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December 1, 2019 On the Move

On the Move

Jessica Baik and Jennifer Soberal in Tampa, Vaughn Glinton, Jr., Michaela Kirn, and Sara Lewis in Orlando and Frederick “Freddy” Kasten in Miami joined Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell.

Juan A. Fernandez-Barquin joined Genovese Joblove & Battista in Miami as of counsel.

Thomas J. Banks, Jarod A. Brazel, and Jaime R. Maier joined Hill Ward Henderson in Tampa.

Leah Foertsch joined Pannone Lopes Devereaux & O’Gara in Boca Raton as a senior counsel.

Michael J. Harwin, as shareholder, and Stephanie Turk and Katrina Flores joined Stearns Weaver Miller in Miami.

Alton Kuhn and Vanessa Fernandez joined Pavese Law in Ft. Myers.

Deborah Baker, as partner, and Rachel Walker, as of counsel, joined SMGQ Law in Coral Gables.

Ryan J. Vescio joined ShuffieldLowman in Orlando.

Amy C. Maitner joined Winderweedle, Haines, Ward & Woodman in Orlando.

Daniel R. Blundy joined Kubicki Draper in Orlando.

Mehdi E. Manseur joined Chartwell Law in Miami.

Douglas Ede returned to Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell in Miami as a partner.

Abbye E. Alexander, as partner, along with Andrew L. Burnstine and Christopher J. Perini joined Kaufman Dolowich & Voluck at their new Orlando office.

Pedro Romano Fragoso Pires joined Foley & Lardner in Miami.

Colby Ellis joined Johnson Jackson in Tampa.

Bradley A. Singer joined Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman & Hermann in Boca Raton as a partner.

Jonathan Y. Marcelo joined Kubicki Draper in Tallahassee.

James S. Czodli joined Carlton Fields in Miami.

Wintter Law relocated to 17 Rose Drive in Ft. Lauderdale.

Shirlarian N. Williams joined Kubicki Draper in Ft. Myers.

Jennifer Tolston and Shakiva Brown joined Howard Law Group in Boca Raton.

Christie Bhageloe joined Florida Legal Services as director of the Statewide Training Initiative for Florida Civil Legal Aid Attorneys.

Dayna N. Nilsen joined Alvarez, Winthrop, Thompson & Storey in Orlando.

Sienna Osta joined Chartwell Law in Deerfield Beach.

Joyce A. Delgado joined Genovese Joblove & Battista in Ft. Lauderdale.

Caryn A. Stevens was named a partner at Ward Damon in West Palm Beach.

Steven Reardon and Andrea De Oña in Miami, Howard M. Waldman in Orlando, Maelyn Morrison in Tampa, and Taylor Greene in Tallahassee all joined Allen Norton & Blue.

Darnesha K. Carter and Luigi Orengo, Jr., joined Carlton Fields in Tampa.

David Awoleke, Max Blackman, and Karla Ravenel have joined Kelley Kronenberg in Tampa.

Seth Roebuck joined Coker Law in Jacksonville.

Nurelys Pereiro joined Kubicki Draper in Ft. Lauderdale.

Beth A. Houghton was appointed chief executive officer for the Juvenile Welfare Board of Pinellas County in Clearwater.

Christopher M. Caproni and Lindsey E. Gale joined Domnick Cunningham & Whalen in Palm Beach Gardens.

John M. Bringardner joined Walters Levine Lozano & DeGrave in Tampa.

Simon Gaugush joined Carlton Fields in Tampa.

Gregory Herman-Giddens joined Henderson, Franklin, Starnes & Holt in Naples as a stockholder.

Caitlyn E. Parsley joined Adams and Reese in St. Petersburg.

Jason A. Martorella was promoted to partner at Agentis in Naples.

Wallace L. Richardson joined Kubicki Draper in Orlando.

Kevin Cleary joined Gunster in Tallahassee as a government affairs consultant.

Lindsay C. Tropnas joined Chartwell Law in Deerfield Beach.

Paul E. Rice III joined The Rice Law Firm in Daytona Beach.

Jeffrey Bankowitz joined GrayRobinson in Orlando as a shareholder.

Jackson Hwu, Leandro Molina, and Caio Prado joined Nelson Mullins Broad and Cassel in Miami and New York as partners.

Anna C. Morales joined Leighton Law in Miami.

Timothy J. McDermott joined Upchurch Watson White & Max in Jacksonville as a mediator and arbitrator.

Jorge Espinosa, Elio F. Martinez, Jr., and Francesca Russo as shareholders, Pablo Meles as of counsel, and Robert R. Jimenez joined GrayRobinson in Miami.

Marc L. Levine joined Latham, Luna, Eden & Beaudine in Orlando as a partner.

Traci Pumo was promoted to partner at BDO in West Palm Beach.

Matthew R. Payne joined The Cohrs Law Group in Clearwater.

Samuel S. Reda joined Wooten, Kimbrough, Damaso & Dennis in Orlando.

Johnathan Ayers, Giselle Gutierrez, Joseph J. Onorati, and Ryan T. Thornton in Miami, and Andrew W. McLaughlin in Tampa have been promoted to shareholders at Stearns Weaver Miller.

Justin S. Alex was promoted to senior counsel at Proskauer in Washington, D.C.

Erin Dernis joined McConnaughhay, Coonrod, Pope, Weaver & Stern in Ft. Lauderdale.

Colleen B. Sullivan joined Ward Damon in West Palm Beach.

Laurie Richter Spector joined Compass Florida in Ft. Lauderdale.

Jeffrey A. Trinz joined Curran Antonelli in Miami as a partner.

Rick Forman joined Gravis Law as a partner.

Dennis A. Meyers joined HD Law Partners in Tampa.

Coleman, Hazzard, Taylor, Klaus, Doupé & Diaz moved to MidWestOne Bank 4099 Tamiami Trail N., Suite 201 in Naples.

Robert M. Baldwin joined ShuffieldLowman in DeLand as a senior counsel.

Greg Jordan has joined Kelley Kronenberg in Orlando.

Brad Johnson has joined Gunster in Jacksonville as a shareholder.

Andrew P. Stanco has joined Kubicki Draper in Tampa.

Logan A. Goldberg has joined Goldberg Noone as an associate in Ft. Myers.

Andrew Ambert, Nicholas Bixler, Jonathan Morhaim, Andrew Steadman, and Gabriela Villamizar have joined Hinshaw & Culbertson as associates.

Laurie D. Nelson has joined Doane and Doane in North Palm Beach as an associate.

Maia Aron and Martin “Marty” Keane have joined Mark Migdal & Hayden in Miami.

Frank M. Wolff has joined Latham, Luna, Eden & Beaudine in Orlando as a senior of counsel.

Cameron Eubanks and Victor J. Pelaez have joined Fowler White Burnett in Miami as shareholders.

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