Gunster, Florida’s law firm for business, is pleased to announce that 34 shareholders have been named to The Best Lawyers in America® 2012. Best Lawyers compiles lists of outstanding attorneys by conducting exhaustive peer-review surveys in which thousands of leading lawyers confidentially evaluate their professional peers. The amount of attorney at the firm who have been named as Best Lawyers has increased by more than six percent in the last year.
This year, Gunster also has four attorneys who were recognized as Best Lawyers 2012 Lawyers of the Year for: M. Lynn Pappas, Jacksonville Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year; David M. Wells, Jacksonville Litigation – Real Estate Lawyer of the Year; Charles A. Guyton, Tallahassee Energy Lawyer of the Year and James R. Brindell, West Palm Beach Environmental Law Lawyer of the Year.
The following attorneys have been named to the Best Lawyers in America® 2012:
Fort Lauderdale
Rick J. Burgess, Environmental Law, Litigation-Environmental,
Linda A. Conahan, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Banking and Finance, Litigation-Real Estate
James B. Davis, Employee Benefits (ERISA) Law, Tax Law, Trusts & Estates
Robert S. Hackleman, Commercial Litigation, Litigation Intellectual Property
Donald R. Hall, Environmental Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation-Land Use & Zoning Law, Real Estate Law
Robert B. Judd, Litigation-Trusts & Estates, Trusts & Estates
Alan S. Lederman, Litigation & Controversy-Tax, Tax Law
Daniel M. Mackler, Real Estate Law
Martin R. Press, Tax Law
Robert C. White, Jr., Technology Law
Jacksonville
Michael Cavendish, Litigation-Banking & Finance
M. Lynn Pappas, Environmental Law
Edward M. Whelan, Construction Law, Litigation-Construction
David M. Wells, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Banking & Finance, Litigation-Construction, Litigation-Real Estate, Litigation-Securities
Miami
Sarah Lea Tobocman, Immigration Law
Kevin M. Levy, Technology Law
Clemente L. Vazquez-Bello, Banking and Finance Law, Litigation-Banking & Finance
Tallahassee
Charles A. Guyton, Energy Law
Beth Keating, Energy Law
J. Larry Williams, Government Relations Practice
West Palm Beach
David R. Atkinson, Jr., Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Patent, Litigation-Intellectual Property, Litigation-Real Estate
Nicole Atkinson, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Real Estate, Litigation-Trusts& Estates
David G. Bates, Technology Law
James R. Brindell, Environmental Law, Land Use & Zoning Law, Litigation Land Use & Zoning
Lewis F. Crippen, Real Estate Law
G. Joseph Curley, Jr., Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Labor & Employment Law
Daniel A. Hanley, Trusts & Estates
William T. Hennessey, Trusts & Estates
Michael V. Mitrione, Corporate Law
Lisa A. Schneider, Trusts & Estates, Litigation-Trusts & Estates
Robert T. Scott, Bet-the-Company Litigation, Commercial Litigation, Litigation-Real Estate
Michael D. Simon, Litigation-Trusts & Estates
Cynthia C. Spall, Real Estate Law
Stephen G. Vogelsang, Tax Law