Meet The Team
Nathan A. Frazier, Esq.
Managing Partner
Mr. Nathan Frazier is the Managing Partner of Frazier & Bowles, Attorneys at Law, serving as outside general counsel for residential communities, homeowner associations, condominiums, and resort communities across Florida. His expertise focuses on working closely with clients to proactively create value for communities both in the short-term and long-term. Mr. Frazier helps communities solve current problems and achieve sustained success from a corporate perspective, financial perspective, and community perspective.
Mr. Frazier spent most of his childhood in Little Rock, Arkansas where he was a National Merit Scholar in high school and a competitive baseball player, ranked in the Top- 40 Infielders in the United States by Baseball America for his performance at shortstop. He later earned a baseball scholarship to Wake Forest University in North Carolina where he played for four years while earning a Bachelor of Arts with a Major in Political Science and Minors in Sociology and Psychology. After graduating from Wake Forest, Mr. Frazier attended the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law. He worked as a Summer Associate in Tampa for the US Attorney’s Office and Bush Ross, P.A. He graduated from there in 2011 in the top 1% of his class.
Prior to starting his own law firm, Mr. Frazier practiced law in the Homeowners’ and Condominium Association group at Bush Ross, P.A., where he previously worked as a Summer Associate. Later, Mr. Frazier became Chair of the Residential & Resorts Communities Department at Mechanik Nuccio Hearne & Wester, P.A., the prestigious, boutique real estate law firm. There, he grew the Department to five times its original size. At both firms, Mr. Frazier worked with and learned from experienced and respected attorneys in the Florida Real Estate field.
Now, as the Managing Partner of our firm, Mr. Frazier dedicates his time to serving our clients as general counsel. He has extensive experience in solving major problems, rescuing financially distressed associations, and finding creative legal solutions for any issue a community faces. His clientele and practice proliferated across Florida as his proprietary mathematical models and technology helped communities project future revenues and achieve unprecedented and unparalleled financial success. Additionally, Mr. Frazier is Florida Bar Certified in Condominium Law and has been named a Rising Star Top-Rated Attorney by Super Lawyers Rising eight times.
Brian M. Bowles, Esq.
Partner
Mr. Brian Bowles joined the firm in 2016, bringing both legal and business experience to our team. Looking for an opportunity to combine the knowledge he gained from his business experience with his legal background, Mr. Bowles found his niche at our firm, serving community associations and guiding them through pertinent decisions to ensure their communities are run successfully.
Mr. Bowles graduated from Florida State University in 2004 with a bachelor's degree in Political Science and History. In 2009, he obtained his MBA at the University of South Florida with a focus in Finance and Management; he subsequently attended the University of Maryland’s Francis King Carey School of Law. Mr. Bowles graduated law school in 2012 and moved back to Florida to begin his legal practice.
Prior to the practice of law, Mr. Bowles worked for Coca-Cola Enterprises, where he helped lead over 140 employees of different sales teams to oversee the day-to-day workload for employees and their contacts with businesses who purchase Coca-Cola products throughout the country. He also ensured orders and products were completed for the Coca-Cola warehouse distribution centers located throughout the country. Shifting from the business world to the legal field, Mr. Bowles worked in Personal Injury at Distasio Law Firm. Mr. Bowles did some Small Claims cases prior to joining Mr. Frazier’s firm, Frazier Law Group, PLLC, in the fall of 2016.
In 2019, Mr. Bowles became a named Partner of Frazier & Bowles, Attorneys at Law. He oversees all departments within the firm but focuses much of his time equipping our clients with business-oriented and legally sound solutions for General Counsel questions. He specializes in advising communities on amending governing documents, reviewing budgets to help properly fund community projects, and handling enforcement actions regarding owner violations, initiating the Collections phase.
Clarke Brannon, Esq.
Associate Attorney
Mr. Clarke Brannon joined our firm in the Fall of 2021, bringing more than 8 years of business experience to the team. His experience in communication, real estate, and as the former President of his community association, has allowed him to excel in his role as Associate Attorney at the firm, conducting legal research, preparing legal opinions,reviewing contracts, and interacting with our clients and business partners on a daily basis to provide them with answers and solutions to the community issues they face.
Mr. Brannon graduated from the University of Georgia in 2013 with a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science, and later furthered his education at Florida State University where he graduated from their College of Law.
