Clemente Vazquez-Bello, a Miami shareholder at Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, has been elected to the law firm's board of directors. He focuses on banking and international law.
The firm also promoted associate Andres Fernandez to shareholder.
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Hunton & Williams partner Thomas Julin has been appointed as pro bono chair, leading the Miami law office in all of its pro bono legal efforts.
He has provided a wide variety of pro bono services to clients, which include representation of the student newspapers at the University of Florida and Florida International University, prosecution of political asylum claims for Haitian and Nigerian nationals, establishment of an absolute privilege for clients to complain to the Florida Bar about their lawyers, defense of animal rights protesters, representation of parents of public school children required to take Bible history classes and defense of a blogger for criticizing pet store practices.
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Brian K. Gart has been hired at the Fort Lauderdale business law firm Berger Singerman as a shareholder in the Business Reorganization Team. He was previously with Greenberg Traurig.
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Carlos J. Martinez has been elected as Public Defender for the 11th Judicial Circuit. He is currently chief assistant public defender. He takes office in January 2009.
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Attorney Deborah R. Mayo has joined Fowler White Burnett as a shareholder in the general practice group. She will be based in the firm's Miami office where she will focus primarily on transactional work.
She was most recently a partner with the Miami office of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod.
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Scott A. Burr has been hired as a partner in the law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler in Fort Lauderdale.
Previously, he was the chair of the international litigation and arbitration practice at Diaz, Reus, Rolf, & Targ in Miami. He now leads RRA's global practice group as chair.
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Brett M. Amron, formerly a partner with the law firm Genovese Joblove & Battista, has opened the law firm of Brett M. Amron, located at 19 W. Flagler St., Suite 406 in Miami. He concentrates in the litigation and trial of commercial, bankruptcy and insolvency matters.
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The Fort Lauderdale law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler has hired three partners:
Gregg Rasor has been hired as a partner and consults in intellectual property generation, acquisition and licensing, developing wide and local area wireless devices and systems, and resolving domestic and international regulatory issues.
Todd Stone has been hired as a partner and will focus on the areas of litigation, land use and governmental relations.
Matt Weissing has been hired as a partner and will concentrate his practice in the areas of personal injury.
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Paul L. Orshan, formerly a partner with Duane Morris for eight years, has opened the Law Office of Paul L. Orshan, located at 2655 Le Jeune Road in Coral Gables. He is certified by the American Board of Certification in Business Bankruptcy.
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Lori Heyer-Bednar has been hired as a shareholder at the Fort Lauderdale firm of Becker & Poliakoff, working in the Commercial Litigation Department.
She previously practiced at Haley, Sinagra, Paul & Toland.
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Michael B. Berger [pictured first] has joined the firm of Joseph E. Carpenter, Jr. [pictured second] to form the business and real estate law firm of Carpenter & Berger, located in Fort Lauderdale.
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Michael B. Gilden has been hired as a partner at the Fort Lauderdale law office of The Kopelowitz Ostrow Firm.
In addition, he is the incoming president-elect of the Broward County Bar Association Young Lawyers Section.
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Alan Fertel has been hired as a partner at the Miami law firm of Pathman Lewis. He spent 18 years at Ferrell Law, once know as Ferrell Fertel, where he chaired the entertainment and sports law division as well as the family law division.
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Matthew Valcourt has been hired as a shareholder at the Miami law firm of Fowler White Burnett. He will focus his practice on admiralty and maritime law, commercial litigation and commercial and pleasure vessel transactions.
Previously, he was a member with Houck Anderson.
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John J. Delionado has been named a partner at the Miami law office of Hunton & Williams. He is a former assistant United States attorney and is a member of the firm's litigation group.
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Joseph R. Englander has been hired as a partner in the statewide intellectual property practice group at Shutts & Bowen.
He was previously at Christopher & Weisberg in Fort Lauderdale. He is also the chair of Broward County Bar Association’s Intellectual Property Section.
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George LeMieux has been hired to the newly created position of chairman of the firm at Gunster Yoakley. He is a shareholder of the firm and was the former chief of staff to Governor Charlie Crist and former deputy attorney general for Florida.
In addition, Hugh W. "Bill" Perry has been named managing shareholder. Don Beuttenmuller, who has held that position for six years, will now serve as general counsel to the firm.
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Jay Cohen, principal of The Law Offices of Jay Cohen, has been elected to the Board of Governors for The Florida Bar Association. The Hollywood resident will serve a two year term.
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W. Russell Hamilton III has been hired as a shareholder in the labor and
employment department of the law firm Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, based in Miami. He had been a partner in the Miami office of Morgan Lewis & Bockius.
