Practice Areas

About Us

Sacher Zelman Hartman, P.A. was founded in 1990, when Barton Sacher and Richard Zelman, partners from high-profile Miami-based law firms, joined together. The founders envisioned the creation of a synergistic, business-driven, boutique law firm that would avoid firm hierarchies, politics, and impersonality, without sacrificing the quality and resources of a large, capable firm. Through carefully controlled growth the Firm has selectively added partners, who are top-notch people, in important complementary disciplines, to achieve the founders' vision.

The Firm's attorneys are highly proficient, experienced, respected and established in their principal areas of practice.  As a boutique firm, we serve our clients with personal and immediate attention to their needs in our areas of concentration.

Members of the Firm are recognized as Preeminent Lawyers by Martindale-Hubbell, as well as by Best Lawyers, Super Lawyers, South Florida Legal Guide, and Florida Trend, among others, particularly in the areas of financial services, banking, securities, accountants’ and professional liability and complex litigation.  Members of the Firm frequently write on and lecture about these subjects. We are also active in our community, serving on the boards of several charitable organizations, in addition to taking active roles in bar associations, as well as local, state, national and international business and community organizations.

Like our clients, we are results oriented. Our goal is always to produce favorable results in a timely and cost-effective manner. Our emphasis is on responsiveness, performance and quality. We are committed to providing unsurpassed service. This means aspiring to obtain results consistent with our clients' goals and budget, with attentiveness to all of our clients' needs. We coordinate with other professionals, such as accountants, financial analysts, investment bankers, lenders, experts, and others, to attempt to ensure that our clients' interests and needs are fully met.

We often work with other attorneys, here, and around the globe, to assist them in solving their clients’ most difficult problems.

We invite you to contact us for more information on how we can assist you in the following practice areas:

• Securities
  • Securities Litigation and Regulation
  • SEC & FINRA Compliance and Defense
  • Public Company Regulation
  • Class Actions Experience
  • Corporate and Business
  • Appeals (State and Federal)
  • Arbitration / Mediation
• Securities and Other Commercial Litigation
  • Securities Litigation and Regulation
  • SEC & FINRA Compliance and Defense
  • Public Company Regulation
  • Class Actions Experience
  • Other Commercial Litigation (State, Federal, Civil, Complex)
  • Corporate and Business
  • Appeals (State and Federal)
  • Arbitration / Mediation
• Banking, Finance, and Real Estate
  • Domestic and International Banking
  • Banking Regulation
  • Litigation and Commercial Foreclosures
  • Real Estate Transactions / Title Searches
  • Commercial Loans / Restructuring / Workouts
  • Letters of Credit
  • General Counsel
• Accounting and Professional Liability
  • Malpractice Defense
  • Regulatory Compliance (AICPA / PCAOB / SEC / Sarbanes-Oxley / Dodd-Frank)
  • Whistle-blowing
  • General Counsel
• Bankruptcy and Creditor's Rights (Creditors and/or Trustees)
• Expert Witnesses and Consultation Services
  • (Respecting All of the Above Practice Areas)