There is a dramatic scalloped table centered in the foyer of the law offices of Spencer Jenkins. Inlayed with various woods and positioned for effect, the table is reflective of the new legal practice headquartered in Wilton Manors at 2550 NE 15th Ave. (754-444-8830). Designed to impress, yet fully functional and sturdy in its most basic.
Spencer is a recent transplant from New England to the balmy weather of South Florida, and the transition has taken the attorney a few months of adjustment—such is the nature of the pace and attitudes to be found here. “At first I thought that the slow pace was going to be detrimental to my active pace style,” Spencer reflected, “but then I discovered that there is a lot to be discovered when you slow down the process and have time to savor the moments.”
While Spencer is young, it is the kind of high-energy youth that finds nothing impossible. “While I am new as a small business, and I am new as a sole practitioner, I am not new to the law, and have an extensive background working with big-city law firms.,” he said. “I have a really, really unique set of qualifications. I was educated in Boston, and anyone who has ever gone to school in Boston knows that it comes with an old school founding-father mentality. That translated into my New York experience where I was doing very high-end, high-value transactional work. And then here, in Florida, where I began a more personalize service, which became more community and small business focused.”
Fortunately, he brought a lot of those big city resources with him. “Technologically, my firm is at the top of its game,.” He says. “The infrastructure has allowed for a lot of automated systems that keeps our costs lower for our clients. Since I am a small business myself, I know what it takes to contain costs to maximize profits. I realize that my clients don’t have endless pools of resources, so we optimize what money is available, and network between individuals to keep things controllable.
“I am a commercial civil litigator. And I do business transactional work. My effort has been approaching small businesses working on those transactional types of matters that they would encounter in the course of business as well as traditional lawsuits that any active business is likely to encounter. Additionally, I’ve been actively involved in corporate mergers as small business blend together in an effort to stay ahead of a fast changing consumer curve.”
As a member of the LGBT community, Spencer know that it presents an entirely unique set of challenges—“Everything from how their inter-personal relationships are viewed by the business population at large to the greater amount of disposal income that they have available in the marketplace and therefore are more likely to be engaged in business ventures,” he says. “I’ve had many clients who are simple more comfortable with a law firm that caters to the sensitivities of the gay community. Because of the issues that may arise in the course of litigations—whether it be their unique home life or some minor criminal offenses that have been used a weapon by the opposition in the best, we’re ready for those challenges.”
According to Spencer, the most important element that he brings to the table is impeccable ethics. “Opening an office in Wilton Manors has given me a specific (and rather eye-opening) experience of the way this town operates. There are many progressive thinkers here; just as there are those who are adamantly opposed to change. I’ve always been more on the mover and shaker side of life,” he says.
“My dear friend and my business client, Leor Barak of New York Grilled Cheese Co., was my first Wilton Manors client. And during these months of opening up, it has been a learning curve for both of us to discover the community and introduce ourselves into it. That is why it is so special to me to have this opportunity to sponsor the MMP Mixer on Wednesday May 29, at 6:30 p.m. (2207 Wilton Dr, Wilton Manors), and get to know each and everyone of you.”
