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CHANGE IS IN THE AIR As a New Year begins, change is in the air throughout the legal world. Pending revisions to the nation’s tax rates will affect South Florida attorneys’ clients in fields as diverse as trust and estate planning, securities and family law. The IRS’ ongoing drive to close tax loopholes and collect more revenue will continue to impact international banks and their customers with offshore accounts. On a more positive note, the level of real estate transactions and overall business activity is likely to increase in 2013, creating demand for land use, zoning and entitlement work. In healthcare, the rollout of the Affordable Care Act (ACA) will create more demand for counseling, transactional and litigation services throughout the region. For all of us at the South Florida Legal Guide, the big news is our next publication – a Spanish-language version coming this spring that will complement this Annual edition, as well as our Midyear and Financial editions. As our family of publications continues to grow, you can rely on our team to continue to provide valuable information for your legal practice and practical tips on the business side. In this issue, we are profiling six of our most Distinguished Attorneys, highlighting their professional careers and contributions to legal, civic and humanitarian organizations. We are also giving you an inside look at five of our Prominent Law Firms, known regionally, nationally and internationally for the high caliber of their services to clients. This issue also features our annual lists of Top Lawyers, Top Law Firms, Top Up & Comers, and Top CPAs and Financial Professionals. We believe you will also benefit from the articles in our Professional Services Forum, which have been written by leading professionals on different aspects of law, finance and business. Finally, we are including in-depth Profiles of a select group of our top professionals. Once again let me thank for our readers and advertisers who support our growing family of publications. We welcome your comments and suggestions, and appreciate your feedback. Best wishes for a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year.

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partisan merit retention elections were established by the people of Florida to ensure that the rule of law, not popular thought or political view, would be the basis for all judicial decisions. In 1976, Florida’s voters approved a constitutional amendment establishing merit selection and retention elections for its state appellate court judges. This replaced Florida’s prior political system of judicial selection, which led to corruption and scandal in our high courts. Merit selection and retention has served Florida well for more than 40 years and should not be jeopardized by politics. Yet, doesn’t The Florida Bar’s inability to do anything in the form of campaign activities to assist the public in understanding these three justices seems ironic when it is the lawyers of the state who labor in their court on a daily basis, who test the justice’s reasoning and legal knowledge, and who study their opinions? Equally limiting, a variety of judicial canons and election laws that did, among other restrictions, the following: s ,IMITED THEIR ABILITY TO POOL CAMPAIGN MONEY AND EVEN MAKE joint appearances. s ,IMITED THEIR COLLEAGUES ON THE 3UPREME #OURT FROM endorsing them. s 2EQUESTING SUPPORT FOR HIS HER RETENTION This has to stop. As we move forward in good faith to retain meritorious justices, I would propose that the judicial canons be amended to allow joint appearances by the justices or judges up for merit retention and that their fellow justices or judges be permitted to endorse any appellate judge up for merit retention. Further, that these jurists in a merit retention election be permitted to ask for support without directly asking for funds. The Florida Bar should distinguish merit retention elections from classic political elections, which are contested, and allow the Bar to endorse the justice for retention. The fact that we have a mandatory integrated Bar that prevents us from endorsing “candidates� should not apply in merit retention because the justices are not running against a traditional opponent. The Bar should set up a permanent fund and raise funds to be used as needed on merit retention elections. We need an ongoing source of funding and the Bar as a whole should contribute. If needed, the funds could be used for political advertising for any worthy judge or justice up for retention. There should also be an ongoing education component as well and reminding the public of the need for fair and impartial courts. I hope this blueprint provides you with food for thought.

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Lake Lytal, Jr. says most physicians do an excellent job in treating their patients. But when a doctor’s error results in serious injury or death, the state’s judicial system must continue to hold them accountable. “I am convinced that most doctors are caring and compassionate professionals who can learn from their mistakes, says Lytal, a board-certified civil trial lawyer who focuses his practice on medical malpractice cases. “In that regard, I believe plaintiffs’ attorneys are helping to improve the quality of medicine in our community.” For more than four decades, Lytal, 72, has been a leader in Palm Beach County’s legal circles, representing a wide range of clients. He a founding partner of Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath, a 19-attorney plaintiff ’s firm in West Palm Beach, and an opponent of tort reform. “The Florida Legislature has whittled away the rights of patients,” he says. “But our state’s justice system must continue to provide some type of compensation for patients and family members who are victims of medical malpractice.”

followed by a law degree from the University of Florida in 1965. After becoming a lawyer, Lytal went to work for a small general practice firm for the spartan salary of $100 a week. “My wife Susan was teaching and making more money than me, and it became apparent that we needed more income for a young family,” he says. In 1968, Lytal joined Howell Kirby Montgomery and D’Aiuto, an insurance defense firm whose legal team included trial attorney Robert Montgomery, A week later, Joe Reiter, another young trial attorney also joined the firm. For the next few years, Lytal, Reiter and Montgomery focused their practices on insurance defense until 1977 when they decided to become plaintiffs’ attorneys. “Bob, Joe and I all felt we would enjoy the practice of law more by helping people who were down on their luck, rather than institutional clients,” Lytal recalls. “We felt that Palm Beach County could use an aggressive plaintiff ’s firm, so we took the risk and went out of our own.” For the next few years, Lytal focused on general tort matters, until he and Reiter left Montgomery in 1985 to open their own firm. “Bob was my mentor in many ways,” Lytal says. “The success I have

LAKE LYTAL, JR. SEEKING JUSTICE IN MEDICAL MALPRACTICE CASES Lytal was one of the first attorneys in the country to be certified as a civil trial advocate by the National Board of Trial Advocacy. He is also a past president of the Florida Justice Association and has received that organization’s highest honors, including the Perry Nichols Award in 2000 and the Lifetime Achievement Award in 2003. TRADITION OF LEADERSHIP

A native of Palm Beach County, Lytal has deep roots in the region. His grandfather came to West Palm Beach from Louisiana in 1918 at the age of 12 and later owned and managed a furniture store. His father Lake Lytal, Sr. was a lifelong civic leader who was elected to the Palm Beach County Commission in 1941 and served for 32 years. His mother, Ruth, was a longtime area school teacher. “As I was growing up, my parents emphasized the importance of helping others,” says Lytal, who graduated from Palm Beach High School in 1958. At that time, Lytal was planning a career in engineering, and took classes in math and science at Palm Beach Junior College, while doing drafting at a local engineering firm. “I had a wonderful professor at the junior college named Joe Payne, who got into all kinds of arguments with me about politics and government,” Lytal recalls. “Eventually, Joe told me that I should go to law school.” Lytal heeded that advice, and transferred to Florida State University, where he earned his bachelor’s degree, 18

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enjoyed has been attributable to the training he gave us, not just in litigation, but in building a practice and managing a law office.” Lytal began handling medical malpractice cases, while Reiter took on products liability matters. “I soon found out that there’s a big difference between representing a plaintiff against a corporate giant in a liability case, and taking on a doctor who has delivered the children of the jurors,” he says. “In fact, I think there is no greater challenge for a plaintiff ’s attorney than handling medical malpractice cases.” In a malpractice case, a plaintiff ’s attorney has to dedicate a great deal of time to study the field of medicine while learning the specific facts of the matter. “While it’s easier to do that research now with the Internet, it’s still a learning curve every time,” Lytal says. “You also need to find experts who can teach you the subject, and convince them into going up against the high-powered experts the defense will bring into the case.” To build a successful practice, Lytal says it’s essential for plaintiff ’s attorneys to select the right cases. “Unless you thoroughly understand the issues, it’s easy to be trapped into taking a case that is not meritorious,” he says. “So, you have to build up your own medical knowledge and learn by trial and error.” That’s something Lytal has done extremely well through the years, according to Marci Fuentes Ball, a 16-year plaintiff’s attorney who

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joined the firm in 2000. “Lake has taught me so much about how to work up a case and take it all the way to jury verdict,” says Ball. “I have never met someone who has more knowledge about the law, yet still has common sense and ‘street smarts.’ He has come up with novel legal arguments in cases that I would never have even dreamed of making. He can cross examine an expert neurosurgeon about complicated medicine and then go in front of a jury and communicate the information in a way that everyone easily understands.” GOING TO BAT FOR CLIENTS

Reflecting on his long career in South Florida, Lytal says one of the biggest differences is the acceptance of women and minorities into the legal profession – an attitude that didn’t exist back in the 1960s. “Today, we just take those things for granted, but it’s taken a lot of effort to get to that point,” says Lytal, who has endowed a scholarship for African-

American students to attend the University of Florida College of Law. Another big change is the increased acceptance of attorney advertising. “ Today it’s part of the business for plaintiff ’s attorneys,” Lytal says. “It costs a lot of money but it is effective.” When he’s not going to bat for his clients, Lytal plays softball regularly on a senior league in Jupiter. He also enjoys hunting and fishing, and spending time with his wife Susan, their sons Chris and Lake Lytal, III [“Trey”], as well as their spouses and five grandchildren. In fact, Trey Lytal, 41, followed his father into law and has been practicing at the firm for more than a decade. “Not many attorneys have an opportunity to work with their sons, so I consider myself privileged to do so,” Lytal says. “For me, this law firm is an extension of the family. It’s a pleasure to see our younger attorneys grow in their careers, and do excellent work.” 2013

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Abigail Watts-FitzGerald believes that strong relationships are the foundation for being a good corporate lawyer. “The better you know your clients and their businesses, the more effective you can be,” says Watts-FitzGerald, a partner at Weiss Serota in Coral Gables. “It’s not like being a litigator, when you focus primarily on the case. One of the things I like about corporate law is that you can build those long-term relationships.” For more than 30 years, Watts-FitzGerald has been helping companies, non-profits and individuals with their transactional legal needs. She’s helped to structure sales, mergers, acquisitions and divestitures, along with shareholders and employment agreements. Her work also includes sports and entertainment law, intellectual property matters and distribution and licensing agreements. “I’ve found that building personal connections is important to generating referrals and getting new clients,” says Watts-FitzGerald,

“Instead, I was attracted to corporate law, and that’s been my focus throughout my career.” After deciding to become an attorney, Watts-FitzGerald enrolled at the University of Miami, and became one of the first women editors-in-chief of the law review. During law school, she also met her husband, Thomas Watts-FitzGerald, who was then attending law school while an officer with the U.S. Coast Guard. After earning her degree in 1979, she joined Arnold & Porter, LLP in Washington, DC. In the early 1980s, they moved back to Miami, where WattsFitzGerald joined Steel Hector & Davis. After spending 15 years with Steel Hector, she moved to Hunton & Williams’s Miami office in 1999, and joined Weiss Serota in 2012. Meanwhile, her husband Thomas joined the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where he is now head of the environmental crimes section. Along with their careers, the Watts-FitzGeralds raised three

ABIGAIL WATTS-FITZGERALD BUILDING LASTING RELATIONSHIPS whose extensive contact list dates back to the early 1980s. “I also try to maintain cordial relationships with attorneys on the other side of various matters. While a litigator might want to attack each point of a case, a good corporate attorney strives to reach a middle ground that results in a positive outcome for both parties.” BECOMING AN ATTORNEY

Born in 1952, Watts-FitzGerald grew up in a small town in New Jersey at a time when women were expected to be homemakers rather than professionals. “I had to talk my junior high teachers into letting me take shop rather than home economics,” she says. After graduating from high school, she enrolled at Franklin & Marshall College, a small school that had recently gone coed. “I remember my government 101 professor would never call on any of the women in our class,” she says. “Fortunately, we had blind grading and I remember how surprised he was that I got an A in his course.” In college, Watts-FitzGerald double majored in anthropology and English, while working as a waitress to make ends meet. After graduation, she went to the University of Chicago and earned a master’s degree in English. While in graduate school, she dated a law student and began thinking of changing her career plans. “My father loved watching ‘Perry Mason’ on TV, but I wasn’t thrilled by the idea of standing up in a courtroom as a trial attorney,” she recalls. 20

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children, Caitlin, now working at the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, and fraternal twins Colin and Devin, who just graduated from college. The family enjoys skiing, snorkeling and scuba diving vacations. “It’s always a challenge balancing family and a career, and I hope I’ve done it fairly well,” she says. “I would regularly take work home with me but 90 percent of the time I would make dinner for my kids so we could all sit down together.” HANDLING A WIDE RANGE OF MATTERS

Early in her career, Watts-FitzGerald was exposed to a wide range of corporate matters. “Since Arnold & Porter didn’t have a corporate law department, I had an opportunity to work on cases like the Braniff airline bankruptcy,” she says. “That gave me a good start in terms of issue spotting. I think it’s good for young lawyers to get that general experience, rather than become specialists right away.” Watts-FitzGerald also believes that young attorneys should start cultivating relationships with their peers, beginning in law school. “If you can maintain those contacts through the years, you’ll find that one of two of your classmates will become a corporate counsel, CFO or CEOs,” she says. “I still get calls from my days in Washington from senior executives who tell me, ‘I thought of you and want to give you some legal work.’” Throughout her career, Watts-Fitzgerald has served as an

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Eric Poms, chief executive officer for the OBC, praises Watts-Fitzgerald’s personal and legal skills. “Abi is an invaluable sounding board with tremendous institutional knowledge and a real asset to our organization,” he says. “She has a passion for our organization and what we do in the South Florida community. She is very strategic in her thinking and very analytical when asking legal questions.” Watts-FitzGerald has also helped clients from many other sectors of South Florida’s diverse economy. She was lead counsel in the transition of Gulliver Schools, Inc. from a for profit to nonprofit corporation. In representing one affluent client, she arranged for the sale of a luxury yacht loaded with expensive personal possessions to take place on the high seas so that no valued added taxes (VAT) would be due. “We had the captain take a photo of the GPS position, along with the bill of sale, to document that the transaction occurred in international waters,” she says. EXPLORING NEW OPPORTUNITIES

outside general counsel to for profit and non-profit organizations. She has represented the Orange Bowl Committee, Inc. (OBC) for more than 25 years, negotiating Orange Bowl sponsorships and Bowl Championship Series (BCS) agreements. She’s also set up arrangements for media coverage at the nationally televised football games and signed off on entertainers’ contracts. “It’s amazing what some performers specify as requirements in their dressing room,” she says.

Now with her children “out of the nest,” Watts-FitzGerald says the next stage of her career might include doing some part-time teaching, giving law students the benefits of her hard-won experience. She also plans to continue providing strategic advice and hands-on expertise in structuring transactions and agreements. “In business, you have to think about what might go wrong when drawing up the initial documents in order to avoid leaving gaping holes in an agreement,” she says. “In litigation, when the judge makes a ruling, you can close the files and never look at them again. But in corporate law, every closing binder can be a smoking gun in a lawsuit down the road.” Watts-FitzGerald recalls one corporate executive who launched a joint venture with a personal friend and ignored her advice about including a default provision. Seven years later, the company’s new president called her and started chewing her out because the venture was a failure. “I looked back on my files, and found my note that the executive had disregarded my recommendations,” she says. “I immediately faxed that documentation and never heard another word from them. It just goes to show the importance of keeping good records, along with giving good advice.” 2013

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Clark J. Cochran, Jr. has taken on some tough opponents during his career, from Eddie “Hacksaw” Jones to Scott Rothstein. He’s defended the City of Fort Lauderdale against almost every imaginable type of lawsuit, learning all the nuances of sovereign immunity in the process. He’s also provided a steadying hand on the wheel, helping to guide Billing, Cochran, Lyles, Mauro & Ramsey, P.A. for the past 35 years. “I really like our varied practice and the stability of our law firm today,” says Cochran, an original member of the Fort Lauderdale firm. “We have been able to withstand the economic storms that have adversely affected some firms and have continued to grow. I really enjoy working with our long-term clients. The fact that they stay with our firm says a great deal about the strength of our team.” Since 1977, Cochran has been defending South Florida municipalities, insurance companies and their insureds against everything from automobile accidents to slip-and-falls to civil rights claims, as well as construction and zoning litigation and appeals. He also defends premises and products liability cases along with insurance coverage disputes, life insurance matters, and bad faith claims.

at Vanderbilt University and his law degree at Florida State University in 1974. “I chose FSU because Tallahassee had a trial court, an appellate court and the Florida Supreme Court,” he says. While in law school, Cochran was hired as a reading clerk for the House of Representatives. “My parents in Coral Gables could see me on TV every night reading the bills on the floor of the House,” he says. After his second year in law school, Cochran took an internship at the State Attorney’s Office in Orlando at a time when there were jury trials for traffic infractions. “I followed one of the prosecutors the first day and watched him try a case from start to finish,” he says. “I thought it was a lot of fun.” The next day, there were too many trials on the docket for the prosecutors to handle, so Cochran was asked to try a case involving an improper lane change. “I won the case and it got me hooked,” he says. During that three-month internship, Cochran tried 12 jury trials by himself, including a felony case, and assisted in a double-murder trial. “By the time I got back to law school that fall, I was the only student who had actually gotten to try a case,” he says. After earning his degree, it was a natural step for Cochran to

CLARK COCHRAN, JR. TAKING ON TOUGH OPPONENTS “With a jury trial, you have to show that you are sympathetic with an injured person, while addressing the real issues in a case,” says Cochran. “In many cases, the injuries may have been a result of the plaintiff ’s own actions. In selecting a jury, you have to try to ensure that the members of the jury will be willing to consider both sides.” In recognition of his trial skills, Cochran was selected by his peers as a charter member of the Broward County Chapter of the American Board of Trial Advocates, and selected by Legal Leaders as one of South Florida’s Top Rated Lawyers. He is senior counsel member of the College of Master Advocates and Barristers, and is a member of the Defense Research Institute and the Florida Defense Lawyers Association. In addition to his trial experience, Cochran has built a successful appellate practice, and his cases have resulted in ground-breaking judicial decisions in several areas of the law. “My practice has evolved into a nice blend of trial and appellate work,” says Cochran. “I really enjoy trying cases, but originally was pulled into the appellate field when our opponents appealed judgments we were able to obtain based upon some unusual aspects of the sovereign immunity defenses we raised on behalf of our municipal clients.” LITIGATING AT AN EARLY AGE

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join the State Attorney’s Office in Fort Lauderdale as one of four misdemeanor prosecutors for Broward County. Before long, Cochran was promoted to the felony trial division, where one of his biggest cases involved a million-dollar armed robbery of a jewelry store on Galt Ocean Mile in Fort Lauderdale. The accused robber, Eddie “Hacksaw” Jones, was a notorious escape artist who had broken out of several jails in the past. “His defense was that he and the store owner had collaborated in the heist to collect the insurance money,” Cochran says. “Jones was convicted and sentenced to 60 years in prison.” Years later, Jones wrote an autobiography and began writing Hollywood screen plays. Cochran was asked to contribute to a “60 Minutes” feature about Hacksaw Jones, but it was never shown after Jones insisted on full editorial discretion. BECOMING A CIVIL LITIGATOR

During the mid 1970s, Cochran decided to make the transition from criminal to civil litigation and joined the Broward County Attorney’s office when it established its first Civil Litigation Division. He next teamed up with Steve Billing and Ted Hainline to open the firm which is now Billing Cochran. The new firm immediately found a niche in insurance defense work, representing clients like General Motors, USAA, GEICO, St. Paul and USF&G. During the next two decades, the law firm continued to grow, handling medical malpractice defense for hospitals and doctors,

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representing numerous local government entities and handling a wide variety of civil litigation. The firm now has 23 attorneys and a second office in West Palm Beach. One of those attorneys is Cochran’s son Scott, who practices in the Fort Lauderdale office. His daughter Amy has a masters degree from North Carolina State and is an up-and-coming fashion designer. With his wife Ann, Cochran is actively involved in the Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church, and he has served as chairman of the board of Westminster Academy. “I had the privilege of handing out diplomas to both of our kids,” he says. Both Cochran and his son are avid tennis players who often attend the major tournaments together. On the professional side, Cochran has handled thousands of general liability and tort cases for insurance companies and municipal clients like the City of Fort Lauderdale, which he has represented since the founding of the firm. One of his biggest courtroom victories came against a national billboard company that sued the city hoping

to overturn an ordinance that limited outdoor advertising. But Cochran says his most “amusing case” in recent years involved Club Atlantis, a Fort Lauderdale beach nightclub represented by high-profile attorney Scott Rothstein, now a convicted felon. “A city ordinance prohibited minors from entering the club because it served alcoholic beverages, but was not a full-service restaurant,” he says. “Rothstein went to the newspapers and vowed he would bring the city to its knees.” However Cochran won the case in the state circuit court, in the state appellate court, in federal district court and in federal appeals court. Later, after Rothstein’s conviction for fraud, Cochran saw that the nightclub owner was listed as one of Rothstein’s many creditors. Reflecting on Cochran’s distinguished career, Harry Stewart, Fort Lauderdale’s long-time city attorney, says, “Clark has done an excellent job for the city since the 1970s. He handles dozens of cases a year and we have always been very happy with his work.” 2013

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Mitchell Fuerst knows that the best strategy for certain tax problems is taking on the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). But sometimes a tax issue results from a mistake in navigating the complex web of federal regulations or is a symptom of a deeper problem within the business. Like an experienced physician, Fuerst knows how to diagnose the real problem and recommend an appropriate remedy. “My practice has grown through the years,” says Fuerst, a founding member of Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL and the firm’s managing partner. “But there is one common element. In representing businesses, the federal government will be on the other side of the case.” Starting with tax law and litigation, Fuerst’s practice has expanded into administrative law and litigation with federal agencies, as well as international tax issues, business transactions and mergers and acquisitions. That cross-pollenization gives Fuerst a broader perspective when advising clients.

adds Fuerst. “We are now in a cycle of strong IRS, FDA and FTC enforcement that will continue for another year or two at least. Right now there is tremendous pressure to generate revenue for the government, and non-compliance is less tolerated at any level.” A LIFELONG LOVE OF THE LAW

Born in New York in 1953, Fuerst decided to become a lawyer when he was five years old. “I always watched ‘Perry Mason’ and ‘The Defenders’ on TV and never thought about any other career,” he says. “As a career, it’s been a great fit for me. I am naturally argumentative, for one thing, and I get to exercise my intellect. For instance, I got a wonderful education on the inner workings of hedge funds the other day during the deposition of a defendant.” Fuerst adds that another advantage of being a lawyer is having control over your career. “You can start off in one field, and then move to another as your interests change,” he says. “If you spend time litigating cases, the fundamental skills of learning a case and

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“Some lawyers are knowledgeable but not litigators,” says Matthew Feshbach, founder and CEO, Okyanos Heart Institute in Clearwater. “On the other hand, Mitchell is tremendously analytical as well as a very aggressive and successful litigator. We have referred a number of clients to him in areas from stem cell research to real estate to international tax work.” With more than 30 years of experience in the tax and administrative sectors, Fuerst understands the difficulties that arise when dealing with federal agencies. For example, a client who fails to comply with U.S. Customs and Border Protection regulations can wind up in front of the U.S. Tax Court facing a team of seasoned IRS attorneys. Let’s say a U.S. company hires a U.S. design firm and spends $10 million to develop plans for a product that will be manufactured by a factory in China or India. Naturally, the company deducts that $10 million expense from its corporate tax bill. But when those Chinamade products come ashore at a U.S. port, that $10 million must be added to the products’ value for Customs purposes. “If you take a tax deduction, but don’t pay the added duty, the IRS could come to you and ask, ‘Which of these documents is fraudulent?’ You never want to be in that position,” Fuerst says. In fact, the risks of non-compliance – with taxes, customs duties or food and drug safety regulations – are extremely high now, 24

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articulating a client’s position will carry you across many other areas of the law.” Fuerst earned his bachelor’s degree at American University in Washington, DC, and enrolled at the University of Miami School of Law. “While clerking at a local firm, one of the partners told me I should have gone to the University of Florida, because it produced most of the state’s judges and political leaders,” Fuerst says. “I felt that as the son of a bagel maker going to school in Miami, I would have to fight to build my career. I knew I wanted to be a litigator so I chose to focus on tax law, because it’s an area where what you know is more important than who you know. After all, the U.S. Tax Court is a national court whose decisions affect taxpayers throughout the U.S. and aboard.” After graduation, Fuerst worked as a trial attorney with the Internal Revenue Service’s Office of Chief Counsel in Chicago. Six years later, having moved to Miami, Fuerst entered private practice, concentrating on tax and tax litigation from the defendant’s perspective. “Throughout my career, I have engaged many attorneys and I can tell you unequivocally that Mitch Fuerst is the best there is,” says Herb Hirsch, president of Hirsch Enterprises, a New York real estate developer. “He can be tough when he needs to be and a lovable teddy bear when it suits his purpose. No one can push him around. He has the knowledge, experience and creativity needed to

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overcome all the many intricacies and complexities of the tax laws. He takes lemons and makes them into lemonade.” ADDRESSING COMPLEX ISSUES

Since founding his own practice in 1988, Fuerst has helped clients in many aspects of the law. He has advised computer parts distributors about the complications associated with Brazilian customs regulations, briefed Chinese aquaculture farmers on developments in U.S. import law, advised domestic financial institutions about the PATRIOT Act and represented food and drug product manufacturers and importers under indictment in Federal District Court. A member of the Florida Academy of Trial Lawyers and The Association of Trial Lawyers of America, Fuerst has also been an adjunct professor in the University of Miami School of Law’s Master’s Degree program in Taxation, and spent four years as outside

general counsel for Future Tech International, Inc., in Miami. Since opening his own firm in 1988, Fuerst has built a worldwide practice while raising two sons and a daughter with his wife, Manya. He enjoys traveling and spending time with his family, but has no plans to retire. “I’ve been practicing law for 35 years and I figure I’m about halfway done,” he says. “I like helping my clients and I really enjoy learning more about the law.” On the personal side, Fuerst is a student of American history who has read hundreds of books about Abraham Lincoln, the abolition movement and the Civil War. “What intrigues me the most about the Civil War,” he says, “is that this was the only time in our history where one side fought to the death for the benefit of a group of people they didn’t particularly care about. Northern whites went off to war to free black people from slavery, although they had no personal or economic interest in doing so. I think it shows the power of a moral commitment – something we still need today.” 2013

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NEAL ROTH A BELIEVER IN MERIT Neal Roth won his most important legal battle this fall. But the outcome was decided in the state’s voting booths rather than in the courtroom. A nationally respected trial lawyer and managing partner of Grossman Roth in Coral Gables, Roth led the successful merit retention campaign that kept three justices on the Florida Supreme Court. “Several years ago, we saw that a concerted effort would be made to remove those justices, who had voted to strike down several unconstitutional acts passed by the state Legislature,” Roth says. “I’ve been involved in a lot of election campaigns, but this was the biggest of them all because the stakes were so high. The essence of our democracy is at risk when politics tries to inject itself into judicial decision-making.” Teaming up with political allies like former Republican state senator Alex Villalobos, Roth was the mastermind in a campaign to educate voters about merit retention and the importance of fair and impartial courts. After the Nov. 6 ballot victory, Villalobos had high praise for Roth’s acumen and leadership. “Even though he’s a Democrat and I’m a Republican, we’ve worked together on many issues for nearly 20 years,” he says. “He’s one of the top strategists in Florida and respected by all sides for his honesty and integrity. Neal has the ability to look at a very complex issue and break it down into a matter of right or wrong. I trust his judgment completely.” With his analytic skills and compassion for victims of negligence, Roth has focused his trial practice on medical malpractice, personal injury, legal malpractice, securities fraud, bad faith and age discrimination cases. He has long been active in the Florida Justice Association, serving as president and playing an active role in the organization’s political and legislative matters. In 2003, they honored him with the Perry Nichols Award, recognizing a career dedicated to the advancement of justice. A LIFE-CHANGING INJURY

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while working at his father’s gas station-car wash. “As I was pumping gas, a car behind me didn’t stop in time, pinning me against another car and crushing my right leg,” he says. “I was in the hospital for four months and wound up with a shortened right leg. As a result, I had a lot of early exposure to doctors.” Roth considered a career in medicine, but decided his abilities were more suited to the law. He also heeded his father’s advice about the importance of being your own boss. After earning his bachelor’s degree at the University of Florida and law degree at Emory University, Roth honed his trial advocacy skills by obtaining an LL.M. at New York University with a concentration in law and medicine. From there, Roth joined an insurance defense firm that focused on medical malpractice litigation. “But my basic philosophy and upbringing made me more oriented toward the underdog,” Roth says. “While some physicians I defended were grateful, others were angry about being in court and felt they should never have been sued in the first place. So I decided to work for clients who would really appreciate my services.” For more than six years, Roth worked with Miami trial attorney Stanley Rosenblatt, before opening his own firm in 1985. His practice grew quickly and in 1988, Roth teamed up with Stuart Z. Grossman to form Grossman Roth. Twenty-four years later, the Coral Gables firm has four offices and 11 attorneys, “For me one of the most important aspects of being a trial lawyer is having a great professional relationship with the client,” Roth says. “They become part of our firm’s family, and their issues really motivate me to do well in the courts.” Roth also enjoys the analytical work involved in preparing for trial. “It takes time and a great deal of consideration to develop a strategy aimed at bringing about the best result for the client,” he says. “There are always hurdles to overcome and obstacles to remove. It’s like playing a game of chess where all the pieces are moving at the same time, as you try to checkmate the other side.” Roth says the discovery phase is often the most critical step in the trial. “You have to be prepared to get the information you need,” he says. “Our opponents know we never cut corners in our preparation.”

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That attitude has paid off in many high-profile Florida cases. Shortly after founding the firm, Roth handled a case that changed hospital protocol involving pediatric electrocardiograms (EKGs). As an infant, Chantelle Berman had an EKG performed and interpreted by an adult cardiologist who failed to detect a congenital heart defect – a highly treatable condition if diagnosed in time. Unfortunately, Chantelle suffered irreversible pulmonary hypertension, and later died. After the case was settled, the hospital agreed to change its policies and procedures so that EKGs on children 12 years of age and younger would be interpreted by pediatric cardiologists. “Lives clearly have been saved” Roth says. ENJOYING FAMILY AND SPORTS

On the personal side, Roth enjoys playing golf and attending Miami Heat games. “Before my high school accident, I was a decent athlete,” he says. “Since then, I’ve played golf through the years. My

wife Vicki and I have a second home in Pebble Beach and we enjoy our time there.” Married for more than 40 years, the Roths have two daughters, Melissa and Lori, and four grandchildren. “We’re thinking about taking more family trips with the grandchildren,” he says. Roth is also a staunch advocate of the state’s public education system. “We need a strong school system in Florida for many reasons,” he says. “From an economic development point of view, it’s essential to attract entrepreneurs and new businesses. I have a second home in California, and I know the importance of education to Silicon Valley. We need to increase teachers’ pay and incentives to attract the best qualified educators at every level.” Looking ahead, Roth says he wants to stay involved and manage the law firm, while preparing the next generation of leaders. “We have the lawyers here who will make that transition happen,” he says. “I plan to provide strategic advice and handle a select number of cases, and move ahead with my life.” 2013

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An accomplished cook, Mindy A. Mora knows how to slice up a homemade apple pie for friends and family members. After all, Mora does the same thing as a bankruptcy attorney, dividing up a company’s assets for creditors – even when there are only a few pieces left. “Ultimately, bankruptcy is about figuring out how to take less than 100 percent and redistribute those assets among competing claimants,” says Mora, a partner at Bilzin Sumberg in Miami who focuses her practice on creditor’s rights, workouts, bankruptcy and commercial loan transactions. A longtime leader in The Florida Bar Business Law Section, Mora has also played a major role in the development of Florida’s commercial laws. She chaired the Florida Bar Task Force that sponsored the 2007 revisions of the Assignment for the Benefit of Creditors Statute, and co-sponsored the 1997 revisions to Article 8 and 1999 revisions to Article 9 of the Uniform Commercial Code. Referring to the 2007 ABC revisions, Mora says, “We pulled together

Washington University, earning a bachelor’s degree in finance and then chose New York University for law school. “After four years of enduring intense politics in Washington, I wanted to get back to the real world,” she says. “In law school, I learned how you could use business skills and financial knowledge in the practice of law, and that led me into the field of bankruptcy.” Mora practiced in New York for a couple of years, but found she didn’t enjoy going to court at that point in her career. So, she joined a Los Angeles law firm and built a transactional practice in corporate finance and commercial lending. One of the early loans she documented resulted in a chapter 11 bankruptcy filing in Seattle, so Mora began commuting up and down the West Coast. Wanting to move back to the east coast, Mora interviewed with attorney Scott Baena, then at the Miami office of Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP, a national New York-based law firm. “We hit it off right away and in 1986 I moved to Miami and started practicing law with Scott, whose focus is more toward litigation while mine was more transactional.

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a number of volunteers, divvied up the sections, rewrote the statue, presented our proposed legislation to the Legislature and got it enacted in just one year. I don’t like to let the grass grow under my feet.” A former chair of the Business Law Section of The Florida Bar, Mora is now a member of the Section’s executive council and longrange planning committees. “Being active in the Bar has done so much to enhance my professional career,” she says. “Believe it or not, I was very shy as a young attorney and giving presentations and seminars helped pull me out of my shell. I will continue to be very involved, because the Bar does such important work for the citizens of Florida.” COMBINING BUSINESS AND THE LAW

Mora grew up in suburban Connecticut in the 1960s, always knowing she wanted to be a lawyer. “I loved what those TV attorneys did in unearthing the truth and presenting their cases in a courtroom,” she says. Her older brother Stephen applied to law school a few years earlier, but because of some health issues as a child he was only able to get into a non-ABA accredited California law school. Mora decided to pursue law only if she could get into a top-ten law school. “I wanted to study business and law, and felt my career could go either way,” she says. After graduating from high school in 1975, she went to George 28

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We’ve worked together ever since then, although my practice has transitioned back to litigation in the last 20 years.” JOINING BILZIN SUMBERG

Until 1991, one of Stroock-Miami’s biggest clients was Southeast Bank, for whom Mora did many commercial finance transactions until First Union acquired the Miami institution. “They had very restrictive conflict policies, and didn’t want us to take on any work that might be adverse to them.” In fact, conflict issues are a big problem for many bankruptcy lawyers who represent debtors and creditors’ committees, Mora adds. That’s one of the reasons she joined Bilzin Sumberg in 2000 along with Scott Baena and the rest of the Stroock bankruptcy team. “Scott and I were representing the debtor in a chapter 11 case for a large timeshare company in Orlando,” she says. “Right before the filing, we were told we couldn’t represent the debtor because one attorney in Stroock’s New York office was handling a small, unrelated matter for the national bank that was on the other side.” At Bilzin, Mora’s high-profile cases include representing the debtor in possession in the chapter 11 case of Cabi Downtown LLC, the owner of an 849-unit condominium project, which had debts in excess of $250 million owed to a bank consortium, defaulting unit purchasers, trade creditors and its general contractor. This was the first

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large condominium filing in South Florida after the 2005-2007 real estate boom, and the debtor’s plan was confirmed in December 2010. Following the successful resolution of a separate Cabi case in May 2012, U.S Bankruptcy Court Judge A. Jay Cristol told Mora, “This is truly a case of snatching victory from the jaws of defeat. There being no objections, the plan is confirmed. I used to describe [Miami bankruptcy attorney] Peter Russin as the magic man. Now you are entitled to be the magic woman.”

Over the last 20 years, Mora’s practice has been primarily focused on bankruptcy work, such as representing the chapter 11 trustee in the reorganization of ITG Vegas, a Palm Beach-based “cruise to nowhere” casino operation, along with 12 of its affiliated companies, which the trustee sold to maximize the return to creditors “When the economy improves as it has in 2012, the bankruptcy work slows down, so our team needs to be more than a one-trick pony,” she says. “Lately, I’ve been working with our litigators on a number of foreclosure matters.” When she’s not working on bankruptcies and foreclosures, Mora is frequently working out. “I’m a fitness buff who enjoys pilates, biking, running, speed walking and dancing,” she says. “In fact I met my husband, Hernando Mora, on the dance floor, and dancing is an activity that we continue to enjoy together.” Her other hobbies include cooking, reading, sports and technology. She took several classes in computer science in college, and now has a reading tablet, smartphone, laptop and other tech tools. Mora has two sons, Gregg, who recently graduated from Florida State University and now works with Coral Gables CPA and bankruptcy trustee Maria Yip, and Michael, a second-year student at Florida Gulf Coast University. Throughout her career, Mora has lectured and published numerous articles about insolvency, restructuring and commercial lending. She also has a clear viewpoint on how best to resolve these tangled commercial matters. “Most South Florida bankruptcy attorneys understand that reaching consensus among creditors and the debtor is the most efficient outcome for any bankruptcy case,” she says. “You may need to litigate on behalf of your client – and I represent my clients vigorously – but fighting to the bitter death is often not the best way to deal with a diminished pot of assets. Reaching a consensual resolution with different stakeholders is the key to most successful restructurings.” 2013

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Scott Link, Wendy Sartory Link and David Ackerman

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With a husband, wife and their best friend as founding partners, Ackerman Link & Sartory is a business law firm with a unique family atmosphere. “We’ve worked together since May 1996, and never had one cross word among us,” says Wendy Sartory Link, managing partner of the West Palm Beach firm. While she and her husband Scott Link and their friend David Ackerman share ideas and strategies for cases, the three partners have different types of business practices. “We

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talk all the time and have faith in each other,” she adds. “That allows us to focus on our cases as opposed to having to politic with other partners.” All three founders were working at Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart (now Gunster) in the 1990s, where Ackerman co-chaired the securities litigation group with Link and served as his mentor. A native of West Palm Beach, where her father was president of the Palm Beach Post, Wendy Sartory moved back to the area in 1994 to handle large real estate transactions. “It was love at first sight,” recalls Scott Link. They married in 1995 and now have three children. At that time, Gunster had a prohibition about having married couples in the firm, and the Links had to apply for a waiver to continue practicing together. A year later, the Links left Gunster with Ackerman and founded their firm. “We knew Wendy had the best management skills, so she’s been the managing partner ever since,” says Scott Link. Today, their eight-attorney firm handles business litigation and transactions for regional, national and international clients. “One of the three of us will be the lead attorney in every matter, which is important to sophisticated clients,” says Scott Link. “We are selective in the work we take in and believe in the traditional Golden Rule; we give our clients the top quality legal service we would want and we treat them the same way we would want to be treated. In that way, we become trusted advisors and counselors.” VARYING PRACTICE AREAS

Two of the name partners at Ackerman Link & Sartory primarily handle business litigation, as well as legal malpractice cases. “I enjoy handling complex matters from the defense side,” says Ackerman, who is board-certified in business litigation. “My current workload includes a securities case involving hedge funds, and a commercial foreclosure connected to a guarantee in a securitized loan portfolio.” A member of the American College of Trial Lawyers, Ackerman received the 2006 Professionalism Award from the Palm Beach County Bar Association, was named the 2012 Lawyer of the Year for Commercial Litigation in South Florida by Best Lawyers in America, and is an active supporter of the Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County and the Salvation Army. Scott Link also handles legal malpractice, securities cases and commercial litigation. “In the last few years, legal malpractice cases have grown to be about 30 percent of our practice,” says Link, who is board certified in commercial litigation. “We have the privilege to represent many of the top statewide firms, as well as national and international firms. It’s one of the most rewarding aspects of our practice and also the most stressful because I always take these cases personally.” Currently, Link is handling cases in Texas, New York and Alabama, as well as Florida. Link brings a unique understanding and global perspective to his practice areas as he has represented both plaintiffs and corporate defendants. He started 25 years ago on the corporate defense side but for the past 15 years, he has also been active in securities and business litigation on the plaintiff ’s side. Today, he has a national practice representing individual and corporate

investors in claims against their advisors, brokerage firms, money managers and financial institutions. He is a Fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America, was named a Bet-theCompany Litigator by Best Lawyers in America, has served on the National Arbitration and Mediation Committee of the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), and was recently designated a Public Member of the Securities Industry Conference on Arbitration (SICA). In handling securities actions, Link notes that the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) arbitration process is designed for smaller cases, primarily individuals who were cheated by others. “My clients may have lost $20 million to $750 million, so they don’t look as needy to the panel of arbitrators,” he says. “Our biggest challenge is getting the panel to understand that a wrong is a wrong – regardless of the amount that’s involved in the case.” While her two partners handle litigation, Wendy Sartory Link focuses her practice on business transactions, including real estate. Named one of the “50 Most Influential Women in Palm Beach and Broward Counties” by Fast Track magazine, Link is active in numerous civic and community organizations, including Florida Colleges Trustee Commission, the District Board of Trustees for Palm Beach State College, Florida Healthy Kids Corporation, Forum Club of the Palm Beaches, Economic Council of Palm Beach County, and the WPBT Channel 2 Public Television Board. She received the “Heart of Gold” award from the Salvation Army of Palm Beach County for her pro bono work on the development of its community centers. During the boom years of the early 2000s, Link worked with commercial developers and financial institutions handling shopping centers and other retail projects. “I was an outside general counsel to many of our smaller clients,” she says. “As the real estate transactions slowed down along with the downturn in the economy, the litigation side of the practice continued to thrive.” With her experience in legal documentation and financial structures, Link has been an important member of the litigation team in malpractice cases. “Since these actions are based on what an attorney did that was right or wrong, I can go back to the original documents,” she says. “I can also advise on whether or not the problems a developer or financial institution faced were related to changes in the real estate market.” As the region’s economy improves, though, Link has seen a pickup in her real estate transactional practice. “We’re already handling more transactions than we did last year,” she says. “I see no reason why that won’t continue in 2013.” LOOKING AHEAD

With their thriving business practices, the three partners plan to keep Ackerman Link & Sartory moving ahead on its current path. “We don’t stray from what we know,” says Wendy Link. “We’ve had opportunities to merge with other firms or have groups of attorneys join us, but we have made a strategic decision to stay at our current size. That allows the three of us to oversee every matter and provide the highest level of service to our clients.” 2013

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BECKER & POLIAKOFF GROWING FROM FLORIDA ROOTS

Gary Poliakoff and Alan Becker

Forty years after its founding, Becker & Poliakoff is moving forward on a robust growth path. Last fall, the Fort Lauderdale-based firm added a new Florida office in Stuart, as well as nationally known intellectual property (IP) team in Northern Virginia. “Businesses today are focusing on sustainable growth,” says Gary Rosen, managing shareholder and a board certified business litigation attorney. “They prefer to align themselves with law firms that have a similar philosophy and share those core values.” That sense of teamwork – and the ability to offer business clients a “one-stop” solution – was one of the reasons Virginia patent attorney Richard C. Litman joined Becker & Poliakoff in October as managing shareholder of the firm’s new office near the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). “We have a well-integrated team of quality attorneys who are focused on serving our clients,” says Litman, citing former USPTO Director Richard J. Apley, who leads the office’s team of patent practitioners, and patent searchers, patent illustrators, technical specialists and client service managers. “There are great people throughout our firm who are really at the top of their game,” Litman adds. In South Florida, the firm is also taking advantage of the region’s economic recovery to serve clients in its traditional fields of real estate and construction. “We are coordinating our practice groups to assist clients with land use, development, construction and litigation matters,” says shareholder Steven B. Lesser, who is board certified in construction law. Lesser adds that the firm is moving aggressively into the public-private partnership (P3) arena. Led by partner Lee Weintraub and chief operating officer George Burgess, former Miami-Dade county manager, Becker & Poliakoff is gearing up to be a trusted advisor for public and private entities seeking P3 opportunities. The firm is also a founding member of the Florida Council for PublicPrivate Partnerships. One of Lesser’s long-time clients is Swire Properties, which is beginning to develop the $1 billion mixed-use Brickell CitiCentre project in Miami. “Swire bought the property when the market was in the tank,” Lesser says. “Now you can see more apartment buildings and other projects sprouting up. By 2015, we will have real change in the real estate market.” FOUNDED ON COMMUNITY ASSOCIATION LAW

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pursued a business career, while Becker served in the Florida Legislature as a state representative. The two reunited to assist the Miami Beach Tenants Association, a group of apartment dwellers fighting for their legal rights. “Alan was the driving force behind passage of the first condominium act in Florida,” says Rosen, who has been with the firm for 30 years. “We have continued that focus now for four decades.” From a humble two-attorney office in Miami Beach representing condominium and homeowners associations, Becker and Poliakoff moved the firm to Fort Lauderdale in the early 1980s. Since then, Becker & Poliakoff has steadily added new practice areas and new offices. For its first 20 years, the firm grew exclusively in Florida, sending out shareholders to open new offices. “As the firm grew faster, and opened offices outside Florida, we were able to find topquality attorneys with tremendous reputations who fit well with the firm’s culture,” says Rosen. Today the firm has more than 160 attorneys, lobbyists and other professionals in 12 Florida offices, two offices in New Jersey, and offices in New York City, Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia and Europe. A member of Legus, a national and global law firm network, Becker & Poliakoff ’s practice areas include real estate transactions, construction, community associations, customs and international trade, litigation, corporate and securities, intellectual property and government law and lobbying. “One of the reasons our firm is still going strong is a powerful team culture,” says Rosen. “We are not a group of lawyers who happen to be practicing under the same letterhead. We are one law firm, and the cohesion and collegiality and the enjoyment we get from practicing with each other is a very important part of our identity.” Rosen adds that client expectations are becoming more and more rigorous in every field of law. “Clients demand top-notch attentive and constant service, so our attorneys are responsive and plugged in at all times,” he says. Noting that the firm has a 24/hour Client CARE Center, he adds, “Being a lawyer today is as far removed from a 9 to 5 job as you can imagine. Firms that stay ahead of the curve

and communicate in everyway possible that they understand those demands and are eager to meet those demands are the ones that will succeed. Those that pull against that tide will disappear.” SERVING THE COMMUNITY

Through the years, Becker & Poliakoff attorneys and staffers have been actively engaged in civic, humanitarian and business organizations. The firm’s signature charity is Helping Hands, which grew out of Weintraub’s hospital experiences as a father whose infant had ocular cancer. Realizing that there are many families whose children are in the hospital during the holidays, Weintraub started a grassroots drive to collect toys for kids. “Now, virtually everyone in all our offices participates in Helping Hands, raising funds and visiting needy children in local hospitals,” Rosen says. A longtime civic leader, Becker is the immediate past chair of the Beacon Council, Miami-Dade’s economic development partnership and a board member of Enterprise Florida, the state’s public/private economic development organization. Firm members have been active in the Greater Fort Lauderdale Alliance, Florida Atlantic University Foundation, University of Florida Alumni, Kristi House, the Orange Bowl Committee and numerous other organizations. Lesser is currently chair of The Florida Bar’s Construction Certification Committee and has held leadership roles in several American Bar Association (ABA) committees. “We encourage all attorneys to become involved in the Bar,” he says. “You learn from other lawyers, interact with them and develop your own skills.” Lesser also emphasizes the importance of continuing education and maintaining a professional outlook. “We believe in educating our people and making them better lawyers and administrators,” he adds. “We want them to learn how to do team work and become better business people as well as hone their legal skills,” he says. As Becker & Poliakoff looks at the future, Rosen predicts the firm will continue to grow steadily. “We tend to move carefully and be sure we’re heading in the right direction,” he says. Most importantly, we will continue to provide clients with the highest level of personalized legal service.” 2013 SOUTH FLORIDA LEGAL GUIDE

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BERGER SINGERMAN A FOCUS ON FLORIDA

Mitchell W. Berger says there’s a simple reason for a law firm’s success. “You need to follow the golden rule and treat clients like you would want to be treated,” says the founder and co-chair of Berger Singerman. “Clients appreciate talented lawyers who speak their minds, but a firm’s culture should always encourage civility – not going over the line.” Since founding the firm in 1985 in Fort Lauderdale, Berger has taken that approach to client service with excellent results. Today the business law firm has four offices in Miami, Fort Lauderdale, Boca Raton and Tallahassee with more than 75 attorneys in four teams: business reorganization; business, finance and tax; dispute resolution; and government and regulatory. Reflecting on the firm’s early history, James Berger, managing partner, says, “My brother Mitchell was in Tennessee doing work for a client on litigation involving land in Aventura, while I was practicing in Texas doing work for the same client. Mitchell moved here in 1985 and opened the firm, and I followed a year later.” During its first decade, the firm focused primarily on litigation, corporate transactions and real estate, with a small, one-attorney office in Tallahassee. New attorneys came aboard, as the firm expanded its client base. In 1997, Paul Steven Singerman joined the firm as co-CEO bringing his Miami-based bankruptcy practice. “Since then we have never engaged in a merger or acquisition,” says James Berger. “We take pride in the way our attorneys and talented non-lawyer professionals combine their talents to give our clients responsive and efficient client service.” MAJOR CASES

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a wide range of major cases. Mitchell Berger has assisted numerous Fortune 500 companies in commercial disputes, and represented Vice President Al Gore and Joseph Lieberman in the post-2000 election Florida lawsuits in Bush v. Gore. “We have had opportunities to go into other fields, such as family law, but we have retained our focus on the business side,” he says. A fellow of the American College of Bankruptcy, Singerman concentrates his practice in troubled loan workouts, insolvency matters and commercial transactions. He is counsel to Judge Herbert Stettin as Chapter 11 Trustee for the law firm of Rothstein, Rosenfeldt & Adler, P.A. in the largest Ponzi scheme in Florida history involving approximately $1.2 billion. James Berger’s practice consists primarily of representing real estate related businesses and developers in connection with purchase and sale transactions, development projects and financing transactions. His practice has also recently focused on representing large real estate funds in the acquisition of troubled projects, including a failed mall, a broken condominium facility and an overleveraged resort property. “We still do work for the real estate client we represented back in 1985,” he adds. “We also continue to represent entrepreneurial businesses, along with our large-scale corporate clients.” FOCUSING ON FLORIDA

While other Florida law firms have become national and international in scope, Berger Singerman has continued to focus on Florida matters. “The legal community knows we are a Florida firm that can handle major litigation, transactions and bankruptcy matters,” says Mitchell Berger. Singerman adds that the firm doesn’t measure success by

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James Berger, Paul Singerman and Mitchell Berger

the number of attorneys or offices. “We always want to have three lawyers less than we need,” he says, adding “Our vision is a Florida law firm that has treasured relationships with firms in other states.” During the economic downturn, the firm’s bankruptcy practice received the most attention in regional and national media, according to James Berger. “That’s been the backbone of our success in recent years,” he adds. “While many firms have conflicts with their bankruptcy clients, we have structured our business plan to stay more nimble. Paul’s team attracts bankruptcy work, which often leads to transactional work, so we all keep busy.” Berger adds that the firm’s litigation and dispute resolution practices have doubled in size over the past five years. Other growth areas are corporate transactions, securities and regulatory matters. In addition, the firm continues to add bilingual lawyers to service its international clients. Singerman notes that the firm has a low attrition rate. “Our lawyers appreciate the attention they receive from the firm’s leadership and our commitment to reinvesting in the firm and the professional development of each lawyer.” IN THE COMMUNITY

Mitchell Berger believes that attorneys need to be closely connected to the communities they serve, and take leadership positions in political, civic and charitable activities. A longtime Democratic party insider, Berger has been active in the last ten presidential campaigns. He has also been involved with Nova Southeastern University (NSU) for more than 20 years, and has served on the university’s board of trustees. In 1997, Gov. Lawton Chiles appointed Berger to the governing board of the South Florida Water Management District, and in 1998 President Clinton named him to chair the national Student Loan Marketing Association. His brother James has been involved in many South Florida organizations, and led a capital campaign for Boys and Girls

Clubs of Broward County and served as pro bono counsel to Jack and Jill Children’s Center. Another partner who is involved in the community is Jordi Guso, who received the 2012 Pro Bono Award from Dade Legal Aid and Put Something Back for his service to Miami-Dade organizations. Singerman, one of the initial officers of the Bankruptcy Bar Foundation which raises money for pro bono bankruptcy work in South Florida, says the firm is fully committed to giving back to the community. “For our 20th anniversary, we held a reception at the Museum of Discovery and Science to introduce a number of South Florida charities to our attorneys, clients and friends,” he says. “We were glad to provide them with financial support in the form of $200,000 in donations from our firm, as well. For our 25th anniversary we had a similar event and donated $250,000 to charities in the markets in which we practice.” LOOKING AHEAD

Singerman expects South Florida’s economic recovery to pick up steam in the next two years. “That will provide a chance to showcase our talent in areas that have not been in high demand,” he says. “Our business finance and tax team is extraordinary, in transactional, tax and estate planning matters.” He also expects to see a resumption of real estate development and transaction activity, including land use and environmental matters. “I’m very bullish about this next cycle,” Singerman adds. “The business reorganization team will continue to be busy in our market, while the spotlight will shine on our colleagues on the firm’s other teams.” Mitchell Berger agrees with that forecast. “New businesses will be formed throughout Florida to support new ideas in areas like biotech and alternative energy, helping to uplift the state’s economy,” he says. “With Florida’s growing national and international connections, our firm will help facilitate the flow of capital and play an important role in the future of our state.” 2013

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FELDMAN GALE PROTECTING INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Jeffrey Feldman and James Gale

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Protecting a new invention, trademark or creative work requires an experienced intellectual property (IP) law firm, according to James A. Gale, co-founder of Miami-based Feldman Gale. “We understand the importance of enforcing our clients’ IP rights and have built a nationwide practice in this unique sector of the law.” A Registered Patent Attorney who focuses his legal practice on IP counseling and litigation, Gale was one of the first board-certified intellectual property specialists in Florida. His partner and firm co-founder Jeffrey Feldman is an experienced litigator who has “first-chaired” patent, trade secret, trademark, copyright, false advertising, and unfair competition cases around the nation. “Jeff enjoys complex IP litigation, and is comfortable appearing as trial counsel late in a case,” Gale says.

