Meet the Team

 
  • Mrs. VanHoose is President and Managing Shareholder of Esposito Law Group. She represents entrepreneurs, start-ups and private lending groups serving as outside general counsel to multiple business clients in relation to entity formation and structuring, mergers and acquisitions, debt financing, franchise agreements, commercial leases, commercial real estate purchases and sales, joint ventures, strategic alliances, technology matters, intellectual property rights and business succession planning. She has unique experience in representing agribusiness and agriculture cooperatives and representing clients in complex business and commercial matters. She also represents a number of large financial institutions on a variety of matters, including complex commercial lending, regulatory compliance, emerging technology matters, the onboarding of new technologies and the implementation process, general operations and personnel, commercial and retail banking as well as other general banking and creditor’s rights issues.

    Mrs. VanHoose advises clients in all phases of business life, from formation or acquisition; to planning, strategy and growth; to succession and exit planning; through to sale and transition. She has represented a number of clients in business succession planning, asset protection and estate planning, while further assisting such clients in planning for the future and preserving what they have for the next generation.

    Community Involvement

    Mrs. VanHoose is a current member of the Executive Board and the Legislative Committee for the Manatee Chamber of Commerce and is currently serving as Chairman of the Board. She is a former member of the Manatee Memorial Hospital Foundation Board, The Sarasota and Manatee Realtor-Attorney Joint Committee, the Salvation Army Board, and is Past President of the Bradenton Rotary Club. When not working, Mrs. VanHoose enjoys traveling and spending time with her family.

    Bar Admissions

    Mrs. VanHoose is admitted to practice law in Florida, Texas, Illinois, Kansas,

    Missouri and Colorado.

    Awards

    2013 Rotarian of the Year

    2015 Business Woman of the Year Finalist

    2015 Featured in Women on the SCENE Magazine

 
  • Dianna Baker

    Mrs. Baker joined Esposito Law Group with over 40 years’ experience in office and operations management and in administrative matters. She has served as a paralegal, executive assistant, and in various human resource roles. She started her career working as an executive assistant to the Chairman and President of a development corporation and an employee leasing firm. She joined a Bradenton law firm in 2002 where she earned her Florida Registered Paralegal designation in 2009 and she is a member of the Florida Bar. She currently serves as Firm Administrator and Executive Assistant to Mrs. VanHoose.

    Community Involvement

    Mrs. Baker is a native of Manatee County, Florida. She is an active Board member of the Manatee River Fair Association and has served for over 15 years, serving as Secretary and President of the Association. When not working, Dianna can be found with her grandchildren, gardening, cooking, deep sea fishing, traveling, or relaxing with her husband of over 42 years.

  • Jessica Crawford

    Mrs. Crawford joined Esposito Law Group as a legal assistant with over a decade of retail and small business banking experience, as well as significant administrative, and management experience.

    Community Involvement

    Born and raised in Manatee County, Mrs. Crawford is very familiar with the area and has volunteered regularly in her community and at her local church. She is determined, motivated and loves learning new things. When she is not working, she spends time with her two boys cheering them on at their extracurricular activities. She also loves a good book and spending time with her husband of 15 years.

  • Virgil Mills

    Mr. Mills is the Director of Business Development for Esposito Law Group. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and a Master of Religion degree from Olivet Nazarene University in Kankakee, Illinois. Mr. Mills served in full-time ministry for the Nazarene Church for more than 25 years. After that, he was a manager for Hide- Away Storage in Bradenton, Ellenton, and St. Petersburg. Just prior to joining Esposito Law Group, he was Director of Marketing for Newby Management, a locally based manufactured home community management company. He has also been a Licensed Florida Real Estate Broker since 2017.

    Community Involvement

    Mr. Mills served on the Salvation Army board in Manatee County for several years, where he also served as a member and chairman of the Property Committee. He continues to serve as a part-time pastor of a church in Sarasota. Mr. Mills is married to Patty, and together they love spending time with their three daughters and their families, who all live in Bradenton. When not working, Mr. Mills also enjoys growing and planting palm trees in the yard with his wife, Patty.

  • Antonia Allen

    Ms. Allen joins Esposito Law Group as a paralegal. Ms. Allen has a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science with a Minor in Psychology from Duquesne University. She has also earned a Paralegal Studies Certificate from the University of Miami. She enjoys connecting with clients and loves the challenges the legal profession has to offer on a daily basis.

    Community Involvement

    Ms. Allen is a Sarasota native and is extremely active in the Bradenton Alumnae Chapter of her sorority, Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc. She also enjoys traveling, attending concerts, and trying new cuisine.

  • Jennifer Dyson

    Mrs. Dyson joined Esposito Law Group as the Administrative Assistant in 2023. She has over 24 years of experience in office management, having served as Office Manager and National Sales Coordinator for a national media company for 14 years. Prior to that, she spent over 10 years working for a newspaper in Boston, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island.

    Community Involvement

    Mrs. Dyson is a native of Massachusetts and moved to Manatee County in 2023 with her husband of 25 years. Mrs. Dyson served as Head Chair of the Trustees for the First Baptist Church of Pawtucket Rhode Island. She was also the Head Deacon for 3 years. When Mrs. Dyson is not working, she can be found enjoying the outdoors, going to the beach, and golfing.