Present across the bay.
The same firm Tampa families have trusted since 1992, serving St. Petersburg and Pinellas County with the same steady counsel.
Family-law focused since 1992. Every consultation is confidential.
St. Petersburg sits a bridge away from our Tampa office, and family law does not stop at the county line. Rechel & Associates has served the Tampa Bay area since 1992, and that has always included the Pinellas side of the bay: St. Petersburg, Clearwater, and the communities between them.
Family law is the only law we practice, and it works the same on either side of the bridge. We listen first, we understand what your family actually needs, and then we choose the path that fits, whether that is a carefully negotiated agreement or decisive advocacy in a Pinellas courtroom.
Most of a family-law case moves by phone, email, and scheduled conferences, not by driving to an office. When your matter calls for a courtroom, we appear where your case is heard.
Pinellas County family matters are generally heard in two places. Knowing the venue means you walk in prepared and settled. That is all court familiarity should ever promise.
Pinellas County's main courthouse
Clearwater is the county seat, and much of the Pinellas family-law docket is heard there. If your case is assigned to Clearwater, we will walk you through what to expect before you ever step inside.
545 First Avenue North, St. Petersburg
Cases assigned to the St. Petersburg divisions are heard downtown at the Judicial Building. For many St. Pete families, this is the closer and more familiar venue.
Venue depends on how your case is assigned, and we confirm the specifics of your situation at your consultation. Familiarity with a courtroom is about preparation and calm, never about influence or outcome.
Wherever you are in life, the path forward is different, and so is the counsel you need. We organize our guidance around the season you are in.
Divorce in your twenties and thirties. Young children, time-sharing, and starting over on solid footing.
Explore →Shared assets, spousal support, and co-parenting teenagers through a season of real change.
Explore →Long marriages, retirement accounts, and the questions that come with the next chapter.
Explore →From downtown St. Pete to the north county, Pinellas families work with the same attorneys, the same standards, and the same steady process as our Tampa clients.
Closer to the Hillsborough side? Our Tampa page covers the firm's home county.
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Ratings reflect reviews of the firm as a whole, across our full Tampa Bay practice.
Read our Google reviewsRarely. Most of a family-law case moves by phone, email, and scheduled conferences, and court appearances happen where your case is heard, which for Pinellas families is in Pinellas County. When something is best handled in person, we arrange it around your case and your schedule.
Pinellas County family matters are generally heard in Clearwater, the county seat, or at the St. Petersburg Judicial Building at 545 First Avenue North, depending on how your case is assigned. We confirm the venue for your specific situation at your consultation.
Yes. We serve families throughout Pinellas County, including St. Petersburg, Clearwater, Largo, Pinellas Park, and Palm Harbor, alongside our Hillsborough and Pasco County practice.
Serving Tampa Bay and surrounding areas.
A bridge should not decide whether your family gets steady counsel.
For more than three decades, Rechel & Associates has helped Tampa Bay families move through divorce with judgment, discretion, and a clear plan for what comes next. Pinellas families get the same senior attention, the same careful preparation, and the same honesty about which path serves them best.
You work directly with a senior, AV Peer Rated attorney, not a rotating case number. That is the difference a focused firm makes, on either side of the bay.
Schedule a confidential consultation. We will help you understand where you stand and what a clear path forward could look like.
Every consultation is confidential.
