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About The Davie Law Firm

About Our Law Firm

The Davie Law Firm, is a locally owned and operated law firm providing exceptional legal services in Clay and Duval Counties and the surrounding areas since 1986.

Our wide range of legal services includes estate planning, probate, civil litigation, real estate, and general legal services. We represent clients throughout Florida in county, state and federal courts, whether in trial or on appeal. Our attorneys are members of a number of legal and community organizations including:
  • Florida Bar 
  • Trial Lawyers Section of the Florida Bar
  • United States District Court for the Northern
  • United States Circuit Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit
  • Clay County Bar Association, (President 2017)
  • Real Property Probate and Trust Law Section of the Florida Bar (RPPTL)
  • Rotary Club of Green Cove Springs, (Director 2017)
  • JAXSPORTS Council
Recognitions:
  • 10/10 "superb" rating on AVVO.com
  • Lead Council Rated for Civil Litigation and Probate Law
  • Designated "Rising Star" by SuperLawyers.com

Feel free to contact us for any of your legal services. Consultations are primarily conducted at our office but can be conducted at your home, the hospital or even in jail if necessary. Call us at 904-276-5344 today!
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About Our Knowledgeable Attorneys

William H. Davie, II, President

William H. Davie, II, Partner

William "Billy" H. Davie, II graduated from Middleburg High School in 1995 and went on to Florida Atlantic University to graduate with a bachelor's degree in History in 1999. He then attended The University of Florida Levin College of Law, graduating with Honors in 2002.

Billy was admitted to the Florida Bar in early 2003 and went on to spend three years as a trial court staff attorney in the First Judicial Circuit in Pensacola, Florida. In 2007, he began working as an associate for Gilligan, King, Gooding, and Gilford, P.A. in Ocala, Florida as a civil litigator, estate planning and probate attorney and spent four years at the firm. Then, in 2010, Billy moved back to Clay County to work at The Davie Law Firm, P.A. which was established by his father in 1986. 

Billy served as the President of the Clay County Bar Association for 2017 to 2018 and has been named multiple times as a "Rising Star" by SuperLawyer.com, a designation reserved for the top 2% of attorneys under the age of 40 in the state. Billy also has a 10 out of 10, "Superb" rating on AVVO.com.

Billy works mainly in the areas of probate, estate planning, landlord-tenant disputes, foreclosures (prosecution and defense) and civil litigation. His other areas of legal work include business litigation, contract disputes, small claims practice, homeowner's association disputes and other general litigation issues.

His clients are mostly Clay County residents but also include some from around Florida and out of state who need assistance with local issues. William H. Davie, II primarily practices in Clay, Duval, Putnam and St. Johns Counties.

Jessica Montenegro Skapetis, Attorney

Jessica Montenegro Skapetis is a Florida native and first generation Cuban American.

Her interested in the law began with attending Police academy courses and then progressed through her attendance at the University of Florida.


While attending UF, Jessica was an officer for UF’s Criminology and Law Honor society and was selected for the U.S. Marshals Honors program.


She went on to attend Florida Coastal School of Law on scholarship and began litigating in Federal Immigration Court in her second year of law school.


Jessica stayed in the Jacksonville area practicing criminal, family, and immigration law and began teaching criminal justice and paralegal studies to college students at Everest University.



Jessica is now a Clay County resident with strong ties to the community. She has been the Clay County Bar Association President, the Vice President of the Middleburg Civic association, an ambassador for the Clay Chamber, and a Lions Counsel member for St. Johns Classical Academy. Jessica’s passion are horses, triathlons, and her family. Today Jessica is an attorney with the Davie Law Firm in Green cove Springs, Florida concentrating her practice on family law and criminal defense. She strives to be a zealous advocate for her clients who are going through some of the most difficult emotional and taxing battles of their lives.


James H. Davie, II, Of Counsel
  • Graduated from The Bolles School in Jacksonville, Florida in 1966
  • Served in the United States Marine Corps, Vietnam, from 1967 to 1969 and was honorably discharged from service
  • Graduated from The University of Florida, 1972
  • Graduated from the Mercer University College of Law, 1983
  • Began his career at the law firm of Rodgers Towers in Jacksonville, Florida
  • Moved to Green Cove Springs in 1986 to assume the practice of Judge William Wilkes and Judge Thomas McAnally
  • Deacon, First Baptist Middleburg

The main focus of his practice has been in estate planning, probate, real estate transactions, clearing up title issues, and general civil litigation. Since 2012, he has enjoyed a state of semi-retirement but is still available by appointment basis.
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