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February 1, 2024 On the Move

On the Move

Moving boxesJenny B. Gribbin, Douglass E. Myers III, Vincent F. Alexander, Denise M. Harle, and Sarah J. Harnden joined Shutts & Bowen as partners. Gribbin in Tampa. Myers III in Jacksonville. Alexander in Ft. Lauderdale. Harle in Tallahassee. Harnden in Sarasota.

Adrian Karborani and Robert Rodriguez Allen were elevated to partners at Robert Allen Law. David Borinsky joined as of counsel.

Matthew McRoberts was elected a partner at Nelson Mullins in Naples.

Elizabeth C. Sardinas and Rebecca Reynolds joined Baker Donelson. Sardinas in Ft. Lauderdale. Reynolds in Orlando.

Bruce Peisner, Alexis S. Duffey, Charlie Chin, Kiernan S. O’Keefe, and Emily K. Lehman joined Hall Booth Smith in Tampa. Peisner joined as partner.

E. Paige Williams joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Tampa.

Naira Castilhos and Dallas Dorosy joined Hall Booth Smith in West Palm Beach.

Patricia M. Montes de Oca joined ShuffieldLowman as senior counsel.

Devon S. Richards joined ShuffieldLowman as senior associate.

Melissa A. Rodriguez joined Day Pitney in Miami as partner.

Raymere T. Thomas joined Kubicki Draper in Orlando.

Sarah Gunn joined Hill Ward Henderson in Tampa.

Julia Zaft joined Nelson Mullins in Boca Raton as of counsel.

Daniel Freire and Maria Santos were promoted to associates at Kubicki Draper in Miami.

Morgan N. Lester rejoined Ball Janik.

Candice J. Palte was elected to shareholder at Dunwody White & Landon.

Richard (Rick) W. Engel, Jr., was elected managing partner at Armstrong Teasdale.

Madison Tanner was elected a stockholder at Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt.

Gregory E. Jordan, Jeremy M. Brown, Chelsea E. Bellew, and Timothy S. Carr have become partners at Goldberg Segalla. Jordon and Brown in Orlando. Bellew and Carr in West Palm Beach.

Michael Bild was named a partner at Davis Goldman.

Geoffrey Weinstein was elevated to member at Cole Schotz in Boca Raton.

Siobhan Grant and Corey Berkin were elected partners at Hinshaw & Culbertson. Grant in Coral Gables. Berkin in Ft. Lauderdale.

Jones Walker reopened an office in Tallahassee which will be lead by Marc Dunbar and includes Daniel Russell, Jennifer Ungru, Christopher Moya, William Hall, Daniel McGinn, Peter Dunbar, Martha Edenfield, and French Brown.

Jeffrey S. Bass launched Bass Law in Coral Gables.

Daniel Janovitz, Kelly Hellmuth, Mitchell Bottey, Vanessa Lopez, Vanessa Madrid, George Pita, Daniel Ramos, and Alexander Olama were elevated to partner at Holland & Knight. Janovitz in Ft. Lauderdale. Hellmuth in Jacksonville. Bottey, Lopez, Madrid, Pita, and Ramos in Miami. Olama in Tampa.

Quentin Cumings joined Spencer Fane in Tampa.

Michael Wargon was named a partner at Day Pitney in Boca Raton.

Diana N. Evans was elevated to partner at Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Tampa.

Rachel Cocciolo, Robert Neilson, Adam Smart, and Sara Solano were elected partners at Burr & Forman. Cocciolo, Neilson, and Smart in Jacksonville. Solano in Ft. Lauderdale.

Stephanie M. Selman was elevated to partner at MG+M The Law Firm in Miami.

Job W. Fickett and Heather E. Sosnowski have become partners at Taylor, Day, Grimm & Boyd.

Chase Stoecker was named a member at McGlinchey Stafford in Ft. Lauderdale.

Joshua Pratt was promoted to of counsel at Holtzman Vogel Baran Torchinsky and Josefiak (“Holtzman Vogel”) in Tallahassee.

Clementine Uwabera has become a partner at Stafford Rosenbaum.

Geovanna A. Vazquez joined McDonald Toole Wiggins in Orlando.

Jonathan Perez joined Hall Booth Smith in Miami.

Julianna Burchett joined ShuffieldLowman.

Robert White was elected a stockholder at Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt in Ft. Myers.

Bradley Burnette, Megan Daniel, Shannon Nelsen, Ryan Parker, and Kimberly Van Der Riet have become partners with Traub Lieberman. Burnette, Parker, Van Der Riet and Daniel in St. Petersburg and Nelsen in Palm Beach Gardens.

Marlon Weiss of Miami has been named an income partner of Armstrong Teasdale.

Sean E. Mitchell has joined Moritt Hock & Hamroff in Ft. Lauderdale.

Jack Boudet in Orlando and Jessica Santos in Miami have joined GrayRobinson.

Joshua Pratt of Tallahassee has become of counsel with Holtzman Vogel.

Gilson Daub has opened an office in Ft. Lauderdale lead by Christine Nixon-Calamari.

Michael C. Feinberg has become a shareholder with Ansbacher Law in Jacksonville.

Mark Caliel and Adair Newman have been promoted to chief assistant state attorneys in the Fourth Judicial Circuit.

Jeffrey Gilbert has joined Greenspoon Marder as a partner in Miami.

Harrison DuBosar, Fabio Giallanza, Jessika Graham, and Samantha Soto have become partners with Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman. DuBosar in Boca Raton and Giallanza, Graham and Soto in Miami.

Roy L. Weinfeld has become of counsel to Marko & Magolnick.

Jonathan Schiller has been named an an equity partner and head of Brinkley Morgan’s family law department.

Ryan D. Scott has joined Kubicki Draper in Jacksonville.

Greg Williamson, who is based in Jacksonville, has been named the managing partner at OGC, a Boston based law firm.

Manuel A. Fernandez and Alberto J. Delgado have joined McCarter & English in Miami as partners. Gaston Fontela also joined the firm as an associate.

Brian E. Heckmann joined Kubicki Draper in Miami.

Frank Lacourt joined Moore Rabinowitz Law in Plantation.

Rachel Walters, Amy Talisman, and Regina Franco Murphey have joined Wilson Elser in Miami.

James R. Wolf and Roosevelt Randolph joined O’Steen & O’Steen in Tallahassee.

T. Matthew Ladyman joined Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman in Orlando.

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