Hill Ward Henderson

Managing Partner: Robert M. Fulton

Number of partners: 75

Number of other lawyers: 44

Firm Overview

Since its inception in 1986, Hill Ward Henderson has grown steadily, while based on a client-focused philosophy that combines the talent, resources, and technologies of a large firm with the attention of a smaller firm. The firm has as its cornerstone an obligation and a commitment to our valued clients of integrity, professionalism and timely, efficient delivery of legal services. Hill Ward Henderson is a full-service law firm with multi-disciplinary practices including: Appellate, Bankruptcy & Creditors’ Rights; Construction & Design; Corporate & Tax; Cybersecurity, Data Breach and Protection; Employment Law; Executive Compensation & Employee Benefits; Healthcare; Intellectual Property; Land Use; Litigation; Products Liability; Real Estate; and Trusts & Estates. Headquartered in downtown Tampa, with more than 115 attorneys, the firm has a wide range of local, regional and national clients.

Main Areas of Practice

• Bankruptcy & Creditors' Rights: Hill Ward Henderson regularly handles a broad variety of sophisticated bankruptcy reorganization and liquidation matters, creditors' rights litigation, foreclosure proceedings and problem loan workouts, lender liability litigation and other related complex commercial litigation cases.
• Construction & Design: Our attorneys have many decades of combined experience in advising and assisting clients throughout all phases of commercial and residential construction projects, from pre-construction planning, negotiating, bidding, contracting, and design, through project management, construction, and completion.
• Corporate & Tax: Our attorneys represent public and private companies of all sizes in corporate matters and business transactions. Our attorneys advise clients on mergers and acquisitions, securities and corporate governance matters, venture capital and private equity transactions, joint venture transactions, tax issues, and general corporate matters.
• Cybersecurity, Data Breach and Protection: Our attorneys take a multi-disciplinary approach to assist clients in the areas of cybersecurity and data protection. Because privacy and information security is an ever- evolving area, cybersecurity developments often outpace legal developments. Our team is proactive in making informed judgments to fill in the gaps when the law does not clearly resolve a particular issue.
• Employment Law: Our firm provides proactive solutions to virtually any employment-related matter including advice, counsel, transactions and litigation.
• Employee Benefits and Executive Compensation: Our attorneys provide a full range of services in connection with the establishment and maintenance of all types of employee benefit and executive compensation plans. With over 100 years of combined experience, our professionals are nationally recognized for their depth and breadth of experience and expertise in the benefits area. Our attorneys provide equity compensation, executive compensation, and fiduciary advice, as well as representation before various federal agencies. Our attorneys serve as benefits counsel to companies involved in merger and acquisition transactions.
• Financial: Hill Ward Henderson represents banks, insurance companies, investment firms and brokers providing legal services in the areas of financing, formation, regulatory compliance, business operations, acquisition transactions, securities and corporate law.
• Healthcare: Our firm offers a wide range of services to a variety of healthcare industry clients. We provide advice and assistance across a broad spectrum of state and federal regulatory issues, as well as transactional and operational matters, with a full spectrum of litigation services and administrative representation.
• Intellectual Property & Technology: Our attorneys advise clients in the areas of intellectual property transactions, patents, trademarks, copyrights, trade secrets, software and technology, licensing agreements and litigation.
• Litigation: Our attorneys excel at litigating cases because we approach each case as though it will be tried. Our firm believes that this approach permits our attorneys to prepare cases in a way that gives clients the best opportunity to achieve desired results. Whether it be negotiating a settlement or trying a case to verdict, our attorneys have established a reputation for providing the absolute highest quality of legal services.
• Products Liability: We defend corporations of all types and sizes in products liability matters. Our attorneys have the trial experience, legal knowledge and resources to help clients appropriately evaluate, defend and resolve all varieties of complex products liability actions, including those that involve personal injury issues, property damage or warranty claims.
• Real Estate: Widely regarded as one of the elite practices in Florida for its depth of personnel, experience and knowledge applied to all aspects of commercial real estate, Hill Ward Henderson’s Real Estate Group represents commercial and residential developers, major lending institutions, banks, merchant builders, contractors, brokers and investors, automobile dealerships, retailers, schools and universities and other significant property owners.
• Tobacco: Our attorneys defend cigarette manufacturers against personal injury claims brought by individual smokers as well as wrongful death claims brought by the estates of deceased smokers.
• Trusts & Estates: Representing a wide range of clients, including wealthy individuals, multigenerational families, business owners, professionals, nonprofit organizations and professional fiduciaries, our attorneys provide a wide range of trusts and estates services including estate planning, asset protection planning, family business succession and charitable gift planning.

Offices

Tampa: 101 E. Kennedy Blvd., Suite 3700, Tampa, FL 33602

Clearwater: 600 Cleveland St., Suite 800, Clearwater, FL 33755