Boca Raton, Florida · Trial and appellate counsel
From the first letter to the final appeal.
Raikhelson Law represents people, families and businesses in Florida’s state and federal courts — at the negotiating table, at trial and on appeal — and serves as chief legal officer to growing companies. Every conversation is available in English or Russian.
- Admitted
- Florida · District of Columbia
- Founded
- 2016, Boca Raton
- Languages
- English · Русский
§ 01 — Practice areas
One firm for the whole life of a dispute.
From a demand letter or a contract review to a jury trial, a bankruptcy court or an appeal — your matter stays with the same attorney from beginning to end.
§ 02 — Appellate work
Representative appellate decisions.
Eight decisions from the Supreme Court of Florida, the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and Florida’s Third and Fourth District Courts of Appeal, each with Andre as counsel of record. The opinions are public records; read them in full.
Each decision turned on its own facts and law. Past results do not guarantee or predict a similar outcome in any future matter.
All appellate work-
Supreme Court of Florida · 2026Review discharged
Strazzeri v. Eckert Realty Corp.
No. SC2024-1755 (Fla. July 2, 2026) · For the respondent, Eckert Realty Corp.
After the Fourth District reversed a jury verdict against Eckert Realty, the plaintiff asked the Supreme Court of Florida to review the case. The Court accepted jurisdiction, received full briefing on the merits and heard oral argument, then discharged jurisdiction — leaving the reversal in Eckert’s favor in place.
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Eleventh Circuit · 2023 · PublishedReversed in part
Global Network Management, Ltd. v. CenturyLink Latin American Solutions, LLC
67 F.4th 1312 (11th Cir. 2023) · For the plaintiff-appellant
A published opinion holding that a data-center operator’s control over a customer’s servers can support an implied bailment claim for 1,380 memory cards stolen from its facility. The court reinstated that central claim after the district court had dismissed the case, while leaving the dismissal of two implied-contract counts in place.
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Fourth District Court of Appeal · 2024Reversed
Eckert Realty Corp. v. Strazzeri
396 So. 3d 220 (Fla. 4th DCA 2024) · For the appellant, Eckert Realty Corp.
A jury had assigned the property owner seventy percent of the fault for a fall on an office-complex ramp. The Fourth District held that the plaintiff never proved the owner knew or should have known of a dangerous condition, reversed the denial of a directed verdict and sent the case back for judgment in the owner’s favor.
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Fourth District Court of Appeal · 2023Writ granted
Domnin v. Domnina
361 So. 3d 382 (Fla. 4th DCA 2023) · For the petitioner
A trial judge ended a temporary-alimony hearing and ruled before the husband could present his case. The Fourth District held that this denied him due process, granted a writ of prohibition, and ordered the judge disqualified and the divorce reassigned.
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Third District Court of Appeal · 2026Affirmed
Golubtsova v. Budaev
No. 3D25-0296 (Fla. 3d DCA Feb. 18, 2026) · For the appellees
After a Russian divorce that left Miami-Dade real estate undivided, the former wife brought a petition in Florida’s family court. The Third District affirmed its dismissal: neither party met Florida’s six-month residency requirement, so the court lacked jurisdiction.
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Third District Court of Appeal · 2025Affirmed
Golubtsova v. Budaev
418 So. 3d 329 (Fla. 3d DCA 2025) · For the appellees
A lis pendens cannot be kept on a property when the lawsuit behind it seeks money damages rather than relief affecting title. The Third District affirmed the order dissolving the lis pendens against the clients’ property.
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Third District Court of Appeal · 2022Affirmed
Loginov v. Samoilova
345 So. 3d 372 (Fla. 3d DCA 2022) · For the appellee
After a three-day non-jury trial, the court ruled that Russian judgments domesticated in Florida, which treated a husband’s loan as a marital debt, gave the creditor no right to collect from the former wife or to an equitable lien on her Sunny Isles Beach condominium. The Third District affirmed the judgment in her favor.
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Third District Court of Appeal · 2021Reversed
Samoilova v. Loginov
330 So. 3d 1041 (Fla. 3d DCA 2021) · For the appellant
A successor judge has the authority to decide a motion to vacate a judgment entered by a predecessor. The Third District reversed an order that had denied the motion without reaching its merits and sent the case back for a decision on the merits.
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§ 03 — Approach
A small practice, by design.
