66 Shutts & Bowen Attorneys Selected for 2019 Florida Super Lawyers, Rising Stars

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that 66 partners and attorneys have been honored as 2019 Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars.

Super Lawyers, one of the country’s most widely distributed legal magazines, bestows these honors once a year on distinguished attorneys who have undergone a rigorous screening process and who are ultimately selected for inclusion on this list of exceptional legal professionals. According to Super Lawyers, each year a distinguished group of attorneys is selected from firms across the country and from more than 70 practice areas for inclusion on this prestigious list. Candidates are screened through a multiphase process including nominations, independent research, peer evaluation and selection, with the final published list representing no more than 5 percent of the lawyers in the state to receive this honor.

Rising Stars, of which Shutts boasts 22, undergo the same selection process as Super Lawyers, however eligibility applies to candidates who have either been in practice for 10 years or less, or who are 40 years old or younger. While up to five percent of the lawyers in the state are named to Super Lawyers, no more than 2.5 percent are named to the Rising Stars list.

Seven attorneys from Shutts were recognized on the list for the first time while six attorneys were recognized for ten (or more) consecutive years on the Super Lawyers list. Two Shutts attorneys were recognized as 2019 Top 100 Miami Super Lawyers (Margaret “Peggy” Rolando and Patricia Leonard), while Andrew Brumby was recognized as a 2019 Top 50 Orlando Super Lawyer and Margaret “Peggy” Rolando was recognized on the 2019 Top 50 Florida Women Super Lawyers List.

The recognized Shutts & Bowen 2019 Florida Super Lawyers and Rising Stars are listed below.

FORT LAUDERDALE

Recognized as Super Lawyers:

• Marshall J. Emas – Real Estate (10+ Years)
• Joseph M. Goldstein – Business Litigation

Recognized as Rising Stars:

• Jamie B. Wasserman – Business Litigation
• Amy M. Wessel – Appellate (New)

MIAMI

Recognized as Super Lawyers:

• Sheila M. Cesarano – Employment & Labor
• J. Thomas Cookson – Securities & Corporate Finance
• Robert G. Fracasso – Creditor Debtor Rights
• Arthur J. Furia – Business/Corporate
• Stephen B. Gillman – Business Litigation (10+ Years)
• Rene J. Gonzalez-Llorens – Employment & Labor (10+ Years)
• Harold E. “Ed” Patricoff – International
• Margaret A. “Peggy” Rolando – Real Estate (Top 50 Florida Women Super Lawyer List) (Top 100 Miami Super Lawyer List)
• J. Donald Wasil – Real Estate

Recognized as Rising Stars:

• Daniel J. Barsky – Intellectual Property Litigation
• Daniel Benavides – Real Estate
• Tiffany N. Comprés – International
• Harris J. Koroglu – Bankruptcy: Business
• Kristin Drecktrah Paz – International
• Scott H. Silver – Business Litigation
• Daniel T. Stabile – Business Litigation

ORLANDO

Recognized as Super Lawyers:

• Brent C. Bell – Business Litigation
• Andrew M. Brumby – Bankruptcy: Business (Top 50 Orlando Super Lawyer List)
• John H. Dannecker – Construction Litigation
• William L. Grant – Construction Litigation (10+ Years)
• Russell P. Hintze – Tax
• Mary Ruth Houston – Employment & Labor
• J. Gregory Humphries – Business/Corporate
• Eric C. Reed – Creditor Debtor Rights
• Brett R. Renton – Business Litigation

Recognized as Rising Stars:

• Christian M. Leger – Business Litigation (New)
• Lauren L. Millcarek - Business Litigation
• William C. Matthews – Construction Litigation
• Sarah Donini Rodriguez – Construction Litigation (New)

SARASOTA

Recognized as Super Lawyers:

• Charla M. Burchett – Estate & Probate

TALLAHASSEE

Recognized as Super Lawyers:

• Rachel E. Nordby – Appellate (New)

TAMPA

Recognized as Super Lawyers:

• Eric S. Adams – Business Litigation
• Matthew T. Blackshear – Real Estate
• Amanda B. Buffinton – Construction Litigation
• Tirso M. Carreja, Jr. – Real Estate (10+ Years)
• Meredith A. Freeman – Construction Litigation
• R. Alan Higbee – Business/Corporate
• Suzanne Labrit – Class Action
• Erik R. Matheney – General Litigation (New)
• Lee E. Nelson – Real Estate
• Eric E. Page – General Litigation
• Woodrow H. Pollack – Intellectual Property
• Mark P. Rankin – Criminal Defense: White Collar
• Michael P. Silver – Business Litigation (New)
• Timothy D. Woodward – Construction Litigation

Recognized as Rising Stars:

• Christopher F. Hamilton – Transportation/Maritime
• Kristin K. Morris – Real Estate
• Ryan C. Reinert – Bankruptcy: Business
• Ella Shenhav – Business Litigation
• Lauren L. Stricker – Bankruptcy: Business
• Lauren A. Taylor – Estate & Probate (New)
• James P. Terpening III – Construction Litigation
• William M. Woods – Construction Litigation

WEST PALM BEACH

Recognized as Super Lawyers:

• Joseph W. Bain – Intellectual Property Litigation
• Eric C. Christu – Business Litigation
• James A. Farrell – Health Care
• Alfred A. LaSorte, Jr. – Real Estate
• Patricia A. Leonard – Business Litigation (Top 100 Miami Super Lawyer List)
• Arthur J. Menor – Real Estate
• Steven R. Parson – Real Estate (10+ Years)
• Neil B. Shoter – Real Estate

Recognized as Rising Stars:

• Matthew Sackel – Business Litigation

About Shutts & Bowen LLP

Established in 1910, Shutts & Bowen is a full-service business law firm with approximately 300 lawyers with offices in Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach.  Learn more about Shutts & Bowen at www.shutts.com.