Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, is pleased to announce its continued growth with the recent addition of five attorneys: Justin Delise, Cole Jackson, Teresa Muñiz, Phil Sliger and Harrell Watts, II. Justin joins the firm’s Jacksonville office; Cole and Harrell join in West Palm Beach; Teresa joins in Miami; […]

Gunster, Florida’s law firm for business, announces that on October 1st, it completed a merger transaction with the Barnett law firm, a Tampa-based law firm formerly known as Barnett, Kirkwood, Koche, Long & Foster. With this merger, Gunster now has 51 attorneys and 39 professional staff in the Tampa Bay region, firmly establishing it as […]

Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, is pleased to announce that this year’s ‘Freed to Run,’ the annual charity multi-marathon led by Gunster Shareholder Mike Freed, begins on Monday, November 14. Freed to Run has raised over $1,900,000 to date and this year is expected to fully fund an endowment for Jacksonville […]

Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, today announced that Alfredo L. Gonzalez has joined the firm’s real estate law practice as a shareholder in its Miami office. Gonzalez has over 40 years of experience working as an attorney in many areas of law, primarily real estate, and also environmental, land use, […]

On September 2, 2022, Governor Ron DeSantis appointed Gunster Shareholder Joe Jacquot to the Fifth District Court of Appeal Judicial Nomination Commission (DCA JNC). This involves a nine-member commission of lawyers who evaluate and nominate individuals to the Governor for appointment to the Fifth District Court of Appeal. Following his appointment from the Governor, on […]

Gunster Attorney Melanie Senosiain has been accepted into the Tampa Connection Class of 2023, which begins in September. Tampa Connection is a volunteer-run nonprofit organization whose mission is to provide local business professionals with the necessary tools to become active leaders and volunteers in the Tampa Bay Community. Each year, a select group of applicants […]

A Gunster team led by attorneys Gregory K. Bader, Robert B. Lamm, Frederick Brackin, Thomas Hickey, Rick J. Burgess and Michael V. Mitrione recently represented Professional Holding Corp. (Professional) in connection with the negotiation of the definitive merger agreements whereby Professional will be acquired by Seacoast Banking Corporation of Florida and its subsidiary, Seacoast National Bank […]

A Gunster team led by Milton Vescovacci with assistance from Gabriella Ledbetter recently represented Earth Systems LLC and its shareholders in connection with the sale of its environmental engineering business as a platform to Palm Beach Capital. Financial terms of the private transaction have not been disclosed. Founded in 1999, Earth Systems services clients in […]

Gunster, one of Florida’s oldest and largest full-service business law firms, is pleased to announce that 118, or nearly half of the firm’s attorneys, are recognized in the Best Lawyers® 2023 edition. This represents 14 additional Gunster-ranked attorneys over the previous year. Best Lawyers in America© listed 99 Gunster attorneys within 55 practices and specialties, among nine Florida […]