September 1, 2016 On the Move
On the Move
Ryan J. McConnell has joined Hill Ward Henderson as an associate in Tampa focusing on real estate.
John Arrastia and Dan Zabludowski have joined Genovese Joblove & Battista in Miami. Arrastia joins as a litigation partner and focuses on commercial and business litigation and arbitration. Zabludowski joins as of counsel focusing on corporate, commercial and real estate, loan transactions, bankruptcy and creditors’ rights, and the formation of domestic and offshore incorporations.
Brian Bennett has formed Bennett Legal Group in Orlando focusing on construction and business litigation.
Brett Marlowe has become a partner with Bennett Legal Group in Orlando focusing on construction and business litigation.
Tracy P. Berkman has joined Ackerman Link Sartory in West Palm Beach focusing on business and commercial litigation.
Abbigail E. Webb has joined Arnstein & Lehr in Miami as an associate in the litigation practice group.
Cynthia “Cindy” Clark, who focuses on estate planning, elder law, probate, and trust administration, has merged her practice with Tannenbaum Law Group in Sarasota and will lead the estate planning and elder law practice.
Lars Altman has joined Moore & Company in Miami focusing on maritime, aviation, and art law.
Lili M. Romero-DeSimone has been appointed by the Organization of American States’ Secretary General Luis Almagro to the position of director of Institutional Development and Administrative Affairs of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights in Washington, D.C., the hemisphere’s primary human rights body.
Jeanne L. Seewald has been elected to the board of directors of Hahn Loeser & Parks in Naples. Seewald focuses on intellectual property, technology, general business, corporate transactions, and mergers and acquisitions.
Adelson, Testan, Brundo, Novell & Jimenez, a national law firm focusing on workers’ compensation defense, has opened an office in West Palm Beach led by Alison J. Schefer, managing partner.
Seth S. Diamond has become a partner with Sloto & Associates in Miami that will know be known as Sloto & Diamond, focusing on trusts and estates.
Donald J. Weidner of Tallahassee joins the panel of neutrals at Upchurch Watson White & Max.
Greenspoon Marder has added the lawyers from the Florida Health Law Center. Marder’s team will be led by Co-chairs Jodi B. Laurence and Lee F. Lasris. Also joining Greenspoon Marder is Karen Schapira as a shareholder and Sarah Warden and Lori Desnick as associates. The group specializes in all areas of health-care law.
Joseph T. Murray III has joined the City of Miami Office of the City Attorney as an assistant city attorney assigned to the general litigation division.
Meredith Gaunce has opened Gaunce Law in St. Petersburg focusing on employment and business Law.
Kader Scull has opened Kader B. Scull IV, P.A., in Key West focusing on criminal defense, civil litigation, and internal investigations.
Jennifer A. Schwartz has returned to Jackson Lewis in Miami focusing onemployment law.
Marcos P. Martinez has joined Dunwody White & Landon in Coral Gables focusing on business, tax, and wealth planning law.
Amy Taylor Petrick has joined Lewis, Longman & Walker in West Palm Beach focusing on litigation.
Marko Cerenko has been named partner at Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine in Miami. He focuses primarily on complex commercial and real estate litigation, as well as trusts, estates, and probate cases.
Mary Beth Crawford has been named principal-in-charge of Cummings & Lockwood’s Bonita Springs office. Crawford focuses her practice on estate planning, tax planning, and probate and trust administration.
Melissa Groisman has joined Rosenthal Rosenthal Rasco Kaplan, LLC, in Aventura as a partner focusing on real estate law and corporate law.
Brian Gart has joined Akerman in Ft. Lauderdale in the bankruptcy and reorganization practice group.
Salvatore J. Sicuso, P.A., has relocated to 9350 South Dixie Highway, Penthouse 1, in Miami. The firm will maintain focus in the areas of workers’ compensation, labor and employment, and personal injury.
David A. Fry and Kristhina H. Vargas have joined Kelley Kronenberg in Orlando. Fry handles first and third party insurance defense and complex general liability matters involving wrongful death and catastrophic injuries. Vargas focuses on workers’ compensation defense.
Gina S. Glasgow and Susan M. Payne have become partners with The Rock Law Group in Maitland.
Ashley Mae McPhail has joined Clark, Campbell, Lancaster & Munson in Lakeland focusing on taxation, estate planning, and corporate law.
Diane Wagner Katzen has joined Kluger Kaplan in Miami as of counsel focusing on commercial litigation, employment-related litigation, business torts and liability of business professionals, and general negligence.
Jason Trauth has joined Siegfried, Rivera, Hyman, Lerner, De La Torre, Mars & Sobel in Coral Gables as a partner focusing on construction law.
Suzanne Eldridge Ward joined Trenam in Tampa in the private client services group.
Patrick Causey and Bradley Muhs have joined Trenam as associates in St. Petersburg in the commercial litigation group.
Kimberly Gessner of Buchanan Ingersoll & Rooney in Ft. Lauderdale has been named co-chair of the firm’s construction litigation practice.
William deForest Thompson, Jr., LLC, a solo practitioner law firm providing advocacy in serious personal injury and complex cases, has relocated its office to 2030 McGregor Boulevard in Ft. Myers.
Kristina Feher has joined The Law Office of Robert Eckard & Associates in Palm Harbor as an associate focusing on bankruptcy, foreclosure defense, business litigation, and family law matters.
Melba J. Griffith has joined Kelley Kronenberg in West Palm Beach focusing on property and casualty claims.
Alison J. Trejo has joined Kelley Kronenberg in Ft. Lauderdale focusing on first-party property insurance defense litigation.
Kalpesh (“Kal”) Mehta has joined Graves Thomas Injury Law Group as an associate in Vero Beach focusing on personal injury, premises liability, products liability, and other serious injury and illness accidents.
Elizabeth A. Scarola has joined Carlton Fields in Tampa as an associate in the health-care practice group.
Shannon R. Kelly has joined Kelley Kronenberg in West Palm Beach focusing on workers’ compensation defense.
Jason M. Vanslette has been elevated to a partner with Kelley Kronenberg in Ft. Lauderdale. Vanslette focuses on mortgage foreclosure litigation and condominium and homeowners’ associations law.
Susan Bird, Travase Erickson, Duke Regan, and Jenifer Worley have become shareholders with Saalfield Shad in Jacksonville. Bird focuses on medical malpractice, nursing home defense, and administrative law. Erickson focuses on defense of medical malpractice claims, insurance defense, general liability defense, administrative law, and appellate law. Regan focuses on medical negligence, correctional health care, personal injury, and general liability claims. Worley focuses on medical negligence, premises liability, personal injury, and general liability claims.
