Sixty one Shutts & Bowen lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for 2016.
Joining the Best Lawyers list for the first time this year are Joseph Englander in Trademark Law, and James F. Johnston and Julie Simas James in Real Estate Law.
Two Shutts partners were selected for Lawyer of the Year: Alfred LaSorte, Jr. in West Palm Beach for Real Estate Litigation and Andrew Brumby in Orlando for Bankruptcy Litigation. The Best Lawyers in America® for 2016 are:
Fort Lauderdale
- Gary M. Bagliebter
- Litigation - Banking and Finance, Criminal Defense - White Collar
- Marshall J. Emas
- Real Estate Law
- Joseph M. Goldstein
- Administrative / Regulatory Law
- Sandra Krumbein
- Real Estate Law
Miami
- Joseph D. Bolton
- Real Estate Law
- Bowman Brown
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Insurance Law
- International Trade and Finance Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Sheila M. Cesarano
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Gary J. Cohen
- Tax Law
- Kevin D. Cowan
- Real Estate Law
- Luis A. de Armas
- Corporate Law
- International Trade and Finance Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Steven M. Ebner
- Commercial Litigation
- Joseph R. Englander
- Trademark Law
- Robert G. Fracasso
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Arthur J. Furia
- Banking and Finance Law
- Corporate Law
- Stephen B. Gillman
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation – Antitrust
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Litigation - Securities
- Rene J. Gonzalez-Llorens
- Employment Law - Management
- Jeffrey Landau
- Insurance Law
- Lee D. Mackson
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency
- Reorganization Law
- Litigation - Bankruptcy
- John E. Meagher
- Insurance Law
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Margaret A. Rolando
- Real Estate Law
- Alfred G. Smith
- Corporate Law
- J. Donald Wasil
- Real Estate Law
- Bryan S. Wells
- Banking and Finance Law
Orlando
- Brent C. Bell
- Litigation - Construction
- Andrew M. Brumby
- Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights / Insolvency and Reorganization Law
- Litigation – Bankruptcy
- Donald J. Curotto
- Litigation - Real Estate
- Real Estate Law
- John H. Dannecker
- Litigation – Construction
- Charles Robinson Fawsett
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Michael L. Gore
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Michael J. Grindstaff
- Litigation - Real Estate, Real Estate Law
- Mary Ruth Houston
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law – Management
- Litigation - Labor and Employment
- Juli Simas James
- Real Estate Law
- James F. Johnston
- Real Estate Law
- Rod Jones
- Banking and Finance Law
- Todd Kobrin
- Litigation - Construction
- Jack C. McElroy
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Banking and Finance
- Daniel T. O'Keefe
- Real Estate Law
- Paul J. Scheck
- Employment Law – Management
- Labor Law - Management
- Jennifer Slone Tobin
- Real Estate Law
- James G. Willard
- Real Estate Law
Tampa
- Eric S. Adams
- Commercial Litigation
- Steven K. Barber
- Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
- Tirso Carreja, Jr.
- Commercial Litigation
- R. Alan Higbee
- Corporate Compliance Law
- Corporate Governance Law
- Corporate Law
- Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Erik R. Matheny
- Commercial Litigation
- Criminal Defense: White Collar
- Personal Injury Litigation - Defendants
- Dilip Patel
- Immigration Law
- Olga M. Pina
- Corporate Law
- Mark P. Rankin
- Criminal Defense: Non-White-Collar
- Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Lonnie L. Simpson
- Commercial Litigation
- Robert H. Waltuch
- Trusts and Estates
- Timothy D. Woodward
- Construction Law
West Palm Beach
- Arnold Berman
- Commercial Litigation
- Eric C. Christu
- Commercial Litigation
- James A. Farrell
- Health Care Law
- David A. Gart
- Trusts and Estates
- Alfred A. LaSorte, Jr.
- Commercial Litigation
- Litigation - Real Estate
- John F. Mariani
- Commercial Litigation
- Product Liability Litigation – Defendants
- Mass Tort Litigation/Class Actions - Defendants
- Arthur J. Menor
- Real Estate Law
- Steven R. Parson
- Real Estate Law
- Raymond Royce
- Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
- E. Lee Worsham
- Environmental Law
- Litigation - Environmental
The Best Lawyers In America® is widely-regarded as a respected, unbiased list of lawyers who exhibit legal excellence. Lawyers listed in Best Lawyers® have no say in deciding which practice areas they are included. They are voted into practice areas as a result of the votes they receive from their peers. More than 6.2 million votes were reviewed for 2016.
About Shutts & Bowen LLP
Shutts & Bowen, established in 1910, is a full-service business law firm with more than 250 lawyers in offices in Fort Lauderdale, Miami, Orlando, Sarasota, Tallahassee, Tampa, and West Palm Beach.
- Eric S. Adams
- Steven K. Barber
- Bowman Brown
- Tirso M. Carreja Jr.
- Eric C. Christu
- Gary J. Cohen
- Donald J. Curotto
- John H. Dannecker
- Luis A. de Armas
- Steven M. Ebner
- Stephen B. Gillman
- Joseph M. Goldstein
- Rene J. Gonzalez-LLorens
- Michael L. Gore
- Michael J. Grindstaff
- R. Alan Higbee
- Mary Ruth Houston
- James F. Johnston
- Rod Jones
- Todd F. Kobrin
- Jeffrey M. Landau
- Lee D. Mackson
- Erik R. Matheney
- Jack C. McElroy
- John E. Meagher
- Arthur J. Menor
- Daniel T. O’Keefe
- Olga M. Pina
- Margaret "Peggy" A. Rolando
- Paul J. Scheck
- Lonnie L. Simpson
- Jennifer Slone Tobin
- Alfred G. Smith
- J. Donald Wasil
- Bryan Wells
- Timothy Woodward
- Juli Simas James
- James G. Willard
Practice Areas
- Administrative Law and Licensing
- Antitrust
- Class Action
- Construction
- Corporate
- Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
- Environmental
- Financial Services
- Health Law & Life Sciences
- Immigration
- Intellectual Property
- Labor and Employment
- Land Use & Zoning
- Litigation
- Real Estate
- Securities Fraud Litigation
- Taxation
- Private Client Services
- White Collar Criminal Defense & Governmental Investigations