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December 15, 2016 On the Move

On the Move

On the Move

Len Register has been named managing attorney for the Pensacola Division Office of the United States Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.

Tricia-Gaye Cotterell has joined Kim Vaughan Lerner in Ft. Lauderdale as associate focusing on commercial litigation and labor and employment disputes.

Melissa C. Mihok has joined CPLS, P.A., in Orlando as a partner focusing on labor and employment.

Carol L. Myers has joined Stearns Weaver Miller in Tampa focusing on employee benefits.

Lexie Miller has joined the Department of Children and Families/Children’s Legal Services inPensacola.

Stefanie Matthews has joined the Department of Children and Families/Children’s Legal Services in Palm Bay as a senior attorney.

Cynthia Lane has joined the Department of Children and Families/Children’s Legal Services as a senior attorney in Daytona Beach.

Ralph Damato has joined the Department of Children and Families/Children’s Legal Services as a senior attorney in West Palm Beach.

Brittani Melvin has joined the Department of Children and Families/Children’s Legal Services in Brooksville.

Andrea Lang has joined the Department of Children and Families/Children’s Legal Services in Ft. Myers.

Malca and Jacobs has relocated its Miami office to 9350 South Dixie Highway, Metro Bank Building, Suite 1560, Miami 33156-7813.

Sonja C. Darby has joined Pathman Lewis in Miamias an associate focusing on commercial real estate and transactional law.

Dominique Pando Bucci has joined Robert Allen Law in Miami as a member of the corporate, immigration, and yacht law departments.

Joshua L. Plager has joined Boyes, Farina & Matwiczyk in Palm Beach Gardens focusing on probate and trust litigation, trust and estate administration, guardianship law, fiduciary litigation, and estate planning.

Catherine P. Hanna has joined ShuffieldLowman in Orlando focusing on commercial litigation, including probate, trust disputes, and elder law, and general commercial defense in business and employment matters.

Jeff D. Mueller has joined David C. Rash, P.A., as an associate focusing on medical malpractice, mass torts, class action litigation, cruise line medical negligence, and general personal injury.

Kayla A. Haines joined Jimerson & Cobb in Jacksonville focusing on commercial and business litigation, and construction litigation.

Stanley M. “Mike” Kurek III and Stacey-Ann Saint-Hubert have joined Kelley Kronenberg in Tampa. Kurek focuses on mortgage banking and lending services. Saint-Hubert focuses on bankruptcy litigation and creditors’ rights.

Ray L. Lloret, Jr., and Logan C. Templeton have joined Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo in Coral Gables as associates. Lloret focuses on civil defense, insurance litigation, negligence, and premise liability. Templeton focuses on civil defense, insurance litigation, construction defect litigation, and commercial real estate.

Kyle M. Butz has joined Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo in West Palm Beach as an associate focusing on civil defense and insurance litigation.

Joseph K. McGhee has joined Stout Kaiser Matteson Peake & Hendrick in Atlanta as a commercial transactions attorney, including acquisitions and divestitures, commercial real estate lending, closings and leasing, business formation, and corporate governance.

Wayne P. Russell has joined Fowler Rodriguez as an associate in Miami focusing on admiralty and maritime law.

Craig Bermingham has joined Broad and Cassel in Orlando as an associate in the real estate practice group.

Jamie Billotte Moses has joined Holland & Knight in Orlando as senior counsel and a member of the litigation section and appellate team.

Allison L. Cucinotta, Alexander D. Kochman, and Jacob Shaked have joined Kelley Kronenberg in Ft. Lauderdale. Cucinotta focuses on workers’ compensation defense. Kochman focuses on first-party insurance defense litigation. Shaked focuses on real property litigation and workers’ compensation defense.

Mark A. Sessums of Sessums Law Group has opened a Sarasota office located at 2180 Main Street focusing on automobile accidents, personal injury and wrongful death, professional malpractice, general civil law, marital and family law, commercial litigation, and appellate law.

Stephanie N. Williams and Rosendo A. Forns have joined Kelley Kronenberg in Miami. Williams focuses on first-party insurance defense and workers’ compensation. Forns focuses on first party insurance defense, property and casualty claims, and complex commercial constructions disputes.

Joseph Wald has joined Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson in Miami focusing on first party insurance defense.

Jeanie Demshar has joined Otis Elevator Company, North America, in Jupiter as a labor relations manager for the Southern/Caribbean Region.

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