April 1, 2017 On the Move
On the Move
Raymond (Ray) L. Schumann has joined the Rice Law Firm as the partner in charge of the real estate and business transactional sections.
Garrett P. LaBorde has joined Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer as a partner in Pensacola focusing on intellectual property law, internet and technology law, and corporate and commercial law.
Jason Breth has been elected a shareholder of Bryant Miller Olive in Tallahassee. He focuses on financing transactions.
Gary Birnberg has joined JAMS in Miami and will serve as a mediator and arbitrator in a variety of disputes including business/commercial, class action/mass tort, construction, employment, financial markets, intellectual property, professional liability, and real property.
Daniel Fleming and Philip Mokris have joined GrayRobinson in Tampa as shareholder and of counsel, respectively. Fleming is board certified in civil trial law. Mokris focuses on insurance defense and estate planning matters.
Marc E. Brown has opened Attorney at Law Marc Brown, P.A., in Ft. Lauderdale and has acquired and is now president of All Florida Title Company.
Douglas Stein has joined ALG in Miami as a senior partner and will head the firm’s appellate litigation practice.
Jeffrey R. Cooperman has become a partner with Solomon, Furshman & Cooperman in Miami. Cooperman focuses on developer representation, with a niche focus on HOA and condominium matters.
Seth Alhadeff has joined Lewis Brisbois in Miami and Noel Johnson, Stefanie Phillips, Brian Goldenberg, and Ravika Rameshwar joined as associates. Alhadeff focuses on insurance, construction, securities, and criminal law. Johnson, Phillips, Goldenberg, and Rameshwar are members of the general liability practice with focuses ranging from complex commercial litigation to insurance coverage.
Aleas Koos has joined Broad and Cassel in Orlando as an associate in the real estate practice group.
Heather A. DeGrave and Thomas C. Valentine have become partners of Walters Levine & Lozano. DeGrave focuses on construction, collections, and business litigation. Valentine practices in the areas of commercial and construction litigation and insurance disputes.
Jennifer Powers has joined Haile Shaw & Pfaffenberger in North Palm Beach focusing on real estate and finance transactions.
Luis Santos of Tampa and Amy Turci of Jacksonville have been named partners with FordHarrison. Santos focuses on the representation of employers in matters related to labor and employment law. Turci concentrates on litigating employment cases in state and federal courts.
Brinkley Morgan has relocated its downtown Ft. Lauderdale office to 100 SE Third Ave. The new offices will occupy the 23rd floor of the One Financial Plaza building.
Jameson Rice of Holland & Knight has transferred from the firm’s Washington, D.C., office to the Tampa office. Rice focuses on matters pertaining to the transportation industry.
The Law Offices of Keith A. Seldin, P.A., has relocated to 270 South Central Blvd., Suite 203, in Jupiter. The firm focuses on real estate law, title insurance, corporation and business law, wills, probate, guardianships and trusts, first-party insurance claims and insurance law, and commercial litigation.
Linda Worton Jackson is merging her Miami bankruptcy and corporate practice into Pardo Gainsburg’s real estate and construction law firm. The new firm will be known as Pardo Jackson Gainsburg, PL, with specialties in real estate, corporate, construction law, bankruptcy, commercial litigation, and hotel/hospitality law.
Joseph A. Cafaro and Roger C. Simmons have joined Kelley Kronenberg in Ft. Lauderdale. Cafaro focuses on third-party insurance defense and general liability. Simmons focuses on workers’ compensation defense.
Allison M. Stevenson joined Hill Ward Henderson in Tampa as an associate focusing on health litigation.
Ralph P. Douglas and David R. Terry have joined McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern. Douglas focuses on workers’ compensation defense and health- care reimbursement disputes. Terry focuses on insurance defense, with an emphasis on employment law, general liability, and appellate Law.
Scharome R. Wolfe has become managing partner of ROIG Lawyers’ Orlando office. Wolfe focuses on commercial litigation, real property litigation (premises liability, construction defects, fraud, and general liability arenas), and bad faith defense litigation.
Ryan B. Cappy has opened The Law Offices of Ryan Cappy in Tampa focusing on plaintiff personal injury.
Luis Salazar has launched Salazar Law, LLP, in Coral Gables. Formerly known as Salazar Jackson, the firm will continue to focus on complex commercial and business matters. Salazar also launched Sword & Quill Consultants, which focuses on providing law firms with guidance on cybersecurity compliance, harnessing artificial intelligence, and adopting project management techniques.
Kalpesh “Kal” Mehta and Aaron D. Silvers have joined Gutterman Trial Group in Ft. Lauderdale as associates focusing on the representation of insurers and their insureds in all aspects of first- and third-party insurance matters.
Laurie A. Thompson has joined Fowler White Burnett in West Palm Beach as a shareholder in the commercial litigation practice group.
Michael P. Sampson of Orlando has established Sampson Collaborative Law and will be handling exclusively collaborative family law cases.
C. Hunter Rawls has joined Fisher & Sauls in St. Petersburg as a member of its wills, trusts, and estates team. Hunter also focuses on probate and trust litigation matters.
Wifredo A. Ferrer has joined Holland & Knight in Miami as a partner and will lead the firm’s global compliance and investigations team, which focuses on corporate compliance and government investigations within the firm’s white collar defense practice.