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“Since 98 percent of patent cases settle, Jeff is one of the few IP attorneys who has actually tried a number of patent cases to verdict.” Today, Feldman Gale has a team of more than 20 attorneys, many of whom have science, engineering and technology backgrounds. With offices in Tampa, Philadelphia and Los Angeles, the firm represents manufacturers, distributors, service companies, technology companies, individual investors and universities in virtually all industry sectors, and in all aspects of intellectual property law, including procurement, licensing, mediation, arbitration, trial and appeals. “Our firm includes registered patent lawyers and seasoned trial attorneys – and that makes a big difference,” says Feldman. “When necessary, we create teams of people who bring different skill sets together, fielding an IP team that can go head-to-head with the largest firms.” While having savvy IP attorneys is crucial to the firm’s success, Gale adds that the team focuses on giving clients good value for professional service as well as personalized attention, , including being on call 24/7 if necessary. “Our goal is not to get bigger and open a lot of new offices,” says Gale. “Many firms have gotten into trouble by growing just for the sake of growth. We already have excellent bench strength if a case requires more people. Our objective is to be the best in our field.” LAUNCHING THE FIRM

Feldman and Gale practiced separately in South Florida for many years before teaming up to form their firm on April 1, 1995. “Jeff and I go back to law school at the University of Florida in the 1970s,” recalls Gale. “He was two years ahead of me, and when I saw him as a student juror in a mock trial, I said to myself, ‘That’s who I’d like to be someday.’ Over the years, our careers took different paths, but I would constantly read about Jeff ’s accomplishments in the courtroom.” After earning his law degree, Gale worked at Broad & Cassel, Morgan Lewis & Bockius and McDermott, Will & Emery building his IP practice. Meanwhile, Feldman became an assistant state attorney and assistant U.S. attorney. As a federal prosecutor, he conducted federal grand jury investigations involving wire and mail fraud, racketeering and neutrality violations. He also investigated aspects of the Iran-Contra case during the Reagan presidency. During that time, he indicted and singularly tried many of his cases to jury verdict. Feldman entered private practice in 1988 and was a shareholder at Fine, Jacobson, Schwartz, Nash & Block and a partner at McDermott, Will & Emery, where he assisted Gale in a patent litigation case. “Jim asked me to assist with the trial work,” Feldman says. “I had not done work on patent cases before then, but I did my homework and was able to try and settle the case on favorable terms for our client.” To celebrate the outcome, the two attorneys met for drinks at a Miami Lakes restaurant and decided to launch their own firm. “Through the years, about 80 percent of our work has involved intellectual property,” says Gale. “We also have a thriving commercial litigation practice, since Jeff and others in the firm

can try any type of case.” Another aspect of the firm’s practice involves drafting and litigating non-compete and confidentiality provisions in employment contracts. “The inter-relationships of various state laws can have a significant bearing on the outcome,” says Gale, who advises clients on these clauses. “For example, California’s statute expressly prohibits covenants not to compete, while Minnesota is one of the most pro-enforcement states in the nation. In these matters, choice of forum can make a huge difference in the outcome.” Gale notes that once the firm’s attorneys have learned the ins and outs of a client’s IP case – particularly matters involving sophisticated technology – it makes economic sense for the client to use Feldman Gale for similar litigation matters around the country. “Because of the learning curve, we get a lot of work from both plaintiffs and defendants,” Feldman says. “It’s not uncommon for us to handle a series of patent cases for the same client.” To date, the two partners have handled IP cases in more than 40 states. Feldman adds that the firm is seeing an increase in plaintiff patent filings in Florida courts, particularly in the Southern and Middle Districts, as the state’s federal judges acquire expertise in this field. “What really distinguishes our firm is the depth of our patent and trademark practices,” Feldman says. “We handle everything from prosecution to clearance to litigation and licensing,” he says. “Knowing the filing and registration processes also gives our team a head start when IP disputes arise.” LEADING THE WAY

Both Gale and Feldman have been leaders in advancing the knowledge of IP issues in legal circles. A longtime advocate for board certification, Gale became the first chairperson of The Florida Bar’s Board Certification Committee in 2007. In February, Feldman is scheduled to speak at The Florida Bar’s International Litigation and Arbitration Conference on “Developments in International Intellectual Property Litigation.” In the community, Gale has served on the board of directors of HANDY Inc. (Helping Abused And Neglected Youth), and was active in the American Red Cross, Jewish Federation of Greater Miami and the Italian American Club. Feldman is active with several South Florida music and art organizations, and is a trustee of the Musical Arts Association of Miami, which supports The Cleveland Orchestra’s winter residency in Miami. Both Gale and Feldman are members of the Board of Trustees of the University of Florida Law School. Professionally, Feldman frequently lectures on IP topics. He will be speaking at the Dade County Bar symposiums on the America Invents Act, and has been invited to speak at the U.S. Patent Office in January. “IP is a fascinating area of practice that is always evolving,” he says. “For instance, some of the patent challenges that would typically be filed in district court may be shifting to administrative proceedings. But whatever the future holds, Feldman Gale will be there to assist our clients.” 2013

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GAEBE MULLEN ANTONELLI & DIMATTEO ATTORNEYS FOR THE DEFENSE

Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo believes an effective civil litigator needs to be a good communicator. “You have to be able to connect with clients, judge, jury and the opposing counsel,” says Michael Mullen, managing partner at the business law and trial counsel litigation firm based in Coral Gables with an office in West Palm Beach. “A strong defense litigator must be a person with the utmost character – someone judges and juries believe and can place their trust in you.” Since 1985, the firm’s attorneys have championed the interests of their corporate clients in the courtroom and as trusted business counselors. “We have a wideranging practice with a focus on South Florida,” says Mullen. “Our work ranges from risk management and lawsuit prevention to fighting and winning insurance bad faith claims on appeal. Our clients tend to be very loyal to our firm and some have been with us since we opened our doors.” AN EXPERIENCED TEAM

The equity partners at Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo collectively have spent more than a century representing businesses and insurers in all aspects of litigation. Overall, the firm has 19 attorneys, working together as a closely-knit team. “As we’ve grown, we’ve added quality people who can handle the most complex business cases,” says Mullen, who has been managing partner of the firm since 1988. “Our litigators can take a file at any point in a case, from pre-suit to just before a trial begins. We also have the business background to discuss the practical issues with the corporate client and 40

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insured as well as the legal stakes. Ultimately, the client makes the decision how best to proceed with a case.” Mullen, who has tried more than 100 cases, was instrumental in expanding the firm’s base practice into the west coast of Florida, Broward, Palm Beach and Monroe counties, and opening the West Palm Beach office. Today, his practice focuses on products liability, medical device litigation and professional liability – a field that’s grown in the past few years. “There is less resistance from plaintiff ’s lawyers to take on legal malpractice cases,” he adds. Noting that jury trials have diminished across the board, Mullen says: “We don’t try as many cases today as we did a decade ago. We believe in the continued importance of trial by jury and are educating the public about this basic right. Our society has a lot at stake in preserving our system of justice.” Greg Gaebe, founding partner of the firm, has tried more than 150 jury trials, and in one year alone, tried 15 cases to verdict. Known as a “defense lawyer’s lawyer,” Gaebe is a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel and the International Academy of Trial Lawyers. In his practice, Gaebe handles products liability, bad faith insurance claims, legal malpractice, and catastrophic personal injury cases at both the trial and appellate levels. He has been involved in the defense of major tobacco cases, of Sabreliner in the ValuJet crash lawsuits and of Southland Company in a national class action for alleged Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) violations. “Little cases at the start can raise larger issues and become more complicated as time goes on,” says Gaebe, noting that partners Mark Antonelli and Devang Desai represented a Florida citrus grower in an international orange juice recall over salmonella, with Antonelli serving as national trial counsel. The firm has also defended clients in class actions ranging from diagnostic MRI scanning fees to insurance premium issues. Gaebe is often called on as an expert on bad faith, and has defended many individuals, corporate entities and insurance companies in catastrophic exposure cases. He also handles insurance coverage matters and defends municipalities in high exposure claims involving civil rights allegations. “We are diversifying our client base so we are not so heavily dependent on insurance-related business,” Gaebe says. “By reaching out to the business community, we are attracting major corporations looking for a mediumsize firm that can operate more efficiently than the bigger firms.” Partner Anthony DiMatteo, who leads the firm’s West Palm Beach office, concentrates his practice in the defense of insurance third-party claims as well as defending first-party lawsuits against insurance carriers. An experienced litigator at both the trial and appellate

PROMINENT LAW FIRMS

Devang Desai, Anthony DiMatteo, Mark Antonelli, Michael Mullen, Christienne Sherouse, Greg Gaebe and Christopher Moore

levels, DiMatteo has been with the firm since 1987. Coral Gables partner Mark Antonelli represents insured and self-insured clients in all aspects of civil litigation matters, with a primary emphasis in the personal injury and premises liability and negligent security claims. He also handles municipal liability defense cases, including police civil rights litigation. As a result of his participation in the defense of claims in the ValuJet crash lawsuits, Antonelli serves as South Florida trial counsel for a helicopter manufacturer. “Municipal liability litigation will always be present in South Florida,” says Antonelli. “Wrongful death and complex litigation are key parts of our practice because we are willing to take the time to do a full investigation. which frequently leads to significant evidence that helps our clients “ said Chris Moore, a partner in the firm’s West Palm Beach office, who handles wrongful death, premises liability, products liability, and construction law as well as coverage litigation. Antonelli and Desai also handle transactional work, including matters involving the purchase and sale of healthcare practices and large real estate ventures. One of the firm’s long-time clients is Johnson & Wales University in North Miami. “Back in 1992, we helped our client close on the site that became the start of their campus seven days after Hurricane Andrew,” recalls Antonelli. Christienne Sherouse, the firm’s first female equity partner, represents insurance companies in first-party litigation, advises insures on avoiding bad faith claims and represents a variety of businesses from armored car companies and auto dealerships to property owners and managers. In addition to defending her clients in litigation matters, she has won clients’ trust by guiding

them in developing ways to avoid the problems that lead to litigation in the first place. Gaebe adds that the firm’s clients benefit from having a mix of transaction and litigation services. “When drafting an agreement, you can appreciate the potential pitfalls of litigation and provide preventive rather than reactive advice.” LEADERSHIP IN AND OUT OF THE COURTROOM

One of the underlying values at Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo is leadership in the community as well as the legal profession. Antonelli is president of the South Florida Council of Boy Scouts of America, has coached youth sports in the past and is a past president of the Florida Defense Lawyers Association. He is among several members of the firm who attained the rank of Eagle Scout in their younger days. Desai, a partner in the Coral Gables office, serves as president of the University of Miami School of Law Alumni Association. “I enjoy that sense of connection with the university and working with a ‘hometown’ law firm in Coral Gables,” Desai adds. Sherouse is on the boards of Camillus House Young Leaders and Friends of the Everglades. Mullen has also stayed close to his alma mater, as a guest lecturer. He recently taught a seminar to UM law students about the importance of professionalism in treating clients, opposing counsel, judges and juries. Reflecting on that theme, Mullen advises tomorrow’s attorneys, “It’s all about how you handle yourself inside and outside the courtroom. Reputation is the biggest thing that a lawyer earns or doesn’t earn, and it’s something you carry with you forever.” 2013

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LAWYERS METHODOLOGY: THIS IS THE ORIGINAL, DEFINITIVE LIST OF “LAWYER’S LAWYERS” IN SOUTH FLORIDA, BASED ON A PEER NOMINATION PROCEDURE. OUR TOP LAWYERS ARE WELL REGARDED IN THE LEGAL PROFESSION, HAVE MANY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE AND A DISTINGUISHED RECORD OF ACHIEVEMENT. FOR EACH TOP LAWYER, WE HAVE LISTED ONE OR TWO PRACTICE AREAS (WHICH ARE CROSS-REFERENCED IN OUR GUIDE TO PRACTICE AREAS). WE URGE YOU TO CONTACT OUR TOP LAWYERS TO REQUEST FURTHER INFORMATION ABOUT THEIR CREDENTIALS, EXPERIENCE AND PRACTICE AREAS.

AARON, WILLIAM Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Environmental Litigation William Aaron, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2770 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-5800 ABADIN, RAMON A. Civil Litigation Abadin Cook 9155 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1208 Miami, FL 33156 305-671-2124 ABATE, MARIA E. Insurance Litigation - Defense, Civil Rights Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., 23rd Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-492-4010 ABBOTT, ELIOT C. Corporate and Business, Real Estate Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd. 4th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-358-7747 ABEL, JONATHAN C. Medical Malpractice - Defense, Nursing Home - Defense Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans, Abel, Lurvey, Morrow & Schefer, P.A. 3440 Hollywood Blvd., 2nd Floor Hollywood, FL 33021 954-961-1400 ABRAMOWITZ, RICHARD Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Abramowitz, Pomerantz & Coffey, P.A. 7800 W. Oakland Park Blvd., Suite 101 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33351 954-628-5562 ACEBO, HUGO E. Family and Marital Bluestein and Wayne, P.A. 4000 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 770 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-859-9200 ACKERMAN, DAVID P. Corporate and Business Litigation, Professional Liability - Defense Ackerman, Link & Sartory, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 800E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-838-4100 ACOSTA, JULIO C. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Defense, Insurance Litigation - Defense Acosta 301 Almeria Ave., Suite 100 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-858-8880 ADAMS, LAURIE J. Civil Litigation Kubicki Draper 1645 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-640-0303 ADAMSKY, STEVEN R. Trial Practice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Defense Mitrani, Rynor Adamsky & Toland, P.A. 2400 N. Commerce Pkwy., Suite 302 Weston, FL 33326 954-335-1010

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ADLER, BRIAN S. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning, Environmental Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 ADLER, MITCHELL D. Corporate and Business Litigation Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 100 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-491-1120 AIELLO, PAUL Corporate and Business Litigation Bennett Aiello & Cohen, LLP 25 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 808 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-9011 ALBERT, JR., RONALD Corporate and Business, Securities Harper Meyer Perez Hagen O’Connor Albert & Dribin LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-3443 ALBRIGHT, MARK AARON Corporate and Business, Technology Perlman, Bajandas, Yevoli & Albright, P.L. 200 S. Andrews Ave., Suite 600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-566-7117 ALDRIDGE, R. GENE Real Estate Fowler White Boggs 1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-703-3900 ALEXANDER, BRUCE G. Construction Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens & O’Connell 515 N. Flagler Dr., 20th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-832-5900 ALEXANDER, LARRY B. Real Estate, Finance Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3000 ALEXANDER, SCOTT D. Civil Rights, Government Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper & Hochman, P.A. 2455 E. Sunrise Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 954-463-0100 ALLEN, BERNARD Corporate and Business Litigation Katz Barron Squitero Faust 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., 7th Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-856-2444 ALLEN, RICHARD L. Corporate and Business Litigation, Appellate Solowsky & Allen, P.L. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 915 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2223 ALLEN, JR. ROBERT N. Corporate and Business, Commercial Transactions Robert Allen Law 1441 Brickell Ave., Suite 1400 Miami, FL 33131 305-372-3300

ALMAZAN, ALEXANDER P. Workers’ Compensation Alexander P. Almazan P.A. 7550 Red Rd., Suite 208 305-665-6681 ALONSO, FERNANDO C. Corporate and Business, Securities Hunton & Williams LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 305-810-2500 ALVAREZ, CESAR Capital Markets, Corporate and Business Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500 ALVAREZ, MARITZA Criminal Defense/Criminal Law 4000 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 470 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-379-4301 ALVAREZ, VICTOR M. International Banking, Finance White & Case, LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4900 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2700 ALVAREZ-FARRE, EMILIO J. International Mergers & Acquisitions White & Case, LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4900 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2700 AMADUCCI-ADAMS, SUZANNE Real Estate Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 AMES, STUART D. Corporate and Business, Commercial Finance Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3200 AMRON, BRETT MICHAEL Corporate and Business Litigation, Bankruptcy Litigation Bast Amron LLP 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 1440 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-7904 AMSEL, ROBERT G. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Forfeitures Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel, Raben & Waxman, P.A. 2250 SW 3rd Ave., 4th Floor Miami, FL 33129 305-858-9550 ANDERSON, ANDREW W. Admiralty and Maritime Houck Anderson, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33131 305-372-9044 ANDERSON, GREGORY N. Family and Marital, Litigation Stack Fernandez Anderson & Harris, P.A. 1200 Brickell Ave., Suite 950 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-0001

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TOP Lawyers ANDERSON, JOHN R. Insurance Litigation - Defense Berk, Merchant & Sims, PLC 2 Alhambra Pl., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 786-338-2900

ARMENTEROS, CECILIA Family and Marital 12550 Biscayne Blvd., PH 1 North Miami, FL 33181 305-938-8378

ASTIGARRAGA, JOSE I. International Litigation Astigarraga Davis 701 Brickell Ave., 16th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-372-8282

ANGELO, THOMAS P. Corporate and Business, Real Estate Angelo & Banta, P.A. 515 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 850 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-766-9930

ARNHOLS, WILLIAM C. Corporate and Business, Banking 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

ATKINSON, III, WILSON C. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Fowler White Boggs 1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-703-3900

ANGONES, FRANK R. Insurance Litigation - Defense, Civil Litigation Angones, McClure & Garcia, P.A. 44 W. Flagler St., 8th Floor Miami, FL 33130 305-371-5000

ARONFELD, SPENCER M. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Aronfeld Trial Lawyers 3132 Ponce de Leon Blvd. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-441-0440

ATKINSON, JOHN BOND Insurance Litigation - Defense Atkinson & Brownell, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3750 Miami, FL 33131 305-376-8840

ANTONELLI, MARK R. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Defense, Premise Liability - Defense Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo 420 S. Dixie Hwy., 3rd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-667-0223 ARAGON, RUDOLPH F. Corporate and Business Litigation, Financial Litigation White & Case, LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4900 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2700

ARONOVITZ, TOD Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Aronovitz Law 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2630 Miami, FL 33131 305-372-2772 ARONSON, DANIEL H. Corporate and Business, Securities Berger Singerman LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 19th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-755-9500

AUGUST, JERALD DAVID Tax Fox Rothschild, LLP 222 Lakeview Ave., Suite 700 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-835-9600 AUSLANDER, DAVID S. Product Liability - Defense Nemiroff & Auslander, P.A. 777 Brickell Ave., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-9747 AVILA, ALCIDES I. Banking, International Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., PH-1225 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-779-3560

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AWNER, JONATHAN L. Corporate and Business, Mergers and Acquisitions 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600 AXELROD, ALAN D. Corporate and Business, Securities Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 BABBITT, THEODORE Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Babbitt Johnson Osborne & LeClainche, P.A. 1641 Worthington Rd., Suite 100 West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-684-2500 BACHI, DANIEL M. Trial Practice Sellars, Marion & Bachi, P.A. 811 N. Olive Ave. West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-8111 BADER, GREGORY K. Banking, Securities Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-2000 BAENA, SCOTT L. Bankruptcy Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 BALDWIN, GREGORY A. Corporate and Business Litigation Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500 BALLMAN, DONNA M. Labor and Employment - Plaintiff Donna M. Ballman, P.A. 5001 S. University Dr., Suite G Fort Lauderdale, FL 33328 954-680-6300 BANDER, MICHAEL A. Immigration Bander & Associates 444 Brickell Ave., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5800 BARKETT, JOHN M. Environmental Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5171 BARNHART, F. GREGORY Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Product Liability - Plaintiff Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-686-6300 BARQUET, ROY J. Immigration, Labor and Employment Foley & Lardner, LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-482-8400

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BARQUIST, LISA HU Corporate and Business Litigation Payton & Associates, LLC 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-372-3500

BAUROTH, ROBERT C. Aviation, Professional Liability Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A. 515 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-847-4800

BARRON, ROBERT W. Real Estate - Commercial, Corporate and Business Berger Singerman LLP 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900

BAXTER, MICHAEL V.M. Medical Malpractice - Defense Billing, Cochran, Lyles, Mauro & Ramsey, P.A. 1601 Forum Place, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-5970

BARZEE, WILLIAM R. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Barzee Flores, LLC 40 NW 3rd St., PH 1 Miami, FL 33128 305-374-3998

BEASLEY, JR., JAMES W. Corporate and Business Litigation, Civil Litigation Beasley Hauser Kramer & Galardi, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1500 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-835-0900

BASEMAN, ALAN H. Corporate and Business Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, LLP 3801 PGA Blvd., Suite 604 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-626-2101

BECERRA, ROBERT J. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 32nd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-350-5690

BASS, HILARIE Corporate and Business Litigation Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0745

BECKER, ALAN S. Civil Litigation, Government Relations Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. 3111 Stirling Rd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 954-987-7550

BASS, JEFFREY S. Corporate and Business Litigation, Appellate Shubin & Bass, P.A. 46 SW 1st St., 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 305-381-6060

BEELER, JOSEPH D. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Appellate Joseph Beeler, P.A. 800 Brickell Ave., PH 2 Miami, FL 33131 305-576-3050

BAST, JEFFREY P. Bankruptcy Bast Amron LLP 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 1440 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-7904

BELL, RODNEY H. Corporate and Business Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500

BATES, DAVID G. Corporate and Business, Technology Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 500E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1980

BELLAS, PETER W. Litigation Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300

BATTISTA, LOUIS R. Civil Litigation Toral Garcia Battista, P.A. 4780 SW 64th Ave., Suite 101 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 954-703-2960

BELLIDO, NELSON C. Corporate and Business Litigation Concepcion Martinez & Bellido 255 Aragon Ave., 2nd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-6669

BATTISTA, PAUL J. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300

BELLUS, CARYN L. Appellate, Insurance Kubicki Draper 25 W. Flagler St., PH Miami, FL 33130 305-374-1212

BAUMBERGER, CHARLES H. Medical Malpractice, Product Liability - Plaintiff Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso, Spier & Connolly, P.A. 44 W. Flagler St., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33130 305-373-0708

BENNETT, MICHAEL P. Corporate and Business Litigation, Real Estate - Litigation Bennett Aiello & Cohen, LLP 25 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 808 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-9011

BAUMBERGER, PETER S. Professional Liability - Defense, Corporate and Business Litigation Kubicki Draper 25 W. Flagler St., PH Miami, FL 33130 305-982-6774

BENRUBI, RICHARD M. Insurance Litigation Liggio Benrubi, P.A. 1615 Forum Place, Suite 3B West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-616-3333

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BERK, WILLIAM S. Insurance Berk, Merchant & Sims, PLC 2 Alhambra Pl., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 786-338-2900

BERMAN, RICHARD E. Corporate and Business Litigation Berman, Kean & Riguera, P.A. 2101 W. Commercial Blvd., Suite 2800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-735-0000

BERCUSON, DAVID Entertainment and Sports David Bercuson, P.A. 8950 SW 74th Ct., Suite 1813 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-0018

BERKE, MICHAEL A. Real Estate 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

BERG, CHARLES L. Probate and Guardianship, Trust and Estate Planning Berg, Ettelman & Berg, P.A. 555 NE 15th St., PHA Miami, FL 33132 305-379-1414

BERLIN, HOWARD J. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights Berger Singerman LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 19th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-755-9500

BERNHARDT, PETER M. Corporate and Business Litigation, Entertainment and Sports McDonald Hopkins 505 S. Flagler Dr. Suite 300 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-472-2121

BERGER, JAMES L. Real Estate Berger Singerman LLP 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900 BERGER, MITCHELL W. Corporate and Business Litigation Berger Singerman LLP 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900 BERGMAN, DALE S. Corporate and Business, Securities Roetzel & Andress 300 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1150 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-4150

BERMAN, ANDREW S. Appellate, Corporate and Business Litigation Young, Berman, Karpf & Gonzalez, P.A. 1101 Brickell Ave., Suite 1400N Miami, FL 33131 305-945-1851 BERMAN, JILL NEXON Corporate and Business Litigation Rennert Vogel Mandler & Rodriguez, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2900 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-4177 BERMAN, NEIL J. Corporate and Business Litigation, Real Estate - Litigation Neil Berman, P.A. 5760 SW 130th Ter Pinecrest, FL 33156 305-613-2906

BERNSTEIN, ROGER A. Immigration Bernstein Osberg-Braun Caco & Solow, LLC 11900 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 700 Miami, FL 33181 305-895-0300 BERRY, BRIDGET ANN Labor and Employment Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 300 E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-7900 BESVINICK, LAURA Corporate and Business Litigation, Labor and Employment Litigation Hogan Lovells US LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33131 305-459-6500

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BEZOLD, RICHARD Real Estate 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

BLOOM, KENNETH M. Tax Bloom & Minsker, P.L. 1110 Brickell Ave., 7th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6800

BIANCHI, DAVID W. Trial Practice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, P.A. 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6644

BLOOM, LEONARD H. Corporate and Business, Securities 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

BIEBER, BRIAN H. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Fraud Hirschhorn & Bieber, P.A. 550 Biltmore Way, PH 3A Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-445-5320 BIERMAN, MITCHELL A. Government Relations, Litigation Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-854-0800 BILZIN, BRIAN L. Real Estate Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 BIONDO, GARRETT J. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Biondo Law Firm, P.A. 44 W. Flagler St., Suite 2175 Miami, FL 33130 305-371-7326 BIRNBAUM, ROBBY H. Corporate and Business Litigation Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 100 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-491-1120 BLACK, MELVIN S. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Melvin S. Black, P.A. 2937 SW 27th Ave., Suite 202 Miami, FL 33133 305-443-1600 BLACK, ROY Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Civil Litigation Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1300 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6421 BLACKMON, JR., PHILLIP D. Insurance Litigation - Defense, Workers’ Compensation Pyszka, Blackmon, Levy, Mowers & Kelley 14750 NW 77th Ct., Suite 300 Miami Lakes, FL 33016 305-512-3737

BLOOM, MARK D. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500 BLUESTEIN, HAROLD Family and Marital Bluestein and Wayne, P.A. 4000 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 770 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-859-9200 BLUMBERG, EDWARD R. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Deutsch & Blumberg, P.A. 100 N. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2802 Miami, FL 33132 305-358-6329 BLUMENFELD, JACK R. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Jack R. Blumenfeld, P.A. 2655 LeJeune Rd., Suite 700H Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-670-3311 BOGDAN, SUZANNE K. Labor and Employment Litigation, Education Fisher & Phillips, LLP 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-4800 BOGERT, JEFFREY F. Corporate and Business Litigation, Construction Litigation Bogert & Rembold, P.L. 2121 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 600 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442- 9111 BOHRER, SANFORD L. Corporate and Business Litigation, Media Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500 BOLAÑOS, JR., JOSÉ A. Real Estate, Corporate and Business Bolaùos Truxton, P.A. 2121 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 950 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-567-0424

BLANCO, LEYZA F. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights GrayRobinson, P.A. 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-416-6880

BOLTON, JOSEPH D. Real Estate Shutts & Bowen LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6300

BLECKE, JAMES C. Appellate, Insurance The Haggard Law Firm 330 Alhambra Circle Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-446-5700

BOLZ, III, HENRY H Admiralty and Maritime Keller & Bolz 121 Majorca Ave., Suite 200 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-529-8500

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BONISKE, NINA L. Government, Government Relations Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-854-0800 BOULRIS, AMY BRIGHAM Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3400 Miami, FL 33131 305-376-6062 BOWDEN, C. WADE Corporate and Business Litigation, Securities - Litigation and Arbitration Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 300E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-7922 BOWERS, DAVID E. Labor and Employment, Trust and Estate Planning Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3000 BOYD, MARK R. Insurance, Construction DLD Lawyers 6400 N. Andrews Ave., Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-229-9951 BOYER, APRIL Labor and Employment, Corporate and Business Litigation K&L Gates LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3900 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-3300 BOYERS, ROBERT B. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Hannon & Boyers, P.A. 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 1010 Miami, FL 33133 305-358-3109 BOYETT, CHRISTOPHER W. Trust and Estate Planning Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500 BOYLE, CONRAD J. Real Estate, Commercial Finance Mombach, Boyle & Hardin, P.A. 500 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1950 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-467-2200 BRADY, JAMES C. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Arnstein & Lehr LLP 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-713-7600 BRAMNICK JAMES S. Labor and Employment 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

BREIER, ROBERT G. Mergers and Acquisitions, Tax Breier, Seif, Silverman & Schermer, P.A. 2800 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 1125 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-445-0707

BRONIS, STEPHEN J. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Healthcare Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050

BRIGHAM, TOBY PRINCE Real Estate - Eminent Domain Toby Prince Brigham PA 500 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 310 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-640-5209

BROWN, BOWMAN International Banking, Corporate and Business Shutts & Bowen LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6300

BROCHIN, ROBERT M. Corporate and Business Litigation Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 5300 Miami, FL 33131 305-415-3000 BRODIE, STEVEN J. Insurance Litigation - Defense Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050 BRODSKY, RICHARD E. Securities - Litigation and Arbitration, Corporate and Business Litigation The Brodsky Law Firm 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1930 Miami, FL 33131 786-220-3328 BROGAN, JR., FRANCIS B. Tax, Trust and Estate Planning Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-765-0500

BROWN, GARY L. Real Estate Development, Finance Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet, P.A. 4000 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 265-S Hollywood, FL 33021 954-894-8000 BROWN, GARY LOUIS Construction Litigation Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1900 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-763-4242 BRUMBAUGH, JOHN M. Corporate and Business Litigation Richman Greer, P.A. 396 Alhambra Circle, N. Tower 14th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-373-4000

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BUCHSBAUM, DAVID A. Labor and Employment, Labor and Employment Litigation Fisher & Phillips, LLP 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-4800 BUCKNER, DAVID M. Corporate and Business Litigation Grossman Roth, P.A. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 1150 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-8666 BUDNEY, JEROLD I. Media Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-765-0500 BUDWICK, MICHAEL S. Bankruptcy Meland Russin & Budwick, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6363 BURACK, MARSHALL R. Corporate and Business, Healthcare 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600 BURGOS, HANS Immigration Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-5565

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BURKETT, MARTIN G. Corporate and Business 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600 BURLINGTON, ROBERT K. Corporate and Business Litigation, Labor and Employment Litigation Coffey Burlington 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., PH Miami, FL 33133 305-858-2900 BURMAN, J. MICHAEL Corporate and Business Litigation Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman LLP 303 Banyan Blvd., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-842-2820 BURNETT, HENRY Civil Practice, Medical Malpractice - Defense Fowler White Burnett P.A. 1395 Brickell Ave., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-789-9200 BUSER, THOMAS E. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee, P.A. 12 SE 7th St., Suite 801 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-763-8181 BUSH, KENNETH J. Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Kenneth J. Bush, P.A. 255 University Dr. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-443-3795 BUTTERWORTH, JR., ROBERT A. Government Fowler White Boggs 1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-703-3900 CAIN, STEPHEN F. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, P.A. 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6644 CALDERIN, JACQUELINE Bankruptcy Ehrenstein Charbonneau Calderin 501 Brickell Key Dr., 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-722-2002 CAMP, III, JAMES D. Trust and Estate Planning, Real Estate Camp & Camp, P.A. 111 SE 12th St. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-524-8111 CAMP, JR., JAMES D. Trust and Estate Planning, Probate and Guardianship Camp & Camp, P.A. 111 SE 12th St. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-524-8111

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CAMPBELL, DENNIS M. Corporate and Business Litigation, Bankruptcies and Workouts Campbell Law Firm, PLLC 95 Merrick Way, Suite 514 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-6040

CARUANA, ALBERT G. Corporate and Business Litigation, Family and Marital Coffey Burlington 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., PH Miami, FL 33133 305-858-2900

CAMPBELL, JR., WALTER G. “SKIP� Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee, P.A. 12 SE 7th St., Suite 801 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-763-8181

CASEY, DANIEL A. Corporate and Business Litigation, Civil Practice K&L Gates LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3900 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-3300

CANTOR, STEVEN L. International Tax Cantor & Webb, P.A. 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., Suite 3112 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-3886 CARBALLO, JOSEPH A. Corporate and Business Litigation Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-5565 CARDENAS, ALBERTO R. Government Tew Cardenas LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-536-1112 CARLISLE, RUSSELL E. Elder Law, Probate and Guardianship Russell E. Carlisle, P.A. 1323 SE 3rd Ave. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-764-0005 CARLOS, NATALIE J. Corporate and Business Litigation Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-7370 CARNEY, MICHAEL J. Civil Litigation Kubicki Draper 25 W. Flagler St., PH Miami, FL 33130 305-374-1212 CARRENO-MEDEROS, TANIA M. Healthcare, Mediation Hellman Mederos & Yelin, P.L. 100 Almeria Ave., Suite 340 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-503-3050 CARRIUOLO, ANTHONY J. Corporate and Business Litigation, Bankruptcy Berger Singerman LLP 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900 CARTER, FRANCIS L. Mediation Katz Barron Squitero Faust 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., 7th Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-856-2444 CARTWRIGHT, KELLY-ANN GIBBS Labor and Employment, Corporate and Business Litigation Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-789-7795

CASEY, III, MICHAEL W. Labor and Employment - Management Duane Morris LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3400 Miami, FL 33131 305-960-2200 CASEY, PATRICK J. Corporate and Business Litigation, Corporate and Business Patrick J. Casey PA 760 U.S. 1, Suite 201 North Palm Beach, FL 33408 561-776-9400 CAULKINS, CHARLES S. Labor and Employment, Labor and Employment Litigation - Defense Fisher & Phillips, LLP 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-4800 CAVENDISH, REBECCA C. Corporate and Business Litigation, Labor and Employment Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 500E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1980 CESARANO, MARILYN J. W. Civil Litigation, Family and Marital 9350 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 1450 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-1441 CESTERO, JORGE M. Family and Marital Sasser, Cestero & Sasser, P. A. 1800 Australian Ave. S., Suite 203 West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-689-4378 CHACON, JR., RAUL J. Admiralty and Maritime Houck Anderson, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33131 305-372-9044 CHAMES, DEBORAH S. Family and Marital Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 17th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-379-9000 CHAPMAN, SCOTT B. Litigation, Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights The Chapman Law Firm 7251 W. Palmetto Park Rd., Suite 203 Boca Raton, FL 33433 561-997-0449 CHASE, ALAN R. Tax, Trust and Estate Planning Cohen, Chase, Hoffman & Schimmel, P.A. 9400 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 600 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-0201

CHASE, DAVID R. Securities - Litigation and Arbitration David R. Chase, P.A. 1700 E. Las Olas Blvd., PH 2 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-920-7779 CHASSEN, JON C. Real Estate, Real Estate - Litigation Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 CHAVES, ROBERT A. Tax, Trust and Estate Planning Gutter Chaves Josepher Rubin Forman Fleisher P.A. 2101 Corporate Blvd., Suite 107 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-998-7847 CHESAL, MICHAEL B. Intellectual Property Peretz Chesal and Herrmann, PL 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 37th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-341-3000 CHESKIN, MARK R. Corporate and Business Litigation, Labor and Employment Litigation Hogan Lovells US LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33131 305-459-6500

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CLARK, MARK W. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Clark Fountain La Vista Prather Keen & LittkyRubin LLP 1919 N. Flagler Dr., 2nd Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33407 561-899-2100

CHRISTIN, NICOLAS E. Trust and Estate Planning Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A. 2800 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 800 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-3939

CLARKE, MERCER K. “BUD� Product Liability - Defense, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Defense Clarke Silverglate P.A. 799 Brickell Plaza, Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-377-0700

CHRISTOPHER, JOHN Intellectual Property, Finance Christopher & Weisberg, P.A. 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2040 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-828-1488 CHRISTU, ERIC C. Corporate and Business Litigation, Civil Litigation Shutts & Bowen LLP 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-835-8500 CIKLIN, ALAN J. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens & O’Connell 515 N. Flagler Dr., 20th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-832-5900 CIMO, DAVID C. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300

CLAYTON, WILLIAM R. Litigation Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-765-0500 CLEVELAND, BRYAN R. Civil Litigation Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-5565 COBB, THOMAS C. Real Estate Development, Corporate and Business Thomas C. Cobb, P.A. 3841 NE 2nd Ave., Suite 305 Miami, FL 33137 305-377-0223

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COCHRAN, JR., CLARK J. Trial Practice, Government Billing, Cochran, Lyles, Mauro & Ramsey, P.A. 515 E. Las Olas Blvd., 6th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-764-7150 COFFEY, KENDALL Corporate and Business Litigation, Financial Litigation Coffey Burlington 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., PH Miami, FL 33133 305-858-2900

COLE, JAMIE A. Government Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-854-0800 COLE, RICHARD P. Civil Litigation, Professional Liability - Defense Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A. 9150 S. Dadeland Blvd., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33156 305-350-5300

COOK, KIMBERLY A. Medical Malpractice - Defense Abadin Cook 9155 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1208 Miami, FL 33156 305-671-2159 COOPER, MARGARET L. Labor and Employment, Corporate and Business Litigation Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3000

COGLIANESE, MATTHEW P. Environmental Litigation Rasco Klock Reininger Perez Esquenazi Vigil & Nieto 283 Catalonia Ave., 2nd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-476-7100

COLE, SCOTT A. Insurance Litigation - Defense Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A. 9150 S. Dadeland Blvd., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33156 305-350-5300

CORBISHLEY, DEBORAH S. Corporate and Business Litigation, Legal Malpractice - Defense Kenny Nachwalter, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1100 Miami, FL 33131 305-373-1000

COHEN, GARY M. Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Grossman Roth, P.A. 925 S. Federal Hwy., Suite 775 Boca Raton, FL 33432 561-367-8666

COLEMAN, GREGORY W. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman LLP 303 Banyan Blvd., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-842-2820

CORDERO, L. FRANK Tax 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

COHEN, HOWARD A. Real Estate Fowler White Boggs 1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-703-3900

COLEMAN, IRA J. Healthcare McDermott Will & Emery 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-3500

CORTES, NATASHA Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Grossman Roth, P.A. 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1120 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 305-442-8666

COHEN, JAY Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff ! 100 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 1500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-763-6939

COLODNY, MICHAEL Government Relations, Insurance Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., 23rd Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-492-4010

COHEN, JEFFREY A. Product Liability - Defense, Appellate Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050

COMITER, RICHARD B. Tax, Trust and Estate Planning Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, LLP 3801 PGA Blvd., Suite 604 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-626-2101

COHEN, JEFFREY MICHAEL Corporate and Business Litigation, Insurance Litigation Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050

CONAHAN, LINDA A. Litigation, Real Estate Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-2000

COHEN, LEWIS R. Banking, Corporate and Business Litigation GrayRobinson, P.A. 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-416-6880 COHEN, LOREN H. Civil Rights, Civil Litigation Mitrani, Rynor Adamsky & Toland, P.A. 301 Arthur Godfrey Rd., PH Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-358-0050 COHEN, MICHAEL A. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, "#$ %" ' # ( ! $ )* + Essen, Essen, Charnota & Cohen, P.A 12555 Orange Dr., Suite 4061 Davie, FL 33330 305-935-6680

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CONNOR, TERENCE G. Labor and Employment - Management Hunton & Williams LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 305-810-2500 CONTRERAS-MARTINEZ, CARMEN D. Corporate and Business Litigation Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300 CONZO, VALERIE A. Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A. 1212 SE 3rd Ave. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-467-8800

COULSON, DAVID A. Corporate and Business Litigation Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0754 COWAN, PAUL M. Probate and Guardianship, Trust and Estate Planning Golden & Cowan, P.A. 17345 S. Dixie Hwy. Miami, FL 33157 305-856-5440 CRABTREE, JOHN G. Appellate Crabtree & Associates 240 Crandon Blvd., Suite 234 Key Biscayne, FL 33149 305-361-3770 CRAIG, TED C. Corporate and Business Litigation GrayRobinson, P.A. 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-416-6880 CRITCHLOW, RICHARD H. Professional Liability - Defense, Corporate and Business Litigation Kenny Nachwalter, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1100 Miami, FL 33131 305-373-1000 CRITTON, JR., ROBERT D. Civil Litigation, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman LLP 303 Banyan Blvd., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-842-2820

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TOP Lawyers CROLAND, LESLIE Corporate and Business, Finance Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-820-0250

DAVID, CHRISTOPHER M. Corporate and Business Litigation Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 32nd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-350-5690

DAVIS, ALVIN BRUCE Litigation Squire Sanders 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4100 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-2835

CULMO, THOMAS A. Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Culmo Trial Attorneys 4090 Laguna St. Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-200-5281

DAVIDSON, GARY E. International Litigation and Arbitration Diaz Reus & Targ LLP 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2600 Miami, FL 33131 305-375-9220

DAVIS, GARY SCOTT Healthcare, Insurance McDermott Will & Emery 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-3500

CUMMINGS, MICHELE K. Family and Marital GrayRobinson, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1850 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-761-8111 CUNNINGHAM, FRED A. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Slawson Cunningham Whalen & Gaspari, P.L. 2401 PGA Blvd., Suite 140 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-625-6260 CUNNINGHAM, JR., JAMES C. Corporate and Business Litigation Berger Singerman LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-755-9500 CURLEY, JR., G. JOSEPH Labor and Employment Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 500E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1980 CURTIS, EDWARD R. Aviation, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Defense Tripp Scott 110 SE 6th St., 15th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-7500 DAMIAN, MELANIE E. Corporate and Business Litigation, Labor and Employment Damian & Valori LLP 1000 Brickell Ave., Suite 1020 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-3960 DANIELS, RICHARD G. Construction Daniels Kashtan Downs Robertson + McGirney, P.A. 3300 Ponce De Leon Blvd. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-7988 DANIELS, STEVEN L. Real Estate, Community Associations Arnstein & Lehr LLP 433 Plaza Real, Suite 275 Boca Raton, FL 33432 561-962-4145 DANON, SAMUEL A. Corporate and Business Litigation Hunton & Williams LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 305-810-2500

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DAVIS, JAMES B. Tax, Trust and Estate Planning Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-2000 DAVIS, JR., EDWARD H. Fraud, International Litigation Astigarraga Davis 701 Brickell Ave., 16th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-372-8282 DAVIS, STEVEN W. Corporate and Business Litigation Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2800 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-8400 DAVIS, WILLIAM E. Civil Litigation, Franchise Litigation Foley & Lardner, LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-482-8400 DAY, ALLISON R. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300 DE ARMAS, LUIS A. Corporate and Business, Banking Shutts & Bowen LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6300 DE LA FUENTE, BOB Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Tew Cardenas LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-536-1112 DE LEO, CHARLES G. Admiralty and Maritime, International Arbitration De Leo & Kuylenstierna, P.A. 8950 SW 74th Ct., Suite 1710 Miami, FL 33156 786-332-4909 DEEHL, DAVID L. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Defense, Insurance Deehl & Carlson, P.A. 501 NE 1st Ave., Suite 301 Miami, FL 33132 305-448-9111 DEL PRADO, SHANNON Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Pita, Del Prado & Muñoz 9350 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 1200 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-8060 DEL VALLE, IGNACIO G. Real Estate, Corporate and Business Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-854-0800

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DEMAHY, PETE L. Professional Malpractice - Defense, Insurance Litigation - Defense DLD Lawyers 150 Alhambra Cr., PH Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-443-4850 DEMAIO, DAVID M. Labor and Employment - Management, Litigation Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-0506 DEMARIA, JOSEPH A. Corporate and Business Litigation, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Tew Cardenas LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-536-1112 DEMETRIADES, CHRISTOPHER P. Intellectual Property Feldman Gale, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 30th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5001 DENNEY, JR. EARL L. Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-686-6300 DEUTCH, JR., RICHARD E. Real Estate Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3200

