Shutts and Bowen is proud to announce that 60 lawyers were recently selected by their peers for inclusion in The Best Lawyers in America® for 2017. West Palm Beach partner Raymond Royce was also selected as Lawyer of the Year in the Real Estate Law category. Joining the Best Lawyers list for the first time is J. Gregory Humphries in the area of Corporate Law.
Following is a list of the attorneys named and the areas in which they are recognized:
Fort Lauderdale
- Gary M. Bagliebter: Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Litigation – Banking and Finance
- Marshall J. Emas: Real Estate Law
- Joseph M. Goldstein: Administrative/Regulatory Law
- Sandra E. 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
- 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 M. Landau: Insurance Law
- Lee D. Mackson: Bankruptcy and Creditor Debtor Rights/Insolvency and 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
- J. Gregory Humphries: Corporate Law
- Juli Simas James: Real Estate Law
- James F. Johnston: Real Estate Law
- Roderick N. Jones: Banking and Finance Law
- Todd F. 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 M. Carreja, Jr.: Commercial Litigation
- R. Alan Higbee: Agriculture Law, Corporate Compliance Law, Corporate Governance Law, Corporate Law, Mergers and Acquisitions Law
- Erik R. Matheney: Commercial Litigation, Criminal Defense: White-Collar, Personal Injury Litigation – Defendants
- Olga M. Pina: Corporate Law
- Mark P. Rankin: Criminal Defense: General Practice, Criminal Defense: White-Collar
- Lonnie L. Simpson: Commercial Litigation
- Robert H. Waltuch: Trusts and Estates
- Timothy D. Woodward: Construction Law
West Palm Beach
- Arnold L. 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
- Patricia A. Leonard: Commercial Litigation
- Arthur J. Menor: Real Estate Law
- Steven R. Parson: Real Estate Law
- Raymond W. Royce: Land Use and Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
- E. Lee Worsham: Environmental Law, Litigation – Environmental
- 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
- J. Gregory Humphries
- Juli Simas James
- James F. Johnston
- Rod Jones
- Todd F. Kobrin
- Sandra E. Krumbein
- Jeffrey M. Landau
- Patricia A. Leonard
- 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
- Alfred G. Smith
- Jennifer Slone Tobin
- J. Donald Wasil
- Bryan Wells
- James G. Willard
- Timothy Woodward
Practice Areas
- Corporate
- Creditors' Rights and Bankruptcy
- Environmental
- Financial Services
- Government Contracts
- Government Law
- Health Law & Life Sciences
- Insurance
- Labor and Employment
- Land Use & Zoning
- Litigation
- Private Client Services
- Real Estate
- Taxation
- White Collar Criminal Defense & Governmental Investigations