Simone Marstiller advises clients on how best to work with government to achieve their business goals. With broad and deep experience in state government, as well as contacts and relationships at all levels within Florida’s executive branch, she knows who to call and the best strategy for resolving issues through advocacy directly to decision makers.  […]

Charles R. Ragan (“Chuck”) began his practice of law in California, where he worked with large international clients as well as emerging companies on a variety of commercial disputes in state, federal, and international venues. Through his work with the U.S. District Court there, Chuck was at the forefront of the ADR movement and from that […]

Sean is an energetic litigator with experience in commercial litigation and eDiscovery. Sean’s work in the eDiscovery Team sees him working directly with clients and their outside counsel to develop innovative strategies and practices for collecting and reviewing documents, both for the purposes of production and supporting trial counsel’s arguments. When approaching his projects Sean […]

Hugh Hayes, the longest serving judge in Florida history, serves as a Supreme Court and Florida Middle District certified mediator, qualified arbitrator and special master to select clients. He is committed to providing a creative and balanced approach to problem-solving that meets the needs of the party constituents who retain him as a neutral. Hugh […]

Christina Woods joined Gunster’s Corporate practice in 2023 and has practiced law in Southwest Florida since 2002. Christina has more than 17 years of experience representing closely held and family owned businesses. She also focuses her practice on matters such as mergers, acquisitions, formation and disposition of business entities. In addition, she addresses matters involving […]

Matt Goddeyne is a member of the firm’s Business Litigation practice. He defends clients in a wide variety of matters including shareholder disputes, regulatory enforcement actions, healthcare-related matters and white collar investigations. Matt began his career at the New York County District Attorney’s Office, where he served as an Assistant District Attorney in the Special […]

Cullen is an attorney in the firm’s Private Wealth Services practice. He advises clients in all aspects of charitable, tax, business succession and estate planning. He previously practiced at a Tennessee-based law firm, where he developed and implemented tax-advantaged generational wealth transfer and business succession plans for ultra-high net worth clients. While skilled in the mathematical […]

Valerie Litschgi is of counsel in the firm’s Real Estate Law practice. Board Certified in Real Estate Law for over 20 years, Valerie’s practice focuses on all types of commercial and residential transactions including real property acquisition and development, leasing, finance and title insurance matters.  Valerie has worked extensively in the area of commercial leasing, […]

Frederick (Freddie) Brackin focuses his practice on personal and business tax related matters. Freddie assists clients with federal income taxes, federal wealth transfer taxes (estate, gift and generation skipping transfer taxes), as well as corporate and partnership tax matters. He counsels clients on how to successfully deal with complex tax issues so that they may […]