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Alexander Lugo

Alexander Lugo

Alexander Lugo is a business of law reporter based in Miami who is focused on covering law firms in South Florida.

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June 27, 2023 | Daily Business Review

South Florida's Popularity Propels Law Firm Headcount Growth in 2022

Overall, just 29 of the firms saw declines in headcount last year. That number was 44 in 2021.

By Alexander Lugo

4 minute read

June 26, 2023 | Daily Business Review

With a Growing Number of Businesses In Distress, Fla. Lawyers Are Looking at Alternatives to Bankruptcy Filings

The commercial real estate market in particular is getting choppier, and practitioners are increasingly taking advantage of receiverships and assignment for benefit of creditors.

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4 minute read

June 22, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Akerman Poaches Corporate Team From Harter Secrest

The firm is building up its New York office with corporate lawyers after it recently suffered a loss of nine corporate litigators to Blank Rome.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

June 20, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Holland & Knight Scoops Up Finance Trio From McGuireWoods as Clients Demand Deeper Bench

Hamid Namazie, who previously managed McGuireWoods' downtown Los Angeles office, said the group's clients were looking for "continuity of representation across geographies."

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3 minute read

June 16, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Shutts & Bowen Hires Former Florida Supreme Court Justice After Brief Stint at Insurer

Justice Ricky Polston stepped down from the high court at the end of March and immediately went to work as general counsel at Citizens Property Insurance, Florida's not-for-profit insurer of last resort.

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3 minute read

June 15, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Stinson Expands Into Southeast With New Tampa Office

"People from Minneapolis, Minnesota; Kansas City and from the middle of the country, they move to the west coast of Florida when they come to Florida," said Marc Weintraub, a partner at the Am Law 200 firm. "It's the right place to be for the connectivity that Stinson has with its Midwestern client base."

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3 minute read

June 15, 2023 | Daily Business Review

D.C.'s Holtzman Vogel Is the Favorite For Gov. DeSantis' Culture War Legal Work So Far This Year

The current pot of contract money is quickly catching up to the political law and lobbying shop's total earnings during Gov. Ron DeSantis' first term, which came in at $3.3 million.

By Alexander Lugo

3 minute read

June 13, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Greenberg Traurig Partner Resigns After Backlash Following Ex-Wife's Viral Suicide Letter

"Shame on Greenberg Traurig, who knew all of this, and did nothing to stand up for the rights of domestic abuse survivors like me and my daughters," said Catherine Kassenoff, who wrote a letter accusing her ex-husband and former Greenberg Traurig shareholder Allan Kassenoff of abuse.

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3 minute read

June 12, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Messi Deal Signals South Florida's Highly Coveted Place in Global Sports

"It's quite a boon for, not only the Miami sports universe, but the economy as well when you think about the type of interest that's going to attract," said Ahmand Johnson, a Greenspoon Marder partner focused on sports and entertainment.

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5 minute read

June 08, 2023 | Daily Business Review

Miami's New Class of Big Law Players Debuts First Wave of Summer Associate Programs

Sidley Austin is hosting the largest class of the five new Am Law 100 firms in town, with 10 summer associates. King & Spalding is the only new arrival not running a summer program.

By Alexander Lugo

5 minute read