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Jane Muir is a leader in the Miami legal landscape. The founder of J. Muir & Associates, established in 2018, Muir has dedicated more than 15 years to building a business law practice, an impressive team, and a sterling reputation for commitment to her clients and community.
Driven by a genuine desire to assist clients to succeed in spite of challenges, the firm J. Muir & Associates’ practice is rooted in providing effective legal support while investing in the community.
Most recently, aside from helping her clients manage their own operations, Jane has been appointed or served as a receiver for several embattled companies in hospitality, automotive, and lending, across Florida. She also assisted an attorney who was sued by his former law firm through arbitration, defeating claims that the attorney usurped corporate opportunities and recovering damages after trial.
Partner Victoria Morton, an experienced community association manager, homeowners’ association board member, and association general counsel, applies her expertise to supporting various non-profit associations in their operations.
The administrative team, led by office manager Devon Schweidel, leverages technology to support the firm’s attorneys so that the firm has adequate capacity to handle significant volume and will be well-prepared for the rigorous new civil procedures that went into effect Jan. 1. The firm’s philosophy emphasizes applying the latest technology to enable superb client service – and giving back to the community through service.
Muir’s legal career began at the University of Miami’s School of Law where she was drawn to oral advocacy. During her study, she competed in six intramurals, four state, four regional and two national competitions in negotiation, mock trial and appellate advocacy.
She won and earned “Best Brief” in Miami Law’s Advanced Moot Court competition and in the prestigious Litigation Skills program received the John F. Evans Memorial Scholarship for exceptional performance.
For her dedication to advocacy and performance in competition, she was inducted into the Order of Barristers, a national honor society recognizing the nation’s best student advocates.
Graduating after the 2008 subprime mortgage crisis, fate led her to establish a firm.
“In my first month in business, our gross revenue was $350 which I used to pay for a $100 virtual office and business cards,” she said. “I started out by attending community events and that was where I found clients.”
At first, she handled a peculiar assortment of cases for friends who had nowhere else to turn, noting, “I even recovered a dog from an ex-boyfriend, for example.”
Novel situations became an area of expertise for her, and clients who had good results became her biggest fans and referral sources.
As the practice grew, Muir gravitated towards representing smart, detail-oriented entrepreneurs seeking to achieve great results efficiently – and the firm became focused on business law, handling contracts and litigation as outside general counsel to businesses.
A self-described “joiner,” Muir’s community service has led to her election to various executive and leadership roles.
“I showed up for a luncheon for the Coral Gables Bar Association, and it turned out the website was out of date. When I finally made it on the right day, I volunteered to fix the website, so they invited me to sit on the board.”
She quickly was elevated to treasurer, president-elect, and president for 2012-13.
Muir also volunteered for the Miami-Dade Bar, formerly known as the Dade County Bar Association, at first as a writer and editor for the Bulletin. She ran for the board of directors in 2010, and supported numerous initiatives including another website redesign, implementing financial controls and employee handbooks, contracting a capable executive director while serving as treasurer, secretary, vice president, president-elect and president for 2020-21.
Muir’s tenure as president of the Miami-Dade Bar Association was marked by significant achievements, including initiating renovation of the association’s headquarters as a co-working space for attorneys and the successful rebranding of the association with a new name and logo.
As a result of these contributions, Muir and her firm have been recognized widely. She was honored by the Florida Bar with their 2015 Lynn Futch Most Productive Young Lawyer Award, by the Miami Dade Bar with their 2023 Johnnie M. Ridgely President’s Award, and by the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce with its 2020 Businesswoman of the Year.
The firm has grown to a team of 12 with four attorneys and has been recognized as a Law Firm Champion of Women by the Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers and was the 2023 Diamond Award Winner from the Coral Gables Chamber of Commerce.
For more information, visit J. Muir & Associates at 121 Alhambra Plaza, Suite 1500, Coral Gables, FL 33134. You also may reach the firm by phone at 786-756-8442, follow them on Instagram @jmuirandassociates, or visit www.jmuirandassociates.com/ to use their contact form.
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