Florida Legal Awards in May 2022 at the Rusty Pelican in Miami. Photo: Raychel Lean/ALM DBR Announces 2024 Florida Legal Awards Honorees
All honorees will be recognized, and winners in finalist categories announced, at the Florida Legal Awards event in April.
February 01, 2024 at 09:00 AM
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The Daily Business Review, with the help of editorial staff as well as distinguished members of the Florida legal community, has selected this year's honorees and finalists for the Florida Legal Awards.
All honorees will be recognized, and winners of finalist categories announced, at the awards ceremony to be held on April 4 at the JW Marriott Marquis in Miami. We hope to see you there. For tickets and sponsorships, please contact Andre Sutton at [email protected] for more information.
In the meantime, please join us in congratulating the honorees and finalists for their well-earned recognitions:
Lifetime Achievement Award Honorees
Mercedes Armas Bach, Retired Judge, 11th Judicial Circuit, Florida
James A. Ballerano Jr., Day Pitney
Robert Brochin, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius
Candis Trusty, Markowitz Ringel Trusty + Hartog
Attorney of the Year Finalists
Beth-Ann E. Krimsky, Greenspoon Marder
Jeff Schneider, Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider +Grossman
John Yanchunis, Morgan & Morgan
Law Firm of the Year Finalists
Greenberg Traurig
Holland & Knight
McDermott Will & Emery
Distinguished Leaders Honorees
Beatriz Azcuy, Sidley Austin
Christopher Boyett, Holland & Knight
Craig T. Downs, The Downs Law Group
Anna Fernandez, Legal Lotus
Craig Goldenfarb, Goldlaw
Fred E. Karlinsky, Greenberg Traurig
Litigation Departments of the Year Finalists
King & Spalding
Kluger Kaplan
Morgan & Morgan
Weil, Gotshal & Manges
White & Case
In-House Impact Finalists
Patricia Simone Cruz, AT&T
Brandon Briggs, Inter Miami CF
Shannon Eichberg, Jabil
Bree Farrugia, Micro-X
Camielle Green Owens, OPKO Health
Cross-Border Disputes Finalists
Manuel Garcia-Linares, Day Pitney
Reed Smith
Rivero Mestre
Squire Patton Boggs
Dealmakers of the Year Finalists
Lorne Cantor, Jones Day
Meaghan Murphy, Meland Budwick
Roberto Pupo, Holland & Knight
Jeffrey P. Swatzell, Kirkland & Ellis
Best Mentors Finalists
Louis Archambault, Saul Ewing
Justin Fineberg, LashGoldberg
Traci McKee, Faegre Drinker
Keith Mitnik, Morgan & Morgan
Antonio Peña, Greenberg Traurig
Diversity & Inclusion (Firm) Finalists
Greenspoon Marder
Greenberg Traurig
The Joseph Firm
Stearns Weaver Miller
Diversity & Inclusion (Individual) Finalists
Alexa Gebert, Fowler White Burnett
Michael Góngora, Becker
Tequisha Myles, Legal Aid Society of Palm Beach County
Arianne Plasencia, McDermott Will & Emery
Nicholas Rodriguez, Winston & Strawn
ESG Impact Finalists
Ayala Law
LashGoldberg
Legal Services of Greater Miami
McDermott Will & Emery
Morgan & Morgan
Karen Rich, Spector Gadon Rosen Vinci
Innovators Finalists
Charlie Hernandez, My Pocket Lawyer
Cohen Property Law Group
Legal Services of Greater Miami
Winston & Strawn's Digital Assets & Blockchain Technology Group
Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman
Real Estate Transactions Finalists
Cohen Property Law Group
Ryan Girnun, Jones Day
Greenberg Traurig
Keith Poliakoff, Government Law Group
Unsung Heroes Honorees
Daniel Balmori, Hogan Lovells
Carmen Contreras-Martinez, Saul Ewing
Evan S. Glasser, Greenspoon Marder
Demitrianna Grekos, Hunton Andrews Kurth
Christopher Ramsey, GrayRobinson
Jackelyn Stewart, Eisinger Law
On the Rise (Small/Midsize Firm) Honorees
Lauren K. Einhorn, Taylor English Duma
Alexander Fischer, Sanchez Fischer Levine
Anne R. Flanigan, Weiss Serota Helfman Cole + Bierman
Jose Herrera-Paez, Weinberg Wheeler Hudgins Gunn & Dial
Utibe Ikpe, Meland Budwick
Chelsea Koff, Stearns Weaver Miller
Monique Lavender Greenberg, Lavender Greenberg
Tal Lifshitz, Kozyak Tropin & Throckmorton
Matthew McGuane, Levine Kellogg Lehman Schneider + Grossman
Jordan Nadel, Mark Migdal & Hayden
Pascual Oliu, Boies Schiller Flexner
Amanda Phillips, Greenspoon Marder
Emily Pincow, LashGoldberg
Pablo Rojas, Podhurst Orseck
Dominique Sciullo, Brinkley Morgan
Jonathan Siegelaub, LashGoldberg
Charles Stoecker, McGlinchey Stafford
Georgia Thompson, Day Pitney
Charles Throckmorton, Carlton Fields
Jessica Underwood, Schwartz Sladkus Reich Greenberg Atlas
Tova N. Verchow, Gladstone Weissman Hirschberg & Schneider
Jonathan R. Zim, Eisinger Law
On the Rise (Large Firm) Honorees
Alejandro Arias, Holland & Knight
Jodi Avila, Baker McKenzie
Cameron Baker, Fox Rothschild
Patrick Barthle, Morgan & Morgan
Samuel Basch, Cole, Scott & Kissane
Whitney Bosworth, Kirkland & Ellis
Michael Bruno, McDermott Will & Emery
Andrew Cromer, Polsinelli
Arielle Eisenberg, Cozen O'Connor
Sal Favuzza, DLA Piper
Joshua Fordin, Quinn Emanuel Urquhart & Sullivan
Logan E. Gans, Holland & Knight
Danielle Gordet, Akerman
Daniel Kahan, King & Spalding
Robert Kane, Greenberg Traurig
Kate Lashley, Sidley Austin
Eduardo M. Leal, Kirkland & Ellis
Brian Liegel, Weil, Gotshal & Manges
Kayla Pragid, Holland & Knight
Amanda Preston, Squire Patton Boggs
Sarah Primrose, King & Spalding
Ravin Sahadeo, Morgan & Morgan
Ryan Sainz, Morgan & Morgan
Daniella Genet Silberstein, Greenberg Traurig
Gutman Skrande, Duane Morris
Scott M. Snyder, Fox Rothschild
Nina Welch, Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough
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