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Wednesday, November 21, 2007
AKERMAN SENTERFITT ATTORNEYS AND PRACTICES RANKED AT THE TOP
Related Document: ChambersList2007-v2.doc
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AKERMAN SENTERFITT ATTORNEYS AND PRACTICES RANKED AT THE TOP
BY CHAMBERS & PARTNERS LEGAL GUIDE
43 Attorneys and 15 Practice Groups Receive Top-Tier Ratings
September 19, 2007 — Fifteen of Akerman Senterfitt's practice areas have been ranked among the top in the 2007 Chambers USA: America's Leading Lawyers for Business, including:
Antitrust
Banking & Finance
Bankruptcy/Restructuring
Construction
Corporate/M&A
Environment
Healthcare
Immigration
Insurance
Labor & Employment
Litigation
Real Estate
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Tax
Transportation: Shipping (outside New York)
Chambers & Partners conducts independent research, including thousands of telephone interviews with clients and lawyers, to determine the rankings. A team of more than 50 researchers interviews business people and lawyers throughout the country to assess the attorneys’ and firms’ legal ability, professional conduct, client service, diligence, commitment and other qualities most valued by the client.
The 43 Akerman Senterfitt attorneys designated by Chambers USA as leaders in their respective areas, are:
Antitrust
Lawrence D. Silverman
Banking & Finance: Regulatory
J. Thomas Cardwell
Virginia B. Townes
Banking & Finance: Transactional
Bradley D. Houser
Robert Mellen III
Bankruptcy/Restructuing
Jules S. Cohen
Michael I. Goldberg
Francis L. Carter, "Senior Statesman"
Construction (Florida)
Kimberly A. Ashby
Corporate/M&A
Jonathan L. Awner
Stephen K. Roddenberry
Teddy D. Klinghoffer
Carl D. Roston
Corporate/M&A: Private Equity
Teddy D. Klinghoffer
Carl D. Roston
Environment
Michael R. Goldstein
William Pence
Healthcare
Kirk S. Davis
Joseph W. Rugg
Martin R. Dix
Valerie G. Larcombe
Immigration
Brian Garcia
Insurance
Marcy Levine Aldrich
Bruce Culpepper
Allan J. Katz, “Senior Statesman”
Labor & Employment
James S. Bramnick
Susan N. Eisenberg
Jennifer Taylor, "Associate to Watch"
Litigation
William P. Heller
Joseph E. Foster
Litigation: White-Collar Crime & Government Investigations
Steve E. Chaykin
Real Estate
Andrew M. Smulian
Janice L. Russell
Theresa M. McLaughlin
Real Estate: Zoning/Land Use
Cecelia Bonifay
Tax
Alan Lederman
Don K. Duffy
Russell B. Hale
Hank H. Raattama Jr.
L. Frank Cordero
Tax: Employee Benefits
Richard T. Hurt
Peter E. Salomon
Transportation: Shipping (outside New York)
Anthony J. Cuva
Akerman Senterfitt, Florida's largest law firm, has 500 attorneys and consultants servicing the needs of domestic and international clients. The firm represents private and public companies, governmental entities, educational institutions and high net-worth individuals in a wide range of practice areas. The firm's longstanding commitment to diversity has been recognized most recently by the Minority Corporate Counsel Association, which presented the firm with the 2006 Thomas L. Sager Award for diversity leadership, and by MultiCultural Law magazine, which named Akerman Senterfitt the 2006 Top Law Firm for Hispanic Americans.
Founded in 1920, the firm now has offices in Florida's major business centers: Miami, Orlando, Fort Lauderdale, Tampa, Jacksonville, Tallahassee, and West Palm Beach, as well as in Washington, D.C., Northern Virginia, New York and Los Angeles. For more information about our practice groups and attorneys, visit www.akerman.com.
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