WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (Sept. 22, 2017) – Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, is pleased to announce that 66 of its attorneys have been selected for the Best Lawyers in America list for 2018.
2018 Lawyers of the Year:In addition, 10 Gunster attorneys in nine different practice areas and three different geographic regions within Florida have been named Lawyers of the Year by Best Lawyers. This sublist is exclusive: only one lawyer in a particular practice area and geographic region is selected each year.
- Rick Burgess, environmental law, Fort Lauderdale
- John Cole, trusts & estates litigation, Jacksonville
- Joe Curley, bet-the-company litigation, West Palm Beach
- Bill Hennessey, trusts & estates, West Palm Beach
- Tom Hickey, corporate law, West Palm Beach
- John Little, land use & zoning law, West Palm Beach
- Stephen Page, intellectual property litigation, West Palm Beach
- Joe Santoro, labor & employment litigation, West Palm Beach
- Mike Simon, trusts & estates litigation, West Palm Beach
- David Wells, banking & finance law, Jacksonville
2018 Best Lawyers in America:
The following attorneys are included on the 2018 ‘Best Lawyers in America’ list:
Gunster's 2018 Best Lawyers in America honorees include (pictured above in top row, L to R) Nicole Atkinson, Derek Bruce, Angel Cortinas, Heidi Davis-Knapik, Mark Ragusa; and (bottom row, L to R) Juan Muniz, Mahesh Nanwani, Luna Phillips, Lisa Schneider, and Allison Turnbull
| Administrative/Regulatory Law
Appellate Practice Banking and Finance Law Bet-the-Company Litigation Business Organizations (including LLCs and Partnerships) Closely Held Companies and Family Businesses Law Commercial Litigation Construction Law Corporate Governance Law Corporate Law Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law Employment Law – Individuals Employment Law - Management Energy Law Environmental Law First Amendment Law Government Relations Practice Health Care Law Immigration Law Labor Law - Management |
Land Use and Zoning Law
Litigation – Antitrust Litigation – Banking and Finance Litigation – Construction Litigation – Environmental Litigation – First Amendment Litigation – Intellectual Property Litigation – Labor and Employment
Litigation – Land Use and Zoning Litigation – Patent Litigation – Real Estate Litigation – Securities Litigation – Trust and Estates Litigation and Controversy – Tax Media Law Mergers and Acquisitions Law Real Estate Law Securities / Capital Markets Law Tax Law Technology Law Trusts and Estates Utilities Law |
*new to list in 2018
Best Lawyers’ annual list is compiled as a result of peer-review surveys and is published in almost 70 countries around the world. Inclusion in the 2018 edition of Best Lawyers was based on millions of evaluations of lawyers by other lawyers.
Best Lawyers has partnered with U.S. News & World Report to rank law firms in the United States for its annual Best Law Firms list, on which Gunster has consistently ranked well across many practice areas over the years. Best Law Firms’ first edition was published in 2010.
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