Lankford Law Firm is a Daytona Beach-based business law practice serving clients throughout Central Florida, including Orlando. The law firm represents start-ups, small businesses, medium-sized enterprises, large corporations, employees, and independent contractors. Its work helps clients form, operate, protect, and grow their businesses while addressing contracts, employment concerns, intellectual property, regulatory needs, and commercial transactions. Clients seek its guidance at both the planning stage and when disputes or business risks arise.
Lankford Law Firm approaches each matter with personalized attention, careful preparation, and practical advice tailored to the client’s goals. As a smaller practice, the law firm provides clients with a direct working relationship with its lead attorney and strives to avoid the delays that can occur when matters pass through several layers of staff. Its focus on long-term relationships allows the law firm to support businesses through different stages of development, from launch to expansion, sale, or dissolution.
Lankford Law Firm handles business formation, business plans, contracts, commercial and residential lease agreements, employment law, federal government contracts, intellectual property, and risk management. Its intellectual property services include trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, and unfair competition matters. The law firm also helps clients draft and negotiate employment agreements, restrictive covenants, nondisclosure agreements, and non-solicitation provisions. Additional services include mergers, business sales, corporate dissolution, asset protection, contract disputes, and alternative dispute resolution through mediation, arbitration, or settlement discussions.
Lankford Law Firm was established by attorney Melody Lankford after she gained eight years of in-house counsel experience with a corporation. Her legal practice began in 2004, giving the law firm insight into the day-to-day concerns businesses face from both internal and outside-counsel perspectives. The law firm is especially committed to helping start-ups and small businesses receive practical legal support. By combining business-focused experience, responsive communication, and continuing counsel, Lankford Law Firm helps clients pursue their goals while managing legal risk.
