The Villages Business Lawyers

Clay Smith has a very diverse background, having grown up in Florida, California, and Iran. Clay attended high school in Stockton, California (Benjamin Franklin) and in Jacksonville, Florida (Ed White and Douglas Anderson School of the Arts). After high school he joined the United States Marine Corps, where he served honorably for 5+ years until his humanitarian discharge to provide living assistance for his younger brother, also a Marine, who broke his neck and was rendered quadriplegic. During the period shortly after his discharge, Clay performed a variety of jobs, including ditch digging. Along the way, he...

Joseph Kenny is a shareholder with the firm practicing in the areas of general Civil Litigation. Joseph graduated Magna Cum Laude from Stetson University College of Law receiving the Victor O. Wehle Award for excellence in trial advocacy, and the Suzanne Armstrong Award for excellence in legal writing. While attending law school, Joseph was a member of the Stetson Law Review and competed on the Stetson Moot Court board. In addition, Joseph served as a Teaching Fellow for the research and writing department. Before attending law school, Joseph earned his B.A....

Ben is a former banker turned trial lawyer that conducts business and real estate litigation. He has done numerous trials and hundreds of court hearings. Ben has litigated lawsuits involving business partnerships and shareholder disputes, business purchase and sale related litigation, title insurance claims, civil theft, foreclosure, lender lawsuits, real estate transactions gone wrong, final judgment collection cases, employment contract litigation, slander, and commercial lease lawsuits.

Before becoming an attorney, Ben spent the majority of his professional career as an investment banker and mortgage banker, purchasing mortgage loans from other banks. Ben’s prior banking career also included managing hundreds of...

Tampa attorney Jeffrey C. Blumenauer, Esquire is committed to your individual and business well-being. A Florida native, Mr. Blumenauer grew up just west of Orlando in the city of Clermont. After graduating from high school, Mr. Blumenauer attended The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina on an academic scholarship, where he was a graduate of The Citadel Honors Program, with academic Honors. Upon graduation, he decided to return to Central Florida, accepting a merit scholarship to attend Stetson University College of Law. Mr. Blumenauer studied law at Stetson’s Gulfport (St. Petersburg) and Tampa campuses. While at...