Akerman Senterfitt today announced that South Florida Legal Guide has named 39 Akerman attorneys to its Top Lawyer List and recognized three Akerman attorneys as Top Up & Comers. Additionally, the firm was included on South Florida Legal Guide’s Top Law Firm List and recognized as one of the top law firms in South Florida.
The Top Lawyer and Top Law Firm listings are published annually in December 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 lists:
Top Lawyers List
William C. Arnhols – Banking, Lending & Structured Finance Practice
Jonathan l. Awner – Corporate Practice Group
Michael A. Berke – Real Estate Practice Group
Richard Bezold – Real Estate Practice Group
Leonard H. Bloom – Corporate Practice Group
James S. Bramnick – Labor & Employment Practice Group
Marshall R. Burack – Healthcare Practice Group
Martin G. Burkett – Mergers & Acquisitions and Private Equity Practice
L. Frank Cordero – Federal Taxation Practice
Christopher S. Duke – Labor & Employment Practice Group
Susan N. Eisenberg – Labor & Employment Practice Group
Dean M. Freitag – Corporate Practice Group
Joanne Gelfand – Bankruptcy & Reorganization Practice
Michael I. Goldberg – Bankruptcy & Reorganization Practice
Gary J. Guzzi – Insurance Litigation Practice
Alice G. Hector – Litigation Practice Group
Laura M. Holm – Corporate Practice Group
Bernard Jacobson – Corporate Practice Group
Daniel Jacobson – Corporate Practice Group
Neisen O. Kasdin – Real Estate Practice Group
Teddy D. Klinghoffer – Corporate Practice Group
Kathy M. Klock – Litigation Practice Group
Burton A. Landy – Corporate Practice Group
James M. Miller – Litigation Practice Group
Richard Milstein – Trusts, Estates & Family Services Practice
Antonio Morin – Insurance Litigation Practice
Jason S. Oletsky – Litigation Practice Group
Stephen K. Roddenberry – Corporate Practice Group
Janice I. Russell – Real Estate Practice Group
Richard A. Sharpstein – White Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Lawrence D. Silverman – Litigation Practice Group
Andrew M. Smulian – Real Estate Practice Group
William S. Spencer – Litigation Practice Group
Thomas E. Streit – Real Estate Practice Group
Mark A. Tobin – Real Estate Practice Group
Hugh J. Turner, Jr. – Products Liability & Mass Torts Practice
Richard D. Tuschman – Labor & Employment Practice Group
George Volsky – Litigation Practice Group
Robert A. Zinn – Automotive Practice
Top Up & Comers List
Samuel S. Heywood – Litigation Practice Group
C. Cory Mauro – Litigation Practice Group
Leslie Miller Tomczak – Construction Practice Group
About Akerman Senterfitt
Akerman 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 250 (2012). 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.