Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced the South Florida Legal Guide once again recognized Akerman as a Top Law Firm in South Florida and named 45 Akerman lawyers to its 2015 Top Lawyers and Up & Comers lists. The 2015 edition also published a special tribute to Michael I. Goldberg, Bankruptcy & Reorganization Practice Group Chair, for being named a Top Lawyer for 15 consecutive years. He is one of only 124 lawyers in the publication's history to earn this achievement.
The Top Law Firms and Top Lawyers 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 and Up & Comers Lists.
Top Lawyers:
William C. Arnhols – Corporate and Business, Banking
Jonathan L. Awner – Corporate and Business, Mergers and Acquisitions
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 – Corporate and Business
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
Bradley D. Houser – Corporate and Business
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
Janice L. Russell - Real Estate - Commercial
Lawrence D. Silverman – Antitrust, Corporate and Business Litigation
Andrew M. Smulian – Real Estate
William S. Spencer – Litigation, Real Estate
William J. Spratt Jr. – Healthcare
Thomas E. Streit – Real Estate, Banking
Brian P. Tague - Corporate and Business, Real Estate
Mark A. Tobin – Real Estate – Eminent Domain
Leslie Miller Tomczak – Construction
Hugh J. Turner Jr. – Litigation, Product Liability – Defense
Richard D. Tuschman – Labor and Employment
George Volsky – Corporate and Business Litigation, International Litigation
Bryan T. West – Corporate and Business Litigation, International Arbitration
Top Up & Comers:
Francisco A. Rodriguez – Litigation, International Arbitration
Christina C. Russo – Corporate
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 600 lawyers and government affairs professionals and a network of 20 offices, it is ranked among the top 100 law firms in the United States by The National Law Journal NLJ 350 (2014). Akerman also is ranked among the top 50 law firms for diversity in The American Lawyer's Diversity Scorecard (2014).