April 19, 2024
Politics & Law
Alessandra Stivelman
Hollywood
Alessandra Stivelman oversees client accounts, manages marketing and outreach, and supervises associate attorneys at full-service Florida firm Eisinger Law. She is a partner/shareholder and areas of practice include real...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Lee Stapleton
Miami
Lee Stapleton handles high-stakes civil and criminal cases. She forms teams with warrior courage and diplomatic finesse. She leads the ABA’s Litigation Journal and one article drew parallels between...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Jacqueline Simms-Petredis
Tampa
Financial services litigator Jacqueline Simms-Petredis, with Southeast firm Burr & Forman, assists clients in bankruptcy cases and compliance matters. As managing partner of the Tampa office, she handles day-to-day...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Joy Spillis Lundeen
Miami
For Bilzin Sumberg, a Miami commercial law firm with global clients, Joy Spillis Lundeen leads the construction law and litigation group. Lead counsel and a trial lawyer for 30...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Amy Siegel
West Palm Beach
At Florida law firm Kelley Kronenberg, Amy Siegel is a partner and business unit leader centered on the defense of workers’ compensation claims on behalf of employers,...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Jennifer Slone Tobin
Orlando
Jennifer Slone Tobin is a member of full-service Florida firm Shutts & Bowen’s executive committee, responsible for leadership and planning. A member of the real estate practice group, its...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Meghan Serrano
Sarasota
Board-certified in business litigation by the Florida Bar, Meghan Serrano is co-chair of the financial institutions and insurance sector at regional firm Shumaker. She has represented owners and landlords...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Jamie Schwinghamer
Naples
Jamie Schwinghamer serves as practice group manager for the probate, trust and guardianship litigation group at regional firm Roetzel. Clients she represents include individual and institutional trustees, personal representatives...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Denise Schneider
Boca Raton
At Gladstone, Weissman, Hirschberg & Schneider, a boutique family law firm in South Florida, Principal Denise Schneider limits her practice to matrimonial and family law, including nuptial agreements,...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Erica Rutner
Fort Lauderdale
Erica Rutner opened the Florida office of Moore & Lee, which aspires to quality service with the efficiency and care of a small firm. Her commercial litigation experience...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Marisa Rodriguez Wilson
Miami
A shareholder at Am Law 100 firm Polsinelli, Marisa Rodriguez Wilson represents health care providers as well as diagnostic centers and pharmacies. She assists many minority and family-owned companies....
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Published on 11/30/2023
Joanne O'Connor
West Palm Beach
Shareholder Joanne O’Connor at South Florida law firm Jones Foster represents clients in commercial litigation such as contracts and business torts and land-use litigation. She is Florida...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Felicia Leborgne Nowels
Tallahassee
Government affairs and public policy partner Felicia Nowels, at Am Law 100 firm Akerman, leads the U.S. Customs, international trade and federal regulatory practice. Her goal is business solutions...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Patricia “Trish” Ann Redmond
Miami
Trish Redmond’s practice centers on Chapter 11 reorganizations, litigation and appeals. She is a bankruptcy and creditors’ rights shareholder in the Miami office, sometimes using bankruptcy options to reach...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Nicole D. Newlon
Tampa
Nicole Newlon is an equity, voting partner of JND, “a small firm with big experience.” She co-leads the firm and practices commercial, real estate and civil litigation. She counsels...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Elaine Bucher
Boca Raton
At Gunster, “Florida’s law firm for business,” Elaine Bucher serves on the board, the visioning team, as managing shareholder in Boca Raton, and equity shareholder in the private...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Stephenie Anthony
Tampa
Stephenie Anthony is a founding member and managing partner of Anthony and Partners, offices in Tampa and Bartow. She is a trial lawyer focused on creditors’ rights, bankruptcy law...
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Published on 11/30/2023
Brent Zimmerman
Brent Zimmerman is chief legal officer and on the board of directors at Miller Electric Company, a full-service provider of electrical and technology infrastructure that employs 3,250. Zimmerman advises management...
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Published on 9/1/2023
M. Thérèse “Terry” Vento
After a career with Shutts & Bowen, Terry Vento joined signature contemporary art museum Pérez Art Museum Miami as its general counsel in 2015. For decades she gave the museum...
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Published on 9/1/2023
Jalal “Jay” Shehadeh
Jay Shehadeh, general counsel at South Florida’s U.S. Century Bank since 2014, leads a department of 10 that generated more than $1 million in legal fees and title insurance revenues...
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Published on 9/1/2023
Ryan Quinn
Since March 2021 Ryan Quinn has been general counsel at PGT Innovations, a maker of custom windows and doors with 5,500 employees. He advises company leadership on contract negotiations, compliance...
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Published on 9/1/2023
Betsy Pennewill
As general counsel for Community Foundation of Sarasota County, which helps set up charitable funds, then helps issue scholarships and grants in the local community, Betsy Pennewill is responsible for...
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Published on 9/1/2023
Tara Pellegrino
Tara Pellegrino is general counsel for Now Optics, a Florida-based retail eyewear firm with 1,300 employees
in 375 sites in 31 states. She oversees legal affairs, from employment, regulatory and...
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Published on 9/1/2023
David Nicholson
As general counsel since 2016, David Nicholson attends to all legal affairs of TECO Energy, an electric and gas utility with a $1 billion-plus capital budget, 3,400 employees and 1.2...
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Published on 9/1/2023
Betsy McCoy
Chief Legal Officer Betsy McCoy created a department for The Related Group that American Legal Media named among the four best in corporate America. For 15 years she has addressed...
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Published on 9/1/2023
