Brian Bagley brings more than 15 years of experience representing companies and individuals in complex commercial litigation matters. He has successfully tried cases in state and federal court in addition to advocating for clients during arbitration. Brian focuses his practice on commercial…

Co-Chair of Akerman’s national Construction Practice, Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Construction Law, and a LEED® Accredited Professional, Stacy Bercun Bohm represents developers, contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals in complex construction contract, project administration,…

Mark Bernstein serves as managing partner of Akerman's Chicago office. He represents business interests in complex disputes with a focus on financial services and manufacturing companies. Mark is often retained to resolve disputes that are a threat to a company’s existence or that could have a…

A veteran litigator, Brit Brown focuses his practice on representing energy and automotive clients in trials, arbitrations, administrative proceedings, and pre-trial issues. The scope of his work encompasses commercial and tort-related litigation, including supplier, dealer, personal injury, product…

Robert Chaskes is an esteemed trial lawyer with more than 35 years of experience in a wide range of complex commercial litigation, including jury and bench trials in state and federal courts across the United States. Among other matters, Mr. Chaskes has defended numerous class actions and has tried…

Sean Cichowski focuses his practice on resolving energy, employment, intellectual property, construction, and commercial disputes in litigation and arbitration. Sean uses his first chair and solo trial counsel experience to give his clients a complete perspective of the risks, benefits, and costs of…

Trav Clark focuses his practice on real estate, construction, energy infrastructure, and architect/engineer related litigation matters. In addition, he advises real estate, construction, energy and architect/engineering clients on transactional and contractual issues. Trav has additional experience…

With comprehensive knowledge across all asset classes, Dana Clayton represents clients in real estate litigation in federal and state court. Her clients include Fortune 100 financial institutions, REITs, developers, retailers, and public and private real estate companies in disputes in financing,…

Eric Coleman handles a wide variety of complex business litigation matters, including commercial disputes, breach of contract claims, business torts, personal injury, and shareholder derivative actions. Eric’s practice spans various industries and includes representation of clients in federal…

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…

Michael Dickey is an associate in the Litigation Practice Group. He represents clients in construction defect, trucking, and commercial litigation matters in state and federal courts. He also has experience advising clients on matters of liability and other insurance coverage issues.

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…

Amy Errichiello focuses her practice on complex civil litigation, representing corporate and institutional clients in a range of business litigation matters, including mass tort claims, labor and employment, securities, finance, intellectual property, and construction litigation. She also has…

Benjamin Escobar is a first chair trial lawyer with a background in chemical engineering. He brings a combination of technical know-how and deep sector experience to the complicated landscape of energy litigation. Ben's work encompasses upstream, midstream, downstream processes, with an emphasis on…

Allison Etkin is an accomplished litigator with extensive experience handling a broad range of complex civil disputes. Her practice spans various areas, including construction, real estate, products liability, subrogation and recovery, contract and business disputes, professional liability,…

Irene Bassel Frick serves as the managing partner of Akerman's Tampa office. A trial lawyer with experience in state and federal court, arbitrations, and administrative proceedings, Irene has a multifaceted litigation practice encompassing contractual disputes, class action defense, fiduciary duty…

Jeff Gilmore is sought after for his domestic and international experience in many segments of the construction industry on both private and public projects. He is repeatedly ranked by The Legal 500 and Chambers USA, which describes him as “extremely talented and astute at strategy.”…

Andrew Gold has extensive experience litigating cases in and outside of Florida. He focuses on complex commercial litigation with particular emphasis on private equity, corporate governance, post-merger & acquisition disputes, misappropriation of trade secrets, and restrictive covenants. Andrew…

Fortune 500 companies, privately held businesses, and not-for-profit organizations turn to Valerie Greenberg, a veteran litigator and courtroom strategist with a national reputation in high-stakes litigation, to resolve complex business disputes. Previously a reporter and editor at the Miami Herald…

