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We believe in protecting the diversity that businesses bring to the community. We have seen how the lack of advice can hurt or even wipe out businesses and entrepreneurs. In the land of opportunity, many miss their chance of advancement due to lack of the proper legal guidance.

We respect, admire, and celebrate the adventurous spirit, ambition, and courage of entrepreneurs.

Our work is to foresee the possible outcomes and have business heroes prepared and protected with sound legal foundations.

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More than 30 years advocating for businesses

We have seen it all defending clients against wrongdoers. We want a leveled 
playing field in society.

Always thinking three steps ahead and outside the box. Our mindset is to find the best way to solve and prevent legal issues for our clients.

We provide a robust spectrum of areas of practice covering a wide range of legal assistance.

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Paola C. Vergara, Esq.

Business Law Made Simple

Paola focuses her practice in business law. She counsels small and medium-size businesses in crafting legal solutions that cover all aspects of their enterprises. From commercial real estate matters to the protection of intellectual property and branding, Paola helps business owners with their legal needs so they can focus on making their business prosper.

Her practice includes consulting on business formation, corporate structuring and governance, branding, trademark and copyright registration, drafting licensing agreements, ecommerce and internet law, social media compliance as well as resolving domain name disputes through the Uniform Domain Name Dispute Resolution Policy proceedings. Paola’s practice encompasses strong representation in dispute resolutions and litigation in areas such as unfair competition, business entities dissolutions, enforcement of contracts and intellectual property rights enforcement.

Paola offers legal services tailored to supporting and advocating for non-profit organizations and the people behind them. Paola provides a unique Non-Profit LaunchPad, which is a legal startup program specifically designed to steer organizations in the legalities of their formative stage, so they avoid making common mistakes.

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Paola C. Vergara

Paola C. Vergara
SENIOR MANAGING COUNSEL

Paola C. Vergara

About Paola

Paola is passionate about supporting startups. As a young entrepreneur herself, one of her main professional goals is to offer quality legal solutions to small business owners so they can effectively compete with large corporations in local markets.

She is fully bilingual in English and Spanish.

Paola started her career working in Colombian Museums where she studied art conservation and restoration in the prestigious Universidad Externado de Colombia. She moved to the United States and earned her Bachelor of Arts in History from Nova Southeastern University, where she also obtained her Juris Doctorate. While attending law school Paola worked as a teaching assistant and completed an internship with a boutique intellectual property law firm focusing on trademark and patent law.

Our Clients

We represent Florida Business owners that dream to make it big! Our work may start assisting on the business setup, when businesses change and evolve, or when something goes wrong. Our promise is to stand by clients through it all. If needed, we are able and ready to confront any party or situation that threatens their bottom line.

Where do we excel?

  • Contract design and draft: Custom agreements for sales, services, and partnerships, tailored to prevent disputes.
  • Business legal advising: Ongoing counsel on corporate governance, intellectual property strategy, and operational compliance.
    Insurance litigation (representing the insured): Advocacy against wrongful insurance denial and bad faith practices.
  • Commercial Lease review: Detailed analysis to uncover hidden obligations and protect tenant and landlord rights.
    Commercial property purchase: Due diligence and negotiation for seamless acquisition of office, industrial, or retail properties.
  • Business acquisition: Structuring and negotiating asset acquisitions and stock purchases to mitigate risk.
  • Mergers and partnerships: Comprehensive support for joint ventures, partnership formations, and corporate integrations.
    Business litigation: Strategic representation in court or arbitration to resolve disputes efficiently and cost‑effectively.
  • Commercial arbitration: Skilled advocacy in arbitration proceedings, offering a faster, private alternative to full trials.
  • Intellectual property: Protection and enforcement of trademarks, copyrights, trademarks, patents and trade secrets to safeguard your brand of information and innovations.

By combining deep legal knowledge with a client‑focused approach, Vergara Legal delivers proactive, solutions‑driven services to help develop your business in all of its aspects.

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Michael J. Cohen is a civil trial attorney who focuses his practice in the areas of commercial and corporate litigation, healthcare law, securities litigation, construction disputes, real estate, personal injuries, wrongful death, products liability, medical malpractice, and all other matters requiring the intervention of the court system.

Mr. Cohen served as the managing member of Goldstein & Cohen, P.A. until founding Cohen & Greenberg, LLC. in January 2004, where he served as a managing member of the firm. In January 2012, Mr. Cohen founded the Cohen Legal Group. He is now a member Partner at Vergara Legal, which is dedicated to assisting businesses and healthcare providers in any disputes or other legal matters.

A seasoned litigator, Mr. Cohen has successfully litigated, arbitrated and tried cases in the State and Federal Courts throughout the State of Florida as well as in front of arbitration panels associated with the American Arbitration Association and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA formerly known as National Association of Securities Dealers). Mr. Cohen is also a skilled negotiator, who has been particularly successful in resolving disputes without costly and time-consuming litigation.

Mr. Cohen graduated from the University of Florida in 1993 with a bachelor’s degree in business administration with a major in finance and a minor in economics. He spent two years as a financial consultant with Merrill Lynch, Pierce, Fenner & Smith before attending law school at the University of Miami. He began practicing law upon graduating in 1998. Mr. Cohen has been a member of the Florida Bar since September 1998 and is presently a member of the Florida Bar, the Association of Trial Lawyers of America, the Academy of Florida Trial Lawyers and the Dade County and American Bar Associations. He is also active in his community, volunteering as a youth football, basketball, and baseball coach with the YMCA, a soccer coach with AYSO, and he is a member of Temple B’Nai Aviv and the Weston Bar Association.

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