Stacy Beaulieu-Fawcett chose Delray Beach for her office because of its ‘small-town’ feel.
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By Brian Biggane
As a single mother of a young, autistic child, Stacy Beaulieu-Fawcett recalls having some sleepless nights when she launched what is now the Beaulieu-Fawcett Law Group in Delray Beach 10 years ago.
“I’ve always been an adventurous person. But I do remember lying in bed many nights praying to get through that month,” she said. “Those first three months were very scary.
“But it really was an adventure, and a lot of people have walked through it with me. And now we want to see the people who have been through this 10-year process with us and say thank you.”
Honored as the 2014 Businesswoman of the Year in Delray Beach, Beaulieu-Fawcett and her 13-person staff have since grown into one of the leading family and Christian law firms in Palm Beach County, and celebrated their success with a 10th-anniversary open house Nov. 17 at their Pineapple Grove offices.
A graduate of both the University of Miami and the UM Law School, Beaulieu-Fawcett clerked under Miami family law Judge Amy Karan before starting her own firm. She decided early on that family law was her calling.
“I wanted to help families, so it was either family law or probate law, where I could help grieving families get through that process. But once I spent a little time in her courtroom, I knew that’s where I needed to be.”
Her firm moved from near the courthouse to its current location in 2008, and with clients coming from Palm Beach and as far as north Palm Beach County, opened a Palm Beach Gardens office in 2011. Beaulieu-Fawcett anticipated closing on an office property off A1A in North Palm Beach by the end of November. That office is run by Celia E. Henry.
“Family firms are usually a one- or two-man show, or a department in a bigger firm. But [the growth] shows we’re doing our job. Most of our business comes from word of mouth and past clients, so that we’ve been growing and are able to keep growing [means] we’re doing what we’re supposed to be doing.”
The firm is also doing an honorable job of giving back. After a staff vote, the decision was to also use the anniversary party to honor and contribute to 4 Kids of South Florida, a foster agency it has also helped in the past.
“We try to be supportive of many agencies, but we narrowed it to teens in foster care, because no one is going to adopt them,” said Beaulieu-Fawcett, whose son, Daniel, is now 12. Guests to the party were each asked to bring a gift card for the organization.
Beaulieu-Fawcett said she did some searching before settling on Delray Beach as the home for the firm back in 2006.
“It has that small-town community feel, and I wanted that,” she said. “I didn’t want the big city, downtown or up on a high floor. I considered Stuart for a time, again looking for that small-town feel, but eventually I decided on Delray. So I went to Delray and haven’t left.”
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