About
A small practice, on purpose
M. Carson Weimer, PLLC is a Florida law firm based in Collier County. It handles three kinds of matters and refers or declines the rest.
The attorney
Matthew Carson Weimer is a Florida attorney and the founder of the firm. He is admitted to practice law in Florida and is a graduate of Ave Maria School of Law.
Why the practice is narrow
The practice is limited to three areas by design. The three areas — adult name change, uncontested dissolution without minor children, and summary probate to clear title — have something in common: they are procedures where the outcome depends far more on doing the steps correctly and on time than on argument.
That is work a careful small firm can do well. Matters that turn on contested facts, custody, or extended litigation are a different discipline, and they are referred to lawyers who do them daily.
How the firm works
Written scope, before anything starts
Every engagement begins with a written agreement stating what is included, what is excluded, and the fee. Work does not begin until it is signed. If a matter turns out to be outside that scope, you are told, and the agreement is amended in writing or the work is not done.
Deadlines are tracked, not remembered
Deadlines are docketed with the date and the authority each one derives from, and tracked. Missed deadlines are a recognized source of harm to clients, which is why this is done.
Conflicts are checked before, not after
The firm runs a conflicts check before accepting any matter. Occasionally that means declining work, including work the firm would otherwise want.
Plain answers
If your matter is simple enough that you can handle it yourself, you will be told that. If a quoted timeline depends on something outside anyone's control — a records check, a judge's calendar — you will be told that too, rather than given a number that sounds reassuring.
Limited-scope representation
In some matters the firm can be engaged for a defined portion of a case rather than the whole of it. Florida permits this where the limitation is reasonable under the circumstances and the client gives informed consent in writing.
It is not available in every case, and where it is used, the boundaries are set out in the engagement agreement. Anything outside those boundaries remains yours to handle unless the firm agrees in writing to take it on.