Contract Drafting Tips

This page provides links to online materials used in drafting contracts.

• Links Used for Searching Parties
  • Sunbiz Florida Division of Corporations Search
  • Florida business & prof licenses
  • Florida hospital licenses
  • Florida medical licenses
  • Death certificates
  • Florida County Clerks
  • Legal dockets
  • Area codes
  • Reverse phone number search
• Useful Links for Drafting Contracts
  • Law Insider
  • SEC Edgar
  • LawProse (Bryan Garner)
  • ContractNerds.com
  • Strunk & White, The Elements of Style (Amazon)
  • Strunk, The Elements of Style (1918)(online)
  • Copyright law (Copyright Office)
  • Trademarks (USPTO)
  • Federal Plain Language Guidelines
  • Chicago Manual of Style Proofreaders’ Marks
  • National Archives
  • Google Scholar
  • Laws of Florida
  • Florida Administrative Code
  • The Florida Bar
  • The Florida Bar Ethics Hotline
  • Martindale
  • Florida Courts
  • ALI CLE American Law Institute
  • Uniform Laws
  • West Findlaw Contracts by Company Name
  • 2017 Amendments to Standard Jury Instructions in Contract and Business Cases
• Automated Text Apps
  • TextExpander (Mac)
  • Keyboard Maestro (Mac)
  • PhraseExpander (Windows)
• Statutory Notary Clauses
  • F.S. 117.05(13)
  • F.S. 695.25
• Bryan Garner
  • Garner’s Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Contracts
  • The Elements of Legal Style
  • Language Change Index
  • Garner on Lists and Tabs
  • Garner’s Guidelines for Drafting and Editing Contracts
  • Garner’s Our shifting meanings: Test your knowledge of modern usage
  • LawProse Lesson #115: Is it attorney’s fees or attorneys’ fees?
• Wordperfect for DOS Help – Prof. Edward Mendelson, Columbia University
  • Wordperfect for Windows: http://www.columbia.edu/~em36/wpdos/
• Types of Florida Entities
  • F.S. §607.0401 Corporation Name (Inc., Corp.)
  • F.S. §605.0112 Limited Liability Company Name (LLC)
  • F.S. §620.9002 Limited Liability Partnership Name (LLP)
  • F.S. §620.1108 Limited Partnership Name (LP or Ltd.)
  • F.S. §620.1108 Limited Partnership Name (LLLP)
  • F.S. §621.12 Professional Service Corporation or Professional Service Limited Liability Company Name (PA or PLLC)
• Indemnification Agreements
  • Indemnification agreement
  • Indemnification agreement
  • Indemnification agreement
  • LawInsider
• Definitions Example
  • Asset and Stock Purchase and Sale Agreement
  • Settlement Agreement and General Release
• Boilerplate Books
  • Amazon – A-Z Guide to Boilerplate and Commercial Clauses, Anderson
  • Amazon – Boilerplate Clauses, International Commercial Contracts and the Applicable Law, Cordero-Moss
  • Amazon – Boilerplate: The Fine Print, Vanishing Rights, And The Rule Of Law, Radin
  • Amazon – Negotiating and Drafting Contract Boilerplate, Stark
  • West – Negotiating and Drafting Contract Boilerplate, Stark
  • Amazon – Drafting Contracts: How & Why Lawyers Do What They Do, Stark
• Boilerplate in SEC Edgar Documents
  • Law Insider search for Force Majeure and Pandemic
  • Credit Agreement
  • Employment Agreement
  • Retirement Agreement
  • Indemnification Agreement
  • Employment Agreement
  • Indemnification Agreement
  • Securities Purchase Agreement
• Florida Usury Statutes
  • FS 687.03 Usury
  • FS Chapter 687 Usury
• Florida Choice of Law Statutes
  • FS 685.101 Choice of law
  • FS 685.102 Jurisdiction
• Microsoft Word Format Painter
  • Format painter