" My big question was why does a traditional, Southeastern, very staid, white shoes law firm want to come to Jacksonville?"

In 2007, when William Adams was talking to Gunster about opening a Jacksonville office for the West Palm Beach-based firm that brands itself, “Florida’s law firm for business,” there was something he needed to know.

“My big question was why does a traditional, Southeastern, very staid, white shoes law firm want to come to Jacksonville?”

Adams said the managing partner explained that the answer was simple: Jacksonville has in one place elements that are found singly — or maybe in pairs — in the other cities in Florida.

Read more at the Jacksonville Daily Record.