Gary S. Weisman has become a partner with Older & Lundy in Tampa and the firm will be now be known as Older, Lundy & Weisman. Weisman practices in the area of personal injury, insurance coverage and bad faith, and disability insurance claims.

Mark D. Kushner and Jodi Cohen have joined Roetzel & Andress in Ft. Lauderdale as associates. Kushner focuses his practice in the area of litigation, with an emphasis on business, commercial, and creditors’ rights litigation. Cohen’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation in both federal and state courts of Florida, including complex fraud actions, business torts, and other complex litigation.

Natalie Khawam has joined Trenam Kemker in Tampa as of counsel. Khawam will practice in the area of healthcare law, with an emphasis on qui tam matters.

Dennis Nowak has joined Fowler White Burnett in Miami as a shareholder. Nowak will concentrate his practice on securities and shareholder litigation, corporate governance litigation, SEC and NASD enforcement defense, financial institution litigation, accounting malpractice, lender liability, and director and officer defense.

Edward A. Paez has joined Kalis & Kleiman in Davie. Paez will practice bankruptcy, landlord/tenant, foreclosures, real estate, and wills, trusts and estate planning.

Lincoln S. LeVarge has been named partner with Boehm, Brown, Fischer, Harwood, Kelly & Scheihing in Orlando. LeVarge practices in the areas of property insurance defense.

Laurence M. Krutchik has joined Murray, Morin & Herman in Coral Gables.

Kimberly F. Miller has joined Himes & Hearn in Tampa as an associate. Miller will practice marital and family law.

Ingrid Domingues-McConville has become of counsel to Gordon & Doner in Palm Beach Gardens. Domingues-McConville will focus on providing assistance to the Brazilian community as well as continue to practice in the area of immigration law.

Richard E. Landman and George N. Andrews have joined Shutts & Bowen in Ft. Lauderdale in the business litigation group. Landman joins the firm as a partner and Andrews joins as an associate.

Edmund Gegan has joined Bayshore Law Group in Tampa as of counsel. His practice focuses on commercial and business law, trademark law, and commercial litigation. He also handles compliance issues related to federal and state franchise regulations.

Sherwin P. Simmons II has joined Akerman Senterfitt in Tampa as of counsel. Simmons practices tax law.

Mimi K. McAndrews has joined Litchfield Cavo as an associate in its South Florida office.

Brian Lerner has joined WardKim in Ft. Lauderdale as an equity partner and the firm will now be known as Ward Kim Vaughan & Lerner. Lerner concentrates in employment, noncompete/trade secret law, and arbitrations.

Mary F. Smallwood has joined GrayRobinson in Tallahassee as a shareholder in the environmental law practice group.

Erik M. “Rick” Figlio of Tallahassee has been appoined general counsel for the Executive Office of the Governor.

Stephen G. Fischer has joined Matrix Mediation in Palm Beach County. Fischer is a Florida Supreme Court Certified Circuit Civil Mediator and a Certified Federal Court Mediator in the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida.

Melody E. Cobbe, Jeremy M. Colvin, Kate Ferro, Michael J. Drahos, and George M. Koonce III have been elected shareholders of Fowler White Burnett. Cobbe works in Ft. Lauderdale and focuses on commercial litigation, with an emphasis on business and real estate disputes. Colvin is in West Palm Beach and is a commercial litigator who represents large and small financial institutions. Ferro is in Miami and focuses on litigation matters, with an emphasis on insurance coverage and disputes related to construction. Drahos is in West Palm Beach and focuses on the defense of products liability and related litigation, such as catastrophic personal injury and wrongful death. Koonce works in Miami and concentrates on medical malpractice, products liability, toxic torts and insurance defense cases.

Milton A. Vescovacci has joined GrayRobinson as a shareholder and chair of the firm’s corporate practice group in the Miami office.

Karene L. Tygenhof has joined Jones Walker in Miami as a special counsel in the business and commercial litigation practice group.

Joel Stewart has joined Fowler White Boggs in Ft. Lauderdale as of counsel. Stewart practices immigration law and is fluent in Portuguese, Spanish, French, and Russian.

Merryl Silverman Haber has joined Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith and will direct and manage the firm’s Boca office. Haber represents injured clients and their families in auto negligence (including commercial trucking) and premises liability cases, and related liability injury cases.

Douglas E. Ede and Stephen J. Smulowitz have joined Adorno & Yoss. Ede joins the firm as a partner and his practice concentrates on representing business entities and individuals in a variety of matters including complex commercial litigation, labor, administrative and municipal actions, and complex commercial transactions. Smulowitz joins as an associate and practices in the areas of civil litigation, white collar criminal defense, and complex corporate litigation.

Larry M. Roth and Neil P. Di Spirito have joined Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell in Orlando. Roth joins the firm as a partner and concentrates on representing motor vehicle manufacturers in lawsuits involving auto product liability, insurance defense law, and commercial litigation. Di Spirito joins as an associate and focuses his practice in pharmaceutical and medical device products liability, Food and Drug Administration regulatory law, pharmaceutical litigation, automotive products liability, and commercial litigation.

Asghar Syed and John Thomas have joined Smith Hulsey & Busey in Jacksonville as associates. Syed’s practice includes representation of commercial lenders and businesses in state and federal court. Thomas’ practice includes representation of commercial lenders in state court proceedings and bankruptcy court.

Kristyne Kennedy recently formed The Law Office of Kristyne Kennedy, P.A., in Orlando. The firm will concentrate on employment law, representing clients in civil litigation of employment related claims and providing legal advice and counseling on employment law issues.

L. Elijah Stiers has joined Aronovitz Law in Miami.

Scott M. Newmark has joined Carner & Barzakay in Ft. Lauderdale as the senior head of litigation. Newmark will continue to practice civil trial and personal injury law.

William A. Sabinson has joined Kubicki Draper in West Palm Beach where he will focus on handling the defense of general negligence claims, including automobile, premises, and commercial litigation.

Manny Diaz has joined Lydecker Diaz in Miami as a senior partner and will head up the firm's corporate/transactional department.

Grasford W. Smith has joined Richman Greer in West Palm Beach as an associate. Smith’s practice concentrates on complex civil litigation.

Max G. Soren joined Wintter & Associates in Hollywood as an associate. Soren will concentrate his litigation practice in the areas of wills, trusts, and estates.

Jeffrey C. Schneider will serve as managing partner of Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman in Miami. Schneider, who also co-chairs the firm’s receivership group, concentrates his practice on complex litigation including fraud, receivership, bankruptcy, class action, and international litigation and arbitration.

Mark P. Rankin has joined Shutts & Bowen in Tampa as a partner in its business litigation group. Rankin’s practice includes government investigations and white collar criminal defense.

Joan Canny has joined Akerman Senterfitt in Miami in an of counsel capacity. Canny practices labor and employment law.

Elizabeth J. Maykut has joined King & Wood in Tallahassee as of counsel. Maykut will focus her practice on elder law — including wills, trusts, and probate — real property, and related litigation.