Akerman LLP, a top 100 U.S. law firm serving clients across the Americas, today announced that the 2014 edition of The Legal 500 has ranked the firm among the best in the U.S. in five practice areas, including Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts – M&A: Middle Market; Labor and Employment – Immigration, and three categories within Real Estate and Construction - Construction, Land Use/Zoning and Real Estate. Additionally, 28 Akerman lawyers were recommended in their practice areas based on client and peer recognitions.
The lawyers and the categories in which they are honored are listed below.
Labor and Employment – Immigration
- Michael M. Benchetrit
- Scott E. Bettridge
- Thomas L. Raleigh III
Mergers, Acquisitions and Buyouts – M&A: Middle Market ($500m-999m)
- Kenneth G. Alberstadt
- Jonathan L. Awner
- Martin G. Burkett
- Mary V. Carroll
- Michael P. Kelley
- Teddy D. Klinghoffer
- Melissa C. Koch
- L. Rod Manning
- Carlos E. Méndez-Peñate
- Carl D. Roston
- Wayne A. Wald
Real Estate and Construction – Construction
- Kimberly A. Ashby
- Stacy Bercun Bohm
- Jeffrey G. Gilmore
- Robert J. Smith
Real Estate and Construction – Land Use/Zoning
- Michael Bailkin
- Cecelia Bonifay
Real Estate and Construction – Real Estate
- Israel Alfonso
- Richard Bezold
- Steven D. Bloom
- Manuel A. Fernandez
- George P. Graham
- Steven P. Polivy
- Eric D. Rapkin
- Andrew S. Robins
More details on the survey's methodology, along with Akerman's rankings, are available on The Legal 500 website.
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).
More information can be found at akerman.com or twitter.com/akerman_law.