GROWTH STRATEGIES John Seipp, Jr.
Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel LLP In 2015, Hamilton Miller Birthisel LLP, joined with delancyhill, P.A., to expand its presence in Florida and the Caribbean. “Our firm is on a strong growth trajectory,” says Jerry D. Hamilton, managing partner of the Miami firm. “We launched the firm in 2006 with three lawyers and on our tenth anniversary we are approaching 50 attorneys including partners Michelle Delancy and Marlon Hill, who were the founding members of delancyhill. Our strategic plan calls for us to double in size in the next decade.” One of the region’s most diverse law firms with several offices in Florida and the Caribbean, Hamilton Miller Birthisel is a trial law firm specializing in insurance defense and coverage, premises liability, medical and professional liability, labor and employment, admiralty and maritime, construction, and complex business litigation. “We are primarily and insurance defense firm, and about 90 percent of our work is litigation with the other 10 percent involving transactions,” Hamilton says. “Our growth helps us serve our clients in different markets
Jerry D. Hamilton
and sectors. We can also take on larger cases, including the defense of class actions.” At Hamilton Miller Birthisel, shared values, such as a commitment to diversity and community service are embedded into the firm’s culture, Hamilton says. “We know the importance of teamwork within a law firm. It can’t be a place where ‘it’s all about me,’” he adds. While continually looking for good laterals who complement its practice areas, the firm has a commitment to promote from within, whenever possible. Many of the 15 partners were once associates, he says. “It gives me great pleasure to see young lawyers come in, try their own cases and build a book of business,” he says. “We respect our talented attorneys and staff members and provide them with the support they need to be successful in their careers.” Bowman and Brooke LLP Bowman and Brooke LLP, one of the nation’s leading product liability firms, recently acquired Seipp, Flick & Hosley LLP, giving it new offices in Miami and Orlando. “This combination was a natural fit for our team,” says John Seipp, Jr., managing
partner, Miami. “We had build a strong defense litigation practice over the past 20 years, and it’s a pleasure to be working sideby-side with lawyers across the country who are equally dedicated to excellence.” Bowman and Brooke’s Miami office now has 20 attorneys, and may add more lawyers in the future, Seipp says. “We represent most of the major automotive manufacturers, as well as many heavy equipment manufacturers,” he says. “We also handle pharmaceutical and ethical drug manufacturing defense.” The firm’s Miami and Orlando attorneys represent manufacturers and other clients in claims filed in Florida courts, as well as on a national basis. Also joining Bowman and Brooke were appellate attorney Wendy F. Lumish, and litigator Robert Rudock. “As a lawyer who has represented the automotive industry throughout my career, I have long known Bowman and Brooke as a great trial firm,” says Rudock. Bowman and Brooke LLP has nearly 200 attorneys who defend a variety of corporate clients, including many Global 500 companies, in widely publicized catastrophic injury and wrongful death matters, and in other product-related litigation throughout all 50 states. SOUTH FLORIDA LEGAL GUIDE MIDYEAR 2016
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