Prior to joining Frazier & Bowles, Mr. Brannon served as the communications director for a federal House of Representative’s campaign in a contentious 7-way primary that received national media coverage out of Georgia. After the campaign, he transitioned into the role of Director of Social Media at a campaign consulting firm, running social media for candidates and elected officials in local and federal offices. He curated the client’s social media presence, including messaging, interactions with constituents, email newsletters, and building a larger presence. It was during this time that Mr. Brannon got his Georgia Real Estate license and began working with first-time home buyers.
He then turned to the law. While in law school, he worked at Fasig|Brooks, a personal injury firm in Tallahassee, working directly with clients on the discovery process and drafting pleadings on claims such as medical malpractice, premises liability, wrongful death, assault & battery, and permanent injuries.
When Mr. Brannon is not at the firm, he enjoys being active outdoors either on the water paddle boarding, playing tennis, or drinking a nice cold beer at a local brewery. Every once in a while, you can also catch him relaxing at home listening to a good fiction audiobook.
Brian P. Waggoner
Director of Personnel & Operations
Brian joined our team in February 2021, bringing more than ten years of business operations, management, and team building experience to our firm. Brian’s awareness of our internal and external client needs and his ability to create a path to achieving them are key to Frazier & Bowles’ internal organization and external growth.
Brian graduated Cum Laude in 2010 from Vanderbilt University with a Bachelor of Science in Human and Organizational Development, with a focus in Leadership and Organizational Effectiveness, as well as minors in Financial Economics and Corporate Strategy.
Prior to joining Frazier & Bowles, Brian worked in Chicago, Illinois with a leading national staffing, recruiting, and culture firm for more than five years. Here, Brian managed a team that specialized in working with finance and accounting leaders across Fortune 500 to start-up companies to identify top talent for their organizations. Post undergraduate, Brian spent 5+ years in Tampa and Central Florida leading operations and team building in the hospitality industry.
As Director of Personnel & Operations, Brian is responsible for overseeing the day to day of firm operations including technology, sales & marketing, and administrative teams. He develops and executes new growth and scalability directives by enhancing reporting & analytics, optimizing processes and procedures, and bolstering business partner relationships. He also leads all talent acquisition for the firm, allowing us to identify and invest in employees that will support our long-term success.
Outside of the office, he enjoys spending time with his family and miniature golden doodle, Dawson. Brian is an avid Tampa Bay sports fan, wine enthusiast, and loves to travel.
Laura Frazier
Director of Human Resources
Laura joined the firm at its inception in the Summer of 2016, and she currently serves the firm internally as the Director of Human Resources. Laura is patient and a keen observer who works to build strong relationships with her colleagues. She enjoys working internally at the firm to take care of the needs of our attorneys and staff, while ensuring our work culture remains positive and healthy.
Laura is a Tampa native. She graduated Cum Laude from Wake Forest University with a Bachelor of Arts in 2008 with a Major in English and Minor is Education. Laura was a member and captain of the Wake Forest Dance Team, as well as a leading member of Delta Delta Delta’s Gamma Kappa chapter. Laura loved the fall season while living in North Carolina, but she decided to move back to Florida to attend the University of Florida. While student-teaching in Gainesville, Laura earned a Master of Education in 2009 with a perfect GPA. Laura spent two years teaching English at Eastside High School in Gainesville, Florida before returning home to Tampa to teach at Jesuit High School and then Academy of the Holy Names. During her tenure, Laura taught in co-ed, all-boy, and all-girl class settings, freshman, sophomore, junior, and senior levels, as well as mainstream, honors, AP, and IB classes.
Laura cherishes her years of teaching and the many students and colleagues she met along the way. She loved teaching literature to develop her students’ analytical reading skills, Socratic discussion techniques, and confident essay crafting. Shifting careers from the classroom to helping her husband start his own business, Laura’s teaching experience equipped her to juggle many different responsibilities and personalities, while remaining organized and focused on set goals.
As the Director of Human Resources at Frazier & Bowles, Laura now works exclusively on the internal needs of the firm and its employees. She works closely with our Managing Partner, the Director of Operations, the Director of Finance and Accounting, and attorneys to ensure the law firm continues to grow and maintain a healthy work culture and happy client base.
When Laura is not working, she enjoys spending time with her family. She loves reading books, jogging, going on dinner dates with her husband and laughing with her kids.