Board Certified by the Florida Bar in Civil Trial Law, Rick Alvarez is a trial lawyer with versatility and decades of experience in cases involving unique issues, troublesome facts, or both, such as catastrophic torts, corporate liability and risk management, complex commercial disputes, computer…

Emily Ayvazian works with local, regional, and Fortune 500 companies in navigating various workplace matters. Her experience includes litigation in federal, state, and appellate courts, as well as before the AAA, EEOC, NLRB, and state and local administrative agencies. As part of her practice, Emily…

Mark Bernet litigates complex commercial and business disputes, class action defense, bankruptcy, creditors' rights/foreclosures, and appellate matters in state and federal court. Experienced across a range of sectors, including finance, banking, real estate, aviation finance, and hospitality, his…

Aileen Davis represents financial institutions in a range of lending transactions and loan workouts. She has been recognized by The Best Lawyers in America for her work, including “Lawyer of the Year” honors for banking and finance law in Tampa. Aileen’s experience includes working on real estate…

An accomplished litigator, Kirk Davis represents hospitals and health systems in complex regulatory compliance issues and disputes with a focus on medical malpractice and peer review hearings. Kirk has decades of experience in the peer review process and has been involved in all aspects of hearings,…

John Dicks has a robust and diverse practice, in litigation, land use, and bankruptcy. As a litigator, John has experience in a wide variety of cases, but focuses primarily on business litigation and legal malpractice defense. Other litigation experience includes fraudulent transfers, D&O…

David Doney focuses on M&A and public and private securities financings, corporate governance and compliance matters and Securities Exchange Act reporting as well as franchise- and licensing-related matters.David's clients include established public companies and privately held companies with…

Aissa Dorange is a practice group attorney for the Litigation Practice Group. Aissa focuses her practice on first party insurance coverage, including property and casualty claims, complex property policies disputes, and bad faith litigation. Her experience includes drafting and arguing motions and…

Formerly counsel at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, Raye Curry Elliott works with financial institutions, national retailers and other companies in state and local tax controversy matters throughout the United States. Her experience includes refund actions, audit defense, administrative…

Alejandro (Alex) Fernandez is Board Certified by the Florida Bar as an expert in Intellectual Property Law, a distinction he has held for 14 of his 20 years in practice. Alex’s energetic, strategic, and collaborative service to clients led to his selection as one of the “Top 100 Lawyers in Florida”…

Heather Fesnak is a partner in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group.

Irene Bassel Frick serves as the managing partner of Akerman's Tampa office. A trial lawyer with experience in state and federal court, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings, Irene has a multifaceted litigation practice encompassing contractual disputes, class action defense, fiduciary duty…

Phillip Harris focuses his practice on employment litigation, defending clients in non-compete and trade secret litigation, discrimination, harassment, wage and hour, whistleblower, retaliation, and wrongful termination matters. He defends clients in a variety of venues, including state and federal…

Jason Margolin represents businesses and individuals in resolving controversies through court proceedings, trials, alternative dispute resolutions, and administrative proceedings. As a business litigator, Jason has experience successfully advocating for his clients in a wide variety of cases…

Keenan Molaskey is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. Keenan focuses his practice on commercial litigation matters.

Neema Monfared is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group.

Gregg Moran focuses his practice on counseling publicly traded and privately held companies, tax-exempt organizations, and governmental entities on a variety of employee benefits and executive compensation matters.

Jim Porter is board certified by the Florida Bar as an expert in City, County, and Local Government Law. He concentrates his practice on land use and zoning, as well as government relations, and also has experience with the wireless communications industry, including cellular tower zoning issues.…

Benjamin Robinson is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. He focuses his practice on commercial litigation for clients across a broad range of industries. 

Katie Shepard is an partner in Akerman’s Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Katie represents a wide array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation, class actions, and investigations conducted by regulatory agencies and state attorneys…

Adept at navigating complex labor and employment matters, Scott Silverman is noted by Chambers USA for being "expeditious" and "excellent at providing all points of view." His range of experience includes representation of employers in administrative proceedings, federal and state court litigation,…

David Slenn focuses his practice on tax, estate, and business planning with an emphasis on risk management. His background in federal taxation and creditors’ rights enables him to assist high net-worth individuals with the passage and preservation of their wealth. He also serves as independent…

Richard Wilkes focuses his practice on contract and business tort litigation, and professional malpractice.

Steve Wirth is a commercial and business litigator focusing a large percentage of his practice on corporate bankruptcy matters. He has participated in some of the largest bankruptcy cases in the United States, including WorldCom, Enron Corporation, Global Crossing Limited, Refco, Inc., Lehman…