DIAZ-SILVEIRA, JORGE Real Estate - Commercial Hogan Lovells US LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33131 305-459-6500 DILLWORTH, DREW M. Bankruptcy, Corporate and Business Litigation Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3598 DIMATTEO, ANTHONY Insurance Litigation - Defense Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo 105 S. Narcissus Ave., Suite 701 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-832-6788 DIMOND, ALAN T. Litigation Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0770 DIMOND, SCOTT M. Corporate and Business Litigation, Securities Litigation and Arbitration Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A. 2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH 2B Miami, FL 33133 305-374-1920 DINER, JESSE H. Construction, Banking Litigation Fowler White Boggs 1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-703-3900

DEUTSCH, STEVEN K. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Deutsch & Blumberg, P.A. 100 N. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2802 Miami, FL 33132 305-358-6329

DIXON, SHARON QUINN Labor and Employment Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3200

DEVINE, JOHN W. Corporate and Business, Real Estate Devine Goodman Rasco & Wells, P.A. 777 Brickell Ave., Suite 850 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8200

DOBIN, JOSHUA W. Bankruptcy Meland Russin & Budwick, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6363

DIAZ, JR., MICHAEL International, International Litigation Diaz Reus & Targ LLP 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2600 Miami, FL 33131 305-375-9220

DOBRINSKY, MANUEL L. Civil Litigation, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Freidin & Dobrinsky, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3100 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-3666

DIAZ, ROLANDO A. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Defense, Civil Litigation Diaz Law Group 1430 S Dixie Hwy Suite 203 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-7773500 DIAZ, JR., VICTOR M. Corporate and Business Litigation, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff VM Diaz & Partners, LLC 119 Washington Ave., Suite 402 Miami Beach, FL 33139 305-704-3200

DOLAN, II, DANIEL D. Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Dolan Law Firm 2665 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 609 Miami, FL 33133 305-371-2692 DOLIN, SUSAN L. Labor and Employment - Plaintiff and Management Susan Dolin, P.A. 9000 Sheridan St., Suite 93 Pembroke Pines, FL 33024 954-862-2284

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TOP Lawyers DONOHUE, MARY SUE Trust and Estate Planning * " !*

5355 Town Center Rd., Suite 801 Boca Raton, FL 33486 561-391-4900

EATON, JOEL D. Appellate Podhurst Orseck, P.A. 25 W. Flagler St., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33130 305-358-2800

ECHEMENDIA, SANTIAGO D. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning, Environmental Tew Cardenas LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-536-1112

DORTA, MATIAS R. Corporate and Business Litigation Tew Cardenas LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-536-1112

EBENFELD, CINDY L. Insurance Litigation Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A. 11011 Sheridan St., Suite 104 ]

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EGOZI, BERNARD L. Corporate and Business Litigation, Civil Litigation Egozi & Bennett, P.A. 2999 NE 191st St., Suite 407 Aventura, FL 33180 305-931-3000

DOTSON, JR., ALBERT E. Government Relations, Real Estate Land Use and Zoning Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 DOUGHERTY, LUCIA A. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0603 DUBIN, JOSHUA L. Real Estate, Corporate and Business !* "*; <==>< ? ? ( * @>< Aventura, FL 33160 305-918-1818 DUCANIS, JR., JOSEPH T. Trust and Estate Planning Fowler White Boggs 1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-703-3900 DUKE, CHRISTOPHER S. Corporate and Business Litigation, ; ( Q X 222 Lakeview Ave., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-653-5000 DUNN, RICHARD M. Corporate and Business Litigation, (* ; [ "

Cozen O’Connor @>> ? ? ( * \\<> Miami, FL 33131 305-704-5950 DYE, THOMAS A. Corporate and Business Litigation, Telecommunications Carlton Fields, P.A. 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1200 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-7070 EAGAN, THOMAS V. Real Estate Squire Sanders @>> ? ? ( * \<>> Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5171 EASLEY, DOROTHY F. Appellate Q XX 1200 Brickell Ave., Suite 1950 Miami, FL 33131 305-444-1599

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EHRENREICH, TODD R. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Defense Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33133 305-455-9500

ENGEL, SARAH CLASBY Insurance Litigation, Labor and Employment Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP 9699 NE 2nd Ave. Miami Shores, FL 33138 305-536-8220

ESPENKOTTER, ALEX Trust and Estate Planning Heller Waldman, P.L. 3250 Mary St., Suite 102 Coconut Grove, FL 33133 305-448-4144

EHRENSTEIN, MICHAEL D. Corporate and Business Litigation Ehrenstein Charbonneau Calderin 501 Brickell Key Dr., 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-722-2002

ENGLAND, JR., ARTHUR J. Appellate Arthur J. England, Jr., P.A. 1825 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 512 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-967-8489

ESPINOSA, JORGE T. Intellectual Property Espinosa Trueba, PL 1428 Brickell Ave., Suite 100 Miami, FL 33131 305-854-0900

EIDSON, LEWIS S. “MIKE� Product Liability - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Colson Hicks Eidson 255 Alhambra Circle, PH Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-476-7400

ENGLANDER, JOSEPH R. Intellectual Property Shutts & Bowen LLP 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 2100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-524-5505

ESTEVEZ, ANNE-MARIE Labor and Employment Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 5300 Miami, FL 33131 305-415-3000

ENGLISH, ERICA L. Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Finance Katz Barron Squitero Faust 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., 7th Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-856-2444

ETTELMAN, CHERYL Probate and Guardianship Berg, Ettelman & Berg, P.A. 555 NE 15th St., PHA Miami, FL 33132 305-379-1414

ENJAMIO, JUAN C. Labor and Employment Litigation - Defense Hunton & Williams LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 305-810-2500

EVERETT, CYNTHIA A. Labor and Employment, Municipal Cynthia A. Everett, P.A. 7700 N. Kendall Dr., Suite 703 Miami, FL 33156 305-598-4454

ENNIS, DAVID F. Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff, Securities Litigation and Arbitration Ennis & Ennis, P.A. 110 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-315-3934

EVERSOLE, III, JOHN F. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Mase, Lara, Eversole, P.A. 2601 S. Bayshore Dr. Suite 800 Miami, FL 33133 305-377-3770

EINHORN, ROBERT M. Franchise Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2700 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5418 EISENBERG, JAMES L. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Eisenberg & Fouts, P.A. 250 Australian Ave. S., Suite 704 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-2009 EISENBERG, STEVEN ERIC Corporate and Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Lipscomb Eisenberg & Baker PL 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3800 Miami, FL 33131 786-431-2228 EISENBERG, SUSAN N. Labor and Employment 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600 EISINGER, DENNIS J. Real Estate, Real Estate - Condominium Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet, P.A. 4000 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 265-S Hollywood, FL 33021 954-894-8000 ELIAS, BRIAN D. Securities - Litigation and Arbitration, Corporate and Business Litigation Fowler White Burnett P.A. 1395 Brickell Ave., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-789-9200 ELLENBERG, ANDREW L. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Needle & Ellenberg, P.A. 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0000 ELLISON, STEVEN Corporate and Business Litigation Broad and Cassel 1 N. Clematis St., Suite 500 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-832-3300 ELSER, MARSHA B. Family and Marital Foster-Morales Sockel Stone LLC 150 W Flagler St., PH II Miami, FL 33130 305-577-0090

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EPSTEIN, GARY M. Corporate and Business, Securities Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500 EPSTEIN, RICHARD W. Labor and Employment Litigation, Civil Litigation Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 100 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-491-1120 ERDE, JOANNE B. Healthcare Duane Morris LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3400 Miami, FL 33131 305-960-2200 ESCALONA, GRACE L. Immigration, Real Estate Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-5565 ESCARRA, IRIS V. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning, Government Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0737 ESKALYO, HEATH S. Workers’ Compensation - Defense Kelley, Kronenberg, Gilmartin, Fichtel, Wander, Bamdas, Eskalyo & Dunbrack, P.A. 8201 Peters Rd., Suite 4000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33324 954-370-9970

EZELL, KATHERINE W. Corporate and Business Litigation Podhurst Orseck, P.A. 25 W. Flagler St., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33130 305-358-2800 FALK, GLENN P. Medical Malpractice - Defense, Insurance Litigation - Defense Falk, Waas, Hernandez, Cortina, Solomon & Bonner, P.A. 135 San Lorenzo Ave., Suite 500 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-447-6500 FALK, JR., JACK A. Trust and Estate - Litigation Dunwody White & Landon, P.A. 550 Biltmore Way, Suite 810 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-529-1500 FARMER, JR., GARY M. Class Action Litigation Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L. 425 N. Andrews Ave., Suite 2 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-524-2820 FASS, JOEL S. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Corporate and Business Litigation Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., 23rd Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-492-4010

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TOP Lawyers FAUST, MARC L. Real Estate, Corporate and Business Katz Barron Squitero Faust 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., 7th Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-856-2444

FELUREN, MARK S. Corporate and Business Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1110 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-453-8000

FERRER, BARBARA J. Real Estate, Banking Broad and Cassel 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 21st Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-9400

FEIN, ALAN H. Civil Litigation Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3200

FERGUSON, DAVID L. Labor and Employment Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation Kopelowitz Ostrow, P.A. 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 980 Coral Gables, FL 33134 954-525-4100

FERRER, JOSE M. Litigation, ADR Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580

FEINBERG, DYANNE E. Securities - Defense Brown & Heller, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 15th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-358-3580

FERNANDEZ, GEORGE L. Medical Malpractice - Defense, Insurance Litigation - Defense Wolpe Leibowitz & Fernandez, L.L.P. 28 W. Flagler St., 11th Floor Miami, FL 33130 305-372-0060

FELCOSKI, BRIAN J. Trust and Estate - Litigation Goldman Felcoski & Stone, P.A. 95 Merrick Way, Suite 440 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-446-2800 FELDMAN, JEFFREY D. Corporate and Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Feldman Gale, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 30th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5001

FERNANDEZ-QUINCOCES, GUILLERMO J. Tax, Trust and Estate Planning Foley & Lardner, LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-482-8400 FERRARO, JAMES L. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff The Ferraro Law Firm 4000 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Miami, FL 33146 305-375-0111

FERRERA, SANDRA M. Probate and Guardianship, Real Estate Meland Russin & Budwick, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6363 FERRI, MARCO Corporate and Business, International Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., PH-1225 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-779-3560 FERRO, SIMON Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300 FERTEL, ALAN K. Entertainment and Sports, Civil Litigation Boyd & Jenerette, P.A. 801 Brickell Ave., Suite 1440 Miami, FL 33131 305-537-9111

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FICHTEL, MICHAEL J. Workers’ Compensation - Defense Kelley, Kronenberg, Gilmartin, Fichtel, Wander, Bamdas, Eskalyo & Dunbrack, P.A. 8201 Peters Rd., Suite 4000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33324 954-370-9970 FIDEI, RICHARD J. Insurance Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., 23rd Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-492-4010 FIELDS, SR., PRESTON J. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Entertainment and Sports Preston J. Fields, P.A. 11211 Prosperity Farms Rd., Suite C-301 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-799-9910 FIELDSTONE, RONALD R. Real Estate, Corporate and Business Arnstein & Lehr LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3600 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-3330 FIORE, ROBERT J. Trial Practice { ; ^ 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2900 Miami, FL 33130 305-358-4011 FLEMING, JOSEPH Z. Labor and Employment - Management, Entertainment and Sports Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500 FOODMAN, DANIEL Civil Litigation, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Waserstein Nunez & Foodman 1111 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33131 305-760-8500 FOREMAN, JEFFREY E. Civil Litigation Foreman Friedman, PA 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6555 FORMAN, SCOTT A. Labor and Employment, Civil Rights Littler Mendelson, P.C. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-400-7500 FORNARIS, CARL A. Banking Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0626 FOSTER, MICHAEL C. Corporate and Business Litigation, Bankruptcy Kaplan Zeena LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3050 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0800

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FOSTER-MORALES, DORI Family and Marital Foster-Morales Sockel Stone LLC 150 W Flagler St., PH II Miami, FL 33130 305-577-0090

FRIEDLAND, JONATHAN R. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff ! { ^ ( ( 1430 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 305 Coral Gables, FL 33416 305-661-2008

FOUNTAIN, JR., DONALD R. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Product Liability - Plaintiff Clark Fountain La Vista Prather Keen & Littky-Rubin LLP 1919 N. Flagler Dr., 2nd Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33407 561-899-2100

FRIEDMAN, DARREN W. Admiralty and Maritime Foreman Friedman, PA 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6555

FOX, GARY D. Medical Malpractice, Product Liability - Plaintiff Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, P.A. 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6644 FOX-ISICOFF, TAMMY Immigration Rifkin and Fox-Isicoff, P.A. 1110 Brickell Ave., Suite 210 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6742 FRANKEL, JED L. Community Associations Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet, P.A. 4000 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 265-S Hollywood, FL 33021 954-894-8000 FRANKLIN, BARRY S. Family and Marital Barry S. Franklin & Associates, P.A. 18851 NE 29th Ave., Suite 410 Aventura, FL 33180 305-940-4000 FREELAND, JORGE L. Corporate and Business, Mergers and Acquisitions White & Case, LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4900 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2700 FREIDIN, PHILIP Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Freidin & Dobrinsky, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3100 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-3666 FREITAG, DEAN M. Corporate and Business, Banking 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600 FREVOLA, JR., ALBERT L. Corporate and Business Litigation, Admiralty and Maritime Conrad & Scherer 633 S. Federal Hwy., 8th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-5500 FRIEDBERG, HOWARD L. Real Estate, Corporate and Business Katz Barron Squitero Faust 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., 7th Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-856-2444 FRIEDLAND, DAVID K. Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property Friedland Vining, P.A. 1500 San Remo Ave., Suite 200 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-777-1720

FRUMKES, MELVYN B. Family and Marital Melvyn B. Frumkes & Associates P.A. 3 Grove Isle Dr., Unit 1106 Miami, FL 33133 305-371-5600 FUERST, MITCHELL S. Tax - Litigation, Corporate and Business Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 32nd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-350-5690 FUERST, SCOTT J. Real Estate Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-764-6660 FURNESS, AMY Corporate and Business Litigation, Product Liability - Defense Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050 GABRIELLE, ERIC G. Labor and Employment Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., 21st Floor PH A Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-9500 GAEBE, GREGOR M. Product Liability - Defense Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo 420 S. Dixie Hwy., 3rd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-667-0223 GAINES, RICHARD H. Corporate and Business Litigation, Construction Litigation Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 100 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-491-1120 GALE, JAMES A. Intellectual Property Litigation, Intellectual Property Feldman Gale, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 30th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5001 GAMBA, TOMAS F. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Product Liability - Plaintiff Gamba & Lombana, P.A. 2701 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Mezzanine Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-4010

GANDER, DEBORAH J. Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Colson Hicks Eidson 255 Alhambra Circle, PH Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-476-7400 GANOZA, LAURA Corporate and Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Foley & Lardner, LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-482-8400 GARCIA, DAVID R. Corporate and Business Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-5565 GARCIA, MAURICE “MANNY� M. Civil Litigation Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 100 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-491-1120 GARCIA-LINARES, MANUEL A. Corporate and Business Litigation, Class Action Litigation Richman Greer, P.A. 396 Alhambra Circle, N. Tower 14th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-373-4000 GARDINER, III, WILLIAM L. Family and Marital Conrad & Scherer 633 S. Federal Hwy., 8th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-5500 GARNO, GREGORY M. Bankruptcy, Corporate and Business Litigation Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300 GART, BRIAN K. Bankruptcy Berger Singerman LLP 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900 GARVIN, DAVID M. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Tax - Litigation David M. Garvin, P.A. 200. S Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3150 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-8101 GASSENHEIMER, JAMES D. Corporate and Business Berger Singerman LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-755-9500 GAYO-GUITIAN, MARIAELENA Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1110 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-453-8000 GEISLER, ROBERT E. Litigation, Professional Malpractice - Defense Marlow, Connell, Abrams, Adler, Newman & Lewis 4000 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 570 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-446-0500

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TOP Lawyers GELFAND, JOANNE Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-463-2700

GERSON, PHILIP M. Premise Liability - Plaintiff Gerson & Schwartz, P.A. 1980 Coral Way Miami, FL 33145 305-371-6000

GENAUER, MARTIN J. Corporate and Business, Real Estate Berger Singerman LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-755-9500

GIBSON, GERRY S. Corporate and Business Litigation Reeder & Reeder P.A. 250 S. Central Blvd., Suite 200 Jupiter, FL 33458 561-575-9871

GENOVESE, GARY S. Medical Malpractice - Defense Conrad & Scherer 633 S. Federal Hwy., 8th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-5500

GILBERT, JEFFREY C. Corporate and Business Litigation Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-765-0500

GENOVESE, JOHN H. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights, Complex Commercial Litigation Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300 GEORGE, JAMES R. Probate and Guardianship Litigation Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-765-0500 GERAGHTY, WILLIAM P. Product Liability - Defense Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5171

GILBERT, ROBERT C. Corporate and Business Litigation, Class Action Litigation Grossman Roth, P.A. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 1150 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-8666 GILMARTIN, KAREN BAUST Workers’ Compensation - Defense Kelley, Kronenberg, Gilmartin, Fichtel, Wander, Bamdas, Eskalyo & Dunbrack, P.A. 15100 NW 67th Ave., Suite 204 Miami Lakes, FL 33014 305-826-7260

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GLADSTONE, PETER L. Family and Marital Gladstone & Weissman, P. A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 2208 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-761-9994

GOLDSTEIN, MICHAEL R. Environmental The Goldstein Environmental Law Firm 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 2120 Miami, FL 33131 305-777-1679

GORTZ, ALBERT W. Trust and Estate Planning Proskauer Rose LLP 2255 Glades Rd., Suite 421 A Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-241-7400

GLASSER, GENE K. Tax, Trust and Estate Planning Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 100 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-491-1120

GOLDSTEIN, RICHARD M. Tax, Corporate and Business Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580

GORZECK, RANA M. Real Estate, Finance Ward, Damon, Posner, Pheterson & Bleau, PL 4420 Beacon Circle West Palm Beach, FL 33407 561-842-3000

GONZALEZ, DANIEL E. Corporate and Business Litigation, International Arbitration Hogan Lovells US LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33131 305-459-6500

GOULD, BRADLEY S. Eminent Domain Litigation, Real Estate Land Use and Zoning Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-789-7770

GONZALEZ, ERVIN A. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Colson Hicks Eidson 255 Alhambra Circle, PH Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-476-7400

GRADY, ROBERT C. Corporate and Business Litigation Katz Barron Squitero Faust 100 NE 3rd Ave., Suite 280 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-522-3636

GLASSMAN, LISA I. Real Estate, Real Estate - Commercial Lisa I. Glassman, P.A. 18851 NE 29th Ave., Suite 700 Aventura, FL 33180 305-792-7240 GOLD, ALAN C. Telecommunications, Corporate and Business Litigation Alan C. Gold, P.A. 1501 Sunset Dr., 2nd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33143 305-667-0475 GOLD, DAVID H. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Gold & Gold, P.A. 5295 Town Center Rd., Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33486 561-416-2882 GOLDBERG, DAVID HOWARD Trust and Estate Planning, Tax - Litigation David Howard Goldberg, P.L. 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 1940 Miami, FL 33131 305-760-8888 GOLDBERG, MARTIN B. Civil Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation Lash & Goldberg LLP 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 1200 Miami, FL 33131 305-347-4040 GOLDBERG, MICHAEL I. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-463-2700 GOLDEN, EDWARD I. Probate and Guardianship Litigation Golden & Cowan, P.A. 17345 S. Dixie Hwy. Miami, FL 33157 305-856-5440 GOLDFARB, ALAN Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Alan Goldfarb, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4500 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-3111 GOLDMAN, ROGER S. Real Estate Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-7435 GOLDSTEIN, JOSEPH M. Corporate and Business Litigation Shutts & Bowen LLP 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 2100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-847-3837

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GONZALEZ, III, ENRIQUE Immigration Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP 1 Alhambra Pl., Suite 600 Miami, FL 33134 305-774-5800 GOODIS, RANDY D. "#$ %" ' # ( ! $ )* + Randy Goodis, P.A. 4491 S. State Rd., 7 Suite 102 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 954-922-8384 GORAN, JOHN J. Medical Malpractice - Defense, General Liability - Defense Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers LLP 1000 NW 57th Ct., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33126 305-774-9966 GORDON, KENNETH A. Family and Marital Brinkley Morgan 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., 19th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-522-2200 GORDON, LAWRENCE S. Intellectual Property Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans, Abel, Lurvey, Morrow & Schefer, P.A. 3440 Hollywood Blvd., 2nd Floor Hollywood, FL 33021 954-961-1400 GOREN, SAMUEL S. Government Goren, Cherof, Doody & Ezrol, P.A. 3099 E. Commercial Blvd., Suite 200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-771-4500 GORSON, MATTHEW B. Real Estate Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500

GRANT, MARK F. Real Estate - Commercial Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-764-6660 GREENBERG, LAURENCE A. Intellectual Property Lerner, Greenberg & Stemer LLP 2445 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, FL 33020 954-925-1100 GREENBERG, SUSAN E. Family and Marital Schuttler & Greenberg, LLC 2151 NW Boca Raton Blvd., Suite 100 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-393-0565 GREENBLATT, SANDRA P. Healthcare Sandra Greenblatt, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1730 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-9995 GREENE, CYNTHIA L. Family and Marital, Appellate Greene Smith & Associates, P.A. 7340 SW 61st Ct. Miami, FL 33143 786-268-2553 GREENE, DAVID A. Corporate and Business Litigation Fox Rothschild, LLP 222 Lakeview Ave., Suite 700 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-804-4441 GREENE, MICHAEL S. Real Estate, Construction Boyd & Jenerette, P.A. 200 S. Andrews Ave., Suite 501 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-622-0095 GREENE, NINA Franchise Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300

GREENSPOON, GERALD Real Estate - Hotels and Resorts Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 100 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-491-1120 GREER, ALAN G. Civil Litigation, Antitrust Litigation Richman Greer, P.A. 396 Alhambra Circle, N. Tower 14th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-373-4000 GREGOIRE, NANCY W. Appellate Kirschbaum, Birnbaum, Lippman & Gregoire, PLLC 1301 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 230 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-617-2300 GROSS, BRADLEY J. Technology The Law Firm of Bradley Gross, P.A. 2645 Executive Park Dr., Suite 119 Weston, FL 33331 954-217-6225 GROSSMAN, GREGORY S. Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights, Bankruptcy Astigarraga Davis 701 Brickell Ave., 16th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-372-8282 GROSSMAN, ROBERT L. Corporate and Business, Securities Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500 GROSSMAN, STUART I. Labor and Employment, Corporate and Business Litigation Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 22th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-403-8788

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HAGER, JOHN S. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Hager & Schwartz P.A. 2450 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 105 Hollywood, FL 33020 305-500-9959

GURLAND, JR., HARVEY W. Corporate and Business Litigation Duane Morris LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd, Suite 3400 Miami, FL 33131 305-960-2200

HAGGARD, MICHAEL ANDREW Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Premise Liability - Plaintiff The Haggard Law Firm 330 Alhambra Circle Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-446-5700

GUSO, JORDI Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights Berger Singerman LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-755-9500

HAGGARD, WILLIAM ANDREW Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff The Haggard Law Firm 330 Alhambra Circle Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-446-5700

GUZZI, GARY J. Insurance, Corporate and Business Litigation 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

HALICZER, JAMES S. Medical Malpractice - Defense, Legal Malpractice - Defense Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm, P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., 7th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-523-9922

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HALL, ANDREW C. Corporate and Business Litigation Hall, Lamb and Hall, P.A. 2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH 1 Miami, FL 33133 305-374-5030 HALL, DONALD RAYMOND Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning, Environmental Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-2000 HALSEY, DOUGLAS M. Environmental, Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning White & Case, LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4900 Miami, FL 33131 305-995-5268 HAMAWAY, MICHAEL P. Corporate and Business Litigation Mombach, Boyle & Hardin, P.A. 500 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1950 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-467-2200

HARPER, GEORGE R. Banking, International Harper Meyer Perez Hagen O’Connor Albert & Dribin LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-3443

HECTOR, ALICE G. Corporate and Business Litigation, Class Action Litigation 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

HARRIS, LYNDA J. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Carlton Fields, P.A. 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1200 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-7070

HELFMAN, STEPHEN J. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning, Real Estate Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-854-0800

HARRIS, ROBERT Corporate and Business Litigation Stack Fernandez Anderson & Harris, P.A. 1200 Brickell Ave., Suite 950 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-0001 HART, JOHN R. Civil Litigation, Real Estate - Litigation Carlton Fields, P.A. 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1200 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-7070

HAMILTON, JERRY D. Admiralty and Maritime Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel LLP 150 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 1200 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-3686

HARTOG, JACK P. Government GrayRobinson, P.A. 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-416-6880

HAMMON, CHRISTOPHER P. Labor and Employment - Management Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-0506

HARTOG, ROSS R. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty & Hartog, P.A. 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1800 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-5000

HANKINS, JAMES M. Real Estate, Corporate and Business Hankins Northwood Roman Wenzel P.L. 1800 N. Military Trail, Suite 160 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-862-4132

HARTZ, CHARLES MICHAEL Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff George, Hartz & Lundeen 4800 LeJeune Rd. Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-662-4800

HANNON, JAMES A. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Hannon & Boyers, P.A. 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 1010 Miami, FL 33133 305-358-3109

HASTY, III, FREDERICK E. Professional Liability - Defense, Medical Malpractice - Defense Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A. 2800 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 800 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-3939

HANSON, THOMAS A. Real Estate - Commercial, Corporate and Business Carlton Fields, P.A. 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1200 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-7070

HAUSER, ROBERT J. Corporate and Business Litigation Beasley Hauser Kramer & Galardi, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1500 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-835-0900

HARDIN, DAVID C. Real Estate Mombach, Boyle & Hardin, P.A 500 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1950 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-467-2200

HAUSMANN, MICHELLE M. Family and Marital Hausmann & Hickman, P.A. 2423 Quantum Blvd. Boynton Beach, FL 33426 561-732-7030

HARGROVE, JOHN R. Appellate, Corporate and Business Litigation Hargrove Pierson & Brown P.A. 21 SE 5th St., Suite 200 Boca Raton, FL 33432 561-300-3900

HAWKINS, SCOTT G. Corporate and Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3000

HARKE, LANCE A. Corporate and Business Litigation Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP 9699 NE 2nd Ave. Miami Shores, FL 33138 305-536-8220

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HAYDEN, DONALD J. Corporate and Business Litigation, International Arbitration Baker & McKenzie LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 1700 Miami, FL 33131 305-789-8900

HELLER, DAN P. Trust and Estate Planning Heller Waldman, P.L. 3250 Mary St., Suite 102 Coconut Grove, FL 33133 305-448-4144 HELLMAN, CARMEN ALPIZAR Corporate and Business Litigation, Probate and Guardianship Litigation Hellman Mederos & Yelin, P.L. 100 Almeria Ave., Suite 340 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-503-3050 HENNESSEY, III, WILLIAM T. Trust and Estate - Litigation, Trust and Estate Planning Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 500E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1980 HENRY, III, EDMUND T. Litigation Shutts & Bowen LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6300 HENRY, THORNTON M. Trust and Estate Planning, Probate and Guardianship Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3000 HERNANDEZ, ARTURO V. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Arturo V. Hernandez, P.A. 2937 SW 27th Ave., Suite 101 Miami, FL 33133 305-443-7527 HERNANDEZ, EDWARD Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Defense Falk, Waas, Hernandez, Cortina, Solomon & Bonner, P.A. 135 San Lorenzo Ave., Suite 500 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-447-6500 HERNANDEZ, EUGENIO Immigration Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., PH-1225 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-779-3560 HERNANDEZ, PATRICIA M. Corporate and Business, Finance Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., PH-1225 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-779-3560

HERNANDEZ-TORAĂ‘O, JORGE L. Entertainment and Sports, Securities Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500

HOFFMAN, JUNE GALKOSKI Appellate Fowler White Burnett P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., 21st Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-377-8100

HERRON, ANDREW R. Bankruptcy, Corporate and Business Litigation Herron Jacobs Ortiz, P.A. 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 840 Miami, FL 33131 305-779-8100

HOGAN, JOHN M. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500

HICKEY, JOHN H. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Admiralty and Maritime Hickey Law Firm, P.A. 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 510 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-8000

HOLIFIELD, MARILYN J. Corporate and Business Litigation Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500

HICKMAN, AMY U. Family and Marital Hausmann & Hickman, P.A. 2423 Quantum Blvd. Boynton Beach, FL 33426 561-732-7030

HOLLAND, W. SAMUEL Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff W. Sam Holland, ESQ 12700 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 402 Miami, FL 33181 305-893-9606

HICKS, MARK Appellate, Insurance Litigation - Defense Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A. 799 Brickell Plaza, Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8171

HOLM, LAURA M. Corporate and Business 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900

HIGER, MICHAEL Civil Practice Higer Lichter & Givner LLP 18305 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 402 Aventura, FL 33160 305-933-9970 HILL, MARLON A. Corporate and Business Delancy Hill, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2812 Miami, FL 33131 786-777-0184 HILL, WILLIAM K. Corporate and Business Litigation, Arbitration Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3400 Miami, FL 33131 305-376-6000

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HOLTON, JR., RAYMOND O. Corporate and Business Litigation, Insurance Litigation - Defense Catri, Holton, Kessler & Kessler, P.A. 633 S. Andrews Ave., 3rd Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-463-8593 HONKONEN, ELIZABETH B. Professional Liability - Defense, Corporate and Business Litigation Kenny Nachwalter, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1100 Miami, FL 33131 305-373-1000 HOUCK, MARK R. Admiralty and Maritime Houck Anderson, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33131 305-372-9044 HOUSTON, BART A. Bankruptcy Kopelowitz Ostrow, P.A. 200 SW 1st Ave., 12th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33432 954-525-4100 HUDSON, CRAIG S. Professional Liability - Defense Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C 100 NE 3rd Ave., Suite 1100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-847-4920

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HIRSCHFELD, NEAL W. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 100 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-491-1120 HIRSCHHORN, JOEL Appellate, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Hirschhorn & Bieber, P.A. 550 Biltmore Way, PH 3A Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-445-5320 HOCHMAN, JEFFREY L. Corporate and Business Litigation, Government Litigation Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper & Hochman, P.A. 2455 E. Sunrise Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 954-463-0100 HOFFMAN, FREDRIC A. Tax Cohen, Chase, Hoffman & Schimmel, P.A. 9400 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 600 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-0201

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HUDSON, PHILLIP M. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights Arnstein & Lehr LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3600 Miami, FL 33131 305-357-2003 HUDSON, JR., ROBERT F. Tax Baker & McKenzie LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 1700 Miami, FL 33131 305-789-8900 HUTTON, III, JOHN B. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500

JAFFE, STEVEN R. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L. 425 N. Andrews Ave., Suite 2 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-524-2820 JAMES, III, GORDON Personal Injury, Wrongful Death - Defense Sedgwick LLP 2400 E. Commercial Blvd., Suite 1100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-958-2500 JENSEN, BONNI SPATARA Pension Klausner, Kaufman, Jensen & Levinson 400 Executive Center Dr., Suite 207 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-686-6550

JOSEPH, SETH P. Mergers and Acquisitions, Securities Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-7265 JOSEPHER, RICHARD A. Tax Gutter Chaves Josepher Rubin Forman Fleisher P.A. 2101 Corporate Blvd., Suite 107 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-998-7847 JOSEPHS, MICHAEL R. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff The Josephs Law Firm 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., 7th Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-445-3800

IANNO, JR., JOSEPH Corporate and Business Litigation Carlton Fields, P.A. 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1200 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-7070

JIMENEZ, ADOLFO E. International Litigation, Media Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500

IGLESIAS, JOANNA E. Corporate and Business, Mergers and Acquisitions Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580

JOBLOVE, MICHAEL D. Franchise, Corporate and Business Litigation Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300

IGOE, JOHN G. Corporate and Business, Securities Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-820-0242

JOHNSON, E. BRUCE Civil Practice, Government Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper & Hochman, P.A. 2455 E. Sunrise Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 954-463-0100

KAINEN, DENNIS G. Tax - Litigation, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Weisberg and Kainen, P.L. 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5544

JOHNSON, ETHAN W. Investment Management, Banking Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 5300 Miami, FL 33131 305-415-3000

KALB, MARTIN Tax, Trust and Estate Planning Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500

JOHNSON, JOSEPH R. Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Babbitt Johnson Osborne & LeClainche, P.A. 1641 Worthington Rd., Suite 100 West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-684-2500

KALISH, MARTIN I. Healthcare Arnstein & Lehr LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3600 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-3330

IMPERATO, GABRIEL L. Healthcare Broad and Cassel 100 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 2700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-764-7060 ISICOFF, ERIC D. Civil Practice, Corporate and Business Litigation Isicoff, Ragatz & Koenigsberg 1200 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-373-3232 JACOBS, KEVIN P. Corporate and Business Litigation Herron Jacobs Ortiz, P.A. 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 840 Miami, FL 33131 305-779-8100 JACOBS, MELISSA J. Family and Marital Coffey Burlington 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., PH Miami, FL 33133 305-858-2900 JACOBSON, BERNARD Corporate and Business, Securities 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600 JACOBSON, DANIEL Corporate and Business, Healthcare 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

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JOHNSON, VIRGINIA E. Litigation ^ } ( 4770 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1000 MIAMI, FL 33137 305-438-9899 JORDEN, JAMES FREDERICK Insurance Litigation, Pension Litigation Jorden Burt LLP 777 Brickell Ave., Suite 500 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2600 JOSEFSBERG, ROBERT C. Corporate and Business Litigation, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Podhurst Orseck, P.A. 25 W. Flagler St., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33130 305-358-2800 JOSEPH, ALLAN A. Civil Litigation Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 32nd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-350-5690

JOVANOVICH, NICK Tax, Corporate and Business Berger Singerman LLP 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900 JULIN, THOMAS R. Media Hunton & Williams LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 305-810-2500

KANE, JULIE BRAMAN Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Product Liability - Plaintiff Colson Hicks Eidson 255 Alhambra Circle, PH Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-476-7400 KAPLAN, ABBEY L. Business Torts, Corporate and Business Litigation Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 17th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-379-9000 KAPLAN, JAMES M. Securities Kaplan Zeena LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3050 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0800 KAPLAN, JEFFREY B. Securities - Litigation and Arbitration Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A. 2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH 2B Miami, FL 33133 305-374-1920

KAPLAN, SETH R. Tax, Trust and Estate Planning Berger Singerman LLP 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900

KEGERREIS, SHARON L. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Berger Singerman LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-755-9500

KAPNER, LEWIS Family and Marital Kapner & Kapner, P.A. 250 Australian Ave. S., Suite 1402 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-3000

KELLER, D. DAVID Litigation Keller Landsberg PA 500 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1400 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-761-3550

KARLINSKY, FRED E. Government Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., 23rd Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-492-4010

KELLER, JOHN R. Corporate and Business Litigation Fowler White Boggs 1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-703-3900

KARPF, MITCHELL K. Family and Marital Young, Berman, Karpf & Gonzalez, P.A. 2400 N. Commerce Pkwy., Suite 309 Weston, FL 33326 954-809-3300 KARR, THOMAS M. Financial Litigation Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3400 Miami, FL 33131 305-376-6014 KASDIN, NEISEN O. Real Estate 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

KELLER, III, JOHN W. Admiralty and Maritime Keller & Bolz 121 Majorca Ave., Suite 200 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-529-8500 KELLEY, ALLAN R. Admiralty and Maritime, Litigation Fowler White Burnett P.A. 1395 Brickell Ave., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-789-9200 KELLEY, ROHAN Trust and Estate Planning, Financial Litigation The Kelley Law Firm, P.L. 3365 Galt Ocean Dr. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-563-1400

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KELLOGG, LAWRENCE A. Bankruptcy, Corporate and Business Litigation Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 22th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-403-8788 KELSKY, BRAD E. Civil Litigation Kelsky Law, P.A. 1250 S. Pine Island Rd., Suite 250 Plantation, FL 33324 954-449-1400 KENNEDY, PATRICIA Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff

( } 2350 S. Dixie Hwy. Miami, FL 33133 305-854-4900 KERR, JENNIFER A. Insurance Litigation - Defense Campbell Law Firm PLLC 95 Merrick Way, Suite 514 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-6040 KIM, JAY Corporate and Business Litigation Ward Kim Vaughan & Lerner LLP 100 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 2001 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-527-1115 KING, BRUCE CHARLES Corporate and Business Litigation, Construction Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050

KATZ, MICHAEL D. Litigation, Real Estate Katz Barron Squitero Faust 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., 7th Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-856-2444 KATZ, THOMAS O. Tax, Corporate and Business Katz Baskies LLC 2255 Glades Rd., Suite 240-W Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-910-5700 KAUFMAN, BRADFORD D. Securities - Litigation and Arbitration Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 300E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-7900 KAVOUKJIAN, MICHAEL E. Trust and Estate Planning White & Case, LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4900 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2700 KEAN, MICHAEL I. Corporate and Business Litigation Berman, Kean & Riguera, P.A. 2101 W. Commercial Blvd., Suite 2800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-735-0000 KEEN, W. HAMPTON Product Liability - Plaintiff, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Clark Fountain La Vista Prather Keen & LittkyRubin LLP 1919 N. Flagler Dr., 2nd Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33407 561-899-2100

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KIRSCHBAUM, JOEL L. Family and Marital Kirschbaum, Birnbaum, Lippman & Gregoire, PLLC 1301 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 230 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-617-2300 KISSANE, EUGENE P. Corporate and Business Litigation Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A. 9150 S. Dadeland Blvd., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33156 305-350-5300 KLEIN, ROBERT M. Professional Liability - Defense, Corporate and Business Litigation Klein Glasser Park Lowe & Pelstring, P.L. 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1225 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-3700

KOFMAN, ROBERT T. Labor and Employment - Management Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3200 KOHLMAN, ROBERT F. Family and Marital, Corporate and Business Litigation Buckner, Shifrin, Rice, Etter & Kohlman, P.A. 46 SW 1st St., 2nd Floor Miami, Fl 33130 305-679-9744 KOPELOWITZ, BRIAN R. Real Estate - Litigation Kopelowitz Ostrow, P.A. 200 SW 1st Ave., Suite 1200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-4100

KLINE, CHARLES C. Corporate and Business Litigation, International Litigation White & Case, LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4900 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2700

KORCHIN, JUDITH M. Litigation, Tax - Litigation Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500

KLINGHOFFER, TEDDY D. Corporate and Business 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

KORNREICH, GERALD I. Family and Marital Kornreich & Associates 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 3510 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-9111

KLOCK, JR., JOSEPH P. Litigation Rasco Klock Reininger Perez Esquenazi Vigil & Nieto 283 Catalonia Ave., 2nd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-476-7100

KORNSPAN, SCOTT A. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Civil Litigation Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1300 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6421

KLOCK, KATHY M. Securities - Litigation and Arbitration 222 Lakeview Ave., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-653-5000 KLUGER, ALAN J. Corporate and Business Litigation Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 17th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-379-9000 KNIGHT, CHRISTOPHER E. Product Liability - Defense, Medical Malpractice - Defense Fowler White Burnett P.A. 1395 Brickell Ave., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-789-9200 KNOX, KENNETH A. Labor and Employment - Management Fisher & Phillips, LLP 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-4800 KOENIGSBERG, JAY Real Estate, Corporate and Business Isicoff, Ragatz & Koenigsberg 1200 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-373-3232

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KOZYAK, JOHN W. Bankruptcy Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., 9th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-372-1800 KRAMER, PETER M. Insurance Litigation, Product Liability - Defense Squire Sanders 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4100 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-7000 KRAMER, WILLIAM S. Corporate and Business, Real Estate Brinkley Morgan 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., 19th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-522-2200 KREEGER, JULIAN H. Civil Practice Julian H. Kreeger, P.A. 2665 S. Bayshore Dr., Ph 1 Miami, FL 33133 305-373-3101 KREITZER, MICHAEL N. Corporate and Business Litigation Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 KREUSLER-WALSH, JANE Appellate Kreusler-Walsh, Compiani & Vargas P.A. 501 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 503 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-5455

KREVANS, SCOTT D. Insurance Litigation - Defense, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Defense Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans, Abel, Lurvey, Morrow & Schefer, P.A. 3440 Hollywood Blvd., 2nd Floor Hollywood, FL 33021 954-961-1400 KRIEGER, ALBERT J. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Appellate Albert J. Krieger, P.A. 2701 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 315 Miami, FL 33133 786-573-4912 KRIMSKY, BETH-ANN E. Corporate and Business Litigation, Real Estate - Litigation Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-764-6660 KRISS, RONALD A. Real Estate, Real Estate - Finance Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3100 Miami, Fl 33131 305-789-9393 KRULIK, HOLLY D. Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee, P.A. 12 SE 7th St., Suite 801 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-763-8181 KRUPNICK, JON E. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Product Liability - Plaintiff Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee, P.A. 12 SE 7th St., Suite 801 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-763-8181 KUCERA, JEFFREY T. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights K&L Gates LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3900 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-3300 KUEHNE, BENEDICT P. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Appellate Benedict P. Kuehne, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 3550 Miami, FL 33131 305-789-5989 KUPERMAN, MARC A. Civil Litigation ~*X 7695 SW 104th St., Suite 210 Miami, FL 33156 305-663-3333 KURKIN, ALEX J. Automotive Dealership Kurkin Forehand Brandes, LLP 18851 NE 29th Ave., Suite 303 Aventura, FL 33180 305-929-8500 KURZBAN, IRA J. Immigration Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli & Pratt, P.A. 2650 SW 27th Ave., 2nd Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-444-0060

KUTNER, ARNO Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Kutner, Rubinoff & Moss, P.A. 501 NE 1st Ave., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33132 305-358-6200 KUTNER, MAURICE JAY Family and Marital Kutner & Associates, P.A. 44 W. Flagler St., 11th Floor Miami, FL 33130 305-377-9411 KUVIN, SPENCER T. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Cohen & Kuvin 955 NW 17th Ave., Building D Delray Beach, FL 33445 561-665-8020 LA VISTA, NANCY L. Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Clark Fountain La Vista Prather Keen & LittkyRubin LLP 1919 N. Flagler Dr., 2nd Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33407 561-899-2100 LAMB, ADAM J. Corporate and Business Litigation Hall, Lamb and Hall, P.A. 2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH 1 Miami, FL 33133 305-374-5030 LAMPERT, DANIEL Corporate and Business, Securities Berger Singerman LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-755-9500

LASRIS, LEE F. Healthcare Florida Health Law Center 10200 W. State Rd 84, Suite 106 Davie, FL 33324 954-358-0155 LAWRENCE, GOODMAN D. Corporate and Business Litigation Devine Goodman Rasco & Wells, P.A. 777 Brickell Ave., Suite 850 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8200 LEBEDEKER, BERNARD A. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Corporate and Business Litigation Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman LLP 303 Banyan Blvd., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-842-2820 LEBOW, PATRICIA Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Defense and Plaintiff, Corporate and Business Litigation Broad and Cassel 1 N. Clematis St., Suite 500 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-832-3300 LEE, TIFFANI G. Securities - Litigation and Arbitration, Corporate and Business Litigation Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500

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LEEDS, SCOTT W. Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff The Cochran Firm Miami 2541 SW 27th Ave., Suite 100 Miami, FL 33133 305-567-1200 LEESFIELD, IRA H. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff

( } 2350 S. Dixie Hwy. Miami, FL 33133 305-854-4900 LEHMAN, THOMAS R. Bankruptcy, Corporate and Business Litigation Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 22th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-403-8788 LEIBOWITZ, MARK A. Medical Malpractice - Defense, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Wolpe Leibowitz & Fernandez, L.L.P. 28 W. Flagler St., 11th Floor Miami, FL 33130 305-372-0060 LEIGHTON, JOHN ELLIOTT Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff, Product Liability Plaintiff, Resort Torts Leighton Law 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-347-3151

LANDY, BURTON A. $ " X* { * % "{+ 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600 LANDY, LISA A. International Therrel Baisden, P.A. 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 2950 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-5758 LANG, CHAD K. Labor and Employment - Management Meyer Moser Lang LLP 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 1080 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-423-0600 LAPIDUS, STEVEN B. Labor and Employment, Tax Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500 LARA, RICHARD D. Corporate and Business Litigation Mase, Lara, Eversole, P.A. 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33133 305-377-3770 LASH, ALAN D. Civil Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation Lash & Goldberg LLP 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 1200 Miami, FL 33131 305-347-4040 2013

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LEINOFF, ANDREW M. Family and Marital Leinoff & Lemos, P.A. 7301 SW 57 Ct., Suite 545 South Miami, FL 33143 305-661-1556

LEVINE, SCOTT D. Real Estate Rennert Vogel Mandler & Rodriguez, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2900 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-4177

LINDSEY, III, H. EUGENE International Litigation Katz Barron Squitero Faust 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., 7th Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-856-2444

LEMOS, NATALIE SCHARF Family and Marital Leinoff & Lemos, P.A. 7301 SW 57 Ct., Suite 545 South Miami, FL 33143 305-661-1556

LEVINE, TODD A. Real Estate - Litigation Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 17th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-379-9000

LINK, AMY L. Immigration Bernstein Osberg-Braun Caco & Solow, LLC 11900 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 700 Miami, FL 33181 305-895-0300

LEONARD, PATRICIA A. Corporate and Business Litigation Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 300E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-7900

LEVY, BENJAMIN D. Workers’ Compensation, Insurance Litigation - Defense Pyszka, Blackmon, Levy, Mowers & Kelley 14750 NW 77th Ct., Suite 300 Miami Lakes, FL 33016 305-512-3737

LINK, SCOTT J. Corporate and Business Litigation, Securities Litigation and Arbitration Ackerman, Link & Sartory, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 800E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-838-4100

LEOPOLD, THEODORE J. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Leopold Law P.A. 2925 PGA Blvd., Suite 200 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-515-1400

LEWIS, ANDREW I. Real Estate, Real Estate - Condominium Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet, P.A. 4000 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 265-S Hollywood, FL 33021 954-894-8000

LINK, WENDY SARTORY Real Estate - Finance, Commercial Finance Ackerman, Link & Sartory, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 800E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-838-4100

LEWIS, HAROLD L. Real Estate, Corporate and Business Pathman Lewis, LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2400 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-2425

LITTKY-RUBIN, JULIE H. Appellate Clark Fountain La Vista Prather Keen & Littky-Rubin LLP 1919 N. Flagler Dr., 2nd Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33407 561-899-2100

LEWIS, JEANNETE C. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Plaintiff, Aviation The Haggard Law Firm 330 Alhambra Circle Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-446-5700

LITTLE, III, JOHN W. Real Estate - Eminent Domain Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 500E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1980

LEWIS, ROBERT F. Administrative & Regulatory GrayRobinson, P.A. 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-416-6880

LOCHRIE, III, ROBERT B. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Lochrie & Chakas, P.A. 1401 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-779-1119

LEWIS, SAMUEL A. Technology, Intellectual Property Feldman Gale, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 30th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5001

LODISH, ALVIN D. Corporate and Business Litigation, Civil Litigation Daniels Kashtan Downs Robertson + McGirney, P.A. 3300 Ponce De Leon Blvd. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-7988

LERNER, JOSHUA D. Corporate and Business Litigation, Professional Liability Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A. 80 SW 8th St., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33130 305-358-5577 LESHAW, JAMES P. S. Bankruptcy Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500 LESSER, GARY S. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Lesser, Lesser, Landy & Smith, P.A. 101 Northpoint Parkway West Palm Beach, FL 33407 561-655-2028 LESSER, STEVEN B. Construction Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. 3111 Stirling Rd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33312 954-987-7550 LESTER, PAUL A. Real Estate, Corporate and Business * 9150 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1400 Miami, FL 33156 305-350-5344

LEWIS, TERRY E. Government Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. 515 N. Flagler Dr., Suite 1500 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-640-0820

LOPEZ, JARED M. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1300 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6421

LEVENSON, FREDERIC L. Corporate and Business, Mergers and Acquisitions McDermott Will & Emery 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-3500

LICHTMAN, CHARLES H. Corporate and Business Litigation, Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights Berger Singerman LLP 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900

LOPEZ, JORGE RAIMUNDO International Labor and Employment Littler Mendelson, P.C. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-400-7500

