SOLUTIONS START HERE David Jeans
4230 Pablo Professional Court Suite 200 Jacksonville, FL 32224 (904) 638-1085 • RezLegal.com
The Ruiz Law Firm, PLLC Elisabeth and Marco Ruiz (904) 625-7512 RuizLaw.net
BUZZ: How did your firm get started and what area of law do you focus on?
We’re a boutique law firm out of the Southside area and we practice solely immigration law. We’ve been independent since about 2008. Lisa actually started the law firm first. After she started it, I decided to go to law school. I joined her about three years later.
BUZZ: What do you think makes you different than other immigration law firms?
We’ve really tried to make sure and give to our clients just really good customer service. It may sound like a bit of an oxymoron, but we try to be honest attorneys; honest with our clients, honest with the agencies. So they know that if they come see us, then we’re going to do right by them. We will do right by the law and give them the best representation because we feel like they deserve it. It doesn’t matter what their status is at the moment, they’re people too and deserve respect. So
that’s something that we’ve really tried to hone in. I think that’s something that we’ve managed to become known for in the community - as a firm that’s there to help.
BUZZ: What types of services do you offer to your clients?
We’re mostly a family-based immigration law firm. We do take some business immigration, but mostly all kinds of family petitions, asylum and other various immigration issues. We basically help anybody who doesn’t have status obtain status and take the next step, whether it’s to obtain a visa or apply for permanent residence or citizenship. Once a family member has become either a permanent resident or U.S. citizen, then the law allows for them to bring people from their countries, so we also help them bring their family members along. It can be really challenging, but when we win the cases it’s just something that is so rewarding and it makes the hard times worth it.
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BUZZ: Tell me about the firm. So we are a six-person law firm. We’re boutique-oriented, meaning we don’t practice in all areas. We really focus on corporate law along with mergers and acquisitions work. We have a large presence in the healthcare industry here in town, so we do a lot of physician group setups, buying and selling of physician practices, but in general, the firm’s practice area is very agnostic. We represent lots of different industries. BUZZ: How can clients benefit from your services? So, anything you can think of with a business. If you’re looking to start a business, we help form companies, set up ownership structures, (i.e. how people should be paid, ongoing business needs such as employee compensation plans, independent contractor relationships). And then, on the back end, mergers and acquisitions work, whether it’s people that are selling their companies or people looking to buy or roll up like practices or industry groups, we do that work as well.