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May 1, 2024 On the Move

On the Move

Moving boxesKarina DuQuesne joined Caldera Law in Miami as a partner.

Clay H. Whittaker was appointed a shareholder at Emmanuel Sheppard & Condon in Pensacola.

Sterling R. Lovelady was promoted to partner at NLG Divorce & Family Law.

Kristin E. Scully joined NLG Divorce & Family Law.

Jon Szabo, Jennifer K. Thomas, and Richard A. Solomon joined Hall Booth Smith in West Palm Beach. Szabo as partner. Thomas and Solomon as of counsel.

Brianne “Bri” Wendol joined Hall Booth Smith in Tampa.

Vanessa Merassaint joined Spencer Fane in Tampa as of counsel.

Sarah Sullivan was promoted to vice president at The Arc in Jacksonville.

John “J.J.” Ogilby joined Caldera Law in Miami.

Alexander A. Vias and Philip B. Wiseberg joined Kubicki Draper in West Palm Beach.

Widner Saint-Cyr and Bridgett M. Gentley joined McDonald Toole Wiggins in Orlando.

Carie Hall was appointed administrative partner at RumbergerKirk in Tampa.

Kari A. Metzger and Joseph T. Metzger joined RumbergerKirk in Tampa as partners.

Clark S. Girges, Paige M. Forman, and Daniel Robinson joined Hinshaw and Culbertson in Coral Gables.

Christopher Jette joined Nason Yeager Gerson Harris & Fumero as a shareholder.

Zachary Sculler joined Eisinger Law.

Foran Glennon opened a new office at 2002 North Lois Avenue, Suite 505 in Tampa.

Sean Ravenel and Melissa Stephenson joined Foran Glennon as shareholders and co-leaders of the Tampa office.

Andrew Kevin Houston joined Kubicki Draper in Ft. Myers.

Stephanie B. Rivera and Thomas P. Campbell joined Hinshaw & Culbertson in Ft. Lauderdale. Rivera as senior counsel.

Joseph Rome was promoted to of counsel at Sequor Law in Miami.

Grimes Galvano opened an office in West Palm Beach.

Neil A. Covone joined Kubicki Draper in Miami.

Gary Sonnenfeld joined Hinshaw & Culbertson in Coral Gables as senior counsel.

John “Jack” Flagg joined Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt in Fort Myers.

Sean M. Cleary joined Ratzan Weissman & Boldt as of counsel.

Jennifer B. Rubin, Liana M. Carrozza, Sarina M. Sabatino, Ashley M. Bustamante, and Katie McClellan were elevated to partners at Bruce Law Firm in Palm Beach County.

Manuel A. Garcia-Linares was appointed to chair of the litigation department at Day Pitney.

Kerry Ann Cummings was appointed office managing member at McGlinchey Stafford in Ft. Lauderdale.

Reed F. Baker joined Hahn Loeser & Parks in Ft. Myers.

Asa Johnston and Kristie Saoud Johnston have become shareholder at Fisher Tousey Leas & Ball.

Laura Fannin Jacqmein and Brian A. Wolf were promoted to senior associates at Fisher Tousey Leas & Ball.

Beth Koller joined Gilson Daub in Ft. Lauderdale as a partner.

Kendra Therrell was elevated to equity partnership at Kubicki Draper in Jacksonville.

Craig Goddy joined Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt in Naples.

Michael C. Scott joined Kubicki Draper in Jacksonville.

Charles R. Curley, Jr., joined Burr & Forman in Jacksonville as a partner.

Spensyr Ann Krebsbach was promoted to senior counsel at Cinch Home Services Inc in Boca Raton.

Eduardo J. De la Peña Bernal joined Shutts & Bowen in Miami as a partner.

Steven C. Pratico and Lauren A. Taylor joined Johnson Pope as partners. Pratico joined in Tampa and Taylor in both Tampa and St. Petersburg.

Jason M. Murray joined Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough in Miami.

Denise M. Stocker joined Kubicki Draper in Orlando.

Philip B. Wiseberg joined Kubicki Draper in West Palm Beach.

Monesia “Mone” Taylor Brown has become North Highland’s vice president of government relations in Tallahassee.

Diana C. Weller, as a partner, and Jarrod H. Etengoff and Michael H. Park as of counsels, have joined Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman in Miami.

Brian Carr, Becky Saka, and Sam Sturgis joined Gunster in its West Palm Beach, Miami, and Ft. Lauderdale, respectively.

David Hammer joined Kelley | Ustalin Ft. Lauderdale.

Suzette Reyes joined Pathman Law as a partner in Miami.

Julie A. Frusciente and Katherine Kulik have joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as partners in Ft. Lauderdale.

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