LEVINE, DANIEL R. Labor and Employment Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman & Gora, P.A. 7777 Glades Rd., Suite 400 Boca Raton, FL 33434 561-477-7800

LICKO, CAROL A. Corporate and Business Litigation, Appellate Hogan Lovells US LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33131 305-459-6500

LEVINE, DAVID M. Bankruptcy, Receivership Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 22th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-403-8788

LOPEZ, PAUL OCTAVIO Labor and Employment - Management, Corporate and Business Litigation Tripp Scott 110 SE 6th St., 15th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-7500

LICKSTEIN, FRED K. Corporate and Business, Finance Fowler White Burnett P.A. 1395 Brickell Ave., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-789-9200

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LOREN, BRUCE E. Construction Litigation Bruce E. Loren & Associates 2000 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 501 West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-615-5701

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LUMPKIN, R. HUGH Insurance Litigation Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 30th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-577-3996

LORENZO, RICHARD C. International Litigation Hogan Lovells US LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33131 305-459-6500

LUBART, LEONARD Real Estate - Condominium, Real Estate Hotels and Resorts Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 100 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-491-1120

LUNDEEN, A. SCOTT Medical Malpractice - Defense, Insurance Litigation - Defense Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A. 2800 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 800 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-3939

LOTT, LESLIE J. Intellectual Property Lott & Fischer, P.L. 355 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1100 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-7089

LUBETSKY, CARY A. Corporate and Business Litigation Krinzman, Huss & Lubetsky LLP 800 Brickell Ave., Suite 1501 Miami, FL 33131 305-854-9700

LUTHER, KELLY ANNE Product Liability - Defense Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., Suite 1420 Miami, FL 33131 305-377-1666

LOUMIET, CARLOS E. International Banking, Finance DLA Piper LLP (US) 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 305-423-8500

LUBIN, RICHARD G. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Richard G. Lubin, P.A. 1217 S. Flagler Dr., 2nd Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-2040

LUTTIER, MARK T. Family and Marital, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman LLP 303 Banyan Blvd., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-842-2820

LOWRY, PATRICIA E. Labor and Employment - Management, Product Liability - Defense Squire Sanders 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1900 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-7200

LUMPKIN, CAROL C. Labor and Employment Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation K&L Gates LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3900 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-3300

LORENZEN, DIRK Family and Marital, Corporate and Business Litigation Lorenzen Law, P.A. 150 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1220 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-447-1203

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LYNN, JONATHON P. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Defense, Medical Malpractice - Defense Chimpoulis, Hunter & Lynn, P.A. 7901 SW 36th St., Suite 206 Davie, FL 33328 954-463-0033 LYTAL, III, LAKE H. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath 515 N. Flagler Dr., 10th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1990

MANDEL, MATTHEW H. Government Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1900 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-763-4242 MANKUTA, DAVID B. Construction Fowler White Boggs 1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-703-3900

LYTAL, JR., LAKE Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Product Liability - Plaintiff Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath 515 N. Flagler Dr., 10th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1990

MANOFF, STUART R. Family and Marital Stuart R. Manoff & Associates, P.A. 515 N. Flagler Dr., Suite 2125 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-3993

MACAULAY, ROBERT B. Corporate and Business, Securities Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050

MARCH, BRUCE I. Corporate and Business, Securities Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-765-0500

MAGER, SCOTT A. Corporate and Business Litigation, Appellate Mager Lawyers, LLC 2300 E. Oakland Park Blvd., Suite 206 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306 954-763-2800

MARIANI, JOHN F. Corporate and Business Litigation Shutts & Bowen LLP 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-835-8500

MAHFOOD, GEORGE G. Corporate and Business Litigation Broad and Cassel 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 21st Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-9430

MARINBERG, DANIEL Real Estate Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500

MALLOY, III, JOHN CYRIL Intellectual Property Malloy & Malloy, P.L. 2800 SW 3rd Ave. Miami, FL 33129 305-858-8000

MARINO, JR., STEPHEN A. Insurance Litigation Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 30th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-577-3996

MALLOY, JENNIE SUE Intellectual Property Malloy & Malloy, P.L. 2800 SW 3rd Ave. Miami, FL 33129 305-858-8000

MARKO, DAVID EVERETT Corporate and Business, International Marko, Magolnick, P.A. 3001 SW 3rd Ave. Miami, FL 33129 305-285-2000

MALONE, KEVIN A. Aviation, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee, P.A. 12 SE 7th St., Suite 801 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-763-8181

MARKOWITZ, JERRY M. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty & Hartog, P.A. 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1800 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-5000

MALTZMAN, JEFFREY Corporate and Business Litigation Maltzman & Partners P.A. 55 Miracle Mile, Suite 320 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-779-5665 MANDEL, DAVID S. Corporate and Business Litigation, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Mandel & Mandel LLP 169 E. Flagler St., Suite 1200 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7771

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MARKS, STEVEN C. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Podhurst Orseck, P.A. 25 W. Flagler St., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33130 305-358-2800 MARKUS, ANDREW J. Corporate and Business, Securities Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050 MARKUS, DAVID OSCAR Appellate, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Markus & Markus PLLC 40 NW 3rd St., PH 1 Miami, FL 33128 305-379-6667

MARKUS, MONA E. Appellate, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Markus & Markus PLLC 40 NW 3rd St., PH 1 Miami, FL 33128 305-379-6667 MARTINEZ, JR., ELIO F. Corporate and Business Litigation Concepcion Martinez & Bellido 255 Aragon Ave., 2nd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-6669 MARTINEZ, JUAN C. Corporate and Business Litigation, Real Estate - Litigation GrayRobinson, P.A. 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-416-6880 MARTINEZ, ROBERTO Litigation, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Colson Hicks Eidson 255 Alhambra Circle, PH Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-476-7400 MARTINEZ-FRAGA, PEDRO J. International Litigation " X %# + 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 305-423-8500 MARTIN-LAVIELLE, ANA Family and Marital Perez-Abreu & Martin-Lavielle, P.A. 901 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 502 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-443-8794 MARX, JAMES Corporate and Business, Real Estate Marx & Frankel, PA 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 2900 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-0276 MAS, CARLOS A. Corporate and Business, Securities Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-7375 MASE, CURTIS J. Civil Litigation Mase, Lara, Eversole, P.A. 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33133 305-377-3770 MATTHEWS, JOSEPH M. Corporate and Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Colson Hicks Eidson 255 Alhambra Circle, PH Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-476-7400 MAYBACK, GREGORY L. Intellectual Property Mayback & Hoffman, P.A. 5722 S. Flamingo Rd., Suite 232 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33330 954-704-1599 MAYERSOHN, LEAH H. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Real Estate - Litigation Mayersohn Law Group, P.A. 101 NE 3rd Ave., Suite 1250 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-765-1900

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TOP Lawyers MCCABE, RYON M. Corporate and Business Litigation, Civil Litigation McCabe Rabin, P.A. 1601 Forum Place, Suite 505 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-7878

MCDONALD, JAMES E. Civil Litigation McLuskey and McDonald, P.A. 8821 SW 69th Court Miami, FL 33156 305-662-6160

MCMILLAN, JANE W. Trust and Estate Planning Stokes McMillan Antunez, P.A. 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 1750 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-4008

MCCARRON, DOUGLAS J. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff The Haggard Law Firm 330 Alhambra Circle Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-446-5700

MCGRANE, III, MILES A. Medical Malpractice - Defense, General Liability - Defense McGrane, Nosich and Ganz, P.A. 75 Valencia Ave., Suite 1100 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-4800

MCMILLAN, MARIA L. Family and Marital  ! ( 717 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 328 Coral Gables, FL 33134 786-552 5660

MCCORMICK, LESLIE A. Medical Malpractice - Defense Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A. 2800 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 800 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305--448-3939 MCCOY, JACKSON F. Professional Liability - Defense, Medical Malpractice - Defense Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A. 2800 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 800 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-3939 MCCULLOUGH, WILLIAM G. Banking, Corporate and Business Shutts & Bowen LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6300 MCDONALD, DAVID M. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff McLuskey and McDonald, P.A. 8821 SW 69th Court Miami, FL 33156 305-662-6160

MCNALLY, JOHN J. Environmental, Administrative & Regulatory John J. McNally, P.A. 7281 SW 52 Ct Miami, FL 33143 305-666-7936

MCGUIGAN, THOMAS R. Corporate and Business, Securities Squire Sanders 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1900 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-7200

MEADOW, BARRY L. Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff ? ( 169 E. Flagler St., Suite 1131 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-9880

MCGUINNESS, NEIL F. Labor and Employment - Management, Labor and Employment Litigation Neil F. McGuinness, P.A. 11645 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33181 305-981-4301 MCGUIRE, JANINE K. General Liability, Medical Malpractice - Defense Conrad & Scherer 633 S. Federal Hwy., 8th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-5500

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MEEKS, THOMAS J. Corporate and Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050 MELAND, MARK S. Real Estate, Real Estate - Condominium Meland Russin & Budwick, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6363 MELE, DENNIS D. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-764-6660 MENA, DANIEL O. Corporate and Business Litigation, Arbitration Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., PH-1225 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-779-3560 MENENDEZ-CAMBO, PATRICIA M. Corporate and Business, Securities Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500 MENOR, ARTHUR J. Real Estate, Commercial Leasing Shutts & Bowen LLP 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-835-8500 MERLIN, ROBERT J. Family and Marital Robert J. Merlin, P.A. 95 Merrick Way, Suite 420 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-1555 MESSANA, THOMAS M. Bankruptcy Messana, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-712-7400 METZGER, JOHN T. Real Estate, Corporate and Business Litigation McDonald Hopkins 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 300 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-472-2121 MEYER, JAMES M. Aviation, International Harper Meyer Perez Hagen O’Connor Albert & Dribin LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-3443 MEYERS, DAWN M. Government Berger Singerman LLP 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900 MICHAUD, SCOTT H. Medical Malpractice - Defense Michaud Mittelmark Marowitz & Asrani, P.A. 621 NW 53rd St., Suite 260 Boca Raton, FL 33487 561-392-0540

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MILANO, NICHOLAS G. Construction, Real Estate Holland & Knight LLP 1 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-1000

MOMBACH, GEOFFREY S. Real Estate, Commercial Finance Mombach, Boyle & Hardin, P.A. 500 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1950 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-467-2200

MILES, SETH E. Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Grossman Roth, P.A. 2525 Ponce De Leon Blvd., Suite 1150 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-8666

MOODY, STEVE E. Real Estate, Corporate and Business Moody, Jones Ingino & Morehead, P.A. 1333 S. University Dr., Suite 201 Plantation, FL 33324 954-473-6605

MILLER, ALISON W. Corporate and Business, Securities Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3200 MILLER, DANIEL A. Bankruptcy, Corporate and Business Litigation Broad and Cassel 1 N. Clematis St., Suite 500 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-832-3300

MOORE, MICHAEL T. Admiralty and Maritime, Aviation Moore & Company, P.A. 355 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1100 Coral Gables, FL 33134 786-924-6205 MOOREFIELD, JR., HAROLD D. Bankruptcy Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3320

MILLER, JAMES FOX Family and Marital Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 2435 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, FL 33020 954-924-0300

MOPSICK, MICHAEL D. Corporate and Business Litigation, Trust and Estate - Litigation Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP 5355 Town Center Rd., Suite 900 Boca Raton, FL 33486 561-241-0414

MILLER, JAMES M. Franchise 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

MORA, GRACE M. Labor and Employment Hunton & Williams LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 305-536-2704

MILLER, MATTHEW W. Corporate and Business, Securities Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-768-8259

MORA, MINDY A. Bankruptcy Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580

MILSTEIN, RICHARD Financial Litigation 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

MORALES, CARMEN M. Family and Marital Carmen M. Morales, P.A. 44 W. Flagler St., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33130 305-379-4221

MIRANDA, HELEN L. Insurance Litigation - Defense, Professional Malpractice - Defense Klein Glasser Park Lowe & Pelstring, P.L. 200 SW 1st Ave., Suite 830 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-4602

MORALES, JR., MANUEL R. Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Manuel R. Morales, Jr., P.A. 19 W. Flagler St., Suite 711 Miami, FL 33130 305-374-5050

MISHAN, STEVEN Corporate and Business Litigation, Bankruptcy ! 848 Brickell Ave., Suite 1100 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-5999

MORANTE, THOMAS F. International Banking, Securities Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500

MITRANI, ISAAC J. Civil Litigation Mitrani, Rynor Adamsky & Toland, P.A. 301 Arthur Godfrey Rd., PH Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-358-0050

MORENO, M. CRISTINA Real Estate, Corporate and Business Murai, Wald, Biondo & Moreno, P.A. 1200 Ponce De Leon Blvd Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-0101

MITRIONE, MICHAEL V. Corporate and Business, Mergers and Acquisitions Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 500E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-0553

MORIN, ANTONIO Litigation 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

MORRIS, ELLEN S. Elder Law Elder Law Associates, P.A. 7000 W. Palmetto Park Rd., Suite 205 Boca Raton, FL 33433 561-750-3850 MORRIS, PAUL Civil Practice, Appellate Paul Morris, P.A. 9350 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 1450 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-1441 MOSCOWITZ, JANE W. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Corporate and Business Litigation Moscowitz & Moscowitz, PA 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2050 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-8300 MOSCOWITZ, NORMAN A. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Corporate and Business Litigation Moscowitz & Moscowitz, PA 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2050 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-8300 MOSES, GLENN D. Bankruptcy Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300

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MUIR, WILLIAM T. Trust and Estates Planning, Probate and Guardianship Dunwody White & Landon, P.A. 550 Biltmore Way, Suite 810 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-529-1500

MOSS, A. MARGOT Litigation Markus & Markus PLLC 40 NW 3rd St., PH 1 Miami, FL 33128 305- 379-6667

MULLEN, MICHAEL A. Product Liability - Defense Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo 420 S. Dixie Hwy., 3rd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-667-0223

MOSS, ANDREW M. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Kutner, Rubinoff & Moss, P.A. 501 NE 1st Ave., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33132 305-358-6200 MOSS, EDWARD A. Torts Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5171 MRACHEK, LORIN LOUIS Civil Litigation, Bankruptcy Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald, Rose, Konopka & Dow, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-2250

MULLINS, EDWARD M. International Litigation Astigarraga Davis 701 Brickell Ave., 16th Floor Miami, Fl 33131 305-372-8282 MUÑIZ, JUAN Real Estate - Eminent Domain Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3400 Miami, FL 33131 305-376-6000 MURAI, RENE V. Real Estate - Commercial, Banking Murai, Wald, Biondo & Moreno, P.A. 1200 Ponce De Leon Blvd Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-0101 MURPHY, LEWIS F. Litigation, Corporate and Business Squire Sanders 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4100 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-7000

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MURRAY, JOHN B.T. Probate and Guardianship Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation Squire Sanders 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1900 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-7200 NACHWALTER, MICHAEL Antitrust, Corporate and Business Kenny Nachwalter, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1100 Miami, FL 33131 305-373-1000 NEEDLE, ANDREW Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Needle & Ellenberg, P.A. 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0000 NELSON, BARRY A. Trust and Estate Planning Nelson & Nelson, P.A. 2775 Sunny Isles Blvd., Suite 118 North Miami Beach, FL 33160 305-932-2000 NELSON, GREGORY A. Intellectual Property Novak Druce + Quigg LLP 525 Okeechobee Blvd., 15th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-847-7800 NEMIROFF, PAUL G. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Nemiroff & Auslander, P.A. 777 Brickell Ave., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-9747 NEUBERGER, MARK J. Labor and Employment - Management Foley & Lardner, LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-482-8400

NOSTRO, LOUIS Trust and Estate Planning, Tax Shutts & Bowen LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6300

OSBORNE, JOSEPH A. Torts, Product Liability Babbitt Johnson Osborne & LeClainche, P.A. 1641 Worthington Rd., Suite 100 West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-684-2500

NOVOSELETSKY, ELLEN Corporate and Business Litigation, Insurance Litigation - Defense Shutts & Bowen LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6300

OSBORNE, JR., R. BRADY Trust and Estate Planning Osborne & Osborne, P.A. 798 S. Federal Hwy., Suite 100 Boca Raton, FL 33432 561-395-1000

NUÑEZ-VIVAS, CARLOS A. Corporate and Business Litigation Waserstein Nunez & Foodman 1111 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33131 305-760-8500 O’CONNOR, JOANNE M. Corporate and Business Litigation Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3000 O’HARA, DENNIS M. Aviation, Professional Liability Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A. 515 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-847-4800 O’CONNOR, KEVIN P. Medical Malpractice - Defense ^ } ( 4770 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1000 Miami, FL 33137 305-438-9899 OLETSKY JASON S. Corporate and Business Litigation, Entertainment and Sports 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-463-2700

OSMAN, EDITH G. Corporate and Business Litigation, Family and Marital Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050 OVELMEN, RICHARD J. Intellectual Property, Appellate Jorden Burt LLP 777 Brickell Ave., Suite 500 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2600 PACKER, MICHAEL A. Insurance Litigation - Defense Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C 100 NE 3rd Ave., Suite 1100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-847-4920 PAGE, JODI C. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff The Killino Firm PC 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 800 W West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-835-9898 PAL, FABIAN A. Corporate and Business, International Fowler White Burnett P.A. 1395 Brickell Ave., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-789-9200

OLIN, MICHAEL S. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Michael S. Olin, P.A. 169 E. Flagler St., Suite 1224 Miami, FL 33131 305-677-5088

PALMER, EDUARDO International, International Litigation Eduardo Palmer P.A. 2100 Salzedo St., Suite 300 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-476-1100

OLIVE, BENJAMIN E. Corporate and Business Litigation Olive & Associates, P.A. 2438 E. Las Olas Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-334-2250

PARKER, CLAYTON E. Corporate and Business, International K&L Gates LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3900 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-3300

ORSHEFSKY, DEBBIE M. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-765-0500

PARKS, ROBERT L. Aviation, Product Liability - Plaintiff { ; 799 Brickell Plaza, Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-445-4430

NORTON, ROBERT L. Labor and Employment - Management Allen, Norton & Blue, P.A. 121 Majorca Ave., Suite 300 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-445-7801

OSBER, STEVEN H. Corporate and Business Litigation Kelley, Kronenberg, Gilmartin, Fichtel, Wander, Bamdas, Eskalyo & Dunbrack, P.A. 8201 Peters Rd., Suite 4000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33324 954-370-9970

PARRISH, STEVEN M. Labor and Employment Steven M. Parrish, P.A. 330 Clematis St., Suite 207 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-833-3339

NORTON, SUSAN POTTER Labor and Employment - Management Allen, Norton & Blue, P.A. 121 Majorca Ave., Suite 300 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-445-7801

OSBERG-BRAUN, LINDA Immigration Bernstein Osberg-Braun Caco & Solow, LLC 11900 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 700 Miami, FL 33181 305-895-0300

NEUFELD, ALAN S. Litigation Neufeld, Kleinberg & Pinkiert, P.A. 2641 NE 207th St. Aventura, FL 33180 305-931-6666 NEWMARK, STANLEY Family and Marital Stanley M. Newmark, P.A. 9400 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-7826 NICKLAUS, EDWARD R. Civil Litigation Nicklaus & Associates, P.A. 4651 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 200 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-460-9888

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PARSON, STEVEN R. Real Estate, Real Estate - Commercial Shutts & Bowen LLP 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-835-8500

PARSONS, EILEEN L. Insurance Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 30th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-577-3996

PERCZEK, JACKIE Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1300 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6421

PASANO, MICHAEL S. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Corporate and Business Litigation Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050

PERETZ, STEVEN I. Intellectual Property Peretz Chesal and Herrmann, PL 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 37th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-341-3000

PASTORIZA, GILBERTO Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-854-0800 PATHMAN, WAYNE M. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning, Corporate and Business Litigation Pathman Lewis, LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2400 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-2425 PATRICIOS, LEON N. Corporate and Business Litigation, Healthcare Litigation Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-5565 PATRICOFF, JR., HAROLD E. Corporate and Business Litigation, International Litigation Shutts & Bowen LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6300 PAYTON, HARRY A. Corporate and Business Litigation, Real Estate - Litigation Payton & Associates, LLC 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-372-3500 PEARSON, LOREN D. Intellectual Property Assouline & Berlowe P.A. 3250 Mary St., Suite 404 Miami, FL 33133 305-567-5576 PELTZ, ROBERT D. Product Liability - Plaintiff, Admiralty and Maritime

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PEREZ, DARIO A. Corporate and Business Litigation Shutts & Bowen LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6300 PEREZ, RICHARD ANTONIO Corporate and Business, Government Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500 PEREZ-ABREU, JAVIER Family and Marital Perez-Abreu & Martin-Lavielle, P.A. 901 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 502 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-443-8794 PERLMAN, JASON E. Mergers and Acquisitions, Finance Perlman, Bajandas, Yevoli & Albright, P.L. 200 S. Andrews Ave., Suite 600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-566-7117 PERLMAN, JONATHAN E. Franchise, Securities - Litigation and Arbitration Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300 PERRY, PAMELA I. Corporate and Business Litigation, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Dresnick, Rodriguez & Perry 9100 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1610 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-9800 PERSHES, ROBERT E. Litigation Roetzel & Andress 300 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1150 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-4150 PERWIN, JOEL S. Appellate Joel S. Perwin, P.A. 169 E. Flagler St., Suite 1422 Miami, FL 33131 305-779-6090 PERWIN, SCOTT E. Antitrust Kenny Nachwalter, P.A 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1100 Miami, FL 33131 305-373-1000 PETERSEN, CHRISTIAN A. Bankruptcy Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-2000

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POLISH, SHELDON S. Tax, Trust and Estate Planning Berger Singerman LLP 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900

PRICE, STANLEY B. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning, Environmental Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580

RABIN, JR., SAMUEL J. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Samuel J. Rabin Jr., P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 21st Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-358-1064

POLLACK, DAVID C. Corporate and Business Litigation Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3320

PRICE, WILLIAM W. Trial Practice, Civil Litigation William W. Price P.A. 320 Fern St. West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3212

RADELL, MICHAEL E. Environmental, Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Bercow Radell & Fernandez, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 850 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5300

POOLE, SAMUEL E. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Berger Singerman LLP 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900

PRIETO, EDWARD C. Insurance Litigation - Defense, Nursing Home Litigation - Defense Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. 9300 S. Dadeland Blvd., 4th Floor Miami, FL 33156 305-670-1101

RADENSKY, PAUL W. Healthcare McDermott Will & Emery 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-3500

PORTUONDO, BERNARDO A. Corporate and Business, Real Estate Liebler, Gonzalez & Portuondo, P.A. 44 W. Flagler St., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33130 305-379-0400

PRIETO, PETER Civil Litigation, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Podhurst Orseck, P.A. 25 W. Flagler St., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33130 305-358-2800

POSTMAN, BARRY A. Civil Litigation, Labor and Employment Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A. 1645 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., 2nd Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-366-4700

PROBST, BERNARD I. Insurance Litigation - Defense, Workers’ Compensation Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson LLP 9350 S. Dixie Hwy., 10th Floor Miami, FL 33156 305-671-1300

POSTON, REBEKAH J. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Squire Sanders 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4100 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-7000 PRATHER, DAVID C. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Clark Fountain La Vista Prather Keen & LittkyRubin LLP 1919 N. Flagler Dr., 2nd Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33407 561-899-2100 PRATT, DAVID Trust and Estate Planning Proskauer Rose LLP 2255 Glades Rd., Suite 421 A Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-241-7400 PRATT, JOHN P. Immigration Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli & Pratt, P.A. 2650 SW 27th Ave., 2nd Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-443-4675 PRESS, MARTIN R. Tax Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-2000 PRESSLY, JR., JAMES G. Trust and Estate Planning Pressly & Pressly, P.A. 222 Lakeview Ave., Suite 910 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-4040

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PUGATCH, CHAD P. Bankruptcy, Corporate and Business Litigation Rice Pugatch Robinson & Schiller, P.A. 101 NE 3rd Ave., Suite 1800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-8000 QUESADA, EMILIA A. Civil Litigation Sanchez-Medina, Gonzalez, Quesada, Lage, Crespo, Gomez & Machado LLP 201 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1205 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-377-1000 QUESADA, PABLO S. Corporate and Business, Securities Sanchez-Medina, Gonzalez, Quesada, Lage, Crespo, Gomez & Machado LLP 201 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1205 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-377-1000 QUINTANA, MARLENE Labor and Employment GrayRobinson, P.A. 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-416-6880 RABEN, DAVID Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Forfeitures Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel, Raben & Waxman, P.A. 2250 SW 3rd Ave., 4th Floor Miami, FL 33129 305-858-9550 RABIN, ADAM T. Securities - Litigation and Arbitration, Corporate and Business Litigation McCabe Rabin, P.A. 1601 Forum Place, Suite 505 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-7878

RAFFERTY, JR., WILLIAM L. Corporate and Business, Mergers and Acquisitions Rafferty, Kobert, Tenenholtz, Bounds & Hess, P.A. 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 825 Miami, FL 33131 305-373-0330 RAGATZ, TERESA Corporate and Business Litigation, Real Estate Isicoff, Ragatz & Koenigsberg 1200 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-373-3232 RAMOS, JR., FRANCISCO Product Liability - Defense, Corporate and Business Litigation Clarke Silverglate P.A. 799 Brickell Plaza, Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-377-0700 RAMSEY, BRUCE M. Medical Malpractice - Defense, Healthcare Billing, Cochran, Lyles, Mauro & Ramsey, P.A. 1601 Forum Place, Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-5970 RANDOLPH, JOHN “SKIP� C. Government Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3000 RASCO, RAMON E. Real Estate Rasco Klock Reininger Perez Esquenazi Vigil & Nieto 283 Catalonia Ave., 2nd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-476-7100 RASILE, CRAIG V. Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights " X %# + 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 305-423-8500 RATZAN, STUART N. Trial Practice, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Ratzan Law Group 1450 Brickell Ave., Suite 2600 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-6366 RAVIKOFF, RONALD B. Civil Litigation, Antitrust Litigation JAMS 600 Brickell Ave., Suite 2600 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-5267

RAYMOND, MARK F. Corporate and Business Litigation Broad and Cassel 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 21st Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-9400 REBOSO, MANUEL A. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso, Spier & Connolly, P.A. 44 W. Flagler St., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33130 305-373-0708 REDMOND, PATRICIA A. Bankruptcy Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3200 REETZ, C. RYAN International Litigation DLA Piper LLP (US) 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 305-423-8500 REID, BENJAMINE Corporate and Business Litigation, Environmental Litigation Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050 REID, JUSTUS W. Corporate and Business Litigation, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Defense and Plaintiff Justus Reid & Associates 222 Lakeview Ave., Suite 1160 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-7700 REID, PAUL T. Product Liability - Defense, Torts - Defense Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5171 REIFF, ROBERT S. ! " # $ %' * Robert S. Reiff, P.A. 2333 Brickell Ave., Suite A-1 Miami, FL 33129 305-854-5511 REILLY, KENNETH J. Product Liability - Defense Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5171 REISMAN, STEPHEN H. Construction, Civil Litigation Peckar & Abramson, P.C. 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 3100 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-2600 REITER, JACK R. Appellate Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050

REITER, JOSEPH J. Product Liability - Plaintiff, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath 515 N. Flagler Dr., 10th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1990 REMBOLD, SCOTT D. Corporate and Business Litigation, Construction Litigation Bogert & Rembold, P.L. 2121 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 600 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-9111 REYNOSO, WALTER A. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law 2030 S. Douglas Rd., Suite 214 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-441-8881 RHYS, ADAM W. Medical Malpractice - Defense Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A. 515 N. Flagler Dr., Suite 1600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-689-3800 RICCI, EDWARD M. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Insurance Bad Faith - Plaintiff Edward M. Ricci, P.A. 303 Banyan Blvd., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-842-2820 RICE, ARTHUR HALSEY Bankruptcy, Corporate and Business Litigation Rice Pugatch Robinson & Schiller, P.A. 101 NE 3rd Ave., Suite 1800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-8000 RICHARD, DENNIS A. Litigation Richard and Richard, P.A. 825 Brickell Bay Dr., Suite 1748 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-6688 RICHARDS, JOHN H. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Defense Boyd Richards Parker & Colonnelli, P.L. 1600 W. Commercial Blvd., Suite 201 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-848-2460 RICHMAN, GERALD F. Corporate and Business Litigation Richman Greer, P.A. 250 Australian Ave. S., Suite 1504 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-803-3500 RIFKIN, LARRY S. Immigration Rifkin and Fox-Isicoff, P.A. 1110 Brickell Ave., Suite 210 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2777 RIGUERA, JOSE Corporate and Business Litigation Berman, Kean & Riguera, P.A. 2101 W. Commercial Blvd., Suite 2800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-735-0000 RINGEL, THOMAS Real Estate Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty & Hartog, P.A. 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1800 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-5000

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RIVERA, OSCAR R. Real Estate Siegfried, Rivera, Lerner, De La Torre & Sobel, P.A. 8211 W. Broward Blvd., Suite 250 Plantation, FL 33324 954-781-1134 RODDENBERRY, STEPHEN K. Corporate and Business, International 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600 RODRIGUEZ, ALINA ALONSO Appellate Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-7330 RODRIGUEZ, RAQUEL A. Government McDonald Hopkins 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3130 Miami, FL 33131 305-704-3990 RODRIGUEZ, ROBERT J. Workers’ Compensation Miller, Kagan, Rodriguez and Silver, P.A. 201 Alhambra Circle, Suite 802 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-446-5228 RODRIGUEZ, WILFREDO A. International Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., PH-1225 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-779-3560 ROMANCE, MARK A. Corporate and Business Litigation Richman Greer, P.A. 396 Alhambra Circle, N. Tower 14th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-373-4000 RONZETTI, THOMAS A. TUCKER Corporate and Business Litigation, Professional Liability Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., 9th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-372-1800 ROPPOLO, JR., WILLIAM V. Litigation Baker & McKenzie LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 1700 Miami, FL 33133 305-789-8900 ROSE, ALAN B. Civil Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald, Rose, Konopka & Dow, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-2250 ROSELLI, RICHARD J. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Roselli & McNelis PA 4800 N. Federal Hwy., Suite 202E Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-826-0826

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ROSEN, MARSHA C. Family and Marital Marsha C. Rosen, P.A. 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 2920 Miami, FL 33131 305-810-6589 ROSENBERG, CHARLES M. Corporate and Business Litigation Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050

ROTH, NEAL A. Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Grossman Roth, P.A. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 1150 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-8666

RUSSO, ELIZABETH K. Appellate Russo Appellate Firm, P.A. 6101 SW 76th St. Miami, FL 33143 305-666-4660

ROTHMAN, DAVID B. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Rothman & Associates, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2770 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-9000

RUSSOMANNO, HERMAN J. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Russomanno & Borrello, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2800 Miami, FL 33130 305-373-2101

ROTHMAN, JOEL B. Intellectual Property Arnstein & Lehr LLP 515 N. Flagler Dr., Suite 600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-8480

RYNOR, JEFFREY A. Civil Litigation, Family and Marital Mitrani, Rynor Adamsky & Toland, P.A. 301 Arthur Godfrey Rd., PH Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-358-0050

ROTHSTEIN, DAVID ALAN Corporate and Business Litigation, Class Action Litigation Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A. 2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH 2B Miami, FL 33133 305-374-1908

SACHER, BARTON S. Civil Litigation, Securities Sacher, Zelman, Hartman, Paul, Beiley, & Sacher, P.A. 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 700 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-8797

RUBIN, AMY S. Corporate and Business Litigation Fox Rothschild, LLP 222 Lakeview Ave., Suite 700 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-804-4433

SACHS, RICHARD A. Civil Litigation Berman, Kean & Riguera, PA 2101 W. Commercial Blvd., Suite 2800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-735-0000

RUBIN, CHARLES D. Tax, Trust and Estate Planning Gutter Chaves Josepher Rubin Forman Fleisher P.A. 2101 Corporate Blvd., Suite 107 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-998-7847

SACKS, DAVID E. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning, Corporate and Business Litigation Pathman Lewis, LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2400 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-2425

RUBINOFF, EDWARD G. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Kutner, Rubinoff & Moss, P.A. 501 NE 1st Ave., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33132 305-358-6200

SAKALO, JAY M. Bankruptcy Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580

ROSS, ARTURO Labor and Employment Littler Mendelson, P.C. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-400-7500

RUBIO, MARIA L. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff  ! {*; 9100 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-1164

SALE, JON A Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Broad and Cassel 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 21st Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-9400

ROSS, DAVID L. Corporate and Business Litigation, Antitrust Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500

RUBIO, RACHEL LOPATE Bankruptcy Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty & Hartog, P.A. 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1800 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-5000

SALES, DAVID J. Corporate and Business Litigation, Civil Rights David J. Sales, P.A. 1001 N. US HWY 1, Suite 200 Jupiter, FL 33477 561-744-0888

ROSS, LAURI WALDMAN Civil Litigation, Appellate Ross & Girten 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1612 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-8010

RUSSELL, JANICE L. Real Estate - Commercial 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

SALKOWSKI, ROBERT F. Franchise Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2700 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5418

ROSS, MICHAEL S. Real Estate - Commercial Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 100 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-491-1120

RUSSELL, TERRENCE J. Civil Practice, Corporate and Business Litigation Fowler White Boggs 1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-703-3900

SALLAH, JAMES D. Securities - Litigation and Arbitration Sallah & Cox, LLC 2101 NW Corporate Blvd., Suite 218 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-989-9080

ROSSMAN, STEPHEN F. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso, Spier & Connolly, P.A. 44 W. Flagler St., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33130 305-373-0708

RUSSIN, PETER D. Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights, Bankruptcy Meland Russin & Budwick, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6363

SAMUELS, LEONARD K. Corporate and Business Litigation, Labor and Employment Litigation Berger Singerman LLP 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900

ROSENBLUM, RANDY Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury, Class Action Freidin & Dobrinsky, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3100 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-3666 ROSENDORF, DAVID L. Bankruptcy Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., 9th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-372-1800 ROSENTHAL, ALAN Corporate and Business Litigation Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050 ROSENTHAL, STEPHEN F. Appellate, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Podhurst Orseck, P.A. 25 W. Flagler St., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33130 305-358-2800 ROSS, ALAN S. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel, Raben & Waxman, P.A. 2250 SW 3rd Ave., 4th Floor Miami, FL 33129 305-858-9550

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TOP Lawyers SANCHEZ, LILLY ANN Criminal Defense/Criminal Law LS Law Firm 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-503-5503

SCHERER, JR., WILLIAM R. Corporate and Business Litigation Conrad & Scherer 633 S. Federal Hwy., 8th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-5500

SCHUSTER, CARL Trust and Estate Planning Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-764-6660

SANCHEZ-MEDINA, JR., ROLAND Corporate and Business, Securities Sanchez-Medina, Gonzalez, Quesada, Lage, Crespo, Gomez & Machado LLP 201 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1205 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-377-1000

SCHERKER, ELLIOT H. Appellate Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500

SCHUTTLER, HOLLY DAVIDSON Family and Marital Schuttler & Greenberg, LLC 2151 NW Boca Raton Blvd., Suite 100 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-393-0565

SANDERS, DALE R. Family and Marital Lyons and Sanders Chartered 1301 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 220 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-467-8700 SANDLER, GILBERT L. Customs, International Trade Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A. 5200 Blue Lagoon Dr., Suite 600 Miami, FL 33126 305-267-9200 SANDS, LEONARD A. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Sands & Moskowitz, P.A. 2333 Brickell Ave., Suite A-1 Miami, FL 33129 305-285-1500 SARAFAN, RICHARD J. Litigation Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300 SARASON, SCOTT M. Product Liability - Defense, Corporate and Business Litigation Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A. 80 SW 8th St., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33130 305-358-5577 SASSER, DONALD J. Family and Marital Sasser, Cestero & Sasser, P. A. 1800 Australian Ave. S., Suite 203 West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-689-4378 SAUL, GARY A. Real Estate Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500 SCAROLA, JOHN Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-686-6300 SCHAFER, HARRY R. Securities - Litigation and Arbitration Kenny Nachwalter, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1100 Miami, FL 33131 305-373-1000 SCHATZ, RICHARD E. Corporate and Business, Mergers and Acquisitions Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3320

SCHIMMEL, JOSEPH B. Tax Cohen, Chase, Hoffman & Schimmel, P.A. 9400 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 600 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-0201 SCHLESINGER, SHELDON J. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Sheldon J. Schlesinger, P.A. 1212 SE 3rd Ave. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-467-8800 SCHNAPP, MARK P. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Litigation Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500 SCHNEIDER, JEFFREY C. Corporate and Business Litigation Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 22th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-403-8788 SCHNEIDER, LAZ L. Corporate and Business, Securities Berger Singerman LLP 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900 SCHNEIDER, STEPHANIE L. Elder Law X! ! ( 1776 N. Pine Island Rd., Suite 208 Plantation, FL 33322 954-382-1997 SCHULER, RICHARD D. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Schuler, Halvorson & Weisser P.A. 1615 Forum Place, Suite 4D West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-689-8180 SCHULMAN, CLIFFORD A. Environmental, Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-854-0800 SCHULTZ, THOMAS G. Civil Litigation, Arbitration Tew Cardenas LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-536-1112

SCHWARTZ, ROBERT M. Intellectual Property Robert M. Schwartz, P.A. 25 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 1135 Miami, FL 33131 305-373-7600 SCHWIEP, PAUL J. Trial Practice Coffey Burlington 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., PH Miami, FL 33133 305-858-2900 SCOTT, II, JAMES A. Government Relations, Corporate and Business Litigation Tripp Scott 110 SE 6th St., 15th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-7500 SCOTT, ROBERT T. Civil Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 500E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1980 SCOTT, JR., THOMAS E. Torts, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A. 9150 S. Dadeland Blvd., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33156 305-350-5300 SEARCY, SR., CHRISTIAN D. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-686-6300 SEGAL, MIKE Healthcare Broad and Cassel 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 21st Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-9430 SEIPP JR., JOHN C. Product Liability - Defense Seipp & Flick 2 Alhambra Plz., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33134 305-995-5600 SEITLES, MARC DAVID Criminal Defense/Criminal Law " ( 40 NW 3rd St., PH 1 Miami, FL 33128 305-403-8070 SEROTA, JOSEPH H. Corporate and Business Litigation, Government Litigation Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-854-0800 2013

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SHAPIRO, BRENDA BERNSTEIN Family and Marital Brenda B. Shapiro, LLC 44 W. Flagler St., Suite 2250 Miami, FL 33130 305-577-3861

SHEPHERD, WILLIAM N. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Holland & Knight LLP 222 Lakeview Ave., Suite 1000 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-8338

SILVA, JORGE E. Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Silva & Silva P.A. 236 Valencia Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-445-0011

SHAPIRO, HY Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Litigation Hy Shapiro PA 2400 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 200 Miami, FL 33133 305-854-8989

SHEROUSE, CHRISTIENNE H. Insurance Litigation - Defense Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo 420 S. Dixie Hwy., 3rd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-667-0223

SILVA, MICHAEL A. Trust and Estate Planning, Tax " X %# + 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 305-423-8500

SHAPIRO, JAY B. Corporate and Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3200

SHERR, BRIAN Real Estate Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-765-0500

SHAPIRO, JEFFREY B. Trial Practice Arnstein & Lehr LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3600 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-3330 SHAPIRO, LYLE E. Corporate and Business Litigation Richman Greer, P.A. 396 Alhambra Circle, N. Tower 14th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-373-4000 SHARPSTEIN, RICHARD A. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Civil Litigation 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600 SHAVITZ, GREGG I. Labor and Employment Shavitz Law Group, P.A. 1515 S. Federal Hwy., Suite 404 Boca Raton, FL 33432 561-447-8888 SHAWDE, JOHN C. Bankruptcy, Government Rasco Klock Reininger Perez Esquenazi Vigil & Nieto 283 Catalonia Ave., 2nd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-476-7100 SHAW-WILDER, DETRA P. Corporate and Business Litigation Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., 9th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-372-1800 SHEA, VALERIE Labor and Employment - Management, Insurance Litigation - Defense Sedgwick LLP 2400 E. Commercial Blvd., Suite 1100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-958-2500 SHENDELL, GARY R. Litigation Shendell Pollock, P.L. 621 NW 53rd St., Suite 310 Boca Raton, FL 33487 561-241-2323

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SILVER, SCOTT H. Workers’ Compensation Miller, Kagan, Rodriguez and Silver, P.A. 1000 S. Pine Island Rd., Suite 520 Plantation, FL 33324 954-776-9966

SHEVIN, ARNOLD D. " X* { * % "{+ Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-5565

SILVERGLATE, SPENCER H. Corporate and Business Litigation, Class Action Litigation Clarke Silverglate P.A. 799 Brickell Plaza, Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-377-0700

SHIFRIN, DEANNA S. Family and Marital Buckner, Shifrin, Rice, Etter & Kohlman, P.A. 46 SW 1st St., 2nd Floor Miami, FL 33130 305-679-9744

SILVERMAN, ADAM J. Corporate and Business Breier, Seif, Silverman & Schermer, P.A. 2800 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 1125 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-445-0707

SHINDELL, JAMES W. Real Estate - Commercial, Real Estate - Finance Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580

SILVERMAN, LAWRENCE D. Antitrust, Corporate and Business Litigation 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

SHIPLEY, III, JOHN A. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-686-6300

SILVERMAN, MARLENE K. Litigation, Intellectual Property Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500

SHOHAT, EDWARD R. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Trial Practice Shohat, Loewy & Shohat 800 Brickell Ave., PH 2 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-7000

SIMBERG, BRUCE F. Product Liability - Defense, Construction Litigation Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans, Abel, Lurvey, Morrow & Schefer, P.A. 3440 Hollywood Blvd., 2nd Floor Hollywood, FL 33021 954-961-1400

SHUBIN, JOHN K. Corporate and Business Litigation, Real Estate Land Use and Zoning Shubin & Bass, P.A. 46 SW 1st St., 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 305-381-6060

SINGER, MICHAEL S. Tax Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, LLP 3801 PGA Blvd., Suite 604 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-626-2101

SIDWEBER, ROBERT W. Family and Marital Sidweber & Weintraub, P.A. 3020 NE 32nd Ave., Suite 301 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-563-3477 SIEGEL, PETER R. Corporate and Business Litigation, Labor and Employment Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 100 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-491-1120 SIEGFRIED, STEVEN M. Construction Siegfried, Rivera, Lerner, De La Torre & Sobel, P.A. 201 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1102 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-3334

SINGERMAN, PAUL STEVEN Bankruptcy, Commercial Transactions Berger Singerman LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-755-9500 SITTERSON, CURTIS H. Tax Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3320 SKOLNICK, HOLLY R. Corporate and Business Litigation, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500

SLAMA, JOSEPH J. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee, P.A. 12 SE 7th St., Suite 801 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-763-8181

SOLOV, MARK D. Litigation Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3200

SLATKIN, JASON E. Bankruptcy Slatkin & Reynolds, P.A. 1 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 609 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-745-5880

SOLOWSKY, JAY H. Corporate and Business Litigation, Class Action Litigation Solowsky & Allen, P.L. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 915 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2223

SLAVIS, PETER D. Real Estate, Banking Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-764-6660 SLAWSON, RICHARD W. Insurance Litigation Slawson Cunningham Whalen & Gaspari, P.L. 2401 PGA Blvd., Suite 140 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-625-6260 SLESNICK, II, DONALD D. Labor and Employment } 2701 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 200 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-5672 SMITH, HARRY B. Real Estate Heller Waldman, P.L. 3250 Mary St., Suite 102 Coconut Grove, FL 33133 786-587-1520 SMITH, III, D. CULVER Appellate, Litigation Culver Smith III, P.A. 500 Australian Ave. S., Suite 600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-598-6800 SMITH, LAURA DAVIS Family and Marital Greene Smith & Associates, P.A. 7340 SW 61st Ct. Miami, FL 33143 786-268-2553 SMULIAN, ANDREW M. Real Estate 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600 SOBEL, KENNETH J. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Freedland Harwin, P.L. 100 SE 6th Ste., Suite 2300 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-467-6400 SOBEL, STUART H. Construction Siegfried, Rivera, Lerner, De La Torre & Sobel, P.A. 201 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1102 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-3334 SOLOMON, HARRIS K. Corporate and Business Litigation, Probate and Guardianship Litigation Brinkley Morgan 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., 19th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-522-2200

SOMERA, JR., PETER J. Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Somera & Silva, LLP 2255 Glades Rd., Suite 232W Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-981-8881 SOMERSTEIN, BARRY E. Real Estate Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-764-6660 SOMERSTEIN, MARK K. Banking, Real Estate Greenspoon Marder, P.A. 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-764-6660 SONBERG, STEVEN Corporate and Business, Syndications Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500

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SPENCER, WILLIAM S. Litigation, Real Estate 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-463-2700 SPIER, HOWARD A. Railroad Litigation, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Rossman, Baumberger, Reboso, Spier & Connolly, P.A. 44 W. Flagler St., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33130 305-373-0708 SPILLIAS, KENNETH G. Environmental Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. 515 N. Flagler Dr., Suite 1500 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-640-0820 SPILLIS, PETER K. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Defense Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33133 305-455-9500 SPRATT, JR., WILLIAM J. Healthcare K&L Gates LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3900 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-3300 SPRECHMAN, STEVEN B. Commercial Collections Sprechman & Associates, P.A. 2775 Sunny Isles Blvd., Suite 100 North Miami Beach, FL 33160 305-931-0100

SONNETT, NEAL R. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Neal R. Sonnett, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2600 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-2000

SQUITERO, JOHN R. Corporate and Business Litigation, Securities - Litigation and Arbitration Katz Barron Squitero Faust 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., 7th Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-856-2444

SORONDO, JR., RODOLFO Appellate Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500

SREBNICK, HOWARD Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Civil Litigation Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1300 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6421

SOTO, EDWARD Corporate and Business Litigation Weil, Gotshal & Manges, LLP 1395 Brickell Ave., Suite 1200 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-3100

SREBNICK, SCOTT A. Trial Practice, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law ; 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1380 Miami, FL 33131 305-285-9019

SOUZA-RASILE, LEA ANN Creditors’ and Debtors’ Rights Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5171

STACK, BRIAN J. Litigation, Appellate Stack Fernandez Anderson & Harris, P.A. 1200 Brickell Ave., Suite 950 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-0001

SPECTOR, BRIAN F. " X* { * % "{+ Brian F. Spector, LLC P.O. Box 566206 Miami, FL 33256 305-666-1664

STANLEY, ROBERTA G. Family and Marital Brinkley Morgan 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., 19th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-522-2200

SPEED, CHRISTOPHER K. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-686-6300

STAPLETON, LEE E. Litigation Baker & McKenzie LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 1700 Miami, FL 33131 305-789-8900

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STEARNS, EUGENE E. Corporate and Business Litigation, Trial Practice Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3200 STEELE, JR., J. RODMAN Intellectual Property Duane Morris LLP 2700 N. Military Trail, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-962-2121 STEIN, DINAH S. Appellate Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A. 799 Brickell Plaza, Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8171 STEIN, MARK E. Intellectual Property Litigation, Media Higer Lichter & Givner LLP 18305 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 402 Aventura, FL 33160 305-933-9970 STEINBERG, MARTIN L. Corporate and Business Litigation, Corporate and Business Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 STEINMAN, JAY A. Real Estate Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-7219 STEVENS, HAROLD S. General Liability Kelley, Kronenberg, Gilmartin, Fichtel, Wander, Bamdas, Eskalyo & Dunbrack, P.A. 8201 Peters Rd., Suite 4000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33324 954-370-9970 STEWART, LARRY S. Trial Practice Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, P.A. 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6644 STISS, CAREY A. Real Estate Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 STOESSEL, HEATHER K. Healthcare Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-5565

STONE, BRUCE M. Trust and Estate Planning Goldman Felcoski & Stone, P.A. 95 Merrick Way, Suite 440 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-446-2800

TAGUE, BRIAN P. Real Estate, Corporate and Business Tew Cardenas LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-536-1112

STRAFER, RICHARD Appellate, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law G. Richard Strafer, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1380 Miami, FL 33131 305-285-9019

TALENFELD, HOWARD M. Civil Rights, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., 23rd Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-492-4010

