Paul J. Scheck, a Labor and Employment partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office, was recently appointed to the roles of Secretary and Treasurer on the Executive Council of The Florida Bar’s Trial Lawyers Section.

Miami partner Lee Mackson discusses bankruptcy slowdown in an article titled “Bankruptcy Slowdown Promotes Lawyers to Pivot to Transactions and Litigation,” published by the Daily Business Review.

The Executive Committee of Shutts & Bowen LLP has named Jack C. McElroy as firmwide Managing Partner, Chairman Bowman Brown announced. McElroy is a commercial litigation partner in the firm’s Orlando office.

Miami partner Alexander Tachmes was quoted in an article titled “Florida Attys Expect Changes to Law After Condo Collapse,” published by Law360 Pulse.

Governor DeSantis appointed Ashley S. Hodson, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Sarasota office, to the Twelfth Circuit Judicial Nominating Commission, which covers DeSoto, Manatee and Sarasota counties.

CP Group -- in a joint venture -- acquired the One Biscayne Tower office building in downtown Miami for a reported price of $225 million. The seller was One Biscayne Tower LLC, an affiliate of Midland, Michigan-based Dow Chemical, with ...

Miami attorney Matthew Casbarro recently co-authored an article titled “Professional Actions Against Physicians for Opioid Prescribing Behaviors” for the American Health Law Association.

Following the partial collapse of Champlain Towers South in Surfside, WFLA Channel 8 News interviewed Shutts & Bowen LLP partner Amanda Buffinton about concerns regarding the structural integrity of Tampa Bay’s multi-story ...

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that 14 attorneys have been recognized in the 2021 edition of Florida Trend’s Florida Legal Elite™. Shutts was further recognized by the publication as one of the firms with the most ...

Attending and participating in the inaugural Florida Young Lawyers Summit were Shutts & Bowen Appellate attorneys Jason Gonzalez, Elise Engle, Amber S. Nunnally and Alyssa Cory.

Following the collapse of the 12-story building in Surfside, Florida, Law360 spoke with engineers and attorneys, including Shutts & Bowen’s Construction Practice Group leader, Timothy D. Woodward, about the timeline and scale ...

Mary Ruth Houston, Co-Managing Partner of Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office and Chair of the Labor & Employment practice group, was recently profiled in a Florida Super Lawyers Magazine article, discussing her endeavors in ...

Shutts & Bowen LLP is proud to announce that 31 attorneys have been named to the 2021 Florida Super Lawyers list, while 16 attorneys have been recognized as 2021 Rising Stars.

In May 2021, Miami Beach city commissioners issued a ban on alcohol sales between 2 a.m. and 5 a.m. in Miami Beach’s entertainment district. Following a ruling Tuesday by Circuit Court Judge Beatrice Butchko, the ...

On behalf of his clients, Brendan Aloysius Barry, a Florida Bar Board Certified real estate attorney practicing in Shutts & Bowen’s Fort Lauderdale office, recently facilitated the record-setting sale of a waterfront mansion in ...

On June 9, 2021, a Florida federal judge dismissed a timeshare exit company’s counterclaims against firm client Bluegreen Vacations Unlimited, Inc. after questions were raised about standing to bring false advertising and ...

Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Construction Practice Group leader, Timothy D. Woodward, and Orlando partner John H. Dannecker, recently authored an in-depth overview on Florida construction law, featured alongside the recently ...

Fort Lauderdale partner Amy Wessel Jones recently graduated from the Leadership Broward Foundation program. Leadership Broward is Broward County’s premier leadership development training organization with a 40-year ...

On Thursday, June 17, Miami partner Kristin Drecktrah Paz (FIU Law ’11) will participate as a panelist on FIU Law’s “Women in the Legal Profession” panel.

On June 30, 2021, Amanda Buffinton, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Tampa office, will present the second of her two-part audio webcast discussion on Florida’s “federal” summary judgment standard, in a CLE seminar for the ...

On Thursday, June 10, the firm’s Focus on Women Group held a Summer Social. During the event, attendees experienced a cho.colate tasting led by a chocolate expert from Vosges Haut-Chocolat

Jason Gonzalez, Managing Partner of Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Tallahassee office and Chairman of the Appellate Practice Group, recently discovered a letter dated April 28, 1930, from the firm’s founder, Frank Shutts, to a relative ...

Eric Page, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Tampa office, was recently elected to the Board of Directors of the Gasparilla Festival of the Arts, one of the country’s most prestigious fine arts and fine crafts shows.

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that the firm has been nationally ranked among Construction Executive magazine’s Top 50 Construction Law Firms™ for 2021. In the firm’s inaugural appearance on the list, Shutts placed ...

