Florida’s New Protected Series LLC Law Is Now in Effect: Formation, Liability Protection & Practical Compliance

Joseph earned his Juris Doctor from North Carolina Central University School of Law in 1996 and his undergraduate degree from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 1993, where he double majored in English and Anthropology. He is licensed to practice law in Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and the District of Columbia.

Joseph is the founder and leader of Aspire Legal Solutions, a downtown Orlando practice serving real estate investors and small business owners, and My Land Trustee, which provides trustee services for properties held in land trusts. Through these businesses, he works with clients on ownership structures and strategies designed to address privacy, asset protection, and the administration of real estate interests.

Joseph is a frequent speaker and media commentator on real estate, legal, and business issues. He hosts a podcast featuring successful entrepreneurs, publishes the weekly “Trust This” newsletter addressing real estate, legal, and business topics, and regularly presents webinars for investors and practitioners. His educational work allows him to translate complex legal and ownership concepts into practical guidance for attorneys, investors, and business owners.

Joseph began his legal career in North Carolina handling corporate and real estate matters for timeshare resorts and real estate developers. After relocating to Orlando in 2001, he joined a firm focused on representing real estate developers and opened his own practice in 2004. In 2007, he expanded his practice to include litigation arising from real estate transactions, including foreclosures, quiet title actions, evictions, and probate matters.

Today, Joseph's practice includes real estate closings for buyers, sellers, and developers, land trust administration, third-party trustee services, and asset protection structuring. His hands-on experience with real estate ownership structures and liability considerations makes him particularly well positioned to address the practical application of Florida's new Protected Series LLC law, including how attorneys can structure and document multiple interests, maintain appropriate separation among assets and operations, and evaluate protected series alongside other ownership and asset-protection structures.

For this CLE, Joseph can bring a practical, practitioner-focused perspective to the new Florida law—connecting the statutory requirements for formation, governance, recordkeeping, asset separation, transactions, and dissolution with the real-world needs of real estate investors, developers, and business owners who may consider using protected series rather than creating separate LLCs.