The Daily Business Review announced the honorees for its 2018 Professional Excellence Awards in recognition of exemplary work by attorneys in the legal profession and the community in 2017. Among the honorees are Miami partner Bowman Brown and Fort Lauderdale partner Jamie Wasserman. They will be honored on May 30 during an event taking place at the Rusty Pelican.
Bowman Brown, Chairman of the Executive Committee and Co-Chair of the firm’s Financial Services Practice Group, was selected as a Distinguished Leader. The honorees in this category have demonstrated clear leadership skills that have helped them achieve impressive results.
Jamie Wasserman, a Business Litigation partner, was selected as an On the Rise honoree. This category recognizes individuals under 40 who have wielded influence and showed expertise in their practice areas and have committed themselves to pro bono, charitable and professional volunteer work.
To view a full list of the honorees, please click here.
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- "On the Rise," Daily Business Review (May 7, 2018)
About Bowman Brown
Bowman Brown is Chairman of the Executive Committee and the Financial Services Practice Group of Shutts & Bowen LLP. Bowman has been named in Best Lawyers in America® every year since 1983. He is currently listed in five areas: Banking Law, Corporate Law, Insurance Law, International Trade and Financial Law and Mergers & Acquisitions Law. He was named by Chambers USA – America’s Leading Lawyers for Business 2005 as a “dean of the bank regulatory world – if you want to set up in Florida, he’s your guy.” He has been named by Chambers USA every year since 2007 as the only Florida banking and finance lawyer to receive Chambers’ highest rating — the “Star Individual” designation. In 2015, he earned Martindale-Hubbell’s highest rating for legal ability and ethical standards. In 2016, he was the only lawyer listed by the Expert Guide for Florida and the region south of Washington, D.C. in Banking, Finance and Transactional Law.
About Jamie B. Wasserman
Jamie B. Wasserman is a partner in the Ft. Lauderdale office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, where she is a member of the Business Litigation Practice Group. Jamie has been recognized as a “Rising Star” in Business Litigation by Florida Super Lawyers for the last four years. She regularly represents physicians, physician group practices, and licensed healthcare facilities in business and corporate litigation and arbitration matters. She also represents developers, commercial landlords, and lenders in real estate litigation matters and partners or members of legal entities in business disputes.
About Shutts & Bowen LLP
Established in 1910, Shutts & Bowen is a full-service business law firm with more than 280 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.