Akerman Miami Office Co-Managing Partner Neisen O. Kasdin and Labor and Employment Practice Group Chair Eric A. Gordon have been named to Florida Trend’s 2026 Florida 500, which honors the state’s most influential executives across a range of industries. This year marks Neisen’s fifth appearance on the list.
Neisen, a partner in the firm’s Real Estate Practice Group, is a former mayor of Miami Beach and a leader in the revitalization of South Beach. He brings extensive civic experience to his work on urban revitalization and the development of complex, large-scale, multi-use projects. Many of his clients’ projects, from Brickell City Centre to Miami’s Design District and Citadel's Global Headquarters, have been groundbreaking, transforming Miami’s urban spaces with a blend of retail, office, and residential properties. A past chairman of the board of trustees of the New World Symphony, Neisen is also recognized by Chambers USA and The Legal 500 as a leading land use and zoning lawyer in Florida.
Eric leads a national team of 70 attorneys and paralegals representing employers in legal compliance, dispute prevention, and employment litigation in state and federal courts and before administrative agencies throughout the United States. An experienced litigator and counselor, he represents Fortune 500 companies in the telecommunications, hospitality, healthcare, retail, and financial services sectors. For the past 12 years, Eric has led the Akerman employment group and chaired the Akerman Labor and Employment Law Summit, a full-day, client-facing event he created to bring together in-house counsel, senior human resources leaders, and industry experts to collaborate on advancing the practice of labor and employment law and addressing emerging workplace trends. He is an elected Fellow of the College of Labor and Employment Lawyers and has been consistently recognized by Best Lawyers, Legal 500, and Super Lawyers Magazine.