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Barnes Walker, Goethe, Perron, Shea & Johnson, PLLC Pro

4.7
79 reviews

3119 Manatee Ave. W., Bradenton, FL 34205-3350, U.S.A.

Real Estate, Wills, Trusts and 22 more

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Garret T. Barnes, Esq. - Lawyer in Bradenton, FL
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About Barnes Walker, Goethe, Perron, Shea & Johnson, PLLC

A Distinctive Style... With Fresh Approaches... And Comprehensive Services... To Help Protect You Against The Challenges Of Life... And Assist With Its Opportunities

Practice 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 16,000 real estate transactions since the firms’ beginnings.

 

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At least three reviews and a score of 4.0 or higher.

Barnes Walker, Goethe, Perron, Shea & Johnson, PLLC got this award in 2021

Champion Badge Gold

At least six reviews and a score of 4.2 or higher.

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Barnes Walker, Goethe, Perron, Shea & Johnson, PLLC got this award in 2021

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Barnes Walker, Goethe, Perron, Shea & Johnson, PLLC got this award in 2021

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Residential Real Estate
Posted by anonymous
May 15, 2023
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I had a 5 year foreclosure case then ended up being around 50K. The firm made errors that caused delays, were unresponsive much of the time. They were not aggressive enough in their pursuit and the Defendents attorney ran circles around our attorneys. They missed acrucial contact in 1st bankruptcy attempt for filing a removal of stay we had to hire a separate bankruptcy attorney and go through the entire foreclosure process which took 6 months. Once we had the documents. There was a payment dispute and they did not move forward on our case for another 5 months. Our attorney left the firm someone took over. We had to resubmit many documents. because of all the delays the Defendents were eligible again to file for bankruptcy and our trial date was cancelled again. It was a terrible representation in my opinion. We won in the end of course as we had mtg/ note and only received 3 payments. My advise avoid this firm.

 
Real Estate
Posted by anonymous
March 21, 2017
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Company may be good at other things I'm sure but definitely not with real estate settlements.
Sub standard communication with higher fees.
Legal aids did not respond to either of our calls for days at times.
The charges were quite high for services we received. Our real estate agent suggested this company because we paid for the sellers policy. We expressed our concern to him and explained the lack of communication and the turtle paced return calls, he did apologize. Not rocket science

 
Wills and Probate
Posted by anonymous
October 08, 2025
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Choosing an attorney is a very personal and one of the most important and expensive decisions you will ever make. I can only give my experience with this firm and hope it helps someone in making a decision. Upon our first meeting with a partner and another attorney, we were advised they would take our case. We were paired with an attorney who was fairly new and inexperienced in the type of case we had, unbeknownst to us. Communication was extremely poor and very few of our questions were answered, emails not responded to, and phone calls seldomly All through the process we were told by our attorney we had a strong case. In our opinion, by saying that, the firm was able to bill us more money to string us along. In disgust, we eventually dropped our case. We had very poor counsel and I would never use this firm again, nor would I

 
General Practice
Posted by Cathy
March 16, 2024
Hired Law Firm

I called their office and they put me through to "someone" and she was out and I left a message to call me. To date, no one returned my call. I am very disappointed with my first impression of this firm. Cathy B.

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Areas of Law

  • Real Estate 1
    • Residential Real Estate
  • Wills and Probate 3
    • Wills
    • Living Wills
    • Contested Wills
  • Trusts and Estates 2
    • Trusts
    • Estate Planning
  • Litigation 2
    • Civil Litigation
    • Estate Litigation
  • Business Law 5
    • Business Formation
    • Business Litigation
    • Business Planning
    • Buying and Selling of Businesses
    • Closely Held Business Law
  • Civil Practice
  • Construction Law 1
    • Construction Litigation
  • Contracts
  • Property Law
  • Taxation 1
    • Estate and Gift Taxation
  • Commercial Law 1
    • Commercial Real Estate
  • Zoning, Planning and Land Use

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    English
    Spanish

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    Fixed hourly rates
    Fixed fees available

    Accepted Credit Cards

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  • Video Calls

    Offers Video Calls

    Video Call Options

    Zoom

  • Firm History
    Year Established

    1995

  • Additional Links

    https://www.barneswalker.com/
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4.7
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3119 Manatee Ave. W.Bradenton, FL 34205-3350U.S.A.

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