Aleksey Shtivelman, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Miami office, recently completed the Greater Miami Chamber of Commerce’s hallmark leadership program, Leadership Miami®. As a part of the program, Aleksey and his ...

On behalf of their client, Florida Department of Health, Shutts & Bowen LLP partners Jason Gonzalez, Amber S. Nunnally and Daniel Nordby recently prevailed in the landmark medical marijuana case of the Florida Department of Health ...

The Florida Bar recently appointed Jake Baccari, a partner in Shutts & Bowen’s Miami office, to serve on the International Law Certification Committee. Jake, who is Florida Bar Certified in International Law, will serve a 3-year ...

On Thursday, May 20, the firm’s Focus on Women Group gathered for a Lunch & Learn centered on the topic of taking ownership of personal finances.

Shutts & Bowen LLP was nationally ranked No. 28, among 225 firms, on The American Lawyer’s 2021 Diversity Scorecard.

Shutts & Bowen LLP welcomes Jake Baccari to the firm’s Miami Office. Jake joins the firm as a Partner in the International Dispute Resolution Practice Group.

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that Tampa partner Ella Shenhav was honored as the recipient of the Thirteenth Judicial Circuit’s 2021 award for “Outstanding Pro Bono Service by a Lawyer.”

Shutts & Bowen LLP partners, Kyle Stevens and Jennifer Slone Tobin, recently co-led the team representing Fifth Third Bank throughout the lending process with HostDime.com and its affiliates, as a part of its financing for its new ...

Shutts & Bowen is pleased to congratulate Miami-based Carrfour and The Pride Center on the opening of The Residences at Equality Park in Wilton Manors, Florida.

On Wednesday, May 19, 2021, Governor Ron DeSantis announced the re-appointment of Marc Sarnoff, a Real Estate partner in the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen LLP, to a second term on the Florida International University Board of ...

In a recent article published by the Daily Business Review, the publication reported that Florida’s four Am Law 200 Firms found varying success in 2020, with only Shutts & Bowen LLP climbing higher in the rankings.

Shutts & Bowen LLP is pleased to announce that Orlando partner Eric C. Reed was recently installed as the President of the Orange County Bar Association. He was sworn in at the OCBA’s Gala and Swearing-In Ceremony at the Rosen Shingle ...

John Patterson, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Sarasota office, successfully represented the owners of the historic Bijou Café in a sale of real estate and business assets to the Realm Restaurant Group, the first change of ...

Chambers and Partners recently released its 2021 edition of Chambers USA, recognizing Shutts & Bowen LLP in eight ranked departments, as well as 19 of the firm’s attorneys.

Daniel Nordby, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Tallahassee office, presented three separate CLE courses this spring for two organizations, the Appellate Practice Section of The Florida Bar and the Florida Government Bar ...

For the seventh year in a row, Shutts & Bowen LLP has been included among The American Lawyer’s Am Law 200, a ranking that categorizes law firms by revenue, profits-per-partner and number of lawyers.

West Palm Beach real estate partner Harvey E. Oyer III was the subject of the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County’s latest member spotlight.

John H. Dannecker, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office, recently discussed the impact of pandemic-related and material delays on contractors and their construction contracts, for Construction Dive’s series ...

On Thursday, June 10, West Palm Beach partner Harvey E. Oyer III will serve as the moderator of a panel of speakers organized by the Business Development Board of Palm Beach County.

While 2020 was a rough year for humans, man’s best friend had other sentiments about the pandemic.

On Friday, May 14, West Palm Beach partners Jonathan Hart and Patricia Leonard and Orlando associate Jaclyn Clark presented a small business webinar to the Palm Beach North Chamber of Commerce.

Kristin Drecktrah Paz and Diana C. Mendez, partners with the Miami office of Shutts & Bowen, have been elected as Officers of the Miami-Dade Chapter of the Florida Association for Women Lawyers (MDFAWL). Paz has been elected ...

The Miami Beach City Commission  held a binding vote today to stop selling alcohol after 2 a.m. in the South Beach entertainment district. The item was reported in yesterday’s Miami Herald.

Kristin Drecktrah Paz, a partner in Shutts & Bowen’s Miami office, was recently appointed to the International Litigation and Arbitration Certification Committee, with a term beginning on July 1, 2021.

Erik Szabo, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Orlando office, will teach the continuing education course “Fundamentals of Florida Construction Contracts,” during the Florida Solar Energy Industries Association’s ...

Lauren L. Stricker, a partner in Shutts & Bowen LLP’s Tampa office, was recently reappointed to The Florida Bar’s Judicial Nominating Procedures Committee.