Described by Chambers USA as "incredibly knowledgeable and pragmatic," Steve Hurlbut focuses on construction and government contract litigation, with an emphasis on resolution of delay and other schedule-related claims. He assists clients on projects throughout the United States, including…

Andrea Khoury focuses her practice on commercial litigation in both state and federal courts. She has experience defending public and private clients in the construction industry, including contractors, owners, and other construction professionals, in disputes involving government liability, general…

Gregory Kubly is a commercial litigator with experience in all aspects of litigation, trial, and appellate work. His practice focuses upon real estate, construction, and commercial litigation. He has assisted a broad range of commercial clients involving application of complex state and federal…

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…

Kevin McGavock focuses his practice on complex business and commercial litigation, handling all aspects of litigation from case initiation to trial, and appeal. Kevin has experience with trust and fiduciary litigation, construction litigation, and civil trial. He is also Board Certified in…

Daniel represents clients in the areas of construction contract drafting and negotiation, construction litigation, and government contract litigation. He has considerable experience representing clients in complex private and public construction and development disputes. Daniel’s construction…

Sam Miller focuses his practice in investigating and prosecuting fraudulent conduct on behalf of his clients. With a wide range of experience, he is able to work efficiently and creatively to solve his client’s problems. From representing receivers and Bankruptcy trustees in cases arising from Ponzi…

John Neary is Co-chair of Akerman’s Construction practice. He represents owners, developers, contractors, subcontractors, and design professionals in civil litigation matters, focusing on, among other things, critical infrastructure projects, renewable and conventional power generation facilities,…

Daniel Pellegrin focuses his practice on insurance litigation matters. Daniel represents and advises insurance carriers on various types of first-party coverage matters, including those involving allegations of bad faith claim handling, breach of contract, and fraud, as well as reinsurance treaty…

Donald Pocock focuses his practice on  business litigation, construction law, creditor’s rights and insolvency litigation, and financial services litigation. Don represents clients in all phases of litigation including pleadings, discovery, document production, depositions, mediations, motions,…

Board Certified in Construction Law by The Florida Bar, Scott Rostock has more than a decade of litigation experience in state and federal courts and arbitration tribunals. Scott’s practice is devoted to construction disputes, with particular emphasis on construction defects, Chapter 558…

Michelle Santos focuses her practice on dispute resolution, commercial litigation and arbitration across the United States and Latin America, representing clients in industries such as telecommunications, construction, technology, and financial services. She has experience handling litigation and…

Bryan Scott focuses his practice on complex commercial litigation, construction law, and creditors’ rights. Bryan handles commercial litigation and creditors’ rights matters covering a range of areas, including contract disputes, collections and foreclosures, lender liability, title issues,…

A lawyer with a national construction practice, Owen Shean represents clients in a broad array of construction matters and disputes, including resolution of disputes on major infrastructure projects, government facilities, museums, multi-use/multi-family projects, hospitals, and military facilities.…

Amanda Spector is an associate in the Real Estate Practice Group. She focuses her practice on real estate, construction, and data center and other energy infrastructure issues, as well as state and federal government contract matters. 

Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Construction Law, Trey Tate focuses his practice on both contract preparation and negotiation and complex construction litigation. His work with complex construction litigation has a special emphasis on delay claims, construction defect claims, payment…

Leslie Tomczak serves as managing partner of Akerman’s Fort Lauderdale office. She is a construction attorney, Board Certified by The Florida Bar in Construction Law, whose practice focuses primarily on the representation of lenders, developers, owners, landlords, contractors,…

Carmen Tugender's practice focuses on commercial litigation, construction, product liability, and appellate work. She has litigated diverse matters in state and federal court, the American Arbitration Association (AAA), and other arbitration tribunals. She is also a member of the Chinese Drywall…

John Busey Wood advises public and private companies on real estate acquisitions, facilities management, construction and development, commercial, hospitality, retail, and ground leasing, commercial property management, and brokerage. For more than 45 years, John has represented owners in the design…