August 15, 2014 On the Move
On the Move
Mark Hobson has opened Mark D. Hobson, P.A., in Coral Gables. Hobson focuses on business matters, M&A, EB-5 offerings, securities laws, and other transactional matters.
Mark S. Roher has joined Jones Walker in Miami as special counsel in the business and commercial litigation practice group and a member of the bankruptcy, restructuring & creditors’-debtors’ rights team. Roher focuses on bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, bankruptcy litigation and reorganization, commercial litigation, and assignment for the benefit of creditors’ proceedings.
Joshua M. Stone has joined Rosenthal, Levy, Simon & Ryles in West Palm Beach. Stone is a certified veterans’ benefits and Social Security disability representative.
Darlene Barron, Jonathan Kaskel, Jessica Shapiro, Jamison Evert, and Holly Griffin have joined Gunster. Barron practices in Ft. Lauderdale and focuses on business litigation, intellectual property litigation, and probate litigation. Kaskel practices in Miami and focuses on complex commercial litigation, appeals, real property litigation, and white-collar defense. Shapiro practices in West Palm Beach and focuses on commercial real estate transactions and real estate development and finance. Evert practices in West Palm Beach and focuses on private wealth services. Griffin practices in West Palm Beach and focuses on labor and employment law.
Karen Lungarelli has joined Young, Berman, Karpf & Gonzalez in Weston as an associate practicing family law.
Maria A. Gralia and Javier E. Fernández joined Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson in Miami. Gralia represents real estate developers, investors, and lenders throughout the land development process. Fernández represents clients in administrative and quasi-judicial hearings, code enforcement hearings, and public hearing processes related to the procurement of land use and zoning approvals, government contracts, and public incentive agreements.
Brandon S. Peters has joined Upchurch Watson White & Max in Maitland/Orlando as a mediator.
Carlos Loumiet has joined Broad and Cassel in Miami as a partner in the corporate and securities practice group. His practice focuses on cross-border and domestic transactional matters, including mergers and acquisitions, securities offerings, venture capital deals, financings, infrastructure projects, and other commercial transactions.
Pablo Velez has joined the City of Miami Office of the City Attorney in the land use/transactional division where he is responsible for procurement and construction matters.
Jorge L. Maxion has joined the Law Offices of Craig Goldenfarb in West Palm Beach as an associate civil trial attorney.
Steven Wisotsky has joined The Reyes Law Firm in Coral Gables as of counsel. Wisotsky focuses on appellate practice, commercial litigation, legal malpractice defense, civil RICO, civil rights, condominium and land use law, and health care provider defense.
Matthew R. Tuchman has joined Siegfried, Rivera, Hyman, Lerner, De La Torre, Mars & Sobel in Coral Gables as an associate. He focuses on construction and commercial litigation.
Lindsay J. Dykstra has joined Burr & Forman in Orlando as an associate in the financial services practice group, concentrating on consumer finance litigation and compliance.
Christy Foley has established The Law Office of Christy L. Foley in Central Florida. The firm focuses on transactional entertainment law and small business law, handling contracts and intellectual property.
Brian A. Seidenberg has joined GrayRobinson in Ft. Lauderdale as an associate in the real estate group. Seidenberg practices in the area of real estate, focusing on complex commercial transactions, land use, and development matters.
Robbie Alipour has joined Johnson, Pope, Bokor, Ruppel & Burns in Clearwater. He focuses on partnership and corporate taxation, as well as advising on startup ventures, private equity transactions, and mergers and acquisitions.
Erin A. Zebell has joined Becker & Poliakoff in Orlando as the supervising attorney for the collection and foreclosure team in Central Florida.
Maria Isabel Hoelle has joined Arnstein & Lehr in Miami as a partner. Hoelle focuses on complex commercial litigation, civil litigation, and products liability.
Robert T. Rosen has joined Burr & Forman in Orlando where he will focus on assisting developers, builders, and similar clients with matters related to land acquisition and development, permitting, sales, and construction.
Charles M. Prince has joined McFarlane & Dolan in Coral Springs as an “of counsel” partner. Prince is a board certified civil trial attorney and will chair the firm’s litigation and trial division.
Michelle Quintana has joined Sullivan, Admire & Sullivan in Coral Gables as an associate. She focuses on estate planning, probate, and trust administration.
Denise L. Jensen, David L. Hirschberg, and Christopher W. Rumbold have been named partners with Gladstone & Weissman in Boca Raton. The firm focuses on marital and family law.
James Burton, Austen W. Kane, Frank G. Mackoul II, James Boyle, and Manuel V. Souza have become assistant public defenders in the Fourth Circuit in Duval County. Burton, Kane, and Mackoul will work in the county court unit, and Boyle and Souza will work in the felony unit.
Christopher Marlowe and Todd Michaels had been named partners at the Haggard Law Firm in Coral Gables. Marlowe and Michaels manage a variety of the firm’s cases involving wrongful death and catastrophic personal injury.
Valerie Grandin has been named executive vice president, chief underwriting counsel for North American Title Insurance Co.
Maria Isabel Hoelle has joined Arnstein & Lehr in Miami as a partner. Hoelle focuses on complex commercial litigation, civil litigation, and products liability.
Joseph A. Gugino and Michael G. Albani have joined Kelley Kronenberg in Tampa. Gugino focuses on real property litigation, and Albani focuses on workers’ compensation.
Leah Walker has joined Driver McAfee Peek & Hawthorne in Jacksonville as an associate. Walker focuses on real estate law, retail leasing and commercial real estate transactions, and land use and zoning law.
The auto accident and personal injury law firm of Michael T. Gibson, P.A., has relocated to Baldwin Park. The new address is 2420 South Lakemont Avenue, Orlando 32814.
Armando J. Bucelo, Jr., has joined Roig Lawyers in Coral Gables as a senior partner. Bucelo will be the statewide chair of the real estate and banking practices for the firm.
Patrick W. Krechowski has joined GrayRobinson in Jacksonville, where he serves as senior in-house counsel. Krechowski focuses on governmental, environmental, land use, and title insurance law.
Gary Forster and Eric Boughman have joined with Ivan Lefkowitz, Thomas Shaw, and Kevin Sentner to form Forster Boughman & Lefkowitz, The Wealth Protection Group, in Maitland. The firm will offer asset protection, corporate, tax, estate planning, and litigation services.
Jeffrey R. Lam has joined Heller Waldman in Coconut Grove as a senior associate. His practice focuses on complex commercial, business, and civil litigation, including employment, real property, construction, breach of contract, and probate disputes.
Robert H. Fernandez has joined Roig, Tutan, Rosenberg, Martin, Stoller, Zumpano & Bellido in Coral Gables as a partner in the litigation practice group. Fernandez will focus on complex business litigation, election and ethics law, real estate litigation, arbitration, and state and local bid-protests/public procurements.
Neha S. Dagley has joined Salazar Jackson in Miami as senior counsel and chair its new India practice group, which will provide legal and consulting services to Indian businesses with interests in the U.S., and will work with Indian law firms to assist companies with business interests in India.
Nicole C. Smith has joined Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman in Winter Park. Smith provides outside general counsel services to business clients.
Patrick Painter has joined Broad and Cassel in the West Palm Beach office as an associate in the firm’s land use and environmental, real estate, and governmental relations practice groups.
Randy Narkir has joined Goede, Adamczyk & DeBoest in Miami. Narkir focuses on real estate law, community association law, and closing and title services.
