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February 1, 2021 On the Move

On the Move

Beth Vecchioli rejoined Holland & Knight in Tallahassee as a senior policy advisor.

Patrick Martin joined Ogletree Deakins in Miami as a shareholder.

Kerry L. Adams joined Kubicki Draper in Tampa.

Carey E. Taylor joined Kubicki Draper in Jacksonville.

Danielle K. DeMahy joined Kubicki Draper in Miami.

William P. Heller has been appointed chief legal advisor at JFI Medical.

Cassandra M. Capote, Bruno A. Garofalo, Jennifer N. Leon, Carlos A. Lievano III, Maryjeanne Marrero, Jonathan A. Ocampo, Lilian Rodriguez-Baz, and Bryan Walsh have joined Bressler in Miami. Steve Conteaguero and Stephen N. Rampaul joined in Ft. Lauderdale.

Raymond D. Jackson joined Greenberg Traurig in Tampa.

Hall Booth Smith opened a new office at 2202 N. Westshore Blvd., Suite 200, in Tampa, led by partners Ryan Rivas and James “JJ” Maskowitz.

Daryl D. Parks joined Ferraro Law Firm in Miami as senior counsel.

Daren J. Dorminy and Christopher R. Parkinson have become partners at Moran Kidd Lyons Johnson Garcia in Orlando.

Mike Decembrino joined Holland & Knight in Jacksonville.

Gabriela I. Villamizar joined GrayRobinson in Boca Raton.

Logan J. Opsahl and Jessica A. Sirianni joined ShuffieldLowman in Orlando.

Brian Hart joined the Jennis Morse Etlinger in Tampa.

Rick Mercure joined Kubicki Draper in Jacksonville.

Seth Cohen joined GrayRobinson in Orlando as of counsel.

Kelley Kronenberg added Efraim N. Adler, Erica A. Showell, Danella Williams in Ft. Lauderdale, Dario Melcon in Miami, Thomas J. Renda in Orlando, and Robert Olsen in West Palm Beach.

Brett Lashley joined Jones Foster in West Palm Beach.

Niki Namazi joined Mark Migdal & Hayden in Miami.

Kevin Bruning has taken a seat on the 12th Judicial Circuit bench.

Bentley and Bruning has rebranded itself as Bentley Law in Sarasota.

Nancy Saint Pierre and Charlotte P. Zubizarreta joined Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel in Miami. Saint Pierre joined as a partner.

Eddie Stephens has been appointed director of legal education at the Center for Child Counseling in West Palm Beach.

Nirupa Netram launched Lotus Solutions, LLC.

Bernabe A. Icaza joined Carlton Fields in Tampa.

Brett A. Smith joined Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck in Orlando as a partner.

Carlton Field added Samia Bennouna and Jacob Duval in Tampa and Katie Sadlo in West Palm Beach.

Jean Marie Moses has been named a partner at Men’s Divorce Law Firm in Orlando.

Timothy J. Perry joined Gardner, Bist, Bowden, Bush, Dee, LaVia, Wright & Perry in Tallahassee as a shareholder.

Miranda Lundeen Soto joined Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney in Miami as a shareholder.

Heather Griffiths is serving as managing attorney for Orlans in Florida.

Vanessa Bertran joined Agentis in Coral Gables as a partner.

William P. Sewell in West Palm Beach, Enyinnaya Uche in Orlando, and Andrea T. Mathwich in Miami joined Kubicki Draper.

Alessandro Secino joined Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt in Ft. Myers.

H. Bryan Doane joined Doane & Doane in Palm Beach Gardens.

Michael Versnik was named a partner at Goldstein, Buckley, Cechman, Rice & Purtz in Ft. Myers.

Mark Kornfeld, shareholder, and Jordan Maglich, counsel, joined Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney in Tampa.

Kimbrell J. Hines joined Williams Parker in Sarasota.

Stacy E. Yates has joined Morgan & Morgan in Tampa.

Joseph Apatov has become a partner with McGlinchey Stafford in Ft. Lauderdale.

William Collum has been promoted to partner at Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig.

S. Cristina Perez has been named a partner at Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig.

J. Blake Hunter has been promoted to partner at Butler Weihmuller Katz Craig.

Michael Pardo has been named a partner at Pardo Jackson Gainsburg in Miami.

Cristina J. Bianchi, Nicole C. Coniglio, Lisa M. Elliott, Jennifer Fitch, Maria F. Gibson, Alisha Marano, Christopher A. Sabater, Kevin M. Sellar, Christine G. Soto, and Matthew E. Tiffany were named practice group partners at Kelley Kronenberg.

Natalie C. Robinson joined Hightower, Stratton, Novigrod & Kantor in Orlando.

Lauren A. Donaldson joined Hightower, Stratton, Novigrod & Kantor in Miami.

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