Deborah S. Baker

Deborah S. Baker is a Florida healthcare, contracts, corporate, and employment lawyer and of counsel at Scott Law Team who advises clients on workplace, business, healthcare, and regulatory matters. She drafts and negotiates employment agreements, restrictive covenants, confidentiality provisions, employee handbooks, and other contracts. She also counsels clients on employment policies, wage issues, discrimination concerns, and related compliance obligations. Her practice emphasizes practical guidance for clients managing business relationships, workplace responsibilities, legal risk, and broader business operations.

Deborah earned her J.D. from The Ohio State University and her B.S. with honors in Business Economics and Public Policy from Indiana University. She was admitted to practice in Indiana in 1995 and Florida in 2008. She is also a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator. Her education, multistate admissions, and mediation certification support her work across employment, healthcare, corporate, contractual, and dispute-resolution matters for diverse clients and businesses.

Deborah advises healthcare clients on regulatory compliance, transactions, agreements, Stark Law requirements, and HIPAA obligations. She also assists employers and professionals with employment contracts, restrictive covenants, policies, procedures, wages, and discrimination matters. Her corporate practice includes contract drafting and transactional guidance for business clients. She uses her experience to help clients identify legal issues, structure agreements, address compliance concerns, and resolve disputes through negotiation or mediation when appropriate for clients.

Deborah S. Baker combines employment, healthcare, contracts, corporate law, and mediation experience in a practice focused on practical problem-solving. She helps clients address regulatory requirements, workplace relationships, business transactions, and disputes with clear legal guidance. Her Florida Supreme Court mediator certification adds another option for resolving contested matters outside traditional litigation. She also contributes to community organizations and volunteer projects supporting students, families, hunger relief, education, and community well-being initiatives.

Law Office Affiliations

• Of Counsel, Scott Law Team
• Member, The Florida Bar
• Member, Indiana State Bar Association
• Member, 100 Women Who Care
• Board of Directors, West Jupiter Community Group

Licensed State

• Florida
• Indiana

Education

• The Ohio State University
  Juris Doctor (JD)
• Indiana University
  B.S. in Business Economics and Public Policy

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