David A. Beale is a graduate of Cornell University (B.S. 1971) and Fordham Law School (J.D. 1974, Law Review 1972-74). He is a member of the New York Bar (1975) and Florida Bar (1990). David Beale is a member of The American Bar Association, The Florida Bar Association, New York State Bar Association, Association of the Bar of City of New York, Palm Beach County Bar Association, and the South Palm Beach County Bar Association. He belongs to the Entertainment Arts and Sports Law Section of the Florida Bar, where he is on the Executive Council and Chairman of the Publishing Committee. He is also active in the Media Law Committee of the Florida Bar, and the Intellectual Property Law Section of the New York Bar Association.

Mr. Beale has spent his entire career representing the needs of small businesses and their owners, the sizes of which range from start-ups to companies with $100 million in sales. His practice encompasses all types of corporate, partnership, employment and commercial agreements, including leases, property purchases, and financing agreements, as well as all types of litigation that relate thereto. He is able to work with clients who have sole proprietorships as well as partnerships and corporations, and to guide them through the intricacies of licenses, fictitious names, incorporation, corporate document requirements, employment agreements, shareholder, voting and buy-sell agreements, confidentiality and non-compete agreements, mergers and acquisitions and creditors rights. Mr. Beale can give guidance on vendor, service and software agreements, as well as negotiate and litigate disputes over same.

Mr. Beale frequently develops new approaches to issues and problems when advising clients and, as needed, when litigating on a national level, while remaining constantly aware of the client's desire to remain cost efficient in today's economy.

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