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October 1, 2024 On the Move

On the Move

Moving boxesMichelle Roth joined ADRsource.

Joni L. Mazzola, Zachary A. Emmanouil, and David F. Albrecht joined Block & Scarpa. Mazzola and Albrecht in Vero Beach. Emmanouil in Miami.

Aida M. Brito and Gregory F. Szot joined Dunwody White & Landon. Brito in Coral Gables. Szot in Naples as a senior attorney.

Block & Scarpa opened a new office located at 2800 Ponce de Leon Suite 1400 in Coral Gables. (Miami)

Mark Marcos and Carter J. Lewis joined Kubicki Draper in West Palm Beach.

Ginan A. Jobarah, Kerry A. McKeown, Youstina A. Rezkalla, and John M. Liptak III joined McDonald Toole Wiggins.

Maggie E. Potter joined Segal McCambridge in Tampa as a shareholder.

Megan Grant was promoted to general counsel and chief legal officer at The National Council on Compensation Insurance (NCCI).

Amy McPherson (formerly Amy Huber) joined Stearns Weaver in Tampa as a shareholder.

McGlinchey Stafford opened a new office in Tampa led by Edmund Whitson and Chantel Wonder.

Ball Janik opened a new office located at 400 North Ashley, Dr., Ste 2610 in Tampa led by Nicholas B. Vargo.

David J. Davidson joined Dickinson Wright in Ft. Lauderdale as of counsel.

Megan J. Nowicki was named a partner at ShuffieldLowman.

Victoria Méndez joined Shutts & Bowen in Miami as a partner.

Todd Demetriades joined Ball Janik in Orlando as special counsel.

Greenberg Traurig opened an office in São Paulo, Brazil.

Jennifer D. Bailey joined Bass Law as a partner.

Todd L. Baker and Rachel Schrager have become shareholders with Kogan & DiSalvo Personal Injury Law.

Joseph A. Sacher of Gordon & Rees in Miami has been named chair of Government Investigations & Enforcement Defense; co-chair of Securities; and co-chair of Estate and Trust Litigation practice groups.

Blake J. Hood joined Marshall Dennehey in Jacksonville as a shareholder.

Lucia E. DeFilippo has joined Jones Foster in the West Palm Beach office.

Christopher Clark in Tallahassee, Elizabeth Desloge Ellis in Tallahassee, Samantha Foster in Tampa, and Kyle Louramore in Miami have been promoted to shareholders with Stearns Weaver Miller.

Robert T.J. McLaren joined Hall Booth Smith as an associate attorney in Tampa.

Block & Scarpa opened an office in St. Petersburg at 136 4th Street North, Suite 201.

Robert “Bob” Lloyd has affiliated with GrayRobinson as of counsel.

Gary H. Nunes joined Lawhon Goggin in Naples as a partner.

Lynn B. Aust Moot joined ShuffieldLowman in Orlando.

Kellie Caggiano, Lauren Eliopoulos, and Hannah Tyson, as shareholders, Randell “Rick” Rowe, as a senior associate, and Melissa Petersen, as an associate, joined GrayRobinson in Tampa.

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