Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced that Florida Trend has named 27 of the firm's lawyers to its 2015 Legal Elite list.
The publication's ranking made Akerman one of the top firms in the state for total lawyers listed, and the firm with the most women honorees. Akerman's Legal Elite honorees include lawyers from firm offices across Florida, including Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach.
Partners Karen Meyer Buesing and Katherine Eastmoore Giddings were once again recognized among a select group of practitioners in the publication's Hall of Fame. Further, Florida Trend identified four Akerman lawyers under the age of 40 that were named Up & Comers for their record of excellence in the legal community, coupled with a strong sense of civic leadership.
The 2015 Florida Legal Elite list recognizes the state's top lawyers as selected by their peers through a voting process in 28 practice areas. The publication recognizes less than two percent of the more than 83,000 Florida Bar members practicing in the state.
The Akerman lawyers honored in 2015 are:
Silvia M. Alderman, Environmental and Land Use
Jonathan L. Awner, Business Law
Allison S. Bernstein, Civil Trial
Stacy Bercun Bohm, Construction
Jacob A. Brown, Bankruptcy & Workout
Karen Meyer Buesing, Labor & Employment
Robert I. Chaskes, Commercial Litigation
Michael B. Chavies, Commercial Litigation
Ginny Childs, Commercial Litigation
Michael K. Dixon, Intellectual Property Rights
Carol L. Schoffel Faber, Real Estate
Kent B. Frazer, Commercial Litigation – Up & Comer
Irene Bassel Frick, Commercial Litigation
Jeffrey M. Gad, Wills, Trusts & Estates
Katherine Eastmoore Giddings, Appellate Practice
Michael I. Goldberg, Bankruptcy & Workout
Daniel Jacobson, Business Law
Arlene K. Kline, Labor & Employment
Cindy A. Laquidara, Civil Trial
Andrew M. Loewenstein, Commercial Litigation – Up & Comer
Margaret D. Mathews, Commercial Litigation
Brian P. Miller, Commercial Litigation
Jason S. Oletsky, Commercial Litigation
Lawrence D. Silverman, Antitrust & Trade Regulation
Glen A. Stankee, Tax
Carrie Ann Wozniak, Appellate Practice – Up & Comer
Melissa Zinkil, Labor & Employment – Up & Comer
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 American Lawyer (2015) and The National Law Journal NLJ 350 (2015). Akerman also is ranked among the top 50 law firms for diversity in The American Lawyer's Diversity Scorecard (2015).