organized tropical system, it rapidly formed into a hurricane on October 7, 2018,…

Hiring a personal injury attorney in Florida requires a few steps regardless of the accident that occurred. A personal injury attorney who helps on your case needs as much information as you can provide, and you will find that the attorney can initiate a case for you. The suit that you file should follow all the steps below. You must abide by the rules for these cases in Florida, and you might find that the case is resolved quickly because of the work that your lawyer did.

An interest in land is called real estate. The term interest the method by which a person deals with land. The person may own land, buy land sell land or lease land. All these terms show that the person has an interest in land. The transaction made to make the interest in land legal is called a real estate contract and once the contract is recorded in government records the person gets title to the land.

Recently I’ve come across several “durable powers of attorney” prepared by lawyers who do not regularly practice in estate planning or elder law. In some instances, the power of attorney does not allow the agent to perform certain acts that the principal intended; in others, improper execution renders the document entirely invalid. Presumably, this is because the preparer of the power of attorney is not familiar with the major overhaul Chapter 709 of the Florida Statutes underwent in 2011.