April 20, 2024
Politics & Law
Abigail M. Cohen
Boca Raton
Since 2012 Abby Cohen’s practice has been exclusive to marital and family law, including nuptial agreements, dissolution of marriage and paternity. She is Florida Bar board-certified in Marital...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Deborah S. Chames
Miami
Deborah Chames represents family law clients at Kluger, Kaplan, a Southeast Florida firm with clients nationwide. She handles high-net-worth divorces and high-conflict divorces. Guided by 42 years of experience,...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Brigid F. Cech Samole
Miami
Brigid Cech Samole, as chair of GT’s Miami appeals and legal issues group and co-chair of its Miami litigation practice, leads more than 54 attorneys. She has handled mass...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Virginia Buchanan
Pensacola
Virginia Buchanan is senior shareholder and the first fully vested female partner at this personal injury law firm. She heads the medical negligence and class action departments, supervises employees...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Kelly-Ann Cartwright
Miami
Kelly-Ann Cartwright, a leader at Holland & Knight, which employs 4,000 worldwide, is chair of the directors committee. As a labor and employment attorney, topics of counsel include discrimination,...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Robin Bresky
Boca Raton
In Florida, Robin Bresky is managing partner and leads the appellate practice for New York City–based SSRGA. She also litigates civil, commercial, personal injury, family law and criminal...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Sarah Butters
Tallahassee
Sarah Butters at Tallahassee firm Ausley McMullen represents clients in estate planning and related issues. She testifies on legislation and serves as an expert witness. She advises personal representatives...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Kimberly Boldt
Coconut Grove
At Miami-based personal injury firm RWB, Kimberly Boldt is co-founder and lead appellate counsel, specializing in wrongful death, class actions and product liability. Trial firms often hire Boldt,...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Ceci Berman
Tampa
Ceci Berman is managing partner at BB&S, a Florida appellate boutique, offices in Tampa and Tallahassee. She handles cases from commercial appeals to bankruptcy and land-use appeals. Family-law clients...
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Published on 11/30/2023
S. Elise Batsel
Tampa
At full-service Florida firm Stearns Weaver Miller, Elise Batsel is on the executive committee and a leader in the land-use practice. She has worked on the acquisition and development...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Nicole Atkinson
West Palm Beach
Nicole Atkinson co-leads the professional liability defense group at Gunster, a Florida firm with 13 offices statewide and nearly 300 attorneys. She defends accountants and lawyers in...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Ghada Skaff
Tampa
Managing partner and co-founder Ghada Skaff oversees business law at boutique Lieser Skaff Alexander. She was general counsel to a manufacturing and export company and grew versed in bills...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Christina C. Russo
Fort Lauderdale
Christina Russo co-chairs the capital markets practice at Akerman, a full-service, national firm. Her background in corporate governance and accounting, rare among attorneys, benefits the firm and clients....
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Published on 11/30/2023
Rebecca Wilson
Orlando
At business law firm Lowndes, Becky Wilson is a shareholder, land-use section leader and affordable housing group chair. She represents developers and lenders on zoning and property rights issues....
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Published on 11/30/2023
Cherine Smith Valbrun
Fort Lauderdale
Cherine Smith Valbrun is a partner and chair of the insurance defense practice group at Kim Vaughan Lerner, a diversity-centric, Fort Lauderdale-based firm specializing in business litigation. She...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Cheryl Wilke
Fort Lauderdale
Cheryl Wilke is co-managing partner of the Fort Lauderdale office of Lewis Brisbois and vice chair of its labor and employment practice. She focuses on cases in which...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Renee Torpy
Palm Bay
Serene Harbor is a certified domestic violence shelter. Renee Torpy leads its legal department as injunction for protection attorney, the only such in Brevard County. She was an...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Trisha Widowfield
Fort Lauderdale
Trisha Widowfield, partner at HPS, offices Orlando and Fort Lauderdale, litigates medical malpractice and personal injury cases. She was co-counsel in a $6.5 million wrongful death verdict, then...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Jo Thacker
Orlando
Jo Thacker is on the executive committee of national law firm Nelson Mullins. She leads its north and central Florida real estate team. Thacker represents property owners before local...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Karen D. Walker
Tallahassee
Holland & Knight is a global firm founded in Florida. Karen Walker is a partner in its Tallahassee and Washington, D.C., offices. She is a member of its practice...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Carolina Sznajderman Sheir
Hollywood
A partner and shareholder at Eisinger Law, Carolina Sznajderman Sheir represents luxury high-rise condominium associations and focuses her practice on real estate law, construction litigation and developer representation. She...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Kelly G. Swartz
Melbourne
At Widerman Malek, offices in Melbourne and Celebration, Kelly Swartz is partner and CFO. As a tax law attorney, she gives clear explanation and direction. As an intellectual property...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Michelle Suskauer
West Palm Beach
Managing partner in West Palm Beach for DKR, a small firm with a big footprint, Michelle Suskauer represents persons accused of breaking the law. She began her...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Adele I. Stone
Fort Lauderdale
Adele Stone leads the Fort Lauderdale office of national firm Buchanan and chairs its real estate practice group. She is Florida Bar board-certified in Real Estate Law and...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Michele Stocker
Fort Lauderdale
At the biggest Florida-based law firm in the U.S., Michele Stocker founded and co-chairs the consumer financial services litigation practice and helps lead a global team of 100-plus...
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Published on 11/30/2023
