the leadership.
Our attorneys bring decades of proven experience, guiding clients with integrity and focus. Their leadership ensures every matter is handled with confidence and trusted results.
Clear Goals.
We define clear objectives from the start, aligning our strategies to meet your needs. This focus allows us to deliver efficient outcomes that protect your interests.
Our Philosophy.
Our philosophy is built on trust, service, and results that stand apart. We are committed to providing practical solutions that support clients through every stage of life and business.
Trust • Experience • Results
About Our Firm
BARNES WALKER, GOETHE, PERRON, SHEA & JOHNSON, PLLC, was established in 1995 at 3119 Manatee Avenue West in Bradenton, Florida, with two attorneys, Mr. Barnes and Mr. Walker and two staffers. Since that time, Barnes Walker has expanded to include eleven (11) attorneys, 34 staffers, and five (5) offices.
The attorneys of our law firm have a combined experience of more than 215 years, and they practice in the areas of real estate sales and purchases, zoning & land use, homeowners and condominium associations, local government law, condemnation, wills, trusts, estate planning, probate, business law, corporate, LLC, & partnership formation, business sales, business contracting, trademarks, contract disputes, creditor rights, employment claims, trust and will disputes, financial and securities fraud, real estate litigation, and claims related to business disputes.
Our law firm and affiliated title company, Barnes Walker Title, Inc., have closed over 25,000 real estate transactions since the firms’ beginnings.
Trust • Experience • Results
Our Goals
Philosophy
Wheter you come to us for a will, property sale, litigation case, business purchase or other matter, be aware of our Firm’s common philosophy.
One.
Eliminate Risk…
FIRST, when we recruit an attorney to join our Firm, we look not only for a skilled attorney, but for a person without an ego, with practical judgment, with strong principles, and … with a sense of humor. We want a good lawyer, but a better person. We think we have succeeded in accomplishing this go.
Two.
Preparation
SECOND, we believe in preparation – doing our homework – before meetings, hearings, or finalizing agreements. We also believe in follow through, keeping you informed each step of the way, and making sure your case continues to move forward through our legal system. In other words, we know we have to…
Three.
Experience & Wisdom
THIRD, our goal is to use our skills, abilities, and past experience not only to protect and represent you in the present matter, but also to consider how our current recommendations and actions will affect you in the future, to ensure that today’s actions will not compromise tomorrow’s potential.
Four.
Risk Management
FOURTH, we believe in balancing the elimination of risk with our clients’ practical needs and realities. We recognize that, often, the more an attorney attempts to protect a client against all legal risk, the more complex and numerous the plans, procedures, entities, and documents necessary to create positive outcomes.
Five.
Minimize Complexity
FIFTH, we believe in minimizing legal complexity. Our goal is to identify present and future risks, weigh the probability of each risk occurring, attempt to quantify the losses that each risk could cause, and then weigh the cost of legal protection in all its forms – money, time, and effort expended.