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William J. Berger has been hired as a shareholder at the Fort Lauderdale law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler. He previously served six years as a circuit court judge in Palm Beach County.
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Daniel I. Small has been hired as a partner in the litigation practice group of Holland & Knight, a law firm based in Miami. Previously, he was a partner in the Miami office of Duane Morris.
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The law firm of Carlton Fields has hired five shareholders to the Miami office. The attorneys were formerly with the firm Zuckerman Spaeder. They are:
Michael S. Pasano [No photo.]
Stephen J. Bronis
Thomas J. Meeks
Walter Taché
Paul A. Calli
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Miami partner Steve Sonberg has been elected managing partner of the law firm Holland & Knight.
He has been a partner with Holland & Knight for the last 15 years and served as chair of the firm's business law section for the past five years. He served as a member of the firm's directors committee for eight years and led the firm's corporate practice in South Florida.
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Daniel D. Dolan II, the founding partner of the Dolan Law Firm in Miami, has been named president of the Miami Dade Justice Association.
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Nelson C. Bellido has been hired as a partner at the law firm of Concepcion Sexton & Martinez, based in Coral Gables. He was previously at Shook Hardy & Bacon.
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Louis V. Martinez, partner in the law firm of Alvarez and Martinez, has been named to the board of directors of the Miami-Dade Expressway Authority. He was appointed by the Miami-Dade Board of County Commissioners.
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After practicing six years as a shareholder with Berger Singerman, Tom Wells has started his own firm as Thomas O. Wells. It is located at 540 Biltmore Way in Coral Gables.
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The law firm of Carlton Fields has elected two new shareholders to its Miami office. They are:
Cristina Alonso: Her areas of concentration are products liability, complex commercial litigation and personal injury defense.
Amy Lane Hurwitz: She is a member of the products liability and toxic tort practice group, and her practice focuses on the defense of clients in personal injury and wrongful death actions, as well as complex commercial disputes.
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Hope W. Calhoun and Daniel W. Matlow have been named partners in the Fort Lauderdale law firm of Ruden McClosky.
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Carlos J. Reyes has been hired as a shareholder at the Fort Lauderdale law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler. Previously, he was a shareholder at Greenberg Traurig.
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Gunster Yoakley has promoted attorneys from its Miami and Fort Lauderdale offices.
Andres Fernandez has been promoted to shareholder in the Miami office. He is a member of the firm’s Corporate Department as well as the Banking and Financial Services Group.
Gigi Tanghe has been promoted to shareholder in the Fort Lauderdale office. She concentrates her practice in real estate development.
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Akerman Senterfitt has hired Ronald B. Ravikoff to it's Miami firm as a shareholder.
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The law firm of Stearns Weaver Miller has added three shareholders to it's Fort Lauderdale office. The new attorneys are:
John M. Fox-Snider has been hired as a shareholder in the real estate department.
George A. Pincus has been hired as a shareholder in the real estate department.
Donald E. "Rocky" Thompson II has been hired as a shareholder in the corporate department.
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Attorney Erin Gaskin has been hired as a shareholder in the Miami office of law firm of Fowler White Burnett. She was most recently an associate at Ogden & Sullivan in Tampa.
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Eric McAliley has been promoted to partner at Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell in Miami. He joined the firm in 1999.
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The law firm of Jackson Lewis has named two partners:
Thomas Mead Santoro has been named a partner in the Miami office.
Pedro J. Torres-Díaz has also been named a partner in the Miami office.
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The law firm of Kluger Peretz Kaplan & Berlin has appointed two attorneys as partners.
Dee Dee Fischer has been named a partner, working in the commercial litigation practice group.
William R. Trueba Jr. as been named a partner, working in the intellectual property law practice group.
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Kenneth A. Gordon has been promoted to an equity partner at the Fort Lauderdale firm Brinkley, Morgan, Solomon, Tatum, Stanley, Lunny & Crosby. It is the highest partnership level attainable within the firm.
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The following attorneys have been named partners at the Miami firm of Hogan & Hartson:
Brian L. Lerner
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Attorney Jeanne Fuentes-Lopez has been hired as a shareholder at the Miami firm of Fowler White Burnett.
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The law firm of Bennett Aiello in Miami has hired two attorneys as partners. The firm has changed its name to Bennett Aiello Cohen Fried & Kobert.
Stuart L. Cohen has been hired as a partner. Before that he was a partner with the Miami office of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell.
Jana "Jamie" Marie Fried has been hired as a partner. Before that she was a partner in the Miami office of Foley & Mansfield.
