Shutts & Bowen Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Edition

8.15.24
Recognition

Shutts & Bowen Attorneys Listed in Best Lawyers in America® 2025 Edition

Shutts & Bowen is proud to announce that 138 attorneys were recognized by their peers for inclusion in the 2025 Edition of The Best Lawyers in America® and The Best Lawyers in America: Ones to Watch. Among them are several partners who were also selected as a “Lawyer of the Year” in their respective fields: Harvey E. Oyer III (Land Use and Zoning Law), John Patterson (Real Estate Law), Joseph M. Goldstein (Administrative / Regulatory Law), Mary Ruth Houston (Litigation – Labor and Employment), Michael J. Grindstaff (Real Estate Law), and R. Alan Higbee (Corporate Compliance Law).

For more than 30 years, Best Lawyers has assisted those in need of legal services to identify the attorneys best qualified to represent them in distant jurisdictions or unfamiliar specialties. Best Lawyers lists are published in leading local, regional, and national publications across the globe.

The following is a list of the Shutts attorneys named and the areas in which they are recognized.

Fort Lauderdale

Best Lawyers

Ones to Watch

  • Deedee Bitran: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Labor and Employment Law – Management

Jacksonville

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Ones to Watch

Miami

Best Lawyers

Ones to Watch

Orlando

Best Lawyers

Ones to Watch

Sarasota

Best Lawyers

Tallahassee

Best Lawyers

  • Benjamin J. Gibson: Government Relations Practice
  • George N. Meros, Jr.: Administrative/Regulatory Law; Appellate Practice; Litigation – Health Care; Litigation – Labor and Employment; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Action – Defendants
  • Daniel E. Nordby: Administrative / Regulatory Law Appellate Practice; Government Relations Practice

Ones to Watch

Tampa

Best Lawyers

  • Eric S. Adams: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate; Litigation – Banking and Finance
  • Matthew Blackshear: Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law; Real Estate Law
  • Amanda B. Buffinton: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
  • Tirso M. Carreja, Jr.: Commercial Litigation; Communications Law; Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
  • Meredith S. Delcamp: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning; Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
  • Meredith A. Freeman: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Construction; Litigation - Real Estate
  • R. Alan Higbee: Agriculture Law; Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships); Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law; Securities/Capital Markets Law; Project Finance Law
  • Jordan G. Lee: Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law; Litigation – Trusts and Estates; Tax Law; Trusts and Estates
  • Erik R. Matheney: Commercial Litigation; Criminal Defense: White-Collar; Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions – Defendants; Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
  • Matthew J. Meyer: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Real Estate
  • Lee E. Nelson: Banking and Finance Law; Real Estate Law
  • Eric E. Page: Commercial Litigation; Land Use and Zoning Law; Litigation – Land Use and Zoning; Litigation – Real Estate
  • Olga M. Pina: Corporate Governance Law; Corporate Compliance Law; Corporate Law; Mergers and Acquisitions Law
  • Woodrow H. Pollack: Copyright Law; Information Technology Law; Litigation - Intellectual Property; Litigation – Patent; Patent Law; Trademark Law
  • Ryan C. Reinert: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and Reorganization Law; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Bankruptcy; Mortgage Banking Foreclosure Law
  • Ella A. Shenhav: Commercial Litigation
  • Michael P. Silver: Appellate Practice; Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Banking and Finance
  • Lonnie L. Simpson: Commercial Litigation; Litigation – Securities
  • Susan K. Spurgeon: Litigation – Real Estate; Real Estate Law
  • James Terpening III: Construction Law; Litigation – Construction
  • Frederick S. Werdine: Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
  • Adam S. Woodruff: Banking and Finance Law; Commercial Transactions/UCC Law; Corporate Law; Real Estate Law; Mergers and Acquisition Law
  • Timothy D. Woodward: Commercial Litigation; Construction Law; Litigation – Construction

Ones to Watch

West Palm Beach

Best Lawyers

Ones to Watch

About Shutts & Bowen LLP

Shutts & Bowen LLP, established in 1910, is a full-service business law firm with approximately 270 lawyers in offices in Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa and West Palm Beach.  Learn more about Shutts & Bowen at www.shutts.com.

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