April 1, 2025 On the Move
Jon Kane, August “AJ” Stanton, and Olivia Garcia joined Nardella & Nardella.
John Bennett, Paul Mascia, and Jonathan Sykes were elevated to equity partners at Nardella & Nardella.
Labeed Choudhry was promoted to partner and Samuel “Benny” Menaged was named of counsel at Kaufman Dolowich Choudhry in Ft. Lauderdale.
Peter Lagonowicz and Janine Kucaba joined McCarter & English in Miami. Lagonowicz as a partner. Kucaba as special counsel.
Sean T. Backer joined Kubicki Draper in Tampa.
Alex M. Denault joined Bilzin Sumberg as a partner.
Cortney Knox, Sydney Groll, Mark Simonitis, Tiffani Brooks, Jessica Gomez, and Rafael Torres joined TorresVictor. Knox, Groll, Simonitis, and Brooks in Miami. Gomez and Torres in Ft. Lauderdale.
Tania Valera, Cesar Francia, and Aaron Graubert joined Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman (WSHC+B). Valera as of counsel.
Derek H. Potts and George B. Wallace launched Potts and Wallace in Key West.
Eric F. Werrenrath was named a shareholder at Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman.
Raul L. Loredo joined Kubicki Draper in Ft. Myers.
Amber J. Hraha joined Kubicki Draper in Jacksonville.
Jason Emert joined Jones Walker as special counsel in Washington, D.C.
Juan Asconape joined Keller Swan Injury Attorneys in Jupiter.
David Keller, Elizabeth Izquierdo, Maria Priovolos-Gonzalez, Jose Riguera, Raymond Robin, Dena Sacharow, and Maria Vernace joined Akerman in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale.
Karene Tygenhof joined Akerman as of counsel in Miami and Ft. Lauderdale.
Lily Ramirez joined Venable as counsel in Miami.
Luke M. Waldron joined Kubicki Draper in West Palm Beach.
Jorge (Jay) Reynardus was appointed general counsel at EBG in Aventura.
Tara Duhy of West Palm Beach was elected president of Lewis, Longman & Walker.
Frank Hosley was named firm chair of Bowman and Brooke in Lake Mary.
Scott Holtz was promoted to senior attorney at Florida Power & Light Company.
Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice & Purtz has become Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice, Purtz, Smith & Smith.
Sylvia L. Siedler joined Kubicki Draper in Pensacola.
Taft has expanded into Florida through a merger with Mrachek Law based in West Palm Beach and Stuart. The Mrachek team joining Taft includes Managing Partner Robert J. Hicks, Managing Shareholder Alan B. Rose, shareholders Roy E. Fitzgerald III, Scott Konopka, Daniel Thomas, Gregory Weiss, Manuel Farach, and Erica Lester Sadowski, and approximately a dozen associates.
Drew Haggard rejoined GrayRobinson as a shareholder in Melbourne.
David M. Brown joined Cozen O’Connor in Miami.
Joshua B. Feinberg joined DHL as senior legal counsel in Plantation.
Michael Karsch joined DarrowEverett as a partner in Boca Raton.
Emily R. Calvin joined Steven Kalishman in Gainesville.
Carol Rooney joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as a partner in Tampa.
Don Fann joined ADRsource as a mediator.
Hannah K. Parker joined Kubicki Draper in Orlando.
Brandon C. Meadows was appointed managing partner at Jimerson Birr.
Laura Correa-Llorente joined Koster Legal in Tampa.
Brian Anderson joined Dean Mead in Ft Pierce.
Michael Clark joined Smith Currie Oles as a partner in Ft. Lauderdale.
Zalman Kass and Andrew B. Peters joined Barakat + Bossa in Coral Gables. Kass as a partner.
Vanessa Singh Johannes, Charles Throckmorton, Samantha Goldstein, and Holli Gray joined Foley & Lardner in Miami. Johannes and Throckmorton as partners.
Jonathan S. Weiner joined Kubicki Draper in Miami.
Jeff Bankowitz joined Burr & Forman in Orlando.
Wolfe Pincavage, a Florida-based healthcare law firm, has opened an office in White Plains, New York.
Heather Beale has been promoted to senior principal with Cozen O’Connor in Boca Raton.