STREIT, THOMAS E. Real Estate, Banking 222 Lakeview Ave., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-653-5000 STUBBS, SIDNEY A. Corporate and Business Litigation Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3000 STUMPF, LARRY A. Civil Litigation Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1300 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6421 STUTIN, CATHY M. Labor and Employment - Management, Labor and Employment Fisher & Phillips, LLP 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-4800 SUGARMAN, ROBERT A. Labor and Employment Sugarman & Susskind, P.A. 100 Miracle Mile, Suite 300 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-529-2801 SUKHDEO, DEVAND A. Labor and Employment Jackson Lewis 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3500 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-7600 SUMBERG, JOHN C. Real Estate Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 SUSSKIND, HOWARD S. Labor and Employment Sugarman & Susskind, P.A. 100 Miracle Mile, Suite 300 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-529-2801

TARBE, SUSAN J. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Corporate and Business Litigation Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500 TARG, ROBERT I. International Criminal Defense Diaz Reus & Targ LLP 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2600 Miami, FL 33131 305-375-9220 TARLOW, DAVID M. Insurance Litigation - Defense Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. 1 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-523-7008 TAUBMAN, FREDRIC P. Corporate and Business, Mergers and Acquisitions Baker & McKenzie LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 1700 Miami, FL 33133 305-789-8915 TAYLOR, DANIEL E. Environmental, Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Tripp Scott 110 SE 6th St., 15th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-7500 TERRY, KAREN E. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-686-6300 TERZO, FRANK PAUL Bankruptcy, Creditors’ Rights GrayRobinson, P.A. 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-416-6880 TESCHER, DONALD R. Trust and Estate Planning Tescher & Spallina, P.A. 4855 Technology Way, Suite 720 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-997-7008

STOKES, PAUL M. Trust and Estate Planning Stokes McMillan Antunez, P.A. 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 1750 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-4008

SYMONS, ROBIN TAYLOR Labor and Employment - Management, Insurance Gordon Reese 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-668-4433

TEW, C. THOMAS Litigation Tew Cardenas LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-536-1112

STONE, ADELE I. Real Estate, Corporate Fowler White Boggs 1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-703-3900

TACHE, WALTER Civil Litigation, Healthcare Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050

THOMPSON, PATRICIA H. Construction, Labor and Employment Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050

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TRUSTY, CANDIS Elder Law, Probate and Guardianship Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty & Hartog, P.A. 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1800 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-5000

VER PLOEG, BRENTON N. Insurance Litigation Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 30th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-577-3996

THROCKMORTON, CHARLES W. Bankruptcy, Corporate and Business Litigation Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., 9th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-372-1800

TUNKEY, WILLIAM R. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel, Raben & Waxman, P.A. 2250 SW 3rd Ave., 4th Floor Miami, FL 33129 305-858-9550

VINES, ROBYN L. Family and Marital GrayRobinson, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1850 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-761-8111

TILGHMAN, JR. JAMES B. Trial Practice Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, P.A. 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6644 TOBIN, MARK A. Real Estate - Eminent Domain 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600 TOBOCMAN, SARAH LEA Corporate and Business, Immigration Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3400 Miami, FL 33131 305-376-6065 TOPOLSKI, SCOTT J. Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP 5355 Town Center Rd., Suite 900 Boca Raton, FL 33486 561-241-0414

TURNER, JR., HUGH J. Litigation, Product Liability - Defense 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-463-2700

VOLSKY, GEORGE Corporate and Business Litigation, International Litigation 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

TUSCHMAN, RICHARD D. Labor and Employment 1 SE 3rd Ave., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

WAKSHLAG, STANLEY H. Corporate and Business Litigation Kenny Nachwalter, P.A 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1100 Miami, FL 33131 305-373-1000

UDOLF, BRUCE L. Government, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Udolf Libow 3351 NW Boca Raton Blvd. Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-948-5420

WALD, GERALD B. Corporate and Business Litigation Murai, Wald, Biondo & Moreno, P.A. 1200 Ponce De Leon Blvd. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-0101

ULLMAN, SAMUEL C. Tax, Securities Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580

TOPOR, THOMAS K. Litigation, Trust and Estate Planning The Kelley Law Firm, P.L. 3365 Galt Ocean Dr. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-563-1400

VALDES-FAULI, RAUL J. Corporate and Business, Securities Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli 355 Alhambra Circle, Suite 801 Coral Gables, FL 33134 786-364-8400

TRABAND, RHETT Corporate and Business Litigation Broad and Cassel 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 21st Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-9476

VALDIVIA, III, JOSE F. Finance Hogan Lovells US LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33131 305-459-6500

TRAZENFELD, WARREN R. Legal Malpractice Warren R. Trazenfeld, P.A. 2030 S. Douglas Rd., Suite 210 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-860-1100

VALORI, PETER F. Corporate and Business Litigation, Labor and Employment Damian & Valori LLP 1000 Brickell Ave., Suite 1020 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-3960

TRIGOBOFF, CRAIG J. Corporate and Business Litigation Waldman Trigoboff Hildebrandt Marx & Calnan, P.A. 2200 N. Commerce Pkwy., Suite 202 Weston, FL 33326 954-467-8600

VAN VLIET, THERESA M.B. White Collar Litigation, International Fraud Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1110 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-453-8000

TRIPP, NORMAN D. Corporate and Business, Real Estate Tripp Scott 110 SE 6th St., 15th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-7500

VARGAS, ROBERTO M. Corporate and Business Litigation, Intellectual Property Litigation Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3000

TROPIN, HARLEY S. Corporate and Business Litigation, Securities Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., 9th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-372-1800

VAUGHAN, ROBERT C.L. Litigation, Appellate Ward Kim Vaughan & Lerner LLP 100 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 2001 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-527-1115

WALD, JONATHAN DAVID Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Product Liability - Plaintiff Wald, Gonzalez & Graff, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3599 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-7778 WALDMAN, GLEN H. Corporate and Business Litigation Heller Waldman, P.L. 3250 Mary St., Suite 102 Coconut Grove, FL 33133 305-448-4144 WALKER, JR., H. WILLIAM Real Estate White & Case, LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4900 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2700 WALKER, STEPHEN A. Environmental Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A. 515 N. Flagler Dr., Suite 1500 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-640-0820 WALLEN, TODD L. Product Liability - Defense, Corporate and Business Litigation Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5171 WARD, GREGORY C. Corporate and Business Litigation, Insurance Litigation Ward Kim Vaughan & Lerner LLP 100 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 2001 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-527-1115

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WARNER, THOMAS E. Appellate, Real Estate - Litigation Carlton Fields, P.A. 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1200 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-7070

WEINGARD, ERIC H. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Eric H. Weingard, P.A. 111 N. Pine Island Rd., Suite 210 Plantation, FL 33324 954-217-8860

WELLS, DAVID E. Corporate and Business, Securities Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500

WARRINER, III, C. CALVIN Medical Malpractice, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-686-6300

WEINSTEIN, ALAN E. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Family and Marital Q 4500 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 203 Miami, FL 33137 305-576-8666

WELLS, DIANE N. Corporate and Business Litigation Devine Goodman Rasco & Wells, P.A. 777 Brickell Ave., Suite 850 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8200

WASERSTEIN, STEVE L. Tax, Corporate and Business Waserstein Nunez & Foodman 1111 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33131 305-760-8500 WASSERMAN, JEFFREY P. Family and Marital, Corporate and Business Litigation Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman & Gora, P.A. 7777 Glades Rd., Suite 400 Boca Raton, FL 33434 561-477-7800 WATSON, ROY R. Medical Malpractice - Defense Adams, Coogler, Watson, Merkel, Barry & Kellner, P.A. 1555 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 1600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-478-4500 WATTS-FITZGERALD, ABIGAIL C. Corporate and Business, Securities Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-854-0800 WAYNE, BARRY M. Family and Marital Bluestein and Wayne, P.A. 4000 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 770 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-859-9200 WEAVER, JR., HERBERT A. Eminent Domain Litigation, Real Estate Land Use and Zoning Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3000 WEBB, HAL J. International Tax Cantor & Webb, P.A. 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., Suite 3112 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-3886 WEBER, WILLIAM A. Real Estate, Real Estate - Hotels and Resorts Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-1666 WEINER, JEFFREY S. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Jeffrey S. Weiner, P.A. 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1910 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-9919

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WEINSTEIN, STEVEN ROBERT Healthcare Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation K&L Gates LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3900 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-3300 WEINTRAUB, JAYNE C. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Broad and Cassel 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 21st Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-9400 WEINTRAUB, KAREN BETH Family and Marital Sidweber & Weintraub, P.A. 3020 NE 32nd Ave., Suite 301 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308 954-563-3477 WEISBERG, ALAN L. Tax - Litigation, Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Weisberg and Kainen, P.L. 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5544 WEISS, RICHARD JAY Government Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-854-0800 WEISSING, MATTHEW D. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L. 425 N. Andrews Ave., Suite 2 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-524-2820 WEISSLER, ROBERT I. Real Estate, Real Estate - Hotels and Resorts Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3200 WEISSMAN, JEFFREY ADAM Family and Marital Gladstone & Weissman, P. A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 2208 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-761-9994 WELLES, PATRICIA G. Real Estate Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3200

WELLS, THOMAS O. Corporate and Business, Trust and Estate Planning Thomas O. Wells, P.A. 540 Biltmore Way Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-0016 WEST, BRYAN T. Corporate and Business Litigation, International Arbitration Tew Cardenas LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-536-1112 WHALEN, JEANMARIE Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Slawson Cunningham Whalen & Gaspari, P.L. 2401 PGA Blvd., Suite 140 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-625-6260 WHITE, ROBERT A. Trust and Estates Planning, Probate and Guardianship Dunwody White & Landon, P.A. 550 Biltmore Way, Suite 810 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-529-1500 WHITE, TRELA J. Government Corbett and White, P.A. 1111 Hypoluxo Rd., Suite 207 Lantana, FL 33462 561-586-7116 WICKER, II, JAMES J. Medical Malpractice - Defense Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A. 515 N. Flagler Dr., Suite 1600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-689-3800 WICKER, VIVIANNE A. Construction Litigation Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A. 2800 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 800 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305--448-3939 WIDOM, MITCHELL E. Litigation, Construction Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 WILLIAMS, WILLIAM S. Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Product Liability - Plaintiff Lytal, Reiter, Smith, Ivey & Fronrath 515 N. Flagler Dr., 10th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1990 WINKER, DAVID J. Healthcare, Corporate and Business Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-5565

WINSTON, RICHARD L. Corporate and Business, Tax - International K&L Gates LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3900 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-3300

ZAPPOLO, SCOTT W. Civil Practice, Corporate and Business Litigation Watterson & Zappolo, P.A. 4100 RCA Blvd., Suite 110 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-627-5000

WOLF, JEROME LEE Trust and Estate Planning Duane Morris LLP 2700 N. Military Trail, Suite 300 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-962-2100

ZARCO, ROBERT Franchise, Automotive Dealership Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2700 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5418

WOLPE, JOEL R. Medical Malpractice - Defense Wolpe Leibowitz & Fernandez, L.L.P. 28 W. Flagler St., 11th Floor Miami, FL 33130 305-372-0060 WOODWARD, JACQUELINE M. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Woodward & Reizenstein, P.A. 3191 Coral Way, Suite 109 Miami, FL 33145 305-444-0755 WORSHAM, E. LEE Environmental Shutts & Bowen LLP 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-835-8500 WOULFE, RICHARD T. Medical Malpractice - Defense, Insurance Litigation - Defense Bunnell & Woulfe, P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., 10th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-761-8600 YAFFA, ANDREW B. Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Grossman Roth, P.A. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 1150 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-8666

ZELMAN, RICHARD M. Finance Sacher, Zelman, Hartman, Paul, Beiley, & Sacher, P.A. 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 700 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-8797 ZEMEL, FRANKLIN L. Appellate, Litigation Arnstein & Lehr LLP 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-713-7600

ZARON, ANDREW D. Bankruptcy, Corporate and Business Litigation " X %# + 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 305-423-8500

ZENOV, DARIN I. Trust and Estate Planning, Tax Foley & Lardner, LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-482-8400

ZEDER, JON W. Corporate and Business Litigation, Insurance Katz Barron Squitero Faust 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., 7th Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-856-2444

ZIENTZ, MARK L. Workers’ Compensation Mark L. Zientz, P.A. 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1619 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-6275

ZEENA, JR., WILLIAM Securities - Defense Kaplan Zeena LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3050 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0800

ZINN, ROBERT A. Mergers and Acquisitions, Automotive Dealership 1 SE 3Rd St., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5600

ZELEK, MARK E. Labor and Employment Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 5300 Miami, FL 33131 305-415-3000 ZELKOWITZ, STEVEN W. Real Estate, Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning GrayRobinson, P.A. 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-416-6880

ZOBEL, CRAIG R. Product Liability - Plaintiff, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff ' { ‚ ; 3801 PGA Blvd., Suite 600 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-277-1819 ZUMPANO, JOSEPH I. Healthcare, International Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-5565

YEARICK, GARTH THOMAS Corporate and Business Litigation, Product Liability - Defense Carlton Fields, P.A. 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1200 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-7070 YEVOLI, EDWARD T. Corporate and Business, Tax Perlman, Bajandas, Yevoli & Albright, P.L. 200 S. Andrews Ave., Suite 600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-566-7117 YOUNG, BURTON Family and Marital Young, Berman, Karpf & Gonzalez, P.A. 1101 Brickell Ave., Suite 1400N Miami, FL 33131 305-945-1851 ZACK, STEVEN N. Corporate and Business Litigation Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2800 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-8400

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AXELROD, ALAN D. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

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MILLER, ALISON W. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

TOBOCMAN, SARAH LEA Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

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BERMAN, RICHARD E. Berman, Kean & Riguera, P.A.

BERNHARDT, PETER M. McDonald Hopkins BESVINICK, LAURA Hogan Lovells US LLP BIRNBAUM, ROBBY H. Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

COLE, JAMIE A. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.

FASS, JOEL S. Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, P.A.

CONTRERAS-MARTINEZ, CARMEN D. Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A.

FELDMAN, JEFFREY D. Feldman Gale, P.A.

BOGERT, JEFFREY F. Bogert & Rembold, P.L.

COOPER, MARGARET L. Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.

BOHRER, SANFORD L. Holland & Knight LLP

CORBISHLEY, DEBORAH S. Kenny Nachwalter, P.A.

BOWDEN, C. WADE Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

COULSON, DAVID A. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

BOYER, APRIL K&L Gates LLP

CRAIG, TED C. GrayRobinson, P.A.

BROCHIN, ROBERT M. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

CRITCHLOW, RICHARD H. Kenny Nachwalter, P.A.

BRODSKY, RICHARD E. The Brodsky Law Firm

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CURLEY, JR., G. JOSEPH Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

BUCKNER, DAVID M. Grossman Roth, P.A.

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CAMPBELL, DENNIS M. Campbell Law Firm, PLLC CARBALLO, JOSEPH A. Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. CARLOS, NATALIE J. Carlton Fields, P.A.

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HERRON, ANDREW R. Herron Jacobs Ortiz, P.A.

GARNO, GREGORY M. Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A.

HILL, WILLIAM K. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

GENOVESE, JOHN H. Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. GIBSON, GERRY S. Reeder & Reeder P.A.

HOCHMAN, JEFFREY L. Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper & Hochman, P.A.

GILBERT, JEFFREY C. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

HOLIFIELD, MARILYN J. Holland & Knight LLP

GILBERT, ROBERT C. Grossman Roth, P.A.

HOLTON, JR., RAYMOND O. Catri, Holton, Kessler & Kessler, P.A.

GOLD, ALAN C. Alan C. Gold, P.A.

HONKONEN, ELIZABETH B. Kenny Nachwalter, P.A.

GOLDBERG, MARTIN B. Lash & Goldberg LLP

IANNO, JR., JOSEPH Carlton Fields, P.A.

CARRIUOLO, ANTHONY J. Berger Singerman LLP

DILLWORTH, DREW M. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

GOLDSTEIN, JOSEPH M. Shutts & Bowen LLP

ISICOFF, ERIC D. Isicoff, Ragatz & Koenigsberg

CARTWRIGHT, KELLY-ANN GIBBS Holland & Knight LLP

DIMOND, SCOTT M. Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A.

GONZALEZ, DANIEL E. Hogan Lovells US LLP

JACOBS, KEVIN P. Herron Jacobs Ortiz, P.A.

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DYE, THOMAS A. Carlton Fields, P.A.

CHESKIN, MARK R. Hogan Lovells US LLP

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JOSEFSBERG, ROBERT C. Podhurst Orseck, P.A.

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KAPLAN, ABBEY L. Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L

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KEAN, MICHAEL I. Berman, Kean & Riguera, P.A. KELLER, JOHN R. Fowler White Boggs

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KELLOGG, LAWRENCE A. Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP

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KIM, JAY Ward Kim Vaughan & Lerner LLP

HALL, ANDREW C. Hall, Lamb and Hall, P.A.

KING, BRUCE CHARLES Carlton Fields, P.A.

HAMAWAY, MICHAEL P. Mombach, Boyle & Hardin, P.A.

KISSANE, EUGENE P. Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.

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MALTZMAN, JEFFREY Maltzman & Partners P.A.

PATHMAN, WAYNE M. Pathman Lewis, LLP

ROTHSTEIN, DAVID ALAN Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A.

MANDEL, DAVID S. Mandel & Mandel LLP

PATRICIOS, LEON N. Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A.

RUBIN, AMY S. Fox Rothschild, LLP

MANDEL, MATTHEW H. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.

PATRICOFF, JR., HAROLD E. Shutts & Bowen LLP

RUSSELL, TERRENCE J. Fowler White Boggs

PAYTON, HARRY A. Payton & Associates, LLC

SACKS, DAVID E. Pathman Lewis, LLP

PENNEKAMP, JR., TOM Pennekamp Law P.A.

SALES, DAVID J. David J. Sales, P.A.

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SARASON, SCOTT M. Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A.

PERRY, PAMELA I. Dresnick, Rodriguez & Perry

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PHILLIPS, GARY S. Phillips Cantor & Shalek, P.A.

SCHNEIDER, JEFFREY C. Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP

MARIANI, JOHN F. Shutts & Bowen LLP MARTINEZ, JR., ELIO F. Concepcion Martinez & Bellido

KREITZER, MICHAEL N. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

MARTINEZ, JUAN C. GrayRobinson, P.A.

KRIMSKY, BETH-ANN E. Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

MATTHEWS, JOSEPH M. Colson Hicks Eidson

LAMB, ADAM J. Hall, Lamb and Hall, P.A.

MCCABE, RYON M. McCabe Rabin, P.A.

LARA, RICHARD D. Mase, Lara, Eversole, P.A.

MEEKS, THOMAS J. Carlton Fields, P.A.

LASH, ALAN D. Lash & Goldberg LLP

MENA, DANIEL O. Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP

POLLACK, DAVID C. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

METZGER, JOHN T. McDonald Hopkins

PUGATCH, CHAD P. Rice Pugatch Robinson & Schiller, P.A.

LEBEDEKER, BERNARD A. Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman LLP

MILLER, DANIEL A. Broad and Cassel

RABIN, ADAM T. McCabe Rabin, P.A.

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LICHTMAN, CHARLES H. Berger Singerman LLP

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LICKO, CAROL A. Hogan Lovells US LLP

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RICE, ARTHUR HALSEY Rice Pugatch Robinson & Schiller, P.A.

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NUÑEZ-VIVAS, CARLOS A. Waserstein Nunez & Foodman

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SKOLNICK, HOLLY R. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

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RIGUERA, JOSE Berman, Kean & Riguera, P.A.

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SOLOWSKY, JAY H. Solowsky & Allen, P.L.

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OLIVE, BENJAMIN E. Olive & Associates, P.A.

RONZETTI, THOMAS A. TUCKER Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A.

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LUBETSKY, CARY A. Krinzman, Huss & Lubetsky LLP

OSBER, STEVEN H. Kelley, Kronenberg, Gilmartin, Fichtel, Wander, Bamdas, Eskalyo & Dunbrack, P.A.

ROSE, ALAN B. Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald, Rose, Konopka & Dow, P.A.

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ROSENBERG, CHARLES M. Carlton Fields, P.A.

SHAW-WILDER, DETRA P. Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A. SHUBIN, JOHN K. Shubin & Bass, P.A. SIEGEL, PETER R. Greenspoon Marder, P.A. SILVERGLATE, SPENCER H. Clarke Silverglate P.A.

STEARNS, EUGENE E. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

ROSENTHAL, ALAN Carlton Fields, P.A.

STEINBERG, MARTIN L. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

ROSS, DAVID L. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

STUBBS, SIDNEY A. Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.

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BLANCO, LEYZA F. GrayRobinson, P.A.

BIEBER, BRIAN H. Hirschhorn & Bieber, P.A.

MAYERSOHN, LEAH H. Mayersohn Law Group, P.A.

THOMSON, PARKER D. Hogan Lovells US LLP

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CHAPMAN, SCOTT B. The Chapman Law Firm

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DEMARIA, JOSEPH A. Tew Cardenas LLP

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EISENBERG, JAMES L. Eisenberg & Fouts, P.A.

PRIETO, PETER Podhurst Orseck, P.A.

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RABEN, DAVID Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel, Raben & Waxman, P.A.

GARVIN, DAVID M. David M. Garvin, P.A.

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HARTOG, ROSS R. Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty & Hartog, P.A.

HABER, MICHAEL A. ! ] ;

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HAGER, JOHN S. Hager & Schwartz P.A.

HUTTON, III, JOHN B. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

HERNANDEZ, ARTURO V. Arturo V. Hernandez, P.A.

ROSS, ALAN S. Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel, Raben & Waxman, P.A.

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BEELER, JOSEPH D. Joseph Beeler, P.A.

MARTINEZ, ROBERTO Colson Hicks Eidson

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SHEPHERD, WILLIAM N. Holland & Knight LLP

LUBIN, RICHARD G. Richard G. Lubin, P.A.

AMSEL, ROBERT G. Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel, Raben & Waxman, P.A.

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BARKETT, JOHN M. Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

CHAMES, DEBORAH S. Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L

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ECHEMENDIA, SANTIAGO D. Tew Cardenas LLP

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ELSER, MARSHA B. Foster-Morales Sockel Stone LLC

HALL, DONALD RAYMOND Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. HALSEY, DOUGLAS M. White & Case, LLP MCNALLY, JOHN J. John J. McNally, P.A. PHILLIPS, LUNA E. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. PRICE, STANLEY B. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

FOSTER-MORALES, DORI Foster-Morales Sockel Stone LLC FRANKLIN, BARRY S. Barry S. Franklin & Associates, P.A. FRUMKES, MELVYN B. Melvyn B. Frumkes & Associates P.A. GARDINER, III, WILLIAM L. Conrad & Scherer GLADSTONE, PETER L. Gladstone & Weissman, P. A. GORDON, KENNETH A. Brinkley Morgan

KUTNER, MAURICE JAY Kutner & Associates, P.A. LEINOFF, ANDREW M. Leinoff & Lemos, P.A. LEMOS, NATALIE SCHARF Leinoff & Lemos, P.A. LORENZEN, DIRK Lorenzen Law, P.A. LUTTIER, MARK T. Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman LLP MANOFF, STUART R. Stuart R. Manoff & Associates, P.A. MARTIN-LAVIELLE, ANA Perez-Abreu & Martin-Lavielle, P.A. MCMILLAN, MARIA L. Â ! ( McMillan, P.A. MERLIN, ROBERT J. Robert J. Merlin, P.A. MILLER, JAMES FOX Boies, Schiller & Flexner LLP MORALES, CARMEN M. Carmen M. Morales, P.A. NEWMARK, STANLEY Stanley M. Newmark, P.A. OSMAN, EDITH G. Carlton Fields, P.A. PEREZ-ABREU, JAVIER Perez-Abreu & Martin-Lavielle, P.A. PICAZIO, KIM L. Kim L. Picazio, P.A. ROSEN, MARSHA C. Marsha C. Rosen, P.A.

GREENBERG, SUSAN E. Schuttler & Greenberg, LLC

RYNOR, JEFFREY A. Mitrani, Rynor Adamsky & Toland, P.A.

EDUCATION

SCHULMAN, CLIFFORD A. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.

GREENE, CYNTHIA L. Greene Smith & Associates, P.A.

SANDERS, DALE R. Lyons and Sanders Chartered

BOGDAN, SUZANNE K. Fisher & Phillips, LLP

SPILLIAS, KENNETH G. Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.

HAUSMANN, MICHELLE M. Hausmann & Hickman, P.A.

SASSER, DONALD J. Sasser, Cestero & Sasser, P. A.

ELDER LAW

TAYLOR, DANIEL E. Tripp Scott

HICKMAN, AMY U. Hausmann & Hickman, P.A.

SCHUTTLER, HOLLY DAVIDSON Schuttler & Greenberg, LLC

WALKER, STEPHEN A. Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.

JACOBS, MELISSA J. Coffey Burlington

SHAPIRO, BRENDA BERNSTEIN Brenda B. Shapiro, LLC

WORSHAM, E. LEE Shutts & Bowen LLP

KAPNER, LEWIS Kapner & Kapner, P.A.

ENVIRONMENTAL LITIGATION

KARPF, MITCHELL K. Young, Berman, Karpf & Gonzalez, P.A.

SHIFRIN, DEANNA S. Buckner, Shifrin, Rice, Etter & Kohlman, P.A.

REIFF, ROBERT S. Robert S. Reiff, P.A.

CARLISLE, RUSSELL E. Russell E. Carlisle, P.A. MORRIS, ELLEN S. Elder Law Associates, P.A. SCHNEIDER, STEPHANIE L. X! Schneider, P.A. TRUSTY, CANDIS Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty & Hartog, P.A. ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORTS BERCUSON, DAVID David Bercuson, P.A. BERNHARDT, PETER M. McDonald Hopkins

RADELL, MICHAEL E. Bercow Radell & Fernandez, P.A.

AARON, WILLIAM William Aaron, P.A. COGLIANESE, MATTHEW P. Rasco Klock Reininger Perez Esquenazi Vigil & Nieto REID, BENJAMINE Carlton Fields, P.A. FAMILY AND MARITAL ACEBO, HUGO E. Bluestein and Wayne, P.A.

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KIRSCHBAUM, JOEL L. Kirschbaum, Birnbaum, Lippman & Gregoire, PLLC KOHLMAN, ROBERT F. Buckner, Shifrin, Rice, Etter & Kohlman, P.A. KORNREICH, GERALD I. Kornreich & Associates

SIDWEBER, ROBERT W. Sidweber & Weintraub, P.A. SMITH, LAURA DAVIS Greene Smith & Associates, P.A. STANLEY, ROBERTA G. Brinkley Morgan VINES, ROBYN L. GrayRobinson, P.A. WASSERMAN, JEFFREY P. Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman & Gora, P.A.

WAYNE, BARRY M. Bluestein and Wayne, P.A. WEINSTEIN, ALAN E. Q WEINTRAUB, KAREN BETH Sidweber & Weintraub, P.A. WEISSMAN, JEFFREY ADAM Gladstone & Weissman, P. A. YOUNG, BURTON Young, Berman, Karpf & Gonzalez, P.A. FINANCE ALEXANDER, LARRY B. Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. ALVAREZ, VICTOR M. White & Case, LLP BROWN, GARY L. Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet, P.A. CHRISTOPHER, JOHN Christopher & Weisberg, P.A. CROLAND, LESLIE Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP GORZECK, RANA M. Ward, Damon, Posner, Pheterson & Bleau, PL

FORFEITURES AMSEL, ROBERT G. Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel, Raben & Waxman, P.A. RABEN, DAVID Robbins, Tunkey, Ross, Amsel, Raben & Waxman, P.A. FRANCHISE EINHORN, ROBERT M. Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito, P.A. GREENE, NINA Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. JOBLOVE, MICHAEL D. Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. MILLER, JAMES M.

KARR, THOMAS M. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. KELLEY, ROHAN The Kelley Law Firm, P.L. MILSTEIN, RICHARD

HEALTHCARE BRONIS, STEPHEN J. Carlton Fields, P.A. BURACK, MARSHALL R.

LEWIS, TERRY E. Lewis, Longman & Walker, P.A.

CARRENO-MEDEROS, TANIA M. Hellman Mederos & Yelin, P.L.

FRANCHISE LITIGATION

RANDOLPH, JOHN “SKIP� C. Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.

GREENBLATT, SANDRA P. Sandra Greenblatt, P.A.

RODRIGUEZ, RAQUEL A. McDonald Hopkins

IMPERATO, GABRIEL L. Broad and Cassel

SHAWDE, JOHN C. Rasco Klock Reininger Perez Esquenazi Vigil & Nieto

JACOBSON, DANIEL

DAVIS, WILLIAM E. Foley & Lardner, LLP

GENERAL LIABILITY

COFFEY, KENDALL Coffey Burlington

KARLINSKY, FRED E. Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, P.A.

SCOTT, II, JAMES A. Tripp Scott

PEREZ, RICHARD ANTONIO Holland & Knight LLP

LOUMIET, CARLOS E. DLA Piper LLP (US)

ARAGON, RUDOLPH F. White & Case, LLP

JOHNSON, E. BRUCE Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper & Hochman, P.A.

ZARCO, ROBERT Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito, P.A.

DAVIS, JR., EDWARD H. Astigarraga Davis

FINANCIAL LITIGATION

PLATT, III, GEORGE I. Shutts & Bowen LLP

HARTOG, JACK P. GrayRobinson, P.A.

MEYERS, DAWN M. Berger Singerman LLP

LICKSTEIN, FRED K. Fowler White Burnett P.A.

ZELMAN, RICHARD M. Sacher, Zelman, Hartman, Paul, Beiley, & Sacher, P.A.

GOREN, SAMUEL S. Goren, Cherof, Doody & Ezrol, P.A.

DOTSON, JR., ALBERT E. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

SALKOWSKI, ROBERT F. Zarco Einhorn Salkowski & Brito, P.A.

BIEBER, BRIAN H. Hirschhorn & Bieber, P.A.

VALDIVIA, III, JOSE F. Hogan Lovells US LLP

EVERETT, CYNTHIA A. Cynthia A. Everett, P.A.

PERLMAN, JONATHAN E. Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A.

HERNANDEZ, PATRICIA M. Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP

PERLMAN, JASON E. Perlman, Bajandas, Yevoli & Albright, P.L.

COLODNY, MICHAEL Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, P.A.

LYLES, DENNIS E. Billing, Cochran, Lyles, Mauro & Ramsey, P.A.

FRAUD

LOZOFF, MICHAEL D. Shutts & Bowen LLP

ESCARRA, IRIS V. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

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MCGUIRE, JANINE K. Conrad & Scherer

COLEMAN, IRA J. McDermott Will & Emery DAVIS, GARY SCOTT McDermott Will & Emery ERDE, JOANNE B. Duane Morris LLP

KALISH, MARTIN I. Arnstein & Lehr LLP

UDOLF, BRUCE L. Udolf Libow WEISS, RICHARD JAY Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.

STEVENS, HAROLD S. Kelley, Kronenberg, Gilmartin, Fichtel, Wander, Bamdas, Eskalyo & Dunbrack, P.A.

WHITE, TRELA J. Corbett and White, P.A.

GENERAL LIABILITY - DEFENSE

COLE, JAMIE A. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.

GORAN, JOHN J. Mintzer Sarowitz Zeris Ledva & Meyers LLP MCGRANE, III, MILES A. McGrane, Nosich and Ganz, P.A. GOVERNMENT ALEXANDER, SCOTT D. Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper & Hochman, P.A. BONISKE, NINA L. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. BUTTERWORTH, JR., ROBERT A. Fowler White Boggs

LASRIS, LEE F. Florida Health Law Center RADENSKY, PAUL W. McDermott Will & Emery RAMSEY, BRUCE M. Billing, Cochran, Lyles, Mauro & Ramsey, P.A.

GOVERNMENT LITIGATION

HOCHMAN, JEFFREY L. Johnson, Anselmo, Murdoch, Burke, Piper & Hochman, P.A. MANDEL, MATTHEW H. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. SEROTA, JOSEPH H. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. GOVERNMENT RELATIONS

SEGAL, MIKE Broad and Cassel SPRATT, JR., WILLIAM J. K&L Gates LLP STOESSEL, HEATHER K. Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. TACHE, WALTER Carlton Fields, P.A. WINKER, DAVID J. Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. ZUMPANO, JOSEPH I. Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. HEALTHCARE LITIGATION

BECKER, ALAN S. Becker & Poliakoff, P.A.

CARDENAS, ALBERTO R. Tew Cardenas LLP

BIERMAN, MITCHELL A. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.

COCHRAN, JR., CLARK J. Billing, Cochran, Lyles, Mauro & Ramsey, P.A.

BONISKE, NINA L. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.

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PATRICIOS, LEON N. Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. WEINSTEIN, STEVEN ROBERT K&L Gates LLP

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IMMIGRATION BANDER, MICHAEL A. Bander & Associates BARQUET, ROY J. Foley & Lardner, LLP BERNSTEIN, ROGER A. Bernstein Osberg-Braun Caco & Solow, LLC

MEAGHER, JOHN E. Shutts & Bowen LLP

DIMATTEO, ANTHONY Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & Dimatteo

FRIEDLAND, DAVID K. Friedland Vining, P.A.

PARSONS, EILEEN L. Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A.

FALK, GLENN P. Falk, Waas, Hernandez, Cortina, Solomon & Bonner, P.A.

GALE, JAMES A. Feldman Gale, P.A.

SYMONS, ROBIN TAYLOR Gordon Reese ZEDER, JON W. Katz Barron Squitero Faust

BURGOS, HANS Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A.

INSURANCE BAD FAITH PLAINTIFF

ESCALONA, GRACE L. Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A.

RICCI, EDWARD M. Edward M. Ricci, P.A.

FOX-ISICOFF, TAMMY Rifkin and Fox-Isicoff, P.A.

INSURANCE LITIGATION

GONZALEZ, III, ENRIQUE Fragomen, Del Rey, Bernsen & Loewy, LLP HERNANDEZ, EUGENIO Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP KURZBAN, IRA J. Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli & Pratt, P.A. LINK, AMY L. Bernstein Osberg-Braun Caco & Solow, LLC OSBERG-BRAUN, LINDA Bernstein Osberg-Braun Caco & Solow, LLC

BENRUBI, RICHARD M. Liggio Benrubi, P.A. COHEN, JEFFREY MICHAEL Carlton Fields, P.A. EBENFELD, CINDY L. Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A. ENGEL, SARAH CLASBY Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP

BOYD, MARK R. DLD Lawyers COLODNY, MICHAEL Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, P.A. DAVIS, GARY SCOTT McDermott Will & Emery DEEHL, DAVID L. Deehl & Carlson, P.A. FIDEI, RICHARD J. Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, P.A. GUZZI, GARY J. LERNER, JOSHUA D. Rumberger, Kirk & Caldwell, P.A.

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KREVANS, SCOTT D. Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans, Abel, Lurvey, Morrow & Schefer, P.A.

LOTT, LESLIE J. Lott & Fischer, P.L.

LEVY, BENJAMIN D. Pyszka, Blackmon, Levy, Mowers & Kelley LUNDEEN, A. SCOTT Wicker, Smith, O’Hara, McCoy & Ford, P.A.

PACKER, MICHAEL A. Marshall, Dennehey, Warner, Coleman & Goggin, P.C

VER PLOEG, BRENTON N. Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A.

BLECKE, JAMES C. The Haggard Law Firm

LEWIS, SAMUEL A. Feldman Gale, P.A.

LUMPKIN, R. HUGH Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A.

TOBOCMAN, SARAH LEA Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

BERK, WILLIAM S. Berk, Merchant & Sims, PLC

KERR, JENNIFER A. Campbell Law Firm PLLC

NOVOSELETSKY, ELLEN Shutts & Bowen LLP

RIFKIN, LARRY S. Rifkin and Fox-Isicoff, P.A.

WARD, GREGORY C. Ward Kim Vaughan & Lerner LLP INSURANCE LITIGATION DEFENSE ABATE, MARIA E. Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky Abate & Webb, P.A. ACOSTA, JULIO C. Acosta ANDERSON, JOHN R. Berk, Merchant & Sims, PLC ANGONES, FRANK R. Angones, McClure & Garcia, P.A. ATKINSON, JOHN BOND Atkinson & Brownell, P.A.

PRIETO, EDWARD C. Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. PROBST, BERNARD I. Walton Lantaff Schroeder & Carson LLP SHEA, VALERIE Sedgwick LLP SHEROUSE, CHRISTIENNE H. Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & Dimatteo TARLOW, DAVID M. Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. WOULFE, RICHARD T. Bunnell & Woulfe, P.A.

MATTHEWS, JOSEPH M. Colson Hicks Eidson MAYBACK, GREGORY L. Mayback & Hoffman, P.A. NELSON, GREGORY A. Novak Druce + Quigg LLP OVELMEN, RICHARD J. Jorden Burt LLP PEARSON, LOREN D. Assouline & Berlowe P.A. PERETZ, STEVEN I. Peretz Chesal and Herrmann, PL ROTHMAN, JOEL B. Arnstein & Lehr LLP SCHWARTZ, ROBERT M. Robert M. Schwartz, P.A. SHAPIRO, JAY B. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. SILVERMAN, MARLENE K. Greenberg Traurig, P.A. STEELE, JR., J. RODMAN Duane Morris LLP

CHESAL, MICHAEL B. Peretz Chesal and Herrmann, PL

FRIEDLAND, DAVID K. Friedland Vining, P.A.

CHRISTOPHER, JOHN Christopher & Weisberg, P.A.

GALE, JAMES A. Feldman Gale, P.A.

DEMETRIADES, CHRISTOPHER P. Feldman Gale, P.A.

BRODIE, STEVEN J. Carlton Fields, P.A.

ENGLANDER, JOSEPH R. Shutts & Bowen LLP

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MALLOY, JENNIE SUE Malloy & Malloy, P.L.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LITIGATION

EISENBERG, STEVEN ERIC Lipscomb Eisenberg & Baker PL

DEMAHY, PETE L. DLD Lawyers

MALLOY, III, JOHN CYRIL Malloy & Malloy, P.L.

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

BLACKMON, JR., PHILLIP D. Pyszka, Blackmon, Levy, Mowers & Kelley

COLE, SCOTT A. Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.

GREENBERG, LAURENCE A. Lerner, Greenberg & Stemer LLP HAWKINS, SCOTT G. Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.

KRAMER, PETER M. Squire Sanders

SLAWSON, RICHARD W. Slawson Cunningham Whalen & Gaspari, P.L.

GANOZA, LAURA Foley & Lardner, LLP

HOLTON, JR., RAYMOND O. Catri, Holton, Kessler & Kessler, P.A.

MIRANDA, HELEN L. Klein Glasser Park Lowe & Pelstring, P.L.

MARINO, JR., STEPHEN A. Ver Ploeg & Lumpkin, P.A.

BELLUS, CARYN L. Kubicki Draper

HICKS, MARK Hicks, Porter, Ebenfeld & Stein, P.A.

JORDEN, JAMES FREDERICK Jorden Burt LLP

PRATT, JOHN P. Kurzban Kurzban Weinger Tetzeli & Pratt, P.A.

INSURANCE

FERNANDEZ, GEORGE L. Wolpe Leibowitz & Fernandez, L.L.P.

ESPINOSA, JORGE T. Espinosa Trueba, PL FELDMAN, JEFFREY D. Feldman Gale, P.A.

GORDON, LAWRENCE S. Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans, Abel, Lurvey, Morrow & Schefer, P.A. MEEKS, THOMAS J. Carlton Fields, P.A. STEIN, MARK E. Higer Lichter & Givner LLP VARGAS, ROBERTO M. Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.

INTERNATIONAL

INTERNATIONAL FRAUD

LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

AVILA, ALCIDES I. Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP

VAN VLIET, THERESA M.B. Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A.

BALLMAN, DONNA M. Donna M. Ballman, P.A.

INTERNATIONAL LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT

BARQUET, ROY J. Foley & Lardner, LLP

LOPEZ, JORGE RAIMUNDO Littler Mendelson, P.C.

BERRY, BRIDGET ANN Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

INTERNATIONAL LITIGATION

BOWERS, DAVID E. Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.

DIAZ, JR., MICHAEL Diaz Reus & Targ LLP FERRI, MARCO Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP HARPER, GEORGE R. Harper Meyer Perez Hagen O’Connor Albert & Dribin LLP LANDY, BURTON A. LANDY, LISA A. Therrel Baisden, P.A. MARKO, DAVID EVERETT Marko, Magolnick, P.A. MEYER, JAMES M. Harper Meyer Perez Hagen O’Connor Albert & Dribin LLP PAL, FABIAN A. Fowler White Burnett P.A. PALMER, EDUARDO Eduardo Palmer P.A. PARKER, CLAYTON E. K&L Gates LLP RODDENBERRY, STEPHEN K. ZALDIVAR, JR., MIGUEL A. Hogan Lovells US LLP ZUMPANO, JOSEPH I. Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. INTERNATIONAL ARBITRATION DE LEO, CHARLES G. De Leo & Kuylenstierna, P.A.

ASTIGARRAGA, JOSE I. Astigarraga Davis DAVIDSON, GARY E. Diaz Reus & Targ LLP DAVIS, JR., EDWARD H. Astigarraga Davis DIAZ, JR., MICHAEL Diaz Reus & Targ LLP JIMENEZ, ADOLFO E. Holland & Knight LLP KLINE, CHARLES C. White & Case, LLP LINDSEY, III, H. EUGENE Katz Barron Squitero Faust

MULLINS, EDWARD M. Astigarraga Davis

DIXON, SHARON QUINN Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

WEST, BRYAN T. Tew Cardenas LLP

INTERNATIONAL MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

FORMAN, SCOTT A. Littler Mendelson, P.C.

INTERNATIONAL BANKING

ALVAREZ-FARRE, EMILIO J. White & Case, LLP

ALVAREZ, VICTOR M. White & Case, LLP

GABRIELLE, ERIC G. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

INTERNATIONAL TAX

BROWN, BOWMAN Shutts & Bowen LLP

CANTOR, STEVEN L. Cantor & Webb, P.A.

LOUMIET, CARLOS E. DLA Piper LLP (US)

WEBB, HAL J. Cantor & Webb, P.A.

MORANTE, THOMAS F. Holland & Knight LLP

INTERNATIONAL TRADE

JOHNSON, ETHAN W. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

SUGARMAN, ROBERT A. Sugarman & Susskind, P.A. SUKHDEO, DEVAND A. Jackson Lewis SUSSKIND, HOWARD S. Sugarman & Susskind, P.A. THOMPSON, PATRICIA H. Carlton Fields, P.A. TUSCHMAN, RICHARD D. VALORI, PETER F. Damian & Valori LLP ZELEK, MARK E. Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP LABOR AND EMPLOYMENT MANAGEMENT CASEY, III, MICHAEL W. Duane Morris LLP

ENGEL, SARAH CLASBY Harke Clasby & Bushman LLP

VOLSKY, GEORGE

INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT

SLESNICK, II, DONALD D. }

EISENBERG, SUSAN N.

HAYDEN, DONALD J. Baker & McKenzie LLP

TARG, ROBERT I. Diaz Reus & Targ LLP

SIEGEL, PETER R. Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

DUKE, CHRISTOPHER S.

EVERETT, CYNTHIA A. Cynthia A. Everett, P.A.

SANDLER, GILBERT L. Sandler, Travis & Rosenberg, P.A.

SHAVITZ, GREGG I. Shavitz Law Group, P.A.

CAVENDISH, REBECCA C. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

ESTEVEZ, ANNE-MARIE Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL DEFENSE/CRIMINAL LAW

ROSS, ARTURO Littler Mendelson, P.C.

CAULKINS, CHARLES S. Fisher & Phillips, LLP

RODRIGUEZ, WILFREDO A. Avila Rodriguez Hernandez Mena & Ferri LLP

GONZALEZ, DANIEL E. Hogan Lovells US LLP

QUINTANA, MARLENE GrayRobinson, P.A.

CARTWRIGHT, KELLY-ANN GIBBS Holland & Knight LLP

DAMIAN, MELANIE E. Damian & Valori LLP

REETZ, C. RYAN DLA Piper LLP (US)

POSTMAN, BARRY A. Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.

BUCHSBAUM, DAVID A. Fisher & Phillips, LLP

MARTINEZ-FRAGA, PEDRO J. DLA Piper LLP (US)

PATRICOFF, JR., HAROLD E. Shutts & Bowen LLP

PLOUCHA, LAWRENCE M. Fowler White Boggs

BRAMNICK JAMES S.

COOPER, MARGARET L. Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.

PALMER, EDUARDO Eduardo Palmer P.A.

PARRISH, STEVEN M. Steven M. Parrish, P.A.

BOYER, APRIL K&L Gates LLP

LORENZO, RICHARD C. Hogan Lovells US LLP

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CONNOR, TERENCE G. Hunton & Williams LLP DEMAIO, DAVID M. Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C. FLEMING, JOSEPH Z. Greenberg Traurig, P.A. HAMMON, CHRISTOPHER P. Ogletree, Deakins, Nash, Smoak & Stewart, P.C.

GROSSMAN, STUART I. Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP GUEDES EDWARD, G. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.

KNOX, KENNETH A. Fisher & Phillips, LLP KOFMAN, ROBERT T. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. LANG, CHAD K. Meyer Moser Lang LLP

LAPIDUS, STEVEN B. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

LOPEZ, PAUL OCTAVIO Tripp Scott

LEVINE, DANIEL R. Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman & Gora, P.A.

LOWRY, PATRICIA E. Squire Sanders MCGUINNESS, NEIL F. Neil F. McGuinness, P.A.

MORA, GRACE M. Hunton & Williams LLP

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ROPPOLO, JR., WILLIAM V. Baker & McKenzie LLP

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE DEFENSE ABEL, JONATHAN C. Conroy, Simberg, Ganon, Krevans, Abel, Lurvey, Morrow & Schefer, P.A.

NORTON, SUSAN POTTER Allen, Norton & Blue, P.A.

ANDERSON, GREGORY N. Stack Fernandez Anderson & Harris, P.A.

SARAFAN, RICHARD J. Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A.

SHEA, VALERIE Sedgwick LLP

BELLAS, PETER W. Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A.

SCHNAPP, MARK P. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

STUTIN, CATHY M. Fisher & Phillips, LLP

BIERMAN, MITCHELL A. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.

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CONAHAN, LINDA A. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. DANIELS, STEVEN L. Arnstein & Lehr LLP DEL VALLE, IGNACIO G. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 2013

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DEUTCH, JR., RICHARD E. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

LEVINE, SCOTT D. Rennert Vogel Mandler & Rodriguez, P.A.

DEVINE, JOHN W. Devine Goodman Rasco & Wells, P.A.

LEWIS, ANDREW I. Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet, P.A.

DUBIN, JOSHUA L. Joshua L. Dubin, P.A. EAGAN, THOMAS V. Squire Sanders

LEWIS, HAROLD L. Pathman Lewis, LLP MARINBERG, DANIEL Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

STEINMAN, JAY A. Carlton Fields, P.A.

LUBART, LEONARD Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

STISS, CAREY A. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

MELAND, MARK S. Meland Russin & Budwick, P.A. REAL ESTATE - DEVELOPMENT

STONE, ADELE I. Fowler White Boggs STREIT, THOMAS E.

BROWN, GARY L. Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet, P.A. COBB, THOMAS C. Thomas C. Cobb, P.A.

EISINGER, DENNIS J. Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet, P.A.

MARX, JAMES Marx & Frankel, PA

SUMBERG, JOHN C. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

ESCALONA, GRACE L. Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A.

MELAND, MARK S. Meland Russin & Budwick, P.A.

TAGUE, BRIAN P. Tew Cardenas LLP

BRIGHAM, TOBY PRINCE Toby Prince Brigham PA

FAUST, MARC L. Katz Barron Squitero Faust

MENOR, ARTHUR J. Shutts & Bowen LLP

TRIPP, NORMAN D. Tripp Scott

GOULD, BRADLEY S. Holland & Knight LLP

FERRER, BARBARA J. Broad and Cassel

METZGER, JOHN T. McDonald Hopkins

WALKER, JR., H. WILLIAM White & Case, LLP

LITTLE, III, JOHN W. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

FERRERA, SANDRA M. Meland Russin & Budwick, P.A.

MILANO, NICHOLAS G. Holland & Knight LLP

WEBER, WILLIAM A. Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

MUÑIZ, JUAN Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

FIELDSTONE, RONALD R. Arnstein & Lehr LLP

MOMBACH, GEOFFREY S. Mombach, Boyle & Hardin, P.A.

WEISSLER, ROBERT I. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

TOBIN, MARK A.

FRIEDBERG, HOWARD L. Katz Barron Squitero Faust

MOODY, STEVE E. Moody, Jones Ingino & Morehead, P.A.

