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December 15, 2018 On the Move

On the Move

On the Move

Patrick Gallagher of Duane Morris in Boca Raton has been appointed chair of the firm’s pharmaceuticals and biopharmaceuticals litigation and regulatory group.

Jorge L. Cruz-Bustillo, Denisse M. Ibarra, and Nathaniel D. Tobin, as partners, and Nicole E. Crabtree and Joel K. Ortega, as associates, joined Chartwell Law in Miami focusing on first-party property defense.

Catherine Hoffman, Gregory Mayback, James Stepan, and Julie Dahlgard joined Dickinson Wright in Ft. Lauderdale. Hoffman focuses on domestic and foreign commercial litigation matters in federal and state courts. Mayback focuses on patent law. Stepan, of counsel, is board certified as a specialist in intellectual property. Dahlgard, as of counsel, focuses on trademark law.

Isaac Marcushamer and Darci Cohen have joined Mark Migdal & Hayden in Miami. Marcushamer focuses on business litigation, distressed companies, and real estate. Cohen focuses on commercial litigation, franchise law, and international arbitration.

George Florez and Joanne Nachio joined McAlpin Conroy in Miami focusing on admiralty and maritime law.

Elizabeth R. Brusa joined Bradley Arant Boult Cummings in Tampa in the banking and financial services practice group.

Michelle A. White has joined AXS Law Group in Wynwood as of counsel spearheading the title and closing real estate division.

McDermott Law Firm, P.A., has moved to 10010 Seminole Blvd., in Seminole.

Karun P. Rivero has joined Kubicki Draper in Tampa focusing on automobile and motorized vehicles, community associations, and personal injury protection.

Daniel Shatz has rejoined Hinshaw & Culbertson in Miami focusing on complex business and insurance coverage disputes.

Gregory Warren has joined Agentis in Coral Gables in the restructuring and insolvency practice group.

Shannon F. McGee has joined Chartwell Law in Miami focusing on insurance defense, property claims and disputes, and premises liability on behalf of insurance carriers, corporations, and condominium associations.

Katrina Sosa and Rebecca Newman Casamayor have been promoted to senior associates at Haber Law in Miami. Sosa focuses on complex business law and litigation, real estate law, and construction law. Casamayor focuses on complex business and commercial litigation, breach of contract cases, construction law, community association law, business fraud, and bankruptcy.

Joanne I. Nachio and George S. Florez have joined McAlpin Conroy in Miami focusing on admiralty and maritime law.

Robert C. Streit and Jordan C. Kay have formed SKS Legal Group in Miami focusing on construction law, commercial and business law, employment and labor law, condominium and homeowner’s association law, and civil litigation.

Brittany Sonnier and Danielle Bianculli have joined the Department of Children and Families/Children’s Legal Services in Brooksville as senior attorneys.

Robert Hunter has joined the Department of Children and Families/Children’s Legal Services in Daytona Beach as a senior attorney.

Pamela Smith has joined the Department of Children and Families/Children’s Legal Services in Tavares as a senior attorney.

Lisa M. Taylor has joined Kubicki Draper in Ft. Myers focusing on insurance coverage matters.

Thomas H. Forshee has joined Dickinson Wright in Grand Rapids, MI, as of counsel.

Anthony Hearn has joined Lubell Rosen in Coral Gables as a partner and Lori A. Sochin as of counsel. Hearn focuses on health-care law. Sochin focuses on health-care litigation and commercial litigation.

Weekley | Schulte | Valdes and Barr Murman & Tonelli have merged and will now be known as Weekley | Schulte | Valdes | Murman | Tonelli in Tampa focusing on mediation and alternative dispute resolution, workers’ compensation, personal injury liability defense, automobile and trucking liability, premises liability, medical malpractice, professional malpractice, and nursing home liability.

Mayda Z. Nahhas, Jeremy R. Kreines, and Bernadette N. Vazquez have joined Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine in Miami. Nahhas focuses on complex business litigation, intellectual property, labor and employment disputes, family law, and trust and estate litigation. Kreines and Vazquez focus on complex commercial litigation.

Matthew H. Caraway has been named a partner of Sam C. Mitchell & Associates in W. Frankfort, Illinois. He focuses on personal injury law.

Kaylee Tuck Henderson has joined Franklin, Starnes & Holt in Ft. Myers in the estate, land use, and environmental law departments.

Lee Stapleton has joined Carlton Fields as a shareholder in the business litigation section of the national trial practice group and white collar crime and government investigations.

James M. Kunick has joined Sidley Austin’s Technology & IP Transactions Practice in Chicago.

Jason S. Palmisano has joined Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara in Boca Raton as senior counsel in the estate and trust planning, administration, and litigation team.

Kathleen S. Cumming and Lisa M. Bernardini have joined Alvarez, Winthrop, Thompson & Storey in Orlando as senior counsels. Cumming focuses on litigation and commercial and business law. Bernardini focuses on litigation, commercial and business law, and alternative dispute resolution.

Lauren R. Van Buren has joined Smith, Currie and Hancock in Ft. Lauderdale focusing on construction law, representation of owners, general contractors, subcontractors, architects, and engineers.

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