December 1, 2016 On the Move
On the Move
Blake H. Fiery has joined Kubicki Draper as a shareholder in Ft. Lauderdale focusing on premises liability litigation, class actions/multi-district defense, construction, and hospitality, and retail matters.
Valerie Assad, Sarah Gottlieb, and Matthew Perez have joined Phelps Dunbar in Tampa as associates. Assad and Gottlieb will focus on insurance and reinsurance, while Perez will practice in the labor and employment group.
Dutton Law Group has merged with Jim Rinaman and the attorneys and staff of James C. Rinaman III & Associates, of Jacksonville. The Dutton Law Group also added several new PIP attorneys in other offices throughout the state: Holly K. Miller and Raul Tano (Miami), Oliver Wragg, Dawn M. Cortese, and Lisa M. Szulzit-Rier (Broward). Litigation support and appellate attorney Rebecca O’Dell Townsend also joined the firm in Tampa and Katy Melchiorre has joined the firm in Orlando.
Janelle M. Vega has joined Kubicki Draper inMiami focusing on automobile and motorized vehicles, first party personal and commercial, insurance coverage and trucking, transportation, and logistics matters.
Steven Burres has been promoted to general counselof Rotech Healthcare, Inc., in Orlando.
Matthew S. Haber has joined Pathman Lewis in Miami as an associate in the land use and environmental departments.
Donald Conn and Barrie Buenaventura have opened Conn & Buenaventura, P.A., in Tampa focusing on representing local and regional governments, as well as condominium and homeowner associations, in matters that include land development regulations and comprehensive planning, public utilities, contracting and procurement, water and environmental law, and condominium and homeowner association law.
Stephanie Vaynriber has joined Gottlieb & Gottlieb, Attorneys at Law in Hollywood as an associate focusing on trusts and estates, probate administration, and real estate transactions law.
Sarah Primrose has joined King & Spalding in Atlanta as an associate in the financial restructuring group.
Theodore Babbitt of West Palm Beach is now affiliated with the Florida- and Alabama-based Upchurch Watson White & Max Mediation Group.
Dena Thompson-Estes has joined The Women’s Law Group in Tampa focusing on marital and family law and wills and estates.
Suzanne C. Ferguson has joined Robinson+Cole in Miami as part of the business transactions group.
Alexandra D. Kontos has joined The Elliot Legal Group in Bay Harbor Islands, focusing on business and corporate law, and commercial matters.
Javier A. Ley-Soto has become the college legal counsel for Miami Dade College in Miami.
James M. Ragano has joined Stockham Law Group in Tampa as a senior attorney focusing on nursing home and assisted living abuse.
Indera DeMine has opened DeMine Immigration Law Firm, P.A., in Ft. Myers.
Thomas E. DeMine III has opened The Law Office of Thomas E. DeMine III, P.A., in Ft. Myers focusing on criminal defense.
Len Register has been named managing attorney for the Pensacola Division Office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Florida.
Elvira M. Gonzalez has joined Sukkar & Associates in Hollywood as an associate focusing on immigration, wills/trusts, and uncontested divorces.
Jacqueline Pace Swigler has joined Carlton Fields in Tampa as an associate in the business transactions practice group.
Scott A. Boyer and Cassandra J. Jeffries have joined Kelley Kronenberg. Boyer, who joins the firm’s Miami office, focuses on insurance and general liability defense. Jeffries, who joins the firm’s Ft. Lauderdale office, handles first party insurance defense, property and casualty claims, and general civil litigation matters.
Maxwell J. Levine and Caroline L. Milewski have joined the Mase Law Firm in Coconut Grove focusing on maritime, commercial litigation, and personal injury.
Arnaldo C. Rego, Jr., has joined Carlton Fields in Miami as an associate in the business transactions practice group.
Matthew Greenberg has joined Fogel Law Group in Boca Raton as an associate focusing on financing (particularly SBA lending), real estate, corporate and business transactions.
