A former deputy general counsel of the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (now DEP), Silvia Alderman is the chair of Akerman's Water Task Force, a team of multidisciplinary legal professionals and consultants advising on the regulatory and environmental challenges facing our clients.…

Kelly Almeter focuses her practice on commercial litigation in state and federal courts. She has experience litigating a wide variety of issues, including representing insurers in coverage and bad faith matters. Kelly regularly advises carriers on coverage issues under environmental and pollution,…

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…

Jason Heep has litigated and resolved commercial disputes, complex insurance-coverage issues, and environmental-remediation matters across the country for more than 20 years. He uses his environmental-engineering background to assist with environmental-regulatory compliance and preventive measures…

Xakema Henderson focuses her practice on complex commercial litigation. She has experience litigating high-stakes matters in state and federal court and has litigated a wide range of issues, including insurance coverage and bad faith matters; data breach, privacy, and cybersecurity matters; and…

Michael Hess is an experienced litigator who focuses his practice on complex commercial and business litigation matters. Michael combines his strong written and oral advocacy skills with an energetic, detail-oriented and creative approach to every case his clients entrust him with no matter the size…

Michael Larson advises clients on a range of complex environmental law issues arising in litigation, regulatory, and transactional matters. In addition to handling environmental disputes, he routinely assists clients with the cleanup, reuse, repurposing, and redevelopment of Brownfields and other…

Eric Levy focuses his practice in the areas of information privacy, data breach response, and insurance coverage. Eric’s counsel on privacy and cybersecurity compliance includes drafting privacy policies and notices, and negotiating contracts allocating data protection and data gathering…

Jason S. Lichtstein serves as managing partner of Akerman’s Atlanta office. Jason focuses his practice on the cleanup and redevelopment of brownfields and other contaminated sites in the Southeast U.S. His practice includes a broad range of environmental transactional, environmental regulatory…

Serving as Office Managing Partner of Akerman's Houston office, Scott Marrs is a formidable trial lawyer litigating high profile matters in state and federal courts as well as arbitrations in the United States, South America, the Middle East, and Europe. Scott focuses on legal issues in virtually…

Kristen Morris provides advice to marijuana, hemp, and ancillary business clients in matters such as regulatory compliance, licensure and license defense, commercial contracts, intellectual property, and dispute resolution. Kristen advises clients in cannabis business ownership, investment,…

Robyn Neely focuses her practice on environmental site contamination issues related to real estate and corporate sales and acquisitions, and leases, including pre-acquisition, pre-leasing and pre-foreclosure due diligence analysis. Her practice also includes managing the investigation and…

International Trade and Customs Felicia Leborgne Nowels is Board Certified in International law, and focuses her practice on international trade and customs law. Felicia assists domestic and foreign companies with cross-border movement of goods and services. Whether drafting international…

Ellen S. Robbins is Akerman's senior go-to trial lawyer on the West Coast, with extensive experience litigating disputes in both state and federal court on behalf of public and private companies all over the world. She focuses her practice on a wide variety of complex commercial disputes and…

Serving as Office Managing Partner of Akerman’s Dallas office, Matt Schroeder represents major insurance companies in litigation with significant exposure claims that pose extreme risk of loss to the company. He advises insurance companies not only on related policy coverage issues and disputes, but…

Sam Scott focuses his practice on insurance defense and litigation. Sam handles insurance coverage issues, breach of contract claims, and bad faith insurance disputes in state and federal courts. Additionally, he has extensive experience analyzing insurance coverage on emerging environmental issues,…

Sydney Sgovio focuses her practice on litigating complex commercial disputes representing both publicly and privately held entities in state and federal court for claims involving breach of contract, fraud, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and the Fair Credit Reporting Act. She also has…

Sarah Campbell Smith focuses on a variety of environmental and energy law matters, with emphasis on the environmental aspects of corporate and real estate transactions. She represents real estate developers, corporations, private equity funds, and financial institutions in environmental site…

Elliot Strader has an exceptionally diverse litigation practice. Elliot has successfully represented clients in jury and bench trials, in addition to obtaining numerous summary judgments. He focuses on complex, high-stake matters including those involving COVID-19/Coronavirus, insurance coverage and…

Madison focuses her practice on complex insurance coverage matters and commercial litigation in both state and federal courts. Madison advises insurers on coverage issues under commercial liability, environmental liability, professional liability, and commercial auto policies. She also has…

A seasoned attorney, leader, and executive advisor, Jeremy Williams represents clients in all aspects of litigation and arbitration. Drawing on his almost two decades of experience as a law firm trial lawyer and deputy general counsel of a multi-billion dollar holding company with operating assets…