Michelle Karinne Notte, Esq.

CEO & Founder

Michelle Karinne Notte, Esq.

Michelle was born in Miami, Florida to Cuban American parents who taught her the value of hard work, passion, and honesty at an early age. Michelle has several years of litigation experience in business and complex commercial litigation including non-competes, trade secret, fiduciary duty claims, vicarious liability defense on behalf of corporations, various business disputes and commercial construction. 

On the transactional side, Michelle has helped negotiate several investment deals and buy-outs for multi-million-dollar valued companies in the technology and insurance sector, and regularly advises companies in various emerging industries. Her transactional experience includes negotiating sales/acquisitions, capital raises (under Regulation D), structuring partnerships, negotiating & successfully resolving business disputes among members and shareholders outside of litigation, advising companies on Regulation D compliance, acting as outside general counsel to businesses in various industries, advising franchises, and much more. Most recently, Michelle represented one of her clients in negotiating and consummating the sale of a substantial amount of the business which was acquired for just under $50M. Additionally, she recently helped resolve a two year dispute among shareholders involving multiple entities in multiple jurisdictions, allowing her client to sell his shares back to the Company for just under half a million dollars, and saved her client hundreds of thousands of dollars in litigation costs. She regularly represents service professionals including engineers, medical professionals, and lawyers, and has clients in a wide array of industries including motor carrier brokerages, e-commerce, technology, health care, real estate development, and retail. 

Michelle’s hobbies include kayaking, exercising, and finding great hole-in-the-wall restaurants in new cities during her travels. She spends most of her time in sunny South Florida with her wife, and their two daughters.

• Legal Luminaries, Corporate, M&A, Private Equity Attorney of the Year, 2024
• Super Lawyer, 2025
• Super Lawyers Rising Star, 2016-2023
• The Boca Raton Observer’s TOP LAWYERS , 2022, 2023, 2024
• Top 40 Under 40 Attorneys, Broward County Bar Association, 2021
• Up-and-Comer, South Florida Business and Wealth Magazine, 2021
• Outstanding Member of the Year, Business Law Section of The Florida Bar, 2020
• Business Law Section of the Florida Bar Fellowship Recipient, 2016-2018

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• NSU Shepard Broad College of Law, Board of Governors 2021
• Corporations, Securities, and Financial Services Committee, FL Bar Business Law Section, Chair 2022- Present, Vice Chair 2021-2022
• Inclusion/Mentorship/Fellowship Committee, FL Bar Business Law Section, Chair 2020-2021
• Diversity and Inclusion Committee of the Florida Bar, Appointed Member 2022-present
• Member Benefits Committee of The Florida Bar, Chair 2020-2021; Member 2015-2021
• Business Law Section Business Court Task Force, Member 2019-Present
• Business Law Section Chapter 517 (Securities) Task Force, Member 2021-Present
• Business Law Section of The Florida Bar, Active Member 2015-Present
• Business Law Section of the American Bar Association, Member 2020-Present
• Ms. Esquire, Member 2022-Present
• The Florida Bar, Member 2013-Present
• Commercial Real Estate Women (CREW), Fort Lauderdale/Boca Raton Chapter, Legal Director, 2019-2020, Member 2018-2020
• International Citator & Research Guide, Volume 1, Volume Editor, Published by Hein Online 2018

• The Florida Bar
• U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Middle District of Florida
• U.S. District Court, Northern District of Florida

• J.D., Nova Southeastern University, Shepard Broad College of Law, 2013
  • Honors & Positions Held:
    • International Citator & Research Guide, Editor & Chief 2013
• B.S., Florida International University, 2006

Michelle was a contributing Member of the Florida Bar Business Law Section’s 517 Task Force that was directly involved in working with the Florida Office of Financial Regulation to significantly revise the Florida Securities & Investor Protection Act. The changes went into effect on October 1, 2024. You can read more about the changes and their impact in “Capital Raising in Florida – It’s a New Ballgame”, published in Nov/Dec 2024 Florida Bar Journal, available HERE.