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John W. "Jack" McLuskey, partner and founder of McLuskey & McDonald, has been named president of the Legal Services of Greater Miami. He has been a member of the organization's Board of Directors
since January 2005.
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Himanshu M. Patel has been named a partner with the law firm of Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito in Miami. He has been with the firm since 1999.
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The boutique Miami law firm Avila Rodríguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri has named two partners to its corporate and financial services group.
Asnardo Garro has been named a partner. He was with Holland & Knight.
Maggie Barreto-Tercilla has been named a partner. She was associate general counsel at Florida International University.
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Tony Santos has been hired as vice president and general counsel at JMsolutions, an automotive technology products and services company, headquartered in Deerfield Beach.
Previously, he was in private practice as a partner at the law firms of Santos Stokes, Greenberg Traurig and Broad and Cassel.
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The law firm of Seipp & Flick has appointed Donald A. Blackwell, Armando P. Rubio and William R. Wicks III as partners in the firm's Miami office.
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Paul B. Feltman has been appointed managing partner of the firm Robert Allen Law, based in Miami. He has been with the firm since 2006.
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Paul Huck Jr., general counsel to Florida Governor Charlie Crist, has been hired as a partner in the Coral Gables law firm of Colson Hicks Eidson. He will resign his position as general counsel on Feb. 18.
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The Fort Lauderdale law firm of Genovese Joblove & Battista has acquired a five-lawyer bankruptcy and litigation practice, headed by partner Bart Houston.
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The law firm of Bennett Aiello has named Stuart L. Cohen, Jana Marie Fried and Roger S. Kobert as partners. The expanded firm is now called Bennett Aiello Cohen Fried & Kobert.
Cohen was previously a partner with the Miami office of Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell. Fried previously was a partner in the Miami office of Foley & Mansfield. Kobert previously was managing partner for the Miami office of Fischer & Mandell.
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After 28 years with the Kenny Nachwalter law firm, Brian F. Spector has started his own dispute resolution practice in Miami.
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Attorney Scott W. Rostock has been named shareholder in the Miami office of Akerman Senterfitt.
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Andrew M. Smulian has been named the new chairman of Akerman Senterfitt in an election by the firm's shareholders.
He has served as chair of the firm's real estate practice and on the firm's Board of Directors for several years.
Based in the firm's Miami office, he succeeds J. Thomas Cardwell, who is completing a five-year term as chairman of the firm. Cardwell will now focus his attention on the firm's banking and financial institutions practice.
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Mark O. Bagnall has been named a partner in the corporate and financial services department at White & Case, a law firm in Miami. He joined the firm in 1997.
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Karen Salas-Morales has been named a partner in the Miami law office of Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Preston Gates Ellis.
She practices in the fields of international and corporate law, as well as mergers and acquisitions.
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Bridgette Elliott, legal assistant at the firm Kluger Peretz Kaplan & Berlin, has been elected for a one year term as president of the Bankruptcy Legal Assistants’ Association for the Southern District of Florida.
Other BLAA officers are:
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The Miami law firm of McDermott Will & Emery has promoted two of its lawyers.
Jacqueline G. Hodes and Justin B. Uhlemann have been promoted to partner.
Hodes focuses her practice in the areas of mergers and acquisitions, private equity transactions, private fund formation, and securities law compliance. Uhlemann focuses his practice on commercial, class action and intellectual property litigation.
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Marlene Quintana, a shareholder with GrayRobinson, has been named the president of the Cuban American Bar Association.
Manuel Garcia-Linares has been named a vice president.
Sandra Ferrera has been named as a vice president
Other newly elected 2008 board of directors include:
And board members:
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The law firm Hightower & Partners in Miami has made two appointments:
Anthony G. Franqui has been appointed as a partner of the firm.
Christopher S. Stratton has also been appointed as a partner.
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Coral Springs resident Adam P. Handfinger has been promoted to partner in the Fort Lauderdale office of Peckar & Abramson, a construction law firm.
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Attorney Jody Lehman has been hired as deputy general counsel and chief legal officer for health affairs at Florida International University.
Prior to joining FIU, she was the president of Healthcare Compliance Strategies in Miami, an internet-based business providing compliance products for the healthcare industry.
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John L. Runco has been hired as a partner at the law firm of Rothstein Rosenfeldt Adler in Fort Lauderdale. Previously, he was senior shareholder at Sommers Schwartz in Michigan.
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Miami attorney Casandra Perez has been hired as of counsel to the law firm of Damian & Valori. Her practice will concentrate on business reorganization, bankruptcy and real estate.
Previously, she was an associate at the law firm of Tew Cardenas.
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