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Law Firms Making a Statement with Art
 At the law offices of Williams Schifino Mangione & Steady in Tampa: “Star Proctor” and “Marco Polo Returns” (background) by James Rosenquistr [Photo: Tom Berndt] |
Time was, the prototypical law office featured dark wood paneling and dim lighting, with walls adorned with prints of red-suited hunters on horseback chasing a fox through the English countryside. Alan Greer, a shareholder at Richman Greer in Miami, remembers those days and didn’t much like them. He thinks a Florida law office should reflect Florida — and his firm is one of a growing number around that state that are seeking that goal by displaying fine art
Greer’s collection, for example, is heavy on Hispanic artists from south Florida, Latin America and Cuba. “Such a huge part of our population in south Florida is Hispanic,” he says. “This is one way of telling them that they’re welcome in our offices. Art has an impact. It says something about your firm.”
Other law firms are also embracing art:
 Holland & Knight, Jacksonville Summer Flowers, Mary Ann Bryan, oil on canvas, 65”x49” |
 Hunton & Williams, Miami Cigar Making District, Little Havana, John Gillian, ultrachrome print, 11”x14” |
 Richman Greer, Miami The Garden XI, Humberto Calzada, acrylic paint on canvas, 72”x48” |
