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March 1, 2023 On the Move

On the Move

Kerry Ann Cummings was named of counsel at McGlinchey Stafford in Ft. Lauderdale.

Alain T. Diaz joined Kubicki Draper in Miami.

Jeremy Soffler joined Doane & Doane in Palm Beach Gardens.

Jon Lyman joined Foley & Lardner in Miami as a partner.

Christopher J. Norris joined Carlton Fields in Miami.

Chantal Pillay has become partner-in-charge at Adams and Reese in Tampa.

Adrienne Love joined Stearns Weaver Miller in Tallahassee.

Drew O’Malley was elected partner at Spencer Fane in Tampa.

Andrew E. Holway, Justin J. Wallace, Nicole D.D. Walsh, and Trae S. Weingardt have become shareholders at Hill Ward Henderson in Tampa.

Thomas C. Allison formed Thomas C. Allison, P.A., in Winter Park.

Megan A. Picataggio and Jeffrey A. Widelitz have become partners at Ball Janik in Orlando.

Alexander J. Menendez and Alton M. Kuhn have become partners at Pavese Law Firm.

Brenna Hatcher joined Ausley McMullen in Tallahassee.

Barbara McCarthy, Jeffrey Saidenstat, and Ramon Palacio joined the panel of ATD Mediation & Arbitration.

Ben Gibson has become managing partner at Shutts & Bowen in Tallahassee.

Natasha Alvarez, Eduardo J. Cruz, Sabrina Janeiro, and Daniel Robinson joined Hinshaw & Culbertson in Coral Gables.

Chris Meadows was named chief operating officer at Fasig Brooks in Tallahassee.

Duane A. Henry joined Kubicki Draper in Orlando.

W. Matthew Robinson joined Day Pitney in Miami as a senior associate.

John Truitt joined GrayRobinson in Tallahassee as a shareholder.

Barry Spivey joined Williams Parker in Sarasota as a partner.

William G. Smith was elevated to an officer at Jones Foster.

Sarah B. Roberge joined Brannock Humphries & Berman.

David Roberts has become a shareholder at Smith Hulsey & Busey in Jacksonville.

Steven J. Rothman was elected to the board of directors at Jones Foster.

Tala A. Woods joined Shutts & Bowen in Jacksonville as a partner.

Gabriel Quevedo joined Gunster in Tampa Bayshore.

Adam A. Schwartzbaum joined Edelsberg Law in Aventura as a partner.

Rafael Ribeiro rejoined Hogan Lovells in Miami as a partner.

Jonathan “Jon” Steverson joined Holland & Knight in Tallahassee as a senior policy advisor.

Day Pitney relocated its West Palm Beach office to 360 Rosemary.

Alexander M. Bachik and Gabrielle Crawford joined at Bressler, Amery & Ross in Ft. Lauderdale. Alexandra N. Lazcano and Jordyn L. Quinn joined the firm in Miami.

Amanda G. Gomez and Daniel (Danny) Diaz Leyva, as a partner, joined Day Pitney in Miami.

Philip C. Rosen and Scott A. Marcus joined Shutts & Bowen in Ft. Lauderdale as partners.

Jacalyn Crecelius joined Jacksonville Area Legal Aid.

Kenneth L. Bostick, Jr., Allison Jaeger, and J. Daniel Velez were promoted to vice chairs of the retail and hospitality practice group at Goldberg Segalla.

Brennan, Manna, Diamond (BMD) with 10 offices across the county including in Orlando has entered into a joint venture with Colombian law firm AZC Abogados.

Mark W. Hernandez joined Alvarez, Winthrop, Thompson & Smoak in Orlando.

Peter J. Lewis was promoted to partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson.

Gregory M. Yaffa has become a partner at Domnick Cunningham in Palm Beach Gardens and the firm will now be known as Domnick Cunningham & Yaffa.

Seth C. Behn, Julia L. Jennison, Kathryn B. Rossmell, and Robert Angus Williams were elected shareholders at Lewis, Longman & Walker in West Palm Beach.

Kerry Ann Cummings has become of counsel to McGlinchey Stafford in Ft. Lauderdale.

