BARNHART LAW PLC
FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA

The terms "we" or "the firm" (and their objective and possessive cases) are used throughout this website to refer to the law firm Barnhart Law PLC, a Florida professional limited liability company that is wholly owned and operated by Constance R. Barnhart, Attorney At Law. Barnhart Law PLC has its sole office in Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA. All content posted on this website is for general information only. It does not constitute legal advice, and may not be relied upon as such. You should consult a qualified attorney before taking or refraining from taking action in any matter of a legal nature. No Attorney-Client relationship is formed by your reviewing or interacting with this website or by contacting us for a free initial consultation. Client relationships commence only after signing an engagement letter with Barnhart Law PLC and depositing the applicable retainer in our IOTA Trust Account. By visiting this website, you agree to the business clients. Serving as part of a client’s team, Ms. Barnhart knows the client’s business, and can be there when needed, without the expensive payroll and benefits costs the client would incur to employ an in-house attorney full time. Client engagements commence only upon the client’s signing of our written engagement letter with Barnhart Law PLC and deposit of the applicable advance fee deposit retainer in our Attorney IOTA Trust Account. The retainer deposit is held there, and typically applied toward the last billing for a particular matter, or retained as the basis for a continuing client relationship, if so mutually agreed. The engagement is governed by the terms stated in our engagement letter. No Attorney-Client relationship is formed by your reviewing or interacting with this website, by contacting us, or by an initial consultation. Client relationships commence only after signing the engagement letter with Barnhart Law PLC and depositing the applicable retainer in our IOTA Trust Account. Consistent with Ms. Barnhart’s commitment to client and community service, a part of the firm’s practice focuses on serving socially responsible, sustainable, and community service oriented businesses – primarily in the technology (including information, communication and health/ safety technology) and renewable energy sectors. This includes social enterprise entrepreneurs and companies in the emerging “Fourth Sector.” For news and updates on the emerging Fourth Sector, please see our PublicPurposeBusinessLaw/ Fourth Sector & Social Enterprise Blog Ms. Barnhart also serves the community through Care-Help LLC, a Fourth Sector/ Social Enterprise company she formed, which founded and publishes the website HelpingYouCare™ , dedicated to serving as a comprehensive resource to help seniors and family caregivers in the expanding family caregiving challenge we all face as the Baby Boom Generation approaches its senior years and increasingly serve as family caregivers for our parents and senior loved ones. , Attorney At Law and Managing Member, founded Barnhart Law PLC in March, 2009, after practicing law for more than 30 years at large law firms, most recently 12½ years as a Partner at the law firm of Holland & Knight LLP. is the founder and Managing Member of Barnhart Law PLC. She practices in the area of business law, including corporate, commercial, and financial matters, business contracts of all kinds, mergers & acquisitions, alternative and renewable energy (wind and solar) transactions, and technology, intellectual property licensing, and computer and internet matters. After more than 30 years of law practice with large law firms, including most recently 12½ years as a Partner at the law firm of Holland & Knight LLP, she founded Barnhart Law PLC in March, 2009. At Barnhart Law PLC she continues serving her U.S. and international clients at the lower billing rate and greater flexibility for personal attention permitted by a niche firm with lower overhead. Fluent in English, Spanish and Norwegian, and conversant in Swedish and Danish, she represents Scandinavian, European, Latin American, and U.S. corporate clients in both cross-border and U.S. transactions. She has represented clients and handled transactions in several industries, including wind and solar energy, computer software and hardware, information technology and security, media, telecommunications, e-commerce and internet infrastructure, manufacturing and product distribution, and financial services, among others. Prior to joining Holland & Knight as a partner in 1996, she practiced for 11 years in New York City with a major international law firm and in private practice, and previously with a large international law firm in Houston, Texas and London, England. Ms. Barnhart is admitted and licensed to practice law in four U.S. states: Florida, New York, Texas, and Minnesota. She has been a member of, and has served in leadership positions in, several international, American and state bar associations, international chambers of commerce, and organizations pertaining to business and the arts, as reflected below. She has lectured and written widely on topics that include renewable energy transactions, legal issues in international commercial and trade transactions, cross-border mergers & acquisitions, intellectual property law issues, cross-border business negotiation, and others. She has lectured at such forums as Wharton School of Business; NYU Stern School of Business; Banker’s Trust in New York; international business conferences sponsored by Direct International in New York City; the Annual ACE Conference on Entrepreneurship; the American Woman’s Economic Development Corporation; the National Association of Export Companies; American Bar Association, business clients. Serving as part of a client’s team, Ms. Barnhart knows the client’s business, and can be there when needed, without the expensive payroll and benefits costs the client would incur to employ an in-house attorney full time.