About Us
The law firm of Messer, Caparello & Self, P.A., combines the
oldest and finest legal traditions of Florida's "Capital City" with the creative
problem-solving skills necessary to resolve today's complex legal challenges.
The firm's beginnings can be traced back to over 35 years ago, when Elliott Messer
- himself a second-generation Tallahassee lawyer - co-founded a small, locally oriented
law firm dedicated to providing creative, sophisticated, and high-quality professional
services to a growing, and soon to be vibrant, community and governmental center.
Central to that mission was the essential value that has since sustained the firm
and its members: a spirit of true professionalism, as evidenced by service to the
client, to the system of justice, and to the public. That dedication and mission
has guided the firm through much change over the ensuing years, and it has allowed
the firm to emerge as one of the region's premier, full-service legal organizations.
Our firm culture is one that is centered on helping our clients, on solving their
problems or enhancing their opportunities. As a result, we have come to represent
a diversity of clients across the full spectrum of judicial, administrative, and
public policy forums. We are experienced and skilled at bringing people and institutions
together, to their mutual advantage; and we have all the tools necessary to seek
and obtain the resolution of all manner of disputes, in virtually any forum. We
provide counsel and assistance in handling almost any type of problem or situation,
and in doing so we are able to draw upon a wealth of professional diversity, experience,
and relationships.
While we recognize that our first order of professional commitment is to the effective
and successful representation of our clients, we strongly believe that professional
responsibility also includes public and community service. As a result, Messer,
Caparello & Self, P.A., participates in educational, civic, bar
association, and charitable activities that strengthen and benefit the larger community
in the Tallahassee region and throughout Florida.