DBR Recognizes Most Effective Lawyers for 2019
More than three dozen South Florida attorneys are being recognized in 20 categories.
November 15, 2019 at 10:00 AM
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The Daily Business Review is announcing its 15th annual Most Effective Lawyers to recognize their exceptional achievements for clients in the past year.
More than three dozen attorneys are being singled out in 20 categories. The competition was especialy intense in categories covering complex/business litigation, government relations/regulatory and international litigation.
A defense win in a bellwether pharmaceutical trial and a pair of pro bono attorneys going to trial for the first time — and winning their prisoner religious rights case — are among the standouts.
The award winners will be featured in a special report to be published Dec. 9. The honorees are:
- Appellate: Stuart Singer, Boies Schiller Flexner
- Arbitration: Ed Patricoff, Kristin Drecktrah Paz and Martha Ferral, Shutts & Bowen
- Bankruptcy: Corali Lopez-Castro, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton
- Class Actions/Mass Torts: Mason Pertnoy and Richard Allen, Solowsky & Allen, and Gary Mansfield and David Stone, Mansfield, Bronstein & Stone
- Complex/Business litigation: Hildy Sastre, Shook, Hardy & Bacon
- Corporate Securities: Joshua Samek, DLA Piper
- Criminal: Adam Fels, Andrea Goldbarg and Lynn Kirkpatrick, U.S. Attorney's Office
- Employment: Michael Elkins, MLE Law
- Family/Probate: Robin Bresky and Jeremy Dicker, Law Offices of Robin Bresky
- Government/Regulatory: Howard Nelson and Alexandra Barshel, Bilzin Sumberg
- Insurance: Gina Lozier and Michael Higer, Berger Singerman
- Intellectual property: James Baldinger, Jennifer Yasko, Aaron Weiss and Steven Blickensderfer, Carlton Fields
- International litigation: David Coulson and Mark Salky, Greenberg Traurig
- International transactions: Lara Rios, Holland & Knight
- Medical malpractice: Daniel Harwin, Freedland Harwin Valori, and Todd Michaels, Haggard Law Firm
- Personal injury: Randy Rosenblum, Dolan Dobrinsky Rosenblum, and Gary Paige and Cassandra Lombard, Gordon & Partners
- Pro bono: Olivia Kelman and Joshua Carpenter, K&L Gates
- Products liability: Michael Marsh and Donnie King, Akerman
- Public interest: David Bianchi, Stewart Tilghman Fox Bianchi & Cain
- Real estate: Eugene Stearns, Stearns Weaver Miller Weissler Alhadeff & Sitterson
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