Spotlight on Florida’s Top Small Law Firms: Chambers 2025 Florida Guide Launch

The 2025 Florida Spotlight Guide from Chambers showcases Florida’s top small law firms, spotlighting firms excelling across 18 distinct practice areas. This guide serves as a trusted resource for legal buyers seeking expert counsel across the state.

Published on 5 November 2024
Written by Kypriana Savva
Kypriana Savva

An In-Depth Look at Florida’s Top Small Law Firms

We have delved deeper into the legal market to continue to provide invaluable up to date recommendations for legal buyers looking for the top small firms in Florida.  

Our dedicated Spotlight team have conducted research into specific areas key to the Florida market. Ensuring we reach a broader audience of in-house counsel and that we continue to connect large law firms looking for co-counsel on complex matters, with the best small firms specializing in different practice areas.  

Thanks to the depth of our research, we are proud to turn the Spotlight on 127 firms ranked across 12 cities in 18 distinct practice areas.  

The Legal Market in Florida

The prevailing story is that investor migration, Latin American influence and big law relocations to Florida continue to elevate the market as a key legal and business hub. Based off our conversations with lawyers, the collateral effect of these three factors has seen small firms catapulted into the Spotlight. These firms are increasingly active on mid to lower-market matters, taking a sizeable share of work in Florida’s vibrant legal market.  

Latest developments to our 2025 Florida Spotlight Guide

In addition to shining the spotlight on more top firms in our existing practice areas and cities, greater opportunities in the region have seen us open 11 new distinct practice area listings this year, as well as expand our city coverage to the growth markets of Penscola, Tallahasse and Sarasota.  

In response to market feedback, we’ve separated out our existing Dispute Resolution listing into Litigation: General Commercial and International Arbitration to better reflect firm expertise. For the first time in Chambers’ history, we have also created a Personal Injury table to highlight the leading small firms handling high-stakes catastrophic injury and wrongful death cases.   

The increase in regulatory scrutiny by enforcement bodies featured heavily in our conversations with lawyers this year, and as such we’re also shining a light on the talented firms in the International Trade and White-Collar Crime spaces.   

I’m also proud to introduce you to the latest developments in our industry coverage. With our brand-new Insurance, Media & Entertainment and Healthcare tables, we’ve made it easier for firms to showcase their expertise and for our clients to find the specialist expertise to fit their ever-changing needs.  

We’re also highlighting the leading small firms in our new labor & employment and immigration listings, as well as providing options for legal buyers looking for the top small firms handling corporate compliance work.  

Ranking the Best Small to Medium-Sized Law Firms in Florida

Congratulations once again to the 127 firms that have been ranked across 18 practice areas in 12 cities – our Florida Spotlight Guide for 2025 speaks to the large number of small firms doing excellent work across the state.  

This resource connects legal buyers with trusted counsel from leading firms across the state. Explore the complete guide on November 7 here.