Alexander Lugo

September 12, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"Lawyers are not accountants … and these are hyper technical rules," Scott Westheimer, president of The Florida Bar, said. "All of those common types of violations, that are technical, we think can be resolved by utilizing the software contemporaneously and keeping track of all your transactions."

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

September 11, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"You're looking at not only outside interest groups that are trying to dismantle DEI efforts, but you're also looking at the state itself that may take interest in what DEI efforts are being put in place," said Adrian Felix, chair of Bilzin Sumberg Baena Price & Axelrod's DEI committee.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

September 07, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"What I am seeing is a lot of demand from small to midsize firms trying to make up for being pillaged," Boca Raton-based Doug Horn, managing director at Palmer Kent Associates, said.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

September 07, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"Federal authorities in Miami have become increasingly more aggressive in pursuing cross-border and international cases," said Martin De Luca, an incoming Boies Schiller white collar-focused partner.

By Alexander Lugo

2 minute read

September 06, 2023 | Daily Business Review

The deal, for over 128,000 square feet, marks the largest office lease in the Miami market in the past five years, according to broker Cushman & Wakefield.

By Alexander Lugo

2 minute read

September 05, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"Particularly in the U.S., we're seeing a little thawing of nervousness and people coming back into the market," said Miami-based Greenspoon Marder corporate practice partner Jon Lyman.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

August 31, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"The owners of all of those commercial office buildings are facing decreased demand for office leases right now," said Heather Jonczak, a construction-focused shareholder in Carlton Fields' Miami office. "We're in a little bit of a different situation than a lot of other major U.S. markets."

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

August 30, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Todd Blanche, Chris Kise and Stanley Woodward all left behind the world of Big Law to help Trump with his legal troubles.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

August 29, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"This law firm functions as a team," Bohrer said. "They're all supportive of each other. It's not like in a Big Law firm, where people are competing for that partnership spot."

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

August 28, 2023 | Daily Business Review

"We need to be making sure that we don't have a mass foreclosure crisis in this state like we had back in the recession," said Donna DiMaggio Berger, a shareholder in Becker & Poliakoff's community association practice.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read