WELCOME TO HIGHTOWER & PARTNERS FRANQUI, STRATTON, WILHELM, VALDES, KANTOR

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Thomas Edison

Our firm is known throughout Florida for its aggressive defense of America's most well known companies. Founded in 1992 by one of the state's most experienced and successful defense attorneys, our firm quickly became known as the "go to" firm for companies frustrated by conventional approaches used by big old-fashioned firms. Read about "Boutiques slicing into big firms' pie" in an article by the Daily Review, Jan. 12, 2010. Corporate decision makers with vision and courage have turned to our firm for its modern litigators that use cutting edge techniques with great results. Because of the success of our modern strategies, our clients asked us to expand northward. As a result, our firm grew in to a statewide law firm with offices strategically placed in Florida's four major metropolitan areas.

The firm is known by corporate America as a boutique defense firm that offers personalized service instantly to its business partners. In addition, the firm is known as a trendsetter with innovations that set the standard for litigation firms today. Our litigation strategies are cost effective, efficient, and result in early resolutions. This avoids huge litigation expenses and the anxiety that approaching trial dates bring. It's no wonder that visionary Fortune 400 companies have embraced the modern litigation strategies that we have developed.

Because of the firm's great reputation among attorneys and judges across the state, we have been recognized by our peers as a "Preeminent law firm" in the prestigious Martindale-Hubbell Bar Registry. In addition, our firms AV rating by Martindale-Hubbell indicates that the firm has attained the highest rank for ethical standards and legal ability. Finally, many of the firm's partners have been named "Florida SuperLawyers" by the Miami Herald and "Top Lawyers in the State" by the Florida Legal Guide.