Rola Daaboul is a seasoned litigator and trial attorney who focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation, business torts, and personal disputes in state and federal courts. She advises clients on a wide range of matters including intellectual property, employment, real estate, construction,…

Jessica L. Dagley focuses her practice on business and commercial litigation matters. She represents public and private companies, small businesses, and individuals in business transactions and disputes, professional liability/malpractice matters, contract disputes, breach of fiduciary duty matters,…

Donald David is a litigator with experience in real estate, entertainment, estates, close corporations and partnerships, intellectual property and financing disputes. His clients include the estate of an internationally known rap artist (as well as other entertainers), the widow of the owner of one…

Daphna Davidovits represents U.S. and international clients in a wide variety of real estate and corporate matters, including purchase and sale of property and equity interests, leasing of commercial and residential properties, land use, capital raising, M&A, joint venture, and private equity…

An accomplished litigator, Kirk Davis represents hospitals and health systems in complex regulatory compliance issues and disputes with a focus on medical malpractice and peer review hearings. Kirk has decades of experience in the peer review process and has been involved in all aspects of hearings,…

Sandy Davis advises privately-held and publicly-traded companies, high-net worth investors, and investment funds on a broad range of U.S. and international tax matters. His practice is both transactional and advisory, focusing on corporate, M&A, partnership, finance, joint venture, real estate,…

Wes Davis is a commercial litigator focusing on insurance coverage and construction disputes. His insurance coverage practice encompasses first-party and third-party insurance coverage matters throughout the United States. Wes advises insurance companies on policy coverage issues during the claim…

Julian is a trial attorney, commercial litigator, and legal counselor with more than 15 years of experience operating in the full gamut of high-stakes legal domains. With a focus on emerging technologies and other dynamic environments, Julian combines well-honed legal judgment with robust risk…

Carlos de la Cruz focuses his practice on private and public M&A transactions. He regularly performs various corporate governance functions for companies, including drafting corporate resolutions, subscription agreements, and organizational documents. He also has experience representing…

Josh DeBottis focuses his practice on project finance transactions for energy and infrastructure assets, with a particular focus on solar, wind, storage, and other clean energy assets as well as data centers. He represents lenders, investors, and sponsors in a variety of debt and tax equity…

Sarah DeFranco draws from more than 20 years of experience to provide on-call advice and counseling to employers of all sizes regarding compliance with federal, state, and local employment laws, such as the FMLA, ADA, Title VII, ADEA, and FLSA. Both public and privately held companies rely on…

Jim Deiotte is an associate in the Corporate Practice Group. He represents public and private companies, private equity firms, and various financial institutions in a variety of complex matters including mergers and acquisitions, private equity investments, securities transactions, tax and general…

Damien DeLaney is a seasoned employment litigator and advisor with more than 15 years of experience helping solve employment law problems for clients large and small in a wide array of industries including retail, hospitality, food and beverage, real estate, construction, engineering, manufacturing,…

Gina DelChiaro is a partner and the firm's Director of Pro Bono Initiatives, a signature program designed to cultivate pro bono opportunities that leverage the skills and interests of Akerman lawyers to meet the legal needs of those who are least able to afford and most in need of legal…

A first chair litigator and trusted counselor to business executives, owners, entrepreneurs, and investors, Megan Costa DeLeon has achieved landmark victories, set precedent, and impacted the business landscape for her clients, including global Fortune 500 companies, private equity funds and their…

Jorge Delgado focuses his practice on commercial real estate transactions, including acquisitions, dispositions, leasing, and financing.