Michael Burwick joined Armstrong Teasdale as a partner.

Kathleen E. McCarthy joined Kubicki Draper in Tampa.

Julieta Gomez de Mello joined Government Law Group in Ft. Lauderdale as senior associate.

Kristin W. Elza joined Goldberg Segalla in Orlando.

Matthew S. Kramer has become a partner with Brinkley Morgan in Ft. Lauderdale.

Daniel M. Coyle and Nyana A. Miller has become a partner at Sequor Law in Miami.

Judah L. Solomon joined Burr & Forman in Ft. Lauderdale.

Marcelo Diaz-Cortes has become a partner at Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman in Miami.

Lauren Reynolds was named a shareholder at Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman in Winter Park.

Erika M. Mora joined Kubicki Draper in Miami.

Daniel E. Nordby was named group leader of the appellate group at Shutts & Bowen in Tallahassee.

Greg Linehan established Greg Linehan Law in Sarasota.

Daniel Balmori was promoted to counsel at Hogan Lovells in Miami.

Rafael Ribeiro returned to Hogan Lovells in Miami as a partner.

Robert Mathers has extended his practice at Quarles & Brady to Naples.

Christyna Torrez was added to the Coleman, Hazzard, Taylor, Klaus, Doupé & Diaz firm in Naples, which will now be known as Coleman, Taylor, Klaus, Doupé, Diaz & Torrez.

Jana Caracciolo joined GrayRobinson in Tampa.

Arti Ajit Hirani joined GrayRobinson in Orlando as a shareholder.

Stanley A. Bunner, Jr., joined Goede, DeBoest & Cross in Naples as a partner.

Brian Chojnowski, Stephanie Clark, and Cody Short were named shareholders at Pennington.

Miriam Soler Ramos joined Holland & Knight in Miami.

Ligianette (Gigi) Córdova, Justin Guido, and Melissa Softness was elected to partnership at RumbergerKirk in Miami.

Nicholas Paquette has become a partner at Foley & Lardner in Tallahassee.

Valerie L. Hooker was elevated to principal at Jackson Lewis in Miami.

Stephanie S. Khouri and Michael J. Mariani joined Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine in Miami.

Jennifer Cowan and Alecia Ingram Smith have become shareholders at Bryant Miller Olive in Tampa.

Peter J. Lewis was promoted to partner at Hinshaw & Culbertson in Ft. Lauderdale.

William B. Armistead was elevated to partner at Coppins Monroe in Tallahassee.

Hugh D. Hayes joined Gunster in Naples as of counsel.

Lawrence P. Ingram, Jessica K. Alley, Christina L. Flatau, Michael J. Kelly, and Melissa B. Murphy joined Porter Wright Morris & Arthur in Tampa.

James C. Gavigan, Jr., joined Shutts & Bowen in West Palm Beach as a partner.

Luis E. Pereira joined Kubicki Draper in Miami.

Alyson M. Laderman and Michael J. LaPorte opened Laderman LaPorte Law in Orlando.

Siury Rodriguez joined Pacin Levine.

Leeza D. Newman joined Kubicki Draper in West Palm Beach.

Christopher A. Odgers joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Tampa.

Jennifer L. Fisher has become a named partner in the firm that will now be known as Strayhorn, Persons-Mulicka & Fisher.

Steven Abrams joined LSN Partners in Palm Beach County as managing partner.

Aimee Gunnells has become a senior partner at Pacin Levine in Miami.

Brian M. Andino, C. Brandon Arzabe, Stephen Kagan, Nicholas Maniotis, Nicholas C. Maniotis, William P. Sepulveda, and Gabriel F. Zambrano joined Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath.

Natasha Shaikh joined Cozen O’Connor in Boca Raton as counsel.

John R. Thomas has been elected to Smith Hulsey & Busey’s board of directors.

Cassidy Bergstrom, Madison E.M. Gardiner, and Andrew J. Wieseneck have become shareholders with Gunster, and Joshua A. Levine is now of counsel.

Joseph Crawford and Brian Stephens were elected Dean Mead shareholders.

Marc de Lavalette joined Kubicki Draper in Ft. Lauderdale.

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