FUERST, SCOTT J. Greenspoon Marder, P.A. GENAUER, MARTIN J. Berger Singerman LLP GLASSMAN, LISA I. Lisa I. Glassman, P.A. GOLDMAN, ROGER S. Carlton Fields, P.A. GORSON, MATTHEW B. Greenberg Traurig, P.A. GORZECK, RANA M. Ward, Damon, Posner, Pheterson & Bleau, PL GREENE, MICHAEL S. Boyd & Jenerette, P.A. HANKINS, JAMES M. Hankins Northwood Roman Wenzel P.L. HARDIN, DAVID C. Mombach, Boyle & Hardin, P.A HELFMAN, STEPHEN J. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. KASDIN, NEISEN O. KATZ, MICHAEL D. Katz Barron Squitero Faust KOENIGSBERG, JAY Isicoff, Ragatz & Koenigsberg KRAMER, WILLIAM S. Brinkley Morgan KRISS, RONALD A. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP LESTER, PAUL A. *

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MORENO, M. CRISTINA Murai, Wald, Biondo & Moreno, P.A.

WELLES, PATRICIA G. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

WEAVER, JR., HERBERT A. Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. REAL ESTATE - FINANCE

ZELKOWITZ, STEVEN W. GrayRobinson, P.A.

PARSON, STEVEN R. Shutts & Bowen LLP

REAL ESTATE - COMMERCIAL

PORTUONDO, BERNARDO A. Liebler, Gonzalez & Portuondo, P.A.

BARRON, ROBERT W. Berger Singerman LLP

RAGATZ, TERESA Isicoff, Ragatz & Koenigsberg

DIAZ-SILVEIRA, JORGE Hogan Lovells US LLP

RASCO, RAMON E. Rasco Klock Reininger Perez Esquenazi Vigil & Nieto

ENGLISH, ERICA L. Katz Barron Squitero Faust

RINGEL, THOMAS Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty & Hartog, P.A.

REAL ESTATE - EMINENT DOMAIN

GLASSMAN, LISA I. Lisa I. Glassman, P.A. GRANT, MARK F. Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

ENGLISH, ERICA L. Katz Barron Squitero Faust KRISS, RONALD A. Stroock & Stroock & Lavan LLP LINK, WENDY SARTORY Ackerman, Link & Sartory, P.A. SHINDELL, JAMES W. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP REAL ESTATE - HOTELS AND RESORTS GREENSPOON, GERALD Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

RIVERA, OSCAR R. Siegfried, Rivera, Lerner, De La Torre & Sobel, P.A.

HANSON, THOMAS A. Carlton Fields, P.A.

SAUL, GARY A. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

MURAI, RENE V. Murai, Wald, Biondo & Moreno, P.A.

SHERR, BRIAN Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

PARSON, STEVEN R. Shutts & Bowen LLP

WEISSLER, ROBERT I. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

SLAVIS, PETER D. Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

ROSS, MICHAEL S. Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

REAL ESTATE - LAND USE AND ZONING

SMITH, HARRY B. Heller Waldman, P.L.

RUSSELL, JANICE L.

SMULIAN, ANDREW M.

SHINDELL, JAMES W. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

ADLER, BRIAN S. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

SOMERSTEIN, BARRY E. Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

REAL ESTATE - CONDOMINIUM

SOMERSTEIN, MARK K. Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

EISINGER, DENNIS J. Eisinger, Brown, Lewis, Frankel & Chaiet, P.A.

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LUBART, LEONARD Greenspoon Marder, P.A. WEBER, WILLIAM A. Hughes Hubbard & Reed LLP

ATKINSON, III, WILSON C. Fowler White Boggs BOULRIS, AMY BRIGHAM Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. BRADY, JAMES C. Arnstein & Lehr LLP CIKLIN, ALAN J. Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens & O’Connell

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ZELKOWITZ, STEVEN W. GrayRobinson, P.A.

IGOE, JOHN G. Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP

SECURITIES - LITIGATION AND ARBITRATION

DOTSON, JR., ALBERT E. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

REAL ESTATE - LITIGATION

JACOBSON, BERNARD

BOWDEN, C. WADE Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

JOSEPH, SETH P. Carlton Fields, P.A.

BRODSKY, RICHARD E. The Brodsky Law Firm

KAPLAN, JAMES M. Kaplan Zeena LLP

CHASE, DAVID R. David R. Chase, P.A.

CHASSEN, JON C. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

LAMPERT, DANIEL Berger Singerman LLP

DIMOND, SCOTT M. Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A.

HART, JOHN R. Carlton Fields, P.A.

MACAULAY, ROBERT B. Carlton Fields, P.A.

ELIAS, BRIAN D. Fowler White Burnett P.A.

KOPELOWITZ, BRIAN R. Kopelowitz Ostrow, P.A.

MARCH, BRUCE I. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

ENNIS, DAVID F. Ennis & Ennis, P.A.

KRIMSKY, BETH-ANN E. Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

MARKUS, ANDREW J. Carlton Fields, P.A.

KAPLAN, JEFFREY B. Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A.

HALSEY, DOUGLAS M. White & Case, LLP

LEVINE, TODD A. Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L.

MAS, CARLOS A. Carlton Fields, P.A.

KAUFMAN, BRADFORD D. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

HARRIS, LYNDA J. Carlton Fields, P.A.

MARTINEZ, JUAN C. GrayRobinson, P.A.

MCGUIGAN, THOMAS R. Squire Sanders

KLOCK, KATHY M.

HELFMAN, STEPHEN J. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.

MAYERSOHN, LEAH H. Mayersohn Law Group, P.A.

MENENDEZ-CAMBO, PATRICIA M. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

LEE, TIFFANI G. Holland & Knight LLP

PAYTON, HARRY A. Payton & Associates, LLC

MILLER, ALISON W. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A.

LINK, SCOTT J. Ackerman, Link & Sartory, P.A.

PHILLIPS, GARY S. Phillips Cantor & Shalek, P.A.

MILLER, MATTHEW W. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

WARNER, THOMAS E. Carlton Fields, P.A.

MORANTE, THOMAS F. Holland & Knight LLP

RECEIVERSHIP

QUESADA, PABLO S. Sanchez-Medina, Gonzalez, Quesada, Lage, Crespo, Gomez & Machado LLP

DOUGHERTY, LUCIA A. Greenberg Traurig, P.A. ECHEMENDIA, SANTIAGO D. Tew Cardenas LLP ESCARRA, IRIS V. Greenberg Traurig, P.A. FERRO, SIMON Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. GOULD, BRADLEY S. Holland & Knight LLP HALL, DONALD RAYMOND Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

LOCHRIE, III, ROBERT B. Lochrie & Chakas, P.A. LYLES, DENNIS E. Billing, Cochran, Lyles, Mauro & Ramsey, P.A. MELE, DENNIS D. Greenspoon Marder, P.A. ORSHEFSKY, DEBBIE M. Greenberg Traurig, P.A. PASTORIZA, GILBERTO Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.

BENNETT, MICHAEL P. Bennett Aiello & Cohen, LLP BERMAN, NEIL J. Neil Berman, P.A.

LEVINE, DAVID M. Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP SECURITIES

PATHMAN, WAYNE M. Pathman Lewis, LLP

ALBERT, JR., RONALD Harper Meyer Perez Hagen O’Connor Albert & Dribin LLP

PLATT, III, GEORGE I. Shutts & Bowen LLP

ALONSO, FERNANDO C. Hunton & Williams LLP

PERLMAN, JONATHAN E. Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. RABIN, ADAM T. McCabe Rabin, P.A.

SACHER, BARTON S. Sacher, Zelman, Hartman, Paul, Beiley, & Sacher, P.A.

SYNDICATIONS SANCHEZ-MEDINA, ROLAND, JR. Sanchez-Medina, Gonzalez, Quesada, Lage, Crespo, Gomez & Machado LLP

PRICE, STANLEY B. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

AXELROD, ALAN D. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

RADELL, MICHAEL E. Bercow Radell & Fernandez, P.A.

BADER, GREGORY K. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

SACKS, DAVID E. Pathman Lewis, LLP

BERGMAN, DALE S. Roetzel & Andress

SCHULMAN, CLIFFORD A. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.

BLOOM, LEONARD H.

WATTS-FITZGERALD, ABIGAIL C. Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L.

EPSTEIN, GARY M. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

WELLS, DAVID E. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

GROSSMAN, ROBERT L. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

SECURITIES - DEFENSE

WEAVER, JR., HERBERT A. Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.

HERNANDEZ-TORAÑO, JORGE L. Holland & Knight LLP

SONBERG, STEVEN Holland & Knight LLP TAX

SCHNEIDER, LAZ L. Berger Singerman LLP

ARONSON, DANIEL H. Berger Singerman LLP

TAYLOR, DANIEL E. Tripp Scott

SCHAFER, HARRY R. Kenny Nachwalter, P.A. SQUITERO, JOHN R. Katz Barron Squitero Faust

POOLE, SAMUEL E. Berger Singerman LLP

SHUBIN, JOHN K. Shubin & Bass, P.A.

SALLAH, JAMES D. Sallah & Cox, LLC

AUGUST, JERALD DAVID Fox Rothschild, LLP

TROPIN, HARLEY S. Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton, P.A. ULLMAN, SAMUEL C. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

BLOOM, KENNETH M. Bloom & Minsker, P.L. BREIER, ROBERT G. Breier, Seif, Silverman & Schermer, P.A.

VALDES-FAULI, RAUL J. Fowler Rodriguez Valdes-Fauli

BROGAN, JR., FRANCIS B. Greenberg Traurig, P.A. CHASE, ALAN R. Cohen, Chase, Hoffman & Schimmel, P.A. CHAVES, ROBERT A. Gutter Chaves Josepher Rubin Forman Fleisher P.A.

FEINBERG, DYANNE E. Brown & Heller, P.A.

COMITER, RICHARD B. Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, LLP

ZEENA, JR., WILLIAM Kaplan Zeena LLP

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TAX - INTERNATIONAL WINSTON, RICHARD L. K&L Gates LLP

FUERST, MITCHELL S. Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL

GOLDSTEIN, RICHARD M. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP

GARVIN, DAVID M. David M. Garvin, P.A.

HUDSON, JR., ROBERT F. Baker & McKenzie LLP JOSEPHER, RICHARD A. Gutter Chaves Josepher Rubin Forman Fleisher P.A. JOVANOVICH, NICK Berger Singerman LLP

COWAN, PAUL M. Golden & Cowan, P.A.

PRICE, WILLIAM W. William W. Price P.A.

DAVIS, JAMES B. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

RATZAN, STUART N. Ratzan Law Group

DONOHUE, MARY SUE * " !*

SCHWIEP, PAUL J. Coffey Burlington

DUCANIS, JR., JOSEPH T. Fowler White Boggs

SHAPIRO, JEFFREY B. Arnstein & Lehr LLP

ESPENKOTTER, ALEX Heller Waldman, P.L.

SHOHAT, EDWARD R. Shohat, Loewy & Shohat

FERNANDEZ-QUINCOCES, GUILLERMO J. Foley & Lardner, LLP

TAX - LITIGATION

GLASSER, GENE K. Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

HOFFMAN, FREDRIC A. Cohen, Chase, Hoffman & Schimmel, P.A.

PETTIS, EUGENE K. Haliczer Pettis & Schwamm, P.A.

GOLDBERG, DAVID HOWARD David Howard Goldberg, P.L. KAINEN, DENNIS G. Weisberg and Kainen, P.L. KORCHIN, JUDITH M. Holland & Knight LLP WEISBERG, ALAN L. Weisberg and Kainen, P.L. TECHNOLOGY

KALB, MARTIN Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

ALBRIGHT, MARK AARON Perlman, Bajandas, Yevoli & Albright, P.L.

KAPLAN, SETH R. Berger Singerman LLP

BATES, DAVID G. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

KATZ, THOMAS O. Katz Baskies LLC

GROSS, BRADLEY J. The Law Firm of Bradley Gross, P.A.

LAPIDUS, STEVEN B. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

LEWIS, SAMUEL A. Feldman Gale, P.A.

NOSTRO, LOUIS Shutts & Bowen LLP

TELECOMMUNICATIONS

SREBNICK, SCOTT A. ; STEARNS, EUGENE E. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. STEWART, LARRY S. Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, P.A. TILGHMAN, JR. JAMES B. Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, P.A.

GLASSER, GENE K. Greenspoon Marder, P.A. GOLDBERG, DAVID HOWARD David Howard Goldberg, P.L. GORTZ, ALBERT W. Proskauer Rose LLP GRUNDHAUSER, JOHN J. Dunwody White & Landon, P.A. HELLER, DAN P. Heller Waldman, P.L.

TRUST AND ESTATE - LITIGATION FALK, JR., JACK A. Dunwody White & Landon, P.A.

HENNESSEY, III, WILLIAM T. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

FELCOSKI, BRIAN J. Goldman Felcoski & Stone, P.A.

HENRY, THORNTON M. Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.

HENNESSEY, III, WILLIAM T. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

KALB, MARTIN Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

GOLD, ALAN C. Alan C. Gold, P.A.

MOPSICK, MICHAEL D. Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP

KAPLAN, SETH R. Berger Singerman LLP

TORTS

TRUST AND ESTATE PLANNING

RUBIN, CHARLES D. Gutter Chaves Josepher Rubin Forman Fleisher P.A.

MOSS, EDWARD A. Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

BERG, CHARLES L. Berg, Ettelman & Berg, P.A.

SCHIMMEL, JOSEPH B. Cohen, Chase, Hoffman & Schimmel, P.A.

OSBORNE, JOSEPH A. Babbitt Johnson Osborne & LeClainche, P.A.

BOWERS, DAVID E. Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A.

SILVA, MICHAEL A. DLA Piper LLP (US)

SCOTT, JR., THOMAS E. Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A.

BOYETT, CHRISTOPHER W. Holland & Knight LLP

TORTS - DEFENSE

BROGAN, JR., FRANCIS B. Greenberg Traurig, P.A.

REID, PAUL T. Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P.

CAMP, III, JAMES D. Camp & Camp, P.A.

TRIAL PRACTICE

CAMP, JR., JAMES D. Camp & Camp, P.A.

POLISH, SHELDON S. Berger Singerman LLP PRESS, MARTIN R. Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A.

SINGER, MICHAEL S. Comiter, Singer, Baseman & Braun, LLP SITTERSON, CURTIS H. Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. ULLMAN, SAMUEL C. Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP VALDIVIA, III, JOSE F. Hogan Lovells US LLP WASERSTEIN, STEVE L. Waserstein Nunez & Foodman

DYE, THOMAS A. Carlton Fields, P.A.

ADAMSKY, STEVEN R. Mitrani, Rynor Adamsky & Toland, P.A. BACHI, DANIEL M. Sellars, Marion & Bachi, P.A. BIANCHI, DAVID W. Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain, P.A.

YEVOLI, EDWARD T. Perlman, Bajandas, Yevoli & Albright, P.L.

COCHRAN, JR., CLARK J. Billing, Cochran, Lyles, Mauro & Ramsey, P.A.

ZENOV, DARIN I. Foley & Lardner, LLP

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KAVOUKJIAN, MICHAEL E. White & Case, LLP KELLEY, ROHAN The Kelley Law Firm, P.L. MCMILLAN, JANE W. Stokes McMillan Antunez, P.A. MUIR, WILLIAM T. Dunwody White & Landon, P.A. NELSON, BARRY A. Nelson & Nelson, P.A. NOSTRO, LOUIS Shutts & Bowen LLP OSBORNE, JR., R. BRADY Osborne & Osborne, P.A. POLISH, SHELDON S. Berger Singerman LLP PRATT, DAVID Proskauer Rose LLP PRESSLY, JR., JAMES G. Pressly & Pressly, P.A. RUBIN, CHARLES D. Gutter Chaves Josepher Rubin Forman Fleisher P.A. SCHUSTER, CARL Greenspoon Marder, P.A.

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BERGER SINGERMAN LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-755-9500 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-9900 2650 N. Military Trail, Suite 240 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-241-9500 www.BergerSingerman.com

BRINKLEY MORGAN 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., 19th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-522-2200 www.brinkleymorgan.com

BERMAN, KEAN & RIGUERA, P.A. 2101 W. Commercial Blvd., Suite 2800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-735-0000 www.bermankean.com

BUCKNER, SHIFRIN, RICE, ETTER & KOHLMAN P.A. 46 SW 1st St., 2nd Floor Miami, FL 33130 305-679-9744 www.buckner-shifrin.com

RENNERT VOGEL MANDLER & RODRIGUEZ, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 29th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-577-4177 www.brvmlaw.com BERNSTEIN OSBERG-BRAUN CACO & SOLOW, LLC 11900 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 700 Miami, FL 33181 305-895-0300 www.VisaAttorneys.com

BUCKINGHAM, DOOLITTLE & BURROUGHS, LLP 5355 Town Center Rd., Suite 900 Boca Raton, FL 33486 561-241-0414 www.bdblaw.com

BUNNELL & WOULFE, P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., 10th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-761-8600 www.bunnellwoulfe.com BURMAN, CRITTON, LUTTIER & COLEMAN LLP 303 Banyan Blvd., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-842-2820 www.bclclaw.com

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BILZIN SUMBERG BAENA PRICE & AXELROD LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 www.Bilzin.com

CANTOR & WEBB 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., Suite 3112 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-3886 www.cantorwebb.com

BLACK, SREBNICK, KORNSPAN & STUMPF P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1300 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6421 www.RoyBlack.com

CARLTON FIELDS, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0050 www.CarltonFields.com

BLUESTEIN AND WAYNE, P.A. 4000 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 770 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-859-9200 www.bw-pa.com

CASEY CIKLIN LUBITZ MARTENS & O’CONNELL 515 N. Flagler Dr., 20th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-832-5900 www.caseyciklin.com

BOGERT & REMBOLD 2121 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 600 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-9111 www.bogertrembold.com

CLARK SILVERGLATE, P.A. 799 Brickell Plaza, Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-377-0700

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COFFEY BURLINGTON 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., PH Miami, FL 33133 305-858-2900 www.coffeyburlington.com

DLA PIPER LLP (US) 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 305-423-8500 www.dlapiper.com

COLE, SCOTT & KISSANE, P.A. 9150 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1400 Miami, FL 33156 305-350-5300 www.csklegal.com

DUANE MORRIS LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3400 Miami, FL 33131 305-960-2200 www.duanemorris.com

FOWLER WHITE BURNETT, P.A. 1395 Brickell Ave., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-789-9200 100 SE 3rd Ave., 21st Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-377-8100 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 901 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-802-9044 www.Fowler-White.com

COLODNY, FASS, TALENFELD, KARLINSKY ABATE & WEBB, P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., 23rd Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-492-4010 www.cftlaw.com

DUNWODY WHITE & LANDON, P.A. 550 Biltmore Way, Suite 810 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305- 529-1500 www.DWL-Law.com

FOWLER WHITE BOGGS 1200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 500 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-703-3900 www.fowlerwhite.com

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FOX ROTHSCHILD, LLP 222 Lakeview Ave., Suite 700 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-835-9600 www.foxrothschild.com

COLSON HICKS EIDSON 255 Alhambra Circle, PH Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-476-7400 www.colson.com COMITER SINGER BASEMAN & BRAUN 3801 PGA Blvd., Suite 604 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-626-2101 www.comitersinger.com CONRAD & SCHERER, LLP 633 S. Federal Hwy., 8th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-5500 www.conradscherer.com CONROY, SIMBERG, GANON, KREVANS, ABEL, LURVEY, MORROW & SCHEFER, P.A. 3440 Hollywood Blvd., 2nd Floor Hollywood, FL 33021 954-961-1400 www.conroysimberg.com

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EHRENSTEIN CHARBONNEAU CALDERIN 501 Brickell Key Dr., 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-722-2002 www.ecclegal.com EISINGER, BROWN, LEWIS, FRANKEL & CHAIET, P.A. 4000 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 265-S Hollywood, FL 33021 954-894-8000 www.eisingerlaw.com ESPINOSA TRUEBA, PL 1428 Brickell Ave., Suite 100 Miami, FL 33131 305-854-0900 www.etlaw.com

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DAMIAN & VALORI LLP 1000 Brickell Ave., Suite 1020 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-3960 www.dvLLP.com DAVID BERCUSON, P.A. 8950 SW 74th, Suite 1813 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-0018 www.bercusonlaw.com DEEHL & CARLSON, P.A. 501 NE 1st Ave., Suite 301 Miami, FL 33132 305-448-9111 www.deehl.com DEUTSCH & BLUMBERG, P.A. 100 N. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2802 Miami, FL 33132 305-358-6329 www.deutschblumberg.net DIAZ REUS & TARG LLP 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2600 Miami, FL 33131 305-375-9220 www.diazreus.com DIMOND KAPLAN & ROTHSTEIN, P.A. 2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH 2B Miami, FL 33133 305-374-1920 www.dkrpa.com

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FALK, WAAS, HERNANDEZ, CORTINA, SOLOMON & BONNER, P.A. 135 San Lorenzo Ave., Suite 500 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-447-6500 www.falkwaas.com FELDMAN GALE, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 30th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5001 www.feldmangale.com FISHER & PHILLIPS LLP 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-4800 www.laborlawyers.com FOLEY & LARDNER, LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-482-8400 www.foley.com FOREMAN FRIEDMAN, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6555 ) '

FREIDIN DOBRINSKY 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3100 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-3666 www.freidindobrinsky.com FUERST ITTLEMAN DAVID & JOSEPH PL 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 32nd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-350-5690 www.fuerstlaw.com

[G] GAEBE, MULLEN, ANTONELLI & DIMATTEO 420 S. Dixie Hwy., 3rd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-667-0223 www.gaebemullen.com GAMBA & LOMBANA, P.A. 2701 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Mezzanine Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-4010 www.gambalombana.com GENOVESE JOBLOVE & BATTISTA, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1110 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-453-8000 www.gjb-law.com GEORGE, HARTZ & LUNDEEN 4800 LeJeune Road Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-662-4800 www.georgehartz.com GOLDEN & COWAN, P.A. 17345 S. Dixie Hwy. Miami, FL 33157 305-856-5440 www.gcprobatelaw.com GRAYROBINSON, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1850 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-761-8111 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33131 305-416-6880 www.gray-robinson.com

GREENBERG TRAURIG, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-765-0500 5100 Town Center Circle, Suite 400 Boca Raton, FL 33486 561-955-7600 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 300E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-7900 www.GTLaw.com GREENE SMITH & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 7340 SW 61st Ct. Miami, FL 33143 786-268-2553 www.greenesmithlaw.com GREENSPOON MARDER, P.A. 100 W. Cypress Creek Rd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-491-1120 www.greenspoonmarder.com GROSSMAN ROTH, P.A. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 1150 Coral Gables, FL 33134 888-296-1681 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1120 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 888-296-1681 925 S. Federal Hwy., Suite 350 Boca Raton, FL 33432 888-296-1681 www.grossmanroth.com GUNSTER, YOAKLEY & STEWART, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3400 Miami, FL 33131 305-376-6000 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 500E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1980 www.Gunster.com

HARKE CLASBY & BUSHMAN LLP 9699 NE 2nd Ave. Miami Shores, FL 33138 305-536-8220 www.harkeclasby.com HARPER MEYER PEREZ HAGEN O’CONNOR ALBERT & DRIBIN LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-3443 www.harpermeyer.com HICKS, PORTER, EBENFELD & STEIN, P.A. 799 Brickell Plaza, Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8171 www.mhickslaw.com HIRSCHHORN & BIEBER, P.A. 550 Biltmore Way, PH 3A Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-445-5320 www.aquitall.com HOGAN LOVELLS US LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33131 305-459-6500 www.hoganlovells.com HOLLAND & KNIGHT, LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500 www.HKLaw.com HOUCK ANDERSON, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33131 305-372- 9044 www.houckanderson.com HUGHES HUBBARD & REED LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-1666 www.hugheshubbard.com

GUTTER, CHAVES, JOSEPHER, RUBIN FORMAN FLEISHER, P.A. 2101 NW Corporate Blvd., Suite 107 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-998-7847 ) ( ƒ

HUNTON & WILLIAMS, LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 305- 810-2500 www.hunton.com

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HAGGARD LAW FIRM, P.A. 330 Alhambra Circle Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-446-5700 ! '' (

ISICOFF, RAGATZ & KOENIGSBERG 1200 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-373-3232 www.irlaw.com

HALIZER PETTIS & SCHWAMM, P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., 7th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-523-9922 www.haliczerpettis.com

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HALL, LAMB & HALL, P.A. 2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH 1 Miami, FL 33133 305-374-5030 ! ! HANNON & BOYERS, P.A. 1395 Brickell Ave., Suite 980 Miami, FL 33131 800-545-9100 www.hannonboyers.com

JEFFREY S. WEINER, P.A. 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1910 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-9919 www.jeffweiner.com JONES, FOSTER, JOHNSTON & STUBBS, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3000 www.Jones-Foster.com JORDEN BURT, LLP 777 Brickell Ave., Suite 500 Miami, FL 33131 305- 371-2600 www.jordenburt.com

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K&L GATES LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3900 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-3300 www.klgates.com KATZ BARRON SQUITERO FAUST 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., 7th Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-856-2444 www.katzbarron.com KELLEY, KRONENBERG, GILMARTIN, FICHTEL, WANDER, BAMDAS, ESKALYO & DUNBRACK, P.A. 8201 Peters Rd., Suite 4000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33324 954-370-9970 www.kelleykronenberg.com KENNY NACHWALTER, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 11th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-1000 www.kennynachwalter.com KLUGER, KAPLAN, SILVERMAN, KATZEN + LEVINE, P.L. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 17th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-379-9000 www.klugerkaplan.com KORNREICH & ASSOCIATES 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 3510 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-9111 www.kornreichlaw.com KOZYAK TROPIN & THROCKMORTON, P.A. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., 9th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-372-1800 www.KTTLaw.com KRUPNICK CAMPBELL MALONE BUSER SLAMA HANCOCK LIBERMAN & MCKEE, P.A. 12 SE 7th St., Suite 801 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-763-8181 www.KrupnickLaw.com KUBICKI DRAPER 25 W. Flagler St., PH Miami, FL 33130 305-374-1212 www.kubickidraper.com KURKIN FOREHAND BRANDES, LLP 4300 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 305 Miami, FL 33137 305-929-8500 www.kfb-law.com KURZBAN, KURZBAN, WEINGER TETZELI & PRATT, P.A. 2650 SW 27th Ave., 2nd Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-443-4675 www.kkwtlaw.com KUTNER, RUBINOFF & MOSS, P.A. 501 NE 1st Ave., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33132 305-358-6200 www.krmlegal.com

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[L] LASH & GOLDBERG LLP 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 1200 Miami, FL 33131 305-347-4040 www.lashgoldberg.com LEESFIELD & PARTNERS, P.A. 2350 S. Dixie Hwy. Miami, FL 33133 305-854-4900

( LEIGHTON LAW 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-347-3151 www.LeightonLaw.com LEOPOLD LAW, P.A. 2925 PGA Blvd., Suite 200 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-515-1400 www.leopold-law.com LEVINE KELLOGG LEHMAN SCHNEIDER + GROSSMAN LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 22th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-403-8788 www.lkllaw.com LOTT & FISCHER, P.L. 355 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1100 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-7089 X LYTAL, REITER, SMITH, IVEY & FRONRATH 515 N. Flagler Dr., 10th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1990 www.foryourrights.com

[M] MALLOY & MALLOY, P.L. 2800 SW 3rd Ave. Miami, FL 33129 305-858-8000 www.malloylaw.com MARKOWITZ RINGEL TRUSTY & HARTOG, P.A. 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1800 Miami, FL 33156 305- 670-5000 www.mdrtlaw.com MARKUS & MARKUS PLLC 40 NW 3rd St., PH 1 Miami, FL 33128 305-379-6667 www.markuslaw.com MASE LARA EVERSOLE, P.A. 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33133 305-377-3770 www.mletrial.com MAYERSOHN LAW GROUP, P.A. 101 NE 3rd Ave., Suite 1250 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-765-1900 www.mayersohnlaw.com MCCABE RABIN, P.A. 1601 Forum Place, Suite 505 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-7878 www.mccaberabin.com

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MCDERMOTT WILL & EMERY 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-3500 www.mwe.com

NICKLAUS & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 4651 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 200 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-460-9888 www.nicklauslaw.com

MCGRANE NOSICH & GANZ, P.A. 75 Valencia Ave., Suite 1110 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-4800 www.mnglaw.net

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MCLUSKEY & MCDONALD. P.A. 8821 SW 69th Court Miami, FL 33156 305-662-6160 www.mmlawmiami.com MELAND RUSSIN & BUDWICK, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6363 www.melandrussin.com MILLER, KAGAN, RODRIGUEZ AND SILVER, P.A. 201 Alhambra Circle, Suite 802 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-446-5228 1000 S. Pine Island Rd., Suite 520 Plantation, FL 33324 954-776-9966 www.mkrs.com MITRANI, RYNOR ADAMSKY & TOLAND, P.A. 301 Arthur Godfrey Rd., PH Miami Beach, FL 33140 305-358-0050 2400 N. Commerce Pky., Suite 302 Weston, FL 33326 954-335-1010 www.mitrani.com MOMBACH, BOYLE & HARDIN, P.A. 500 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1950 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-467-2200 www.mbhlawyer.com MORGAN, LEWIS & BOCKIUS, LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 5300 Miami, FL 33131 305-415-3000 www.morganlewis.com MOSCOWITZ & MOSCOWITZ, P.A. 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2050 Miami FL 33131 305-379-8300 www.moscowitz.com MURAI, WALD, BIONDO & MORENO, P.A. 1200 Ponce De Leon Blvd. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-0101 www.mwbm.com

[N] NEEDLE & ELLENBERG, P.A. 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-530-0000 www.needleellenberg.com NEMIROFF & AUSLANDER, P.A. 777 Brickell Ave., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-9747 www.nandalaw.com

PAGE, MRACHEK, FITZGERALD, ROSE, KONOPKA & DOW, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-2250 www.pm-law.com PATHMAN LEWIS, LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2400 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-2425 www.pathmanlewis.com PECKAR & ABRAMSON 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 3100 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-2600 www.pecklaw.com PERETZ CHESAL HERRMANN, PL 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 37th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-341-3000 www.pch-iplaw.com PHILLIPS CANTOR & SHALEK, P.A. 4000 Hollywood Blvd., Suite 500N Hollywood, FL 33021 954-966-1820 www.phillipslawyers.com PITA, DEL PRADO & MUÑOZ 9350 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 1200 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-8060 X( PODHURST ORSECK, P.A. 25 W. Flagler St., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33130 305-358-2800 www.Podhurst.com PRESSLY & PRESSLY, P.A. 222 Lakeview Ave., Suite 910 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-4040 www.presslyandpressly.com PYSZKA, BLACKMON, LEVY, MOWERS & KELLEY 14750 NW 77th Ct., Suite 300 Miami Lakes, FL 33016 305-512-3737 www.pblmk.com

[Q] QUINTAIROS, PRIETO, WOOD & BOYER, P.A. 9300 S. Dadeland Blvd., 4th Floor Miami, FL 33156 305-670-1101 1 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-523-7008 www.qmpwlaw.com

[R] RATZAN LAW GROUP 1450 Brickell Ave., Suite 2600 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-6366 www.ratzanlawgroup.com

RICE PUGATCH ROBINSON & SCHILLER, P.A. 101 NE 3rd Ave., Suite 1800 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-8000 www.rprslaw.com RICHMAN GREER, P.A. 396 Alhambra Circle 14th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-373-4000 www.richmangreer.com ROBBINS, TUNKEY, ROSS, AMSEL, RABEN, & WAXMAN, P.A. 2250 SW 3rd Ave., 4th Floor Miami, FL 33129 305-858-9550 www.robbinstunkeyross.com ROBERT L. PARKS LAW OFFICES OF 799 Brickell Plaza, Suite 900 Miami, FL 33131 305-445-4430 www.robertlparks.com ROSSMAN, BAUMBERGER, REBOSO, SPIER & CONNOLLY P.A. 44 W. Flagler St., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33130 305-373-0708 www.rbrlaw.com ROTHMAN & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2770 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-9000 www.tandrlaw.com RUMBERGER, KIRK, CALDWELL, P.A. 80 SW 8th St., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33130 305-358-5577 www.rumberger.com

[S] SACHER, ZELMAN, HARTMAN, PAUL, BEILEY & SACHER, P.A. B355 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 700 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-8797 www.sacherzelman.com SASSER CESTERO & SASSER, P.A. 1800 Australian Ave. S., Suite 203 West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-689-4378 www.sasserlaw.com SEARCY DENNEY SCAROLA BARNHART & SHIPLEY, P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-686-6300 www.SearcyLaw.com SHELDON J. SCHLESINGER, P.A. 1212 SE 3rd Ave. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-467-8800 www.schlesingerlaw.com SHOOK HARDY BACON L.L.P. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5171 www.shb.com SHUBIN & BASS, P.A. 46 SW 1st St., 3rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-381-6060 www.shubinbass.com

SHUTTS & BOWEN, LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6300 200 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 2100 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-524-5505 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach. FL 33401 561-835-8500 www.shutts.com SOLOWSKY & ALLEN, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 915 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2223 www.salawmiami.com SQUIRE SANDERS 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4100 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-7000 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1900 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-7200 www.ssd.com STEARNS, WEAVER, MILLER, WEISSLER, ALHADEFF & SITTERSON, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33130 305-789-3200 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., 21st Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954- 462-9500 www.stearnsweaver.com STEWART TILGHMAN FOX BIANCHI & CAIN, P.A. 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6644 www.stfblaw.com STOKES MCMILLAN ANTUNEZ P.A. 1 SE 3rd Ave, Suite 1750 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-4008 www.smpalaw.com SUGARMAN & SUSSKIND, P.A. 100 Miracle Mile, Suite 300 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-529-2801 www.sugarmansusskind.com

[T] TEW CARDENAS, LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., 15th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-536-1112 www.tewlaw.com TRIPP SCOTT, P.A. 110 SE 6th St., 15th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-7500 www.trippscott.com

[V] VER PLOEG & LUMPKIN, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 30th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-577-3996 www.vpl-law.com

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WALTER A. REYNOSO, P.A. LAW OFFICES OF 2030 S. Douglas Rd., Suite 214 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-441-8881 www.lawreynoso.com WALTON LANTAFF SCHROEDER & CARSON LLP 9350 S. Dixie Hwy., 10th Floor Miami, FL 33156 305-671-1300 www.waltonlantaff.com WARREN R. TRAZENFELD, P.A. 2030 S Douglas Rd., Suite 210 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-860-1100 ) ( ' X WASERSTEN NUNEZ & FOODMAN 1111 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33131 305-760-8500 ) WEIL, GOTSHAL & MANGES LLP 1395 Brickell Ave., Suite 1200 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-3100 www.weil.com WEISS SEROTA HELFMAN PASTORIZA COLE & BONISKE, P.L. 2525 Ponce De Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-854-0800 www.wsh-law.com WHITE & CASE, LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4900 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2700 www.whitecase.com WICKER, SMITH, O’HARA, MCCOY & FORD, P.A. 2800 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 800 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-3939 www.wickersmith.com WOLPE LEIBOWITZ & FERNANDEZ, L.L.P. 28 W. Flagler St., 11th Floor Miami, FL 33130 305-372-0060 www.wlaf-law.com

[Y] YOUNG, BERMAN, KARPF & GONZALEZ, P.A. 1101 Brickell Ave., Suite 1400 N Miami, FL 33131 305-945-1851 www.ybkglaw.com

[Z] ZARCO EINHORN SALKOWSKI & BRITO, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2700 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5418 www.zarcolaw.com ZUMPANO PATRICIOS & WINKER, P.A. 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-5565 www.zpwlaw.com

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UP AND COMERS METHODOLOGY: WE ASKED FOR NOMINATIONS OF YOUNGER ATTORNEYS WHO ARE ALREADY MAKING THEIR MARK ON THE LEGAL PROFESSION. IN MOST CASES, THESE ATTORNEYS HAVE BEEN PRACTICING FOR A MINIMUM OF 10 YEARS AFTER RECEIVING THEIR FLORIDA BAR CERTIFICATION. CONGRATULATIONS TO THIS YEAR’S TOP UP AND COMERS – THE NEXT GENERATION OF LEADERS IN THE SOUTH FLORIDA LEGAL COMMUNITY.

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TOP Up and Comers ACOSTA, PATRICIA Corporate and Business Litigation Hunton & Williams LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 305-810-2500

BERAHA, ROBERT S. Trust and Estate Planning Heller Waldman 3250 Mary St., Suite 102 Coconut Grove, FL 33133 305-448-4144

CHOTINER, ADAM S. Labor and Employment Shapiro, Blasi, Wasserman & Gora, P.A. 7777 Glades Rd., Suite 400 Boca Raton, FL 33434 561-477-7800

ALCIVAR, NATASHA K. Product Liability - Defense Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 1 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1010 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-467-7900

BIDWELL, TALINA Corporate and Business Litigation Broad and Cassel 1 N. Clematis St., Suite 500 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-832-3300

COBBE, MELODY E. Civil Litigation Fowler White Burnett P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., 21st Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-377-8100

ALDERMAN, JASON R. Litigation, Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Alderman & Kodsi 9999 NE 2nd Ave, Suite 211 Miami Shores, FL 33138 305-539-7249

BLOOM, AMY Litigation, Product Liability - Defense Squire Sanders 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1900 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-7200

COFFEY, SCOTT M. Corporate and Business, Mergers and Acquisitions Squire Sanders 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1900 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-7200

ALONSO, CRISTINA Appellate Carlton Fields, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 4200 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-7339

BOYER, ERIC W. Insurance - Defense Quintairos, Prieto, Wood & Boyer, P.A. 9300 S. Dadeland Blvd., 4th Floor Miami, FL 33156 305-670-1101

CONCEPCION-VELOSO, LALINE Corporate and Business Litigation, Family and Marital X [„ 8105 NW 155th St. Miami Lakes, FL 33016 305-818-9993

ARCHAMBAULT, LOUIS P. Corporate and Business, Real Estate Pathman Lewis, LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2400 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-2425

BURKHALTER, LAURENCE E. Product Liability - Defense Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33133 305-455-9500

COSGROVE, SCOTT B. Corporate and Business Litigation Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., Suite 1420 Miami, FL 33131 305-377-1666

ARNOLD, MARK Corporate and Business Edwards Wildman Palmer LLP 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 1600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-820-0239

BUTLER, DANIELLE J. Admiralty and Maritime Hill Betts & Nash LLP 1515 SE 17th St., Suite A115 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-522-2271

COX, JEFFREY L. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law, Securities Sallah & Cox, LLC 2101 NW Corporate Blvd., Suite 218 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-989-9080

BANTA, GAVIN S. Real Estate, Finance Angelo & Banta, P.A. 515 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 850 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-766-9930

CALLOW MASON, JESSICA Corporate and Business Litigation Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens & O’Connell 515 N. Flagler Dr., 20th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-832-5900

CRUZ-ALVAREZ, FRANK Products Liability - Defense Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5171

BARFIELD, BRETT A. Corporate and Business Litigation Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500

CANTOR, LORNE S. Corporate and Business, Securities Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500

DAHLMEIER, MARK H. Real Estate Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3000

BARKUS, DAVID A. Corporate and Business, Securities Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, Fl 33131 305-579-0500

CARMAN, STEPHANIE L. Healthcare Litigation - Defense Hogan Lovells US LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33131 305-459-6500

D’ALEMBERTE, GABRIELLE L. Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Product Liability - Plaintiff D’Alemberte Trial Firm 4040 NE 2nd Ave., Suite 313 Miami, FL 33137 305-343-5304

BASSMAN, SCOTT A. Civil Litigation Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A. 9150 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1400 Miami, FL 33156 305-350-5300

CHANE, JONATHAN C. Litigation, Product Liability - Defense Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 300E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-650-7957

BATES, DOUGLAS A. Bankruptcy Berger Singerman LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-755-9500

CHARDON, CARLOS J. Civil Litigation - Defense Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel LLP 150 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 1200 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-3686

BEATON, MARCOS JR. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Black, Srebnick, Kornspan & Stumpf, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1300 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6421

CHAVES, RICHARD R. Construction Casey Ciklin Lubitz Martens & O’Connell 515 N. Flagler Dr., 20th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-832-5900

DAVITIAN, NOREEK S. Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Krupnick Campbell Malone Buser Slama Hancock Liberman & McKee, P.A. 12 SE 7th St., Suite 801 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-763-8181 DE LAS CUEVAS-DIAZ, VIVIAN Real Estate Broad and Cassel 2 S Biscayne Blvd., 21st Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-9426 DEAN, WILLIAM A. Nursing Home Litigation Ford & Dean, P.A. 2875 NE 191st St., Suite 600 Aventura, FL 33180 305-670-2000 2013

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DECHURCH, JAMES D. Litigation, Medical Malpractice - Defense Fowler White Burnett P.A. 1395 Brickell Ave., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-789-9200

FACCIDOMO, JUDE M. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Jeffrey S. Weiner, P.A. 9130 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1910 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-9919

GASKIN, ERIN Medical Malpractice - Defense Fowler White Burnett P.A. 1395 Brickell Ave., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-789-9200

DELIONADO, JR., JOHN J. Corporate and Business Litigation Hunton & Williams LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 305-810-2500

FAHNESTOCK, FABIENNE E. Healthcare Litigation, Corporate and Business Litigation Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1400 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-2000

GILDEN, MICHAEL B. Family and Marital Kopelowitz Ostrow, P.A. 200 SW 1st Ave., Suite 1200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-525-4100

DELL, KELLY ANN Criminal Defense/Criminal Law ~ " 2404 Hollywood Blvd. Hollywood, FL 33020 954-620-8320

FERGUSON, TIMOTHY J. Product Liability - Defense, Torts - Defense ^ } ( 4770 Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1000 Miami, FL 33137 305-438-9899

GONZALEZ, CARLOS F. Appellate Diaz Reus & Targ LLP 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2600 Miami, FL 33131 305-375-9220 HAIMO, ADAM F. Civil Litigation Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580

DENNEY, BRIAN R. Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Searcy Denney Scarola Barnhart & Shipley P.A. 2139 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd. West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-686-6300

FERRER, LOURDES E. Community Associations Ferrer Law Group 2645 Executive Park Dr., Suite 123 Weston, FL 33331 954-651-6810

DESAI, DEVANG Insurance - Defense Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo 420 S. Dixie Hwy., 3rd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-667-0223

FISCHER, SCOTT M. Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Gordon & Doner, P.A. 4114 Northlake Blvd., Suite 200 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-799-5070

DEWITT, III, RICHARD J. Real Estate - Eminent Domain Dewitt Law 2121 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 900 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-421-6400

FRASER, MIA B. Corporate and Business Litigation Squire Sanders 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 4100 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-7000

HERRERA-BORGEN, ARALY Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff Gamba & Lombana, P.A. 2701 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Mezzanine Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-448-4010

DIRUZZO, III, JOSEPH A. Tax Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 32nd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-350-5690

FREIRE, LEORA B. Corporate and Business Litigation Richman Greer, P.A. 250 Australian Ave. S., Suite 1504 West Palm Beach, Fl 33401 561-803-3500

HEYWOOD, SAMUEL S. Litigation, Appellate 1 SE 3Rd St., 25th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-755-5840

DOW, RANDY R. Civil Litigation Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald, Rose, Konopka & Dow, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-2250

GALARDI, JOSEPH G. Corporate and Business Litigation Beasley Hauser Kramer & Galardi, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1500 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-835-0900

HIRSCHBERG, DAVID L. Family and Marital Gladstone & Weissman, P.A. 100 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 2208 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-761-9994

GALLOR, ROLAND A. Real Estate Shutts & Bowen LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6300

HOWE, JOHN M. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law John M. Howe, P.A. 101 Northpoint Parkway West Palm Beach, FL 33407 561-296-7772

GAMM, PAUL J. Product Liability - Defense Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP 1 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1010 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-467-7900

INFANTE, EMIL R. Finance, Banking Infante Zumpano 500 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 302 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-503-2990

GARCIA, ALEJANDRO M. Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Toral Garcia Battista, P.A. 4780 Davie Rd., Suite 101 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33314 954-703-2960

ISANI, JAMIE Z. Corporate and Business Litigation Hunton & Williams LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 305-810-2500

GARCIA, MICHAEL E. Securities, Class Action Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500

ITTLEMAN, ANDREW S. Administrative Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 32nd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-350-5690

EBNER, STEVEN M. Litigation Shutts & Bowen LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1500 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6300 ESCOBAR, ANNETTE C. International Commercial Litigation Astigarraga Davis 701 Brickell Ave., 16th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-372-8282 ESPERON, MARTHA M. Healthcare Zumpano, Patricios & Winker, P.A. 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-5565 EVANS, D. PORPOISE Corporate and Business Litigation Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500

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HEDLER, THOMAS A. Workers’ Compensation Wender Hedler & Hessen P.A. 2001 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 204 West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-246-6666

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TOP Up and Comers JACOB, MATHAI Corporate and Business Litigation, Civil Litigation Katz Barron Squitero Faust 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., 7th Floor Miami, FL 33133 305-856-2444

LEON, JOHN W. Corporate and Business Litigation  ! !