Gregory DeMeuse focuses his practice on residential and mixed-use development projects, commercial purchase and sale transactions, and commercial leasing. He has experience representing a variety of sophisticated real estate clients, such as homebuilders, private investment firms, and REITs, and has…

Christopher DePizzo is a seasoned transactional attorney specializing in advising private equity firms and their portfolio companies, as well as other public and private entities, on a wide array of complex transactions. His expertise encompasses platform and add-on acquisitions, leveraged buyouts,…

Chad Devlin is an associate in Akerman's Consumer Financial Services, Data and Technology (CFS+) Practice Group. Chad represents an array of financial services companies in state and federal litigation including class actions. Licensed in New York, New Jersey, and South Carolina, he regularly…

Diane DeWolf focuses her practice on handling complex civil and administrative appeals and is board certified by The Florida Bar in Appellate Practice. Diane has presented oral arguments in the Florida Supreme Court, Florida’s district courts of appeal, and the Federal 11th Circuit and Northern…

Akerman Remembers Our Friend and Colleague, Dean A. Dickie We are deeply saddened by the passing of Dean Dickie, a partner in the Chicago office since 2015. With a breadth of experience befitting a long career, Dean focused his practice on intellectual property, securities, and…

John Dicks has a robust and diverse practice, in litigation, land use, and bankruptcy. As a litigator, John has experience in a wide variety of cases, but focuses primarily on business litigation and legal malpractice defense. Other litigation experience includes fraudulent transfers, D&O…

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Health Law, Martin Dix focuses his practice primarily on pharmacy and drug distribution law. His clients encompass nearly all aspects of the legal drug delivery system, including pharmacies, pharmacists, and pharmacy benefit managers; drug wholesalers; drug and…

Emily Doan focuses her practice on developing and expanding franchise systems both nationally and internationally, franchise registration and disclosure, corporate transactions, and mergers and acquisitions involving franchise businesses. Emily represents clients of all sizes with regard to…

A skillful trial attorney, Amy Doehring represents clients in a wide variety of complex litigation matters in federal and state courts across the country as well as in arbitration. Her legal practice focuses on the defense of clients in several industries such as healthcare, food and beverage,…

Michael Doherty focuses his practice on the representation of Japanese industrial, trading, and service companies and their foreign affiliates, as well as other international and U.S. companies, in mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures and strategic alliances, patent, technology and intellectual…

Martin Domb is a first chair trial and appellate lawyer serving businesses engaged in commercial and corporate litigation. Companies spanning many sectors retain him to handle high stakes, complex disputes, in courts and in arbitrations. His experience includes banking and finance, corporate and…

Andrew Dominguez’s practice focuses on complex commercial litigation as well as cross-border disputes and international litigation and arbitration, with special emphasis on disputes that involve Latin America or parties located in this region. His background is in commercial litigation and he has…

David Doney focuses on M&A and public and private securities financings, corporate governance and compliance matters and Securities Exchange Act reporting as well as franchise- and licensing-related matters.David's clients include established public companies and privately held companies with…

Aissa Dorange is a practice group attorney for the Litigation Practice Group. Aissa focuses her practice on first party insurance coverage, including property and casualty claims, complex property policies disputes, and bad faith litigation. Her experience includes drafting and arguing motions and…

Brenden Dougherty focuses his practice on insurance coverage matters on behalf of carriers. He regularly advises insurance companies on policy coverage issues, policy coverage disputes, and bad faith claims. Brenden has experience with a wide array of commercial insurance policies, including…

Peter Dourvetakis is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. He focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation.

With a practice devoted to M&A, private equity and venture capital investments, and investment fund formation, Max Drake counsels business entities and their owners through all stages of development, from startup, to growth financing, to ultimate sale. Clients rely on Max's practical general…

Christopher Duke serves as managing partner of Akerman's Palm Beach County Offices. With a diverse practice in employment law and complex commercial litigation, Chris represents clients in federal and state courts, as well as in various arbitration forums and before federal, state, and local…

Brice Dumais focuses his practice on obtaining, enforcing, and defending patents in the United States and abroad, along with protecting his clients' technology by invalidating rival patents. Brice specializes in working with inventors to define the scope of their inventions, drafting patent…

Serving as office managing partner of Akerman's Wilmington office, Andrew Dupre guides clients in navigating the complexity of Delaware corporate law and the Delaware Court of Chancery. A corporate litigator with national and international experience representing limited partnerships, limited…