Jacksonville Beach, Florida
Jacksonville Beach is one of the three Beaches municipalities in Duval County — a separate city from Jacksonville, sitting on the Atlantic east of the Intracoastal Waterway. It has its own municipal government, a beachfront downtown, and a year-round community as well as visitors along the shore and Beach Boulevard. The Bonderud Law Firm represents people who live, work, or have cases connected to Jacksonville Beach from our only office, at 2130 Riverside Avenue in Jacksonville’s Riverside neighborhood, near Avondale. We do not have a Jacksonville Beach branch.
Where Jacksonville Beach cases are heard
A Jacksonville Beach address does not send a criminal, family, or injury case to a beach courthouse. State cases arising in Duval County are generally heard in the courts of the Fourth Judicial Circuit in downtown Jacksonville, at the Duval County courthouse complex. Federal criminal matters and many Hague Convention petitions are heard in the United States District Court for the Middle District of Florida, Jacksonville Division, also downtown. Beach-area code or municipal issues are a different question from circuit-court work; we will tell you, in plain language, where a particular matter is likely to proceed.
Travel from the Beaches to Riverside
Clients usually come west from Jacksonville Beach into the city, commonly along Beach Boulevard, or by J. Turner Butler Boulevard (State Road 202) and then toward Riverside, west of downtown along the St. Johns River. The trip crosses the Intracoastal and is a familiar drive for many Beaches residents. We meet during office hours, Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern. Messages left after hours or on weekends are reviewed the next business day.
How we can help from this office
We handle Florida criminal defense, including charges that may arise from stops along A1A, Beach Boulevard, or elsewhere in the Beaches; family-law matters such as divorce, parental responsibility, and support; Hague Convention and ICARA work when an international child-abduction issue is involved; personal-injury claims, including car crashes on the beach corridors or in town; and local-counsel appearances in Jacksonville courts for out-of-area attorneys. None of that is a claim that every case from Jacksonville Beach looks the same, or that a particular result can be promised.
Call (904) 438-8082 or start with a conversation below. This page is general information, not legal advice. Prior results do not guarantee a similar outcome.
Questions we are often asked
Are cases from Jacksonville Beach heard at a beach courthouse?
Generally no. Jacksonville Beach is its own city, but state criminal, family, and many civil cases from Duval County are typically heard in downtown Jacksonville, in the Fourth Judicial Circuit. Federal matters are also usually heard downtown. This is general information, not advice about a particular case.
What are the office hours?
The office is open Monday through Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Eastern, at 2130 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville, Florida 32204. Messages left after hours or on weekends are reviewed the next business day. For urgent matters, call (904) 438-8082.
Does contacting the firm create an attorney-client relationship?
No. Submitting this form or calling the office does not by itself create an attorney-client relationship. Please do not send confidential information before an engagement is agreed. This website is general information, not legal advice.
Do you have more than one office?
No. The firm's only office is at 2130 Riverside Avenue, Jacksonville. We represent clients throughout Florida, and in selected federal matters elsewhere, from that office.