Brian Albert of Jupiter founded a free, consumer-oriented, video-based legal information resource called THELAW.TV, which offers advice on a range of legal topics.

Kyleen A. Hudson has joined McCumber, Daniels, Buntz, Hartig & Puig in Tampa as an associate. Hudson’s practice focuses on professional and general liability defense, medical malpractice, and nursing home defense litigation.

Todd Norman and Bernard “Barney” Harold Gentry, Jr., have joined Broad and Cassel in Orlando. Norman will work in the commercial litigation practice group and Gentry will work in an of counsel capacity focusing on business and construction litigation.

Brad A. Galbraith has joined Hahn Loeser & Parks as a partner in the estate planning group. Galbraith will practice from the firm’s Naples office and will serve as co-partner in charge of Hahn Loeser’s new office in Indianapolis. He will be joined in both locations by his former team members from Galbraith Associates, P.C.

Tamara M. Green has joined Florida Health Law Center as an associate where she will handle general corporate, healthcare, guardianship, and probate matters. She may be reached at 3501 S. University Drive, Suite 10, Davie 33328, phone (954) 358-0155, fax: 954-358-1611, and on the Web at www.flhealthlaw.com.

Melissa L. Archer has joined McCumber, Daniels, Buntz, Hartig & Puig in Tampa as a partner. Archer practices in the areas of hospital, medical malpractice and nursing home defense litigation, insurance defense, commercial litigation, and family law.

Ellen R. Gorman has opened Ellen R. Gorman, P.A., in St. Petersburg focusing on immigration law. She can be reached at (727)579-0579 or ellen@ellengorman.com. Ellen R. Gorman, P.A., is located at 9800 4th St., N, Ste. 101, St. Petersburg 33702.

Forrest J. Bass and Natalie C. Lashway have joined Farr, Farr, Emerich, Hackett and Carr in Punta Gorda. Bass practices estate planning, and Lashway practices family law.

Matthew J. Zipay has joined Fowler White Boggs in Tampa as an associate in the wealth preservation, trusts and estates practice group.

Doug Clifton has been appointed to fill a vacancy in the Fourth Circuit Public Defender’s Nassau County Office.

Eric D. Nowak has joined de la Parte & Gilbert in Tampa as an associate.

Philip S. Wartenberg has moved his office to 501 E. Kennedy Blvd., Ste. 720, Tampa 33602, phone (813) 226-3113, Web site He will continue to practice exclusively in marital and family law, as well as provide family law mediation services.

Amanda R. Keller has joined Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs in Boca Raton as an associate. Keller’s practice primarily focuses on civil litigation.

Alison A. Parker has joined Gallagher & Associates in Tampa as an associate. Parker’s practice will include insurance litigation, business litigation, and consumer law and may be reached at alison@attorneyoffices.org or (727) 344-5297.

J. Gary Miller, D. Bradley Hester, and Sherry Lambson Eisele have opened Miller, Hester & Eisele. Miller and Hester are primarily focused on commercial and residential transactional law. Hester’s work also includes agribusiness/agri-finance and related work. Lambson Eisele’s legal practice primarily is focused in the areas of commercial and construction litigation and real property litigation matters. Miller, Hester & Eisele is located in the Maitland area at 429 S. Keller Rd., Ste. 310. The firm can be reached at (407) 478-7950 or www.millerhester.com.

Leighton Law, P.A., a Miami-based personal injury law firm has opened an office in Orlando, located at 121 South Orange Ave., Ste. 1150.

Allison Lane has joined Balkan & Patterson in Boca Raton as an associate. Lane will serve personal injury, auto accident, class action, and wrongful death clients.

Eric S. Golden has joined Burr & Forman as a partner in the firm’s Central Florida office. Golden will work in the firm’s bankruptcy, restructuring, creditors’ rights, and commercial litigation practices.

The Sanoba Law Firm has relocated to 422 South Florida Ave., Lakeland 33801. Gregory A. Sanoba will continue to handle residential and commercial real estate transactions, commercial, banking and creditors’ rights, collections, evictions, foreclosures, and commercial litigation.

Andrea Desoretz and Erin Grachow Whitebook have joined Kaye & Bender in Ft. Lauderdale. Desoretz will be primarily involved in foreclosure litigation. Whitebook will be working in the collection, foreclosure, commercial, and community association litigation areas.

J. Rex Powell has joined Burandt, Adamski, & Grossman in Cape Coral as a partner and the firm will now be known as Burandt, Adamski, Grossman, & Powell. Powell's areas of practice are personal injury, foreclosure defense, probate litigation, commercial litigation, general civil litigation, probate, trusts, wills, and estate planning.

Joseph P. Discepola has joined Marc A. Kaufman & Associates in Ft. Lauderdale. He focuses primarily on auto accidents, premises liability, products liability, and medical malpractice. Discepola can be reached at (954) 838-8880 or JDiscepola@MarcAKaufmanLaw.com.

Michelle S. Cohen has joined Bennett Aiello Cohen & Fried. Cohen will practice civil litigation with the firm, concentrating in commercial litigation and products liability and toxic torts litigation, with a particular emphasis on asbestos cases.

William C. Wright has joined Leopold~Kuvin in Palm Beach Gardens. Wright concentrates in consumer, antitrust, and securities class-action litigation and will be heading up the firm’s class-action practice.

Shannon Puopolo has joined Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt in Ft. Myers as an associate. Puopolo will focus her law practice in commercial litigation.

David G. Shannon has joined Stewart H. Lapayowker, P.A., in Ft. Lauderdale. Shannon will counsel clients on tax and other issues relating to the acquisition, leasing, registration, and financing of aircraft, including fractional interests, and on issues relating to regulatory compliance.

David L. Luck and Elisabeth A. “Mandy” Romfh have joined Carlton Fields as associates. Luck is a member of the firm’s appellate practice and trial support practice group and will practice in the Miami office. Romfh is a member of the business litigation and trade regulation practice group and will practice in the firm’s West Palm Beach office.

Lewis C. Snyder has moved to Greenberg Traurig’s Tampa office. Snyder, who previously practiced in Greenberg Traurig’s Orlando office, practices environmental and land use law.

Meier, Bonner, Muszynski, O’Dell & Harvey has relocated its offices to 260 Wekiva Springs Road, Ste. 2000, Longwood 32779. The phone number remains (407) 872-7774. The firm continues to represent self-insured entities, insurance companies, and their insureds.

Harold E. “Hal” Morlan III has joined Bricklemyer Smolker & Bolves in Clermont. Morlan’s practice focuses primarily on eminent domain and property rights, real estate, commercial litigation, and title insurance.

Natalya Soshnikova has joined Matthews, Eastmoore, Hardy, Crauwels & Garcia in Sarasota as an associate. Soshnikova’s primary practice will be in the area of commercial litigation.

Caroline M. Prieto and Aaron Prom have joined Volpe, Bajalia, Wickes, Rogerson & Wachs in Jacksonville. Both Prieto and Prom will focus their practices on business litigation.

Alicia M. Lopez has joined Phelps Dunbar in Tampa as an associate in the firm’s regional insurance and reinsurance practice group.

Casey William Arnold has joined Upchurch, Bailey & Upchurch in St. Augustine as an associate.