On the Move: Brad Johnson Joins Gunster and Other News
Legal industry hiring and promotions in South Florida.
December 13, 2019 at 04:33 PM
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Brad Johnson has joined Gunster in Jacksonville as a shareholder. Johnson's practice focuses on business litigation and labor and employment law.
Joseph A. Suarez has joined Chartwell Law in Miami as a partner. Suarez's practice focuses on bad faith litigation, professional negligence, commercial litigation and construction litigation.
Maia Aron and Martin "Marty" Keane have joined Mark Migdal & Hayden in Miami as partners. Aron's practice focuses on complex, high-stakes litigation, including financial fraud, contract disputes and other business torts. Keane's practice focuses on complex commercial litigation.
Cameron Eubanks and Victor J. Pelaez have joined Fowler White Burnett in Miami as shareholders. Eubank's practice focuses on significant appellate and trial-level maritime and admiralty matters. Pelaez's practice focuses on maritime and admiralty, complex business disputes and international litigation.
Shawn E. Devendorf and Amanda M. Rodriguez have joined Chartwell Law in Miami as a partner and associate, respectively. Devendorf's practice focuses on insurance defense, first-party insurance and third-party liability claims. Rodriguez's practice focuses on first- and third-party insurance defense, as well as premises liability.
Riley Kennedy has joined Gunster in West Palm Beach as an associate. Kennedy's practice focuses on health care, and labor and employment law.
Robert F. Elgidely has joined Fox Rothschild in Miami as a partner. Elgidely's practice focuses on financial restructuring and bankruptcy, bankruptcy litigation, and bankruptcy trustees.
Jorge Perez has joined Dickinson Wright in Fort Lauderdale as a member. Perez's practice focuses on complex litigation involving commercial, restructuring and insolvency matters, corporate turnaround and distressed properties.
Suzette Russomanno has joined Hamilton, Miller & Birthisel in Miami as an associate. Russomanno's practice focuses on commercial litigation, complex tort litigation, construction defect litigation and medical malpractice defense.
Andrew Ambert, Nicholas Bixler, Jonathan Morhaim, Andrew Steadman and Gabriela Villamizar have joined Hinshaw & Culbertson in Fort Lauderdale as associates. Ambert's practice focuses on personal injury and property damage litigation. Bixler's practice focuses on insurance-related manners. Morhaim's practice focuses on personal injury and property damage matters. Steadman's practice focuses on product liability. Villamizar's practice focuses on personal injury and property damage matters.
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