Asset Protection Counsel Since 1991
Florida Asset Protection Attorneys
Attorneys Jon Alper and Gideon Alper advise clients throughout Florida on legal strategies for protecting assets from creditors and civil judgments.
During the consultation, we review your assets, ownership structures, and any existing or anticipated litigation to identify what is currently exposed to creditors. We then explain your options for protecting those assets.
Choose a time below to schedule a phone or Zoom consultation. You will leave the consultation knowing which assets are at risk and what steps are available to protect them.
Consultations are scheduled for 30 minutes. Additional time is billed in 15-minute increments.
Each additional 15 min: $225 (Jon) · $200 (Gideon)
What we cover in the consultation
The consultation is a working session, not a sales call. You will leave with a clear understanding of your exposure and your options.
We review your assets, how each is titled, and your current and potential legal exposure. This includes real estate, financial accounts, business interests, and any pending or anticipated claims.
We identify which assets are already protected under Florida’s constitutional and statutory exemptions—homestead, tenancy by entireties, retirement accounts, annuities, and life insurance—and which remain exposed.
We present the available tools for protecting exposed assets, explain the costs and effectiveness of each approach, and let you decide which strategies fit your situation and budget. If offshore planning is appropriate, we explain when and why.
If there are further steps suggested, we outline what work you handle, what we handle, estimated legal fees, and a realistic timeline. Many clients complete their planning within a few weeks of the initial consultation.
How we are different
Asset protection is a narrow specialty that draws on exemption law, creditor collection, bankruptcy, estate planning, and tax law. We have practiced exclusively in this area since 1991.
We do not practice litigation or tax planning. Asset protection is the only work we do. That focus means we see fact patterns and strategies that generalist attorneys may not encounter.
Jon or Gideon handles every consultation and every engagement personally. No associates, no paralegals, no hand-offs.
We regularly tell clients that their assets are already well protected and that additional planning is unnecessary. If expensive strategies like offshore trusts are not warranted, we say so.
Most firms do one or the other. We design domestic plans using Florida exemptions and, when appropriate, pair them with offshore structures. That range lets us recommend what actually fits rather than selling what we happen to offer.
Our attorneys
Both partners handle every engagement directly.
Jon Alper
Founding PartnerThree decades of asset protection practice in Florida. Harvard M.A. His involvement in BankFirst v. UBS Paine Webber, Inc. helped establish foundational principles in Florida asset protection law. Cited as a legal expert by the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, and Bloomberg.
Gideon Alper
PartnerLeads the firm’s offshore planning practice and advises on domestic asset protection strategies for individuals facing litigation exposure. Former attorney with the IRS Office of Chief Counsel. J.D. with honors from Emory University.