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Florida practices work across circuit and county courts, a detailed bail bond licensing statute, and FDACS-regulated private investigation licensing. Butler supports Florida teams that need practical workflows for defense matters, bail field work, and investigation records.
Quick answer
Butler Solutions serves Florida criminal defense practices, bail bond agencies, and private investigation firms with Legal Core, Bail Core, and PI Core. Legal Core supports defense calendars, motion practice, discovery, sensitive work product, and investigator coordination across Florida circuit and county court settings. Bail Core supports Florida bail agencies operating under Chapter 648, with defendant, indemnitor, bond, court-date, forfeiture, and compliance-facing records. PI Core supports Florida investigation firms operating under Chapter 493 licensing, with assignment, evidence, surveillance, and attorney-handoff workflows. Butler pricing is uniform across products: $99 per user per month for Starter, $149 for Small Team, $199 for Firm, and custom pricing for 26+ users. Legal Core includes a 2-month free trial; Bail Core and PI Core include 3-month free trials. Each product has 100 founding cohort spots with 25% off for 2 years and 10 design partner spots. Florida-specific fit depends on circuit and county court calendars, Florida Bar technology and AI ethics guidance, Department of Financial Services bail bond regulation, and FDACS private investigation licensing.
Butler in Florida
Butler serves Florida customers nationally from its Michigan base. Florida's high-volume legal markets, large bail industry, and active investigation sector make the state a strong fit for a product family that separates legal, bail, and PI workflows while preserving a shared operating philosophy.
The Florida fit conversation is usually practical: which circuit or counties matter, what incumbent system is being replaced, how much document history needs migration, and whether the team works mostly from desks, courts, field visits, or a combination.
Florida legal landscape
Florida's operating environment is particularly relevant for Butler because its court structure, bail statute, PI statute, and AI ethics guidance all create concrete software evaluation questions.
Florida has circuit courts and county courts at the trial level, district courts of appeal, and the Florida Supreme Court. Criminal felony practice typically centers on circuit court, while misdemeanors and smaller matters often involve county court. Legal Core helps defense teams treat court events as matter workflow triggers instead of isolated calendar entries.
The Florida Bar has published ethics guidance on generative AI, emphasizing that lawyers remain responsible for competence, confidentiality, supervision, fees, and advertising obligations. Butler's Florida posture should therefore be specific about confidential work, audit trails, and controlled AI use rather than treating AI as generic automation.
Florida permits commercial bail bonding and regulates bail bond agents under Chapter 648 of the Florida Statutes. The chapter covers licensing, appointments, records, qualifications, and related obligations. Bail Core supports Florida agencies with structured defendant, indemnitor, bond, court-date, document, and follow-up workflows.
Florida regulates private investigators under Chapter 493, including Class C private investigator licensing and related agency structures. PI Core supports firms that need field assignment records, surveillance documentation, evidence handling, attorney handoffs, and audit trails aligned with investigation work.
Product fit
Legal Core supports Florida criminal defense firms managing circuit and county court calendars, discovery, motion work, client communication, and investigator material. The product is best suited to defense-focused practices that need workflow discipline rather than a generic practice-management dashboard.
Review Legal Core pricingBail Core supports Florida bail agencies with defendant records, indemnitor workflows, court-date monitoring, forfeiture follow-up, document retention, and audit visibility. The product is an operating system for the work around Chapter 648 obligations, not a substitute for licensing compliance.
Review Bail Core pricingPI Core supports Florida investigation firms that need assignment management, field notes, surveillance records, digital evidence organization, attorney-ready handoffs, and review trails. It is built for investigation operations that need cleaner evidence handling than generic case management provides.
Review PI Core pricingCity coverage
These city hubs add county, court, local market, and product-routing context beneath the Florida state hub.
Duval County context for local court, bail, investigation, and migration scoping. City hub plus Legal Core, Bail Core, and PI Core city+vertical coverage.
Review JacksonvilleMiami-Dade County context for local court, bail, investigation, and migration scoping. City hub plus Legal Core, Bail Core, and PI Core city+vertical coverage.
Review MiamiOrange County context for local court, bail, investigation, and migration scoping. Hub-only city in this phase; product cards route to pricing or state context.
Review OrlandoHillsborough County context for local court, bail, investigation, and migration scoping. Hub-only city in this phase; product cards route to pricing or state context.
Review TampaPricing and programs
Butler uses the same four-tier per-user pricing structure across Legal Core, Bail Core, and PI Core: Starter at $99 per user per month, Small Team at $149 per user per month, Firm at $199 per user per month, and custom pricing above 25 users. Legal Core includes a 2-month free trial. Bail Core and PI Core include 3-month free trials. Each product has its own founding cohort with 100 spots and 25% off for 2 years, plus an application-based design partner program with 10 spots per product.
Migration
Migration support follows the same program described on Butler's migration page: founding cohort customers receive migration free, standard cloud-to-cloud migration is $499 for typical scope up to 5,000 records, complex migration is $1,499 for multi-source or large-document scenarios, and all migration fees are credited back as platform credit after 6 months of paid subscription. State hub pages reference migration mechanics; the detailed switching plan lives on /migration.
Florida FAQ
Yes. Legal Core supports defense workflows across Florida court settings, including calendars, motion practice, discovery, sensitive work product, and investigator coordination. Firms should identify their circuits, counties, and incumbent systems during implementation.
Butler does not treat AI as autonomous legal work. The product posture emphasizes confidentiality, audit trails, review, and lawyer control. Florida lawyers remain responsible for Florida Bar obligations, including competence, confidentiality, supervision, and appropriate client communication.
Bail Core supports the operational records around bail agency work: defendant records, indemnitors, bond documents, court dates, forfeiture follow-up, and audit visibility. Agencies still need to satisfy Chapter 648 licensing, appointment, record, and regulatory obligations directly.
PI Core supports licensed investigation firms with assignments, evidence records, surveillance documentation, attorney handoffs, and audit trails. Florida licensing under Chapter 493 remains the investigator's or agency's responsibility; Butler provides the workflow system around the work.
Yes. Butler migration supports common legal, bail, and PI systems when source exports are available. Standard migration is $499 for typical cloud-to-cloud scope, complex migration is $1,499, and founding cohort customers receive migration free.
Butler does not claim blanket Florida court integration. The product supports court calendar and workflow discipline. Any direct court data requirement should be reviewed by circuit, county, source system, and workflow during the product conversation.
Yes, high document volume is a common reason to evaluate Butler. Legal Core and PI Core are especially relevant when discovery, surveillance, evidence, or attorney handoff workflows need structured review trails instead of informal document folders.
Butler does not publish state-by-state customer counts during early rollout. Florida prospects should evaluate fit based on workflow complexity, court and licensing context, incumbent systems, and the practical cost of continuing with generic or aging software.
Multi-product use is supported. A law firm with investigation relationships or a bail agency with investigation operations should mention that early because each product is priced separately and may have its own founding cohort or design partner path.
Start with the relevant product pricing page, then schedule a conversation if Florida court structure, Chapter 648 bail operations, Chapter 493 investigation licensing, AI policy, or migration scope needs specific review.
Public sources cited
State-specific information cited from public sources current as of May 4, 2026. Butler updates state hub content as court, licensing, and bail bond rules change.
Florida software evaluation
Start with product pricing if you already know the vertical. Use contact if the important question is court fit, licensing context, migration source data, or a multi-product operating model.