Juliana Gaita, Esq.
Although originally a Brooklyn, New York native, Attorney Juliana Gaita has called Boca Raton, Florida home for many years, attending middle school at Pine Crest and high school at American Heritage, graduating at the top of her class. After high school, Ms. Gaita moved to Red Sox Nation and earned her Bachelor of Arts at Boston College. She majored in Communications and Theology and minored in Faith, Peace and Justice. Thereafter Juliana started a staffing company which she sold shortly before attending law school. Her time as a business owner (both with her firm and staffing company) has helped Juliana to be able to give both practical business and legal advice to her clients.
Ms. Gaita earned a scholarship to Northeastern University School of Law where she participated in the unique co-op program they offered. This allowed her to gain real-life law experience while still in school, working for such state departments as the Office for Juvenile Justice, the Public Defender of Middlesex County and clerking for the Honorable Judge Borenstein (ret.).
Not one to shy away from a challenge or hard work, Ms. Gaita completed law school while raising her daughter and working as a full-time live-in nanny. It is during this time in her life that Ms. Gaita became acutely aware of the challenges that single parents face, and she is able to bring that understanding to her law practice now. After meeting her husband and shortly after the birth of her second child, Juliana and her family relocated back to South Florida, where they plan to remain.
Juliana has focused her practice of law in litigation and honed that skill through her representation of various clients in real estate, contract and family law matters: including national lenders in mortgage foreclosure actions, consumers, realestate investors and families facing various legal issues. Ms. Gaita is incredibly comfortable and tough in the courtroom. Ms. Gaita first became committed to giving back with her work through the Tracy Mcpharlin Pro Bono Project representing foster children in the dependency care system In Broward County. It was that pro bono work that changed Ms. Gaita’s entire life trajectory. After representing numerous children, Ms. Gaita and her family decided that they could give back even more by becoming a foster family. Ms. Gaita has cared for numerous children who have come into her home through foster care, all while still maintain her successful law practice. She has spent countless hours advocating for children and/or their caregivers, helping parents to make birth plans and helping families to finalize adoptions. Over the years her practice has become the go-to for the foster families and relative care-givers in the community, who are facing custody issues. Ms. Gaita and her husband adopted three children from foster-care and while they don’t expect to adopt anymore children, Juliana is passionate about helping families grow through the adoption process. Her experience as both a single mom and now an adoptive mother gives her unique perspective on the challenges and joys of adoption.
Ms. Gaita is committed to protecting your family, finances, business, assets and your real-estate sale and purchases and believes in a holistic approach to law, often emphasizing the counselor part of “counselor at law”. The firm looks at the entire individual to see where the law can assist the client and we are always looking to be the solution, not add to the problem. Ms. Gaita believes that a particular situation or “legal problem” cannot be adequately understood and addressed in the absence of a thorough understanding of the individual and that may affect the ways in which the particular situation is addressed moving forward. Once you have become our client, you have found lawyers for life, helping you with any legal situation that may come up in the future. As part of the Boston College Jesuit community she also holds the belief of their motto “men and women for others.” Juliana injects passion and determination into every action that she undertakes for her clients. Her law practice and her clients provides purpose, fun and fulfillment to her life. Ms. Gaita believes that when you truly are on purpose, the people, resources and opportunities you need naturally gravitate toward you and the world in turn benefits, as your actions automatically serve others. Ms. Gaita is accessible to her clients almost 24 hours a day, and she has come to know most of her clients not just as clients but as friends. Our Firm would love to see if you would be a good fit as a client and we encourage you to reach out to us.
Ms. Gaita is licensed to practice in MA, FL as well as the Southern District of Florida and the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit. Juliana is also a member of the Florida Adoption Council and has been appointed a Guardian Ad Litem.
B. Elaine Jones, Esq.
Senior Associate
B. Elaine Jones is a native Floridian, born and raised in the Tampa Bay area with 28 years of experience in the legal profession. What sets Elaine apart from other lawyers is her professional ethics and her love of the law. She has a proven record and is an initiative-taking, driven, and an extremely competent litigator who wins for the client with compassionate, accurate and zealous representation.
Elaine, having earned an associate degree as a legal assistant, worked in a Tampa law firm as a paralegal for four years before deciding to go to law school. That experience has given her legal knowledge, passion, and confidence to excel in her chosen career.
After practicing successfully as a solo practitioner and owner of her own law firm for 25 years in the Tampa Bay area concentrating primarily on marital/family law, trusts, probate, and guardianship. Elaine moved to the Jacksonville area in late 2020 taking a position at a law firm doing guardianship and family law cases. In October of 2022, Elaine moved to Palm Beach County and joined Juliana Gaita, P.A. Now she does not worry about the business side of running a law firm, which frees up her time so she can devote it to attending to clients and their needs, putting them first, and foremost.
The clients Elaine represents credit her with incredible personal attention and a “Can Do” spirit with a full grasp of the ins and outs of the law. She truly is a gifted attorney who puts the client first and has earned the respect of opposing attorneys and Judges in the courtroom. Martindale Hubbell, which is a website that rates attorneys based on the opinions of other attorneys and Judges, has rated B. Elaine Jones as AV preeminent, which is the highest ranking that can be achieved. Elaine’s experience and background in family law, trust, probate, and guardianship law make her a valuable asset to our firm.
