The Fine Print

Early in his career, Tampa attorney David Shear was a litigator.

But then Shear transitioned to the corporate side, handling real estate, corporate and banking law, doing a lot of commercial transactions.
The practice grew as his clients grew, adding more employees and revenues. Shear wrote contracts and supervised closings and mergers and acquisitions.
Today, while other attorneys at his stage may consider retiring, Shear is as busy as ever and plans to continue because he enjoys what he does. He works with his son Jeffrey at the firm Ruden McClosky in downtown Tampa.

Based on his experience, Shear says Gulf Coast businesses need to carefully read and evaluate anything they may be signing or writing.
“Most documents need to be scrutinized,” Shear says. “They are not always in the reader's best interest.”