6175 NW 153rd St., Suite 403 Miami Lakes, FL 33014 305-827-9983

MARTIN, DIANA L. Appellate Leopold Law 2925 PGA Blvd., Suite 200 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-515-1400

JACOBS, YOLONDA P. Corporate and Business Litigation Herron Jacobs Ortiz, P.A. 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 840 Miami, FL 33131 305-779-8100

LERNER, BRIAN L. Labor and Employment ( ~ „ *'! } 100 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 2001 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-527-1115

MARTINEZ-CID, RICARDO M. Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Podhurst Orseck, P.A. 25 W. Flagler St., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33130 305-358-2800

JUNCO, CARLOS F. Corporate and Business, Mergers and Acquisitions Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580

LETO, JUSTIN C. Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Leto Law Firm 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1720 Miami, FL 33131 305-577-8448

MAURO, C. CORY Corporate and Business Litigation, Real Estate - Litigation 2424 N. Federal Hwy., Suite 410 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-862-4000

KAPLAN, ROBIN Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Markus & Markus PLLC 40 NW 3rd St., PH 1 Miami, FL 33128 305-379-6667

LETO, MATTHEW P. Corporate and Business Litigation Hall, Lamb and Hall, P.A. 2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH 1 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5030

KAYE, JOSHUA M. Healthcare DLA Piper LLP (US) 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 305-423-8500

LEWIN, JORDAN M. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Jordan M. Lewin, P.A. 201 Alhambra Cir., Suite 1050 Miami, FL 33134 305-577-8525

KEANE, JR., MARTIN J. Litigation Genovese Joblove & Battista, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., 44th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2300

LLORENTE, JEZABEL Appellate Jezabel Llorente, P.A. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2200 Miami, FL 33131 786-315-9035

KELLEY, MARISSA D. Corporate and Business Litigation, Labor and Employment Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson, P.A. 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., 21st Floor PH A Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-462-9500

LOUIS, MARSHALL DORE Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Sinclair, Louis, Heath, Nussbaum & Zavertnik, P.A. 169 E. Flagler St., Suite 1125 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-0544

KELLOGG, JASON K. Corporate and Business Litigation Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 22th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-403-8788 KUNZ, PAUL B. Litigation, Class Action Bander & Associates 444 Brickell Ave., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5800 LAZARUS, JASON D. Litigation Holland & Knight LLP 222 Lakeview Ave., Suite 1000 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-833-2000 LEHRMAN, SETH M. Class Action, Personal Injury and Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Farmer, Jaffe, Weissing, Edwards, Fistos & Lehrman, P.L. 425 N. Andrews Ave., Suite 2 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-524-2820

LUSTIG, ADAM D. Real Estate Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 MARK, ETAN Corporate and Business Litigation Berger Singerman LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-755-9500 MARKS, JASON R. Family and Marital Kluger, Kaplan, Silverman, Katzen & Levine, P.L. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 17th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-379-9000 MARLOWE, CHRISTOPHER Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Haggard Law Firm 330 Alhambra Cir. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-446-5700 MARRERO, MICHAEL J. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning, Government Bercow Radell & Fernandez, P.A. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 850 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-5300

MAZER, JASON S. Insurance Litigation „

' } * X 100 SE 2nd St., 30th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-577-3996 MCGOVERN STUMHOFER, PEGGY A. Civil Litigation Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald, Rose, Konopka & Dow, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-355-6994 MEMBIELA, GUSTAVO J. Corporate and Business Litigation Hunton & Williams LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 2500 Miami, FL 33131 305-536-2688 MENDEZ, MEREDITH FRANK Intellectual Property Malloy & Malloy, P.L. 2800 SW 3rd Ave. Miami, FL 33129 305-858-8000 MIDWALL, JONATHAN M. Civil Litigation Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A. 9150 S. Dadeland Blvd., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33156 305-350-5300 MILLER, HEATHER SIEGEL Healthcare Broad And Cassel 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., 21st Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-9400 MILLER, JENNIFER QUILDON Admiralty and Maritime Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel LLP 150 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 1102 Miami, FL 33131 305-379-3686 MONTOYA, PATRICK S. Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff, Product Liability - Plaintiff Colson Hicks Eidson 255 Alhambra Circle, PH Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-476-7400

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NAPOLEONE, MICHAEL J. Corporate and Business Litigation Richman Greer, P.A. 250 Australian Ave. S., Suite 1504 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-803-3500

PHANG, KATHLEEN S. Corporate and Business Arrastia Capote & Phang LLP 80 SW 8th St., Suite 2310 Miami, FL 33130 786-871-5680

ROOS, CARLOTTA J. Labor and Employment Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 5300 Miami, FL 33131 305-415-3000

NEUMAN, ERIC J. Litigation, Construction Buckingham, Doolittle & Burroughs, LLP 5355 Town Center Rd., Suite 900 Boca Raton, FL 33486 561-241-0414

PIKE, MICHAEL J. Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman LLP 303 Banyan Blvd., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-842-2820

ROSS, DAVID LEE Insurance - Defense " ( { 9495 Sunset Dr., Suite B-285 Miami, FL 33173 786-263-0008

NEVINS, JULIE E. Corporate and Business Litigation Hogan Lovells US LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 400 Miami, FL 33131 305-459-6500

PINSKY, JOSHUA S. Real Estate, Corporate and Business Litigation Rosenberg & Pinsky 6499 Powerline Rd., Suite 304 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33309 954-772-5151

ROSSO, SCOTT M. Corporate and Business Litigation, Insurance Defense Kubicki Draper 1 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 1600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-768-0011

NIAKAN, CYRUS S. Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff ^ * „ ! ~

} Littky-Rubin LLP 1919 N. Flagler Dr., 2nd Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33407 561-899-2100

PONCE, SCOTT DANIEL Corporate and Business Litigation, Media Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8500

NULLMAN, STEVEN A. Family and Marital Â…* 1 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 3020 Miami, FL 33131 305-350-0597 ORTIZ, JOSE A. Corporate and Business Litigation Herron Jacobs Ortiz, P.A. 1401 Brickell Ave., Suite 840 Miami, FL 33131 305-779-8100 PACKMAN, KEVIN E. Tax, Trust and Estate Planning Holland & Knight LLP 701 Brickell Ave., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-349-2261 PAUL, CHRISTINA M. Admiralty and Maritime K&L Gates LLP 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3900 Miami, FL 33131 305-539-3316 PEDROSA, ELIOT Litigation Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 333 SE 2nd Ave., Suite 4400 Miami, FL 33131 305-579-0500 PEPER-DICKINSON, TASHA K. Trust and Estate Planning Jones, Foster, Johnston & Stubbs, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-659-3000 PEREZ, ELIZABETH P. Criminal Defense/Criminal Law Broad and Cassel 100 SE 3rd Ave., Suite 2700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-764-7060 PEREZ-MARTINEZ, MARILYN J. Community Associations Becker & Poliakoff, P.A. 625 N. Flagler Dr., 7th Floor West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-5444

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PORTAL, JANPAUL Medical Malpractice - Plaintiff The Ferraro Law Firm 4000 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Miami, FL 33146 305-375-0111 POWELL, BRETT C. Appellate, Trial Practice Powell Law Firm 18001 Old Cutler Rd., Suite 525 Palmetto Bay, FL 33157 305-232-0131 PRUSS, LORENZ MICHEL Corporate and Business Litigation Dimond Kaplan & Rothstein, P.A. 2665 S. Bayshore Dr., PH 2B Miami, FL 33133 305-374-1920 RECIO, ANTHONY L. Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Weiss Serota Helfman Pastoriza Cole & Boniske, P.L. 2525 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 700 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-854-0800 RENGSTL, PATRICK J. Corporate and Business Litigation Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 22th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-403-8788 ROBBINS, MATTHEW M. Corporate and Business, Securities Greenberg Traurig, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2000 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-768-8298 ROBSON, GRACE E. Bankruptcy Markowitz, Ringel, Trusty & Hartog, P.A. 101 NE 3rd Ave., Suite 1210 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-767-0030 ROGERS, DANIEL B. Appellate, Corporate and Business Litigation Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5171

RUBIN, STEPHEN M. Corporate and Business ^ ( „ * 490 Sawgrass Corporate Parkway, Suite 320 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33325 954-667-9529 RUBIO, ARMANDO P. Product Liability - Defense Cole, Scott & Kissane, P.A. 9150 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1400 Miami, FL 33156 305-350-5300 RUIZ, MARIA H. Product Liability - Defense Kasowitz, Benson, Torres & Friedman LLP 1441 Brickell Ave., Suite 1420 Miami, FL 33131 305-377-1666 RUIZ, OLIVER A. Intellectual Property Malloy & Malloy, P.L. 2800 SW 3rd Ave. Miami, FL 33129 305-858-8000 SAIKALI, ALFRED J. Technology Shook, Hardy & Bacon L.L.P. 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3200 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-5171 SCHUMACHER, LORELEI A. Real Estate Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580 SETCHEN, JASON A. Family and Marital Jason A. Setchen, P.A. 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 750 Miami, FL 33133 305-446-0083 SEYMOUR, BRIAN M. Environmental, Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 500 E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1980 SHELLEY, STEFANIE R. Appellate Page, Mrachek, Fitzgerald, Rose, Konopka & Dow, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 600 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-472-2419

SHUSTER, MARC S. Real Estate, Corporate Berger Singerman LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-755-9500 SILVA, EFFIE D. Corporate and Business Litigation, Arbitration Baker & Mckenzie LLP 1111 Brickell Ave., Suite 1700 Miami, FL 33133 305-789-8920 SILVERIO, BRIAN M. Family and Marital Silverio & Hall, P.A. 150 W. Flagler St., PH Miami, FL 33130 305-371-2756

TRABAND, STEPHANIE REED Banking Litigation Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman LLP 201 S. Biscayne Blvd., 22th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-403-8788 TRUEBA, JR., WILLIAM R. Intellectual Property Espinosa Trueba, PL 1428 Brickell Ave., Suite 100 Miami, FL 33131 305-854-0900 VANCE, KEVIN E. Labor and Employment Duane Morris 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 3400 Miami, FL 33131 305-960-2311

SILVERMAN, NOAH D. Tort - Defense Foreman Friedman, P.A. 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 2300 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6555

VILARCHAO, VERONICA Tax Foley & Lardner, LLP 2 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131 305-482-8413

SLUSHER, JEREMY E. Corporate and Business Litigation, Construction Litigation Kubicki Draper 1645 Palm Beach Lakes Blvd., Suite 1100 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-640-0303

VINIEGRA, BARBARA Corporate and Business Litigation, Appellate Concepcion Martinez & Bellido 255 Aragon Ave., 2nd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-6669

SUM, ALICE Corporate and Business Litigation Fowler White Burnett P.A. 1395 Brickell Ave., 14th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-789-9200

WAGNER, SCOTT N. Class Action Litigation Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod LLP 1450 Brickell Ave., 23rd Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-374-7580

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WHITE, JR. , RALPH THOMAS Family and Marital Schultz & White 1001 N. Dixie Hwy. West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-228-7100 WHITE, GAVIN N.L. Civil Litigation Concepcion Martinez & Bellido 255 Aragon Ave., 2nd Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-6669 WILLIAMS, DANIEL G. Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Gordon & Doner, P.A. 4114 Northlake Blvd., Suite 200 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-799-5070 XENICK, DEAN T. Personal Injury & Wrongful Death - Plaintiff Burman, Critton, Luttier & Coleman LLP 303 Banyan Blvd., Suite 400 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-842-2820 ZIRKELBACH, GAIDA Technology Gunster, Yoakley & Stewart, P.A. 777 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 500 E West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-655-1980 ZUMPANO, CARLOS A. Corporate and Business, Labor and Employment Infante Zumpano 500 S. Dixie Hwy., Suite 302 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305-503-2990

TEJERA, VALENTINA M. Appellate Mase Lara Eversole 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33133 305-377-3770 THORNBURG, ROBERT Intellectual Property Allen, Dyer, Doppelt, Milbrath & Gilchrist, P.A. 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 2400 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-8303

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THORNTON, JAMES JAY Labor and Employment - Management, Corporate and Business Litigation GrayRobinson, P.A. 401 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1850 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-761-8111 TOMCZAK, LESLIE MILLER Real Estate, Construction 350 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 1600 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-463-2700 TOOTHAKER, STEPHANIE J. Government Relations, Real Estate - Land Use and Zoning Tripp Scott 110 SE 6th St., 15th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-765-2905

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AGUERREBERE, JUAN Forensics Perez-Abreu, Aguerrebere, Sueiro & Torres P.L. 2121 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 650 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-567-0150

ARECHABALETA, PATRICIA Family, Business Valuations Marcum LLP 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., 9th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-728-2500

BARBEE, ALAN Bankruptcy, Forensics, Valuations Marcum LLP 525 Okeechobee Blvd., Suite 750 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-653-7350

ALFONSO, MARTA Forensic Accounting, Litigation Support, Commercial Damages, White Collar Defense, Family Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 9th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-5500

ARGIZ, ANTONIO L. Forensics, GAAP & GAAS, Complex Business Damages Litigation, Automotive Industry and Financial Institutions Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 9th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-5500

BARBEITO, DAVID Audits Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 9th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-5500

ANSARI, ALI Forensics Experito Forensics, Inc. 2901 Clint Moore Rd., Suite 403 Boca Raton, FL 33496 561-445-1212

BAKHAI, KASHYAP Business Valuation Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 9th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-5500

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BANKS, ANTHONY Business Valuation Marcum LLP 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., 9th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-728-2500

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BERGER, MORRIS I. Bankruptcy, Commercial Litigation Support Marcum LLP 1 SE 3rd Ave., 10th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-995-9790 BERNSTEIN, ANDREW C. Forensics, Economic Damage Assessment Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors and Accountants 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., 6th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-379-7000

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BERWICK, STEVEN M. Forensics, Damages Kaufman Rossin & Co., P.A. 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 305-858-5600

CASS, MARTIN Litigation Support, Business Valuation Alpern Rosenthal 440 Columbia Dr., Suite 500 West Palm Beach, FL 33409 561-689-7888

BINELO, ALEXANDER Audit Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 9th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-5500

CHADDERTON, TREVOR B. Litigation Support Ocariz, Garrastacho, Hevia & Mercer LLP 999 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 650 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-8838

BINSTOCK, ALEX Litigation Support Binstock, Rubin, Adler, Aldecoa & Ellzey 9100 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 1600 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-1984

CLEMENZA-WILSON, TAMI Family, Forensics, Business Valuations Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC 301 E. Las Olas Blvd., 4th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-760-9000

BLOOM, BURT Business Valuations, Litigation Services Bloom, Gettis & Habib, P.A. 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 1450 Miami, FL 33133 305-858-6211

COUTO, ROLANDO Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 9th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-5500

BLUM, LAWRENCE H. Litigation Consulting Marcum LLP 1 SE 3rd Ave., 10th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-377-4228

CRAIN, MICHAEL A. Forensic Accounting, Business Valuation, Economic Damages The Financial Valuation Group 1 E. Broward Blvd., Suite 700 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-382-2201

FABRICANT, LORETTA Family, Business Valuation Fabricant Morton & Company, P.A. 100 SE 2nd St., Suite 2311 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-2830

DAVIS, MELISSA Forensic Accounting Kapila & Co. 1000 S. Federal Hwy., Suite 200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-761-1011

FARRA, MIGUEL G. Forensics, Business Valuation Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 9th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-5500

DAYAL, VIRESH Forensic Accounting, Business Valuation, Family, Restructuring Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 9th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-5500

FECHTER, RICHARD Forensic Accounting, Anti-Money Laundering Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors and Accountants 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., 6th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-379-7000

BOUCHNER, SCOTT M. Business Valuation, Economic Damages Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors and Accountants 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., 6th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-379-7000 BOUR, MARCIE D. Forensic Accounting, Litigation Consulting Florida Business Valuation Group 3475 Sheridan St., Suite 303 Hollywood, FL 33021 954-966-7465 BRESLOW, MARC Marital Dissolution, Bankruptcy & Insolvency, Investigation of Fraud Marcum LLP 1 SE 3rd Ave., 10th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-377-4228

DE ARMAS, PEDRO ( " ' Verdeja & de Armas 255 Alhambra Circle, Suite 560 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-446-3177

BRISCOE, F. RICHARD Forensic Accounting F. Richard Briscoe, CPA, PA 470 Columbia Dr., Suite G101 West Palm Beach FL, 33409 561-471-8003

DEMAR, STEVEN Entrepreneurial Kaufman Rossin & Co., P.A. 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 305-858-5600

BRITT, LYNN M. Forensic Accounting Brittt & Company P.A. 5850 Hiatus Rd., Suite G Fort Lauderdale, FL 33321 954-718-5022 BURGAN, BRETT Forensic Accounting, Litigation Support, Valuation, Bankruptcy Daszkal Bolton, LLP 2401 NW Boca Raton Blvd. Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-367-1040

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DIX, GARY W. Valuations, Financing Mallah Furman 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., Suite 1400 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6200

ELLRICH, JR., WILLIAM D. Family, Business Valuation Moore, Ellrich + Neal, PA 11025 RCA Center Dr., Suite 401 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-624-0355 ESCANDON, EMILIO Tax Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC 301 E. Las Olas Blvd., 4th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-760-9000 EVERETT, MICHAEL Forensics, Family, Valuation Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P. 255 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1040 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-274-4600

FEDDE, CARL Forensic Accounting Mallah Furman 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., Suite 1400 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6200 FERNANDEZ, ALEX Litigation and Valuation AFC Group P.A. 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., Suite 3000 Miami, FL 33131 305-381-6800 FISKE, ALAN P. Business Valuation Fiske & Company 1000 S. Pine Island Rd., Suite 440 Plantation, FL 33324 954-236-8600

DUCKER, JEFFREY Forensics Kane & Co., P.A. 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33131 305-789-7900

FOODMAN, STANLEY I. Forensics, International Taxation Foodman CPAs & Advisors 1201 Brickell Ave., Suite 610 Miami, FL 33131 305-365-1111

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FOX, CAROL Litigation Support GlassRatner 1101 Brickell Ave., Suite S-503 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6092

GAMPEL, PETER Forensic Accounting, Litigation Support, Business Valuation Fiske & Company 1000 S. Pine Island Rd., Suite 440 Plantation, FL 33324 954-236-8600 GANNON, EDWARD V. Forensic Advisory & Valuation Kaufman Rossin & Co., P.A. 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 305-858-5600

GARCIA, CARLOS Litigation Support Goldstein Schechter Kock 2121 Ponce De Leon Blvd., 11th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-2200 GETTIS, LARRY Audit Bloom, Gettis & Habib, P.A. 2601 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 1450 Miami, FL 33133 305-858-6211

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GANNON, PATRICK F. Forensics, Damages Kaufman Rossin & Co., P.A. 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 305-858-5600

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GILDEN, KATIE Forensic Accounting Fiske & Company 1000 S. Pine Island Rd., Suite 440 Plantation, FL 33324 954-236-8600

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GARCES, IVAN Forensic Services Kaufman Rossin & Co., P.A. 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 305-858-5600

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HIRSCHBERG, EDWARD P. Family Kaufman Rossin & Co., P.A. 3101 N. Federal Hwy., 8th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306 954-566-4400

KRIELOW, GARY Forensics, Fraud Lamn Krielow Dytrych & Co. P.A. 500 University Blvd., Suite 215 Jupiter, FL 33458 561-694-1040

HOLLANDER, DAVID Audit, Taxation Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC 301 E. Las Olas Blvd., 4th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-760-9000

KRONSTADT, NORMAN M. Marital Dissolution Norman M. Kronstadt, P.A. 8211 W. Broward Blvd., #300 Plantation, FL 33324 954-474-7600

HOLLANDER, MORRIS I. Forensic Accounting, SEC Accounting and Reporting Marcum LLP 1 SE 3rd Ave., 10th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-377-4228

KURTZ, MARTIN J. Valuation, Damages, Forensic Analysis Kaufman Rossin & Co., P.A. 3101 N. Federal Hwy., 8th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306 954-566-4400

HOLTZ, LAURIE S. Forensics Marcum LLP 1 SE 3rd Ave., 10th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-377-4228 HUGHES, DANIEL S. Forensic Accounting, Business Insurance Claims, Economic Damages Assessment Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors and Accountants 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., 6th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-379-7000 KANE, MONTE E. Economic Damages Kane & Co., P.A. 1221 Brickell Ave., Suite 800 Miami, FL 33131 305-789-7900 KAPILA, SONEET Forensics, Insolvency/Bankruptcy Kapila & Co. 1000 S. Federal Hwy., Suite 200 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33316 954-761-1011 KAPLAN, ANDREW Litigation Consulting and Support Kaplan Consulting Partners, Inc. 1250 E. Hallandale Beach Blvd., Suite 808 Hallandale Beach, FL 33009 954-732-7404 KAUFMAN, DANA Litigation Support, Business Valuations, Tax, Family Law Kaufman & Company, P.A. 1200 Brickell Ave., Suite 950 Miami, FL 33131 305-455-0314 KESSLER, ELLIOT Litigation Support Topping, Kessler and Co 4020 Sheridan St., Suite C Hollywood, FL 33021 954-983-5800 KHANORKAR, SHARMILA Bankruptcy, Insolvency Marcum LLP 1 SE 3rd Ave., 10th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-377-4228 KRIDEL, MICHAEL S. Litigation & Valuation Services, Forensic Accounting Daszkal Bolton LLP 2401 NW Boca Raton Blvd. Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-367-1040

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LAMPLOUGH, KIM Assurance Marcum LLP 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., 9th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-728-2500 LANG, ADAM Forensic Accounting Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors and Accountants 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., 6th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-960-1264 LEVI, DIANA Litigation Support Goldstein Schechter Koch 2121 Ponce De Leon Blvd., 11th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-2200 LICAMARA, TERESA A. Litigation Support, Forensic Analysis Marcum LLP 1 SE 3rd Ave., 10th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-377-4228 LOSADA, WILLIAM Forensic and Dispute Services C. Lewis & Company 1110 Brickell Ave., Suite 719 Miami, FL 33131 305-416-9825 LUZINSKI, JOSEPH J. Bankruptcy Development Specialists, Inc. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1818 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-2717 MARRERO, JOSE I. Forensic Accounting MRW Consulting Group LLP 320 Davie Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 954-523-8001 MEDINA, DANIEL A. Valuation, Forensic Accounting, and Litigation Grant Thornton LLP 801 Brickell Ave. Suite 2450 Miami, FL 33131 305-341-8056 MERCER, JR., WILLIAM E. Litigation Support Ocariz, Garrastacho, Hevia & Mercer LLP 999 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 650 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-8838

MUKAMAL, BARRY Bankruptcy and Insolvency, Fraud, Business Valuation, Economic Damages Marcum LLP 1 SE 3rd Ave., 10th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-377-4228 MUSKAT, HARVEY Litigation Support Pinchasik, Strongin, Muskat, Stein & Co., P.A. 3225 Aviation Ave., Suite 500 Miami, FL 33133 305-858-5800 NEUHOF, ERIC Marital, Forensics Marcum LLP 450 E. Las Olas Blvd., 9th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-320-8150 OCARIZ, HIRAM Foreign & Domestic Taxation Ocariz, Garrastacho, Hevia & Mercer LLP 999 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 650 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-8838 PADRON, OSCAR J. Forensic Accounting Turner & Associates 15291 NW 60th Ave., Suite 100 Miami Lakes, FL 33014 305-377-0707 PEREZ, GUSTAVO ?* " ' ( „ * Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P. 200 E. Las Olas Blvd., Suite 2040 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-556-1720 PEREZ, SANDRA L. Family, Valuations Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors and Accountants 515 E. Las Olas Blvd., 15th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-712-7020 PEREZ-ABREU, CARLOS Litigation Support, Forensics Perez-Abreu, Aguerrebere, Sueiro & Torres P.L. 2121 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 650 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-567-0150 PLATZER, WILLIAM Litigation Support Platzer & Co 600 N. Pine Island Rd., Suite 470 Plantation, FL 33324 954-424-8300 POLLACK, RICHARD A. Forensic Accounting Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors and Accountants 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., 6th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-379-7000 POLO, ELGIN F. Family, Business Valuation, Forensic Accounting Kabat Schertzer De La Torre Taraboulos & Co. 9300 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 600 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-3370 PORTER, SCOTT L. Professional Liability, Employment, Business Damages Caler, Donten, Levine, Cohen, Porter & Veil, P.A. 505 S. Flagler Dr., Suite 900 West Palm Beach, FL 33401 561-832-9292

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SCHULTZ, SHERI F. Business Valuation Fiske & Company 1000 S. Pine Island Rd., Suite 440 Plantation, FL 33324 954-236-8600

THAW, MARK R. Business Valuation Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC 301 E. Las Olas Blvd., 4th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33301 954-760-9000

RAMPELL, RICHARD Valuation, Damages, Forensics Rampell & Rampell, P.A. 223 Sunset Ave., Suite 200 Palm Beach, FL 33480 561-655-5855

SHARP, KARA Commercial Damages Kaufman Rossin & Co., P.A. 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 305-858-5600

TORRES, MICHAEL R. Forensics Perez-Abreu, Aguerrebere, Sueiro & Torres P.L. 2121 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 650 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-567-0150

RETO, JAMES J. Business Valuation Kaufman Rossin & Co., P.A. 3101 N. Federal Hwy., 8th Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33306 954-566-4400

SHAVELL, RICH Damages, Construction/Real Estate Shavell & Company, P.A. 2300 NW Corporate Blvd., Suite 122 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-997-7242

TROAST, GLENN E. Corporate Disputes TN Partners 2455 E. Sunrise Blvd., Suite 917 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33304 954-567-1750

RIVERA, LUIS O. Forensic Accounting, Litigation Support MRW Consulting Group LLP 320 Davie Blvd. Fort Lauderdale, FL 33315 954-523-8001

SHECHTER, PHILIP J. Family, Business Damages, Valuations Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P. 255 Alhambra Circle, Suite 1040 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-274-4600

URQUIOLA, JOAQUIN R. Litigation Support Goldstein Schechter Koch 2121 Ponce De Leon Blvd., 11th Floor Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-442-2200

ROBINSON, JAMES P. Forensics, Valuation Gerson, Preston, Robinson & Co., P.A. 666 71st St. Miami Beach, FL 33141 305-868-3600

SIEGAL, DAVID Forensic Accounting Berkowitz Pollack Brant Advisors and Accountants 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., 6th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-960-1230

VERDEJA, JR., OCTAVIO A. Verdeja & de Armas 255 Alhambra Circle, Suite 560 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-446-3177

ROSENBAUM, DAVID P. Taxation, Business Damages Mallah Furman 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., Suite 1400 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6200

SMITH, MAGGIE Bankruptcy & Forensic Litigation GlassRatner 1101 Brickell Ave., Suite S-503 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6092

VILA, JOSE Litigation Support CBIZ 1200 Brickell Ave., Suite 700 Miami, FL 33131 305-503-4200

ROSENBERG, STUART C. Computer Forensics, Technology Morrison, Brown, Argiz & Farra, LLC 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., 9th Floor Miami, FL 33131 305-373-5500

STEIN, ROBERT A. Valuation, Family Pinchasik, Strongin, Muskat, Stein & Co., P.A. 3225 Aviation Ave., Suite 500 Miami, FL 33133 305-858-5800

WILLIAMS, MARTIN K. Forensic Accounting Fiske & Company 1000 S. Pine Island Rd., Suite 440 Plantation, FL 33324 954-236-8600

ROSNER, CURT Valuation and Litigation Services Mallah Furman 1001 Brickell Bay Dr., Suite 1400 Miami, FL 33131 305-371-6200

STERMER, DANIEL J. Receiverships/Assignments Development Specialists, Inc. 200 S. Biscayne Blvd., Suite 1818 Miami, FL 33131 305-374-2717

WYNICK, HYLTON Bankruptcy and Litigation Support Zucker Forensics 1801 N. Military Trail, Suite 160 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-392-5779

SACHS, EDWARD S. Forensics, Family Appelrouth, Farah & Co., P.A. 999 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 625 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-0999

STOHLMAN, MATTHEW S. Forensic Accounting, Business Valuation, Litigation Moore, Ellrich + Neal, PA 11025 RCA Center Dr., Suite 401 Palm Beach Gardens, FL 33410 561-624-0355

YELEN, MITCHELL High-Net-Worth Marital Dissolution Pinchasik, Strongin, Muskat, Stein & Co., P.A. 3225 Aviation Ave., Suite 500 Miami, FL 33133 305-858-5800

SANTORO, THOMAS Litigation Support, Bankruptcy GlassRatner 1101 Brickell Ave., Suite S-503 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6092

STONE, ROBERT A. Valuation, Family Kaufman Rossin & Co., P.A. 2699 S. Bayshore Dr., Suite 300 Miami, FL 33133 305-858-5600

YIP, MARIA M. Forensic Accounting, Fraud Yip and Levi, LLC 201 Alhambra Circle, Suite 501 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-569-0550

SCHNEIDER, HOWARD Forensics, Valuations Howard Jay Schneider, CPA 4000 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 470 Coral Gables, FL 33146 305- 665-1904

SUEIRO, ALEX Forensic Accounting Perez-Abreu, Aguerrebere, Sueiro & Torres P.L. 2121 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 650 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-567-0150

ZOMERFELD, RAYMOND J. Family, Litigation Support Vizcaino, Gitlin & Zomerfeld, LLP 999 Ponce de Leon Blvd., Suite 1045 Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-8288

SCHOENDORF, JOHN J. Forensic Accounting, Commercial Damages, Receiverships, Bankruptcy GlassRatner 1101 Brickell Ave., Suite S-503 Miami, FL 33131 305-358-6092

TARABOULOS, JEFFREY Forensic Accounting Kabat Schertzer De La Torre Taraboulos & Co. 9300 S. Dadeland Blvd., Suite 600 Miami, FL 33156 305-670-3370

ZUCKER, ROBERT W. Family, Business Valuations Zucker Forensics 1801 N. Military Trail, Suite 160 Boca Raton, FL 33431 561-392-5779

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David Buckner is an experienced trial and appellate lawyer who regularly appears in state and federal courts across Florida and around the country. He represents corporations and individuals in matters involving complex commercial and class action litigation, securities and other frauds, business torts, antitrust law, white collar crime, personal injuries, professional negligence, products liability, and First Amendment issues. Buckner has successfully certified, and defended on appeal, classes of plaintiffs seeking redress for violations of federal securities laws, common law fraud, breach of fiduciary duty, unfair trade practices, and unjust enrichment, and obtained substantial settlements and verdicts after trial on behalf of the members of those classes, including most recently in the Bank Overdraft MDL. After clerking for Judge R. Lanier Anderson III of the United States 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, Buckner spent eight years at the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of Florida, investigating and prosecuting cases involving securities fraud, tax fraud, public corruption, money laundering, espionage and other crimes related to national security.

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NEEDLE & ELLENBERG, P.A. 1401 BRICKELL AVE., SUITE 900 MIAMI, FL 33131 305-530-0000 AELLENBERG@NEEDLEELLENBERG.COM WWW.NEEDLEELLENBERG.COM

Michael Diaz has been engaged in the successful representation of Fortune 1000 multinational corporations and foreign government entities involving high stakes regulatory, civil, arbitration and criminal matters, Mr. Diaz counsels and plans preventative litigation strategies, conducts parallel investigations, and represents his clients before all administrative and governmental agencies, arbitral bodies, the courts, and investigative and charging grand juries. Diaz has appeared before arbitral tribunals, state and federal trial and appellate courts throughout the United States and as advisory co-counsel outside the United States in international litigation and arbitration matters. Diaz is a certified anti-money laundering specialist with experience in handling complex commercial and financial fraud cases, asset recovery, and white collar criminal defense. Diaz has defended and investigated well known Latin American money laundering and public corruption cases from Montesinos to Aleman/Jerez and from Casablanca to Rosemont, and Ponzi schemes from Madoff to Stanford.

For more than 20 years, Andrew Ellenberg has been representing individuals and families in cases of serious permanent injury or wrongful death, due to negligence, defective products, healthcare malpractice, and car, truck, boat and plane crashes. Ellenberg and the firm handle cases throughout Florida. His results include multimillion dollar awards and settlements stemming from a wide variety of personal injury and wrongful death cases; those include cases involving brain damage, traumatic birth injuries (cerebral palsy and brachial plexus and Erb’s palsies), the failure to timely or appropriately treat conditions such as stroke or cancer, anesthesia malpractice, nursing negligence, car, truck, plane and boat crashes, and defective products. Ellenberg has lectured and written about the handling of personal injury and wrongful death cases, medical negligence cases, trial advocacy, and cases involving abuse and neglect of vulnerable adults. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Florida Super Lawyers, Florida Trend Magazine’s Florida Legal Elite, and South Florida Legal Guide’s “Top Lawyers.” He is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell.

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JEFFREY D. FELDMAN

STANLEY I. FOODMAN

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY, COMPLEX COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

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FELDMAN GALE, P.A. 2 S. BISCAYNE BLVD., 30TH FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33131 305-358-5001 JFELDMAN@FELDMANGALE.COM WWW.FELDMANGALE.COM

FOODMAN CPAS & ADVISORS 1201 BRICKELL AVE., SUITE 610 MIAMI, FL 33131 305-365-1111 STANLEY@FOODMANPA.COM WWW.FOODMANPA.COM

Jeffrey D. Feldman is a founding member of Feldman Gale, an intellectual property law firm in Miami with offices in Tampa, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. He represents clients in patent, trade secret, trademark and copyright cases. Feldman also has experience litigating federal and state civil RICO actions and other complex business disputes. Feldman is a former assistant state attorney and assistant United States attorney with extensive jury trial experience. He is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell and is listed in Best Lawyers in America for Intellectual Property Law. Feldman is an honors graduate of the University of Florida College of Law, where he was a member of the University of Florida Law Review. Feldman is a frequent lecturer on patent law and other intellectual property topics.

GREG GAEBE

JAMES A. GALE

COMPLEX LITIGATION, DEFENSE

PATENT LITIGATION, TRADEMARK INFRINGEMENT

GAEBE, MULLEN, ANTONELLI & DIMATTEO 420 S. DIXIE HWY., 3RD FLOOR CORAL GABLES, FL 33146 305-667-0223 GGAEBE@GAEBEMULLEN.COM WWW.GAEBEMULLEN.COM

FELDMAN GALE, P.A. 2 S. BISCAYNE BLVD., 30TH FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33131 305-358-5001 JGALE@FELDMANGALE.COM WWW.FELDMANGALE.COM

Greg Gaebe, a founding partner of the 27-year-old litigation firm Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo, has tried more than 150 jury trials as a litigation defense lawyer. In one year alone, he tried 15 cases to verdict. He handles products liability, bad faith insurance claims, legal malpractice and catastrophic personal injury cases. He has been involved in numerous cases of public importance, including major tobacco cases, the defense of Sabreliner in the ValuJet crash lawsuits, and of the Southland Corporation in a national class action for alleged ADA violations. Often called on as a bad faith expert, he has defended many individuals, corporate entities and insurance companies in catastrophic exposure cases, and municipalities in high-exposure civil rights claims. He is a member of the Federation of Defense and Corporate Counsel (FDCC) and of the International Academy of Trial Lawyers, among other organizations, and an Eagle Scout. Listed as a top South Florida lawyer in Florida Super Lawyers magazine, Gaebe is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell.

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Stanley Foodman, CEO of Foodman, CPAs & Advisors, is a recognized forensic accountant and litigation support practitioner, specializing in complex domestic and international tax matters and economic crime. He is bilingual (English/Spanish) and provides hands-on expert assistance to clients on matters including corporate and personal taxation, compliance, voluntary disclosure, estate and trust tax and wealth planning. He has served as an expert witness and forensic accountant for some of the nation’s most high-profile economic crime cases. Foodman is a former auxiliary special agent for the Florida Department of Law Enforcement with specialization in economic crime – money laundering, bank fraud, public corruption and discovery of hidden assets. He is also a former consultant to the Miami office of the U.S. Attorney for civil RICO money laundering recoveries. Foodman received the 2010 Key Partners Award from the South Florida Business Journal. A frequent speaker on tax matters, he has also been named one of the “Top CPAs in South Florida” by South Florida Legal Guide every year from 2007-2012.

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James A. Gale is a founding member of Feldman Gale, an intellectual property law firm in Miami with offices in Tampa, Los Angeles and Philadelphia. He is a registered patent attorney who represents companies in legal actions involving patents, trademarks, copyrights, unfair competition, covenants not to compete, theft of trade secrets and the Internet. Gale has been practicing for more than 28 years and is admitted to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, Florida Supreme Court and federal courts throughout the country. Gale was the inaugural chair the Florida Bar’s Committee for Intellectual Property Law Certification and has been chairman of the Bar’s Intellectual Property Committee. He is AV-rated by Martindale Hubbell and has been listed as one of the Best Lawyers in America for Intellectual Property Law. Gale graduated from the University of Florida College of Law and has a B.S. in microbiology and cell sciences. Prior to establishing Feldman Gale, he was with a major national law firm and also was general counsel to a major medical device manufacturer.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILES

RINA GROSSMAN-KERBEL

ADAM S. HALL

VP, RELATIONSHIP MANAGER

BUSINESS LITIGATION

SABADELL UNITED BANK 1688 MERIDIAN AVENUE MIAMI BEACH, FL 33139 305-604-6099 RINA.GROSSMAN-KERBEL@SABADELLUNITED.COM WWW.SABADELLUNITED.COM

HALL, LAMB AND HALL, P.A. 2665 S. BAYSHORE DR., PH 1 MIAMI, FL 33133 305-374-5030 ADAMHALL@HLHLAWFIRM.COM WWW.HLHLAWFIRM.COM

Rina D. Grossman-Kerbel is a vice-president for Sabadell United Bank, specializing in business development in the Miami-Dade market. She has been a part of the Miami banking community since 2000, after graduating from Florida Atlantic University’s Honors Program with a Bachelor of Science in Finance and International Business & Trade. Grossman-Kerbel’s passion is in helping business leaders, entrepreneurs, and professionals to achieve their business and financial goals. Prior to joining Sabadell United Bank, GrossmanKerbel acquired her experience working for both small community banks, such as International Finance Bank, where she served as a Lending Officer, as well as larger institutions such as Regions Bank, working as a VP Business Banking Officer. Prior to embarking on her banking career, Grossman-Kerbel was an entrepreneur who helped run her family’s textile manufacturing business while also attending college. She is active in the Greater Miami Jewish Federation, having served in its Real Estate Division. Grossman-Kerbel is originally from Sao Paulo, Brazil, and is fluent in Portuguese Spanish, and conversant in Hebrew.

Adam S. Hall handles matters involving complex corporate and business litigation. In addition to commercial litigation, Hall focuses his practice on cases involving professional malpractice, securities, real estate, and probate disputes. Recognized for his relentless advocacy on behalf of clients, he has litigated cases involving broker-dealer disputes, will contests, breach of fiduciary relationships, construction disputes, and allegations of malpractice on the part of law firms and accounting firms. Beyond his legal work, Hall is actively involved in the South Florida community. Most recently, he served on the board of directors for the United Way of Miami-Dade County and has been a member of the executive committee for the United Way’s Young Leader division Hall also maintains strong ties to the University of Florida, where he earned his law and bachelor’s degrees with honors. He is currently a member of the University’s Levin College of Law Alumni Council and serves on the alumni advisory board for Florida Blue Key, of which he was previously a member.

ALLAN A. JOSEPH

ANDREW C. HALL

CIVIL LITIGATION

BUSINESS LITIGATION HALL, LAMB AND HALL, P.A. 2665 S. BAYSHORE DR., PH 1 MIAMI, FL 33133 305-374-5030 ANDYHALL@HLHLAWFIRM.COM WWW.HLHLAWFIRM.COM

Attorney Andrew C. Hall has tried cases arising from some of the nation’s most significant historical events. From the Watergate trials in the 1970s to the Ohio savings and loan crisis in the late 80s, to the 2000 terrorist attack on the USS Cole, Hall’s trial skills are recognized as among the top echelon of litigators in the nation. Recently, Hall secured a $2.8 billion judgment on behalf of a Cuban expatriate for damages stemming from the continued terror attacks launched against his family by the Cuban government. He has been recognized as one of “The Best Lawyers in America” by Best Lawyers for over 10 years. Additionally, he is regularly featured in Super Lawyers and Florida Trend’s Legal Elite as among the top commercial litigators in the state. He has been recognized as a “Most Effective Lawyer” by the Daily Business Review for the past three years. He is AV rated by Martindale Hubbell, the highest independent peer-based rating available to an individual lawyer.

FUERST ITTLEMAN DAVID & JOSEPH, PL 1001 BRICKELL BAY DR., 32ND FLOOR MIAMI, FL 33131 305-350-5690 AJOSEPH@FUERSTLAW.COM WWW.FUERSTLAW.COM

Allan A. Joseph is a founding member of Fuerst Ittleman David & Joseph, PL. Mr. Joseph approaches every case with a goal of aggressive resolution to the benefit of his clients. Recognizing that every dispute is unique, Joseph takes the time to familiarize himself with not only the factual and legal issues in a case, but the intricacies of the client’s business and personal needs, which affect the ultimate and desired results. During every phase of the dispute resolution process, the lines of communication between Allan and his clients are open. This effective communication means that clients are intricately involved in formulating the legal strategy and are kept apprised of every development in the case. Practicing since 1991, Joseph has focused on business-related disputes, including complex commercial litigation, business torts, alternative dispute resolution, and civil litigation involving the U.S. government. When not engaged in the practice of litigation, Joseph is involved in the community as a member of the Board of Directors for Family Central, Inc., an organization that serves children and families throughout South Florida. Joseph also volunteers his time to several other charitable organizations.

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ADAM J. LAMB

PERSONAL INJURY

HALL, LAMB AND HALL, P.A. 2665 S. BAYSHORE DR., PH 1 MIAMI, FL 33133 305-374-5030 ALAMB@HLHLAWFIRM.COM WWW.HLHLAWFIRM.COM

LEIGHTON LAW, P.A. 1401 BRICKELL AVE., SUITE 900 MIAMI, FL 33131 121 S. ORANGE AVE. SUITE 1150 ORLANDO, FL 32801 PHONE: 888-395-0001 JOHN@LEIGHTONLAW.COM WWW.LEIGHTONLAW.COM

Adam J. Lamb is a partner at Hall, Lamb and Hall whose practice is focused on commercial litigation including shareholder and partnership disputes, intellectual property litigation, legal malpractice, and real estate litigation. Lamb has been recognized by a number of publications, including the South Florida Legal Guide, and has received the highest AV peer review rating by Martindale Hubbell. An active member of the legal community, he is a member of the American Bar Association, the Miami-Dade County Bar Association, the American Association for Justice, and the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. Lamb received his bachelor’s degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his juris doctorate from the University of Florida. Lamb is a member of The Florida Bar and is admitted to the U.S. District Court, Southern District of Florida. Additionally, he has litigated various federal and state cases under pro hac vice status in New York, New Jersey, Michigan, and the District of Columbia.

DONALD L. LONDEREE VICE-PRESIDENT/BANKING

SABADELL UNITED BANK 1801 NORTH MILITARY TRAIL BOCA RATON, FL 33431 561-750-0075 DONN.LONDEREE@SABADELLUNITED.COM WWW.SABADELLUNITED.COM

Donn Londeree, vice president of Sabadell United Bank, has over 30 years of Banking experience and specializes in assisting business leaders, entrepreneurs, and other professionals achieve their financial goals. He received his Bachelor of Arts Degree and his Masters of Business Administration from Florida Atlantic University. Prior to his tenure at Sabadell, Londeree, gained valuable experience as he designed, implemented, and managed the Private Banking Group at Barnett Bank of Palm Beach County, held various positions as VP in the Trust & Wealth Management groups at Barnett Banks, National Bank of Detroit, Bank One, and BB&T. Donn’s community involvement is represented by his past service as Trustee of Bethesda Hospital, and Bethesda Healthcare; Director of The Haven, the Samaritan Home for Boys; and a Board Member of the Greater Boca Raton Estate Planning Council, and the Rotary Club of Boca Raton. Currently, Donn serves as a Board member of the Rotary Fund Board, an Professional Advisor to the Community Foundation for Palm Beach & Martin Counties, a member of the Haven Finance Committee, and a member of the Speakers Bureau for the Greater Boca Raton Estate Planning Council.

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John Elliott Leighton is the founding partner of Leighton Law, P.A., a personal injury trial law firm representing individuals who have been seriously injured or have lost loved ones due to the negligence of others. Leighton also represents plaintiffs in legal malpractice cases. A board certified civil trial lawyer, Leighton has 27 years of experience in litigating and trying catastrophic injury and death cases in state and federal courts. He has litigated and tried complex cases throughout Florida and in Illinois, North Carolina, Wisconsin, Georgia, Texas, Indiana and New York. He is chairman of The Academy of Trial Advocacy and the Inadequate Security Litigation Group of the American Association for Justice, and serves on the Executive Committee of the Board of Trustees of the National College of Advocacy. He is listed in The Best Lawyers in America, Florida Super Lawyers, Florida Trend Florida Legal Elite, and South Florida Legal Guide’s “Top Lawyers.” He is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell and 10/10.0 (“superb”) by AVVO.com. He is the author of “Litigating Premises Security Cases” (West, 2006).

JEFFREY B. MALTZMAN BUSINESSLITIGATION,MARITIME&TRAVELLAW MALTZMAN & PARTNERS, PA 55 MIRACLE MILE, SUITE 320 CORAL GABLES, FL 33134 305-779-5665 JEFFREYM@MALTZMANPARTNERS.COM WWW.MALTZMANPARTNERS.COM

Jeffrey B. Maltzman is a graduate of Stanford University and Stanford Law School who has been handling complex business litigation, insurance defense, admiralty & maritime, and travel and tourism related matters for over 25 years. He is an AV preeminent peer rated attorney by Martindale Hubbell and a fellow of the Litigation Counsel of America Honorary Trial Lawyer Society. Maltzman’s work has been recognized by a number of publications including the South Florida Legal Guide, which repeatedly named him as a “Top Lawyer,” and Florida Super Lawyers, which has named him a Superlawyer for the past five consecutive years. His defense verdict of a Virgin Islands tour operator in a mass casualty claim in 2009 was noted as one of the best verdicts of the year by the National Law Journal. Maltzman is board certified as one of only 11 certified legal specialists in admiralty and maritime law by the State Bar of California. Maltzman maintains offices in both Florida and California.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILES

SETH E. MILES

MICHAEL MULLEN

PERSONAL INJURY AND WRONGFUL DEATH PLAINTIFF

COMPLEX LITIGATION

GROSSMAN ROTH, P.A. 2525 PONCE DE LEON BLVD., SUITE 1150 CORAL GABLES, FL 33134 305-442-8666 SEM@GROSSMANROTH.COM WWW.GROSSMANROTH.COM

Over the course of his career, Seth Miles has recovered more than $200 million for his clients in cases ranging from personal injury to class action. Miles received an $80 million verdict on behalf of three Cuban migrants forced to work as modern-day slaves at a dry-dock. As a result, he was honored with the prestigious “Most Effective Lawyer” award given by the Daily Business Review. He also received what is believed to be the largest automobile accident personal injury verdict in the history of Volusia County, Florida. Miles also recovered $39 million on behalf of all Lloyds of London property insurance clients assessed with a hurricane deductible in 2004-2005. After two years of litigation, the case was settled with each owner getting 65 percent of the deductible refunded—a clear victory. Prior to entering private practice, Miles served as an Assistant United States Attorney in the criminal division of the United States Attorney’s Office in the Southern District of Florida. While serving as an Assistant United States Attorney, he tried dozens of jury trials and argued before the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals.

GAEBE, MULLEN, ANTONELLI & DIMATTEO 420 S. DIXIE HWY., 3RD FLOOR CORAL GABLES, FL 33146 305-667-0223 MMULLEN@GAEBEMULLEN.COM WWW.GAEBEMULLEN.COM

Since 1988, Michael Mullen has been the managing partner of Gaebe, Mullen, Antonelli & DiMatteo, the litigation firm he joined when it was founded in 1985. The firm’s clients include municipalities, global corporations, individuals and institutions, served from offices in Coral Gables and West Palm Beach. Mullen has tried more than 100 cases and concentrates his practice on products liability, professional liability, including medical, attorney and accountant malpractice, and medical device litigation. As panel counsel for commercial insurance carriers, his practice includes civil child and sexual abuse defense, nursing home litigation, premises liability, negligent security, construction accidents and defects, and bad faith. He is an advocate with the American Board of Trial Advocates, a fellow of the Litigation Council of America, Order of Justitia, and a member of the Council on Litigation Management. Mullen is listed in the 2013 edition of Best Lawyers in America and Florida Super Lawyers magazine. He is rated AV by Martindale-Hubbell.

ANDREW NEEDLE

BENJAMIN E. OLIVE

MEDICAL MALPRACTICE, PERSONAL INJURY (PLAINTIFF)

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION

NEEDLE & ELLENBERG, P.A. 1401 BRICKELL AVE., SUITE 900 MIAMI, FL 33131 305-530-0000 ANEEDLE@NEEDLEELLENBERG.COM WWW.NEEDLEELLENBERG.COM

OLIVE & ASSOCIATES, P.A. 2438 E. LAS OLAS BLVD. FORT LAUDERDALE, FL 33301 954-334-2250 BEN@OLIVE-LAW.COM WWW.OLIVE-LAW.COM

Andrew Needle is board certified in Civil Trial Law by the Florida Bar. Following graduation from Cornell University in 1974 and the University of Miami in 1977, he began practicing law with one of the premier personal injury and medical malpractice firms in Florida. Since then he has distinguished himself professionally both in and out of the courtroom as a trial lawyer, author, and lecturer. He is former editorial consultant to Matthew Bender Law Books, and the author of “Post Trial Motions” Florida Civil Trial Practice, Chapter 18, Ninth Edition as well as Inside The MindsRepresenting Plaintiffs in Medical Malpractice Cases “Current Challenges in Handling Medical Malpractice Actions: Statutory Protections, Expenses, and Societal Misconceptions”, Thomson Reuters/Asparatore 2012. Named as one of South Florida’s Top Lawyers in medical malpractice by the “South Florida Legal Guide,” every year since its inception, he has been selected as a “Heavy Hitter” in healthcare law by the South Florida Business Journal, February 10, 2006, and has been selected for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America®, 2007-2013 in the areas of Medical Malpractice and Personal Injury.

Benjamin E. Olive is the managing partner and founder of Olive & Associates, P.A, which focuses on complex commercial, corporate, real estate and securities matters, representing public and private corporations both internationally and domestically. Olive’s practice is devoted to achieving his clients’ goals in the most efficient manner possible. Olive has been a member of The Florida Bar since 2000 and his court admissions include U.S. District Court, and the Southern, Middle and Northern Districts of Florida. Olive earned his bachelor’s degree from The College of William & Mary and his J.D. from Vanderbilt University School of Law. Olive has been recognized by Super Lawyers magazine in 2009, 2010, 2011 and 2012 and South Florida Legal Guide in 2010, 2011 and 2012.

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C. ZEV PASTERNAK TAXATION, FINANCIAL INVESTIGATIONS

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION, HEALTHCARE LITIGATION

FOODMAN CPAS & ADVISORS 1201 BRICKELL AVE., SUITE 610 MIAMI, FL 33131 305-365-1111 ZEV@FOODMANPA.COM WWW.FOODMANPA.COM

ZUMPANO, PATRICIOS & WINKER, P.A. 312 MINORCA AVE. CORAL GABLES, FL 33134 305-444-5565 LPATRICIOS@ZPWLAW.COM WWW.ZPWLAW.COM

Zev Pasternak is a Certified Public Accountant with more than 25 years of experience in the public accounting field. He specializes in audit and taxation – personal, corporate and partnerships. He has in-depth knowledge of the real estate industry and represents a variety of small to medium-sized businesses. Prior to his work with the firm, he was a tax manager for the largest co-op converter in Manhattan. A graduate of Rutgers University and Florida International University, Pasternak is a member of the Florida Institute of Certified Public Accountants and the New Jersey Society of Certified Public Accountants. Pasternak also serves on the Eleventh Circuit Grievance Committee for The Florida Bar.

