The statewide advertising rules are in the Florida guide. This page covers what is local to Fort Lauderdale: a county made almost entirely of named cities, a courthouse system spread north to south, and a county line with Miami-Dade that readers cross every day.
Thirty-one cities, one county
The Broward County Supervisor of Elections says Broward County has 31 cities, including Fort Lauderdale, Hollywood, Pembroke Pines, Coral Springs, Davie, Plantation, Sunrise, Weston, Miramar, and Deerfield Beach. Many readers search with the city they live in rather than the county name.
A page per city is rarely the answer. One strong Broward County page that names the cities you serve does more work than 31 near-copies, with separate pages only where the courthouse, client questions, or practice mix differ.
Getting the local court facts right
The Seventeenth Judicial Circuit of Florida lists its Main Courthouse Complex at 201 SE 6th Street in downtown Fort Lauderdale, and regional courthouses at 1600 West Hillsboro Boulevard in Deerfield Beach, 100 N. Pine Island Road in Plantation, and 3550 Hollywood Boulevard in Hollywood. The Broward County Clerk of Courts lists the main courthouse at the same downtown address.
Which matters are heard at each regional courthouse should be confirmed on the Clerk's own location pages before a page names one. An AI answer drawn from your page will repeat whatever building you name.
Broward is not Miami-Dade
Broward and Miami-Dade sit side by side but belong to different circuits, with different clerks and courthouses. A firm with offices in both counties needs separate pages for each county's courts rather than one South Florida page that blurs them. The Miami guide covers the Miami-Dade side, including Spanish-language pages and the Florida rule that required disclosures appear in the same language as the ad.
What we build for Fort Lauderdale firms
- Practice-area pages that name the Seventeenth Circuit courthouses accurately
- A Broward County page set naming the cities you serve, split only where the content differs
- Answer posts for the local questions clients ask before they call
The personal injury guide and the employment law guide show the pages each practice tends to need. If a Broward competitor keeps getting named instead of you, read why AI names competing firms.
Common questions
Should our pages name a regional courthouse or the downtown courthouse?
The one that actually hears the matter the page describes. Confirm it on the Clerk's location pages first, since the circuit lists several buildings and a wrong one is a costly error to repeat.
Can one page serve both Broward and Miami-Dade clients?
It is usually a mistake. The counties have different circuits, clerks, and courthouses, so a page for each county gives readers and AI assistants the right local facts.