Business litigation
Business Litigation for Tampa family and small businesses
Gegan Law Office defends family and small businesses against contract, ownership, employment and accessibility claims, and tells you plainly whether a claim should settle or be fought.
Chapter 01
Contract, ownership, employment and accessibility claims against a family business
The Gegan Law Office describes this side of the practice as defending family and small businesses, and the threats it has in mind are the ordinary ones. A supplier says you broke a contract. A partner disputes who owns what. A former employee files a wage claim. A lawyer sends a complaint about access to your storefront. Any of these can reach an owner in Tampa without warning, and most owners have never been sued before.
The firm's business motto is “Protecting Your Success.” Its business litigation work covers contract disputes and collections, ADA defense, trade secrets and non-compete matters, FLSA claims and franchise law, and each of those has its own page on this site. The first step is a free initial consultation at (813) 248-8900, where you explain what arrived and what you want the outcome to look like.
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Settle quietly or fight for a clear win: an honest read first
The office states its approach in two sentences: “If it makes more sense to settle a claim quietly than to fight and try to win, the Gegan Law Office will tell you so. If a clear victory is your priority, the Gegan Law Office will fight for you.” It is a promise about candor before it is a promise about aggression.
That candor matters because a business weighing a claim carries real costs on both sides: legal fees, hours spent away from customers, and the strain of an open case that will not go away. A frank conversation about those trade-offs at the start lets an owner choose a path on purpose instead of drifting into one. The decision stays with you, and Edmund Gegan's job is to make sure you are choosing with the facts in front of you.
Chapter 03
A litigator since 1994, in mediation, arbitration and court
Edmund J. Gegan began practicing law in 1994 in New York and has practiced in Tampa since 2009. In his own words, he is a natural counselor and advisor who would rather come alongside someone and work with them, but he has “also been a litigator for all of my career, and my clients value that fierce advocate side of my personality.”
Business disputes in Florida can be resolved through mediation, through arbitration, or in federal and state court. Which forum fits depends on what the contract says, what is at stake, and how you want the matter to end. The firm is comfortable in each of them, and an early conversation usually shows which one deserves your attention first.
“Through my communication with them, I never felt rushed, they always made sure my questions were answered & were consistently accessible when I needed them.” Karen Derr, Google review.