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December 1, 2024 On the Move

On the Move

Moving boxesChase Hattaway was appointed administrative partner at RumbergerKirk in Orlando.

Ryan Hobbs joins Brooks, LeBoeuf, Foster, Gwartney & Hobbs in Tallahassee as a shareholder.

Sam Watford joins Brooks, LeBoeuf, Foster, Gwartney & Hobbs in Tallahassee.

Edward A. Buchanan joins Block & Scarpa in Stuart.

Joshua Ehrenfeld and Charles Curley join Foley & Lardner in Jacksonville as partners.

Sanjay Kurian, Jon Polenberg, Omar Franco, Donna DiMaggio Berger, and David G. Muller have been named vice-chairs at Becker.

Raphael Ogbonna-Amu joins Hall Booth Smith in Jacksonville.

Lisa M. Diaz, Michelle Rodriguez, and Zoë Weiser-Dalton join Lewis, Longman & Walker. Diaz and Weiser-Dalton in West Palm Beach. Rodriguez in Tallahassee.

Zina Gabsi joins McGlinchey Stafford in Tampa as of counsel.

Katelyn C. Malloy joins Malloy & Malloy in Miami.

Brendan Mackesey joins the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration’s Office of General Counsel’s Southeast Section in St. Petersburg.

Allie Brummer, Christian Edwards, Alexandra Guerra, and Daniel Johns join Hill Ward Henderson in Tampa. Johns as senior counsel.

Marcus Isom joins Woolsey Morcom Attorneys at Law.

Nikki Day, Jeffrey W. Gibson, and Zoila Lahera join GrayRobinson in Tampa. Day and Gibson as shareholders.

Elizabeth Alderson, Jonathon Ballantyne, Matthew Ceriale, Aaron Cook, Michael Harrigan, Stevie Henderson, and Rebecca Sorensen join Trenam Law in Tampa.

Grant W. Kindrick joins Gunster in Tampa as a shareholder.

Mark H. Mirkin launched Mirkin Venture Counsel.

Katherine R. Woods joins Hinshaw & Culbertson in Miami (Coral Gables) as a partner.

Christopher Parmele, Stefano Battistoni, Gabriella Batista, and Alfredo Dally join Day Pitney. Parmele in West Palm Beach. Battistoni, Batista, and Dally in Miami.

Constance C. “CeCe” Phelan and Connor R. Nugent join ShuffieldLowman in Orlando.

JoAnne “Joleen” K. Searles joins Shutts & Bowen in Sarasota as a partner.

Antonio Bayuelo joins Kubicki Draper in Miami.

Paul Silvestri joins Kogan & DiSalvo in St. Petersburg.

Brian Andino, Jay London, Elen Krut, Brigitte Jolliet, and Charles Bowen, Jr., join Kogan & DiSalvo Personal Injury Law.

Kubra Metin and Patrick O’Bryant join Kutak Rock in Tallahassee.

Lippes Mathias combined with Ward Damon. Philip H. Ward III is a new Lippes Mathias partner and is the West Palm Beach office leader.

Edward M. Dulatt joins Kubicki Draper in Tallahassee.

Lester Perling rejoins Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in Ft. Lauderdale.

Lance B. Melamud joins Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani as a senior counsel in Miami.

Vishal Patel joins Meland Budwick as an associate in Miami.

Martina S. Sabbatini joins Kubicki Draper in West Palm Beach.

Blake Konkol and Leah Golbuff  join Ball Janik in Orlando.

Elizabeth C. Rich joins Rebecca L. Palmer Law Group in Orlando as an associate.

Jodi Ruberg joins Trenam Law as a shareholder in Sarasota.

Brian C. Crist joins Barnes & Thornburg in its Indianapolis and South Florida offices as a partner.

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