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April 1, 2022 On the Move

On the Move

Gary D. Rhodes, Jr., joined Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt in Ft. Myers.

Emily Heim joined GrayRobinson in Tampa.

Spencer S. Keyser joined Jones Foster in West Palm Beach.

Mark H. Dahlmeier was elected as an officer at Jones Foster in West Palm Beach.

Cristobal J. Orrantia joined Kubicki Draper in Pensacola.

Alexis M. Buese, Traci H. Rollins, and Gregor J. Schwinghammer were appointed as co-chairs for the class action defense team at Gunster in West Palm Beach.

Bianca N. Manos, Nicole M. Price, and Patrick C. Seidensticker were promoted to members at Icard, Merrill, Cullis, Timm, Furen, and Ginsburg in Sarasota.

Brian R. Von Kaam joined Kubicki Draper in West Palm Beach.

Ruben Gotlieb joined Greenspoon Marder in Miami as a partner.

Ben Dachepalli and Timothy Ford joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Tampa as partners.

Jennifer Mosquera joined Sequor Law in Miami.

David Camhi joined Greenspoon Marder in Ft. Lauderdale as a partner.

Jennifer Reed joined ShuffieldLowman in Orlando.

David W. Krempa joined Backer Aboud Poliakoff & Foelster in Boca Raton.

David Hawthorne joined Pathman Lewis in Miami as a partner.

Haldon Greenburg was promoted to partner at Tyson & Mendes in Ft. Lauderdale.

Beau Baker and Samuel Zylberberg were appointed as co-chairs of the real estate finance practice at Akerman.

Eric Kuper, as a partner, and Benjamen Tobin joined Silverman Schermer.

Micaela (Mia) Cleall joined Porges, Hamlin, Knowles & Hawk in Bradenton and Bryony G. Swift was promoted to principal and shareholder.

Sandra M. Upegui became general counsel at Public Library of Science.

Alexandra C. Caraballo joined Kubicki Draper in Miami.

Austin L. Gasiorek joined Oertel, Fernandez, Bryant & Atkinson in Tallahassee.

Michael Silverman and Jacqueline Bain commenced practice as Silverman Bain in Boca Raton.

Alvarez, Winthrop, Thompson & Storey changed firm name to Alvarez, Winthrop, Thompson & Smoak with addition of William G. K. Smoak as shareholder.

Daja S. Craig and Joseph D. Spedale joined Kubicki Draper in Tampa.

Greenspoon Marder launched the franchise law practice group with partner Adam G. Wasch as chair, Joseph C. Wasch as of counsel, and Natalie M. Restivo in Boca Raton.

Robert J. Kuntz, Jr., joined Rivero Mestre in Miami as a partner.

Eddie Stephens and Caryn A. Stevens formed Stephens & Stevens in West Palm Beach.

Caitlin A. Polly joined Kubicki Draper in Jacksonville.

Colton McCorkle joined Ragsdale Liggett in Jacksonville.

Amanda M. Dorio joined Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt in Naples.

Salvatore G. Scro joined Ball Janik in Orlando as special counsel.

Daphne Ganthier joined Shupe Dhawan in Ft. Lauderdale.

Lionel E. Rubio rejoined Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman as a shareholder in Orlando.

Katherine Bender and Brandon Robb have formed Bender and Robb in Florida and Louisiana.

Steven D. Brownlee joined H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center & Research Institute in Tampa as assistant general counsel.

Clark T. Rogers and Natalie A. McSwane became partners at Burke Blue in Panama City.

James Humann joined James Harris Law in San Diego.

Lindsay M. Massillon joined Weiss Serota in Boca Raton as a partner. Jessika Arce Graham, as of counsel, and Stephanie Herbello and Kelsie Elmer joined in Miami. Nick Noto joined in Ft. Lauderdale.

Karene L. Tygenhof joined Marshall Dennehey Warner Coleman & Goggin in Ft. Lauderdale as special counsel.

Raisul A. Bhuiyan joined Alvarez, Winthrop, Thompson & Smoak in Orlando.

Andres F. Arrubla joined Shutts & Bowen in Jacksonville as a partner.

Danit Ashkenazi Darmon was named an income partner at Zumpano Patricios in Coral Gables.

Todd Miller and Andrew Finkelstein as partners, Richard Caron as of counsel, and Kylie Brown joined Foley & Lardner in Orlando.

Thomas A. Briggs joined Mase Mebane Seitz in Miami as a shareholder.

Steven E. Wallace joined Ward Damon in West Palm Beach as a partner.

Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman has relocated to the Miami Tower at 100 SE 2nd St., Floor 36 in Miami.

Sanjay Kurian assumed the role of office managing shareholder at Becker in Ft. Myers and David Muller as office managing shareholder in Naples.

Sandra Adams joined Baker Donelson in Ft. Lauderdale as of counsel.

Peter J. Guala opened Guala Law Firm in Ft. Lauderdale.

Elizabeth Hernandez joined the City of Miami Office of the City Attorney as the division chief of the real estate and compliance division.

Yasbel Perez and Marissa A. Reichel joined Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine.

Yuliya V. Swaim became a member of Hutton & Dominko. The new firm name is Hutton, Dominko & Swaim.

Adams and Reese expanded construction practice with the combination of Tampa-based Cotney Construction Law. The attorneys joining Adams and Reese include Trent Cotney, Tray Batcher, Benjamin Briggs, Christie Coston, Jacqueline Feliciano, Roscoe Green, Brian Lambert, Benjamin Lute, Steven McCommon, Hilary Morgan, Brian Oblow, Gabriel Pinilla, Mason Pokorny, Ashlee Poplin, Kyle Rea, and Lee Tomlinson.

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