Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced that the South Florida Legal Guide named 39 Akerman lawyers to its Top Lawyer List. For a consecutive year, Akerman was recognized as a top law firm in South Florida. Commercial litigator C. Cory Mauro also was ranked among the Guide's Top Up & Comers list in the Corporate and Business Litigation and Real Estate Litigation categories.
The Top Lawyer and Top Law Firm listings are published annually and are based on peer nominations. Nominees then are evaluated on accomplishments and individual credentials prior to being named to the list.
The following Akerman lawyers were included in this year's South Florida Legal Guide Top Lawyers List:
William C. Arnhols – Corporate and Business
Jonathan L. Awner – Corporate and Business
Michael A. Berke – Real Estate
Richard Bezold – Real Estate
Leonard H. Bloom – Corporate and Business, Securities
James S. Bramnick – Labor and Employment
Marshall R. Burack – Corporate and Business, Healthcare
Martin G. Burkett – Healthcare
Robert I. Chaskes – Corporate and Business Litigation, Class Action – Defense
L. Frank Cordero – Tax
Christopher S. Duke – Corporate and Business Litigation, Labor and Employment
Susan N. Eisenberg – Labor and Employment
Dean M. Freitag – Corporate and Business, Banking
Joanne Gelfand – Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights
Michael I. Goldberg – Bankruptcy, Creditors' Rights
Gary J. Guzzi – Insurance, Corporate and Business Litigation
Laura M. Holm – Corporate and Business
Bradley D. Houser – Corporate and Business
Bernard Jacobson – Corporate and Business, Securities
Daniel Jacobson – Corporate and Business, Healthcare
Neisen O. Kasdin – Real Estate
Teddy D. Klinghoffer – Corporate and Business
Kathy M. Klock – Securities – Litigation and Arbitration
Burton A. Landy – International, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
Robert F. Lewis – Administrative & Regulatory
James M. Miller – Corporate and Business Litigation
Richard Milstein – Fiduciary Litigation
Antonio Morin – Litigation
Jason S. Oletsky – Corporate and Business Litigation, Entertainment and Sports
Stephen K. Roddenberry – Corporate and Business, International
Lawrence D. Silverman – Antitrust, Corporate and Business Litigation
Andrew M. Smulian – Real Estate
William S. Spencer – Litigation, Real Estate
William J. Spratt, Jr. – Healthcare
Mark A. Tobin – Real Estate – Eminent Domain
Hugh J. Turner, Jr. – Litigation, Product Liability – Defense
Leslie Miller Tomczak – Construction
Richard D. Tuschman – Labor and Employment
George Volsky – Corporate and Business Litigation, International Litigation
About Akerman LLP
Akerman LLP is a leading transactions and trial law firm known for its core strengths in middle market M&A, within the financial services and real estate industries, and for a diverse Latin America practice. With more than 550 lawyers and government affairs professionals and a network of 19 offices, it is ranked among the top 100 law firms in the United States by The National Law Journal NLJ 350 (2013). Akerman also is ranked among the top 100 law firms for diversity by MultiCultural Law magazine (2012) and recognized as the Law Firm of the Year for Diversity – South by Benchmark Litigation (2012). More information can be found at akerman.com or twitter.com/akerman_law.