Officers, directors, LLC managers, partners, and certain trusted agents owe the businesses and people they serve duties of loyalty and care. When those duties are betrayed — self-dealing, diverted opportunities, secret commissions, reckless management — Florida law provides a remedy. And when an owner is wrongly accused of betrayal, the business judgment rule provides a defense.
Typical claims
- Self-dealing transactions and undisclosed conflicts of interest
- Usurped corporate opportunities taken for a side venture
- Misuse of company funds for personal expenses
- Competing against the company while still inside it
- Mismanagement rising beyond honest error
Direct or derivative — get the vehicle right
Some claims belong to the owner personally; many belong to the company and must be brought derivatively, with their own procedural requirements. Choosing wrong can end a strong case early. We chart the vehicle, the parties, and the remedies — damages, disgorgement, removal, and fees where available — before filing.
Where these cases intersect family law
Fiduciary fights often surface inside family businesses and divorces — a spouse-manager draining a jointly owned company, or in-laws' investments misapplied. Our dual practice was built for exactly those hybrids.
Talk it through — confidentially.
Call (407) 749-1034 or request a confidential consultation. Prompt responses, usually the same business day.