61 at Gunster honored by 2018 Florida Super Lawyers

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (June 19, 2018) – Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, is pleased to announce that 41 of its attorneys have been included in the 2018 Florida Super Lawyers list, and an additional 20 were named Rising Stars.

“Best of the best”

Lawyers who receive the highest point totals during the annual selection process are further recognized in Florida Super Lawyers’ “best of the best” top lists.

Gunster's Elaine Bucher was named to the “Top 10 lawyers in Florida” list for the second year in a row and is one of two females on the list.

Gunster standout honorees in 2018 are:

 Trusts/estate planning attorney Elaine Bucher:

• Top 10 lawyers in Florida
• Top 50 women lawyers in Florida
• Top 100 lawyers in Florida
• Top 100 lawyers in South Florida

Business litigation attorney David Wells:

• Top 25 lawyers in Northeast Florida

Business litigation attorney William Hill:

• Top 100 lawyers in South Florida

Florida Super Lawyers

Florida Super Lawyers recognizes up to 5 percent of the state’s attorneys who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Here are Gunster’s 2018 Florida Super Lawyers honorees (those with an asterisk have made the list at least 10 years):

Appellate	Employment Litigation: Defense	Franchise/Dealership
Kenneth B. Bell	Joseph G. Santoro	Jason M. Murray
Business Litigation	Environmental	Health Care
David M. Wells*	Gregory M. Munson	William P. Dillon
David R. Atkinson	Simon Ferro	Bruce D. Lamb*
Edward A. Marod	Terry Cole*	Land Use/Zoning
Gregor J. Schwinghammer, Jr.		Brian M. Seymour
Jorge D. Guttman	Estate & Trust Litigation
Linda A. Conahan*	John C. Moran	Media & Advertising
Michael R. Freed	John P. Cole	Thomas Julin*
Preethi Sekharan	Michael D. Simon*
Stephen C. Page*	Steven A. Lessne	Mergers & Acquisitions
William E. Adams, Jr.	Thomas M. Karr*	David G. Bates*
William K. Hill*	William Hennessey	Gregory K. Bader
		Michael V. Mitrione*
Eminent Domain	Estate & Probate	Mahesh H. Nanwani
Amy Brigham Boulris*	Debra L. Boje*
John W. Little III*	Elaine M. Bucher*
Juan M. Muniz	Lisa A. Schneider*
	Mary Karr
Employee Benefits/ERISA	Seth R. Kaplan
James B. Davis*

Rising Stars

Florida Super Lawyers also recognizes Rising Stars, which represent fewer than 2.5 percent of the state’s lawyers under the age of 40, or who have practiced law for fewer than 10 years, and who have attained a high degree of peer recognition and professional achievement.

Here are Gunster’s 2018 Rising Stars honorees:

Business/Corporate	Employment & Labor	Immigration: Business
Stephanie Quinones	Holly L. Griffin	Mariana R. Ribeiro
	Roger Feicht
Business Litigation		Mergers & Acquisitions
Aaron Jay Horowitz	Estate & Probate	Joseph P. Chase
Amy S.L. Terwilleger	Alyse Reiser Comiter
Jonathan H. Kaskel	Elizabeth Bowers	Securities & Corporate Finance
Joshua A. Levine	Joshua Goldglantz	Gustav L. Schmidt
Lauren Purdy
Michael B. Green	Estate & Trust Litigation	Tax
Sara H. Potter	Cristina Papanikos	Matthew M. Comiter
	Jamison C. Evert
	Nicklaus J. Curley

Super Lawyers recognizes outstanding lawyers from more than 70 practice areas. The selection process includes independent research, peer nominations and peer evaluations.

In 2018, more than 31% of Gunster attorneys were recognized as Florida Super Lawyers honorees.

The firm’s attorneys continue to maintain a strong presence among lawyers listed by organizations such as Florida Trend’s Legal Elite, Best Lawyers in America, and Chambers USA’s Leaders in Their Field.

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