The person who learns your file is the person who argues it. That is the point of choosing a focused firm.
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You work directly with your attorney
The attorney who learns your case drafts the papers and argues it in court — not a rotating team you meet once.
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Prepared for court from the first day
Every matter is built as if it will be tried, and every trial is built with the appeal in mind. That preparation is what gives a negotiation its weight.
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Two languages, one standard
Russian-speaking clients receive the same precision in Russian: consultations, plain explanations of every filing, and translated documents.
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Clear terms, in writing
Before work begins, you receive a written engagement agreement that sets out the scope of the work and how fees are handled.
§ 04 — General counsel work
A chief legal officer, without the payroll.
Andre has served as Chief Legal Officer to three companies, sitting inside the business rather than across the table from it. Growing companies retain the firm on a monthly subscription for the same role: one lawyer who knows the company, answers the phone, and handles whatever the quarter brings.
Ask about a subscription- Learning Exchange, Inc. (LEXX) and affiliated companiesChief Legal Officer
- 888 Group, LLCChief Legal Officer
- Capital Source 2000, Inc.Chief Legal Officer
Contracts and commercial terms
Master services agreements, vendor and customer contracts, terms of service and privacy policies, negotiated and kept current.
Equity and governance
Stock option plans and grants, operating and shareholder agreements, board matters and company records.
Financing and lenders
Loan and merchant cash advance review, lender negotiations and restructurings, and the disputes that follow when terms are not honored.
Protecting what the company built
Trade-secret and non-compete enforcement, intellectual property strategy, and litigation when it cannot be avoided.
§ 05 — Courts
Where Andre practices.
Admitted in Florida and the District of Columbia, with matters in other states handled alongside local counsel or by special admission.
- Supreme Court of FloridaFlorida · Highest court
- Florida District Courts of AppealFlorida · Appellate
- Florida circuit and county courtsFlorida · Trial
- United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh CircuitFederal · Appellate
- United States District Courts, Southern and Middle Districts of FloridaFederal · Trial
- United States Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of FloridaFederal · Bankruptcy
- Courts of the District of ColumbiaDistrict of Columbia
- Federal courts in California, Colorado and IllinoisWith local counsel
- Arbitration and mediationOut of court
The lion crest has marked the firm’s letterhead and filings since 2016.
§ 06 — About
Andre G. Raikhelson
Founder · Trial and appellate attorney · Chief legal officer
Andre founded the firm in Boca Raton in 2016, the year he joined The Florida Bar, and was admitted to the District of Columbia Bar in 2017. His practice is built around litigation — motions, trials and appeals in state and federal court — alongside the contract and company work that keeps businesses out of court in the first place.
His appellate work includes reported decisions from the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and Florida’s Third and Fourth District Courts of Appeal, and a case briefed on the merits in the Supreme Court of Florida. He has served as Chief Legal Officer to Learning Exchange, Inc. (LEXX) and its affiliated companies, 888 Group, LLC and Capital Source 2000, Inc., advising founders and boards on contracts, equity, financing and disputes from inside the company.
Before opening the firm, Andre was a certified legal intern at the Miami-Dade State Attorney’s Office, where he argued cases before judges and juries, and worked in the Investor Rights Clinic while in law school. He earned his Juris Doctor, cum laude, from the University of Miami School of Law and his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Miami. He speaks Russian and represents many clients from Russian-speaking communities in South Florida and abroad.
- Education
- Juris Doctor, cum laude, University of Miami School of Law, 2016Bachelor of Arts, University of Miami
- Admissions
- The Florida Bar, 2016District of Columbia Bar, 2017
- Languages
- English, Russian
- Recognition
- Super Lawyers Rising Stars, 2024–2026
Русскоязычным клиентам
Говорим по-русски.
Андрей Райхельсон ведёт дела на английском и русском языках. Консультации, разъяснение каждого документа и перевод материалов дела — на русском. Офис в Бока-Ратоне; встречи лично или по видеосвязи.
The full site, in Russian.
§ 07 — Contact
Start with a conversation.
Tell us briefly what happened and the best way to reach you. The office will follow up to arrange a consultation — in person in Boca Raton or by video.
- Phone
- (954) 895-5566
- Fax
- (954) 951-0620
- Office
- 7000 West Palmetto Park Road, Suite 210Boca Raton, Florida 33433Get directions