WEST PALM BEACH, FLA. (October 1, 2012) – Gunster, Florida’s law firm for business, is pleased to announce that more than half of the firm’s shareholders have been included in The Best Lawyers in America® 2013. Best Lawyers conducts extensive peer-review surveys in which tens of thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their peers. The amount of attorneys at the firm who have been named to Best Lawyers’ list has increased by more than 70 percent in the last year and many were named in multiple categories.
Gunster also has six attorneys who were honored as 2013 Lawyers of the Year: David G. Bates, West Palm Beach Corporate Law Lawyer of the Year; James R. Brindell, West Palm Beach Land Use & Zoning Law Lawyer of the Year; William T. Hennessey, West Palm Beach Trust & Estates Litigation Lawyer of the Year; John G. Metcalf, Jacksonville Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year; Robert T. Scott, West Palm Beach Real Estate Litigation Lawyer of the Year; and David M. Wells, Jacksonville Banking & Finance Litigation Lawyer of the Year.
The following attorneys have been included on Best Lawyers‘ 2013 list:
Administrative/Regulatory Law
Beth Keating – Tallahassee
Senator George S. LeMieux – Fort Lauderdale
Marcia Parker Tjoflat – Jacksonville
Banking and Financial Law
Clemente Vazquez-Bello – Miami
Bet-the-Company Litigation
Linda A. Conahan – Fort Lauderdale
G. Joseph Curley – West Palm Beach
Robert S. Hackleman – Fort Lauderdale
Robert T. Scott – West Palm Beach
David M. Wells – Jacksonville
Commercial Litigation
Jack Aiello – West Palm Beach
David R. Atkinson, Jr. – West Palm Beach
Nicole K. Atkinson – West Palm Beach
Michael Cavendish – Jacksonville
Linda A. Conahan – Fort Lauderdale
G. Joseph Curley, Jr. – West Palm Beach
Robert S. Hackleman – Fort Lauderdale
William K. Hill – Miami
Senator George S. LeMieux – Fort Lauderdale
Joseph L. Raia – Miami
Robert T. Scott – West Palm Beach
David M. Wells – Jacksonville
Construction Law
Edward M. Whelan – Jacksonville
Corporate Law
David G. Bates – West Palm Beach
Michael V. Mitrione – West Palm Beach
Mark J. Scheer – Miami
Bob C. White, Jr. – Fort Lauderdale
Eminent Domain and Condemnation Law
Amy Brigham Boulris – Miami
John W. Little, III – West Palm Beach
Juan M. Muñiz – Miami
Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law
James B. David – Fort Lauderdale
Energy Law
Charles A. Guyton – Tallahassee
Beth Keating – Tallahassee
Environmental Law
James R. Brindell – West Palm Beach
Rick J. Burgess – Fort Lauderdale
Terry Cole – Tallahassee
Donald R. Hall – Fort Lauderdale
John G. Metcalf – Jacksonville
M. Lynn Pappas – Jacksonville
Luna E. Phillips – Fort Lauderdale
Marcia Parker Tjoflat – Jacksonville
Government Relations Practice
J. Larry Williams – Tallahassee
Health Law
Bruce D. Lamb – Tampa
Immigration Law
Sarah Lea Tobocman – Miami
Land Use & Zoning Law
James R. Brindell – West Palm Beach
Donald R. Hall – Fort Lauderdale
John G. Metcalf – Jacksonville
M. Lynn Pappas – Jacksonville
Litigation – Banking & Finance
Michael Cavendish – Jacksonville
Linda A. Conahan – Fort Lauderdale
William K. Hill – Miami
Clemente Vazquez-Bello – Miami
David Wells – Jacksonville
Litigation – Construction
David M. Wells – Jacksonville
Edward M. Whelan – Jacksonville
Litigation – Environmental
Rick J. Burgess – Fort Lauderdale
Litigation – Intellectual Property
David R. Atkinson, Jr. – West Palm Beach
Robert S. Hackleman – Fort Lauderdale
Litigation – Labor & Employment
G. Joseph Curley, Jr. – West Palm Beach
Litigation – Land Use & Zoning
James R. Brindell – West Palm Beach
Donald R. Hall – Fort Lauderdale
Brian M. Seymour – West Palm Beach
Litigation – Patent
David R. Atkinson, Jr. – West Palm Beach
Litigation – Real Estate
David R. Atkinson, Jr. – West Palm Beach
Nicole K. Atkinson – West Palm Beach
Linda A. Conahan – Fort Lauderdale
Robert T. Scott – West Palm Beach
David M. Wells – Jacksonville
Litigation – Securities
Robert T. Scott – West Palm Beach
David M. Wells – Jacksonville
Litigation – Trust & Estates
Nicole K. Atkinson – West Palm Beach
Debra L. Boje – Tampa
Fabienne Fahnestock – Fort Lauderdale
William T. Hennessey – West Palm Beach
Robert B. Judd – Fort Lauderdale
Lisa A. Schneider – West Palm Beach
Michael D. Simon
Litigation & Controversy – Tax
Alan S. Lederman – Fort Lauderdale
Adi Rappoport – West Palm Beach
Mergers & Acquisitions Law
David G. Bates – West Palm Beach
Natural Resources Law
Lila A. Jaber – Tallahassee
Real Estate Law
Lewis F. Crippen – West Palm Beach
Danielle DeVito-Hurley – Fort Lauderdale
Donald R. Hall – Fort Lauderdale
Paul K. Hines – West Palm Beach
Daniel M. Mackler – Fort Lauderdale
John G. Metcalf – Jacksonville
Frank E. Miller – Jacksonville
M. Lynn Pappas – Jacksonville
H. William Perry – West Palm Beach
James B. Soble – Tampa
Cynthia C. Spall – West Palm Beach
Securities/Capital Markets Law
Mahesh H. Nanwani – Miami
Tax Law
James B. Davis – Fort Lauderdale
Alan S. Lederman – Fort Lauderdale
Martin R. Press – Fort Lauderdale
Mark J. Scheer – Miami
Stephen G. Vogelsang – West Palm Beach
Technology Law
David G. Bates – West Palm Beach
Kevin M. Levy – Miami
Bob C. White, Jr. – Fort Lauderdale
Trusts and Estates
Debra L. Boje – Tampa
James B. Davis – Fort Lauderdale
Daniel A. Hanley – Palm Beach
William T. Hennessey – West Palm Beach
Robert B. Judd – Fort Lauderdale
Lisa A. Schneider – West Palm Beach
Stephen G. Vogelsang – West Palm Beach
Utilities Law
Lila A. Jaber – Tallahassee
About Gunster
Established in 1925, Gunster is a full-service Florida law firm with ten offices around the state providing counsel to leading businesses and individuals. Our statewide presence and culture reflect the firm’s status as Florida’s law firm for business. Gunster serves clients from its offices in Fort Lauderdale, Jacksonville, Miami, Palm Beach, Stuart, Tallahassee, Tampa, The Florida Keys, Vero Beach and its headquarters in West Palm Beach, with more than 165 attorneys and 200 committed support staff. Gunster is ranked among the National Law Journal’s list of the 250 largest law firms.