FIRM OVERVIEW

For over 30 years, Pete Enwall has served the legal needs of his clients throughout North Central Florida from his home office in Gainesville.

He endeavors to provide legal services to his clients in the spirit of his Scout training from years ago: in a manner that is trustworthy, loyal, helpful, friendly, courteous, and kind.

A zealous advocate, one of Pete’s strengths is the unusual breadth of his legal experience. In his 30-year career, he has participated in over 80 jury trials and hundreds of trials before a judge.

Throughout his career, except for his two years as criminal prosecutor, Pete has focused on three areas of the law:

• Marital and Family Law
• Estates, Wills, Trusts, and Probate Law
• Corporate and Business Law

Pete also has considerable experience in civil, commercial, and criminal litigation:

• He has represented electric utility companies in a variety of matters before the Florida Public Service Commission, personally assisting his senior partner, William H. Chandler.
• Pete has served as corporate counsel for large companies such as Bear Archery and Meridian Behavioral Healthcare.
• He has assisted his partners in representing the School Board of Alachua County.
• Pete has appeared in Federal Court in matters ranging from intellectual property litigation to civil rights discrimination, and he has regularly included pro bono service to indigent clients referred from Three Rivers Legal Services in his daily work.
• He has served as general counsel for the Gainesville Area Chamber of Commerce.

Pete practices before the Federal District Courts in the Northern and Middle Districts of Florida, in the Circuit Courts in the Eighth, Fourth, Third, and Fifth Circuits of Florida, and in these Florida counties:

Alachua, Bradford, Baker, Union, Levy, Gilchrist, Columbia, Marion, Duval, St. Johns, Suwanee, Leon, Lafayette, Taylor, Dixie, Hillsborough, Citrus, and Dade.

Pete received his B.A. in 1970 from the University of the South in Sewanee, Tennessee, and his Juris Doctorate degree from the University of Florida in 1973. He has also completed nine quarter hours toward a Master’s degree in Philosophy from UF.

Pete was commissioned through UF Army ROTC in 1972 as a Second Lieutenant, and served eight years in the Army reserve. He was Honorably Discharged in 1980.

Pete is a committed Christian and an active member of Servants of Christ Anglican Church, which is a Bible-based church affiliated with the Anglican Communion. He has served as senior warden, Alpha Coordinator and vestry member.