Leon N. Patricios leads the litigation practice at Zumpano Patricios & Winker, P.A. He focuses on healthcare-related litigation, including managed care contract disputes, complex commercial cases, and employment related litigation. Patricios also has experience in ad valorem tax and family matters. His peers have elected him to the list of “Top Lawyers in South Florida” as published in the South Florida Legal Guide. Patricios is admitted to practice in Florida before all of its state courts. He is also admitted to practice in the U.S. District Courts for the Southern and Middle Districts of Florida as well as the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. In addition to appearing in court, Patricios has represented clients before the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, the Division of Unemployment Compensation and other agencies. Patricios earned his B.B.A, M.S.T. and J.D. from the University of Miami.

HARRY A. PAYTON

BRETT C. POWELL

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION, BUSINESS LITIGATION

APPELLATE PRACTICE, LITIGATION/TRIAL SUPPORT

PAYTON & ASSOCIATES, LLC 2 S. BISCAYNE BLVD., SUITE 1600 MIAMI, FL 33131 305-372-3500 PAYTON@PAYTON-LAW.COM WWW.PAYTON-LAW.COM

THE POWELL LAW FIRM, P.A. 18001 OLD CUTLER RD., SUITE 525 PALMETTO BAY, FL 33157 305-232-0131 BRETT@POWELLAPPEALS.COM WWW.POWELLAPPEALS.COM

Harry A. Payton, managing member of Payton & Associates LLC, has more than 45 years of commercial litigation courtroom experience. He is one of only 97 attorneys in the State of Florida who is board certified in both business litigation and civil trial. He represents corporations and individual entrepreneurs in business litigation matters including commercial real estate, lender liability, business torts, contracts, commercial foreclosures, shareholder and partnership disputes, and professional liability. In 2012, was appointed to the Supreme Court of Florida’s Commission on Professionalism for the 11th Judicial Circuit. He currently serves on the Florida Bar Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee, and recently completed a term on the Florida Bar’s Judicial Administration and Evaluation Committee. is AV rated by MartindaleHubbell, which denotes the highest legal ability and ethical standards, and receives consistent recognition as Top Lawyer in Complex Commercial Litigation and Real Estate Litigation in the South Florida Legal Guide and Florida Super Lawyers®.

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Brett Powell concentrates his practice on appellate advocacy and trial support services. The Powell Law Firm, P.A., provides assistance to trial attorneys in drafting and arguing pre-trial and post-trial motions, conducting legal research into hot-button issues, and ensuring adequate preservation of the record at trial and in the prosecution of appeals. Recently, Powell and the Powell Law Firm were instrumental in obtaining $12.65 million settlement in a premises liability/bad faith insurance action against a major national insurance carrier. Powell handles appeals arising from negligence, medical malpractice, intentional torts, wrongful death, insurance bad faith, products liability, premises liability and maritime law. Powell has successfully argued in the Florida Supreme Court and in all of Florida’s appellate courts. Powell vigorously advocates his clients’ positions while maintaining the highest standards of professional ethics and integrity. He is admitted in to the U.S. Supreme Court, the Eleventh Circuit Court of Appeals, and The Florida Bar. He is a member of Phi Delta Phi, the American Bar Association, the Dade County Bar Association and the Miami Dade Justice Association.

PROFESSIONAL PROFILES

DAVID LEE ROSS

PIERRE A. SALIBA

INSURANCE DEFENSE

TAXATION, LITIGATION SUPPORT FOODMAN CPAS & ADVISORS 1201 BRICKELL KEY DR., SUITE 610 MIAMI, FL 33131 305-365-1111 PIERRE@.FOODMANPA.COM WWW.FOODMANPA.COM

LAW OFFICES OF DAVID L. ROSS, P.A. 9495 SUNSET DR., SUITE B-285 MIAMI, FL 33173 786-263-0008 DAVID@ROSSLAW.NET WWW.ROSSLAW.NET

Founding partner David L. Ross has worked primarily in the insurance litigation industry since 2000, and has worked hand-inhand with many blue-chip companies in defending their lawsuits across the State of Florida. Ross focuses his primary practice areas in all aspects of insurance defense claims, including alcoholic beverages, auto liability (including personal injury protection defense), construction law, construction defect, contracts, commercial litigation, disabilities, environmental law, general liability & litigation, hurricane fraud, insurance coverage, insurance defense, labor and employment, libel, slander and defamation, personal injury, premises liability (including all slip/trip and fall claims), products liability, professional liability, negligent security, resorts and leisure (including hotels, restaurants, and bars), retail liability, subrogation recovery, torts, toxic torts, transportation negligence, wrongful death defense, and worker’s compensation. Ross has been nominated for three years in a row as one of the Up & Coming Attorneys in Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, as well as “Florida Rising Star” in Florida Super Lawyers for two consecutive years.

Pierre A. Saliba provides international and domestic tax, forensic accounting, litigation support and advisory services to clients in a broad range of industries including healthcare (Medicare and Medicaid fraud and regulatory compliance), manufacturing and not-for-profit organizations. He assists clients with domestic and international corporate and personal taxation services, due diligence and evidence retrieval. He also works with clients on voluntary disclosure matters. As firm manager, Saliba also leads Foodman’s focus on client service. He brings prior experience as a cost accountant, controller and production manager in the garment industry, both in the U.S. and internationally. Fluent in French, Creole and Spanish, he serves as president of the Haitian American Chamber of Commerce. Saliba is also an active member of other Miami civic and charitable organizations, devoting both time and resources to helping those in need.

PHILIP J. SHECHTER

ROBERT H. THORNBURG

LITIGATION SUPPORT

INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

CHERRY, BEKAERT & HOLLAND, L.L.P. 255 ALHAMBRA CIRCLE, SUITE 1040 CORAL GABLES, FL 33134 PSHECHTER@CBH.COM WWW.CBH.COM

ALLEN, DYER, DOPPELT, MILBRATH & GILCHRIST, P.A. 1221 BRICKELL AVE, SUITE 2400 MIAMI, FL 33131 305-374-8303 RTHORNBURG@ADDMG.COM WWW.ADDMG.COM

Philip J. Shechter, CPA, ABV, CVA, is a partner of Cherry, Bekaert & Holland, L.L.P., one of the nation’s largest accounting firms. Recognized as an accounting expert witness and receivership specialist Shechter heads the firm’s litigation support practice and leads a team of professionals who deal with commercial litigation, business valuations, forensic accounting and marital dispute resolution cases. Shechter has extensive experience providing a full range of commercial dispute litigation services, helping businesses with such matters as bankruptcy and reorganization, breach of contract, business interruption, business valuation, commercial damages, family law, fraud investigations, lost profits, and royalty disputes. Shechter also serves as a “neutral CPA’ in divorce matters. His groundbreaking work in this area has been documented in the AICPA’s Journal of Accountancy.

Robert Thornburg is a Registered Patent Attorney with extensive experience in the areas of patent, copyright, trademark, trade secret, and related technology litigation. He also represents clients in the areas of patent and trademark prosecution, domain name disputes, and electronic discovery counseling. His experience in patent prosecution includes medical devices, consumer products, pharmaceuticals and “green” technologies. Thornburg is currently a trustee of the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce. He is a past Chair of the Computer Law Committee of The Florida Bar. He serves on the Florida Supreme Court Trial Technology Committee and The Florida Bar Civil Rules Subcommittee on Electronic Discovery. Thornburg is an active lecturer on topics relating to intellectual property and electronic discovery and has served as a visiting lecturer at the University of Florida College of Law, Florida State University College of Law, and the University of Notre Dame College of Engineering. He also has participated in various panels, including Thomson LegalWorks’ 2006 A-Z Electronic Discovery in Miami.

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DAVID WINKER

ALAN E. WEINSTEIN CRIMINAL DEFENSE AND MARITAL & FAMILY LAW

COMMERCIAL LITIGATION, HEALTHCARE LITIGATION

LAW OFFICES OF ALAN E. WEINSTEIN, LLC 4500 BISCAYNE BLVD., SUITE 203 MIAMI, FL 33137 305-576-8666 DEFENSE1@BELLSOUTH.NET

ZUMPANO, PATRICIOS & WINKER, P.A. 312 MINORCA AVE. CORAL GABLES, FL 33134 305-444-5565 DWINKER@ZPWLAW.COM WWW.ZPWLAW.COM

Since graduating from the University of Miami Law School with honors and being admitted to The Florida Bar in 1968 with the highest grade in the state on the Bar examination, Alan E. Weinstein has concentrated his litigation practice exclusively in marital and family law and criminal defense in state and federal courts. His trial experience includes criminal cases in more than 40 jurisdictions throughout the United States, and many complex, high-net-worth dissolution of marriage cases. Weinstein has been frequently profiled in various magazines and newspapers, and has appeared on “Nightline” regarding his creative use of the first post-traumatic stress disorder defense in Florida. He has been selected annually as a top lawyer by the separate peer review processes of the South Florida Legal Guide, the South Florida Business Journal and Florida’s Super Lawyers and is AV rated by Martindale-Hubbell. He is a past president of the Florida Criminal Defense Attorneys Association, past treasurer of the Florida Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, and a member of the Criminal and Family Law Sections of The Florida Bar, the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the White Collar Crime Committee of the American Bar Association. Weinstein is a former chairman of a Florida Bar Grievance Committee, and has been active in many community organizations.

JOSEPH I. ZUMPANO HEALTHCARE, INTERNATIONAL

David Winker is board certified as a specialist in health law by The Florida Bar and focuses his practice on domestic and international health care transactions and regulatory compliance issues. Winker has counseled providers in connection with overpayment reviews, program suspensions and federal and state criminal, civil and administrative investigations, and assisted providers with contracting, corporate structuring, real estate and estate planning issues. In addition, Winker has provided counseling on licensure matters and regulatory and legislative initiatives affecting Medicare and Medicaid providers and suppliers (including coverage and reimbursement issues). Winker’s peers have elected him to the list of the top lawyers in South Florida as published in the South Florida Legal Guide (2003-2012), to the Legal Elite as published by Florida Trend Magazine (2006 – 2010) and to Super Lawyer’s magazine. He has received Martindale Hubbell’s highest rating-AV. Winker earned a degree in political science at Florida State University and a J.D. from the University of Florida.

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As president and managing shareholder, Joseph I. Zumpano has overseen the growth of the firm as it has expanded to 60 members with locations in 15 countries. He focuses his practice on complex healthcare law and international law matters. Zumpano’s accomplishments, widely covered by the media, include his pioneering the business theory of “New Globalism” and the historic case Weininger v. Castro, in which ZP&W obtained a $86.5 million judgment against the Castro brothers and the Army of Cuba. Zumpano assembled the legal team in the effort that resulted in the collection of $24 million on the judgment. More recently, Zumpano led his team to pierce a Bahamian Trust in the case Breitenstine v. Breitenstine et. al. After a seven-year battle to recover the funds therein, the court ordered the turnover of approximately $4 million in assets. Zumpano earned a BA from Harvard University and a dual degree in law and public health from Georgetown University and Johns Hopkins University.

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Administrative Law Remedies – Going Outside

THE COMFORT ZONE

Whatever your area of practice, Florida administrative law can have a real life impact on your clients and their needs. In a myriad of arenas, from banking and insurance, to driver licenses and day care, administrative agencies promulgate rules, oversee compliance and enforce penalties on individuals and businesses. Most attorneys have little or no experience with administrative matters and consider such matters outside their “comfort zone.” Yet, identifying whether administrative action is necessary or preferable to traditional circuit court or appellate proceedings is a necessary component of effective advocacy. In determining options, it is critical to realize what constitutes agency action affecting a client’s “substantial interests” and what is the “point of entry” entitling your client to a hearing1. In some cases this is obvious; in others not so much. For example, rulemaking proceedings may “substantially affect” individuals, businesses and trade groups, yet few practitioners consider getting involved in such matters. Once it is determined that an administrative proceeding is the necessary course of action, the important differences between administrative proceedings and circuit court actions must be understood2. Administrative proceedings offer very short windows of time for entry into the process3. Moreover, failure to pursue administrative remedies may preclude later access to the courts due to “exhaustion” concerns4. Competitive procurements also require quick reaction. Prospective bidders should be made aware of the ability to invoke administrative remedies at all stages of the bid process. The time to “protest” a competitive procurement can come well before the bids are evaluated, as a vendor may need to appeal the specifications of the procurement instrument in order to ensure a fair process. Failure to file a “bid specification” protest may very well preclude the ability to later protest the intent to award the contract after the bids are evaluated5. In circuit court, pleadings can be lengthy and numerous. By contrast, the initial pleading under the Administrative Procedures Act (APA), which details how the petitioner’s substantial interests will be affected, explains issues of material fact, identifies applicable rules and regulations and requests an evidentiary or nonevidentiary hearing, may be the only pleading filed6. The Rules of Evidence are also different. Pursuant to Fla. Stat. § 120.57(1): Irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious evidence shall be excluded, but all other evidence of a type commonly relied upon by reasonably prudent persons in the conduct of their affairs shall be admissible, whether or not such evidence would be admissible in a trial in the courts of Florida. Any part of the evidence may be received in written form, and all testimony of parties and witnesses shall be made under oath. Hearsay is specifically permitted if it is used to supplement or explain other admissible evidence7. 134

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Discovery can also be very fast paced in APA proceedings. In summary hearings and bid protests, the final hearing takes place within 30 days of assignment to an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ)8. Discovery must be completed prior to the final hearing and response dates can be as little as five calendar days. Finally, there may be no immediate ruling obtained at the close of the administrative proceeding. Rather, after receiving and reviewing proposed recommended orders from the parties, the ALJ will enter a “recommended” order containing findings of facts and conclusions of law, which is then sent to the agency for entry of a final order9. While administrative proceedings may seem foreign to the typical legal practitioner, their importance and efficacy should not be overlooked. Ignoring the available points of entry in the process may leave your client with substantially less options for redress. Effective advocacy compels litigators to pursue these less-traveled roads and ensure the best outcome for their clients.

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BY MARIA ELENA ABATE AND SHARLEE H. EDWARDS Colodny, Fass, Talenfeld, Karlinsky, Abate & Webb 100 SE 3rd Ave., 23rd Floor Fort Lauderdale, FL 33394 954-492-4010 mabate@cftlaw.com sedwards@cftlaw.com www.cftlaw.com

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Emotional Intelligence

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In 2011, a sitting justice of the Wisconsin Supreme Court wrapped his hands around a fellow justice’s neck after a profanity-laced diatribe in the heat of a disagreement. His defense: “It was a total reflex.” Practicing attorneys routinely witness similarly emotionally erratic behavior from colleagues, opposing counsel and occasionally even judges. For the most part, lawyers are smart – high IQs, good test-takers, solid analytical skills. Unfortunately, law school and the popular depiction of attorneys seems to alternate between glorifying emotional detachment (cold, critical, analysis) and romanticizing emotional volatility (You want the truth?! You can’t handle the truth!). And although corporate America has embraced the importance of emotional intelligence for about 20 years, the legal profession for the most part has lagged in recognizing that emotional intelligence is likely a far more predictive indicator of success in the legal profession than a high IQ. So what is emotional intelligence? It’s basically emotion management; both your emotions and the emotions of others (in our case, judges, clients and other attorneys). Daniel Goleman, who first popularized EI as a set of skills that drives leadership performance, breaks EI into five components: (i) self-awareness (understanding your own strengths and weaknesses); (ii) selfregulation (controlling impulses); (iii) social skill (managing relationships); (iv) empathy (considering the emotions of others); and (v) motivation (desire to achieve for the sake of achievement). Not surprisingly, highly emotionally intelligent people whose jobs are complex (such as ours) out-perform their emotionally less-intelligent peers by many orders of magnitude. This is borne out by the reality that clients hire attorneys based on attributes such as “ability to understand business needs and objectives;” “trusted advisor and not just a legal technician;” and “effective communicator.” Look at the rainmakers in your law firm – no doubt the vast majority would ace an emotional intelligence test. It’s not so hard to find a really smart lawyer. But our prospective clients are consistently on the lookout for a lawyer that has the “intangibles,” a much harder attribute to find on Google. As it turns out, emotional intelligence doesn’t only help with client relationships – it helps with colleagues too. Emotionally toxic workplaces (I’ve heard) are unpleasant. In his book “The Five Dysfunctions of a Team”, Patrick Lencioni opined that five triggers, each of which happen sequentially, will destroy a team. First, people do not trust their teammates and are working in a “defensive” posture. This next leads to a fear of conflict in which people (even litigators) refuse to engage in productive debate. Third, in avoiding conflict, there is no “buy-in” because people do not commit to the final decisions. In turn, there is a decrease in accountability because there is an absence of ownership over tasks. And finally, the results suffer. The collective goals of the team, which theoretically should be aligned with client goals, are lost, and results are not achieved. It is no coincidence that the attributes of someone

with high emotional intelligence – constructive communication, empathy, self-awareness – are inconsistent with the attributes of a dysfunctional team. I recently had the privilege of meeting Chade-Meng Tan, a Google engineer who wrote a book this year called “Search Inside Yourself: The Unexpected Path to Achieving Success, Happiness (and World Peace).” The purpose of the book is, as the title connotes, to achieve world peace. To do that, Meng (whose title at Google is – seriously – Jolly Good Fellow (Which Nobody Can Deny)) tells a story: Once upon a time in ancient China, a man on a horse rode past a man standing on the side of the road. The standing man asked, “Rider, where are you going?” The man on the horse answered, “I don’t know. Ask the horse.” Our emotions, Meng relates, is the horse. We tend to go where they tell us to. Regulating your emotions and being able to decipher the emotions of others is not just good for business; it helps promote world peace. Luckily, emotional intelligence can be learned. Meng suggests training emotional intelligence by training attention; and one way to train attention is through meditation. As Viktor Frankl said: “Between stimulus and response, there is a space. In that space lies our freedom and our power to choose our response. In our response lies our growth and our happiness.” The ability to pause before reaction provides us with the necessary opportunity to regulate our “reflex.” Developing empathy among team members also will help a team’s emotional intelligence. Spending 30 Blackberry-free seconds (or more) learning about your colleagues is a good start, particularly if you are acting in a mentorship role. Applying emotional intelligence to your practice and dedicating yourself to the improvement of emotional intelligence will help you, your firm, and most importantly, your clients. And maybe, while I may not be as optimistic that improved emotional intelligence could lead to world peace, I am almost certain it will help the legal profession.

BY ETAN MARK Berger Singerman LLP 1450 Brickell Avenue, Suite 1900 Miami, FL 33131-3453 305-714-4360 emark@bergersingerman.com www.bergersingerman.com 2013

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What’s in the fine print? Make sure you know

BEFORE YOU SIGN As the economy recovers, albeit slowly, the business community will increase the number of transactions involving buying and/ or selling of businesses for strategic purposes. These transactions present themselves in the form of acquisitions, mergers, joint ventures or the formation of new businesses. The real transaction, with its risks and pitfalls, is often buried in the minutia of the documents. Any transaction, in its final form, cannot be fully assessed without a complete understanding of the fine print or boilerplate clauses. That analysis is often neglected. Negotiators and drafters of documentation need to be sensitive to these risks planted within the deal documentation and fully acquaint their clients of the same. Many business planners and lawyers have departed from the traditional form of corporation and employ limited liability companies. The popularity of this business form is based on the favorable pass-through treatments these companies enjoy under the tax laws of the United States. Consequently, deals involving limited liability companies become tax driven. Often, the drafting of documents involves complex tax analysis that may result in the documentation departing from the contemplated transactions. Limited liability company transactions typically include the formation of a new LLC with an operating agreement between all of the members. The new company acquires assets from one member using cash contributed by another. An experienced transactional lawyer may understand the document, but fail to fully explain its nuances to the client and later find that failure to be basis for a malpractice claim. Typically the members of a limited liability company expect to be partners in the venture with the rights of governance as expressed within the operating agreement and related deal documents. However, these same documents very often include traps or complex clauses that alter the relationship. One example involves the typical financial member who will make commitments to meet the future funding requirements for operations. These funding requirements find their way into the agreement as capital contributions, and are credited to the member’s capital account. Conversely, there are guaranteed extra benefits (an increased share of the company) and preferences on profits or sales attached to these contributions, which may be buried in the documentation. Similarly, the member who has contributed his or her business to the new company may not receive a credit for the full value that the parties had agreed upon for that business. Sometimes this contribution is treated as inferior to the cash provided. This is particularly true if such values are included within the former business owner’s capital account only upon achieving EBITA performance milestones, and then may be very low on the list of actual distributions. On occasion, a close reading of the documents will reveal that that promised payment for the business being 136

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contributed is so far down the distribution claim that it is unlikely be realized. In all events, the true payment price for the business must be based on what may actually be realized discounted back to the closing date. When fresh money is put into the company there may be stringent “pay to play” requirements. Failure to contribute fresh money may result in significant dilution to an existing interest. Similarly, there are often preferences in favor of later cash relative to whether the company will ever pay the amount promised for the original business. To understand what the client is truly getting, assuming you are involved in one of these transactions, a few basic questions should be asked. First, exactly how does the transaction work? What are the mechanics involved in receiving the credits or debits to a capital account? How much will the client actually be paid based upon formulas that have been agreed upon? Unless careful attention is paid to each one of these questions, a seller or buyer may be very disappointed. Unfortunately, the format of most of these transactions involves language that your client will not understand. Your “translation” of the complex instruments will be essential to assuring that the client gets what is bargained for rather than being a plaintiff in a malpractice case against you. If the instrument does not provide for a precise and clear methodology for payment of profits or on sale, the seller may not get what the seller thinks he or she should be getting and this will lead to a major dispute decided in the courtroom.

BY ANDREW C. HALL Hall, Lamb and Hall, P.A. 2665 S. Bayshore Drive, PH 1 Miami, FL 33133 305-374-5030 andyhall@hlhlawfirm.com www.hlhlawfirm.com

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Is Your Expert or Opposing Expert Qualified?

PASSING THE DAUBERT TEST Choosing an expert to assist in a contentious litigation case in determining lost profits or lost business value is not an easy proposition. Is your expert or the opposing expert really an expert? The Daubert framework is quite clear: Testimony must be based on sufficient facts or data, must be reliable and appropriate application of accepted principles and methods to the facts. It is very important for an expert to have valuation and litigation credentials. Academic credentials are helpful, but to be qualified, “anyone with relevant expertise enabling him (or her) to offer responsible opinion testimony helpful to judge or jury may qualify as an expert witness”. Tuf Racing Prods., Inc. v. American Suzuki Motor Corp., 223 F.3d 585, 591 (7th Cir. 2000) Furthermore, even if a witness appears to be highly qualified, that witness “cannot waltz into the courtroom and render opinions unless those opinions are based upon some recognized scientific method and are reliable”. Clark v. Takata Corp. 192 F. 3d, 750, 759 n.5 (7th Cir. 1999). Experts should be performing litigation and valuation services on a full-time basis. Otherwise, it is difficult to acquire the relevant knowledge and expertise. Also, be wary of testifying experts, who are often not familiar with the details of the case. An expert is to provide an independent and objective opinion either for valuing a business interest or for determining the economic damages incurred by a damaging event and must comply with standards. The Statement on Standards for Valuation Services, SSVS No. 1, promulgated by the AICPA is an important one. However, many experts do not realize that there are two components to this standard: developmental provisions and reporting provisions. If the expert is preparing a business valuation for litigation purposes, then the expert must comply with the developmental provisions but does not need to comply with the reporting provisions. Additionally, if the expert is performing an economic damage calculation or a lost profits calculation, then the expert does not have to comply with SSVS No. 1. Reliability of the analysis through accepted methodologies is critical. Whether the expert’s opinion is correct or persuasive is not what the court is seeking. Rather, the court is “limited to determining whether ....... the methodology underlying that testimony is sound.” Deputy v. Lehman Bros., Inc., 345 F. 3d, 494, 505 (7th Cir. 2003). Relevant evidence is paramount. Too many experts do not properly demonstrate the reliability of their analysis, which in turn leads to witness exclusion. One area where witnesses fail to provide reliable testimony is with client forecasts. Simply because management has provided a forecast to the expert does not in itself validate the forecast. Most forecasts, by their very nature, include implied optimism, but may not be reflective of actualities that may result. Experts often fail to properly question the inherent assumptions contained in the forecast. For example, management may further complicate matters by preparing a plain “vanilla” forecast that lacks critical elements that a properly prepared

detailed forecast would include. However, even if properly prepared, assessing the likelihood of the forecast coming to fruition is vital. Fail-Safe, LLC v. A.O. Smith, 2010 U.S. Dist. Lexis 138686 (E.D. Wis.) (Dec. 23, 2010), a trade secrets case involving a pool pump motor, highlights the problems with experts as it pertains to forecasts. The experts relied on company data without independent verification, prepared their own projections based upon faulty management assumptions that were unrealistic, used insufficient data, and failed to do a competitive assessment of the forecast. Needless to say, the judge did not have fond words for the experts in this case. We too often see experts “cherry picking” selective facts they deem applicable. A proper analysis will consider all facts, both positive and negative to the case. There are so many elements included in an analysis for lost business value or lost profits, including the earnings base and the discount rate. Taking an aggressive and incorrect stance on many of these variables has a multiplicative effect on the results and creates a great disparity between expert opinions, thus encouraging trial rather than settlement. Above all, the relevancy of the expert testimony must be on point. Often, the expert will obtain guidance from counsel ensuring that all conclusions are relevant to the cause of action. The court ultimately will decide on whether an expert can provide testimony. It is a lot easier to lose a case than win a case. Thorough analysis of client assumptions, detailed application of appropriate methodology and proper consideration of key factors, will reflect favorably on the expert.

BY SHERI F. SCHULTZ, CPA/ABV/CFF AND PETER GAMPEL, ABV/CFF, ASA, CA, CBV Fiske & Company 1000 S. Pine Island Rd., Suite 440 Plantation, FL 33324 954-236-8600 sheri@fiskeco.com alan@fiskeco.com www.fiskeco.com 2013

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The Clock is Ticking for

HIGH-NET-WORTH INDIVIDUALS The most favorable estate and gift tax laws in recent history are set to expire after the end of the year, and for high-net-worth individuals, the time for action is now. For those that have unrealized capital gains in any asset, there may never be a better time to realize those gains, diversify portfolios or otherwise redeploy proceeds from asset sales. This is likely the last, best chance to reposition and update one’s financial and estate plans on a tax-favored basis and to avail oneself of unprecedented planning opportunities. The government needs revenue. Income taxes, capital gains and estate gift taxes are all in play, and are almost certain to increase. The election is over, and the status quo has been maintained leaving the fiscal cliff looming. Therefore, if major changes in one’s portfolio are warranted, taking action in 2012 is advisable. THESE ARE MAJOR AREAS TO CONSIDER:

Tax Rates. Assuming no change in the tax law, long-term capital gains will rise from 15 percent to 20 percent and qualified dividends lose their special status, which will result in the dividends being subject to ordinary income tax rates. The maximum income tax rate will climb from 35 percent to 39.6 percent. What’s more, in 2013, a healthcare surtax of up to 3.8 percent on investment income will take effect. Investment income is generally classified as capital gains, dividends, interest, annuity payments, royalties and rents. The healthcare surtax on investment income will generally apply to individuals with a gross income greater than $200,000 and married couples with combined gross incomes greater than $250,000. As a result, in 2013, many “wealthy” taxpayers will incur a longterm capital gains rate of 23.8 percent rather than the present 15 percent, unless Congress deems otherwise. So tax efficiency – or seeking investments that minimize tax consequences – will once again be in vogue. It will be critical to pay attention to tax efficiency as well as how the assets are titled and which type of account (taxable or non-taxable) owns a particular investment asset. Gifts. Today’s low interest rates and the high estate/gift tax exemption afford tremendous wealth/asset transfer opportunities for the rest of the year. This favorable environment allows highnet-worth individuals and business owners the opportunity to pass significant amounts of wealth/assets to anyone of their choice, free of gift and estate taxes. Without a change in the estate and gift tax law, the estate tax exemption in 2013 will revert to the 2002 exemption amount, resulting in more individual’s estates being subject to estate tax. Both the estate and gift tax exemption amounts will decline from $5.12 million for an individual to $1 million and the maximum estate tax and gift rates will increase from 35 percent to 55 percent. Using assets that have the potential to appreciate (i.e. business interests, commercial property, etc.) maximizes the leverage and 138

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opportunities in gifting strategies. Moreover, because generally assets have depreciated over the last several years, utilizing such depreciated assets in gifting strategies is attractive. Securities sales. In 2011, a provision requiring investors to adopt a consistent cost basis for valuing any securities they sold became effective. The new rule took effect for stocks and exchange traded funds bought and sold in 2011 and also applies to mutual funds bought and sold in 2012. The cost basis that is commonly used by investors is the average per-share price of all purchases of the same security. While this choice is a n easy option, it often does not qualify for the best tax treatment on securities sales. To minimize taxes, it is often better to sell either the cheapest or most expensive shares. If the market value of the security has declined, when it is sold you may wish to use a cost basis that allows you to sell the lowest-cost shares. But if your investments have appreciated, selling your highest-cost shares can minimize your taxes. In conclusion, the United States government is facing shortfalls in revenues while governmental expenditures are escalating. That means taxes across the board will be increasing. We are confident beginning in the year 2013 and for years to come, U.S. taxpayers will have a higher tax rate structure and fewer and lower exemptions than in 2012. Therefore, high-net-worth individuals and high-income earners should consult with their financial adviser, CPA or attorney before year-end.

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Mitigation of Damages in

LOST PROFITS DAMAGES The duty of mitigation requires that the plaintiff take appropriate actions to overcome the damage purportedly caused by the defendant1. The plaintiff is generally not permitted to recover damages that were foreseeable and could have been avoided by their reasonable efforts without causing undue expense or risk. In other words, the amount of earnings lost as a result of the plaintiff ’s failure to mitigate its own damages would likely not be recoverable2. Although the defendant may argue that the plaintiff could have mitigated its damages beyond the steps that it took, the plaintiff only needs to show that it took reasonable steps to mitigate its damages3. It does not need to show that it took all of the steps that the defendant may assert should have been taken4. It is up to the trier of fact to decide if the mitigation efforts of the plaintiff were reasonable and sufficient. The plaintiff ’s ability to mitigate is dependent upon several factors, which may include but are not limited to the following: Plaintiff ’s financial ability to mitigate. Mitigation of damages may not be possible if the plaintiff is financially unable to accomplish it. Thecosttomitigateascomparedtotheeconomicdamagessuffered by the plaintiff. If the cost to mitigate is greater than the economic damage suffered as a result for the defendant’s breach, it may not be possible for the plaintiff to mitigate the damages5. Reasonable expenses incurred in an effort to mitigate damages, even if plaintiff ’s efforts are unsuccessful, are typically recoverable damages. The period of recovery for lost profits must be reasonable and may be influenced by the plaintiff ’s actions to mitigate6. Additionally, in some instances, the plaintiff may receive certain tax benefits from the losses they may have incurred as a result of the defendant’s actions. These benefits could be in the form of tax losses, which can be used to offset positive income in future periods7. This concept of mitigation is best illustrated by the following examples. The first example, involves a claim of tortious business interference between two companies arising from the actions of a former disgruntled employee. As an expert for the plaintiff, one would be required to collect information as to sales that occurred after the event of the employee’s termination which provided evidence of the decline in sales. The plaintiff expert should also challenge whether the decline in sales were due directly from the former employer’s actions or whether there were other intervening factors that caused a decline in sales such as a general market or economic downturn in the industry. As a rebuttal expert in this case, the professional would have to analyze and scrutinize any decline in sales to determine whether such declines in sales related to the former employee’s conduct or whether there were intervening events. In addition, a rebuttal expert should also be sensitive to lost profit claims that exceeded the financial capacity (i.e. working capital and liquidity) of the company to achieve. Another example where mitigation of damages occurs is in

employment discrimination cases. Although wrongfully terminated, the plaintiff has the responsibility to mitigate his/her salary losses by recruiting for and obtaining a replacement job. Expert issues related to mitigation of damages under employment discrimination cases will include comparability of position, level of effort expended in recruiting for a new position, and the full compensation package, including fringe benefits and perquisites. Mitigation of damage expert testimony can drastically reshape any damage claim that is asserted by a plaintiff. Careful analysis of such claims and the relevant economic and evidentiary facts must be undertaken as part of an expert’s analysis and report.

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Choose Carefully When

MAKING A REFERRAL Before making a referral to another attorney, be sure to take a moment or two and think about the potential consequences. If the other attorney does a poor job for the client, you could find yourself having to defend your action in a negligent referral or legal malpractice claim. That’s what happened to a Miami attorney in a high-profile personal injury case – Noris v. Silver, 701 So. 2d 1238 (Fla. 3d DCA 1997). Noris was injured in Chicago when a vehicle struck his bicycle. He contacted Silver, a Miami attorney who had previously represented him in two legal matters. Silver told Noris he did not handle personal injury cases and made a referral to attorney Falk, who in the past had paid Silver a share of any fee recovered in these types of cases in consideration for the referrals. Noris hired Falk, who failed to settle the suit within the Illinois two-year statute of limitations. After that unhappy outcome, Noris sued Falk for legal malpractice and Silver for legal malpractice and negligent referral. Even through Falk and Silver had not signed a written agreement to divide the attorney fees, the court found that there was an implied agreement and that Silver was legally responsible for the malpractice committed by Falk. To avoid defending themselves in these time-consuming and expensive actions, South Florida attorneys should do their homework prior to making a referral to another lawyer to handle a criminal trial, civil litigation or business or personal transaction. One of the best ways to refer your client to an appropriate lawyer, while minimizing your legal risk, is to conduct a thorough due diligence process. Take the time to review the experience and credentials of the attorney before considering a possible referral. For example, you might look to see if the attorney is board certified and has a high rating from third-party services like MartindaleHubbell or Avvo.com. Has the attorney been recognized by his or her peers in legal publications listing top attorneys? Is the attorney active in Bar organizations or associations in the specialty field of their practice? Does the attorney teach legal workshops or seminars? Does the attorney write in the field or author scholarly publications? If the answer is yes to these types of questions, you are on safe grounds in making a referral – regardless of the outcome of the matter. On the other hand, you should think hard about making referrals to an attorney who has been disciplined by The Bar or has a string of complaints on his or her record. That’s a red flag for a plaintiff ’s attorney seeking a reason to drag you into a malpractice case. It’s also a bad idea to refer clients to a friend or family member, unless that attorney has impeccable credentials. Again, if there is a legal malpractice case, the first thing the plaintiff will allege is that your referral was determined by personal considerations. In the words of the old saying, “No good deed goes unpunished.” When doing due diligence, you should also check to see if the attorney carries legal malpractice insurance and even ask for a copy 140

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of that policy. Having a carrier to defend a case can take a huge burden off your shoulders as the referring attorney. There are some other steps you can take to reduce your potential liability for a negligent referral. First, you can refer to a trusted specialist with superior credentials. Second, you could refer your client to a local bar association. Under the law, bar associations and legal referral services are not subject to negligent referral claims – unlike individual attorneys. Another approach is to provide the client a list of three or four attorneys that have excellent credentials. Then, the client can decide which – if any – of those attorneys to hire. Regardless of how you handle a referral request, you should document your actions and send a note to your client as well. It takes just a few minutes to summarize your conversation and the nature of your referral in a document that could become an “insurance policy” in the future. Be sure that your staff understands your referral policy as well, so that they don’t overstep their roles and create a potential problem Remember that any time you take a referral or participation fee from another attorney, you are “on the hook” for the case. If the client is happy with the outcome, you can go out and celebrate together. But if an unhappy client files a malpractice or negligent referral suit, you can expect to see each other as codefendants in court.

BY JOHN ELLIOTT LEIGHTON Leighton Law, P.A. 1401 BRICKELL AVENUE, SUITE 900 MIAMI, FL 33131 121 SOUTH ORANGE AVE., SUITE 1150 ORLANDO, FL 32801 888-395-0001 WWW.LEIGHTONLAW.COM WWW.RESORTINJURYLAWYERBLOG.COM

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ON OUR HEALTH SYSTEM Healthcare providers are seeing sweeping changes in the way they administer care to patients as a result of the emergence of accountable care organizations. The Obama administration sought to reform the existing healthcare model with the passage of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act (“PPACA”). The hope was that it would become a viable and accountable system for delivering accessible and affordable healthcare. Accountable care organizations (ACOs) hope to achieve that by reinventing the way healthcare providers associate, treat patients, and receive compensation. An ACO is comprised of a group of providers who organize themselves to take on the shared responsibility of administering care to a group of patients while seeking to improve quality of care, lowering of healthcare costs, and increased access to care. ACO providers are reimbursed by federally funded welfare programs, such as Medicare. ACOs provide certain regulatory advantages to participating providers. The Federal Self Referral law – commonly known as the “Stark law” generally waives prohibition for distribution of shared savings for ACO participants, and for providers’ activities that are related to the ACO. However, providers are not necessarily immune from anti-kickback law violations as participants in an ACO. Under an ACO, provider members are generally to be reimbursed based on the quality of care they provide their patients. ACOs’ shared savings may be shared annually as a bonus, so long as they meet the requirements in the quality metrics. Providers are to be reimbursed according to the following quality metrics: (1) patient satisfaction; (2) safety; (3) preventative treatment; (4) care coordination; (5) at-risk population. Providers working with the elderly for example, will not be penalized because they treat patients with more advanced conditions. Providers will be impacted by the development of ACOs throughout the country. On January 1, 2013, the Medicare bundled payment program will begin and the increased Medicaid payments for primary care doctors will take effect. Under the ACO model, providers are incentivized to work together. Earlier coordinating from initial doctor’s offices visits to long-term care facilities may become the norm. Additionally, there is hope that because ACOs may largely be run by groups of providers, the cost-quality communications gap between providers and the boardroom may finally be bridged. There are, however, downsides for providers participating in ACOs. Transitioning from a solely fee-for-service model to qualitybased reimbursement may be difficult for some providers. Providers in private practice will face financial pressure due to increased overhead and a decrease in reimbursement. Additionally, providers may also experience an increase in regulatory restrictions. Further, over the years, providers will see varying reimbursements because ACOs are still in their infancy. The Secretary of Health and Human Services wields much discretion in how the providers will be

reimbursed over time. The change in reimbursement may take away some of the control providers have over how they are paid. The ACO model is not without controversy. Some providers may argue that it is not always in their power to control quality measures leading to readmissions because patients often misunderstand directions, fail to take medications, don’t seek physical therapy, etc. Further, some may argue that ACOs may contribute to fewer providers choosing areas of practice like primary care; provider shortages and misdistribution; and changing workplace and lifestyle expectations. Whatever one’s view of ACOs and their coming impact, providers will likely limit the number of tests they order from specialists that are costly and instead may be incentivized to come up with other solutions to reduce overutilization and overuse of expensive technology that contributes to significant healthcare expense because such tests and technologies are so interconnected with their reimbursement. Further, providers may use more holistic approaches to diagnosing and treating patients at the primary care level. Recent graduates might find this difficult, because many medical schools heavily rely on the use of technology and testing in order to diagnose and treat patients. In summary, as with every major market sea-change, providers will need to educate themselves about ACOs and the changes they will bring, in order to keep their seat at the negotiating table. ACO membership is growing in size, and the number of ACOs in Florida is increasing. Providers need to carefully consider what ACOs will mean for their practices, for the treatment they administer, and the reimbursement they will receive for services rendered.

BY JAMAAL R. JONES Zumpano, Patricios & Winker P.A. 312 Minorca Ave. Coral Gables, FL 33134 305-444-5565 jjones@zpwlaw.com www.zpwlaw.com 2013

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Law Firm Crisis Communications & Reputation Management:

IT’S NOT IF, BUT WHEN Imagine a television producer or print journalist calls your ďŹ rm seeking a comment about news of a client’s arrest for fraud, or a partner’s malfeasance, or a practice area team’s defection to another ďŹ rm. Caught on the y, would the receptionist know to whom such calls should be steered? Would a partner know how – or even whether – to answer the reporter’s questions? Would those not authorized to speak know to hold their tongues? This is crisis communications. And, far too few professionals are sufďŹ ciently versed in how to conduct themselves in the face of a reporter’s call. The problem is that handling a crisis should be required knowledge. The 24-hour news cycle of yesteryear has been replaced by a 10-minute cycle fueled by blogs, news site updates, and even Facebook posts and Twitter tweets. In this hyper-competitive environment, sources could unwittingly hurt their own cause by not ďŹ rst considering the long-term implications of a question poorly answered. Once one bad quote hits the airwaves, newsprint or the Internet, it’s irretrievable. Crisis communications and reputation management is the practice of preparing for the possibility, even likelihood, that something will befall the ďŹ rm or an attorney. As any criminal defense or white collar attorney knows, it’s not whether the accusations are true. That’s for the courts to decide. It’s how the matter is handled in the court of public opinion. The goal in crisis communications is to address the problem openly, with appropriate, honest responses delivered swiftly. CREATING A CRISIS MANAGEMENT PLAN

Central to successfully navigating this arena is the crisis communications plan – and that plan starts at the top. One person should be appointed to spearhead crisis communications. The plan outlines what “spokespersonâ€? is preapproved to speak for the ďŹ rm to the media, who is on the response team, how responses will be formulated, and even how the ďŹ rm’s social media will be utilized. Having one spokesperson is vital. By establishing a “single voiceâ€? for the ďŹ rm, it’s easier to ensure that the comments and information ow are consistent and the ďŹ rm is positioned in the best possible light. How will the ďŹ rm respond? A response can take the form of a press release to the media or a phone call to individual reporters or editors with whom the ďŹ rm has built a trusted relationship. That outreach could be followed by a post to the ďŹ rm’s blog and newsroom, followed by and an update to its Facebook and/or linkedin page and a tweet. ROLE-PLAY AND CRISIS SCENARIOS

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Among other considerations‌ s 7HEN A REPORTER CALLS AND ASKS h#AN ) SPEAK WITH SOMEONE WHO handles calls from the media?â€? the person answering the phones should know never to offer commentary. The caller should be transferred or directed to the individual designated to take such calls, or the marketing director or publicist, who will facilitate further discussion. s )F THE hSPOKESPERSONv IS NOT AVAILABLE HOW WILL THE STAFF RESPOND Guidelines will establish who – if anyone – can represent the ďŹ rm and speak to the media instead. This should be a very select group – possibly only the most senior executives, and then, only after getting sample questions in preparation for the interview. s 0REPARE BEFORE n AND DURING n CRISES 4HIS INCLUDES MEDIA TRAINING Knowing what – or what not – to say to the media doesn’t come naturally to everyone. Sometimes, working with a public relations ďŹ rm in advance on media training – that is, role-playing to discover what questions you might encounter and how to answer them – can help to make executives comfortable being interviewed. s !VOID SAYING h.O COMMENTv OR h#AN ) GET BACK TO YOU IN A FEW days?â€? in response to a reporter’s question. It can appear the company is hiding information or avoiding the issue. If a response has not yet been prepared, say, “We’re still looking into this matter and will gladly respond once we’ve learned more.â€? This can be as little as 10 minutes or later in the day. Always ask the reporter’s deadline so you know how long you have to tailor a response. But stalling may ensure the story runs without a response. s 7HEN RESPONDING CONSIDER YOUR AUDIENCES 4HESE CAN INCLUDE clients and prospects, partners, employees, associates, paralegals and the media. Different audiences may require different responses to address each appropriately. With the right crisis communications preparation and effective media training, any ďŹ rm and its principals can help to mitigate the risk of negative publicity by being ready for the day a journalist calls. Create a crisis communications plan, practice executing the plan, work with internal and external media relations and reputation managers, and strive to ensure the ďŹ rm is prepared to present itself professionally when it’s the media on the other end of the line.

BY DON SILVER Boardroom Communications 1776 North Pine Island Road, Suite 320 Fort Lauderdale, Florida 33322 954-370-8999 donsil@boardroompr.com www.boardroompr.com

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ARTIFICIAL LIQUIDITY CRUNCH Our banks are sitting on unprecedented amounts of nonproductive lending capital. Governments at all levels wants them to lend. Lending is one of two necessary ingredients for ending our current moribund economic condition. There is a cyclical quality to all of this. The wonder is how this cycle is the “surprise” with which it is treated. Studies of economic history reveal that this current cycle is worse than many earlier ones with the exception of the “Great Depression” of the 1920s and 1930s. The Great Depression was preceded by securities speculation, a housing bubble, speculative building and speculative lending. The Glass-Steagle Act was authorized by Congress to prevent the banking excesses that strengthened and lengthened the effect of the Great Depression. Under pressure of the finance sector, Congress repealed the Glass-Steagle Act during the administration of President Bill Clinton, opening the floodgates to another round of speculative banking, wiping out economic gains made after its passage and causing a real estate-led recession. So, why are banks slow to release capital into the private sector? Depending on their ownership structure, banks answer to competing interests. Publicly held as well as closely held banks answer to shareholders and regulators and have a fiduciary responsibility to depositors. In general, the banking industry is smarting from the losses caused by its most recent 15-year-round of imprudent behavior. It has returned to its historic lending roots. Public complaints regarding a liquidity deficit are fairly widespread. Access to home equity loans (in a housing market awash with “underwater” existing loans and foreclosures) is practically nonexistent. What do banks require from closely held company borrowers in the current lending environment? The same things they required prior to the securities bubble of the 1990s and the real estate bubble of 2000 through 2007/8: 1. Collateral that is as close to cash in liquidity as possible. 2. Reliable first source of cash flow repayment (have a well-paying job). 3. Reliable secondary source of cash flow repayment (have a well-paying secondary source of income). 4. Credit score and credit history of the business owners. 5. Strong personal financial statement(s) in the case of a closely held business owner. 6. Business plan that: (A) Clearly describes the borrowing business, (B) Acceptably describes the use of funds, and (C) Clearly describes the industry of the borrower. (D) Includes published industry comparisons and data for the local geographic area. The first five requirements are self-explanatory. The last requirement of a business plan needs to be fleshed out a bit more. Bankers frequently say that the loan documents supplied to them by borrowers are not written for banker acceptability. A business plan is not merely wishful thinking put to paper. It is a “treasure map” that requires periodic refinement as conditions change. It ought to be written with bankers in mind.

If used for acquiring startup financing, it requires an approach grounded in well-researched projected revenues, budgeted start-up costs, costs of depreciable and amortizable assets, costs of ongoing operations, debt servicing and projected income tax effects. Support for the projections should accompany the business plan. A five-year plan is recommended by many authors, usually accompanied with a warning about the virtual impossibility of projecting out more than three years with an acceptable degree of accuracy. The same requirements, plus additional ones, exist when preparing for mezzanine financing or financing by an already existing business entity. Historical financial statements with a healthy profit, cash flow and debt service ratio and comparable entity federal income tax return copies for at least three years are added to the previously mentioned business plan, as well as personal financial statements and individual income tax returns for the shareholder officer(s) of the entity. A comparison of the existing entity’s results with published industry results for the geographic area is a welcome part of a loan package and business plan. Lenders view some industries and sectors more favorably than others. Startup dentistry is a good example. Under limited circumstances, lenders make 100 percent loan-to-value credit available for practices being acquired or started by young dentists with at least several years of clinical experience under their belts. Apparently, dentistry has one of the lowest loan default rates in the economy (as low as 1 percent). This is in spite of the fact that the average dental student graduates from dental school with approximately $250,000 of student loan debt. Of course this favorable assessment can easily dry up when, after a number of years in practice, a practitioner’s economic house out of order through maintaining a style of living in excess of disposable income.

BY STANLEY I. FOODMAN CPA, CFE, CAMS, CFF AND STAN S. ZELMAN DDS, CFP, CDFA Foodman CPAs & Advisors 1201 Brickell Ave., Suite 610 Miami, FL 33131 305-365-1111 stanley@stanleyfoodman.com www.foodmanpa.com 2013

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